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The Australian Commonwealth And Freemascnry.
Cockburn , who said that Australia might be called the " Empire ' s Youngest Daughter . " He referred to the great honour conferred on the Commonwealth by the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall , who , he said , had won the love and respect of all , no matter in what part of the Empire , lie
concluded b y remarking that as there were three great lights in Freemasonry , so we had also three great lights in our noble Empire , viz . : Canada in the West , India in the East , and Australia in the South . Sir J . Dimsdale , in giving the toast of " India and the rest
of the Empire , " paid a high tribute to those from all parts of the Empire who had come forward so willingly to assist the mother country in the South African campaign . Sir AI . Bhownaggree , in reply , while regretting the absence of Lord George Hamilton , testified to the great influence
Alasonry had exercised in drawing together with chords of brotherly love the different parts of the Empire . Bro . Geo . Richards , D . G . A 1 . of the Transvaal , also replied to this toast . He congratulated Australia on the birth of the Commonwealth , and thanked her for the men she had sent to
South Africa to light the battles of their King and Empire . He hoped that when the war was over , and peace proclaimed , South Africa would be able to build up a Commonwealth as firm as that of Australia , and so establish a bond of fellowship , and proclaim Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth , with
the result that peace and goodwill would be extended to all . The I . P . AI ., Bro . C . T . Kiralfy , proposed the toast of " The W . AI . " testify ing to his sterling qualities , both as a man and a Alason . The toast of " The Visitors " brought this memorable and enjoyable evening to a close .
Brother Rudyard Kipling.
Brot her Rudyard Kipling .
OF the many eminent men in literature and art who are members of our Order , not the least distinguished among them is Bro . Rudyard Kipling . His soulstirring lays have won for him a permanent place in the hearts of English speaking men and women , and it is not too
much to say that his simple directness of style and his genius for getting at the heart of things have made him the most widely read author of the present clay .
MHO . HUDYAHI ) KII'LING . Born in 186 4 at Bombay , Bro . Kipling is not yet thirtyseven years of age , and is the son of Air . J . Loekwood Kipling , himself an author and a scholar . He was educated at the United Service College , Westward Ho , in North
Devon , and was but sixteen when he returned to India to sub-edit the " Lahore Civil and Alilitary Gazette . " Four years after he had undertaken its sub-editorship , he was initiated into Freemasonry at the age of twenty and a half , by special dispensation obtained for the purpose , in the
Hope and Perseverance Lodge , No . 782 , at Lahore . His first work , " Departmental Ditties , " was published about the same time , and his description of how they came to be written is of no little interest . "They" ( the verses ) " came , " he says , " without invitation , unmanneredly , in the
nature of things ; but they had to come , and the writing out of them kept me healthy and amused Bad as they were , I burned twice as many as were published , and of the survivors , at least two-thirds were cut down at
the last moment . Nothing can be wholly beautiful that is not useful , therefore my verses were made to ease off the perpetual strife between the manager extending his advertisements , and my chief lighting for his reading matter . They were born to be sacrificed . Rukn Din , the foreman of our
side , approved of them immensely , for he was a Aloslem of culture . He would say ' your poterv very good , sir , just coming proper length to-clay . You giving more soon . One third column just proper . Always can take on third page . '" Bro . Kipling has told us a little of his methods , and it is
known that he thinks nothing of re-writing his work four or five times before he is satisfied of its fitness . "Plain tales from the Hills" appeared in 1887 , and " Soldiers Three " in 1888 . It was in the latter year that Bro . Kipling joined the Independence and Philanthrophy
Lodge , No . 391 , meeting at Allhabad , Bengal . In 1880 he left India for England , travelling by way of China , Japan , and America , since when he has produced the books which have made him famous ; we refer more especially to "Barrack Room Ballads . "
The severe illness from which Bro . Kipling only recovered after what was literally a light for his life , and the excitement and consternation it caused the world over , will be fresh in the minds of most of us . The daily papers vied with each other in obtaining the earliest intelligence of his progress ; and the sickness of a great monarch could not have excited
more attention . When the present war broke out , the "Soldier-Laureate " as he has fittingly been named , visited South Africa , and is known to have attended the famous Lodge of Emergency held at Bloemfontein . Bro . Rudyard Kipling has not failed to give his Alasonic
experiences in India , and "the Alother Lodge , " a poem which appeared in "the Seven Seas" published in 18 9 6 , will thrill the heart of every Craftsman , and more particularl y those of us who may not perhaps have travelled beyond these shores . He says in one verse :
" Wc ' adnt good regalia , An' our Lodge was old an' bare , Hut we knew the ancient Landmarks , An' we kep' cm U > a hair ; And looking on H backwards It often strikes me thus , There ain't such tilings as infidels ,
texcep' per ' aps it ' s us . " and again" Full ol ' l on Guv ' mcnt service This rovin' foot hath pressed , An' bore fraternal greetin ' s To the Lodges Last and West
Accordin' as commanded From Kohat to Singapore , Hut I wish that I might see them In my Mother Lodge once more !" Equality , Brotherly Love , the siimmum bouiim of Freemasonry , find expression in the
refrain—Outside-- " Serjeant , " Sir ! Salute ! Salaam ! Inside ¦ " Brother , " an' it does ' nt do no ' arm . We met upon the Level and we parted on the Square , An' I was Junior Deacon in my Mother Lodge ; mt there !
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The Australian Commonwealth And Freemascnry.
Cockburn , who said that Australia might be called the " Empire ' s Youngest Daughter . " He referred to the great honour conferred on the Commonwealth by the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall , who , he said , had won the love and respect of all , no matter in what part of the Empire , lie
concluded b y remarking that as there were three great lights in Freemasonry , so we had also three great lights in our noble Empire , viz . : Canada in the West , India in the East , and Australia in the South . Sir J . Dimsdale , in giving the toast of " India and the rest
of the Empire , " paid a high tribute to those from all parts of the Empire who had come forward so willingly to assist the mother country in the South African campaign . Sir AI . Bhownaggree , in reply , while regretting the absence of Lord George Hamilton , testified to the great influence
Alasonry had exercised in drawing together with chords of brotherly love the different parts of the Empire . Bro . Geo . Richards , D . G . A 1 . of the Transvaal , also replied to this toast . He congratulated Australia on the birth of the Commonwealth , and thanked her for the men she had sent to
South Africa to light the battles of their King and Empire . He hoped that when the war was over , and peace proclaimed , South Africa would be able to build up a Commonwealth as firm as that of Australia , and so establish a bond of fellowship , and proclaim Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth , with
the result that peace and goodwill would be extended to all . The I . P . AI ., Bro . C . T . Kiralfy , proposed the toast of " The W . AI . " testify ing to his sterling qualities , both as a man and a Alason . The toast of " The Visitors " brought this memorable and enjoyable evening to a close .
Brother Rudyard Kipling.
Brot her Rudyard Kipling .
OF the many eminent men in literature and art who are members of our Order , not the least distinguished among them is Bro . Rudyard Kipling . His soulstirring lays have won for him a permanent place in the hearts of English speaking men and women , and it is not too
much to say that his simple directness of style and his genius for getting at the heart of things have made him the most widely read author of the present clay .
MHO . HUDYAHI ) KII'LING . Born in 186 4 at Bombay , Bro . Kipling is not yet thirtyseven years of age , and is the son of Air . J . Loekwood Kipling , himself an author and a scholar . He was educated at the United Service College , Westward Ho , in North
Devon , and was but sixteen when he returned to India to sub-edit the " Lahore Civil and Alilitary Gazette . " Four years after he had undertaken its sub-editorship , he was initiated into Freemasonry at the age of twenty and a half , by special dispensation obtained for the purpose , in the
Hope and Perseverance Lodge , No . 782 , at Lahore . His first work , " Departmental Ditties , " was published about the same time , and his description of how they came to be written is of no little interest . "They" ( the verses ) " came , " he says , " without invitation , unmanneredly , in the
nature of things ; but they had to come , and the writing out of them kept me healthy and amused Bad as they were , I burned twice as many as were published , and of the survivors , at least two-thirds were cut down at
the last moment . Nothing can be wholly beautiful that is not useful , therefore my verses were made to ease off the perpetual strife between the manager extending his advertisements , and my chief lighting for his reading matter . They were born to be sacrificed . Rukn Din , the foreman of our
side , approved of them immensely , for he was a Aloslem of culture . He would say ' your poterv very good , sir , just coming proper length to-clay . You giving more soon . One third column just proper . Always can take on third page . '" Bro . Kipling has told us a little of his methods , and it is
known that he thinks nothing of re-writing his work four or five times before he is satisfied of its fitness . "Plain tales from the Hills" appeared in 1887 , and " Soldiers Three " in 1888 . It was in the latter year that Bro . Kipling joined the Independence and Philanthrophy
Lodge , No . 391 , meeting at Allhabad , Bengal . In 1880 he left India for England , travelling by way of China , Japan , and America , since when he has produced the books which have made him famous ; we refer more especially to "Barrack Room Ballads . "
The severe illness from which Bro . Kipling only recovered after what was literally a light for his life , and the excitement and consternation it caused the world over , will be fresh in the minds of most of us . The daily papers vied with each other in obtaining the earliest intelligence of his progress ; and the sickness of a great monarch could not have excited
more attention . When the present war broke out , the "Soldier-Laureate " as he has fittingly been named , visited South Africa , and is known to have attended the famous Lodge of Emergency held at Bloemfontein . Bro . Rudyard Kipling has not failed to give his Alasonic
experiences in India , and "the Alother Lodge , " a poem which appeared in "the Seven Seas" published in 18 9 6 , will thrill the heart of every Craftsman , and more particularl y those of us who may not perhaps have travelled beyond these shores . He says in one verse :
" Wc ' adnt good regalia , An' our Lodge was old an' bare , Hut we knew the ancient Landmarks , An' we kep' cm U > a hair ; And looking on H backwards It often strikes me thus , There ain't such tilings as infidels ,
texcep' per ' aps it ' s us . " and again" Full ol ' l on Guv ' mcnt service This rovin' foot hath pressed , An' bore fraternal greetin ' s To the Lodges Last and West
Accordin' as commanded From Kohat to Singapore , Hut I wish that I might see them In my Mother Lodge once more !" Equality , Brotherly Love , the siimmum bouiim of Freemasonry , find expression in the
refrain—Outside-- " Serjeant , " Sir ! Salute ! Salaam ! Inside ¦ " Brother , " an' it does ' nt do no ' arm . We met upon the Level and we parted on the Square , An' I was Junior Deacon in my Mother Lodge ; mt there !