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leave provision for their dependents . Part 0 f the sum collected at both offertories would be sent to aid those excellent institutions—the Masonic orphan schools in Dublin- Suitably had that anniversary heen chosen as a time for co-operating in

the support of such Masonic institutions . Holy Saint John was the title under which Christian lodges were dedicated , to the Bap tist and to the Apostle and Evangelist of the same name ; and , while they met upon the feast commemorating the former

, taught by the Oh ureh to pray that , after his example , they might boldly rebuke vice , constantly speaking the truth , and , if need be , patiently suffer for its sake , they might well call to remembrance the teaching of the latter , his exhortations to

tho cultivation of that loving and lively sp irit by which his own character was so much adorned— " Let us love one another , for love is of God , and everyone that loveth is born of God , and knoweth God . " Let them not love in word or in tonguebut

, in deed and in truth . Not alone in the remote antiquity of her origin did the beauty of Freemasonry consist , but in the Scrip tural character of her ethics , the

morally instructive tendency of her ritual , and the unseetarian spirit in "which she ever laboured to minister to the good of the fraternity . Well had it been written of her that her " many works of mercy praise her in the gates , " and that " the grateful tears of those relieved by her

bounty sparkle like jewels in her crown . " Through much good report had she persevered in fulfilling the duties of her beneficent mission , lightening the . brow of the afflicted , pouring the balm of comfort into wounded and often well-nigh

broken hearts . It was true , indeed , that with its misrepresentations evil report had long been busy . So greatly have her members been maligned that they have even been classed with the disloyal , put in the same category with the rebellious

disturbers of national peace . Conscious of their integrity of purpose , of the firmness of their allegiance to the Throne , of their cheerful obedience to all duly constituted authority , submitting themselves as they ever did to every ordinance of man for the Lord ' s sake , they can bear unmoved the calumnies of their detractors . Freemasonry was a growing power ; no

weapon framed against her prospered , no anathema hurled against her availed to check her continuous and rapid spread . Her light , which gleamed through the darkness of early ages , increased as centuries rolled on , and was now shining with a brilliancy that gave earnest of still

greater effulgence . In this their large and extending town , in which some of her charitable institutions were so well supported , were many evidences of the development of industrial resources . Let their employments be sanctified by the

Christian principle which enobled whatever it touched , consecrate their earthly labours by the habitual cultivation of heavenly virtues . "Man goeth forth to his work and to his labour until the evening . " If he went and returned in the consciousness

that he was always under the Omniscient inspection ; that he was accountable to Him who had ordained that he should toil tor his sustenance , he would find that secular occupation , so far from being a hindrance , would prove a means of advancement in the Christian life . As upon the

one hand a life passed chiefly among holy things must be unspiritual unless there be vigilant resistance of the temptations to absorbing worldliness , so upon the other a life spent in business pursuits must be spiritual if there be prayerful effort to

obey the injunction— " Let every man wherein he is called therein abide with Of all who diligently seek Him . He God "

was the liberal rewarder , with manifold gifts of His grace , benefits purchased by the death of that Surety , the sight of whom gladdened with joy unspeakable the Baptist's heart as he exclaimed , "Behold the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world . " Can he liberally

recompense them in this life and hereafter ? He can reward them above all that they could ask or think in that life of which heaven shall be the scene and eternity the duration , when His " tabernacle shall be with men , and He shall dwell with them , and they

shall be His people , and God Himself shall be with them and be their God . " The Services were continued on the evening of the following day . The Offertory at both Services amounted to £ 120 .

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 2
BESSIE GROVE: Article 4
A PCEAN. Article 7
ZOROASTRIANISM AND FREE MASONRY. Article 9
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR PEACEFUL SOLUTION. Article 10
TO SAINT BRIDE'S CHURCH, DOUGLAS, LANARKSHIRE, N. B. Article 13
THE WOMEN OF OUR TIME. Article 14
FREEMASONRY.* Article 16
LONG LIVERS: Article 17
EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTE BOOKS OF THE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF PARADISE, No. 139, FREEMASONS' HALL, SHEFFIELD. Article 31
A SANG ABOUT THE BAIRNS. Article 34
LITTLE JACK RAG'S "DAY IN THE COUNTRY"." Article 35
EMBLEMS OF TIME. Article 39
CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION Article 39
GERARD MONTAGU; Article 41
FAIRY TALES UTILISED FOR THE NEW GENERATION. Article 43
THOMAS TUSSER—A SONNET Article 45
CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGI NEER'S SOCIETY. Article 45
AN OLD, OLD STORY. Article 47
MASONIC SERMON. Article 50
SONNET. Article 54
TAKEN BY BEIGANDS Article 54
PARENTAL AFFECTION. Article 57
Our Archaeological Corner. Article 57
ADDRESS OF P.G.M. BRO. HONRICHARD VAUX, AT CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN UNION LODGE. Article 58
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 60
THE FLOOD OF YEARS. Article 62
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leave provision for their dependents . Part 0 f the sum collected at both offertories would be sent to aid those excellent institutions—the Masonic orphan schools in Dublin- Suitably had that anniversary heen chosen as a time for co-operating in

the support of such Masonic institutions . Holy Saint John was the title under which Christian lodges were dedicated , to the Bap tist and to the Apostle and Evangelist of the same name ; and , while they met upon the feast commemorating the former

, taught by the Oh ureh to pray that , after his example , they might boldly rebuke vice , constantly speaking the truth , and , if need be , patiently suffer for its sake , they might well call to remembrance the teaching of the latter , his exhortations to

tho cultivation of that loving and lively sp irit by which his own character was so much adorned— " Let us love one another , for love is of God , and everyone that loveth is born of God , and knoweth God . " Let them not love in word or in tonguebut

, in deed and in truth . Not alone in the remote antiquity of her origin did the beauty of Freemasonry consist , but in the Scrip tural character of her ethics , the

morally instructive tendency of her ritual , and the unseetarian spirit in "which she ever laboured to minister to the good of the fraternity . Well had it been written of her that her " many works of mercy praise her in the gates , " and that " the grateful tears of those relieved by her

bounty sparkle like jewels in her crown . " Through much good report had she persevered in fulfilling the duties of her beneficent mission , lightening the . brow of the afflicted , pouring the balm of comfort into wounded and often well-nigh

broken hearts . It was true , indeed , that with its misrepresentations evil report had long been busy . So greatly have her members been maligned that they have even been classed with the disloyal , put in the same category with the rebellious

disturbers of national peace . Conscious of their integrity of purpose , of the firmness of their allegiance to the Throne , of their cheerful obedience to all duly constituted authority , submitting themselves as they ever did to every ordinance of man for the Lord ' s sake , they can bear unmoved the calumnies of their detractors . Freemasonry was a growing power ; no

weapon framed against her prospered , no anathema hurled against her availed to check her continuous and rapid spread . Her light , which gleamed through the darkness of early ages , increased as centuries rolled on , and was now shining with a brilliancy that gave earnest of still

greater effulgence . In this their large and extending town , in which some of her charitable institutions were so well supported , were many evidences of the development of industrial resources . Let their employments be sanctified by the

Christian principle which enobled whatever it touched , consecrate their earthly labours by the habitual cultivation of heavenly virtues . "Man goeth forth to his work and to his labour until the evening . " If he went and returned in the consciousness

that he was always under the Omniscient inspection ; that he was accountable to Him who had ordained that he should toil tor his sustenance , he would find that secular occupation , so far from being a hindrance , would prove a means of advancement in the Christian life . As upon the

one hand a life passed chiefly among holy things must be unspiritual unless there be vigilant resistance of the temptations to absorbing worldliness , so upon the other a life spent in business pursuits must be spiritual if there be prayerful effort to

obey the injunction— " Let every man wherein he is called therein abide with Of all who diligently seek Him . He God "

was the liberal rewarder , with manifold gifts of His grace , benefits purchased by the death of that Surety , the sight of whom gladdened with joy unspeakable the Baptist's heart as he exclaimed , "Behold the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world . " Can he liberally

recompense them in this life and hereafter ? He can reward them above all that they could ask or think in that life of which heaven shall be the scene and eternity the duration , when His " tabernacle shall be with men , and He shall dwell with them , and they

shall be His people , and God Himself shall be with them and be their God . " The Services were continued on the evening of the following day . The Offertory at both Services amounted to £ 120 .

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