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United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
TITHE agenda paper for the meeting of Grand Lodge , JL fco be held on Wednesday next , is particularly dull , even for this quiet season of the year , and were it not for the resolution standing in the name , and to
ruling authority . As it is , we expect to see a tolerably full attendance of brethren , who will shew by their presence how much they support the opinion of the Grand Master when he says that in the deceased Earl of Carnarvon the Craft has lost one who signally
be moved on behalf of the Prince of Wales , there would be nothing to attract Craftsmen to the gathering , other than the sense of duty that compels a certain number regularly to attend the meeting of our
contributed to the high position at present occupied by the English Craft . We have already expressed our sense of the loss sustained by English Freemasonry through the death
ol the Pro Grand Master , and tliose expressions oi regret have been generally re-echoed throughout the country , so that there is not tho slightest question as to the reception that will be accorded the proposition of the Most Worshipful Grand Master on Wednesday
next . The feeling will be one of universal regret , and the only difficulty likely to arise will be to convey in fitting terms the sentiments of those present . The terms in which the Prince of Wales expresses his
feelings gives proof of the great loss he considers Freemasonry has sustained by the Earl's death , and will give approval to all who have been brought into communion in vears cone bv with the late Pro Grand
Master . In another column we give the full text of the resolution to be proposed from the Masonic throne , so that there is no need to repeat it here . We can
only hope that its adoption , and the subsequent communication of it to the Countess may prove some little consolation to her ladyship in her sad bereavempnf .
The other business to be transacted is of a somewhat formal character . There is the report of the Board of Benevolence , with recommendations for four grants , one of £ 100 , one of £ 80 , and two of £ 50 each : to
oe followed by the report of the Board of General Purposes , wherein , it is announced that in consequence of the abolition of the duty on gold plate the price of the in be £ 2
^ tiarity Jewel will future reduced from to ^ 1 17 s . It is very questionable if this continued tax on the Charity decoration is desirable , and we regret
tjiat the Board did not see its way to so far recognise the three Institutions as to propose that in future the cost of the badge should be borne by the Craft
"sell , out of the general funds of Grand Lodge . . " wo applications will have to be considered from ^ dependent Grand Lodges recently established , the
° ne m New Zealand , the other in Tasmania . As all , l 7 sual preliminaries have been observed in these jvo cases , we anticipate there will be no objection to ne granting of the prayers of the respective
United Grand Lodge.
petitioners , and that the usual interchange of kindly greetings will take place . There are but eicht new warrants recorded for the
quarter , the numbers of which range from 2371 to 2378 ; six of these warrants are granted for Lodges to meet in English Provinces , one for a Lodge in Bombay , the other for one in Brisbane .
A Medical Masonic Lodge.
A MEDICAL MASONIC LODGE .
TTNDER the above title a letter has appeared in our \ J contemporary , tho British Medical Journal , in which it is urged that the formation of a Medical Lodge would meet with unanimous professional support . We give this letter in another column , and no doubt it will receive some
attention , not only from those to whom it specially appeals , but also , to a smaller extent , from the Craft at large . If " class " Masonry is to be fostered—and it seems there is a continued desire to encourage these " exclusive " Lodgesthen thero can be no objection to a Lodge limited to mem
bers of the medical profession , and we should add our good wishes for its success , not , howevor , -without an inward hope that it would prove to be the last class Lodge warranted by the Grand Master . We remember on one occasion attending an " off "
¦ meeting of a Lodge whose members are wholly , or in great part , engaged in attending the ills and accidents to which human fleeh is heir , and on that occasion we thoroughly enjoyed tbe after prov ^ dings , as they were so freely interspersed with a professional discussion on what
at that time was regarded as a celebrated case . There were present some of the greatest authorities of the day on thc question , and the kind and fraternal way in which they described the technicalities of the matter to some of their less experienced brethren—both in
a medical and a Masonic sense—convinced us that , no matter in what sphere of life Freemasonry made itself felt , its votaries must necessarily benefit from association with it . J 3 ufc , as wo have often pointed out , there is always the fear of class distinctions being carried too
far in Masonry , and of their undermining , so to speak , tbe whole basis on which the Order is founded , which , above all other considerations , is one of perfect freedom on the part of those who are or desire to be associated with its mysteries .
We quite believe , with the correspondent to whom we have referred , that a Medical Lodge would meet considerable professional support , and there is little doubt that a sufficient number of brethren associated with the profession could be found to start the Lodgo on a substantial
basis , while thero is a fair prospect of interest being kept up by the introduction of desirable candidates . As we have said we should heartily support the proposal for such a Lodge as a Lodge , but we should again object to the principle which puts restrictions on the free and untrammelled admission of desirable gentlemen into our ranks .
The Honours Of The Purple.
THE HONOURS OF THE PURPLE .
THE office of a Provincial Grand Master uuder any of the British Constitutions is one which , whilst carrying with it both honour and prestige , demands no
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United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
TITHE agenda paper for the meeting of Grand Lodge , JL fco be held on Wednesday next , is particularly dull , even for this quiet season of the year , and were it not for the resolution standing in the name , and to
ruling authority . As it is , we expect to see a tolerably full attendance of brethren , who will shew by their presence how much they support the opinion of the Grand Master when he says that in the deceased Earl of Carnarvon the Craft has lost one who signally
be moved on behalf of the Prince of Wales , there would be nothing to attract Craftsmen to the gathering , other than the sense of duty that compels a certain number regularly to attend the meeting of our
contributed to the high position at present occupied by the English Craft . We have already expressed our sense of the loss sustained by English Freemasonry through the death
ol the Pro Grand Master , and tliose expressions oi regret have been generally re-echoed throughout the country , so that there is not tho slightest question as to the reception that will be accorded the proposition of the Most Worshipful Grand Master on Wednesday
next . The feeling will be one of universal regret , and the only difficulty likely to arise will be to convey in fitting terms the sentiments of those present . The terms in which the Prince of Wales expresses his
feelings gives proof of the great loss he considers Freemasonry has sustained by the Earl's death , and will give approval to all who have been brought into communion in vears cone bv with the late Pro Grand
Master . In another column we give the full text of the resolution to be proposed from the Masonic throne , so that there is no need to repeat it here . We can
only hope that its adoption , and the subsequent communication of it to the Countess may prove some little consolation to her ladyship in her sad bereavempnf .
The other business to be transacted is of a somewhat formal character . There is the report of the Board of Benevolence , with recommendations for four grants , one of £ 100 , one of £ 80 , and two of £ 50 each : to
oe followed by the report of the Board of General Purposes , wherein , it is announced that in consequence of the abolition of the duty on gold plate the price of the in be £ 2
^ tiarity Jewel will future reduced from to ^ 1 17 s . It is very questionable if this continued tax on the Charity decoration is desirable , and we regret
tjiat the Board did not see its way to so far recognise the three Institutions as to propose that in future the cost of the badge should be borne by the Craft
"sell , out of the general funds of Grand Lodge . . " wo applications will have to be considered from ^ dependent Grand Lodges recently established , the
° ne m New Zealand , the other in Tasmania . As all , l 7 sual preliminaries have been observed in these jvo cases , we anticipate there will be no objection to ne granting of the prayers of the respective
United Grand Lodge.
petitioners , and that the usual interchange of kindly greetings will take place . There are but eicht new warrants recorded for the
quarter , the numbers of which range from 2371 to 2378 ; six of these warrants are granted for Lodges to meet in English Provinces , one for a Lodge in Bombay , the other for one in Brisbane .
A Medical Masonic Lodge.
A MEDICAL MASONIC LODGE .
TTNDER the above title a letter has appeared in our \ J contemporary , tho British Medical Journal , in which it is urged that the formation of a Medical Lodge would meet with unanimous professional support . We give this letter in another column , and no doubt it will receive some
attention , not only from those to whom it specially appeals , but also , to a smaller extent , from the Craft at large . If " class " Masonry is to be fostered—and it seems there is a continued desire to encourage these " exclusive " Lodgesthen thero can be no objection to a Lodge limited to mem
bers of the medical profession , and we should add our good wishes for its success , not , howevor , -without an inward hope that it would prove to be the last class Lodge warranted by the Grand Master . We remember on one occasion attending an " off "
¦ meeting of a Lodge whose members are wholly , or in great part , engaged in attending the ills and accidents to which human fleeh is heir , and on that occasion we thoroughly enjoyed tbe after prov ^ dings , as they were so freely interspersed with a professional discussion on what
at that time was regarded as a celebrated case . There were present some of the greatest authorities of the day on thc question , and the kind and fraternal way in which they described the technicalities of the matter to some of their less experienced brethren—both in
a medical and a Masonic sense—convinced us that , no matter in what sphere of life Freemasonry made itself felt , its votaries must necessarily benefit from association with it . J 3 ufc , as wo have often pointed out , there is always the fear of class distinctions being carried too
far in Masonry , and of their undermining , so to speak , tbe whole basis on which the Order is founded , which , above all other considerations , is one of perfect freedom on the part of those who are or desire to be associated with its mysteries .
We quite believe , with the correspondent to whom we have referred , that a Medical Lodge would meet considerable professional support , and there is little doubt that a sufficient number of brethren associated with the profession could be found to start the Lodgo on a substantial
basis , while thero is a fair prospect of interest being kept up by the introduction of desirable candidates . As we have said we should heartily support the proposal for such a Lodge as a Lodge , but we should again object to the principle which puts restrictions on the free and untrammelled admission of desirable gentlemen into our ranks .
The Honours Of The Purple.
THE HONOURS OF THE PURPLE .
THE office of a Provincial Grand Master uuder any of the British Constitutions is one which , whilst carrying with it both honour and prestige , demands no