Freemasonry.

once dejected , that are now uplifted to the great Architect of Heaven , who is the ever-living fire on the altar of our great Masonic Temple . ( To be continued . )

Bro. Dr. Oliver's Oration On Freemasonry And Farewell Address To The Provincial Grand Lodge, Lincolnshire.*

BRO . DR . OLIVER ' S ORATION ON FREEMASONRY AND FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE , LINCOLNSHIRE . *

We are glad to find the oration and farewell address , delivered by our Venerable Bro . Dr . Oliver , at the meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge at Lincoln , in May last , published in the shape of a small pamphlet at Is . 6 d ., Is ., and also in a

clieap form for general circulation at 3 d . per copy , is receiving the support of the brethren ; we trust , however , that the increased patronage wliicli its merits entitle it to , will be afforded to it so as to render it of material service in tending to promote

the usefulness of the very excellent charity—the Provincial Grand Lodge Fund of Benevolence for Lincolnshire , —to which , the profits arising from the sale of the oration and address are devoted ; this fund which has been promoted by the present

Prov . G . Sec , Bro . 0 . E . Lucas , it is pleasing to learn has , during the past six months of its existence , met with such liberal support from the brethren in the province , that it had some short time back a balance in its favour of £ 200 .

We recommend to the Craft a careful perusal of the pamphlet under notice , containing as it does the admirable teachings inculcated by our venerable brother in the few brief arguments adduced by him to shew the superiority of our Order over all other social institutions .

Our venerable brother sets forth in a few introductory remarks the reasons why he consented to the proposal of the Prov . G . Sec , for the publication of the oration , which he states , was originally never intended to be published ; the reasons given

are two , viz .: — " Pirst , because ifc would afford me a graceful opportunity of bidding farewell to the brethren of a province with which I have been conneced for more than half a century : having established the Apollo Lodge , at Grimsby , in 1 S 11 ; appointed Prov . G . Steward in 1814 ; Prov . G . Chap , in 1816 ; and D . Prov . G . M . in 1833-, and secondly , ttvat it might be accepted as an exempliRca-

Bro. Dr. Oliver's Oration On Freemasonry And Farewell Address To The Provincial Grand Lodge, Lincolnshire.*

tion ofthe fact , that a clergyman ofthe establishment , tolerably well versed in antiquarian lore , after a critical investigation of tbe esoretie principles of the Order for more than half a century , had found no reason to change his opinion on its unrivalled purity as a humble handmaiden of religion . " The oration itself must pass quantum valeat as a simple expression of my own opinion , afc an advanced age , of tbe pure teaching of Freemasonry . Ifc is indeed a fruitful subject ; on which volumes might be written . "

After referring to the successful establishment in the province of Lincolnshire of a benevolent fund , the venerable brother concludes his oration in the verses of a celebrated Masonic poet of the last century : — Blest Masonry I

The art sublimely free ; Heaven bids thy happy sons , and they thy worth proclaim Wifch loud assent I their cheerful voices raise , Their great , immortal Masonry to praise . The tower , sky-pointing , and the dome sublime , Rais'd by thy mystic rules and forming power ,

Shall long withstand the iron tooth of time ; Yet still their fall is sure . But Masonry , '• The art sublimely free , Pounded , by God himself , thro' time shall firm endure . To worlds unknown its heaven-born light dispense , And systems own its sacred influence .

Masonic Jurisprudence.

MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE .

( Continued from page 366 , vol . ix . ) The following with reference to Masonic Jurisprudence in the United States appears in our transatlantic contemporary , The National Freemason -.

OHIO . —The Grand Lodge sustained the following decisions of the Grand Master , Bro . Sparrow : Officers of a lodge cannot be installed by proxy . A brother who was elected to office in a lodge , and installed by proxy , cannot serve in the office to

which he was elected . A brother who was elected and served as Warden of a lodge , but was never installed , except by proxy , is not eligible to the office of W . M . of a lodge . A brother who is a petitioner for a new lodge ,

and in the dispensation is appointed W . M . of sucb . lodge , and who is also a member of a lodge recommending the establishment of such new lodge , is not eligible to office in such recommending lodge .

The rule of the Grand Lodge requiring an applicant for the degrees to reside one year within , the jurisdiction of the lodge to which he makes application , cannot be evaded by procuring the