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acknowledge him to tfe the Foundation-Stone of its Present and Growing Grandeur . "But His Command prevents me from proceeding in this . " Mr . Deputy Master has likewise Executed his Office throughout the whole Year with great Pains and Industry ; and every Particular Member of the Lodge owes Him ail imaginable Gratitude for it .

" For my Brother-Warden and myself , I leave our Conduct to Your own Judgment . Our Accounts have been examin'd , and we hope we have not any Ways wrong d the Great Trust You repos'd in us . "A word of Advice , or two , and I have done . To You , my Brethren , the Working-Masons , I recommend carefully to peruse our Constitutions . There are in them Excellent Rules laid down for your conduct , and I need not insist upon them here .

" To You that are of other Trades and Occupations , and have the Honour to be admitted into this Society , I speak thus . First , Mind the Business of your Calling . Let not Masonry so far g £ t the Ascendant , as to make you neglect the Support of your selves and Family . You cannot be so absurd as to think that a Taylor when admitted a Free-Mason is able to build a Church , and for that Reason your own Vocation ought to be your most

important Study . False Brethren , 'tis true , may build Castles in the Air ; but a Good Mason works upon no such fickle Foundation . So Square your Actions as to live within . Compass . Be obedientto the Officers chosen to govern the Lodge : Consider they are of your own appointing , and are trusted with an iinlimited Power by you . As well henceforward , as this Solemn Day , let each salute his Brother with a cheerful Countenance :

That as long as our Feet shall stand upon this Earthly Foundation , we may join Heart and Hand , and as it were with one Voice issuing from the same Throat , declare our Principles of Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth to one another . After which , and a Strict Observance of our Obligations , we can be in no Danger from the Malice of our Enemies without the Lodge , nor in Perils amongst False Brethren within .

"And now , Gentlemen , I have reserv ed my last Admonitions for You . My Office , as I said before , must excuse my boldness , and your Candour forgive my Impertinence : But I cannot help telling you , That a Gentleman without some Knowledge of Arts and Sciences , is like a fine Shell of a House , without suitable Finishing or Furniture . The Education of most of you has been Noble , if an Academical One maybe calPd so ; and I doubt not but your Improvements in Literature are equal to it : But if the Study of Geometiy and Architecture might likewise be admitted , how pleasant and beneficial they wou'd be , I do not pretend to inform you . - — Ingenuas Didicisse Fideliter Artes ,

EmolUt Mores nee sinit esse Feros , Says Ovid . And it is likewise said , That a Man who has a Taste for Music , Painting or Architecture , is like one that has another Sense , when compar ed with such as have no Relish for those Arts . 'Tis true , by Signs , Words , and Tokens , you are put upon a Level with the meanest Brother ; but you are at Liberty to exceed them , as far as a superior Genius and

Education will conduct you . I am credibly inform ed , that in most Lodges in London , and several , other Parts of this Kingdom , a Lecture on some Point of Geometry or Architecture is given at every Meeting : And why the Mother Lodge of them all shou'd so far forget ' her own Institutions , cannot be accounted for , but from her extream old Age . However , being now sufficiently awaken'd and reviv ed by the comfortable Appearance of so many worthy Sons , I must tell you , that she expects that every Gentle- *

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THE CANADAS. Article 1
THE LODGE AS A SYMBOL OF THE WORLD Article 5
ANCIENT WRITERS AND MODERN PRACTICES Article 16
TRUTH AND SCIENCE. Article 22
MASONIC AFFAIRS IN CANADA. Article 23
CORRESP0NDENCE. Article 34
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 38
METROPOLITAN Article 38
PROVINCIAL. Article 42
ROYAL ARCH. Article 47
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE Article 47
THE WEEK Article 47
NOTICES; Article 48
THE GRAND OFFICERS. Article 49
ANCIENT WRITERS AND MODERN PRACTICES, Article 51
A POEM, Article 56
ROBISON ON FREEMASONRY: Article 65
TIDINGS FROM THE CRAFT IN THE UNITED STATES. Article 67
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 70
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 75
METROPOLITAN. Article 79
PROVINCIAI Article 83
ROYAL ARCH. Article 87
MARK MASONRY. Article 88
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Article 88
SCOTLADND. Article 91
COLONIAL. Article 91
THE WEEK. Article 93
Obituary. Article 94
NOTICES. Article 96
THE GIRLS' SCHOOL. Article 97
HEART AND SOUL SHOULD GO TOGETHER, Article 101
FRAGMENTS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO FREEMASONRY. Article 102
PROGRESSION. Article 111
TIDINGS FROM THE CRAFT IN THE UNITED STATES. Article 113
COREESPODENCE. Article 116
THE MASONICC MIRROR Article 118
PROVINCIAL Article 125
ROYAL ARCH Article 131
MARK MASONRY. Article 131
SCOTLAND. Article 132
MASONIC FESTIVITIES Article 140
THE WEEK. Article 141
NOTICES. Article 144
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGES Article 145
THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES Article 150
THE EVERGREEN. Article 160
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS Article 161
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 163
CHARITY. Article 164
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 165
METROPOLITAN Article 165
PROVINCIAL. Article 169
ROYAL ARCH. Article 175
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Article 176
COLONIAL Article 178
AMERICA Article 184
MASONIC FESTIVITIES Article 189
THE WEEK Article 189
Obituary. Article 191
NOTICES. Article 192
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acknowledge him to tfe the Foundation-Stone of its Present and Growing Grandeur . "But His Command prevents me from proceeding in this . " Mr . Deputy Master has likewise Executed his Office throughout the whole Year with great Pains and Industry ; and every Particular Member of the Lodge owes Him ail imaginable Gratitude for it .

" For my Brother-Warden and myself , I leave our Conduct to Your own Judgment . Our Accounts have been examin'd , and we hope we have not any Ways wrong d the Great Trust You repos'd in us . "A word of Advice , or two , and I have done . To You , my Brethren , the Working-Masons , I recommend carefully to peruse our Constitutions . There are in them Excellent Rules laid down for your conduct , and I need not insist upon them here .

" To You that are of other Trades and Occupations , and have the Honour to be admitted into this Society , I speak thus . First , Mind the Business of your Calling . Let not Masonry so far g £ t the Ascendant , as to make you neglect the Support of your selves and Family . You cannot be so absurd as to think that a Taylor when admitted a Free-Mason is able to build a Church , and for that Reason your own Vocation ought to be your most

important Study . False Brethren , 'tis true , may build Castles in the Air ; but a Good Mason works upon no such fickle Foundation . So Square your Actions as to live within . Compass . Be obedientto the Officers chosen to govern the Lodge : Consider they are of your own appointing , and are trusted with an iinlimited Power by you . As well henceforward , as this Solemn Day , let each salute his Brother with a cheerful Countenance :

That as long as our Feet shall stand upon this Earthly Foundation , we may join Heart and Hand , and as it were with one Voice issuing from the same Throat , declare our Principles of Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth to one another . After which , and a Strict Observance of our Obligations , we can be in no Danger from the Malice of our Enemies without the Lodge , nor in Perils amongst False Brethren within .

"And now , Gentlemen , I have reserv ed my last Admonitions for You . My Office , as I said before , must excuse my boldness , and your Candour forgive my Impertinence : But I cannot help telling you , That a Gentleman without some Knowledge of Arts and Sciences , is like a fine Shell of a House , without suitable Finishing or Furniture . The Education of most of you has been Noble , if an Academical One maybe calPd so ; and I doubt not but your Improvements in Literature are equal to it : But if the Study of Geometiy and Architecture might likewise be admitted , how pleasant and beneficial they wou'd be , I do not pretend to inform you . - — Ingenuas Didicisse Fideliter Artes ,

EmolUt Mores nee sinit esse Feros , Says Ovid . And it is likewise said , That a Man who has a Taste for Music , Painting or Architecture , is like one that has another Sense , when compar ed with such as have no Relish for those Arts . 'Tis true , by Signs , Words , and Tokens , you are put upon a Level with the meanest Brother ; but you are at Liberty to exceed them , as far as a superior Genius and

Education will conduct you . I am credibly inform ed , that in most Lodges in London , and several , other Parts of this Kingdom , a Lecture on some Point of Geometry or Architecture is given at every Meeting : And why the Mother Lodge of them all shou'd so far forget ' her own Institutions , cannot be accounted for , but from her extream old Age . However , being now sufficiently awaken'd and reviv ed by the comfortable Appearance of so many worthy Sons , I must tell you , that she expects that every Gentle- *

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