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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEASERS 441 Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset 442 Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire 443 Provincial Grand Chapter of Wiltshire ... 443 Tbe Approaching School Elections 443 C —
ORRESPONDENCE " Harmonium Tutor " 44 $ Reviews 44 j Notes and Queries 445 REPORTS OF MASONIC M EETINGSCraft Masonry 445 Instruction 447
REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS ( Continued—Royal Arch 447 Mark Masonry 447 Order of the Temple 447 Scotland 447
Presentation to a Birkenhead Freemason ... 448 Annual Garden Party of the Southdown Mark Lodge , No . 164 44 8 A Masonic Dog 448 The Theatres 448 Obituary 44 S Masonic and General Tidings 449 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 450
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V ^ -RY many our Order England will deeply regret to hear of the departure of Bro . A RNOLD , P . G . C , for Florida , and his present absence from English Freemasonry . He had of late years been so identified with many public movements and wonted ceremonial , his addresses were so able and conciliatory , his genial presence and his pleasant manners were so
welcome to all in the Craft , that many will miss an old friend when they see no more his kindly face , or listen to his thoughtful and well-poised words . As Deputy Provincial Grand Master for Surrey , he has rendered good service to his distinguished chief , and leaves that zealous province in the hig hest state of order and efficiency . We trust that amid the orange groves
of Florida he may find rest and happiness , after many years of arduous labours . We congratulate the Freemasons in Florida on having so able and zealous and distinguished a Freemason sojourning among them , and
we recommend them to make much of him and utilize him , as few better Freemasons exist anywhere than Bro . ARNOLD , P . G . C , and we feel quite sure he will soon make as many warm friends there , as he ] leaves behind him in England .
* * * THE New York Independent finds fault with the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada because he has approved of the expulsion of one HARRISON , it seems , from a lodge in Toronto because he called himself an Agnostic , and did not believe in the G . A . O . T . U . The universal and
unfailing law of Freemasonry since 1723 , at any rate , has been belief in the G . A . O . T . U . as a preliminary and essential condition for the admission of candidates into our Masonic Order . Beyond this Freemasonry does not really go in England , though there are other truths flowing from this Foundation , — Truth of our Order , — which loyal Freemasons
cheerfully acknowledge and reverently ever assent to . We reject all deliberate Atheists ( atheoi ) , and require belief and acknowledgment of a personal God , King , Maker , Preserver , Judge of all men . Beyond this , as remarked above , Freemasonry proper does not go . It enquires into no one ' s peculiar ideas , creed , and denominational
belief ; but it welcomes all within its humanizing and humanitarian pale , who loyally accept the Fatherhood of GOD and the Brotherhood of Man . But Freemasonry is in no sense a Church ; it imposes no tests , and asks for no professions of faith , further than the necessary and cosmopolitan acknowledgment of the " Great GOD ot all the Earth . " We cannot see
how Freemasonry would ask for more j we are certain it will never require less . There may be special , abstruse , and specious forms of Agnosticism , and , like Comtism , it may have gradations and bye-issues ; but the one point for Freemasons is , does the professor of this or that really acknowledge honestly the" personal , and living , and directing Providence of
the G . A . O . T . U . ? It is ourcomplamt of the Grand Orient of France that they , to encourage in their Order full toleration and freedom of thought and conscience , as ( they contend , have blotted out this old and universal belief from their formularies . It would , indeed , be strange , grotesque , nay , suicidal , if any such absurd , or illogical , or Jesuitical p lea for Agnosticism were ever listened to in Anglo-Saxon Freemasonry .
* * * LODSE membership is a matter of which in the United States , as in Great Britain , we make frequent boast , and therefore we gladly reproduce from the Masonic Token a leaderette on the subject , which deserves perusal from all who admire Masonic fidelity , and prize Masonic loyalty : —
Bro . D . Murray Lyon , Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , writes , a little time back , to the London Freemason that the oldest Mason in Europe is George Stirtan , of Mount Pleasant , Coupar Angus , now 103 years old . He is recorded in the books of the Grand Lodge as initiated December , 1808 . This is six months older than our oldest .
Then came Bro . H . G . Buss , Assistant Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England , and reports Bro . John Trcsidder , aged 100 , who was initiated at the age of 19 in Lodge Love and Honour , No . 75 , Falmouth , August 6 th , 1805 .
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And Bro , YV . J , Hughan put forward Bro . Crowle , Feock , near Truro , aged 100 , initiated 1 S 06 . This obliges us to remodel our list .
MASONIC ELDERS IN GREAT BRITAIN . John Trcsidder , Falmouth , initiated August 6 th , 1 S 05 . Bro . Crowle , Feock , near Truro , 1806 . George Stirtan , Mount Pleasant , Coupar Angus , December , 1 S 0 S .
IN AMERICA . Captain Sylvanus Hatch , Port Lavacca , Tex ., initiated 1809 . Edward Nichols , Woodbury , Conn ., 1810 . Edward L . Kidder , Berlin , Conn ., 1 S 12 . Hon . James Garland , Lynchburg , Va ., August , 1 S 12 .
James Scott , Middlebourne , 1 S 12 . Elijah Pratt , Castleton , N . Y ., 1812 . Abijah Ressque , Ridgefield , Conn ., October ^ ijth , 1 S 12 . John B . Hollenbeck , Burlington , Vt ., 1 S 13 . David McDaniel , Johnson , Vt ., May , 1 S 14 .
Benedict Aldrich , Providence , R . I ., May 30 th , 1 S 14 . Captain Hiram Ferris , Fond du Lac , Wis ., 1 S 15 . I . W . Doane , New Glasgow , N . S ., June , 1815 .
Silas Wheeler , Corry , Pa ., September 12 th , 1 S 15 . Pierpoint Potter , Jamaica , L . I ., October , 1815 . Hezekiah Hubbell , Huntington , Conn ., 1816 . Phineas S . Bradley , Woodbury , Conn ., 1 S 16 .
Does it not seem a striking fact " per se" this endurance of Masonic membership for 80 , 70 , 60 , and 50 years ? What changes and chances of Masonic life have such good brethren witnessed ; and how remarkable to
us appears it to-day that almost silent and unceasing flight of years , that ceaseless and yet rapid passage of Time , since first they saw the Light of Masonry , and were made links in that great chain of active and living Brotherhood which now spans the world !
WE are rejoiced to note from the New York Dispatch ' s interesting Masonic page , that Masonic work and Masonic sociality are progressing
favourably , and in some cases recommencing there . The holiday jaunts of the American lodges are a great and most striking feature in American Masonic life . We have nothing of the kind in England at present , but we think they would do us a great deal of good .
* * * A BROTHER out in Ohio , in the course of an oration delivered at a public ceremonial , says this : — The bare railing , made of metal faced with gems , in front of the Oriental chair in which the Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany sits as chief officer of the Scottish Rite , cost
80 , 000 dollars . To this statement objection has been taken b y a very able American contemporary of ours , in the facetious words which follow : " When we reflect that the Scottish Rite does not exist in Germany , and consequently that the Kaiser does not sit in its Oriental chair , the value of the above quoted
information may be guessed at , but never known . " Our weekly confrere is right in one sense and wrong in another . The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite does not "eo nomine , " we believe , exist in Germany . But one of the Grand Lodges of Germany , of which the EMPEROR is Grand Protector and G . M ., works the Scottish Grades , and we think it is to this Grand Lodge that the writer refers . But Bro . FINDEL can put us right .
* * * WE fully meant this week to dilate upon the " Roman Colleges , " but our leaderette stands over perforce to-day , other matters having cropped up . * * * UNDER the amusing heading " Pass Him Around , " our excellent
contemtemporary , the Neiu York Dispatch , sets before its readers the following "morceau" and " Masonic circular note , " which we think it well to print for the information of our many readers , as passages from America to England are very cheap now-a-days , and the pest of itinerant and mendicant Freemasons seems to be greatly on the increase . Let all our readers note its contents : —
A person calling himself Geo . W . Bird , at one place , and Charles A . Fish at another , and representing under the former name the Master of a lodge at Globe City , Arizona , and under the latter name as Secretary of the said lodge , has been working the lodges of Long Island , and those along the Hudson River , for aid pecuniarily . The Master and Secretary of White Mountain Lodge , at Globe City , Arizona , have not bcen
out of that city for the past ten years , therefore it would be advisable if this individual should apply to another lodge to have him immediately arrested . We have the evidence of the misrepresentation under the seal of the lodge in our possession . It seems to us , both for the honour and welfare of Masonry , that all such notices should at once be passed round and handed on .
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEASERS 441 Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset 442 Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire 443 Provincial Grand Chapter of Wiltshire ... 443 Tbe Approaching School Elections 443 C —
ORRESPONDENCE " Harmonium Tutor " 44 $ Reviews 44 j Notes and Queries 445 REPORTS OF MASONIC M EETINGSCraft Masonry 445 Instruction 447
REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS ( Continued—Royal Arch 447 Mark Masonry 447 Order of the Temple 447 Scotland 447
Presentation to a Birkenhead Freemason ... 448 Annual Garden Party of the Southdown Mark Lodge , No . 164 44 8 A Masonic Dog 448 The Theatres 448 Obituary 44 S Masonic and General Tidings 449 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 450
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V ^ -RY many our Order England will deeply regret to hear of the departure of Bro . A RNOLD , P . G . C , for Florida , and his present absence from English Freemasonry . He had of late years been so identified with many public movements and wonted ceremonial , his addresses were so able and conciliatory , his genial presence and his pleasant manners were so
welcome to all in the Craft , that many will miss an old friend when they see no more his kindly face , or listen to his thoughtful and well-poised words . As Deputy Provincial Grand Master for Surrey , he has rendered good service to his distinguished chief , and leaves that zealous province in the hig hest state of order and efficiency . We trust that amid the orange groves
of Florida he may find rest and happiness , after many years of arduous labours . We congratulate the Freemasons in Florida on having so able and zealous and distinguished a Freemason sojourning among them , and
we recommend them to make much of him and utilize him , as few better Freemasons exist anywhere than Bro . ARNOLD , P . G . C , and we feel quite sure he will soon make as many warm friends there , as he ] leaves behind him in England .
* * * THE New York Independent finds fault with the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada because he has approved of the expulsion of one HARRISON , it seems , from a lodge in Toronto because he called himself an Agnostic , and did not believe in the G . A . O . T . U . The universal and
unfailing law of Freemasonry since 1723 , at any rate , has been belief in the G . A . O . T . U . as a preliminary and essential condition for the admission of candidates into our Masonic Order . Beyond this Freemasonry does not really go in England , though there are other truths flowing from this Foundation , — Truth of our Order , — which loyal Freemasons
cheerfully acknowledge and reverently ever assent to . We reject all deliberate Atheists ( atheoi ) , and require belief and acknowledgment of a personal God , King , Maker , Preserver , Judge of all men . Beyond this , as remarked above , Freemasonry proper does not go . It enquires into no one ' s peculiar ideas , creed , and denominational
belief ; but it welcomes all within its humanizing and humanitarian pale , who loyally accept the Fatherhood of GOD and the Brotherhood of Man . But Freemasonry is in no sense a Church ; it imposes no tests , and asks for no professions of faith , further than the necessary and cosmopolitan acknowledgment of the " Great GOD ot all the Earth . " We cannot see
how Freemasonry would ask for more j we are certain it will never require less . There may be special , abstruse , and specious forms of Agnosticism , and , like Comtism , it may have gradations and bye-issues ; but the one point for Freemasons is , does the professor of this or that really acknowledge honestly the" personal , and living , and directing Providence of
the G . A . O . T . U . ? It is ourcomplamt of the Grand Orient of France that they , to encourage in their Order full toleration and freedom of thought and conscience , as ( they contend , have blotted out this old and universal belief from their formularies . It would , indeed , be strange , grotesque , nay , suicidal , if any such absurd , or illogical , or Jesuitical p lea for Agnosticism were ever listened to in Anglo-Saxon Freemasonry .
* * * LODSE membership is a matter of which in the United States , as in Great Britain , we make frequent boast , and therefore we gladly reproduce from the Masonic Token a leaderette on the subject , which deserves perusal from all who admire Masonic fidelity , and prize Masonic loyalty : —
Bro . D . Murray Lyon , Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , writes , a little time back , to the London Freemason that the oldest Mason in Europe is George Stirtan , of Mount Pleasant , Coupar Angus , now 103 years old . He is recorded in the books of the Grand Lodge as initiated December , 1808 . This is six months older than our oldest .
Then came Bro . H . G . Buss , Assistant Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England , and reports Bro . John Trcsidder , aged 100 , who was initiated at the age of 19 in Lodge Love and Honour , No . 75 , Falmouth , August 6 th , 1805 .
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And Bro , YV . J , Hughan put forward Bro . Crowle , Feock , near Truro , aged 100 , initiated 1 S 06 . This obliges us to remodel our list .
MASONIC ELDERS IN GREAT BRITAIN . John Trcsidder , Falmouth , initiated August 6 th , 1 S 05 . Bro . Crowle , Feock , near Truro , 1806 . George Stirtan , Mount Pleasant , Coupar Angus , December , 1 S 0 S .
IN AMERICA . Captain Sylvanus Hatch , Port Lavacca , Tex ., initiated 1809 . Edward Nichols , Woodbury , Conn ., 1810 . Edward L . Kidder , Berlin , Conn ., 1 S 12 . Hon . James Garland , Lynchburg , Va ., August , 1 S 12 .
James Scott , Middlebourne , 1 S 12 . Elijah Pratt , Castleton , N . Y ., 1812 . Abijah Ressque , Ridgefield , Conn ., October ^ ijth , 1 S 12 . John B . Hollenbeck , Burlington , Vt ., 1 S 13 . David McDaniel , Johnson , Vt ., May , 1 S 14 .
Benedict Aldrich , Providence , R . I ., May 30 th , 1 S 14 . Captain Hiram Ferris , Fond du Lac , Wis ., 1 S 15 . I . W . Doane , New Glasgow , N . S ., June , 1815 .
Silas Wheeler , Corry , Pa ., September 12 th , 1 S 15 . Pierpoint Potter , Jamaica , L . I ., October , 1815 . Hezekiah Hubbell , Huntington , Conn ., 1816 . Phineas S . Bradley , Woodbury , Conn ., 1 S 16 .
Does it not seem a striking fact " per se" this endurance of Masonic membership for 80 , 70 , 60 , and 50 years ? What changes and chances of Masonic life have such good brethren witnessed ; and how remarkable to
us appears it to-day that almost silent and unceasing flight of years , that ceaseless and yet rapid passage of Time , since first they saw the Light of Masonry , and were made links in that great chain of active and living Brotherhood which now spans the world !
WE are rejoiced to note from the New York Dispatch ' s interesting Masonic page , that Masonic work and Masonic sociality are progressing
favourably , and in some cases recommencing there . The holiday jaunts of the American lodges are a great and most striking feature in American Masonic life . We have nothing of the kind in England at present , but we think they would do us a great deal of good .
* * * A BROTHER out in Ohio , in the course of an oration delivered at a public ceremonial , says this : — The bare railing , made of metal faced with gems , in front of the Oriental chair in which the Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany sits as chief officer of the Scottish Rite , cost
80 , 000 dollars . To this statement objection has been taken b y a very able American contemporary of ours , in the facetious words which follow : " When we reflect that the Scottish Rite does not exist in Germany , and consequently that the Kaiser does not sit in its Oriental chair , the value of the above quoted
information may be guessed at , but never known . " Our weekly confrere is right in one sense and wrong in another . The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite does not "eo nomine , " we believe , exist in Germany . But one of the Grand Lodges of Germany , of which the EMPEROR is Grand Protector and G . M ., works the Scottish Grades , and we think it is to this Grand Lodge that the writer refers . But Bro . FINDEL can put us right .
* * * WE fully meant this week to dilate upon the " Roman Colleges , " but our leaderette stands over perforce to-day , other matters having cropped up . * * * UNDER the amusing heading " Pass Him Around , " our excellent
contemtemporary , the Neiu York Dispatch , sets before its readers the following "morceau" and " Masonic circular note , " which we think it well to print for the information of our many readers , as passages from America to England are very cheap now-a-days , and the pest of itinerant and mendicant Freemasons seems to be greatly on the increase . Let all our readers note its contents : —
A person calling himself Geo . W . Bird , at one place , and Charles A . Fish at another , and representing under the former name the Master of a lodge at Globe City , Arizona , and under the latter name as Secretary of the said lodge , has been working the lodges of Long Island , and those along the Hudson River , for aid pecuniarily . The Master and Secretary of White Mountain Lodge , at Globe City , Arizona , have not bcen
out of that city for the past ten years , therefore it would be advisable if this individual should apply to another lodge to have him immediately arrested . We have the evidence of the misrepresentation under the seal of the lodge in our possession . It seems to us , both for the honour and welfare of Masonry , that all such notices should at once be passed round and handed on .