Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .

A fete for the benefit of Masonic orphans was held at the lac Sainfc-Fargean , Eue de Paris , on the 29 th of May ( Ascension-day . ) The programme included military and vocal music , aquatic sports , a vaudeville , a grand ball at 9 o ' clock , concluding with a display of fireAvorks at midnight .

The Grand Lodge Aux Troix Globes , Berlin , recently solemnised the funeral obsequies of Bro . Schmiickert , member of the Supreme Grand Council , Representative of the Grand Lodge of the Netherlends at the Grand Lodge Aux Trois Globes , and Director-General of the Prussian Post-Office , in the Masonic Temple attached

to the Grand Lodge . A large number of brethren from Berlin aud the neighbouring cities attended , and His Majesty the King of Prussia , in person , presided , and pronounced an oration on the lives of Bro . Schmiickert and other brethren deceased during the last year . His Majesty in very eulogistic terms divelt on the virtues of

the deceased , and Avas ably followed by the Grand Orator whose speech Avas extremely eloquent . Bro . Prince Oscar , of Sweden , on his return from this country visited Nice and was there in the Lodge Philanthropic , Ligurienne , admitted to the Ancient and Accepted Bite ,

In Portress Munroe ( Dis-D " nited States ) the Pirst New York Zoua \ -es established a lodge under the name of the National Zouave Lodge , aud it appears its first occupation was to bury Liet .-Col . Edler , a neAV-made Mason . St . John ' s Lodge , Newark , ( No . 1 ) , State of New Jersey celebrated its centenary anniversary on St . John ' s

Day in December last , and the brethren went to church where , after a prayer by the Minister , Bro . Judge Waugh gave , instead of a sermon , a history of the lodge from its foundation in 1761 , and mentioned that in that lodge Washington presided when Lafayette Avas installed Master .

Died , in Paris , in March last , afc the age of 82 , Bro . Eagon , well known all over the world for his Masonic publications , Avhich he had just completed by issuing a collection of the various rituals of the order , a Avork of untiring research and perseverance . He Avas born at Bray-sur-Seine on the 25 th of February , 1781 , and

initiated at Bruges in 1803 , whore he was paymastergeneral . In 1814 he Avas chief clerk to the minister of the interior . In 1818 he Avas engaged on the journal L'Hermes , which existed two years , and founded the lodge and . chapter Trinosophes , of which he Avas the first W . M . His principal Avorks are Oours Philosophi qua

et Intcrpretatif des Initiations Ancicnncs el Modernes , Svo , Paris , 184 . 1 , 2 nd edition , Svo , Nancy , 1843 , La Messe dans Ses Rapports avec Les Mysteres de VAntiqui-ie , Svo , Nancy , 1842 , 2 nd edition , Paris , 1846 ; L'Orthodoxio Maconniqne , Svo , Paris , 1853 ; andLa Maconncria OceuKe , Svo , Paris , 1853 .

At a large Masonic gathering in NCAV York , one of fche speakers divulged to his attentive listeners the magic Avord which opens the doors ofthe lodge-rooms of the order . It was done in this way . — "Now , Avould you like to know the Masonic jiass-Avord to-night ? Listen £ deep silence ] Avhile I tell you [ wrapt attention ] that the

Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

jiass-word that will admit you [ slowly ] to a Masonic [ very slowly ] lodge-room is [ a pin distinctly heard to drop ] never to bo spoken outside of a Masonic lodgeroom . "—[ Prolonged laughter and applause . ] In the last number of the Latomia , a quarterly Masonic review , published in Leipzig , are three articles , which

have created quite a sensation amongst our brethren on the continent , they are on the "Historical age of Masonry , " " The Mission of Masonry in actual Society , " and "The Principles of Masonry opposed to the Grand Mastership and Patronage of Princes , Kings , & c . "

The first anniversary of the Apollo Lodge , at Leipzig , was celebrated in April last , under the Mastership of Bro . Dr . Zille , Editor and Author of many Masonic Avorks . Dr . Thierry de Maugras , who has for some years presided over the lodge at Letif , in Algeria , upon being called professionally to transfer his medical services to Phillipville , was presented by his lodge with some very chaste and interesting souvenirs .

A centenary anniversary of the lodge of the Three Compasses at Stettin , iu Prussia , was held on the third and fourth of April . The W . M ., in his address on its history , stated that it was originated by certain brethren who were officers in the Austrian service , and prisoners at the close of the seven years' war . The

ceremonies were very interesting , and the centenary was attended by more than six hundred Prussian brethren , and two hundred and fifty-four strangers from sister Grand and subordinate lodges . The folloAving song was sung by a member of the Sussex Lodge , at Brockville , C . W ., at which several brethren

from Ogdensburgh , N . Y ., and other American lodges were present . Ifc shows a kindly and generous spirit , and proves the true charity of Masonry : —

Ho , brother , I ' m a Britisher , A chip of " heart of oak , " That wouldn't warp or swerve , or stir From what I thought or spoke . And yon , a blunt and honest man , Straightforward , kind , and true—I tell you , Brother Jonathan , That you're a Briton , too .

I know your heart an honest heart—I read your mind and Avill , A greyhound ever on the start , To run for honour still . And shrewd to scheme a likely plan , And stout to see ir done—I tell you , Brother Jonathan ,

That you and I are one . " God Save the Queen" delights you still , And " British Grenadiers , " The good old strains your heart strings thrill , And catch you by the ears ; And we , 0 , hate us if you can , 3 ? or we are proud of you—We like you , Brother Jonathan , And " Yankee Doodle" too ' .

What more , I touch not holier things , A loftier strain to AVIII , ! Jfoi- glance at prophets , priests , and kings , Or heavenly kith or kin—As friend with friend , and man ivith man , 0 , let our hearts be thus—As David ' s love to Jonathan , Be Jonathan's to us 1 " Broolclyn Standard ,