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ever heard the matter mentioned again . We scarcely know in what terms to characterise the conduct of those Worshipful Masters , who pay no heed to the summons sent them by our Grand Secretary before each communication » of Grand

Lodge ; but we do know , that we cannot but come to the conclusion ( however unwillingly ) that if they neglect this duty , they neglect others equally or more important , and cannot but express a regret that so weighty a trust has been reposed in

them . They seem to have forgotten that at their installation , they solemnly " promise a regular attendance on the communications of Grand Lodge on receiving proper notice thereof . " This gross and wilful disobedience should be punishable with

nothing short of suspension for at least three months . If this course were adopted , we should find a larger and more regular attendance on Grand Lodge , and the consequent diffusion of a larger amount of knowledge on Masonic matters . We

assert that it is the duty of every lodge to pay the expenses of , at least , one delegate to Grand Lodge at each communication and the proper representative is the Worshipful Master . No lodge can possibly be so low in the funds as to prevent this being done without any inconvenience to the

members , while it cannot be reasonably expected that delegates should expend both their time and private means for the general good of all . It is the Masters ' s duty to see to this , and if a delegate is not sent to each and every

communication of Grand Lodge , and all necessary expenses therefore , paid by the lodge which sends him , he alone is accountable , and should be punished for such culpable neglect of duty . The question discussed and disposed of by

Grand Lodge at the recent communication , was perhaps one of the most important that has ever been brought before it . It marks a crisis in the history of Masonry in these provinces , ancl is a question which should be thoroughly understood

hy every Entered Apprentice , as well as Master Mason , in every lodge within this jurisdiction . It was , therefore , clearly the duty of every Master of a lodge , who received the summons , to attend this communication , to obey that summons ( as it

emanated from the G . M ., and he promised strict obedience to him ) , and while in Grand Lodge to gather all information he possibly could—return home and communicate that information to his brethren in open lodge . If the regular communication was fully occupied by the ordinary lodge

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work , it then became his duty to summon an emergency as soon as convenient , so that he might have an opportunity of giving a full and complete report ancl courting discussion thereon by the members present . If this duty Avere performed ,

not only in this instance , but in every similar one , we should not be pained by finding so much ignorance on Masonic matters , and country Masons would not be open to the imputation which was cast upon them by a P . G . M . the other day at

Montreal . It was this , that delegates from country lodges generally knew but little cf Masonic matters beyond the concerns of their OATO private lodges , and their vieAVs and opinions could consequently be but of little value to Grand Lodge , or

something very much to that effect . We sincerely trust that the tim e will very soon be past when any such accusation will apply to any brother under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Canada .

We have much more to say on this important subject , but as it is our intention to supplement this article with another under the head of " Masonic Apathy and Ignorance /'' we will at once bring it to a close . —The Gavel , Toronto .

Decoration Of Honour: Gormogons: Freemasons.

DECORATION OF HONOUR : GORMOGONS : FREEMASONS .

( From Notes and Queries . ) I have casts or moulds of Avhat I consider to be a decoration of honour , but not finding it in Burke ' s Orders of Knighthood , I will attempt to describe it for the purpose of identification . Its form is oval with projections at each endthe upper

, one being perforated as if for suspension . The presumed obverse exhibits a bust in profile of a prince or chief , Avearing a high cap or coronet . The legend surrounding it is , " 4- 0 . Q . KY . ro . OKCUH . VOLG . OED . GOK . — Go / and on the projection at the bottom " AS . EEG . xxi (?) . " In the

centre of the reverse is represented the sun in his splendour , surrounded by the legend , " TJNIVERSUS . SPLENDOR . UNIVERSA . . BEl . EVOLEt . TIA , '' and Oil the projection at the bottom " . IXST . S 799 . ' ' I shall feel greatly obliged by any information respecting this handsome decoration , if it be such . M . D .

From my collections respecting the secret and convivial societies of the last century , I am able to solve the query of M . D . respecting his decoration of honour . It is the cast or mould of a medal belonging to the most august and ancient order of Gormogons , for they so styled themselves , and most probably Avas one Avorn by the Volgi , the chapter or heads of the order . As the order is