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Correspondence.
be the means of inducing numbers to avail themselves of the truths and virtues inculcated by our valuable Order ; which , I am persuaded , is destined , at no distant period , to exert a most beneficial effect on the world at large . The ivorld is every day becoming more convinced of its salutary workings on society , and is also beginning to see through the claptrap denunciation of those ivho make political capital out of its existence .
Masonry , I say , has a great and glorious mission , and its silent footsteps may be traced in every portion of the habitable ivorld ; it is stealthily making its way into the minds and hearts of men of every clinic and colour , leaving an impression not to be eradicated ' until thc final scene , which transforms this temporal world into one huge blank . As fruitless would be an attempt to banish the Holy Scriptures from these realms , as an endeavour on the
part of any to stay the onward march of Masonry , which is destined to revolutionize the Avorld for its spiritual welfare . Therefore , sir , I rejoice at the rapid strides it is making in the sister isle , ancl as nothing , I maintain , will tend more to unite us into a " band of brothers , " let us assist the shining li ght , and thus promulgate our noble institution . As I am advanced in life I probabl y may never read of the
consummation of the project to Avhich I have alluded—nay , not even of the laying of the corner stone ; however , I shall cast my mite into the treasury , in the hope that when the pulsations of my heart shall cease , and the hand which now guides 1113- pen shall be stiff and motionless , there will be reared up in honour of our beloved Order , a miniature King Solomon's temple in a remote and secluded locality , which will redound to the credit of my Avorthy brothers of Lodge No . 15 . I fear I haA'e trespassed too much on your A-. iluable space , but I remain , 3 'ours fraternally , Finsbury , Dec . Sth , 1859 . P . J " . W .
The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
MASONIC MEMS . . THE first meeting of the Committee for the approaching festival of the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and then-Widows , was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Friday , the 10 th inst ., when Col . Burltm , G . B ., P . Prov . G-. M . fur Bengal , who serves from No . 10 , was appointed as President ; Bro . Josh . SmithG . Purst .
, , who serves from "So . 10 S 2 ; and Bro . Farnfield ( the Secretary to the Institution ) , as Secretary . There are now forty-eight stewards . Bno . DISTIN , Sen . ( the eminent trumpeter ) , takes a farewell benefit at Exeter Hall on the 4 th of January , under the highest Masonic patronage .
METROPOLITAN . OLD CONCORD LODCIE ( No . 201 ) . —The monthly meeting of this Lodge was held on Tuesday , December 6 th , at the Freemasons' Tavern , Bro . Maney , W . M . ; Bro . Swainston , SAY " ., and Bro . the Eev . J . Laughlin , J . W . The Lodge was very numerously attended , and amongst the visitors were Bro . James Bennettof the Lodge Jerusalem des Yalleea
, Egyptiennes , Paris ; Bro . Isidore Vatlet , of the Lodge Jerusalem Eeosse , Paris ; Bro . AV . Newman , P . M . of the John D . "VVellard Lodge , "So . 250 , New York , U . S . ; Bro . Warr , S . D . of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 281 , and several other metropolitan brethren . Tho Lodge liaving been duly opened , Bros . Tyrrell , Jecks , and G . Maddick answered the necessary questions , and were in a very solemn ancl impressive manner raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason . Bros . Chaplin , Levisolmand lor
A . D . Maddick , , Tay , were passed to the second degree . Afterwards the AVorshipful Master proceeded to initiate Messrs . Heui-y Avery , AVilliam Leighton , George AValkins Tulmer , Eichard IV . Woodward , and Edwin Adolphus Maaterman , into the mysteries and privileges of antient Freemasonry . The next business was the election of a "Worshipful Master for the ensuing year , and the votes being quite unanimous , Bro . Swainston was elected to that office , who returned thanks for the honour conferred upon Mm , hoping that during his year of office
the brethren would not be too severe in their strictures upon him , and that the Past Masters would assist him in the performance of them . Bro . Kennedy was reelected Treasurer of the Lodge , and Bro . George Gurton , Treasurer of the Benevolent Fund . Bro . Emmens having alluded to the long services of Bro . Maney , W . M ., and his anxiety at all times to promote the interests of Freemasonry ( he had lately consented to serve as steward at tbe nest festival of the l . oyal Benevolent Institution ) , moved that £ 5 be voted from the funds ofthe Lodge for the purpose of presenting him with a jewel on his retirement from the office of AVorshipful Master , which was seconded by Bro . Jackson , P . m . and carried uuanimously . Bro , Vallet said before the Worshipful Master
closed the Lodge he wished , as a foreigner , to express the great gratification he had experienced at being present at the gathering that evening , and most cordially did he rejoice at the Masonic alliance which existed between England and France , even if there wore no other . It was the desire of their brethren in France to become acquainted with their mode of working , and to know what difference there w-as between them , and he had been sent over as a deputation , to listen and learn , and when he went back to give his French brethren the benefit of what he had
learned . He must say that he had learned a good deal that evening from the excellence , of the working of that distinguished Lodge , and he begged most cordially to thank them for the honour the Lodge had conferred upon him in being present to witness it that evening . The Audit , Committee having been appointed , Bro . Beckett was reelected to the office of Tyler for the ensuing year . The Lodge was then closed and the brethren retired for refreshment , when seventy-five sat down to a and
banquet served in the usual style of excellence . The regular loyal Masonic toasts having been disposed of , the Worshipful Master gave "The Initiates , " and congratulated them on being brought to the light , of Freemasonry in that Lodge . Bro . Avery thanked the brethren for the kind manner in which they had drunk their health , and for the very kindly feeling with which they had been received , and trusted that thoy would never prove a discredit to the Lodge . The beautiful ceremony of his initiationhe could assure themimpressed him with feelings of
, , respect and reverence , ami he must confess that it had been so fixed cm his mind that he should vividly remember it to the latest hour of his existence . He hoped they would receive their best and earnest thank-., and that they might prove a credit and honour to the Lodge , Uro . Vallet said he could not refrain from expressing his delight at Unfeeling of loyalty which the brethren showed towards tho reigning power , whether it was that of royalist or republican , ancl when he saw such unity them he could not help shedding a tear . He did not feel
among ashamed of it , for if he did he should think that he was unworthy of the feelings of a man . ( Cheers ) . The Worshipful Master next gave "The Visitors , " connecting therewith the names of Bro . Newman , from the United States ; Bro . Vallet , from France ; and Bro . the Kev . , 1 . Shaboe , for England . Bros . Newman , Vallet , and Shaboe severally returned thanks . Bro . Jackson , P . M ., proposed " The health ol" Bio .
Maney , W . M ., " who he said was not only a good working Mason , but . was a friend of all their Masonic charities . He had now offered to become a steward at the festival for the Benevolent Institution , and he hoped the brethren would rally round him . Although they might , be in good health at the present time , there was no telling how soon they might be reduced to the lowest ebb of poverty and distress , and therefore ho hoped that they would support Bro . Maney on the present occasion . Bro . Maney said he required the eloquence of Cicero or
Demosthenes adequately to return thanks for the kind manner it . which they had received his health , as he had only endeavoured cl tiring his year of office to promote the interests of the Lodge for the benefit of the Craft ; and the honour which they had done him for such trillingservice was far greater than he deserved , and as long as the G . A . O . T . I , ' . might spare him he would continue to do all in his power , although he had not done as much as he desired to do . He thanked them sincerely , and could assure them that as long as the Old Concord Lodge required
it , Bro . Charles Maney would always be its supporter . The Worshipful Master next gave " The health of Bro . the Itev . J . Laughlin , J . W . " Bro . the ltev . J . Laughlin said it had been his pleasure many times during the last five years to hear proposed the health of the AVorshipful Master , ,-md said , when he heard that Bro . Jackson had been entrusted with the gavel to do so , he almost wished to be in his place to have the pleasure of proposing it . He had long known him as a kind and personal friend ; he was introduced by him to be initiated into Freemasonry , and the friendships he had formed in that Lodge ivould last as long as he lived . Ho congratulated him that during his year of oflice
he had initiated thirty-three gentlemen into Freemasonry , a greater number than had been admitted into any other Lodge during thc same period , and he trusted that his successor would be equally fortunate , and follow in the steps of Bro . Maney , and if he did so he could not go wrong . He congratulated the Lodge that three nations which ought by nature to be united , were there represented that night . He had no idea whatever of trenching upon the dangerous ground of politics , but the best guarantee for maintaining concord with their cousins on the
other side of the Atlantic was , to unite with each other in brotherly love , aud thereby promote the reign of the Prince of Peace upon earth . He congratulated them on tho number of initiates that evening and the sentiments which had been expressed by them . In Freemasonry they would find the great and inestimable principles of truth , and if they Went on in the practise ot it for thirty years they would discover that they had not exhausted the subject or become acquainted with the unfathomable depths of knowledge which it contained . Let him
recommend them to be punctual and regular in their attendance at their Lodge , and also to visit Lodges of Instruction , since there ia not a syllable expressed in the Lodge but what would be satisfactorily accounts . I for in their lectures . He should never have another opportunity of saying to their present AVorshipful Master that they bad spent a most delightful evening on the expiration of his year of office , the funds wen : in a most satisfactory state , and the Lodge had that evening paid to him a well deserved tribute of respect , and although they had been liberal iu the year , the benevolent fund had not been saddled with a single sixpence , or bad suffered thereby . The longest yarn must have au end
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Correspondence.
be the means of inducing numbers to avail themselves of the truths and virtues inculcated by our valuable Order ; which , I am persuaded , is destined , at no distant period , to exert a most beneficial effect on the world at large . The ivorld is every day becoming more convinced of its salutary workings on society , and is also beginning to see through the claptrap denunciation of those ivho make political capital out of its existence .
Masonry , I say , has a great and glorious mission , and its silent footsteps may be traced in every portion of the habitable ivorld ; it is stealthily making its way into the minds and hearts of men of every clinic and colour , leaving an impression not to be eradicated ' until thc final scene , which transforms this temporal world into one huge blank . As fruitless would be an attempt to banish the Holy Scriptures from these realms , as an endeavour on the
part of any to stay the onward march of Masonry , which is destined to revolutionize the Avorld for its spiritual welfare . Therefore , sir , I rejoice at the rapid strides it is making in the sister isle , ancl as nothing , I maintain , will tend more to unite us into a " band of brothers , " let us assist the shining li ght , and thus promulgate our noble institution . As I am advanced in life I probabl y may never read of the
consummation of the project to Avhich I have alluded—nay , not even of the laying of the corner stone ; however , I shall cast my mite into the treasury , in the hope that when the pulsations of my heart shall cease , and the hand which now guides 1113- pen shall be stiff and motionless , there will be reared up in honour of our beloved Order , a miniature King Solomon's temple in a remote and secluded locality , which will redound to the credit of my Avorthy brothers of Lodge No . 15 . I fear I haA'e trespassed too much on your A-. iluable space , but I remain , 3 'ours fraternally , Finsbury , Dec . Sth , 1859 . P . J " . W .
The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
MASONIC MEMS . . THE first meeting of the Committee for the approaching festival of the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and then-Widows , was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Friday , the 10 th inst ., when Col . Burltm , G . B ., P . Prov . G-. M . fur Bengal , who serves from No . 10 , was appointed as President ; Bro . Josh . SmithG . Purst .
, , who serves from "So . 10 S 2 ; and Bro . Farnfield ( the Secretary to the Institution ) , as Secretary . There are now forty-eight stewards . Bno . DISTIN , Sen . ( the eminent trumpeter ) , takes a farewell benefit at Exeter Hall on the 4 th of January , under the highest Masonic patronage .
METROPOLITAN . OLD CONCORD LODCIE ( No . 201 ) . —The monthly meeting of this Lodge was held on Tuesday , December 6 th , at the Freemasons' Tavern , Bro . Maney , W . M . ; Bro . Swainston , SAY " ., and Bro . the Eev . J . Laughlin , J . W . The Lodge was very numerously attended , and amongst the visitors were Bro . James Bennettof the Lodge Jerusalem des Yalleea
, Egyptiennes , Paris ; Bro . Isidore Vatlet , of the Lodge Jerusalem Eeosse , Paris ; Bro . AV . Newman , P . M . of the John D . "VVellard Lodge , "So . 250 , New York , U . S . ; Bro . Warr , S . D . of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 281 , and several other metropolitan brethren . Tho Lodge liaving been duly opened , Bros . Tyrrell , Jecks , and G . Maddick answered the necessary questions , and were in a very solemn ancl impressive manner raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason . Bros . Chaplin , Levisolmand lor
A . D . Maddick , , Tay , were passed to the second degree . Afterwards the AVorshipful Master proceeded to initiate Messrs . Heui-y Avery , AVilliam Leighton , George AValkins Tulmer , Eichard IV . Woodward , and Edwin Adolphus Maaterman , into the mysteries and privileges of antient Freemasonry . The next business was the election of a "Worshipful Master for the ensuing year , and the votes being quite unanimous , Bro . Swainston was elected to that office , who returned thanks for the honour conferred upon Mm , hoping that during his year of office
the brethren would not be too severe in their strictures upon him , and that the Past Masters would assist him in the performance of them . Bro . Kennedy was reelected Treasurer of the Lodge , and Bro . George Gurton , Treasurer of the Benevolent Fund . Bro . Emmens having alluded to the long services of Bro . Maney , W . M ., and his anxiety at all times to promote the interests of Freemasonry ( he had lately consented to serve as steward at tbe nest festival of the l . oyal Benevolent Institution ) , moved that £ 5 be voted from the funds ofthe Lodge for the purpose of presenting him with a jewel on his retirement from the office of AVorshipful Master , which was seconded by Bro . Jackson , P . m . and carried uuanimously . Bro , Vallet said before the Worshipful Master
closed the Lodge he wished , as a foreigner , to express the great gratification he had experienced at being present at the gathering that evening , and most cordially did he rejoice at the Masonic alliance which existed between England and France , even if there wore no other . It was the desire of their brethren in France to become acquainted with their mode of working , and to know what difference there w-as between them , and he had been sent over as a deputation , to listen and learn , and when he went back to give his French brethren the benefit of what he had
learned . He must say that he had learned a good deal that evening from the excellence , of the working of that distinguished Lodge , and he begged most cordially to thank them for the honour the Lodge had conferred upon him in being present to witness it that evening . The Audit , Committee having been appointed , Bro . Beckett was reelected to the office of Tyler for the ensuing year . The Lodge was then closed and the brethren retired for refreshment , when seventy-five sat down to a and
banquet served in the usual style of excellence . The regular loyal Masonic toasts having been disposed of , the Worshipful Master gave "The Initiates , " and congratulated them on being brought to the light , of Freemasonry in that Lodge . Bro . Avery thanked the brethren for the kind manner in which they had drunk their health , and for the very kindly feeling with which they had been received , and trusted that thoy would never prove a discredit to the Lodge . The beautiful ceremony of his initiationhe could assure themimpressed him with feelings of
, , respect and reverence , ami he must confess that it had been so fixed cm his mind that he should vividly remember it to the latest hour of his existence . He hoped they would receive their best and earnest thank-., and that they might prove a credit and honour to the Lodge , Uro . Vallet said he could not refrain from expressing his delight at Unfeeling of loyalty which the brethren showed towards tho reigning power , whether it was that of royalist or republican , ancl when he saw such unity them he could not help shedding a tear . He did not feel
among ashamed of it , for if he did he should think that he was unworthy of the feelings of a man . ( Cheers ) . The Worshipful Master next gave "The Visitors , " connecting therewith the names of Bro . Newman , from the United States ; Bro . Vallet , from France ; and Bro . the Kev . , 1 . Shaboe , for England . Bros . Newman , Vallet , and Shaboe severally returned thanks . Bro . Jackson , P . M ., proposed " The health ol" Bio .
Maney , W . M ., " who he said was not only a good working Mason , but . was a friend of all their Masonic charities . He had now offered to become a steward at the festival for the Benevolent Institution , and he hoped the brethren would rally round him . Although they might , be in good health at the present time , there was no telling how soon they might be reduced to the lowest ebb of poverty and distress , and therefore ho hoped that they would support Bro . Maney on the present occasion . Bro . Maney said he required the eloquence of Cicero or
Demosthenes adequately to return thanks for the kind manner it . which they had received his health , as he had only endeavoured cl tiring his year of office to promote the interests of the Lodge for the benefit of the Craft ; and the honour which they had done him for such trillingservice was far greater than he deserved , and as long as the G . A . O . T . I , ' . might spare him he would continue to do all in his power , although he had not done as much as he desired to do . He thanked them sincerely , and could assure them that as long as the Old Concord Lodge required
it , Bro . Charles Maney would always be its supporter . The Worshipful Master next gave " The health of Bro . the Itev . J . Laughlin , J . W . " Bro . the ltev . J . Laughlin said it had been his pleasure many times during the last five years to hear proposed the health of the AVorshipful Master , ,-md said , when he heard that Bro . Jackson had been entrusted with the gavel to do so , he almost wished to be in his place to have the pleasure of proposing it . He had long known him as a kind and personal friend ; he was introduced by him to be initiated into Freemasonry , and the friendships he had formed in that Lodge ivould last as long as he lived . Ho congratulated him that during his year of oflice
he had initiated thirty-three gentlemen into Freemasonry , a greater number than had been admitted into any other Lodge during thc same period , and he trusted that his successor would be equally fortunate , and follow in the steps of Bro . Maney , and if he did so he could not go wrong . He congratulated the Lodge that three nations which ought by nature to be united , were there represented that night . He had no idea whatever of trenching upon the dangerous ground of politics , but the best guarantee for maintaining concord with their cousins on the
other side of the Atlantic was , to unite with each other in brotherly love , aud thereby promote the reign of the Prince of Peace upon earth . He congratulated them on tho number of initiates that evening and the sentiments which had been expressed by them . In Freemasonry they would find the great and inestimable principles of truth , and if they Went on in the practise ot it for thirty years they would discover that they had not exhausted the subject or become acquainted with the unfathomable depths of knowledge which it contained . Let him
recommend them to be punctual and regular in their attendance at their Lodge , and also to visit Lodges of Instruction , since there ia not a syllable expressed in the Lodge but what would be satisfactorily accounts . I for in their lectures . He should never have another opportunity of saying to their present AVorshipful Master that they bad spent a most delightful evening on the expiration of his year of office , the funds wen : in a most satisfactory state , and the Lodge had that evening paid to him a well deserved tribute of respect , and although they had been liberal iu the year , the benevolent fund had not been saddled with a single sixpence , or bad suffered thereby . The longest yarn must have au end