Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

aim it is to disseminate the principles of charity , while the women are kept outside . But the Order of the Eastern Star is composed of statues , not of stone , but of flesh and blood , the living personification of charity , continually multiplying itself and scattering her blessings among the needy and suffering , wherever found .

"New Chapters are being organized at various points on this coast , and its success is secured beyond peradventure . We yisited Golden Gate Chapter No . 1 , in this city , on last Monday evening , and enjoyed one of the most pleasant meetings that we have ever attended . A cordial welcome home , was

• the greeting extended to Bro . George Hobe , the Worthy Patron , who has just returned from his visit . to the Atlantic States . Bro . Hobe may well be proud of his reception by the members of Golden Gate Chapter at their last meeting . Their numbers are

-constantly increasing , and a bright future is before -fchem ; and for the success of the Order in this'State -thus far , great credit is due to Bro . William S . Moses , ¦ the Deputy Grand Patron for California .

Rev . D . D . Roach , was taken a prisoner from his field in Georgia during the late Civil War in the United States , and was expecting immediate death . While subjected to very rough treatment from the soldiers he made some sign to a gentleman near

by , connected with the service , who immediately came and requested that he might have some conversation with our brother , and upon a full statement of his case he was released , and came north . He was initiated in Blue Mountain Lodge and raised in Allegany Lodge , Georgia .

The Grand Lodge of Illinois has decided that candidates for the second or third degrees may be ballotted for at every regular communication . This is permissible , not mandatory ; and is entirely in the control of the Worshipful Master ., who may order the ballot spread when in his opininn the good of Masonry requires it .

The Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Vermont met at Burlington on June 16 . Bro . E . S . Dana , Middlebury , was elected Grand Master , and Bro . John B . Hollenbeck , Burlington , Grand Recorder . Of fourteen councils , eleven were

represented . The Grand Body was formed in 1854 . Comps . N . B . Haswell , Henry Ruggles , G . Washburn , Squire Marcy , and Edward S . Dana , have presided ; the latter is in Ms seventh term . Comp . Hollenbeck has served as Grand Recorder from the first . The 14 councils have 638 members ; average , 48 .

Masonic Jottings.—No. 48.

MASONIC JOTTINGS . —No . 48 .

BY A PAST PROVINCIAL GEAND MASTER , A PARTICULAR FREEMASONRY BECOMING A UNIVERSAL FREEMASONRY ALSO . The result of a particular Freemasonry

becoming a Universal Freemasonry also , is the modification ofthe character of a Particular Freemasonry , when only , and to the extent only , that the additional character of Universal Freemasonry may require .

DISPLACEMENT AT THE UNION OF THE ANCIENT PATRONS OF OUR FREEMASONRY" A Correspondent" is altogether mistaken respecting what our late Bro . Dr . Oliver has written on this subject , as my correspondent will find if he will take the trouble of turning to page 450 of Dr . Oliver ' s edition of " Preston ' s Illustrations . " *

ACTS OF TOLERATION . Acts of Toleration make invaluable parts of the English Constitution , and they make iuvaluaparts of English Freemasonry . The acts of Toleration , making parts of English Freemasonry are the Charges of 1723 , and the expanded Charges of 1738 .

PARTICULAR FREEMASONRY . There is no Craft law against the establishment of Particular Freemasonry , English Masonry was a Particular Freemasonry until 1738 . It is still a Particular Freemasonry—it is a vast

Particular Freemasonry with the adjunct of a Universal Freemasonry . UNIVERSALITY OF THE ENGLISH LODGE . Practically , in the English Lodge , universality