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The Iasoiic Iireoe
wedded to the systems with which they are already conversant . Thus it would most probably come to pass , as used to be the ease with some foundation lectures at the -universities , and as is still the case with some such lectures in the city of London , that the lecturer wouldhave to address himself— -if not to the four walls , at least to a very small number of auditors . After the death of Bro . Laurence
Thompson no appointment of a lecturer took place till last year ( 1857 ) , when the M . W . Grand Master was pleased to appoint a Brother of the Royal York Lodge ; and this year ( 1858 ) the M . W . Grand Master appointed a Brother of the Grand Steward's Lodge to the office . Under these appointments the lecture was delivered before those eminent Lodges and numerous visitors . The lecturers faithfully performed their appointed duty ; yet disappointment was expressed by many who attended in
the expectation of hearing a popular discourse on Freemasonry , ornamented with flowers of rhetoric . Such a discourse , often agreeable and sometimes useful , is not what Preston intended . His object was to present and preserve the body of Masonry , pure and unadorned . He has transmitted to us the words of Masonic lore which were delivered to him by older sages as they received them by tradition
from ancient times . By strictly adhering to those words , we fulfil the purpose which he had in the establishment of this memory of them should not pass away . The whole lecture is far too long to be delivered at a single meeting , and experience has shown that it is neither pleasant nor profitable to tax the attention of the audience beyond the limits of one hour . " Bro . Thiselton then delivered Bro . Preston's lecture on the second ceremony in
a very good style , but the lecture did not impress us as materially differing irom the ordinary lectures which we hear at Lodges of Instruction . At the conclusion of the lecture , a vote of thanks was unanimously and deservedly accorded to Bro . Thiselton for the manner in which it was delivered , and the Lodge was closed . There were very few visitors present , principally owing to the early hour at which it was delivered—four o ' clock in the afternoon—several Brethren arriving
after the close of the proceedings , in the belief that though the Lodge was announced to meet at four , the delivery of the lecture would be postponed until seven or eight o ' clock , as was the case when given a few months since in the Grand Steward ' s Lodge .
Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
APPOINTMENTS . Wednesday , November Zrd . —Grand Chapter , at 8 . Lodges , Jerusalem ( 233 ) , Freemasons ' 'lavern ; Florence Nightingale ( 1008 ) , Freemasons' Tavern , Woolwich , Thursday , 4 th . —Lodges , Strong Man ( 53 ) , Falcon Taveim , Fetter Lan «; Good Report ( 158 ) , ltadley ' s Hotel ; Lion and Lamb ( 227 ) , Bridge House Hotel ; Ionic ( 275 ) , Ship and Turtle ; tit . Andrew ' s ( 281 ) , Freemasons' Tavern : Yarborough ( 812 ) , George , Commercial lioacl East . Friday ) G ^ .- ~ Chapter , Fidelity ( 3 ) , London Tavern . Saturday y 6 ^ .- ~ Lodgea , London ( 135 ) , Freemasons' Tavern j St . Thomas ' s ( 100 ) , Freemasons ' Worn . Committee el * Boys' BehooL at 4
Monday , 8 th . — -Lodge , Fortitude and Old Cumberland ( . 12 ) , Freemasons' Tavern ; Domatic uOe >) Freemasons'Tavern j Conhdenco ( 228 ) , Anderton ' s Hotel , 3 t . Andrew ' s in tho JSast ( 369 )« London Tavern .
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The Iasoiic Iireoe
wedded to the systems with which they are already conversant . Thus it would most probably come to pass , as used to be the ease with some foundation lectures at the -universities , and as is still the case with some such lectures in the city of London , that the lecturer wouldhave to address himself— -if not to the four walls , at least to a very small number of auditors . After the death of Bro . Laurence
Thompson no appointment of a lecturer took place till last year ( 1857 ) , when the M . W . Grand Master was pleased to appoint a Brother of the Royal York Lodge ; and this year ( 1858 ) the M . W . Grand Master appointed a Brother of the Grand Steward's Lodge to the office . Under these appointments the lecture was delivered before those eminent Lodges and numerous visitors . The lecturers faithfully performed their appointed duty ; yet disappointment was expressed by many who attended in
the expectation of hearing a popular discourse on Freemasonry , ornamented with flowers of rhetoric . Such a discourse , often agreeable and sometimes useful , is not what Preston intended . His object was to present and preserve the body of Masonry , pure and unadorned . He has transmitted to us the words of Masonic lore which were delivered to him by older sages as they received them by tradition
from ancient times . By strictly adhering to those words , we fulfil the purpose which he had in the establishment of this memory of them should not pass away . The whole lecture is far too long to be delivered at a single meeting , and experience has shown that it is neither pleasant nor profitable to tax the attention of the audience beyond the limits of one hour . " Bro . Thiselton then delivered Bro . Preston's lecture on the second ceremony in
a very good style , but the lecture did not impress us as materially differing irom the ordinary lectures which we hear at Lodges of Instruction . At the conclusion of the lecture , a vote of thanks was unanimously and deservedly accorded to Bro . Thiselton for the manner in which it was delivered , and the Lodge was closed . There were very few visitors present , principally owing to the early hour at which it was delivered—four o ' clock in the afternoon—several Brethren arriving
after the close of the proceedings , in the belief that though the Lodge was announced to meet at four , the delivery of the lecture would be postponed until seven or eight o ' clock , as was the case when given a few months since in the Grand Steward ' s Lodge .
Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
APPOINTMENTS . Wednesday , November Zrd . —Grand Chapter , at 8 . Lodges , Jerusalem ( 233 ) , Freemasons ' 'lavern ; Florence Nightingale ( 1008 ) , Freemasons' Tavern , Woolwich , Thursday , 4 th . —Lodges , Strong Man ( 53 ) , Falcon Taveim , Fetter Lan «; Good Report ( 158 ) , ltadley ' s Hotel ; Lion and Lamb ( 227 ) , Bridge House Hotel ; Ionic ( 275 ) , Ship and Turtle ; tit . Andrew ' s ( 281 ) , Freemasons' Tavern : Yarborough ( 812 ) , George , Commercial lioacl East . Friday ) G ^ .- ~ Chapter , Fidelity ( 3 ) , London Tavern . Saturday y 6 ^ .- ~ Lodgea , London ( 135 ) , Freemasons' Tavern j St . Thomas ' s ( 100 ) , Freemasons ' Worn . Committee el * Boys' BehooL at 4
Monday , 8 th . — -Lodge , Fortitude and Old Cumberland ( . 12 ) , Freemasons' Tavern ; Domatic uOe >) Freemasons'Tavern j Conhdenco ( 228 ) , Anderton ' s Hotel , 3 t . Andrew ' s in tho JSast ( 369 )« London Tavern .