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A Realm Within A Realm.
A REALM WITHIN A REALM .
THAT ia Masonry . It recognises to tho full tho advantagos ot the Constitution , tho form of Government , nuder which we live , but for its own partioular purposes , benevolent and otherwise—its secrets—it rears within the national realm another body whose rales seem to be far more compact and far more binding on the individual will of thoso who throw in their lot with it than those of the State . It is , in faot a realm within a realm . Last week it celebrated its
federation festival . While the Legislatures have been prating about federation , the Masonio Lodges of Tasmania have actually achieved in qniet orderly fashion what the more pretentions gatherings cannot " ¦ et beyond a quarrelsome initiative . The celebration , therefore , of the inauguration of a Tasmanian Grand Lodge had in it a largo element of trinmph , which the presenco of distinguished Vioe-Regal
visitors went far to increase . It is difficult to imagine any fnnotion outside this Masonio one—unless , perhaps , it were a duty imposed under the . Empire—that wonld have brought Lords Carringtou and Kintore across the Straits in weather which meant a certain amount of clanger , and a still more certain measure of discomfort . But the rmthnsiasm of Mason 3 seems to have no bounds , and it is perhaps the
highest compliment one can pay it to aay that thoso who havo dived deepest into its mysteries think most highly of its privileges . Those who know \ most of tbe Craft seem to regard it with the tenderost rovoronco and warmest respect . Farther than that , there is something in Masonry that exacts obedienoe from those who pay allegiance nowhere else . The untamoablo there become tamed : the unbridled
submit to the curb which the high tenets of Masonry impose upon them . It is a religion of itself , with a creed and ritual of its own , and so the members of the fellowship evidently regard it . The union of all the Masonio Lodges in the island under one head , although there still are some of the brethren opposed to the new order of things is now an accomplished faot , and so we may presume
the strife will cease in presence of the achievement . The unanimity with which Masons have one and all agreed that the highest position should be conferred npon the Rev . R . D . Ponlett-Harris , speaks very highly for the tone of the Sooiety over which ho is to preside . The Masonic roll of the past bears on its face the names of nearly all the most prominent men of their day who have done the colony public
service to tho best of their ability . Mr . Harris has been m a marked degree a public man ; not a politician , but as a tutor , who by his faithful work for two generations of Tasmanians , has left his mark in very distinct fashion on tho colony ' s history . The words whioh Chief Justice Way used in addressing Mr . Harris will find an eoho throughout the colony in every place where he is known . " It is not often , "
said His Honour "that a brothor can bring such a variety of qualifications aa yon have brought to your duties , in your aoademical and professional training , your familiarity with our ritual , your skill in onr mysteries , your experience as a ruler . During your zealous and nnwearied labours in tho private Lodges , and in the Royal Aroh Chapter , as well as in the District Grand Lodge , you were
uncousoiously preparing yonrself for the more importaut functions you have now undertaken . At length , high character , ripe scholarship , and faithful service , have brought an unexpected but appropriate reward is your election to the highest office in Masonry . May you fill the Grand Master ' s chair for many happy years to come , adding fresh distinction to a long and usef nl life , and doing still hig her work
for your brethren . " There is nothing fulsome even in such high praise as this when addressed to one who , like Mr . Harris , is so well known throughout the length and breadth of tho island , and in the sister colonies , hia many old pupils , now scattered throoghout them , will give just as cordial assent . Every one who peruses the account of the banquet must have a
higher appreciation of tho spirit of Masonry than they have previousl y ontertained , and it will be a matter for surprise if the result of the promiueuee given to the celebration does not prove to be a very substantial addition to the membership . Accordiug to tho new Grand Master , it would bo a glorious world if all the people were Freemasons , and acted up to the principles of Freemasonry . Uufortnnatel
y , Freemasons are only human , and there are black sheep to be found in their Lodges , just aa they are to be found in every other institution on tho . face of the earth . This must , wo suppose , account for the fact that , like all the rest of the religions , Freemasonry haB only been partially successful , and , like them , has fallen short of its ideal . It has boon eloquentl y described as " a system of morality , veiled in alleerorv . and
illustrated by symbols , " or , as Lord Carrington put it : — " The parposes of Masonry , as we all know , aro the consolation , improvement and support of individual men , of devotion to the charitable spirit , and cultivation of thoso virtues whioh make life happier , both for onrselves and others , and whioh benefit Society by inculcating and
maintaining reverence and love for peace and order . " Happy is the country -which has suoh a system flourishing in its midst . For ifismama , it is the one relio of oar early history of whioh we have no reason to be ashamed . It is the one thing whioh the soldiera left ohind them for which we can thank them , and long may it "ourish on Tasmanian soil—Tasmanian Mail .
Masonry is too popular in one sense , and not sacred enough in other . It has been bartered away too much as if an article of wchatidize . The idle and curious , the passive and perverse , with an aso and readiness distasteful and repulsive to nobler manhood , have
permitted to purchase Masonic privileges as if they were no th ' " * ° ^ . toys frora a curiosity shop . There should be an end to « ... . lng ; then wo may hope that many of the difficulties of non-;<« ia £ ' llnd non-payment of dues will be solved and disappear . — Ur ° - Thomas M . Reid .
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in I . ? properly carried out and personally attended , St-enf a and Country . by Bro . G . A . HCTTTON " , 17 Newcastle ' strand , W . C . Monuments erected . Valuations made .
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THEFREEMASON'SCHRONICLE, A Weekly Record of Masonic Intelligence . Boports of United Grand Lodge are published with the Special Sanction of H . R . H . tho Prince of Wales the M . W . tho Grand Master of England . rpHE FREEMASON'S CHRONICLE will be forwarded direct J . from the Office , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , N ., on receipt of Post Office Order for tho amount . Iutonding Subscribers should forward their full Addrossos , to prevent mistakes . Post Office Orders to be made payable to W . W . MORGAN , at Penton Street Office . Cheques orossed " London and County . " The Terms of Subscription ( payable in advauco ) to THE FRKE > MASON ' S CHRONICLE are—Twelve Months , post free £ 0 13 6 Six Months ditto 0 7 0 Three Months ditto 0 3 6 SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS . Per Page £ 8 8 0 Back Page ; 10 10 0 Births , Marriages , and Deaths , Is per line . General Advertisements , Trade Announcements , & c , single column , 5 s per inch . Double oolumn Advertisements Is per line . Speoinl terms for a series of insertions on application . Advertisers will find THE FREEMASON ' S CHEONICIE an exceptionally good medium for Advertisements of every olass . Agents , from whom copies can always be had : — HANSARD PUBLISHING UNION , LIMITED , 12 and 14 Catherine Street , W . C . Messrs . H . DARBYSHIRE and Co ., 9 Red Lion Court , E . C , and 43 A Market Street Manchester . Mr . RITCHIE , 6 Red Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . SIMPSON BROS ., Shoe Lane ? Mr . H . SIMPSON , 7 Red Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . W . H . SMITH and SON , 183 Strand . Messrs . SPKNCER and Co ., 15 Great Queen Street , W . C . ' Messrs . STEEL and JONES , 4 Spring Gardens , Charing Cross . Mr . G . VICKERS , Angel Court , Strand .
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DANCING . —To Those Who Have Never Learnt to Dance . —Bro . and Mrs . JACQUES WYNMAN receive daily , and undertake to teach ladies and gentlemen , who have never had the slightest previous knowlodgeof instruction , to go through ovory fashionablo ball-dance in a few oasy lessons . ACADEMY—74 NEWMAN STREET , OXFORD STREET . BBO . JICQUES WTMSTAU WILL BB HAL ' PY TO TAKE HI ITAKAOBMEKT OS MASONIC BAILS . FIBST-CLASS BAUDS PROVIDED . PBOSSKCTUS OS APPLICATION .
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EADE'S GOUT&RHEUMATIGPILLS. The SAFEST and most EFFECTUAL CURE for GOUT , RHEUMATISM , and all PAINS in the HEAD , FACE , and LIMBS . IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL from the Rev . F . FARVIS , Baptist Minister . Mr . G . EADE . . March 19 , 1887 . Dear Sir , —I havo many times felt inclined to inform you of the benefit I havo received \> y taking your Gout and -Rheumatic Pills . After tmfferin ? for ' some tinio front Rheumatics « ind Sciatica , I was advised to uso your Pills . I bought a bottle , and when in sovnre pain and ilnnhte to use the limb affected 1 took a doso . In a few hour * after I felt tho pain much bettor , nnd after tho second dose tho pain completely removed ; and tho limn restored to its ritrht use . I thank yon , dear sir , for sending forth such ahoon fm-the relief of human suffering . Yours faithfully , F . PABVIS , 2 South View Villas , Baptist Minister . Burgess Howl , Basingstoke . PREPARED ONLY BY GEORGE EADE , 72 GOSWELL ROAD , LONDON . And sold by : ill Chemists and Medicine Vendors , IN BOTTLES , at Is lid and 3 s 9 d each .
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TMPOiii'ANT NOTICE . —Confidential Advice free per post to all JL in weak and failing health , with loss of strength and vitality . Fifty years experience in Nervous Ailments . Address , Tho Socretary , 3 Fitzallan Square . Sheffield . Form of Correspondence Free . Trite to-day . Bro . EDWARD DELEVANTI , Conductor ITALIAN ORCHESTRA ( Uniform ) , 9 ST . MARY'S TJ 5 RRA . CE , MAIDA HIJJL , W .
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VOCALISTS , Solo Instrumentalists and Bands provided for Concerts , Balls , Garden Parties , Masonic Banquets , & c . Pianoforte , Organ , Violin , and Singing Lessons . OKGAJTIST TO LODGES 1021 , 2012 , AND 2021 .
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A Realm Within A Realm.
A REALM WITHIN A REALM .
THAT ia Masonry . It recognises to tho full tho advantagos ot the Constitution , tho form of Government , nuder which we live , but for its own partioular purposes , benevolent and otherwise—its secrets—it rears within the national realm another body whose rales seem to be far more compact and far more binding on the individual will of thoso who throw in their lot with it than those of the State . It is , in faot a realm within a realm . Last week it celebrated its
federation festival . While the Legislatures have been prating about federation , the Masonio Lodges of Tasmania have actually achieved in qniet orderly fashion what the more pretentions gatherings cannot " ¦ et beyond a quarrelsome initiative . The celebration , therefore , of the inauguration of a Tasmanian Grand Lodge had in it a largo element of trinmph , which the presenco of distinguished Vioe-Regal
visitors went far to increase . It is difficult to imagine any fnnotion outside this Masonio one—unless , perhaps , it were a duty imposed under the . Empire—that wonld have brought Lords Carringtou and Kintore across the Straits in weather which meant a certain amount of clanger , and a still more certain measure of discomfort . But the rmthnsiasm of Mason 3 seems to have no bounds , and it is perhaps the
highest compliment one can pay it to aay that thoso who havo dived deepest into its mysteries think most highly of its privileges . Those who know \ most of tbe Craft seem to regard it with the tenderost rovoronco and warmest respect . Farther than that , there is something in Masonry that exacts obedienoe from those who pay allegiance nowhere else . The untamoablo there become tamed : the unbridled
submit to the curb which the high tenets of Masonry impose upon them . It is a religion of itself , with a creed and ritual of its own , and so the members of the fellowship evidently regard it . The union of all the Masonio Lodges in the island under one head , although there still are some of the brethren opposed to the new order of things is now an accomplished faot , and so we may presume
the strife will cease in presence of the achievement . The unanimity with which Masons have one and all agreed that the highest position should be conferred npon the Rev . R . D . Ponlett-Harris , speaks very highly for the tone of the Sooiety over which ho is to preside . The Masonic roll of the past bears on its face the names of nearly all the most prominent men of their day who have done the colony public
service to tho best of their ability . Mr . Harris has been m a marked degree a public man ; not a politician , but as a tutor , who by his faithful work for two generations of Tasmanians , has left his mark in very distinct fashion on tho colony ' s history . The words whioh Chief Justice Way used in addressing Mr . Harris will find an eoho throughout the colony in every place where he is known . " It is not often , "
said His Honour "that a brothor can bring such a variety of qualifications aa yon have brought to your duties , in your aoademical and professional training , your familiarity with our ritual , your skill in onr mysteries , your experience as a ruler . During your zealous and nnwearied labours in tho private Lodges , and in the Royal Aroh Chapter , as well as in the District Grand Lodge , you were
uncousoiously preparing yonrself for the more importaut functions you have now undertaken . At length , high character , ripe scholarship , and faithful service , have brought an unexpected but appropriate reward is your election to the highest office in Masonry . May you fill the Grand Master ' s chair for many happy years to come , adding fresh distinction to a long and usef nl life , and doing still hig her work
for your brethren . " There is nothing fulsome even in such high praise as this when addressed to one who , like Mr . Harris , is so well known throughout the length and breadth of tho island , and in the sister colonies , hia many old pupils , now scattered throoghout them , will give just as cordial assent . Every one who peruses the account of the banquet must have a
higher appreciation of tho spirit of Masonry than they have previousl y ontertained , and it will be a matter for surprise if the result of the promiueuee given to the celebration does not prove to be a very substantial addition to the membership . Accordiug to tho new Grand Master , it would bo a glorious world if all the people were Freemasons , and acted up to the principles of Freemasonry . Uufortnnatel
y , Freemasons are only human , and there are black sheep to be found in their Lodges , just aa they are to be found in every other institution on tho . face of the earth . This must , wo suppose , account for the fact that , like all the rest of the religions , Freemasonry haB only been partially successful , and , like them , has fallen short of its ideal . It has boon eloquentl y described as " a system of morality , veiled in alleerorv . and
illustrated by symbols , " or , as Lord Carrington put it : — " The parposes of Masonry , as we all know , aro the consolation , improvement and support of individual men , of devotion to the charitable spirit , and cultivation of thoso virtues whioh make life happier , both for onrselves and others , and whioh benefit Society by inculcating and
maintaining reverence and love for peace and order . " Happy is the country -which has suoh a system flourishing in its midst . For ifismama , it is the one relio of oar early history of whioh we have no reason to be ashamed . It is the one thing whioh the soldiera left ohind them for which we can thank them , and long may it "ourish on Tasmanian soil—Tasmanian Mail .
Masonry is too popular in one sense , and not sacred enough in other . It has been bartered away too much as if an article of wchatidize . The idle and curious , the passive and perverse , with an aso and readiness distasteful and repulsive to nobler manhood , have
permitted to purchase Masonic privileges as if they were no th ' " * ° ^ . toys frora a curiosity shop . There should be an end to « ... . lng ; then wo may hope that many of the difficulties of non-;<« ia £ ' llnd non-payment of dues will be solved and disappear . — Ur ° - Thomas M . Reid .
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in I . ? properly carried out and personally attended , St-enf a and Country . by Bro . G . A . HCTTTON " , 17 Newcastle ' strand , W . C . Monuments erected . Valuations made .
Ad01302
THEFREEMASON'SCHRONICLE, A Weekly Record of Masonic Intelligence . Boports of United Grand Lodge are published with the Special Sanction of H . R . H . tho Prince of Wales the M . W . tho Grand Master of England . rpHE FREEMASON'S CHRONICLE will be forwarded direct J . from the Office , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , N ., on receipt of Post Office Order for tho amount . Iutonding Subscribers should forward their full Addrossos , to prevent mistakes . Post Office Orders to be made payable to W . W . MORGAN , at Penton Street Office . Cheques orossed " London and County . " The Terms of Subscription ( payable in advauco ) to THE FRKE > MASON ' S CHRONICLE are—Twelve Months , post free £ 0 13 6 Six Months ditto 0 7 0 Three Months ditto 0 3 6 SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS . Per Page £ 8 8 0 Back Page ; 10 10 0 Births , Marriages , and Deaths , Is per line . General Advertisements , Trade Announcements , & c , single column , 5 s per inch . Double oolumn Advertisements Is per line . Speoinl terms for a series of insertions on application . Advertisers will find THE FREEMASON ' S CHEONICIE an exceptionally good medium for Advertisements of every olass . Agents , from whom copies can always be had : — HANSARD PUBLISHING UNION , LIMITED , 12 and 14 Catherine Street , W . C . Messrs . H . DARBYSHIRE and Co ., 9 Red Lion Court , E . C , and 43 A Market Street Manchester . Mr . RITCHIE , 6 Red Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . SIMPSON BROS ., Shoe Lane ? Mr . H . SIMPSON , 7 Red Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . W . H . SMITH and SON , 183 Strand . Messrs . SPKNCER and Co ., 15 Great Queen Street , W . C . ' Messrs . STEEL and JONES , 4 Spring Gardens , Charing Cross . Mr . G . VICKERS , Angel Court , Strand .
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DANCING . —To Those Who Have Never Learnt to Dance . —Bro . and Mrs . JACQUES WYNMAN receive daily , and undertake to teach ladies and gentlemen , who have never had the slightest previous knowlodgeof instruction , to go through ovory fashionablo ball-dance in a few oasy lessons . ACADEMY—74 NEWMAN STREET , OXFORD STREET . BBO . JICQUES WTMSTAU WILL BB HAL ' PY TO TAKE HI ITAKAOBMEKT OS MASONIC BAILS . FIBST-CLASS BAUDS PROVIDED . PBOSSKCTUS OS APPLICATION .
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EADE'S GOUT&RHEUMATIGPILLS. The SAFEST and most EFFECTUAL CURE for GOUT , RHEUMATISM , and all PAINS in the HEAD , FACE , and LIMBS . IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL from the Rev . F . FARVIS , Baptist Minister . Mr . G . EADE . . March 19 , 1887 . Dear Sir , —I havo many times felt inclined to inform you of the benefit I havo received \> y taking your Gout and -Rheumatic Pills . After tmfferin ? for ' some tinio front Rheumatics « ind Sciatica , I was advised to uso your Pills . I bought a bottle , and when in sovnre pain and ilnnhte to use the limb affected 1 took a doso . In a few hour * after I felt tho pain much bettor , nnd after tho second dose tho pain completely removed ; and tho limn restored to its ritrht use . I thank yon , dear sir , for sending forth such ahoon fm-the relief of human suffering . Yours faithfully , F . PABVIS , 2 South View Villas , Baptist Minister . Burgess Howl , Basingstoke . PREPARED ONLY BY GEORGE EADE , 72 GOSWELL ROAD , LONDON . And sold by : ill Chemists and Medicine Vendors , IN BOTTLES , at Is lid and 3 s 9 d each .
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TMPOiii'ANT NOTICE . —Confidential Advice free per post to all JL in weak and failing health , with loss of strength and vitality . Fifty years experience in Nervous Ailments . Address , Tho Socretary , 3 Fitzallan Square . Sheffield . Form of Correspondence Free . Trite to-day . Bro . EDWARD DELEVANTI , Conductor ITALIAN ORCHESTRA ( Uniform ) , 9 ST . MARY'S TJ 5 RRA . CE , MAIDA HIJJL , W .
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VOCALISTS , Solo Instrumentalists and Bands provided for Concerts , Balls , Garden Parties , Masonic Banquets , & c . Pianoforte , Organ , Violin , and Singing Lessons . OKGAJTIST TO LODGES 1021 , 2012 , AND 2021 .