Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cornwall.

The adoption of the report was proposed by W . Bro . B . F . Edyvean , who suggested that W . Bro . Sholto H . Hare should be thanked for his generosity to the London Charities , the votes in connection with which were to be placed to the credit of the province .

Carried . The Cornwall Masonic Charity Association's report showed receipts amounting to 519 guineas and payments to 505 guineas , leaving a balance of fourteen guineas . St . Martin's Lodge , Liskeard , once more headed the list of

subscriptions , with a total of sixty guineas , Penzance following with 57 guineas ; Hayle , 55 guineas ; Redruth , 44 guineas ; Camborne , 37 guineas ; Looe , 29 guineas ; Newquay , 28 guineas ; and Truro ( Phoenix ) , 24 guineas ; the eig . it lodges named contributing 334 guineas out of the total of

506 . The total number of new subscribers was 92 , against 102 in the previous year . Out of last year ' s return of 2 , 170 subscribing Freemasons in the province , 300 only were at present subscribers through the association , an increase of 34 on the previous year . The western lodges of the province

contributed 271 guineas , as against 233 guineas by the eastern lodges . The sum collected through the medium of the association during the twenty years of its existence was 6 , 053 guineas . As the association next year attains its majority , it is hoped that a special effort will be made in the

province to celebrate the coming of age by an increased amount , and a greater interest in the work of the association . Carried unanimously ; on the proposition of W . Bro . R . A . Courtney , Hon . Secretary and Treasurer .

Ihe Charity representative ( W . Bro . E . A . P . Broad ) announced that the year had been a successful one . The election of three candidates had been secured by the use of 10 , 137 votes , of which 5 , 704 were Cornish votes , 1 , 394 nacl been borrowed , and 3 , 039 had been given to the province . The province had now six girls and three boys

in the schools , also two male annuitants receiving ^ 80 , and five widows receiving £ 160 . The province had been represented at each of the Masonic festivals : Bro . R . and Mrs . Faull , of St . Martin's Loclge , Liskead , acting as stewards to the R . M . Benevolent Institution , with a list of £ " 278 5 s . ;

Bro . G . B . Pearce , of the Cornubian Loclge , Hayle , being the Steward to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , with a list of £ 174 6 s ., and himself for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , with a list of £ 105 .

The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe thought that there was great reason to be thankful to W . Bro . Broad for the care and hard work he had displayed as the charity representative of the province . He congratulated him on his success . The report was adopted , after which the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe thanked Bro . Huxtable for having

gratuitouslyplaced the hall at the disposal of the Prov . Grand Lodge for the meeting . Proceeding , he referred with regret to certain irregularities that had taken place in one of the lodges . He felt obliged to order the suspension for twelve months of two brethren . It was a painful duty , but as long as he was the

Prov . Grand Master he would do his duty . As there were still sometimes complaints as to undesirable candidates being brought forward , he hoped the lodges would be very careful in this respect , because they had the honour and credit of the Craft in their hands in this matter .

Ihe election of W . Bro . W . H . Buscombe as Prov . Grand Treasurer was moved by W . Bro . Liddell ( Bodmin ) and was carried unanimously . W . Bros . H . Liddell and Randall being appointed auditors . After W . Bro . E . A . P . Broad had been unanimously re-elected charity representative , on the motion of the D . P . G . M ., the Provincial Committee was

reappointed , the names of W . Bros . J . B . Martin , 318 , H . J . Rowse , 1529 , W . H . Ward , 1954 , and J . Hawken , 1785 , being substituted for the previous representatives of those lodges . A procession was subsequently formed , and , headed by the local Volunteer Band , the brethren marched to St .

Michael's Church , where the usual sermon was preached by the Rev . G . B . Hooper ( Camborne ) , who took as his text : " I set the Lord always before my eyes , " and pointed out that to see a man at his best one must see a good Freemason . The collection amounted to _ £ n 10 s ., of which

two-fifths will be devoted to the CM . A ., one-fifth to the Vicar , and one-fifth each to the Royal Cornwall Infirmary and the local nursing fund . Before the resumption of the loclge business , the Lewises , Masters W . Huxtable , G . Hardwick , A . Butler , and Richard ,

who had carried the volume of the Sacred Law in the procession , were presented with copies of the Bible as a memento of the occasion . Bros . G . B . Pearce , E . Broad , and R . Faull were presented with " bars " for their services to the charities , after which the alteration of the Prov .

Bye-laws was considered at length . The Officers for the ensuing year were then invested and Provincial Grand Loclge was closed .

A Masonic Lectern.

A Masonic Lectern .

THE unique piece of church furniture of which we give an illustration , is the lectern in St . Anne ' s Chapel-of-Ease , Pacliham , East Lanes . The church and the lectern were both the gift of the late Provincial Grand Master for East Lancashire , Colonel Le Gendre Starkie . The

church is not yet completed , only the chancel being used for divine worship . When it is carried out according to the original plan it will be one of the most striking objects for many miles around . We are at present concerned with the lectern , and both from an artistic and a Masonic standpoint it will

repay close inspection . The pediment is the perfect ashlar , in this case a cube of about twelve inches , and on this , East , West and South respectively , are the columns of Wisdom , Strength and Beauty , in lacquered brass work , with appropriate emblems in blue enamel . These support a singularly

beautiful brass table , for want of a better term , all round which are to be found in profusion , pomegranates , acacia , corn , and the peculiar link device that forms the distinguishing feature of Ihe centenary jewel . On this are displayed the square and compasses , both points open , and these are in duplicate , the propriety of which arrangement we are disposed

to question . On the East side the V . S . L . is , of course , supported , but on the West there is nothing more dignified than a hymn board and a sheet of church notices . This latter is the side where the popular and uninstructed world sit and contemplate during the hour of service and the true

significance of the whole arrangement is therefore lost to them . This inner meaning was conveyed to the writer in a very striking manner . Engaged to preach at a Masonic service on a recent Sunday afternoon , the morning found him with but a very hazy idea what to talk about . He was

likewise due to preach that morning at Pacliham , and on entering the church , the spectacle of all the emblems clear to Freemasons engaged in supporting the word of God at once provided the necessary inspiration . There are some to-day who profess to regard the Bible as

on its trial , and among them are many very eminent thinkers . No Freemason can take that attitude , for as a Freemason his obligations , both immediate and implied , have taught him to regard the Bible not only as the lirst great light of the Order , but as the unerring standard of truth and justice , and he has moreover promised to regulate his life in conformity with its