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by the fourth we are taught that when adversity has visited our brother , and his calamities demand our aid , we should cheerfully and liberally stretch forth the hand of kindness to save him ; and by the fifth we are taught that while with

candour and kindness we should admonish a brother , of his faults , we should never revile a brother behind his back , but that , on the contrary , when he is attacked by others , we should support and defend him as far as we honourably can . The wisdom

and excellence of these precepts no one can for a moment doubt . They are all founded on our ancient charges , illustrated by our symbols , and enforced with great solemnity . And yet honesty compels me to state that in a great many instances these

precepts are sadly neglected , and in some cases grossly overlooked . In speaking on these obligations and duties , I feel that my position is a peculiarly hapipy one . During all the years I have been connected with this lodge , my intercourse with every member of the same has been eminently satisfactory , and undoubtedly a very happy

one . I am not aware that the least unpleasantness has ever disturbed our mutual understanding or marred our harmony , so that I can look with a hearty feeling of brotherly regard and love upon all the brethren of this lodge . Nay , more than

this , I can also say , that I have a sad feeling of regret that many of the brethren , who once graced our assemblies , are no longer in our midst . But I feel that it is not always so . Sometimes we hear a word or two-spoken disrespectfullof a brother

y , or a prejudice stirred up against him , which are very unbecoming , if not unmasonic . Surely , if any brother has a difficulty with another , or some slight misunderstanding , it is his duty to go to such an one in the spirit of a brother and remonstrate or

explain . This duty is clearly inculcated by Masonic Ritual , and is also founded upon every consideration of common sense . If the offence is of a more serious nature , so that the aggrieved brother cannot thus arrange the difficulty , why then does he not follow out Masonic requirements , by laying the matter before the lodge . The brother who has , or thinks he has such

a grievance , and does not lay the matter before the loclge , shows on the one hand that he has a weak cause to maintain ; ° f entertains such unfriendly feelings to-

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wards the lodge that he can have no confidence in its members , or in the righteousness of their judgment . It is the interest , and it should be the aim of every Mason to study how best to promote and preserve peace , to foster and feed

love in the sacred retreat . Finally , then , brethren , the true Mason must be faithful and true , temperate and kind , considerate and careful . He should be conscientious and honourable in all his dealings , and free from the vices of

intemperance , lust , passion , deceit , and fraud . And if we each and all will but exemplify the princip les of the institution , we cannot but receive great advantage , and secure for it a lasting and honourable distinction , and finally , when we quit this scene of labour have the approval of the Grand Master above . —The Canadian Masonic Record .

Grand Priory Of Canada.

GRAND PRIORY OF CANADA .

Address of the V . H . and E . Sir Kt . Col . W . J . B . MCLEOD MOORE , Grand Cross oj the Temple , Grand Prior of the Dominion of Canada . Delivered to the Sir IGiig hts assembled in Grand Priory at the Masonic Temple , Ottaiva

, ontlie 15 tA October , A . D . 1874 . Officers and Members of the Grand Priory , Fratres of the Canadian Branch of the United Orders of the Temple and St . John of Jerusalem—Greeting :

Yottare too well acquainted with the very sad and melancholy circumstances which caused the postponement of the annual assembly of Grand Priory ; the illness and subsequent death of our lamented Grand Chancellor V . E . Sir Knig ht Thomas Bird

Harris , which took p lace at his residence , at Hamilton , from typhoid fever , on the 18 th of August last , The memory of our honoured dead is ever clear to us , but none among them have passed away more deeply regretted than our late friend and

eminent frater . Widely known and esteemed he held the highest and most responsible offices in the Masonic orders of Canada ; his loss is deeply deplored as one of theforemost of our representative masons ; faithful to every duty imposed upon him , his conciliatory and unassuming manner ,