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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS 723 Communiiiuc 725 Roval Masonic Benevolent Institution . — Presentation to Bro . Terry 725
Scotland 727 Obituary 727 Koyal Masonic Institution for Girls 727 Reviews ,. 72 S RETORTS " MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 729
RETORTS or MASONIC MEETINGS —( Continued)—Instruction 731 Royal Arch 731 Royal Ark Mariners 731 Kn ' iiihts Templar , 731
The Theatres 732 Music 732 Science ami Art 732 Masonic ami General Tidings 733 bodge Meetings for Next Week 734
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WITH the issue of the last number of the Freemason for 1 SS 2 it is impossible as it would be unbecoming , but that we tender to numerous readers , at home and abroad , our " Hearty good wishes " for them and theirs in 18 S 3 . We thank them one and all for their kind and consistent patronage in the special period of time that is now ended , and trust that in the twelvemonths before
us we shall be favoured with the same indulgence , the same sympathy , and the same support which have so markedly characterized the peaceful and successful progress of the Freemason during the year that is past . We might seasonably moralize much on vanished time , and anticipate much from coming hours , but we deem it more deferential to our friends and more
consonant with our own demands for space , simply to thank our readers and helpers one and all , for so much generous allowance and so much Masonic aid , and wishing them one and all every good thing which time and earth can bring lo them , to solicit once again , without fear of refusal , that cheerful countenance and that ready approval which have been so liberally accorded to the Freemason through so many changing years .
THE " whirligig of Time " passes over us all with its rapid motion and its " strange conceits , " and year follows upon year with sure and certain tread , unstayable in its progress and its wending way . It seems but yesterday , so to say , that we were rocking 1 S 82 in its glittering cradle , and yet here we are close , very close , to its somewhat sombre grave . But such is life , and
such is Time , the great arbiter and discloser of earthly events , which , ceaseless in its onward motion , is at present never ending , beholding the passing away of all earthly institutions , all human strivings , and all personal relations . For us , as Freemasons , equally with others , the close of another year suggests many useful thoughts and vivid memories ; touches upon chords which will
not be silent ; and awakens within us , if we think , many associations and considerations which it is idle affectation or inane folly to attempt to ignore or despise . Few of us there are who can , all complacently and calmly , witness the departure of another year . There are , as it were , " voices of the past " which will not be hushed ; there are sympathies for the present which
will " come into court ; " and say what we will , and do what we choose , we are either the most weak or childish of mortals , if we believe ourselves when we say it , or that others will credit us if we aver it , that for us the passing away of another year has no interest , and imparts to us no concerns . On the contrary , true philosophy , sound and safe , and religion to boot , will
bid us ever remember that the close of another year of our own lives is a very serious fact ; serious in its relation to ourselves , serious in its relation to others . And therefore it is that in the Freemason we seek , as of old , to " improve the occasion , " to sum up our Masonic episodes , the clear and truthful facts of the current life of Freemasonry in which we bear a share
and fill our lot , and note what is remarkable , remember what is praiseworthy , record what is truthful , preserve what is beneficial alike for our Order and our Lodges , valuable and improving for that Cosmopolitan Fraternity , which to-day is in all lands civilized and uncivilized , and is most truly oecumenical in the unity of its teaching , ( if it be true
Freemasonry ) , and the reality of its professions . And though it be true and noteworthy that 1 S 82 has been to the world and to England a very eventful year , full of startling episodes and most serious events , such as the Egyptian War , the dastardly and insane attack on our beloved Queen , the cruel assassinations and horrible atrocities in Ireland , and we have been
moved , as a nation , with alternate feelings of loyal indignation and anger , heartfelt admiration for the heroism of our soldiers and our sailors , yet other pens must fitly chronicle such national cares and triumphs , and we can only allude to them passing by as " facts " in the peaceful and neutral page : of the Freemason . As regards Freemasonry proper , 1882 has not been a very
eventful year either for Anglo-Saxon or universal Freemasonry . The year which is passing beneath our feet has witnessed no very striking Masonic events , can boast of no great developement , can complain even of no great change . Freemasons everywhere , after previous years of much excitement ,
have , as it were , "laid on their oars" and have "drifted down the stream , " rathe ' r craving for " rest" instead of movement , for peace instead of warfare . In English Freemasonry especially , while the Freemason has recorded much of the common normal active . life of Freemasonry , it has no very striking
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•'outcome' to chronicle , no extraordinary events to illustrate , but it has beheld English Freemasons everywhere loyal , happ 3 ' , and contented , excellent in work , not undistinguished in the social circle , but marked by two great characteristics , —unwavering and devoted loyalty to their Royal chief and their good old Order , and intent , and even enthusiastic , in-the ever needful and sacred cause of Charity .
* AJ ANUARY beheld , as is most befitting , several movements to give pleasure to the inmates of our great Charitable Institutions , such as the New Year's entertainment for our old people at Croydon , the Christmas entertainment for the boys , the Twelfth Night entertainment to the girls , and the first meeting of
the Board of Stewards for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution anniversary festival . On the 9 th a congratulatory address was presented to H . R . H . the Duke of ALBANY by our brethren at Portsmouth on his approaching marriage . January also witnessed a Masonic entertainment to aged folks in Manchester , the opening of a new Masonic Hall at Gateshead ,
which passed off with much eclat , and a presentation to Bro . CARTWRIGHT , Prov . Grand Secretary for Staffordshire . The Quarterly Courts of the Girls' and Boys' Schools , on the 14 th and 161 I 1 of January took place , but
no business of any importance was transacted . The Lodge of Benevolence , which met on the iSth , voted £ 682 . The following lodges were consecrated this month : The Brixton Lodge , No . 1949 ; Southgate Lodge , No . 1950 ; and the Universal Chapter , No . iSr , was also consecrated this month .
FEBRUARY opened with the Quarterly Convocation of Grand Chapter , when only the usual and limited normal resolutions were passed nem . dis . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and Isle of Wight held an emergency meeting , and the Provincial Grand Chapter of Hampshire also assembled . The annual festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution
came round , under the presidency of Bro . Col . J . A . LLOYD PHILLIPS , Prov . Grand Master South Wales , Western Division , with 254 Stewards , when £ n , 357 3 s- & L were announced . The Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex visited the Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , and a testimonial was presented to Bro . R . HUDSON , the Provincial Grand Director of
Ceremonies Durham . We heard , with mingled feelings of astonishment and amusement in England , of the proceedings in connection with the lodge Moghreb Al Aksa , Tangiers , and the Territorial Grand Orient of Morocco . Everything to us seemed to be a parody on Masonic law and ceremonial , and to be utterly irregular in inception and in developement . It will be seen ,
later on , how correct was the estimate of the whole matter taken by tho Freemason from the vcry first . The Lodge of Benevolence met as usual , and voted £ 1065 . A new Masonic hall was opened in Jarrow , and ,
though only one new Craft lodge was consecrated this month , viz ., the Hi gh Peak Lodge , No . 1953 , a Royal Ark Mariners' Lodge was opened at Leicester , and the West Kent Chapter , No . 129 , was also properly constituted and consecrated .
* * * MARCH opened with the Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge , when H . R . H . the GRAND MASTER was re-elected , amid hearty checring , and our old friend , the GRAND TREASURER , re-elected , equally with hearty warmth . The usual business of Grand Lodge was transacted . The next day all England
was horrified and startled by an atrocious and wicked attempt on the life of our gracious sovereign . The whole country was moved with the conjoint feelings of loyalty and indignation ; and our always devoted Craft , in repeated lodge meetings , evinced that unchanged and unchanging characteristic of our great Order , —Masonic loyalty . A Special Grand Lod ge was held on the
15 th , presided over by our Royal GRAND MASTER in person , when an appropriate and touching address to the QUEEN was voted by Grand Lodge , amid enthusiastic plaudits . An American brother , who was present , told us he had been greatly struck with everything that had taken place ; the high and kindl y bearing of our Royal Family , and the enthusiastic loyalty of Grand Lod ge . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex held its meeting , and the Grand Lodge of Mark Masons also , warmly and unanimousl y voted an address to the QUEEN . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Hants and the Provincial Grand
Lodge of Cheshire sent an address to the Q UEEN . The Lodge of Benevolence met and voted £ goo . The following lodge and chapters were consecrated this month : Hadrian Lodge , No . 1948 , and Eccleston Chapter , No . 1624 . A Rose Croix chapter was consecrated at Leicester .
* " * THE quarterly courts for the election of the Girls' and Boys' Schools took place on the Sth and ioth of ArRiL . At the former , all the candidates were elected without polling ; at the latter a very large number of votes were tendered , and the polling ran unprecedentl y high . The School Elections are becoming very serious things . The Provincial Grand Lod ge of West Yorkshire held a-quarterly meeting , at which its officers were appointed for
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS 723 Communiiiuc 725 Roval Masonic Benevolent Institution . — Presentation to Bro . Terry 725
Scotland 727 Obituary 727 Koyal Masonic Institution for Girls 727 Reviews ,. 72 S RETORTS " MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 729
RETORTS or MASONIC MEETINGS —( Continued)—Instruction 731 Royal Arch 731 Royal Ark Mariners 731 Kn ' iiihts Templar , 731
The Theatres 732 Music 732 Science ami Art 732 Masonic ami General Tidings 733 bodge Meetings for Next Week 734
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WITH the issue of the last number of the Freemason for 1 SS 2 it is impossible as it would be unbecoming , but that we tender to numerous readers , at home and abroad , our " Hearty good wishes " for them and theirs in 18 S 3 . We thank them one and all for their kind and consistent patronage in the special period of time that is now ended , and trust that in the twelvemonths before
us we shall be favoured with the same indulgence , the same sympathy , and the same support which have so markedly characterized the peaceful and successful progress of the Freemason during the year that is past . We might seasonably moralize much on vanished time , and anticipate much from coming hours , but we deem it more deferential to our friends and more
consonant with our own demands for space , simply to thank our readers and helpers one and all , for so much generous allowance and so much Masonic aid , and wishing them one and all every good thing which time and earth can bring lo them , to solicit once again , without fear of refusal , that cheerful countenance and that ready approval which have been so liberally accorded to the Freemason through so many changing years .
THE " whirligig of Time " passes over us all with its rapid motion and its " strange conceits , " and year follows upon year with sure and certain tread , unstayable in its progress and its wending way . It seems but yesterday , so to say , that we were rocking 1 S 82 in its glittering cradle , and yet here we are close , very close , to its somewhat sombre grave . But such is life , and
such is Time , the great arbiter and discloser of earthly events , which , ceaseless in its onward motion , is at present never ending , beholding the passing away of all earthly institutions , all human strivings , and all personal relations . For us , as Freemasons , equally with others , the close of another year suggests many useful thoughts and vivid memories ; touches upon chords which will
not be silent ; and awakens within us , if we think , many associations and considerations which it is idle affectation or inane folly to attempt to ignore or despise . Few of us there are who can , all complacently and calmly , witness the departure of another year . There are , as it were , " voices of the past " which will not be hushed ; there are sympathies for the present which
will " come into court ; " and say what we will , and do what we choose , we are either the most weak or childish of mortals , if we believe ourselves when we say it , or that others will credit us if we aver it , that for us the passing away of another year has no interest , and imparts to us no concerns . On the contrary , true philosophy , sound and safe , and religion to boot , will
bid us ever remember that the close of another year of our own lives is a very serious fact ; serious in its relation to ourselves , serious in its relation to others . And therefore it is that in the Freemason we seek , as of old , to " improve the occasion , " to sum up our Masonic episodes , the clear and truthful facts of the current life of Freemasonry in which we bear a share
and fill our lot , and note what is remarkable , remember what is praiseworthy , record what is truthful , preserve what is beneficial alike for our Order and our Lodges , valuable and improving for that Cosmopolitan Fraternity , which to-day is in all lands civilized and uncivilized , and is most truly oecumenical in the unity of its teaching , ( if it be true
Freemasonry ) , and the reality of its professions . And though it be true and noteworthy that 1 S 82 has been to the world and to England a very eventful year , full of startling episodes and most serious events , such as the Egyptian War , the dastardly and insane attack on our beloved Queen , the cruel assassinations and horrible atrocities in Ireland , and we have been
moved , as a nation , with alternate feelings of loyal indignation and anger , heartfelt admiration for the heroism of our soldiers and our sailors , yet other pens must fitly chronicle such national cares and triumphs , and we can only allude to them passing by as " facts " in the peaceful and neutral page : of the Freemason . As regards Freemasonry proper , 1882 has not been a very
eventful year either for Anglo-Saxon or universal Freemasonry . The year which is passing beneath our feet has witnessed no very striking Masonic events , can boast of no great developement , can complain even of no great change . Freemasons everywhere , after previous years of much excitement ,
have , as it were , "laid on their oars" and have "drifted down the stream , " rathe ' r craving for " rest" instead of movement , for peace instead of warfare . In English Freemasonry especially , while the Freemason has recorded much of the common normal active . life of Freemasonry , it has no very striking
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•'outcome' to chronicle , no extraordinary events to illustrate , but it has beheld English Freemasons everywhere loyal , happ 3 ' , and contented , excellent in work , not undistinguished in the social circle , but marked by two great characteristics , —unwavering and devoted loyalty to their Royal chief and their good old Order , and intent , and even enthusiastic , in-the ever needful and sacred cause of Charity .
* AJ ANUARY beheld , as is most befitting , several movements to give pleasure to the inmates of our great Charitable Institutions , such as the New Year's entertainment for our old people at Croydon , the Christmas entertainment for the boys , the Twelfth Night entertainment to the girls , and the first meeting of
the Board of Stewards for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution anniversary festival . On the 9 th a congratulatory address was presented to H . R . H . the Duke of ALBANY by our brethren at Portsmouth on his approaching marriage . January also witnessed a Masonic entertainment to aged folks in Manchester , the opening of a new Masonic Hall at Gateshead ,
which passed off with much eclat , and a presentation to Bro . CARTWRIGHT , Prov . Grand Secretary for Staffordshire . The Quarterly Courts of the Girls' and Boys' Schools , on the 14 th and 161 I 1 of January took place , but
no business of any importance was transacted . The Lodge of Benevolence , which met on the iSth , voted £ 682 . The following lodges were consecrated this month : The Brixton Lodge , No . 1949 ; Southgate Lodge , No . 1950 ; and the Universal Chapter , No . iSr , was also consecrated this month .
FEBRUARY opened with the Quarterly Convocation of Grand Chapter , when only the usual and limited normal resolutions were passed nem . dis . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and Isle of Wight held an emergency meeting , and the Provincial Grand Chapter of Hampshire also assembled . The annual festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution
came round , under the presidency of Bro . Col . J . A . LLOYD PHILLIPS , Prov . Grand Master South Wales , Western Division , with 254 Stewards , when £ n , 357 3 s- & L were announced . The Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex visited the Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , and a testimonial was presented to Bro . R . HUDSON , the Provincial Grand Director of
Ceremonies Durham . We heard , with mingled feelings of astonishment and amusement in England , of the proceedings in connection with the lodge Moghreb Al Aksa , Tangiers , and the Territorial Grand Orient of Morocco . Everything to us seemed to be a parody on Masonic law and ceremonial , and to be utterly irregular in inception and in developement . It will be seen ,
later on , how correct was the estimate of the whole matter taken by tho Freemason from the vcry first . The Lodge of Benevolence met as usual , and voted £ 1065 . A new Masonic hall was opened in Jarrow , and ,
though only one new Craft lodge was consecrated this month , viz ., the Hi gh Peak Lodge , No . 1953 , a Royal Ark Mariners' Lodge was opened at Leicester , and the West Kent Chapter , No . 129 , was also properly constituted and consecrated .
* * * MARCH opened with the Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge , when H . R . H . the GRAND MASTER was re-elected , amid hearty checring , and our old friend , the GRAND TREASURER , re-elected , equally with hearty warmth . The usual business of Grand Lodge was transacted . The next day all England
was horrified and startled by an atrocious and wicked attempt on the life of our gracious sovereign . The whole country was moved with the conjoint feelings of loyalty and indignation ; and our always devoted Craft , in repeated lodge meetings , evinced that unchanged and unchanging characteristic of our great Order , —Masonic loyalty . A Special Grand Lod ge was held on the
15 th , presided over by our Royal GRAND MASTER in person , when an appropriate and touching address to the QUEEN was voted by Grand Lodge , amid enthusiastic plaudits . An American brother , who was present , told us he had been greatly struck with everything that had taken place ; the high and kindl y bearing of our Royal Family , and the enthusiastic loyalty of Grand Lod ge . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex held its meeting , and the Grand Lodge of Mark Masons also , warmly and unanimousl y voted an address to the QUEEN . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Hants and the Provincial Grand
Lodge of Cheshire sent an address to the Q UEEN . The Lodge of Benevolence met and voted £ goo . The following lodge and chapters were consecrated this month : Hadrian Lodge , No . 1948 , and Eccleston Chapter , No . 1624 . A Rose Croix chapter was consecrated at Leicester .
* " * THE quarterly courts for the election of the Girls' and Boys' Schools took place on the Sth and ioth of ArRiL . At the former , all the candidates were elected without polling ; at the latter a very large number of votes were tendered , and the polling ran unprecedentl y high . The School Elections are becoming very serious things . The Provincial Grand Lod ge of West Yorkshire held a-quarterly meeting , at which its officers were appointed for