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Bro. Melville's Discoveries.
"an old friend " without even a new face , disporting himself in your pages at no small length ; I mean Bro . Henry Melville , with his " LOST MTSTEEIES IN EEEEMASONET EXPLAINED , " all as fresh and blooming as they were—well , I wont say lioio many year ago , in the Colony .
I would now ask Bro . Melville whether he has ever before printed and published his explanation of the Lost Mysteries of Ereemasonry—or , rather , of Masonry ? If he has published and explained all this so long ago , will he state with what results as to satisfying men of sound intelligence , of whom the
Colony had an abundance in his time ? Whilst giving Bro . Melville the full credit of sincerely believing in something he has fancied for so many years past that he has really discovered , I must confess to the feeling—after carefully reading and rereading all his communications—that Bro . Melville has failed to explain—as he professes to have done" the Lost Mysteries . " Your contributor , ANON .
The Earls Wood Idiot Asylum.
THE EARLS WOOD IDIOT ASYLUM .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —In perusing the Standard newspaper of Tuesday , the 29 th June last , my attention was attracted to an account of the proceedings which had taken place the previous day at the Earlswood Idiot Asylum , near Reigate , H . R . H . the
Prince of Wales and H . R . H . the Princess of Wales were present on the occasion of laying the first stone for the extension of the Asylum , of which the foundation stone had been laid by His Royal Highness ' s father in the year 1853 . The Governors and Board of Management of this Institution had prepared a well-written address , which was read to the Prince of Wales , and to which H . R . H . made the following reply : —
^ " M y Lords and Gentlemen , —I thank you for the kind expressions contained in your address . I cannot but rejoice that my presence should be considered an encouragement and conducive to the prosperity of an institution that lays claim to our warmest support apart from all other considerations . The fact
of my lamented father having taken so active a part in the earl y formation of the society , known as the Idiot Asylum , would in itself be sufficient to enlist my sympath y and interest in its welfare . The necessity of affording more extensive accommodation , iu consequence of the increased number of licants
app , is a proof of the success which has followed your first efforts . We must all appreciate the comprehensive principle which regulates , without regard to social or reli gious distinctions , the admission of all classes of pur fellow-creatures suffering under au affliction which reduces them to one common level . Einallv . I
have to assure you , gentlemen , how sincerely I feel your expressions of devotion and attachment towards the Queen , the Princess of Wales , and the Royal Eamily . I am persuaded that they , equally with myself will watch with increasing interest the success of an institution this day enlarged under such hope
- ful circumstances . " The answer was received with loud cheers . I can imagine nothing more praiseworthy than the observations contained in H . R . Hi ghness ' s reply ; for , of all the noble institutions which this country
The Earls Wood Idiot Asylum.
can boast , there are none that can or ought to awaken our sympathies more than the Earlswood Idiot Asylum . My object in addressing you is that I thought this might meet the eyes of many who have not read it in the daily papers , especially the Craft . Ias an old and experienced Ereemasonam well
, , aware that generally the characteristic of a Ereemason ' s heart is " Charity ; " and , as there are thousands who range under our banner opulent , and have wealth at our command , and who , when their attention is called to it , will , it is to be hoped , gladly give to help an institution that has already accomplished
so much good . The present number of the inmatesare nearly 500 , and when the new buildings are comp leted , they will furnish means of receiving about 300-more , making a total of 800 . Eunds are greatly needed , as the proposed alterations will cost £ 12 , 000 , and it is to be hoped that those whose attention have
been called to the subject , if they have not already contributed , will do so by sending to the Secretary , Mr . William Nicholas , Office , 20 , Poultry , London , B . C „ who I am sure will gladly give any information required , and who will , I hope , pardon me for thu & making use of his name without his knowledge . Yours fraternally , A P . PEOV . S . G . W .
Grand Lodge Calendar.
GRAND LODGE CALENDAR .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEBOB . Dear Sir aud Brother , —Having lately arrived in the metropolis aud wishing to attend a lodge meeting , I obtained a Grand Lodge Calendar , and found that the Joppa , No . 18 S , was marked to meet on Monday last . On apply ing at the Albion Tavern I was surprised to find that no lodge met that evening nor
would the Joppa Lodge meet for some time to come . This , however , is not all ; for , on asking a companion , he informed me that the Britannic Chapter , No . 33 , would meet on Eriday , the Oth inst . ; that is not noticed at all in the Calendar . If , then , a stranger can pick out two errors in one weekhow many must
, there be in the entire book ? I smart under these blunderings , as being , whilst in this great metropolis , like " an alien and a stranger in a foreign land . " Yours fraternally , C . S .
A Comparison.
A COMPARISON .
How justly is man compared with the fair flower of the field ,, pushing its tender form over the rude surface , and then suddenlycrushed , and reduced to nothing ! Short is his duration ; but how awfully varied are the busy scenes of his life . The gardener oft with joy beholds the rosebud just bursting , into life on its parent stem , with all the gay promise of luxuriant beauty , but when he comes to crop the much-expected flower , to honour some particular and favourite occasion , he finds its
leaves strewed on the earth , its freshness and its beauty withered . Ho wonders at the cause , yet cannot discover it ; but still he feels there was a cause , a powerful cause , to bring about an effect so unforseen , so contrary to his expectations . Is it not precisely tlie same with man ? The canker-worm of care and blighted hope [ too often fatally , though nnperceived , gnaws around the heart , destroying the peace within , and gradually preying on the entire frame , till , at last , he falls an easy
victim to the chill hand of the universal destroyer . Our passions are like lions , as yet slumbering in their grated prisons , and require our every caution . Yet they will sometimes steal out nnperceived ; or , from their seeming gentleness , they are allowed a little more liberty . We know not their fatal strength ,, till , alas ! too late ; and , perhaps , we have then to lament that the object which has fallen a prey to their fury is that alone which we held most dear on earth . —Excliange .
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Bro. Melville's Discoveries.
"an old friend " without even a new face , disporting himself in your pages at no small length ; I mean Bro . Henry Melville , with his " LOST MTSTEEIES IN EEEEMASONET EXPLAINED , " all as fresh and blooming as they were—well , I wont say lioio many year ago , in the Colony .
I would now ask Bro . Melville whether he has ever before printed and published his explanation of the Lost Mysteries of Ereemasonry—or , rather , of Masonry ? If he has published and explained all this so long ago , will he state with what results as to satisfying men of sound intelligence , of whom the
Colony had an abundance in his time ? Whilst giving Bro . Melville the full credit of sincerely believing in something he has fancied for so many years past that he has really discovered , I must confess to the feeling—after carefully reading and rereading all his communications—that Bro . Melville has failed to explain—as he professes to have done" the Lost Mysteries . " Your contributor , ANON .
The Earls Wood Idiot Asylum.
THE EARLS WOOD IDIOT ASYLUM .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —In perusing the Standard newspaper of Tuesday , the 29 th June last , my attention was attracted to an account of the proceedings which had taken place the previous day at the Earlswood Idiot Asylum , near Reigate , H . R . H . the
Prince of Wales and H . R . H . the Princess of Wales were present on the occasion of laying the first stone for the extension of the Asylum , of which the foundation stone had been laid by His Royal Highness ' s father in the year 1853 . The Governors and Board of Management of this Institution had prepared a well-written address , which was read to the Prince of Wales , and to which H . R . H . made the following reply : —
^ " M y Lords and Gentlemen , —I thank you for the kind expressions contained in your address . I cannot but rejoice that my presence should be considered an encouragement and conducive to the prosperity of an institution that lays claim to our warmest support apart from all other considerations . The fact
of my lamented father having taken so active a part in the earl y formation of the society , known as the Idiot Asylum , would in itself be sufficient to enlist my sympath y and interest in its welfare . The necessity of affording more extensive accommodation , iu consequence of the increased number of licants
app , is a proof of the success which has followed your first efforts . We must all appreciate the comprehensive principle which regulates , without regard to social or reli gious distinctions , the admission of all classes of pur fellow-creatures suffering under au affliction which reduces them to one common level . Einallv . I
have to assure you , gentlemen , how sincerely I feel your expressions of devotion and attachment towards the Queen , the Princess of Wales , and the Royal Eamily . I am persuaded that they , equally with myself will watch with increasing interest the success of an institution this day enlarged under such hope
- ful circumstances . " The answer was received with loud cheers . I can imagine nothing more praiseworthy than the observations contained in H . R . Hi ghness ' s reply ; for , of all the noble institutions which this country
The Earls Wood Idiot Asylum.
can boast , there are none that can or ought to awaken our sympathies more than the Earlswood Idiot Asylum . My object in addressing you is that I thought this might meet the eyes of many who have not read it in the daily papers , especially the Craft . Ias an old and experienced Ereemasonam well
, , aware that generally the characteristic of a Ereemason ' s heart is " Charity ; " and , as there are thousands who range under our banner opulent , and have wealth at our command , and who , when their attention is called to it , will , it is to be hoped , gladly give to help an institution that has already accomplished
so much good . The present number of the inmatesare nearly 500 , and when the new buildings are comp leted , they will furnish means of receiving about 300-more , making a total of 800 . Eunds are greatly needed , as the proposed alterations will cost £ 12 , 000 , and it is to be hoped that those whose attention have
been called to the subject , if they have not already contributed , will do so by sending to the Secretary , Mr . William Nicholas , Office , 20 , Poultry , London , B . C „ who I am sure will gladly give any information required , and who will , I hope , pardon me for thu & making use of his name without his knowledge . Yours fraternally , A P . PEOV . S . G . W .
Grand Lodge Calendar.
GRAND LODGE CALENDAR .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEBOB . Dear Sir aud Brother , —Having lately arrived in the metropolis aud wishing to attend a lodge meeting , I obtained a Grand Lodge Calendar , and found that the Joppa , No . 18 S , was marked to meet on Monday last . On apply ing at the Albion Tavern I was surprised to find that no lodge met that evening nor
would the Joppa Lodge meet for some time to come . This , however , is not all ; for , on asking a companion , he informed me that the Britannic Chapter , No . 33 , would meet on Eriday , the Oth inst . ; that is not noticed at all in the Calendar . If , then , a stranger can pick out two errors in one weekhow many must
, there be in the entire book ? I smart under these blunderings , as being , whilst in this great metropolis , like " an alien and a stranger in a foreign land . " Yours fraternally , C . S .
A Comparison.
A COMPARISON .
How justly is man compared with the fair flower of the field ,, pushing its tender form over the rude surface , and then suddenlycrushed , and reduced to nothing ! Short is his duration ; but how awfully varied are the busy scenes of his life . The gardener oft with joy beholds the rosebud just bursting , into life on its parent stem , with all the gay promise of luxuriant beauty , but when he comes to crop the much-expected flower , to honour some particular and favourite occasion , he finds its
leaves strewed on the earth , its freshness and its beauty withered . Ho wonders at the cause , yet cannot discover it ; but still he feels there was a cause , a powerful cause , to bring about an effect so unforseen , so contrary to his expectations . Is it not precisely tlie same with man ? The canker-worm of care and blighted hope [ too often fatally , though nnperceived , gnaws around the heart , destroying the peace within , and gradually preying on the entire frame , till , at last , he falls an easy
victim to the chill hand of the universal destroyer . Our passions are like lions , as yet slumbering in their grated prisons , and require our every caution . Yet they will sometimes steal out nnperceived ; or , from their seeming gentleness , they are allowed a little more liberty . We know not their fatal strength ,, till , alas ! too late ; and , perhaps , we have then to lament that the object which has fallen a prey to their fury is that alone which we held most dear on earth . —Excliange .