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"The 'Masonic Star,' Limited."
Onehunga , and tho anniversary of the Leura Lodge . No . 1 . 331 , Campcrdown , Victoria . Some interesting news regarding Masonic matters in the Funjaub is also conveyed , and the issue contains quite a large quantity of interesting items on Masonic matters , and a most interestimr article translated from the Gorman of Dr . C .
Sigwart , on the " Ethics of Freemasonry . " Indeed , this issue of the M ASONIC STAR is of the very greatest interest to Freemasons generally , and we have to congratulate the editor on the careful manner in which the news is compiled , and the proprietors on the excellent style in which the paper is produced . "
A Board Of Past Masters.
A BOARD OF PAST MASTERS .
] JKS a recent leading article we made a passing allusion to the cilb functions at present accorded to a Board of Past Masters at 'JfK Installations , as coming , inter alia , under the class of Masonic make-believe , against which we felt iti to be our duty to inveigh . The desire of the thinking class of Masons of to-day is to make Freemasonry a clear and logical system , with potentialities higher
than tlio . se possessed by a mere eleemosynary and festive association . And in following out this ideal , your true progressist has the inestimable advantage , not possessed by those of the cognate school of thought and politics , of being at the same time a reformer and a thorough conservative , inasmuch as the progressive and amending Mason has nothing to do but to go back to the ways of our
ancestors for the standard at which he aims . Slight adaptations , verbal alterations , and the like , are necessitated , because tempera mntantur et viae mntantur in ill is ; but although the paths may alter a little they can be trodden after the same manner , and in a direction leading to the same goal . Masonic abuses , are , for the most part , if we only look back far enough , found to be mere
perversions of the customs of old times . And applying this principle to the subject with which wc are particularly germane to-day , we are content to believe that we have the best Avarrant for assuming that the functions of a Board of Installed Masters at Installations were in former days of a very much more real character than they are to-day . ' - In Anderson ' s original Constitutions
of 1723 . general directions are given for the conduct of the ceremonies of Installation and Consecration , and it is therein distinctly stated that the Grand Master shall ask his Deputy ' if he has examined him and finds the Candidate Master well skilled in the noble Science and the royal Art , and duly instructed in our Mysteries . " In connection with this it may be observed that
Anderson s Constitutions pre-supposed that Installations should always be performed by the Grand Master , his Deputy , and the Grand Wardens , the only lodges then under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge being in London . At a later date it became necessary to extend tho power of Installation to any three Past Masters . But it is perfectly clear that the spirit of the old
Constitutions demanded an actual examination of the candidate on the part of those officers who were charged with the duty of installing him . The ritual in common use to-day is somewhat less definite , but it does thus far cony the wording of the old Constitution as to lay down as a necessary qualification for the chair of K . S . that the candidate " shall be Avell skilled in the Noble Science "
and further on we arc told that he must be " able and willing to undertake the management of the Work . " Although it does not , like Anderson , specifically indicate any machinery for giving practical effect to these requirements , yet judging from analogy in other portions of Masonic ceremonial we are forbidden to assume that the compilers of our ritual had so little veneration for the
Royal Art as to put into the mouths of its votaries words which , if devoid of meaning , would be nothing less than nonsense and the worst of shams . And lest anyone should endeavour to find a loophole of escape from this position by falling back on the assumption that the ritual recognised the prior passing of the various degrees and the serving of tho office of Warden
as miihcicnt guarantees of proficiency , we would point out that all these qualifications are categorically stated separatel y and distinctly from the qualifications we have quoted , and were certainly regarded as metaphorically sailing under their own flags . And further , if it bo necessary , we would meet the hypothesis with a fiat negative and remind any critics that service
as Warden is no guarantee whatever of proficiency in the ritual duties of W . M . and that our ancestors were perfectly well aware of the fact . We are then fully justified in assuming that in Anderson ' s day and probably for a very long time after , a Board of Installed Masters was supposed to examine every candidate for Installation as to his actual proficiency in the work . The present
Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of England are silent on tho point at issue , but that does not count for much , vo . e el . praeterea nihil having been for years the revered motto of Great Queen Street . However , the voiuo of the past is sufficiently clear , and the voice of common sense echoes it . Surely it is only reasonable that some means should be taken to ascertain , before election , the fitness of
past Wardens for the Chair , the duties of which are so complex and so essentially different to anything that has gone before . If a man conscientiously means to lit himself for the exalted post of Master , he cannot surely be averse to submitting his acquirements to test by those brethren whose peers he aspires to become . And is it reasonable that a brother should only begin to learn his work
just when his term of office is half ended , or that some other brother , pitchforked into the Chair because of his well filled pockets and his popular reputation of being "a jolly good fellow , " should go through his year without ever performing the duties at all , and should be obliged to have recourse to an obliging P . M . whenever a
degree is on the tapis / The sights one is compelled sometimes to witness on the dais are a disgrace , and the only way to avoid them is to compel every candidate for the Chair to submit himself previous to election to examination by a competent Board of Masters . And not only would the dignity of the Chair and the credit of the Lodge be advanced thereby , but a collateral
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advantage would be gained in the increased interest felt m Lodges of Instruction , which would receive an amazing fillip if such a reform were brought about . And it is workable , for a correspondent of the MASONIC STAR of March 7 th quotes a by-law of a Greenwich lodge , which he says has been in operation with good effect for tho last 22 or 23 years . It runs thus : — " No brother shall
be eligible for the office of W . M . unless he is capable of opening and closing the lodge in the three degrees , and working the ceremonies : the qualification of such candidates shall be certified by a Board of Past Masters prior to his election . " The correspondent states that during the whole of the aforesaid 22 years they have only had one case in which the P . M . ' s could not
recommend the S . W . for election , simply because the inferior officers knew perfectly what was before them . Now , foiling a regulation like this being made a Constitutional Rule , it is open to any private lodge to pass a similar by-law . which would doubtless be sanctioned now as it was in the case of the Greenwich lodge . A
crying evil would be met and an improvement practically immeasurable effected in Lodge working . Nobody supposes that such a Board would insist on absolute letter perfection , but it would require a competent knowledge of the work of the dais . —South African Freemason . Man 28 th , 1 SS 9 .
Provincial Grand Chapter Of Suffolk.
PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF SUFFOLK .
CONSECRATION OF THE HENNIKER CHAPTER , NO . 555 . The eleventh annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Suffolk was held at the Crown Hotel , Framlingham , on the 17 th inst ., when the ' Henniker Chapter , No . 555 , " was consecrated . The Companions present included—the Grand Supt . of Suffolk ( the M . E . Comp . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Prin . Soj . ) ; Comps . W . Clarke .
P . G . Asst . D . of C . P . G . D . C . ; N . Tracy , M . E . Z ., P . Z ., P . G . S . E . ; S . R . Anness . P . Z ., P . P . G . S . N . ; G . F . Crane , P . P . G . J ., 71 . 100 . and 1031 : H . Harvey George . P . Z . 1031 ; J . B . Fraser , P . Z . 370 , P . G . J . ; Hugh W . II . Elwes , P . G . J .. P . G . H . Suff .. 71 and 1031 ; James M . Harvey . P . Z . 1008 . P . P . G . P . S . ; Rev . Richard Peek , J . 370 ; G . II . Cooper , ' II . and P . P . G . S . of W . ; J . II . Loveless , org . 81 ; Richard
Allen , A . S . 81 ; H . Sadler , P . Z . 109 , Grand Janitor ; F . A . Mann , N . 71 ; A . R . Abbott , 1031 ; S . S . Carley , H . 555 ; B . Gall , P . P . G . S . B ., 81 ; Wm . i Chapman , J . 1008 ; W . Minter , J . 555 ; John Martin , E . 555 ; Rev . R . O . Davies , N . 555 ; and Geo . Gould , Janitor 370 . The ceremony of consecration was performed by the Grand Superintendent . " Comp . II . W . H . Elwes officiating as H ., and Comp .
J . B . Fraser as J . The first principals of the new Chapter were installed by E . Comp . G . F . Crane , of Yarmouth , as under : —E . Comp . Rev . R . Peek , J . 370 , M . E . Z . ; Comp . S . G . Carley , H . ; Comp . W . Minter , J . The collars and jewels for the second and third principals were presented to the Chapter by the Grand Superintendent , Rev .
C . J . Martyn . The ordinary business of the Provincial Grand Chapter was then proceeded with , under the banner of the newly-consecrated Chapter . On the proposition of Comp . J . B . Fraser . seconded by Comp . S . R . Anness , Comp . W . Boby was unanimously elected treasurer . The Grand Superintendent then invested the Prov . Grand Officers
as under : — S . R . Anness , Royal Sussex , P . Z ., P . P . G . S . N ., H . ; H . H . George , St . Andrew ' s , P . Z .. P . P . G . St . B ., J . ; N . Tracy , Royal Sussex , P . Z ., E .: Rev . N . Peek , ' Henniker , M . E . Z ., N . ; G . H . Cooper , Lowestoft . II ., ' P . S . ; E . Smith , Royal York , M . E . Z ., P . P . G . R ., 1 st Asst . S . ; W . B . Hanson , Royal Alexandra , J ., 2 nd Asst . S . ; W . Chapman ,
White Rose . P . N ., Reg . ; A . J . L . Reeves , St . Andrew s , H ., S . B . ; II . C . Pratt , ' Martyn , S . E ., St . B . ; W . Clarke , Royal Sussex , D . of C ; F . A . Mann , Lowestoft , S . N- ., Org . ; G . Gould , Royal Sussex , Jan . The . Grand Superintendent briefly addressed the Chapter , and subsequently , on the motion of Comp . Elwes , seconded by Comp . S . 11 . Anness , a vote of thanks was accorded to him for the present of the collars and jewels to the 2 nd and 3 rd principals in the
newlyconsecrated Chapter . The proceeds of the offertory were devoted towards the expense of some Masonic work which is being executed in Framlingham Church . The Prov . Grand Chapter having been closed , the principals of the Heniker Chapter resumed their chairs , and closed the new Chapter in due form . A banquet was subsequently held , under the presidency of the Grand Superintendent , and the usual Masonic toasts were drunk .
We Notify That:-
We Notify that:-
The St . Barnabas Lodge , No . 948 , held at the Elephant ami Castle Hotel , Linslade , Leighton Buzzard Station , Bro . W . Howard , W . M ., will meet on Tuesday next , July 2 nd , at 5 p . m . In consequence of the lamented decease of Bro . John Lee Dale , I . P . M ., who installed his successor only so lately as May 7 th , and had fulfilled his duties as W . M . in a most exemplary manner , the brethren are
to appear m Masonic mourning . The Holmesdale Mark Master Mason ' s Lodge , No . 129 , Bra Rev . E . C . D'Auquier , M . A ., W . M ., will meet at the Royal Hotel Ramsgate , on Thursday next ( 27 th inst . ) , at 3 . 45 p . m ., and dine there on conclusion of business .
The usual ex-pupils' day at the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls has been fixed for Saturday next , the 29 th inst ., on which occasion all former pupils are most cordially invited to be present , and will be sure of a hearty welcome .
The Freemasons of Staffordshire and the neighbouring districts are to take part in the ceremonies connected with the laying of tut foundation and memorial stones of the new hospital to be erectea atLongton . The foundation stone will be " proved and tried W the R . W . Bro . Colonel Foster Gough the Provincial Grand Master .
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"The 'Masonic Star,' Limited."
Onehunga , and tho anniversary of the Leura Lodge . No . 1 . 331 , Campcrdown , Victoria . Some interesting news regarding Masonic matters in the Funjaub is also conveyed , and the issue contains quite a large quantity of interesting items on Masonic matters , and a most interestimr article translated from the Gorman of Dr . C .
Sigwart , on the " Ethics of Freemasonry . " Indeed , this issue of the M ASONIC STAR is of the very greatest interest to Freemasons generally , and we have to congratulate the editor on the careful manner in which the news is compiled , and the proprietors on the excellent style in which the paper is produced . "
A Board Of Past Masters.
A BOARD OF PAST MASTERS .
] JKS a recent leading article we made a passing allusion to the cilb functions at present accorded to a Board of Past Masters at 'JfK Installations , as coming , inter alia , under the class of Masonic make-believe , against which we felt iti to be our duty to inveigh . The desire of the thinking class of Masons of to-day is to make Freemasonry a clear and logical system , with potentialities higher
than tlio . se possessed by a mere eleemosynary and festive association . And in following out this ideal , your true progressist has the inestimable advantage , not possessed by those of the cognate school of thought and politics , of being at the same time a reformer and a thorough conservative , inasmuch as the progressive and amending Mason has nothing to do but to go back to the ways of our
ancestors for the standard at which he aims . Slight adaptations , verbal alterations , and the like , are necessitated , because tempera mntantur et viae mntantur in ill is ; but although the paths may alter a little they can be trodden after the same manner , and in a direction leading to the same goal . Masonic abuses , are , for the most part , if we only look back far enough , found to be mere
perversions of the customs of old times . And applying this principle to the subject with which wc are particularly germane to-day , we are content to believe that we have the best Avarrant for assuming that the functions of a Board of Installed Masters at Installations were in former days of a very much more real character than they are to-day . ' - In Anderson ' s original Constitutions
of 1723 . general directions are given for the conduct of the ceremonies of Installation and Consecration , and it is therein distinctly stated that the Grand Master shall ask his Deputy ' if he has examined him and finds the Candidate Master well skilled in the noble Science and the royal Art , and duly instructed in our Mysteries . " In connection with this it may be observed that
Anderson s Constitutions pre-supposed that Installations should always be performed by the Grand Master , his Deputy , and the Grand Wardens , the only lodges then under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge being in London . At a later date it became necessary to extend tho power of Installation to any three Past Masters . But it is perfectly clear that the spirit of the old
Constitutions demanded an actual examination of the candidate on the part of those officers who were charged with the duty of installing him . The ritual in common use to-day is somewhat less definite , but it does thus far cony the wording of the old Constitution as to lay down as a necessary qualification for the chair of K . S . that the candidate " shall be Avell skilled in the Noble Science "
and further on we arc told that he must be " able and willing to undertake the management of the Work . " Although it does not , like Anderson , specifically indicate any machinery for giving practical effect to these requirements , yet judging from analogy in other portions of Masonic ceremonial we are forbidden to assume that the compilers of our ritual had so little veneration for the
Royal Art as to put into the mouths of its votaries words which , if devoid of meaning , would be nothing less than nonsense and the worst of shams . And lest anyone should endeavour to find a loophole of escape from this position by falling back on the assumption that the ritual recognised the prior passing of the various degrees and the serving of tho office of Warden
as miihcicnt guarantees of proficiency , we would point out that all these qualifications are categorically stated separatel y and distinctly from the qualifications we have quoted , and were certainly regarded as metaphorically sailing under their own flags . And further , if it bo necessary , we would meet the hypothesis with a fiat negative and remind any critics that service
as Warden is no guarantee whatever of proficiency in the ritual duties of W . M . and that our ancestors were perfectly well aware of the fact . We are then fully justified in assuming that in Anderson ' s day and probably for a very long time after , a Board of Installed Masters was supposed to examine every candidate for Installation as to his actual proficiency in the work . The present
Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of England are silent on tho point at issue , but that does not count for much , vo . e el . praeterea nihil having been for years the revered motto of Great Queen Street . However , the voiuo of the past is sufficiently clear , and the voice of common sense echoes it . Surely it is only reasonable that some means should be taken to ascertain , before election , the fitness of
past Wardens for the Chair , the duties of which are so complex and so essentially different to anything that has gone before . If a man conscientiously means to lit himself for the exalted post of Master , he cannot surely be averse to submitting his acquirements to test by those brethren whose peers he aspires to become . And is it reasonable that a brother should only begin to learn his work
just when his term of office is half ended , or that some other brother , pitchforked into the Chair because of his well filled pockets and his popular reputation of being "a jolly good fellow , " should go through his year without ever performing the duties at all , and should be obliged to have recourse to an obliging P . M . whenever a
degree is on the tapis / The sights one is compelled sometimes to witness on the dais are a disgrace , and the only way to avoid them is to compel every candidate for the Chair to submit himself previous to election to examination by a competent Board of Masters . And not only would the dignity of the Chair and the credit of the Lodge be advanced thereby , but a collateral
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advantage would be gained in the increased interest felt m Lodges of Instruction , which would receive an amazing fillip if such a reform were brought about . And it is workable , for a correspondent of the MASONIC STAR of March 7 th quotes a by-law of a Greenwich lodge , which he says has been in operation with good effect for tho last 22 or 23 years . It runs thus : — " No brother shall
be eligible for the office of W . M . unless he is capable of opening and closing the lodge in the three degrees , and working the ceremonies : the qualification of such candidates shall be certified by a Board of Past Masters prior to his election . " The correspondent states that during the whole of the aforesaid 22 years they have only had one case in which the P . M . ' s could not
recommend the S . W . for election , simply because the inferior officers knew perfectly what was before them . Now , foiling a regulation like this being made a Constitutional Rule , it is open to any private lodge to pass a similar by-law . which would doubtless be sanctioned now as it was in the case of the Greenwich lodge . A
crying evil would be met and an improvement practically immeasurable effected in Lodge working . Nobody supposes that such a Board would insist on absolute letter perfection , but it would require a competent knowledge of the work of the dais . —South African Freemason . Man 28 th , 1 SS 9 .
Provincial Grand Chapter Of Suffolk.
PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF SUFFOLK .
CONSECRATION OF THE HENNIKER CHAPTER , NO . 555 . The eleventh annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Suffolk was held at the Crown Hotel , Framlingham , on the 17 th inst ., when the ' Henniker Chapter , No . 555 , " was consecrated . The Companions present included—the Grand Supt . of Suffolk ( the M . E . Comp . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Prin . Soj . ) ; Comps . W . Clarke .
P . G . Asst . D . of C . P . G . D . C . ; N . Tracy , M . E . Z ., P . Z ., P . G . S . E . ; S . R . Anness . P . Z ., P . P . G . S . N . ; G . F . Crane , P . P . G . J ., 71 . 100 . and 1031 : H . Harvey George . P . Z . 1031 ; J . B . Fraser , P . Z . 370 , P . G . J . ; Hugh W . II . Elwes , P . G . J .. P . G . H . Suff .. 71 and 1031 ; James M . Harvey . P . Z . 1008 . P . P . G . P . S . ; Rev . Richard Peek , J . 370 ; G . II . Cooper , ' II . and P . P . G . S . of W . ; J . II . Loveless , org . 81 ; Richard
Allen , A . S . 81 ; H . Sadler , P . Z . 109 , Grand Janitor ; F . A . Mann , N . 71 ; A . R . Abbott , 1031 ; S . S . Carley , H . 555 ; B . Gall , P . P . G . S . B ., 81 ; Wm . i Chapman , J . 1008 ; W . Minter , J . 555 ; John Martin , E . 555 ; Rev . R . O . Davies , N . 555 ; and Geo . Gould , Janitor 370 . The ceremony of consecration was performed by the Grand Superintendent . " Comp . II . W . H . Elwes officiating as H ., and Comp .
J . B . Fraser as J . The first principals of the new Chapter were installed by E . Comp . G . F . Crane , of Yarmouth , as under : —E . Comp . Rev . R . Peek , J . 370 , M . E . Z . ; Comp . S . G . Carley , H . ; Comp . W . Minter , J . The collars and jewels for the second and third principals were presented to the Chapter by the Grand Superintendent , Rev .
C . J . Martyn . The ordinary business of the Provincial Grand Chapter was then proceeded with , under the banner of the newly-consecrated Chapter . On the proposition of Comp . J . B . Fraser . seconded by Comp . S . R . Anness , Comp . W . Boby was unanimously elected treasurer . The Grand Superintendent then invested the Prov . Grand Officers
as under : — S . R . Anness , Royal Sussex , P . Z ., P . P . G . S . N ., H . ; H . H . George , St . Andrew ' s , P . Z .. P . P . G . St . B ., J . ; N . Tracy , Royal Sussex , P . Z ., E .: Rev . N . Peek , ' Henniker , M . E . Z ., N . ; G . H . Cooper , Lowestoft . II ., ' P . S . ; E . Smith , Royal York , M . E . Z ., P . P . G . R ., 1 st Asst . S . ; W . B . Hanson , Royal Alexandra , J ., 2 nd Asst . S . ; W . Chapman ,
White Rose . P . N ., Reg . ; A . J . L . Reeves , St . Andrew s , H ., S . B . ; II . C . Pratt , ' Martyn , S . E ., St . B . ; W . Clarke , Royal Sussex , D . of C ; F . A . Mann , Lowestoft , S . N- ., Org . ; G . Gould , Royal Sussex , Jan . The . Grand Superintendent briefly addressed the Chapter , and subsequently , on the motion of Comp . Elwes , seconded by Comp . S . 11 . Anness , a vote of thanks was accorded to him for the present of the collars and jewels to the 2 nd and 3 rd principals in the
newlyconsecrated Chapter . The proceeds of the offertory were devoted towards the expense of some Masonic work which is being executed in Framlingham Church . The Prov . Grand Chapter having been closed , the principals of the Heniker Chapter resumed their chairs , and closed the new Chapter in due form . A banquet was subsequently held , under the presidency of the Grand Superintendent , and the usual Masonic toasts were drunk .
We Notify That:-
We Notify that:-
The St . Barnabas Lodge , No . 948 , held at the Elephant ami Castle Hotel , Linslade , Leighton Buzzard Station , Bro . W . Howard , W . M ., will meet on Tuesday next , July 2 nd , at 5 p . m . In consequence of the lamented decease of Bro . John Lee Dale , I . P . M ., who installed his successor only so lately as May 7 th , and had fulfilled his duties as W . M . in a most exemplary manner , the brethren are
to appear m Masonic mourning . The Holmesdale Mark Master Mason ' s Lodge , No . 129 , Bra Rev . E . C . D'Auquier , M . A ., W . M ., will meet at the Royal Hotel Ramsgate , on Thursday next ( 27 th inst . ) , at 3 . 45 p . m ., and dine there on conclusion of business .
The usual ex-pupils' day at the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls has been fixed for Saturday next , the 29 th inst ., on which occasion all former pupils are most cordially invited to be present , and will be sure of a hearty welcome .
The Freemasons of Staffordshire and the neighbouring districts are to take part in the ceremonies connected with the laying of tut foundation and memorial stones of the new hospital to be erectea atLongton . The foundation stone will be " proved and tried W the R . W . Bro . Colonel Foster Gough the Provincial Grand Master .