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Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Heview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle ,- Belvidere Works , Herme 3 Hill , Pentonville , London , IT . — : o : — The Masonic Tear Booh for the Province of Cambridgeshire . Cambridge : W . P . Spalding , 43 Sydney Street .
YET another of these useful little works , whioh have come in a shoal upon us within the last few weeks , and with such rapidity that it is next to impossible to find now words in whioh to clothe our descriptions of them . Here we have , of course , the usual " calendar" matter , carefully and judioiously arranged " up to
date , " with all the information necessary for the enlightenment of our Cambridgeshire brethren of Masonio doings within their Province . The Editor in his prefatory notes talks discursively on the past year's Masonio history of the Province , in which he refers with sadness to the great IOBS which the brethren have
sustained in the death of the lamented Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . J . Noal York , which event occurred on 9 th July last year . He remarks it is not too much to say that a more popular Deputy Grand Master did not hold office in England , and the numbers who attended his funeral on the 15 th July testified to the deep respect
in which he was deservedly held . Bro . York was a bright Mason ; his heart was big with Charity ; his hand was ever ready as his purse , ever open to relieve the necessities of the distressed . A memorial window was placed in St . Mary ' s Chnrch , Newmarket , the subject comprising Solomon King of Israel , St . Etheldreda and
several Masonic columns . He then refers to the appointment of Bro . Andrew H . Moyes as the late Deputy Prov . Grand Master ' s successor , and in reference to this the writer adds : Brother Moyes ' Masonic work was the pride of his Lodge and Chapter ; his charitable disposition had been evinced by his having acted more
than once as Steward to one or other of the Charities ; and these qualities , added to his universal courtesy , doubtless operated strongly with tho Prov . Grand Master in his choice of a Deputy . Notes are appended of the work of the several Lodges in the Province during the year , notable amongst which was the jubilee
of the Three Grand Principles Lodge , No . 441 , which was celebrated by the holding of a Lodge of Emergency iu July , and a very enjoyable winter party after it . All the Lodges appear to have
progressed satisfactorily , and R . A . Masonry has steadily advanced ; while the pa ^ t year has shown a great increase in the charitable work of the Province . The book is of handy size , well printed , and bound in a cover of white and gold .
In a neat little " price current list , " issued by the St . George ' s Distillery , Borough , we find a very interesting account of '' The last of the Marshalsea , " by Mr . II . Stonehewer Cooper , whioh is well worth perusal , by all especially who are acquainted with the works of Dickens and his manv references to tho old debtors' jail . Afi ^ x ,
allnding to the disappearance of some famous old historical structures in London , the writer tells us that the last relics of the Marshalsea are about to share the same fate . The prison derived its name from having been originally placed under the Knight Marshal of the Royal Household , and its jurisdiction extended
twelve miles round Whitehall , the City of London excep'ed . In 1842 it ceased to be a prison for the " smugglers , pirates and debtors" who formed its population , and the very memory of the place , except in tho pages of " Little Dorrit , " seems to have passed away . We much question whether one of a thousand of
the busy crowds who throng the High-street of Southwark from dawn to dark are aware that just before they reach St . George ' s Church , on the eastern side of the street , they are passing two of the most historical prison sites in London , that of the Old King ' s Bench and the Marshalsea . Mr . Cooper gives a graphic description
of the interior of the prison , the home of the "Father and Child of the Marshalsea , " which is doomed and whose site will soon be busy with men building , and shortly afterwards with the hum of factory work . But the halo of Dickens ' s creation still hovers round the dreary spot , inasmuch as the two entrances to the St . George ' s
Distillery , yclept " The Crown , " close by , and now kept by Brother T . J . Maidwell , are adorned with two scenes from " Little Dorrit , " OT > e where s e is playing with the turnkey , and another where tho old vestry clerk from round the corner is showing her the registry of her birth as " Born in the Prison of the Marshals ° a , in the parish
° f ? t . George . " A large section of our readers are familiar with our Bm . Maidwell , who is a P . M . of the Egyptian Lodge , No . 27 , and for many years the popular proprietor of tho " Hercules Tavern " Jn Leadenhall-street ; be will be only too read y to present such as may bo dc irons of perusing this little historic sketch with a copy , if tbey will r ! i \ p in aud see him at the " Crown . "
Messrs Cassell and Company will publish during May " The Queen ' s Picture ^ , illustrating tho chief events of HT Mnj-vt ?' s life" ( reproduced by tho gracious permission of the Que"ti ) , > m a special Jubil' -M niimh » r « f The Magazine rf Art . The text will be ^ tittori b y Richard R . Holmes , Esq ., F . S . A ., librarian at Windsor La ' tl-- , and the wo ; k will contain engraving of pletur s which
have been executed from time to time by the Rival commands ta illnstrite the chief events of Her Maj-sty ' s ' life , nnd of P''rt''aits of tie Queen painted at various periods bv celebrated pa > titers . Many of these pictures have never before been engraved , a'H' are now nublished for the fi-st time , by the special permission of Her Majesty .
Ar00702
,, Xi 20 . —TotiAccnNisTS OoMit » . NCt » Cr . —An illustrated givde , rcgrt . (! 3 t > nn ) , , " * to Open Respectably t ' r > m . £ 20 to . £ 20 id . " 3 \ Stamps . ' H . MYERS Wv , ° ? ' ^ Uu-v tiud Tobacco Merchants , 107 tn 111 Ku-ton Ftnarl . London wnolesale only . Telephone No . 7611 . General Shopfltters . Estimates free .
A Masonic Alphabet.
A MASONIC ALPHABET .
XV . —OBEDIENCE . ' The soldier takes his life in hand , I And marches at his chief ' s command , Whate ' er it chance to be : I To certain triumph o ' er his foes , I Or death , amid the fatal close When life and victory flee .
j O'er , ' mid the dangers of the deep , ! Where shoals and rocks their vi gil keep , To trap the careless crew , i The helmsman ' s hand upon the wheel , Bids the whole ship his purpose feel , ; And hold his guidance true .
i We have commands as firm and clear I As any known to warrior ' s ear : To keep our progress straight j—I To guide us on our onward way ; To urge us to the Mystic Ray
Which lights the Future State . Obey , then , throbs of gen ' rous swell , Which bid us act our duty well
To those in grief or need . Obey the manly instincts , rife With beauties of Masonio life , Success must be our meed .
XVI . —PRUDENCE . When summer days are bright and long , And sun-gleams fall both warm and strong , The busy ant , with tireless run , Lays up for time , when , Summer done , The wintry days of cold and wet ,
Forbid the search his food to get ; Secnrely snug , his toiling o ' er , He feasts on riches from his store . A lesson here the Masons learn , All sloth and idleness to spnrn ;
To store the mind , when bright and clear , For weakness of the aging year ; To work and strive , whilst health is by , That peace may fold us when we die ;
To shirk no burden , rightly laid , Whilst strength of mind and frame can aid . Thus Providence , whilst we have onr breath , Shall bless onr life and guard our death . WM . H . ORE , Wor . Master Lodge Edinburgh , No . 10 , Grand Bard .
ROYAL NATIONAL LIVE-BOAT INSTITUTION . —The Committee of this Institution havo decided to offer a gold nnd silver medal for drawings or models of a mechanically propelled Life-boat beRt adapted to meet tho conditions tinder which Life-boats are called npon to perform their work . Also a gold and a silver medal for
models or drawings of a propelling power suitable for the boats of the Institution . All models or drawings must be forwarded to the Institution not later than the 1 st October next , under cypher , accompanied by the fullest detailed explanations , and a sealed cover containing the name and address of the competitor , not to be opened
until after a decision has been arrived at . The models and drawings will be examined by three judges , appointed by the Committee , who reserve to themselves the right of withholding all or any of the medals . All communications should be addressed to the Secretary , Charles Dibdin , Esq ., 14 John Street , Adelphi , London , W . C .
THE QUIVER medal for heroism in the saving of life bas been awarded to Thomas Whiting , of Stratford-on-Avon , who recently savpd a woman from drowning , at the risk of his own life . The medal was pnblioly presented by tho Mayor , Sir Arthur Hodgson , K . C . M . G . Wh ting has also received the medal of the Royal Humane Society , in recognition of the saur ? brave deed .
MASONS AT HEART . —There are two kinds of Masons—those that are Masons iudeed , and those that know Masonry . There are some brethren who knosv Masonry , yet . are not Masons—it is so mueh ea"ier to know a thing than to bo what it implies . It is a capitil thing to be a good ritualist , provMed voa mean what vt n snv and
practise what you teach . It is often s dd that a brother w :, o can confer all the decrees with honour is a good Mason . So he i » , skin •hep , but he ought to bo n , Munn all through , and especially in his iie- ( r t . Thee is nothing like he irt-Musonry . It to . H . i in the life as well as on the lies . Lib cd , some m > 'u ar- < Masons at heart who
riavr w < ro initiated . Tney are ii to be mark" Masons , but never happened to pciio" u v mitiatin :.. It is a Iivky thing for- tho w-irld ih-itit has t ' ose he'irt-M'isoeS in it , all ni'l-ioelled , bur , f , ~ , sorely Masons in ac i . > n us though they bad received the imprimatur of tho Craft . —Keystone .
George MucJonald writes : " whoever thinks of life as something that coul . I be without religion , is in deathly iguortnee of boib . Life and rel'g on are one , or neither ia anything . . . . Reli g i , ) n j s I 10 way of life , no show of life , no observation of any sort . It is neither the food nor the medicine of being . It is life essential . " He who neglects the present duty , breaks a threal in the loom , aud will see the effect when the intaning of a lifetime is unravelled .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Heview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle ,- Belvidere Works , Herme 3 Hill , Pentonville , London , IT . — : o : — The Masonic Tear Booh for the Province of Cambridgeshire . Cambridge : W . P . Spalding , 43 Sydney Street .
YET another of these useful little works , whioh have come in a shoal upon us within the last few weeks , and with such rapidity that it is next to impossible to find now words in whioh to clothe our descriptions of them . Here we have , of course , the usual " calendar" matter , carefully and judioiously arranged " up to
date , " with all the information necessary for the enlightenment of our Cambridgeshire brethren of Masonio doings within their Province . The Editor in his prefatory notes talks discursively on the past year's Masonio history of the Province , in which he refers with sadness to the great IOBS which the brethren have
sustained in the death of the lamented Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . J . Noal York , which event occurred on 9 th July last year . He remarks it is not too much to say that a more popular Deputy Grand Master did not hold office in England , and the numbers who attended his funeral on the 15 th July testified to the deep respect
in which he was deservedly held . Bro . York was a bright Mason ; his heart was big with Charity ; his hand was ever ready as his purse , ever open to relieve the necessities of the distressed . A memorial window was placed in St . Mary ' s Chnrch , Newmarket , the subject comprising Solomon King of Israel , St . Etheldreda and
several Masonic columns . He then refers to the appointment of Bro . Andrew H . Moyes as the late Deputy Prov . Grand Master ' s successor , and in reference to this the writer adds : Brother Moyes ' Masonic work was the pride of his Lodge and Chapter ; his charitable disposition had been evinced by his having acted more
than once as Steward to one or other of the Charities ; and these qualities , added to his universal courtesy , doubtless operated strongly with tho Prov . Grand Master in his choice of a Deputy . Notes are appended of the work of the several Lodges in the Province during the year , notable amongst which was the jubilee
of the Three Grand Principles Lodge , No . 441 , which was celebrated by the holding of a Lodge of Emergency iu July , and a very enjoyable winter party after it . All the Lodges appear to have
progressed satisfactorily , and R . A . Masonry has steadily advanced ; while the pa ^ t year has shown a great increase in the charitable work of the Province . The book is of handy size , well printed , and bound in a cover of white and gold .
In a neat little " price current list , " issued by the St . George ' s Distillery , Borough , we find a very interesting account of '' The last of the Marshalsea , " by Mr . II . Stonehewer Cooper , whioh is well worth perusal , by all especially who are acquainted with the works of Dickens and his manv references to tho old debtors' jail . Afi ^ x ,
allnding to the disappearance of some famous old historical structures in London , the writer tells us that the last relics of the Marshalsea are about to share the same fate . The prison derived its name from having been originally placed under the Knight Marshal of the Royal Household , and its jurisdiction extended
twelve miles round Whitehall , the City of London excep'ed . In 1842 it ceased to be a prison for the " smugglers , pirates and debtors" who formed its population , and the very memory of the place , except in tho pages of " Little Dorrit , " seems to have passed away . We much question whether one of a thousand of
the busy crowds who throng the High-street of Southwark from dawn to dark are aware that just before they reach St . George ' s Church , on the eastern side of the street , they are passing two of the most historical prison sites in London , that of the Old King ' s Bench and the Marshalsea . Mr . Cooper gives a graphic description
of the interior of the prison , the home of the "Father and Child of the Marshalsea , " which is doomed and whose site will soon be busy with men building , and shortly afterwards with the hum of factory work . But the halo of Dickens ' s creation still hovers round the dreary spot , inasmuch as the two entrances to the St . George ' s
Distillery , yclept " The Crown , " close by , and now kept by Brother T . J . Maidwell , are adorned with two scenes from " Little Dorrit , " OT > e where s e is playing with the turnkey , and another where tho old vestry clerk from round the corner is showing her the registry of her birth as " Born in the Prison of the Marshals ° a , in the parish
° f ? t . George . " A large section of our readers are familiar with our Bm . Maidwell , who is a P . M . of the Egyptian Lodge , No . 27 , and for many years the popular proprietor of tho " Hercules Tavern " Jn Leadenhall-street ; be will be only too read y to present such as may bo dc irons of perusing this little historic sketch with a copy , if tbey will r ! i \ p in aud see him at the " Crown . "
Messrs Cassell and Company will publish during May " The Queen ' s Picture ^ , illustrating tho chief events of HT Mnj-vt ?' s life" ( reproduced by tho gracious permission of the Que"ti ) , > m a special Jubil' -M niimh » r « f The Magazine rf Art . The text will be ^ tittori b y Richard R . Holmes , Esq ., F . S . A ., librarian at Windsor La ' tl-- , and the wo ; k will contain engraving of pletur s which
have been executed from time to time by the Rival commands ta illnstrite the chief events of Her Maj-sty ' s ' life , nnd of P''rt''aits of tie Queen painted at various periods bv celebrated pa > titers . Many of these pictures have never before been engraved , a'H' are now nublished for the fi-st time , by the special permission of Her Majesty .
Ar00702
,, Xi 20 . —TotiAccnNisTS OoMit » . NCt » Cr . —An illustrated givde , rcgrt . (! 3 t > nn ) , , " * to Open Respectably t ' r > m . £ 20 to . £ 20 id . " 3 \ Stamps . ' H . MYERS Wv , ° ? ' ^ Uu-v tiud Tobacco Merchants , 107 tn 111 Ku-ton Ftnarl . London wnolesale only . Telephone No . 7611 . General Shopfltters . Estimates free .
A Masonic Alphabet.
A MASONIC ALPHABET .
XV . —OBEDIENCE . ' The soldier takes his life in hand , I And marches at his chief ' s command , Whate ' er it chance to be : I To certain triumph o ' er his foes , I Or death , amid the fatal close When life and victory flee .
j O'er , ' mid the dangers of the deep , ! Where shoals and rocks their vi gil keep , To trap the careless crew , i The helmsman ' s hand upon the wheel , Bids the whole ship his purpose feel , ; And hold his guidance true .
i We have commands as firm and clear I As any known to warrior ' s ear : To keep our progress straight j—I To guide us on our onward way ; To urge us to the Mystic Ray
Which lights the Future State . Obey , then , throbs of gen ' rous swell , Which bid us act our duty well
To those in grief or need . Obey the manly instincts , rife With beauties of Masonio life , Success must be our meed .
XVI . —PRUDENCE . When summer days are bright and long , And sun-gleams fall both warm and strong , The busy ant , with tireless run , Lays up for time , when , Summer done , The wintry days of cold and wet ,
Forbid the search his food to get ; Secnrely snug , his toiling o ' er , He feasts on riches from his store . A lesson here the Masons learn , All sloth and idleness to spnrn ;
To store the mind , when bright and clear , For weakness of the aging year ; To work and strive , whilst health is by , That peace may fold us when we die ;
To shirk no burden , rightly laid , Whilst strength of mind and frame can aid . Thus Providence , whilst we have onr breath , Shall bless onr life and guard our death . WM . H . ORE , Wor . Master Lodge Edinburgh , No . 10 , Grand Bard .
ROYAL NATIONAL LIVE-BOAT INSTITUTION . —The Committee of this Institution havo decided to offer a gold nnd silver medal for drawings or models of a mechanically propelled Life-boat beRt adapted to meet tho conditions tinder which Life-boats are called npon to perform their work . Also a gold and a silver medal for
models or drawings of a propelling power suitable for the boats of the Institution . All models or drawings must be forwarded to the Institution not later than the 1 st October next , under cypher , accompanied by the fullest detailed explanations , and a sealed cover containing the name and address of the competitor , not to be opened
until after a decision has been arrived at . The models and drawings will be examined by three judges , appointed by the Committee , who reserve to themselves the right of withholding all or any of the medals . All communications should be addressed to the Secretary , Charles Dibdin , Esq ., 14 John Street , Adelphi , London , W . C .
THE QUIVER medal for heroism in the saving of life bas been awarded to Thomas Whiting , of Stratford-on-Avon , who recently savpd a woman from drowning , at the risk of his own life . The medal was pnblioly presented by tho Mayor , Sir Arthur Hodgson , K . C . M . G . Wh ting has also received the medal of the Royal Humane Society , in recognition of the saur ? brave deed .
MASONS AT HEART . —There are two kinds of Masons—those that are Masons iudeed , and those that know Masonry . There are some brethren who knosv Masonry , yet . are not Masons—it is so mueh ea"ier to know a thing than to bo what it implies . It is a capitil thing to be a good ritualist , provMed voa mean what vt n snv and
practise what you teach . It is often s dd that a brother w :, o can confer all the decrees with honour is a good Mason . So he i » , skin •hep , but he ought to bo n , Munn all through , and especially in his iie- ( r t . Thee is nothing like he irt-Musonry . It to . H . i in the life as well as on the lies . Lib cd , some m > 'u ar- < Masons at heart who
riavr w < ro initiated . Tney are ii to be mark" Masons , but never happened to pciio" u v mitiatin :.. It is a Iivky thing for- tho w-irld ih-itit has t ' ose he'irt-M'isoeS in it , all ni'l-ioelled , bur , f , ~ , sorely Masons in ac i . > n us though they bad received the imprimatur of tho Craft . —Keystone .
George MucJonald writes : " whoever thinks of life as something that coul . I be without religion , is in deathly iguortnee of boib . Life and rel'g on are one , or neither ia anything . . . . Reli g i , ) n j s I 10 way of life , no show of life , no observation of any sort . It is neither the food nor the medicine of being . It is life essential . " He who neglects the present duty , breaks a threal in the loom , aud will see the effect when the intaning of a lifetime is unravelled .