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however depraved or debased he may be , will for a moment dare to deny this fact , and yet how many , knowing their duty , as Masons , to the moral law , practise what they profess ? Our Institution has suffered more through our own negligence in allowing so much immorality amongst ourrnembers than

from all the anathemas that ever , from ignorance or fanatical bigotry , have been hurled against it . Its enemies , through our own inconsiderate acts of imprudence and negligence , have been furnished the weapons to assail it , and we have thereby weakened the means of our own defence . A man addicted to

deliberate profanity , intemperance , gambling , or any other licentious habit or vice , is not a proper person for reception into the Fraternity , much less to be a member thereof , unless he reforms immediately , for such a person may with just propriety be classed as an irreligious libertine—his habits

would at least entitle him to that credit . An institution where the purest of morals are taught , where reverence to the High and Holy God is enjoined , should never be contaminated with impure and dsfiled elements . Good men and true revolt at it , htnour and honesty forbid it , and Divine justice

wil sooner or later demand full retribution for all suth delinquencies . We have nothing to fear from outide pressure ; the powers of the Church and Stae , with the feeble breath of the fanatic , have beei hurled , time and again , against our noble and timehonoured Institution , and yet it occupies a

stronger , a nobler , and higher position throughout the w . rld than ever before , and so it will ever continue 10 do if you will only be just , and practise outside the lodge those noble piecepts we are taught in it . ' ft must be apparent to the mind of a reflecting andconsiderate Mason that his obligations are

of a mot serious nature , that he has voluntarily , and of hi ; own free will and accord , assumed duties and resp . nsibilities which require him to obey both Divine aid moral law ; and the nature of these responsibilities he cannot—nay , he dare not—with impunity '; disregard . His duty to his God , his 1

neighbour , his lodge , and to himself and family , require ; nu only that he should obey it , but that he should use all means in his power to enforce obedieme to the law from every member of his lodge . Every institution , and more particularly ours , isjudged by its individual members . If any

of our members are intemperate , profane , or immoral men , our Order must , to a great extent , suffer fo : their actions . A great responsibility rests upoi the Master of a lodge . He should at least be ptssessed of all the cardinal virtues—temperance , fc-titude , prudence , and justice . How can

the Master of a lodge teach morality and virtue , and expect iis members to follow those teachings , when , perhaps , he is intemperate , profane , licentious , and immoral ' n his habits ? If so , he is false to his God , false tohimself and his lodge , violating his obligation , vioating the promises he made at his

installation . H « stands before the lodge a perjured man . Such a iian is unworthy the name of a Mason , and ouglt not to be allowed to preside over a lodge of Masons . He cannot expect obedience to our laws from Ais members if he violates those laws with impunity . A man ought not to be a

Master over others who is not master over his own habits and passions . Such a Master would not be the proper person to enforce this edict of the Grand Lodge , unless he immediately reform , and if he does not reform , upon proper information being sent to me , I will deem it my duty to immediately

suspend him from office , as beiog unworthy and incapable of diffusing that light and knowledge due from a Master to his lodge , and I hope no brother , through fear or favour , will hesitate to inform me if the Master of his lodge is profane , intemperate , or guilty of any licentious or immoral habits . It is a

duty every good man owes to himself and his lodge to see that none be elected to office but good men and true . To the end that our Institution does not suffer by the election to office of men who will bring censure and reproach upon our Order , it is necessary that we should commence at the Master

° i the lodge . If he is a moral man he can command the respect and esteem of his brethren ; if he is immoral , the first thing to be done will be to relieve him from office . And it is hereby made the jmperative duty of the Masters of the several lodges ln our jurisdiction , and they are hereby ordered and

enjoined , to use all the powers of moral suasion , Brotherl y love , and kindness to induce the erring brothers to reform ; use all the arguments and entreaties in your power , talk to him as you would Jo your own brother or your only son ,-as you would '' ke to have others talk to you if you were in danger . J oint the brother who indulges in intoxicating

nquor to the danger he is in , to the serpent he i ' s "andling , to the fire that is slowly but surely consuming his vitals , destroying his intellect , debasing | . manhood . No man can indulge in the use of "quor , and be safe . If he is a moderate drinker , as some call it , it only takes a little more time ; the "ngs of the serpent will soon strike home . No "nan of good sense will say that the use of liquor is

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a benefit to himself or his family . Then why use it ? Let each and every one of us who have the interest of Masonry at heart raise his warning voice against this foul monster , this demon intemperance , who is destroying its victims by thousands daily . How many of our brethren , otherwise noble , brave ,

and generous , are slowly but surely hastening on to destruction by the aid of this most deadly poison 1 Brethren , you who indulge in theuse of it , pausefora moment , reflect on what you aredoing , ask yourselfif the course you arc pursuing will make you happy ; will it reflect credit upon the Institution , will it make

your friends and family happy to know that one you love so dearly is hastening slowly but surely to a drunkard ' s grave ? This may , to some of our brethren , seem a little too plain and strong language to use , but the disease requires a prompt and sure remedy ; no other will restore the patient to

health . And the Masters of the several lodges in our jurisdiction are hereby ordered to enforce this edict of the Grand Lodge to the very letter , against every offending brother who is guilty of intemperance , profanity , or any immoral or licentious habits . The indulgence of those vices not only

tends to bring disgrace and dishonour upon the guilty brother , but it casts a stain upon , and he becomes a cancer on , the body of Masonry , and it can only be removed by his immediate reformation or expulsion from the Fraternity . One or the other must be done . It will not make any difference how

high or how Iowa position the brother may occupy in community or in our Order . If guilty of violating the moral law , which is the very cement and support of our Institution , he must suffer the penalty . Every Master and member of our Order in this State will be held to a strict accouut in the enforcement of

this edict . If it should strike from the rolls of the several lodges one-third , or even half , of its membership who will not conform to the law , let it be done . 'We are making too many members and too few Masons . Let every Master and member do their duty in

this . I assure you I will not hesitate to do my part of the work in enforcing this law , even to arresting the charter of any lodge in the State that fails to enforce this rule against every offending brother , and the suspension of the Master of any of the several lodges who fails to comply with or enforce

this edict . The time has arrived that requires immediate and prompt action by all good Masons to arrest and stop those vices . It is hereby ordered that this circular be frequently read in the several lodges in this State , that none may plead ignorance of it . The law is plain and clear ; but one course to pursue , if the guilty will not immediately reform ;

it is the Masters duty to appoint a committee to prefer charges and expel , for unmasonic conduct , all who will not conform to the law , to the end that the honour and reputation of our Fraternity maybe firmly established , and the world at large convinced of its good effect , Given under my hand , and the private seal of the Grand Master , the day and year above written , ALEX . H . NF . WCOMB , Grand Master of Masons in Ohio .

Grand Chapter Of England.

GRAND CHAPTER OF ENGLAND .

The following is the report of the Committee of General Purposes , which will be read at the Grand Chapter Convocation on Wednesday next : —

The Committe of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 19 th April , 1871 , to the 17 th July , 1871 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows

;—To balance 19 th April ... ... , £ 416 12 7 „ subsequent receipts 251 9 o £ 6 bS 1 7

By disbursements during the quarter . £ 123 6 8 „ purchase of , £ 200 Consols , at 93 ^ and Commission 1 S 7 10 o „ Balance 357 411

^ 66 S 1 7 which balance is in the hands of Messrs . Willis , Percival and Co ., bankers of the Grand Treasurer . The Committee have likewise to report that they have received the following petitions : —

1 st . From Comps . George William Russell as ' / .. William Pearl as H ., John William Minchin as J ., and nine others , for a chapter to be attached to the Lodge Faith , Hope , and Charity , No . 12 S 5 , Ootacamund

, Madras , to be called "The Excelsior Chapter , " and to meet at Ootacamund . 2 nd . From Comps . the Right Hon . Earl Vane as Z , James Kcnch as H , Henry William Lindus " as J .,

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and six others , for a chapter to be attached to the Lodge La Tolerance , No . 538 , London , to be called " The Vane Chapter , " and to meet at Freemasons ' Hall , London . 3 rd . From Comps . Daniel Pretto as Z ., William Richard Bull as H ., George Augustus Phillips as J ., and seven others , for a chapter to be attached to

the Harmonic Lodge , No . 356 , in the Island of St . Thomas , West Indies , to be called "The Zetland Chapter , " and to meet in the town of Charlotte Amelia , St . Thomas , West Indies . The foregoing petitions being in all respects regular , the Committee recommend that the prayers thereof be respectively granted . Petitions have also been received : —

4 th . From Comps . John Woodward Barrett as Z ., Charles Horsley as H ., Christian Gilbert Constantias Stair as J ., and seven others , for a chapter to be attached to the Acacia Lodge , No . 1309 , Potters Bar , Middlesex , to be called "The Acacia Chapter , " and to meet at the Railway Hotel , Potters Bar .

5 . From Comps . John Thomas Moss as ' / ,., Wm . Hammond as H ., Samuel Wickens as J ., and six others , for a chapter to be attached to the Lebanon Lodge , No . 1326 , Hampton , Middlesex , to be called " The Lebanon Chapter , " and to meet at the Lion Hotel , Hampton .

These petitions are regular in form , but inasmuch as the lodges to which the chapters are proposed to be attached were only respectively consecrated in the months of May and June in the past year , the Committee cannot recommend that the prayers thereof be granted , as they are still of the opinion

expressed in their report to Grand Chapter of the 19 th January , 1 S 70 , that it is not desirable that a chapter should be attached to a lodge which has been consecrated for a less period than three years , and they again submit their opinion for the consideration of Grand Chapter .

The Committee have also received a petition from the Unity Chapter , praying to be detached from the Fowey Lodge , No . 977 , Fowey , Cornwall , and to be attached to the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 1151 , Tywardrcath , Cornwall . Both lodges having given their consent , the Committee recommend that the

prayer of the petition be granted . The Committee have also received a petition from the Bcadon Chapter , No . 619 , Duhvich , praying for permission to remove the chapter from the Greyhound Inn , Duhvich , to the Masons' Arms Tavern , Masons' Avenue , Basinghall-street , in the

city of London . As it appears from the statement of the petitioners that they are compelled by circumstances to remove from their present place of meeting , the Committee recommend that the prayer of the petition be granted . The following notice of motion has been given by

Comp . Matthew Cooke , P . Z . 534 : — ' •That , whilst this Grand Chapter recognizes the private right of every companion to belong to any extraneous Masonic organisation he may choose , it as firmly forbids now , and at any future time , all companions while engaged as salaried officers under this Grand

Chapter to mix themselves up in any way with such bodies as the 'Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , ' the ' Rites of Misraim and Memphis , ' the spurious orders of ' Rome and Constantine , ' the schismatic body styling itself the ' Grand Mark Lodge of England , ' or any other exterior Masonic organisation whatever ( even that of the Order of

knights Templar , which alone is recognised ) , under pain of immediate dismissal from employment by this Grand Chapter . " ( Signed ) W . PULTENEY SCOTT , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 19 th July , 1 S 71 .

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HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Bilious affections with all their concomitant annoyances induced by atmospheric changes or too liberal diet should be checked at once , or serious consequences may ensue . When any one finds his ideas less clear than usual , his eyesight dimmed , and his head dizzy , with indisposition for all

exertion , physical or mental , he may he quite sine that lie is in immediate need of some cooling and purifying medicine . Let him send at once for ' a box of Holloway's Pills , which will free him from his sufferings , and speedily renew his usual healthful feelings . If the bowels be irritable , Holloway ' s Ointment should be diligently rubbed over the stomach and liver every night and morning . — [ Adyt , ]