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The Province Of Derbyshire.
it is very largely due to his efforts that every candidate sent up from Derbyshire has so far been elected . The following statement showing the amounts sent up from the province to the three Masonic Institutions during the last eleven years speaks for itself : —
1891 , £ 9 68 ... 18 92 , . ^ 1719 ... 18 93 , . £ 1014 18 94 , £ 637 ... i 8 ;; 5 , £ 553 ... 18 9 6 , ^ 16 42 18 97 , X 478 ... 18 9 8 , £ 2440 ... 18 99 , , £ 642 1 9 , £ 349 ... 1901 , - £ " 877 .
HIS MA . IKSTY THE KIXG AT COMPTOX HOUSK , EASTHOURXK .
1 his works out to a total of _ £ i 1 , 521 , giving an average slightly in excess of £ 1000 per annum . Concerning the future of Freemasonry in Derbyshire , there is no ground for apprehension . The foundation upon Avhich its prosperity has been built up in late years
is too solid to lead one to suppose that it will readily crumble away . The only danger that threatens it , indeed , is that its abounding prosperity may ultimately lead to reaction and stagnation—a fate that has before now overtaken many institutions equally powerful and equally
nourishing . So far we have observed no perceptible lowering of the standard . Let us hope that the influence of the gentleman at the head of affairs may always be sufficient to arrest any such dangerous tendency . The province is fortunate in possessing a Secretary peculiarly well qualified
for that important position . Bro . Naylor has now been in ( his office for twenty-eight years , and it is not too much to say that to his linn hand and sagacious counsel Derbyshire Freemasonry has been preserved from manv a pitfall
and many a danger . That he may long be spared to guide the destinies of the province is the earnest hope of every Derbyshire Mason . Our portraits also include that of a veteran Derbyshire Mason , Bro . Cox , who has been connected with the Craft
for nearly fifty years , and who has locally shared in its labours and its honours . For twenty-live years he held the position of Provincial Grand Treasurer , and on his retirement was presented with an address and a purse containing 150 sovereigns .
Imperial Masonic Federation.
Imperial Masonic Federation .
( COMMUNICATED . )
TT 7 E use the term Imperial in this article 111 a sense yy similar to that in which the term Sovereign is used when describing an independent Masonic jurisdiction . We are therefore proposing to discuss the possibility , or the advisability , of a union or federation under some authority , to be defined hereafter , of all those Sovereign Grand Lodges
which have at various times emanated from , or—more correctly ¦— severed themselves from , the mother Grand Lodge of England .
There are ninety-six Grand Lodges , or Masonic bodies , with recognised independent territorial rights and jurisdictions . Twenty-nine of these are in the Eastern Hemisphere and sixty-seven in the Western . Of the large number of fifty in the United States , however , very many are of small dimensions and membership , in one case less than a dozen
lodges owing allegiance . All these can be conveniently classified as follows : — There are sixty-seven which work in the English language .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Province Of Derbyshire.
it is very largely due to his efforts that every candidate sent up from Derbyshire has so far been elected . The following statement showing the amounts sent up from the province to the three Masonic Institutions during the last eleven years speaks for itself : —
1891 , £ 9 68 ... 18 92 , . ^ 1719 ... 18 93 , . £ 1014 18 94 , £ 637 ... i 8 ;; 5 , £ 553 ... 18 9 6 , ^ 16 42 18 97 , X 478 ... 18 9 8 , £ 2440 ... 18 99 , , £ 642 1 9 , £ 349 ... 1901 , - £ " 877 .
HIS MA . IKSTY THE KIXG AT COMPTOX HOUSK , EASTHOURXK .
1 his works out to a total of _ £ i 1 , 521 , giving an average slightly in excess of £ 1000 per annum . Concerning the future of Freemasonry in Derbyshire , there is no ground for apprehension . The foundation upon Avhich its prosperity has been built up in late years
is too solid to lead one to suppose that it will readily crumble away . The only danger that threatens it , indeed , is that its abounding prosperity may ultimately lead to reaction and stagnation—a fate that has before now overtaken many institutions equally powerful and equally
nourishing . So far we have observed no perceptible lowering of the standard . Let us hope that the influence of the gentleman at the head of affairs may always be sufficient to arrest any such dangerous tendency . The province is fortunate in possessing a Secretary peculiarly well qualified
for that important position . Bro . Naylor has now been in ( his office for twenty-eight years , and it is not too much to say that to his linn hand and sagacious counsel Derbyshire Freemasonry has been preserved from manv a pitfall
and many a danger . That he may long be spared to guide the destinies of the province is the earnest hope of every Derbyshire Mason . Our portraits also include that of a veteran Derbyshire Mason , Bro . Cox , who has been connected with the Craft
for nearly fifty years , and who has locally shared in its labours and its honours . For twenty-live years he held the position of Provincial Grand Treasurer , and on his retirement was presented with an address and a purse containing 150 sovereigns .
Imperial Masonic Federation.
Imperial Masonic Federation .
( COMMUNICATED . )
TT 7 E use the term Imperial in this article 111 a sense yy similar to that in which the term Sovereign is used when describing an independent Masonic jurisdiction . We are therefore proposing to discuss the possibility , or the advisability , of a union or federation under some authority , to be defined hereafter , of all those Sovereign Grand Lodges
which have at various times emanated from , or—more correctly ¦— severed themselves from , the mother Grand Lodge of England .
There are ninety-six Grand Lodges , or Masonic bodies , with recognised independent territorial rights and jurisdictions . Twenty-nine of these are in the Eastern Hemisphere and sixty-seven in the Western . Of the large number of fifty in the United States , however , very many are of small dimensions and membership , in one case less than a dozen
lodges owing allegiance . All these can be conveniently classified as follows : — There are sixty-seven which work in the English language .