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The Province Of Devon.
masonic charities should be discontinued , and that a list be opened in the Lodge for voluntary subscriptions , from which list alone at least twelve pounds per annum might be calculated , making a total of about thirty pounds per annum . But as soon as it became known that a change had taken place in the counsels of the Provincial Grand Lodges , the minute standing upon the books relative to thc fees of honour was not confirmed ,
most of the subscriptions to the local charities were ordered to be paid , and no subscription list is talked of . You will perceive in thc raising of this fund , as far as Lodge No . 224 is concerned , and I believe most , if not all others , that the materials were to have been drawn from sources that would not affect the general charities , to whicli the subscriptions are to be continued , that to tbe widows' fund being considerably increased . It is true that the sum of about eighteen pounds would bave been withdrawn from the local non-masonic charities , but this was considered legitimate while the charities assumed a similarity of expression .
It is stated in a recent communication to the Freemasons' 2 JT < igazine , that " although many wished the larger scope of thc association to be carried out , yet they yielded to the express wish of thc Provincial Grand Master . " Considering that the resolution was carried by a majority of nineteen against a minority of fifteen , it is pretty clear that if those who yielded out of courtesy to the Provincial Grand Master had been less pliant there would have been a majority in favour of the more extended scheme , and this I
anticipate will be found to be thc state with the Lodges in tlie province . I would repeat , what I stated in a former communication , that the Fund of Benevolence includes education—the Educational Fund excludes all but education . Considering that the latter carries with it the sympathies of but a small ( even if there be a ) majority , it is to be hoped that the Provincial Grand Lodge will , ere it be too late , so modify their scheme as . to enlist the interest and sympathy of every true Mason hi the province . I have the honour to be , ' Sir , yours fraternally , C . Si'i-XCE BATE , Plymouth , April 20 /// , 1859 .
Masonic Halls.
MASONIC HALLS .
TO THE EDITOR OI ? THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAF . SIR AXD BROTHER , —As you appear to take great interest in Masonic Halls , and as in your Architectural Chapter of ' the 13 th instant you enumerate some towns not under the constitution of the Grand Lodge of England , possessing such buildings , perhaps you will allow me to acid another to thc list .
At Stuttgart , the Lodge Wilhehn zur auigehenden Sonne , of which I was one of the founders , built some years ago a Lodge house or ball ( devoted entirely to the use of thc Lodge , and the social intercourse of its members ) , the cost of ivhich was about two thousand five hundred pounds . This sum was raised in shares of ten pounds , bearing four per cent , interest , which ivere taken up by the members of the Lodge , and gradually , year hy year paid upaccording to the state of the finances . Thc whole sum I believe is
,, now redeemed . They were thc better enabled to do this as thc fees are rather high , viz ., five pounds for initiation , three pounds for passing , ancl five pounds lor raising ; the subscription is only sixteen shillings ancl sixpence . All these payments go to the Lodge funds , refreshments being provided by thc house steward ( one of the Tylers ) , who , ivith his family lives in ' the
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The Province Of Devon.
masonic charities should be discontinued , and that a list be opened in the Lodge for voluntary subscriptions , from which list alone at least twelve pounds per annum might be calculated , making a total of about thirty pounds per annum . But as soon as it became known that a change had taken place in the counsels of the Provincial Grand Lodges , the minute standing upon the books relative to thc fees of honour was not confirmed ,
most of the subscriptions to the local charities were ordered to be paid , and no subscription list is talked of . You will perceive in thc raising of this fund , as far as Lodge No . 224 is concerned , and I believe most , if not all others , that the materials were to have been drawn from sources that would not affect the general charities , to whicli the subscriptions are to be continued , that to tbe widows' fund being considerably increased . It is true that the sum of about eighteen pounds would bave been withdrawn from the local non-masonic charities , but this was considered legitimate while the charities assumed a similarity of expression .
It is stated in a recent communication to the Freemasons' 2 JT < igazine , that " although many wished the larger scope of thc association to be carried out , yet they yielded to the express wish of thc Provincial Grand Master . " Considering that the resolution was carried by a majority of nineteen against a minority of fifteen , it is pretty clear that if those who yielded out of courtesy to the Provincial Grand Master had been less pliant there would have been a majority in favour of the more extended scheme , and this I
anticipate will be found to be thc state with the Lodges in tlie province . I would repeat , what I stated in a former communication , that the Fund of Benevolence includes education—the Educational Fund excludes all but education . Considering that the latter carries with it the sympathies of but a small ( even if there be a ) majority , it is to be hoped that the Provincial Grand Lodge will , ere it be too late , so modify their scheme as . to enlist the interest and sympathy of every true Mason hi the province . I have the honour to be , ' Sir , yours fraternally , C . Si'i-XCE BATE , Plymouth , April 20 /// , 1859 .
Masonic Halls.
MASONIC HALLS .
TO THE EDITOR OI ? THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAF . SIR AXD BROTHER , —As you appear to take great interest in Masonic Halls , and as in your Architectural Chapter of ' the 13 th instant you enumerate some towns not under the constitution of the Grand Lodge of England , possessing such buildings , perhaps you will allow me to acid another to thc list .
At Stuttgart , the Lodge Wilhehn zur auigehenden Sonne , of which I was one of the founders , built some years ago a Lodge house or ball ( devoted entirely to the use of thc Lodge , and the social intercourse of its members ) , the cost of ivhich was about two thousand five hundred pounds . This sum was raised in shares of ten pounds , bearing four per cent , interest , which ivere taken up by the members of the Lodge , and gradually , year hy year paid upaccording to the state of the finances . Thc whole sum I believe is
,, now redeemed . They were thc better enabled to do this as thc fees are rather high , viz ., five pounds for initiation , three pounds for passing , ancl five pounds lor raising ; the subscription is only sixteen shillings ancl sixpence . All these payments go to the Lodge funds , refreshments being provided by thc house steward ( one of the Tylers ) , who , ivith his family lives in ' the