The Masonic Charities At Home And Abroad.

Town Savings' Bank to the credit of the trustees for the time being ; and , by cheque , discharge such sums as the committee may direct by order under the hand of the chairman of the meeting countersigned by the secretary , and shall keep an

account of all such receipts and payments . 14 . The secretary shall attend every meeting of the committee and sub-committees , and also the annual audit , and take correct minutes of the proceedings , afterwards fairly entering the same

in a minute book , preserving the rough minutes for future reference ; he shall also enter in suitable books the names of all contributing lodges , annual subscribers and donors to the fund , Avith amount of each subscrip tion and donation ; and shall

carefully preserve the treasurer ' s audited accounts , together with every other voucher , paper , aud memorandum belonging to or connected with the institution ; and , when required , exhibit the same to the committee , and shall likeAvise duly convene all meetings by circular . 15 . The accounts of the institution shall be

audited and their correctness or otherwise certified by the secretaries of the several lodges contributing to the fund previous to the quarterly meeting in January . 16 . A subscriber of 10 s . annually , or a donor

of three iguineas or upwards , shall be entitled to recommend applications for relief . 17 . No member shall be qualified to act on this committee whose subscription to the fund has not been paid by the lodge which he represents .

18 . Contributions from lodges shall be payable in the months of January , April , July and October and subscriptionsin January and July . 19 . All applications for relief from this fund shall be made according to the printed form to be

obtained from the treasurer and secretary and members of committee ; such application to be recommended by at least three persons AVIIO shall be members of the committee , annual subscriber to the institution of not less than 10 s ., or donors

of not less than three guineas , and be accompanied by certificates or such other vouchers as the applicant may possess .

SPEAK kindly to jour erring brother ; God pities him ; Christ has died for him ; Providence waits for him ; Heaven ' s mercy yearns towards hi . n , and the spirits of the just made perfect are ready to receive him back with joy . Why , then , should not your voice Ue in unison with all those poweis that Uod is using for his recorery .

( No . 6 ) . —THE PROVINCE OF GUERNSEY . Our acquaintance with Freemasonry in the Queen's Duchy of Normandy , commenced at the installation of the Worship ful Bro . W . H . Martin as Master of Doyle's Lodge of Fellowship in the

province of Guernsey . On that occasion Ave were extremely gratified Avith the admirable manner in which the proceedings were carried out . The Right Worshipful Bro . James Gallienne , Deputy Grand Master , officiated , and on that occasion as

Avell as at subsequent meetings which Ave had theprivilege to attend , Ave were particularly struck with Bro- Gallienne's beautiful rendering of the ritual . Too often the Masonic charges and addresses are entrusted to unsuitable persons ,

when the effect is anything but edifying , but as we listened to Bro . Gallienne we instinctively realised the grandeur , the pathos , and the perfectly harmonious beauty of the ceremonies . In fact to repeat an after-dinner , but extremely appropriate

remark of Bro . J . H . Parker , Inner Guard of Doyle's Lodge , " it made us feel as if we Avere at Church . "

We confess that we much prefer the plan of naming lodges after distinguished brethren to any other . Many of the titles of lodges in the Grand Lodge of . England , though probably characteristic enough of the men Avho adopted them , appear to

us rather stupid than otherwise . But it is selfevident , for instance , that so long as brethren shall worthily maintain the Zetland lodges , our excellent Grand Master -will have monuments to his

usefulness of the most appropriate type . Doyle ' s Lodge is another case in point . Founded by and named after Sir John Doyle , a laborious Mason , and popular governor of Guernsey , it remains at the expiration of sixty years , in unexampled prosperity

and a memorial , much more Avidely known of Sir John , than the column Avhich the people of the island erected in his honour . Doyle ' s Lodge possesses a beautiful memento of Sir John Doyle , in the shape of a splendid silver goblet presented

to the lodge by Lady Doyle after her husband ' s death , and on festive occasions this is always produced with pardonable pride . Doyle's Lodge had the distinguished honour of making the great Sir Charles James Napier a

Mason , and it has numbered among othereminent brethren , our present Grand Secretary ( Bro . Gray Clark ) on its roll . It still retains its : connection Avith the oflicers of Her Majesty ' s service , and on the last meeting AA * e attended