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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS 341 Supreme Grand Chapter 342 The Early Use of the Word Freemason ... ' ... 342 A Curious Old Book 34 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 342 Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire ... 343 C ORRESPONDENCEPrecedence of Grand Officers 344 Preston ' s Mother Lodrre 344
The Meetings of Grand Chapter 344 The Oldest Mason 344 Punjab Masonic Institution 344 Ladies at Masonic Gatherings 344 Bradlaugh at the Surrey Masonic Hall ... 345 Commas 34 S Revrews 34 S
Masonic Notes and Queries 345 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland 345 * Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent 34 6 Provincial Grand Lodge of South Wales , Western Division 346 Summer Festival of the Hundred of Elloe Lodge , No . 4 69 347
Summer Banquet of the St . John of Wapping Lodge , No . 1306 347 Summer Banquet of the St . Thomas ' s Lodge , No . 142 347 Presentation to Bro . T . B . Whytehead , at York 347 New Masonic Hall in the Bahama Islands 348 About Public Installations Again 34 8 A Lodge of Sorrow in America 348
Obituary 348 France 348 REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 349 Instruction 350 Mark Masonry . T . 3 'o Red Cross of Constantine 350
Ancient and Accepted Rite 35 a South Africa 350 Masonic and General Tidings 351 The Grand Lodge of Quebec 352 The Grand Lodge of New Sonth Wales 352 Music in Masonry 352 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 352 Advertisements I ., 11 . III ., IV .
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WE animadverted upon a careless and incorrect " Answer to Correspondent , " which appeared in our excellent contemporary the New Fork Dispatch a short time back , and rather wondered at its appearance under the skilful and " genial" regime of Bro . JdHN W . SIMONS , P . G . M ., an expert Mason , and a Masonic Student of zeal and ability to boot . This is what
he says on the subject : — " It is only necessary for us to remark , without entering into the merits of the subject , that no such thing can be found in the Masonic columns of the Dispatch of May 8 , 1 S 81 , nor , so far as our recollection serves , at any other date ; and , additionally , we may be permitted to observe that no party by the name of GOULD has any authority
to say anything whatever in this journal . Perhaps if our E . C . will look back he will find that he has given us credit for the blunder of some one else . —Q . E . D . " It is perfectly true that thc inculpated remarks did not appear in the " Masonic columns " of the New York Dispatch of May Sth , but they did in the column headed " Notes and Queries , " which see for that
date " passim . " We are amused ' at the reference to Bro . GOULD . The GOULD , the only GOULD we know or care for , is our worthy Bro . R . F . GOULD . The very hot weather has made our good and excellent friend in New York take a little " siesta . " We hope , however , some day to have the pleasure of shaking hands with him " in propria persona . "
* * * WE take the following amusing extract from our always agreeable contemporary the Philadelphia Keystone : — "A lively scene occurred at Alexandria , Va ., the last Saturday in ljune , when three benighted ' Free
Methodists' attempted , at the corner of King and Fairfax Streets , to * expose , ' as they stated , ' Knight Templarism . ' The police did not seem to think this would conduce to the public peace , or anything but a riot , so the zealous ' Free Methodists ' were arrested , and put in bond to keep the peace . "
* * THE following remarks from the Masonic Review about ~ what they term in America " Public Installations , " are the most sensible we have seen . We do not , however , even yet profess to understand their " raison d ' etre , " or their agreement with Masonic ritual or Masonic law on thc subject . We
are glad to note that the Keystone takes the same view as we do of this interesting little question . We confess it seems to us a pure "fad : " " Yes , public installations are very frequent in our Western Masonic bodies , Ohio included . And we cannot see in what respect the proper secrecy of Freemasonry is at all interfered with . The ceremonies of installation do
not belong to the esoterics of Masonry ; they are published to the world in all our Masonic Monitors . If they are thus published , so that any one that pleases may read them , what harm is there in publicly using them in installing the officers ? Masonry does not have enough of the social and
famil y aspect in this country which it has in France ; and these public installations are usually followed by a banquet defamille , and accompanied h y addresses upon the character of Masonry . They help to interest the public in the Craft , and abate prejudice . " " What an argument against Masonic Monitors , " seems to be the " moral " of the "tale . "
* * "' call attention to some remarks of our able friend , Bro . MCCALLA , the Editor of that excellent Masonic paper , the Philadelphia Keystone , in re
the so-called " Public Installations " in America . His opinion , always valuable , is entirel y " en accord " with ours on the subject . The whole proceedln g > in our humble opinion , is a great mistake , despite some defensive remarks on the subject we have already called attention to .
* * WE often hear complaints of "Masonic delation , " of lhat propensity to gossip , scandal , and personality which mars so much of our social happiness , and is such a parody in itself , painful and absurd , of all Masonic pro-
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fessions of "brotherly love , " of humanitarian good will . Mrs . PARTINGTON ' S denunciation of such unamiable beings as Masonic mischiefmakers recurs to our memory in all its " native worth " and "feminine eloquence . " We commend it to the notice and realization of our readers , one and all , amusedly and pressingly : " ' If there is anybody under the
canister of heaven that I have in utter excrescence , ' said Mrs . PARTINGTON , 'it is a tale-bearer and slanderer , going about like a vile boa constructor , circulating his camomile about honest folks . I always know one by his physmahogany . It seems as if BELZEBUB had stamped him with his private signal , and everything he looks at appears to turn yaller . ' "
* * WHERE W-ILLIAM PRESTON was initiated is a subject undoubtedly of great interest to English Freemasons . Bro . J ACOB NORTON has treated the subject at length in our last Freemason , and we invite other communications on the subject . Perhaps Bros . GOULD and HUGHAN may have something to say on the subject .
* * * MANY of our numerous friends and correspondents will be pleased to read the following statement of the financial position of the Grand Lodge of Canada : " In accordance with the amendment adopted at the last Annual Communication of Grand Lodge , the books have been made up to the 31 st
May , and a copy of the balance sheet , with statement of the funds , & c , has been sent , as provided by the same amendment , to each lodge . From the statement made out we find that the total receipts for the seventeen months ending 31 st May ult . amounted to 21 , 499 . 85 dollars ;; which , added to balance in the bank on the ist January , 1880 , makes a total of
26 , 871 . 99 dollars . The disbursements during the same period amount to 17 , 870 . 09 dollars , leaving balance in bank on the 31 st May of 8 , 001 . 90 dollars . The sums paid out on Benevolent Fund Account for the same
period amount to 12 , 565 . 80 dollars . The balance sheet shows total assets " 63 , 401 . 90 dollars , of which 9 , 215 . 55 dollars is at the credit of the Asylum Fund . Thus it will be seen the Grand Lodge of Canada is in a most flourishing condition . "
* * * THE fact contained in the following paragraph from our excellent contemporary , the Canadian Freemason , will be approved of by many of our readers warmly : " We learn from the Australian Freemason that a Masonic Scholarship , for the sons of Freemasons , has been founded in the University of Sydney , by the District Grand Lodge ( E . C . ) in that colony .
WE were glad to note , also , the following paragraph in a contemporary last week , headed "A Pleasant" * " Surprise : " "A large quantity of fresh strawberries having been kindly placed at the disposal of the Hospital
Saturday Fund by the growers of Halstead and Knockholt , in Kent , were distributed among the various London hospitals by Mr . PENNEY , Hon . Secretary of the South London Local Committee , who received the warm thanks of those in charge of the various institutions for a present rendered doubly acceptable bv the very hot weather . "
* * * WE rejoice to hear that the collections for the Hospital Fund at the Mansion House already exceed £ 2 1 , 000 , the largest sum yet reached , and that
this amount does not yet represent all the collections to be paid in . There is one " point" we do not quite profess to understand—the delay which takes place in the payment of these collections to the Treasurers . We suppose that there is some explanation of the matter .
* * WE think it well to call special attention to a report from our correspondent at Portsmouth , elsewhere , as we deem the whole affair a grave scandal to our Order . No doubt such a matter will not escape the notice of that excellent Mason and Prov . Grand Master , Bro . W . B . BEACH .
THE list of names of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania brethren who are taking up the cause of the Masonic Veterans in their district , recalls to our grateful memory some very pleasant hours and some excellent brethren , and we feel sure both that whatever they do is right , and whatever is done by them will be well done , and Masonically carried out .
* ± ± WE find the following intelligence in our always pleasant and readable contemporary the " Masonic Advocate . " Wc quite approve of the idea , as it keeps up the " Camaraderie " of Freemasonry : " New York has an
association of Veteran Masons , composed of brethren who have been Masons over twenty-one years . At a meeting held on the 8 th of June over eighty members were present , their average age being a little over fiftynine years . " Pennsylvania , always forward in good Masonic work , is , we I note , also moving in the matter .
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS 341 Supreme Grand Chapter 342 The Early Use of the Word Freemason ... ' ... 342 A Curious Old Book 34 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 342 Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire ... 343 C ORRESPONDENCEPrecedence of Grand Officers 344 Preston ' s Mother Lodrre 344
The Meetings of Grand Chapter 344 The Oldest Mason 344 Punjab Masonic Institution 344 Ladies at Masonic Gatherings 344 Bradlaugh at the Surrey Masonic Hall ... 345 Commas 34 S Revrews 34 S
Masonic Notes and Queries 345 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland 345 * Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent 34 6 Provincial Grand Lodge of South Wales , Western Division 346 Summer Festival of the Hundred of Elloe Lodge , No . 4 69 347
Summer Banquet of the St . John of Wapping Lodge , No . 1306 347 Summer Banquet of the St . Thomas ' s Lodge , No . 142 347 Presentation to Bro . T . B . Whytehead , at York 347 New Masonic Hall in the Bahama Islands 348 About Public Installations Again 34 8 A Lodge of Sorrow in America 348
Obituary 348 France 348 REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 349 Instruction 350 Mark Masonry . T . 3 'o Red Cross of Constantine 350
Ancient and Accepted Rite 35 a South Africa 350 Masonic and General Tidings 351 The Grand Lodge of Quebec 352 The Grand Lodge of New Sonth Wales 352 Music in Masonry 352 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 352 Advertisements I ., 11 . III ., IV .
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WE animadverted upon a careless and incorrect " Answer to Correspondent , " which appeared in our excellent contemporary the New Fork Dispatch a short time back , and rather wondered at its appearance under the skilful and " genial" regime of Bro . JdHN W . SIMONS , P . G . M ., an expert Mason , and a Masonic Student of zeal and ability to boot . This is what
he says on the subject : — " It is only necessary for us to remark , without entering into the merits of the subject , that no such thing can be found in the Masonic columns of the Dispatch of May 8 , 1 S 81 , nor , so far as our recollection serves , at any other date ; and , additionally , we may be permitted to observe that no party by the name of GOULD has any authority
to say anything whatever in this journal . Perhaps if our E . C . will look back he will find that he has given us credit for the blunder of some one else . —Q . E . D . " It is perfectly true that thc inculpated remarks did not appear in the " Masonic columns " of the New York Dispatch of May Sth , but they did in the column headed " Notes and Queries , " which see for that
date " passim . " We are amused ' at the reference to Bro . GOULD . The GOULD , the only GOULD we know or care for , is our worthy Bro . R . F . GOULD . The very hot weather has made our good and excellent friend in New York take a little " siesta . " We hope , however , some day to have the pleasure of shaking hands with him " in propria persona . "
* * * WE take the following amusing extract from our always agreeable contemporary the Philadelphia Keystone : — "A lively scene occurred at Alexandria , Va ., the last Saturday in ljune , when three benighted ' Free
Methodists' attempted , at the corner of King and Fairfax Streets , to * expose , ' as they stated , ' Knight Templarism . ' The police did not seem to think this would conduce to the public peace , or anything but a riot , so the zealous ' Free Methodists ' were arrested , and put in bond to keep the peace . "
* * THE following remarks from the Masonic Review about ~ what they term in America " Public Installations , " are the most sensible we have seen . We do not , however , even yet profess to understand their " raison d ' etre , " or their agreement with Masonic ritual or Masonic law on thc subject . We
are glad to note that the Keystone takes the same view as we do of this interesting little question . We confess it seems to us a pure "fad : " " Yes , public installations are very frequent in our Western Masonic bodies , Ohio included . And we cannot see in what respect the proper secrecy of Freemasonry is at all interfered with . The ceremonies of installation do
not belong to the esoterics of Masonry ; they are published to the world in all our Masonic Monitors . If they are thus published , so that any one that pleases may read them , what harm is there in publicly using them in installing the officers ? Masonry does not have enough of the social and
famil y aspect in this country which it has in France ; and these public installations are usually followed by a banquet defamille , and accompanied h y addresses upon the character of Masonry . They help to interest the public in the Craft , and abate prejudice . " " What an argument against Masonic Monitors , " seems to be the " moral " of the "tale . "
* * "' call attention to some remarks of our able friend , Bro . MCCALLA , the Editor of that excellent Masonic paper , the Philadelphia Keystone , in re
the so-called " Public Installations " in America . His opinion , always valuable , is entirel y " en accord " with ours on the subject . The whole proceedln g > in our humble opinion , is a great mistake , despite some defensive remarks on the subject we have already called attention to .
* * WE often hear complaints of "Masonic delation , " of lhat propensity to gossip , scandal , and personality which mars so much of our social happiness , and is such a parody in itself , painful and absurd , of all Masonic pro-
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fessions of "brotherly love , " of humanitarian good will . Mrs . PARTINGTON ' S denunciation of such unamiable beings as Masonic mischiefmakers recurs to our memory in all its " native worth " and "feminine eloquence . " We commend it to the notice and realization of our readers , one and all , amusedly and pressingly : " ' If there is anybody under the
canister of heaven that I have in utter excrescence , ' said Mrs . PARTINGTON , 'it is a tale-bearer and slanderer , going about like a vile boa constructor , circulating his camomile about honest folks . I always know one by his physmahogany . It seems as if BELZEBUB had stamped him with his private signal , and everything he looks at appears to turn yaller . ' "
* * WHERE W-ILLIAM PRESTON was initiated is a subject undoubtedly of great interest to English Freemasons . Bro . J ACOB NORTON has treated the subject at length in our last Freemason , and we invite other communications on the subject . Perhaps Bros . GOULD and HUGHAN may have something to say on the subject .
* * * MANY of our numerous friends and correspondents will be pleased to read the following statement of the financial position of the Grand Lodge of Canada : " In accordance with the amendment adopted at the last Annual Communication of Grand Lodge , the books have been made up to the 31 st
May , and a copy of the balance sheet , with statement of the funds , & c , has been sent , as provided by the same amendment , to each lodge . From the statement made out we find that the total receipts for the seventeen months ending 31 st May ult . amounted to 21 , 499 . 85 dollars ;; which , added to balance in the bank on the ist January , 1880 , makes a total of
26 , 871 . 99 dollars . The disbursements during the same period amount to 17 , 870 . 09 dollars , leaving balance in bank on the 31 st May of 8 , 001 . 90 dollars . The sums paid out on Benevolent Fund Account for the same
period amount to 12 , 565 . 80 dollars . The balance sheet shows total assets " 63 , 401 . 90 dollars , of which 9 , 215 . 55 dollars is at the credit of the Asylum Fund . Thus it will be seen the Grand Lodge of Canada is in a most flourishing condition . "
* * * THE fact contained in the following paragraph from our excellent contemporary , the Canadian Freemason , will be approved of by many of our readers warmly : " We learn from the Australian Freemason that a Masonic Scholarship , for the sons of Freemasons , has been founded in the University of Sydney , by the District Grand Lodge ( E . C . ) in that colony .
WE were glad to note , also , the following paragraph in a contemporary last week , headed "A Pleasant" * " Surprise : " "A large quantity of fresh strawberries having been kindly placed at the disposal of the Hospital
Saturday Fund by the growers of Halstead and Knockholt , in Kent , were distributed among the various London hospitals by Mr . PENNEY , Hon . Secretary of the South London Local Committee , who received the warm thanks of those in charge of the various institutions for a present rendered doubly acceptable bv the very hot weather . "
* * * WE rejoice to hear that the collections for the Hospital Fund at the Mansion House already exceed £ 2 1 , 000 , the largest sum yet reached , and that
this amount does not yet represent all the collections to be paid in . There is one " point" we do not quite profess to understand—the delay which takes place in the payment of these collections to the Treasurers . We suppose that there is some explanation of the matter .
* * WE think it well to call special attention to a report from our correspondent at Portsmouth , elsewhere , as we deem the whole affair a grave scandal to our Order . No doubt such a matter will not escape the notice of that excellent Mason and Prov . Grand Master , Bro . W . B . BEACH .
THE list of names of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania brethren who are taking up the cause of the Masonic Veterans in their district , recalls to our grateful memory some very pleasant hours and some excellent brethren , and we feel sure both that whatever they do is right , and whatever is done by them will be well done , and Masonically carried out .
* ± ± WE find the following intelligence in our always pleasant and readable contemporary the " Masonic Advocate . " Wc quite approve of the idea , as it keeps up the " Camaraderie " of Freemasonry : " New York has an
association of Veteran Masons , composed of brethren who have been Masons over twenty-one years . At a meeting held on the 8 th of June over eighty members were present , their average age being a little over fiftynine years . " Pennsylvania , always forward in good Masonic work , is , we I note , also moving in the matter .