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his respectful compliments " than ours , viz ., where a Prov . G . M . insists upon the S . "W . initiating a candidate in the presence of a P . M . of ilie lodge , who is also a most able working Mason . Here , too , " Bro . Blackburn" can , according to the Constitutions , bring the matter directly before the M . W " . G . Master and not as he has with usfirst to the Board of
, General Purposes , then to the Prov . G . M . of Cheshire . I shall be glad to name the lodge , & c , if " Bro . Blackburn " will take action upon it . In the E . C ' s . lecture we are told " that three rule a lodge , " and why ? Because " three Grand Masters once bore sway . " The opening , too , says " there are
three principal officers . " This answers the arguments of " R . E . X . " and Bro . Blackburn ( who said if a Warden can initiate , he would prove an E . A . could ) , that none below the office of Master can initiate ; and goes far to prove that in the Constitutions " ruling the lodge " and " taking the chair " are used synomymousl y , which was my opinion before I ever heard or read a word on the subject elsewhere .
Eor the sake of Masonry I should deeply regret a decision which would deny Wardens this privilege under certain circumstances ; also a decision which would lead Wardens to expect it as a right . The first will often prevent our beautiful ceremonies being muddled ( its Lord Derby ' s word ) , and those who do
so ought to be designated Past Muddlers , for they are no Masters , they injure Masonry to no small extent ; the second may lead to divisions , for P . M's . now do not always agree on ''' who is to do the work ?" I trust , therefore , that the united wisdom of Grand Lodge will take the " golden- mean " and adjust the
question somewhat after this p lan , which may satisfy our worthy and esteemed Bro . Blackburn , as well as those who stand up for Wardens' ri ghts . " Let no Warden be allowed to work the degrees , without a dispensation from the M . W . G . M . or a Prov . G . M . " This would not onl y benefit our " Benevolent Eunds , " but prevent great hardships , which an adverse decision must inflict on lodges in the provinces , and also be a good check to its abuse .
I trust that my brother Wardens will muster strongly at that Graud Lodge when the question is to be finally disposed of . I will be there for one , when I hope to pay "my respectfuZ compliments" to so zealous a Mason as Bro . Blackburn . I have never yet met a brother who can satisfactorily define of
what a Warden ' s ruling consists , unless it is doing the work of the W . M . As a juvenile in the Order , I must apologise for my intrusion ; and if , in the opinion of my older and wiser brethren , I have erred , it is entirely through my devotion to the Craft , to which I deem it a ' great honour and hih privilege to belong .
g I cannot , however , agree with the opinion I have often heard expressed by my seniors , " That it takes ten or twenty years to become a good Mason . " To make a good Mason , in one sense , I believe , requires a lifetime . A few j'ears will suffice to make a good working Mason , but to reach the summit of that
ladder whose topmost round is the emblem of Heavenborn charity , which envieth not , " is a work of hours , days , weeks , and years . " I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , WIT . Jons' BUILOCK , S . W . 979 . Crewe , Eeb . 9 th , 1864
The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
METROPOLITAN . ALBION LODGE ( So . 9 ) . —At the usual monthly meeting on Tuesday , the 2 nd inst ., Bro . Consedine , W . M ., was prevented from attending in consequence of his suffering from severe indisposition . Bro . Woods , P . M ., presided in the lodge as W . M ., and passed Bro . Albert to the degree of F . C . in a most efficient manner . All business heing concluded , the brethren retired to
the banquetting-room , where a sumptuous repast was laid upon the table . The cloth removed , Bro . Lee , P . M ., who presided , gave the usual toasts , preliniiimrising each with appropriate observations . On the health of the visitors being proposed , Bro . Robinson , P . M . of the Jordan Lodge , expressed his sense of the obligation , and said that whenever lie visited the Albion Lodge , ho always felt as if lie were in the lodge from which lie
hailed as a member . Bro . Binekes , Secretary of the Boys ' School , in reply for his health being drunk as a visitor , took the opportunity of eulogising the charity which he had the honour to serve . When he was at the Albion on its previous meeting lie thought he had been unsuccessful in his attempt to obtain a representative from that lodge for the ensuing festival , but he would leave the brethren to imagine what his delight must have been when on the ensuing morning lie was waited
upon by Bro . Poulton , S . W ., who informed liim that lie had secured a representative in the person of Bro . Samuel Cofte , the J . D ., a very young but a very enthusiastic and energetic Mason . Upon this he congratulated them , himself , and the Institution . The other visitors were Bros . Barker and Charles Sloman . The P . M . ' s present were Bros . Lee ( in the chair ) , Rackstraw , Abbott , Valentine , Woods , Friend , Morling , Burton , Ferryman , aud Young . Songs and recitations were given by
Bros . Stevens , J . W ., Buckland , Pallent , Buller , aud Charles Sloman , and the evening was finished as it commenced , in that intercommunion of brotherly thought and reciprocation of genial enjoyment . ROTAI JUBILEE LODGE ( No . 72 ) . —The monthly meeting of this lodge was held at Anderton's Hotel , on Monday , 1 st inst . Owing to the illness of Bro . Williams , W . M ., Bro . Clout presided , and , assisted by Bros . Webb , S . W ., and Thornhill , J . W ., opened the lodge in due form ; after which Mr . J . Howard
Ivmg was initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry . Bros . Ware , Niblett , Gimmo , and Pickering , passed their second degree , and Bro . Geo . Oxford was raised to the degree of a Master Mason . The business of the lodge being concluded , it was duly closed . The brethren then retired to banquet . Nearly thirty sat down , Bro . Lascelles , P . M ., presiding . There were five P . M . 's of the lodge present , viz ., Bros . Parr , J . Sunn ( Sec ) J , Jamesand J . Lascelles . Among the visitors
were—, , Bros . P . M'Canlisli , P . M ., 169 ; J . Webb , P . M ., 307 ; J . D . Mills , 3 S 3 ; B . Johnson , S 57 ; Tout , S 57 ; and Wells , 15 . The repast being over , the W . M . gave the usual loyal and Masonic toasts , and a most pleasant evening was spent . "POTTED STEENGTJT LODGE ( NO . 228 ) . —IXSTAILATIOS OE W . M . —The eighty-ninth anniversary of the above lodge was held at the Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John's Gate , Clerkenwell ,
on Tuesday , the 9 th inst . The time for opening the lodge was fixed for five o'clock , and precisely at that time the business commenced , there being present Bros . Jas . Terry , W . M . ; Frost , P . M ., as S . W . ; Dudley , J . W . ; Stewart , S . D . ; Coulston , J . D . ; Humphreys , Dir . of Cers . ; Dickie , A . G . Purst ., Steward ; Cowdery , P . M . ; Winsland , P . M . ; Stricken , Redding , Fisher , Wilson , Danebell , Barklamb , Vivian , Learnioutb , Hunt , Lewis , Kemp , and Hasler . Visitors : —Bros . S . B . Wilson , P . G . D .,
and W . M . elect 108 ; Welsford , P . M . 5-18 ; Newton , 174 ; Hoare , 27 ; Wan-, 231 ; Stedman , 754 ; Butler , 704 ; H . Thompson , W . M . 177 ; Gaball , 145 ; Daft ; S . W . 765 ; E . Smith , P . M . 73 , and others . The lodge being opened in due form , Bro . Dancliell ivas passed , and Bros . Lewis , Learmouth , and Fisher raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason . The W . M ., Bro . Terry , then performed the ceremony of installing his successor , Bro . Dudley , into the chair of King Solomon , which he did in a most impressive maimer , and with a correctness and precison of delivery we have never seen excelled ,
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Correspondence.
his respectful compliments " than ours , viz ., where a Prov . G . M . insists upon the S . "W . initiating a candidate in the presence of a P . M . of ilie lodge , who is also a most able working Mason . Here , too , " Bro . Blackburn" can , according to the Constitutions , bring the matter directly before the M . W " . G . Master and not as he has with usfirst to the Board of
, General Purposes , then to the Prov . G . M . of Cheshire . I shall be glad to name the lodge , & c , if " Bro . Blackburn " will take action upon it . In the E . C ' s . lecture we are told " that three rule a lodge , " and why ? Because " three Grand Masters once bore sway . " The opening , too , says " there are
three principal officers . " This answers the arguments of " R . E . X . " and Bro . Blackburn ( who said if a Warden can initiate , he would prove an E . A . could ) , that none below the office of Master can initiate ; and goes far to prove that in the Constitutions " ruling the lodge " and " taking the chair " are used synomymousl y , which was my opinion before I ever heard or read a word on the subject elsewhere .
Eor the sake of Masonry I should deeply regret a decision which would deny Wardens this privilege under certain circumstances ; also a decision which would lead Wardens to expect it as a right . The first will often prevent our beautiful ceremonies being muddled ( its Lord Derby ' s word ) , and those who do
so ought to be designated Past Muddlers , for they are no Masters , they injure Masonry to no small extent ; the second may lead to divisions , for P . M's . now do not always agree on ''' who is to do the work ?" I trust , therefore , that the united wisdom of Grand Lodge will take the " golden- mean " and adjust the
question somewhat after this p lan , which may satisfy our worthy and esteemed Bro . Blackburn , as well as those who stand up for Wardens' ri ghts . " Let no Warden be allowed to work the degrees , without a dispensation from the M . W . G . M . or a Prov . G . M . " This would not onl y benefit our " Benevolent Eunds , " but prevent great hardships , which an adverse decision must inflict on lodges in the provinces , and also be a good check to its abuse .
I trust that my brother Wardens will muster strongly at that Graud Lodge when the question is to be finally disposed of . I will be there for one , when I hope to pay "my respectfuZ compliments" to so zealous a Mason as Bro . Blackburn . I have never yet met a brother who can satisfactorily define of
what a Warden ' s ruling consists , unless it is doing the work of the W . M . As a juvenile in the Order , I must apologise for my intrusion ; and if , in the opinion of my older and wiser brethren , I have erred , it is entirely through my devotion to the Craft , to which I deem it a ' great honour and hih privilege to belong .
g I cannot , however , agree with the opinion I have often heard expressed by my seniors , " That it takes ten or twenty years to become a good Mason . " To make a good Mason , in one sense , I believe , requires a lifetime . A few j'ears will suffice to make a good working Mason , but to reach the summit of that
ladder whose topmost round is the emblem of Heavenborn charity , which envieth not , " is a work of hours , days , weeks , and years . " I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , WIT . Jons' BUILOCK , S . W . 979 . Crewe , Eeb . 9 th , 1864
The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
METROPOLITAN . ALBION LODGE ( So . 9 ) . —At the usual monthly meeting on Tuesday , the 2 nd inst ., Bro . Consedine , W . M ., was prevented from attending in consequence of his suffering from severe indisposition . Bro . Woods , P . M ., presided in the lodge as W . M ., and passed Bro . Albert to the degree of F . C . in a most efficient manner . All business heing concluded , the brethren retired to
the banquetting-room , where a sumptuous repast was laid upon the table . The cloth removed , Bro . Lee , P . M ., who presided , gave the usual toasts , preliniiimrising each with appropriate observations . On the health of the visitors being proposed , Bro . Robinson , P . M . of the Jordan Lodge , expressed his sense of the obligation , and said that whenever lie visited the Albion Lodge , ho always felt as if lie were in the lodge from which lie
hailed as a member . Bro . Binekes , Secretary of the Boys ' School , in reply for his health being drunk as a visitor , took the opportunity of eulogising the charity which he had the honour to serve . When he was at the Albion on its previous meeting lie thought he had been unsuccessful in his attempt to obtain a representative from that lodge for the ensuing festival , but he would leave the brethren to imagine what his delight must have been when on the ensuing morning lie was waited
upon by Bro . Poulton , S . W ., who informed liim that lie had secured a representative in the person of Bro . Samuel Cofte , the J . D ., a very young but a very enthusiastic and energetic Mason . Upon this he congratulated them , himself , and the Institution . The other visitors were Bros . Barker and Charles Sloman . The P . M . ' s present were Bros . Lee ( in the chair ) , Rackstraw , Abbott , Valentine , Woods , Friend , Morling , Burton , Ferryman , aud Young . Songs and recitations were given by
Bros . Stevens , J . W ., Buckland , Pallent , Buller , aud Charles Sloman , and the evening was finished as it commenced , in that intercommunion of brotherly thought and reciprocation of genial enjoyment . ROTAI JUBILEE LODGE ( No . 72 ) . —The monthly meeting of this lodge was held at Anderton's Hotel , on Monday , 1 st inst . Owing to the illness of Bro . Williams , W . M ., Bro . Clout presided , and , assisted by Bros . Webb , S . W ., and Thornhill , J . W ., opened the lodge in due form ; after which Mr . J . Howard
Ivmg was initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry . Bros . Ware , Niblett , Gimmo , and Pickering , passed their second degree , and Bro . Geo . Oxford was raised to the degree of a Master Mason . The business of the lodge being concluded , it was duly closed . The brethren then retired to banquet . Nearly thirty sat down , Bro . Lascelles , P . M ., presiding . There were five P . M . 's of the lodge present , viz ., Bros . Parr , J . Sunn ( Sec ) J , Jamesand J . Lascelles . Among the visitors
were—, , Bros . P . M'Canlisli , P . M ., 169 ; J . Webb , P . M ., 307 ; J . D . Mills , 3 S 3 ; B . Johnson , S 57 ; Tout , S 57 ; and Wells , 15 . The repast being over , the W . M . gave the usual loyal and Masonic toasts , and a most pleasant evening was spent . "POTTED STEENGTJT LODGE ( NO . 228 ) . —IXSTAILATIOS OE W . M . —The eighty-ninth anniversary of the above lodge was held at the Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John's Gate , Clerkenwell ,
on Tuesday , the 9 th inst . The time for opening the lodge was fixed for five o'clock , and precisely at that time the business commenced , there being present Bros . Jas . Terry , W . M . ; Frost , P . M ., as S . W . ; Dudley , J . W . ; Stewart , S . D . ; Coulston , J . D . ; Humphreys , Dir . of Cers . ; Dickie , A . G . Purst ., Steward ; Cowdery , P . M . ; Winsland , P . M . ; Stricken , Redding , Fisher , Wilson , Danebell , Barklamb , Vivian , Learnioutb , Hunt , Lewis , Kemp , and Hasler . Visitors : —Bros . S . B . Wilson , P . G . D .,
and W . M . elect 108 ; Welsford , P . M . 5-18 ; Newton , 174 ; Hoare , 27 ; Wan-, 231 ; Stedman , 754 ; Butler , 704 ; H . Thompson , W . M . 177 ; Gaball , 145 ; Daft ; S . W . 765 ; E . Smith , P . M . 73 , and others . The lodge being opened in due form , Bro . Dancliell ivas passed , and Bros . Lewis , Learmouth , and Fisher raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason . The W . M ., Bro . Terry , then performed the ceremony of installing his successor , Bro . Dudley , into the chair of King Solomon , which he did in a most impressive maimer , and with a correctness and precison of delivery we have never seen excelled ,