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TELEGRAPHICADDRESSES(Inland). For the Freemason Printing Works—FKEEMASON , LONDON . For Jewels , Clothing , Banners , and Furniture—KENNING-, LONDON .
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THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE . Secretaries of lodges desiring to distribute the circular of the Pro Grand Master amongst the members of their lodges , may obtain copies on application to the Publisher of the Freemason , who will supply them at the rate of five shillings per 100 .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
The following communications unavoidably stand over—C RAFT LODGES—Medina , No . 35 , ' Lodge of Industry , No . 48 ; Peace and Unity , No . 314 . ' Lewis , No . 872 ; Dobie , No . SS 9 ; Montefiore , No . 1017 . MARK LODGE—York ( T . I . ) ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER—Sphinx , No . 1329 . The Craft Abroad .
BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . " Freemasons' Journal" ( New York ) , "Western Daily Mercury , " "Jewish Chronicle , " " The Freemason" ( Detriot ) , "Die Bauhiitte , " "Sunday Times" ( New York ) , " New York
Dispatch , " " Cassell ' s National Library , " " Loomis' Muscial and Masonic Journal , " "Lancaster Daily Examiner , " " Public Ledger Almanac , 1887 , " " Hampshire Independent , " " Keystone , " "The Frenmason" ( Toronto ) , " The Independent , " " Masonic News , " •' Gnernsey Advertiser , " and " Allen ' s Indian Mail . "
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SATURDAY , JANUARY 29 , 1887 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ Wc do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of thtopinionsexpressedby ourcorrespondents , but wewish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ] .
MASONIC EXHIBITION . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Your number of January 15 th contains a letter from Bro . Wm . Watson , which has much interested me , and I am surprised that it should have produced no rejoinder in your issue of the 22 nd . He suggests a Masonic
Exhibition in London . Let me add that ( as was doubtless in his mind ) it should be held the same week as the Grand Craft meeting in honour of the Queen's Jubilee , and its SUCCESS would be assured . But unless some one or more prominent brothers move in the matter , nothing will be done , and there is already not too much time to spare . It appears to me the only way to succeed is as follows : Some
dozen or more well-known brethren should volunteerthrough your columns—to form a Committee to carry out the project , and amongst those should be , at least , three of unbounded leisure and energy , who must be ready to devote the next three or four months to the work , exclusive of all other occupation . Such a Committee could easily work out all the details , and I am perfectly convinced that help vvould
be ungrudgingly afforded them by those worthy brethren who have shown us how to do it at York , Worcester , Shanklin , & c , and by collectors in all parts of the country . Experience , therefore , is of less importance than leisure and a capacity for work . Who volunteers ? That the Exhibition , properly conducted , would leave a
profit , I do not for one moment doubt . The employment of the surplus might be decided by the Committee , especially if they were fairly representative men . For my part , 1 should like to see the money expended in increasing the somewhat disgracefully meagre resources of our Grand Lod ge Library . One thing is evident—if anything is to be done , it should be commenced at once . —Yours fraternally , G . W . SPETH .
MASONIC RECORDS . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason , " Dear Sir and Brother , P , I was much amused at the semi-suggestion of Bro . Shackles that I should treat continental lodges in the
'" uiuugn manner which Bro . Lane has applied to English nes . I said to myself , this thing is simply impossible ; wW are ind ! cations of lodges abroad of which nothing vnatever is ascertained , except that they existed ; neither ° eir ( jl'and Lodfe . datp nf nrinrin fnnnrlpri . ilnrdlinn r , (
existence , or aught else is known ; but we meet with pos & bly ^ ch a note as this , " Bro . from such a lodge was A ™ - ' j nd such cases can be counted by the score . alfp •' " £ es abroad were constantly changing their egiance ; lodges , Grand Lodges , aye , even entire systems
vanish f e ' meteor llke > one solitary appearance and Brn i ° , m our ken ' investigation becomes impossible , anrl hu s task has been difficult enough , in all conscience , onlv c surm ° unted his difficulties gloriously ; but he r „_ , P £ ? . fesses to deal with lodges which appeared on the
time * K re vvere P ° ssifaly others in England in the early ne « i \ j Proba % so few that their existence may be Lanf' j . ~ wlthout much loss . But great as were Bro . wa « J dlH , cuI . t'es , they pale before the obstructions in the d Y ot a continental statistician .
Original Correspondence.
And yet Bro . Kupferschmidt says that as far as Germany is concerned the work is already done . I know of other works by Polick , but not the one he mentions . Will he kindly forward it to me ? I should like to study it for its own sake , and I should like to compare it with Bro . Lane ' s work . Our brother need not fear the comparison . Given the name of a lodge , or its number at any time , or its house
of meeting , or even the town it met in , or any other the slightest clue , and a little investigation will reveal its whole history to you , "in epitome , " within the covers of his work . That Polick's book under the circumstances should do the same in an equal degree I at present hold to be impossible , in spite of his well earned reputation ; but if Bro . Kupferschmidt will lend me the volume , I will report it in these columns for the benefit of those interested . — Yours fraternally , G . W . SPETH .
THE FREDERICK BINCKES PRESENTATION FUND . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , From representations which have reached the Committee there is reason to fear that a misapprehension
exists with regard to the limitation in amount of individual subscriptions to one guinea . This was in no way intended to imply a restriction to that sum , but that they should not exceed it . The object of the Committee , and their desire is , that the Fund being raised should be an evidence of
appreciation of the labours of Bro . Binckes during five and twenty years , and this purpose will be better served by the small contributions of the many , rather than by the large donations of the few . —I remain , yours fraternally . CHARLES FRED . HOGARD , 45 A , Cheapside . Hon . Secretary . January 25 th .
PROVINCIAL CALENDAR FOR MIDDLESEX . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I thank you for your favourable notice of my little work . I have done all in my power to make it accurate , and if the Secretaries of the various lodges will do their part the next issue shall be perfectly accurate . I intended this year to give a list of the votes for our Charities , held
by members of the province , but as nearly all the members belong to London lodges as well , the task is more difficult than in an ordinary province . I will send any of your readers a copy on receipt of six stamps . Next year I hope to give portraits of our Deputy Prov . Grand Master and the Prov . Grand Secretary . —Fraternally yours , HENRY LOVEGROVE . 26 , Bridge Row , Cannon-street , E . C .
THE MASONIC COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In reply to W . Bro . Gould's note in last week ' s Freemason , I beg to say our Association was formed at Chicago on the 19 th of August , 1 SS 0 . It has reprinted several of the proceedings , and hopes to reprint more . Bro . J . Stacker Williams is still Secretary of our Association . His address is Newark , Ohio . —Yours fraternally , JAMES H . NEILSON , M . M . C . A .
DUDiin , 24 m January . MUSIC IN LODGES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , " The soul of music slumbers in the shell , Till waked and kindled by the master's spell :
And feeling hearts—touch them but lightly—pour A thousand melodies unheard before ! " The various letters that have appeared from different sources on this subject tending towards the confirmation of my appeal to the Sterndale Bennett Lodge for assistance in obtaining more simple , universal , and appropriate music for our various Degrees , lead me to hope that
1 have not only the present bympathy of the brethren , but that it will be an incentive for the future development of a service , not only fitting and comprehensive for the different ceremonies , but also capable of being rendered with effect aad gratification by those whose duty it is to carry out to the utmost of their ability those labours devolving on the collar of Organist .
The desire and the desirability of having at our disposal a concise service , one that would echo and emphasise each important truth ot our ritual , so that the brethren , as well as the Master , could aid in indelibly imprinting it on the mind of the candidate , would be an addition to the present working surely of a most acceptable character to our Fraternity .
Most sincerely and warmly do I thank your correspondents " P . M . " and "H . L . " for the support and interest they have shown towards me in this task , and one cannot but hope and trust that the Grand Lodge will not veto or set its face against the endeavours of brethren holding office in lodge to carry out those duties devolving upon them
with satisfaction to their Master and pleasure to themselves . I am unable to find in the new Book of Constitutions what are our duties as Organists , but it is obvious that a collar would not be given unless there were labours attached to the office .
Again , we are taught in our ritual that music " never shines with greater lustre than when employed in singing the praises ot the Grand Geometrician of the Universe " ( see 2 ° 2 nd Lecture , Fourth Section ) . And lastly , the " Freemasons' Liber Musicus , " a work containing music for the various Degrees , both vocal and instrumental , is dedicated to our Grand Master , and most
assuredly such a dedication would not have been permitted if it contained anything that could not have been rightly used for our ceremonies . How truly does "H . L . " argue in your edition of last week , when he says— " What , I ask , would be said if it vvere proposed to abolish singing at our consecration
ceremonies ? If that singing be legal—and if not I hope no one will attempt to raise the point—why should the same privilege not be allowed in ordinary lodge business ?" And might I further ask why was the Sterndale Bennett Lodge consecrated?—Vide Freemason , December 25 th , 1886—Consecration of the Sterndale Bennett Lodge , No . 21 S 2 .
Original Correspondence.
In reference to our Bro . Dr . Spark's letter concerning the " Freemasons Liber Musicus , " I would remind him that my primary endeavour was towards obtaining a full service in unison practical for small lodges ( and their number far exceeds the large ones ) , where it is impossible to do justice to selections in harmony , and that I mentioned four pieces from his work as examples of that class of
music , and the advantages that accrued to us from having them at our disposal ; and although the latter part of the anthem , "To Heaven's High Architect , " is in harmony , it only required practice to make perfect . I have the small cheap edition ( price ten shillings ) to which Dr . Spark alludes , containing the " supplementary music , " and the preface which speaks of the defects and advantages of
the work . It is unfortunately too true that the fault often lies in the brethren not meeting together before lodge to practise at least once or twice . We had last week to throw over a musical service for installation solely on this account , and I most earnestly hope that brethren will take the hint of Dr . Spark , and meet together to try and do justice to music in
lodge , and to his work , on which , as he says , he has spent " so many years of laborious research . " A service in union with harmonies for the organists , as suggested in my former letter , would , I am sure , be a great boon to many who are now labouring to do their best with the talent at their disposal , and if it be of a catching nature would soon become universal . As the service of
Tallis is familiar to all Churchmen , so I plead for a service of that brief construction that may be a Tallis to us in lodge , and the brethren knowing this service of the church know also the style of service that I am now endeavouring to have constructed for our lodges—a festal service in harmony for lodges having brethren competent of carrying it out , and the same in unison for the many , many lodges in
which harmony cannot be adopted . I trust that this correspondence will bear some practical fruit ; we know that "a difficulty isa thing to be overcome , " and having been the Organist of two Craft lodges , I have found a great difficulty . Will the "Sterndale Bennett " Lodge aid us to overcome it ? If so , they will earn the
unbounded gratitude of the Fraternity , for what says Shakespeare in his " Merchant of Venice" — "The man that hath no music in himself , Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds , Is fit for treasons , stratagems , and spoils . " Yours fraternally , EDWARD FORBES WHITLEY , Penarth House , Truro , January 21 th .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
707 J A CURIOUS JEWEL . I have in my collection , No . 70 , a jewel precisely the same as Bro . Emra Holmes , 31 ° ; my description is—a silver triangle , with golden heart in the centre , transfixed by a silver arrow—unknown but not Masonic—supposed to be a lady's prize at an archery meeting . It may be the jewel of " A Stricken Heart . "
LAMB . SMITH . RE "A PROVINCIAL GRAND PORTAIT PAINTER . " In the roll of Past Provincial Grand Officers appended to the lately revised by-laws of Leicestershire and Rutland appears the following record—following next after G . S . of Wks . and before G . D . C . -.
—GRAND PAINTERS . i 793 > Joseph Smith , jun . 1 S 16 , Nicholas Higginson . 1816 , Thomas Vowe Gregory . C . HENTON WOOD , M . A ., Prov . Grand Sec . Leicestershire and Rutland . 709 ] :
MASONIC COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION . The association referred to by Bro . Gould is still in existence , and has already done good service in the promotion of the study of Masonic archaeology and the collection of old works on the Craft ; the society being the means of fostering a most friendly spirit between the various collectors . The Bro . S . Stacker Williams mentioned is now the M . W . Grand Master of Ohio , and Bro . James W . Staton
of Brooksville , Ohio , has issued a number of valuable reprints of Grand Lodge Proceedings and other important works , which until then had long been out of print . Bro . Staton vvould be glad to send particulars of these to any interested brother , and to receive names of intended members . I believe Bro . J . H . Neilson ( Representative Grand Lodge of Egypt at Ireland ) , of Dublin , is one of the few members in Great Britain and Ireland ; possibly the only one . W . J . HUGHAN .
710 ] AN IMPORTANT QUERY . Bro . E . T . Carson , of Cincinnati , U . 6 . A ., a great authority as to Masonic bibliography , has written me about the "Complete Magazine , " published in England in 1764 , for the months of June , July , August , and September , containing rituals and other matter to prove that Freemasonry was in some way connected with primitive Christian
religion . One of tne rituals , so it is said , is called an examination and lecture of an " Entered Apprentice . " Another is the "Journeyman's Lecture . " I know nothing of this Magazine , and shall be glad to hear if any brother does . If not , vvould some brother kindly search in the British Museum for it , for it will not be convenient for me so to do for a month or two . These particulars are to be found in a work published at Leipzig in 1788 , entitled " Die
Schottische Maurerei , & c , " in two volumes . The book occurs in the catalogue No . 2 for October 18 S 6 , published by Bro . George Kenning , of old Masonic Works , but when my order was sent for it , the two volumes had unfortunately been sold . Does Bro . G . W . Speth know of this German work , or of the Magazine of 1764 ? Should like a line from him on the subject , as I am bound to trace the periodical somehow and at some time or other , there being no real rest for me whilst matters of that ^ kindare unsettled . W . J . HUGHAN .
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TELEGRAPHICADDRESSES(Inland). For the Freemason Printing Works—FKEEMASON , LONDON . For Jewels , Clothing , Banners , and Furniture—KENNING-, LONDON .
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THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE . Secretaries of lodges desiring to distribute the circular of the Pro Grand Master amongst the members of their lodges , may obtain copies on application to the Publisher of the Freemason , who will supply them at the rate of five shillings per 100 .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
The following communications unavoidably stand over—C RAFT LODGES—Medina , No . 35 , ' Lodge of Industry , No . 48 ; Peace and Unity , No . 314 . ' Lewis , No . 872 ; Dobie , No . SS 9 ; Montefiore , No . 1017 . MARK LODGE—York ( T . I . ) ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER—Sphinx , No . 1329 . The Craft Abroad .
BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . " Freemasons' Journal" ( New York ) , "Western Daily Mercury , " "Jewish Chronicle , " " The Freemason" ( Detriot ) , "Die Bauhiitte , " "Sunday Times" ( New York ) , " New York
Dispatch , " " Cassell ' s National Library , " " Loomis' Muscial and Masonic Journal , " "Lancaster Daily Examiner , " " Public Ledger Almanac , 1887 , " " Hampshire Independent , " " Keystone , " "The Frenmason" ( Toronto ) , " The Independent , " " Masonic News , " •' Gnernsey Advertiser , " and " Allen ' s Indian Mail . "
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SATURDAY , JANUARY 29 , 1887 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ Wc do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of thtopinionsexpressedby ourcorrespondents , but wewish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ] .
MASONIC EXHIBITION . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Your number of January 15 th contains a letter from Bro . Wm . Watson , which has much interested me , and I am surprised that it should have produced no rejoinder in your issue of the 22 nd . He suggests a Masonic
Exhibition in London . Let me add that ( as was doubtless in his mind ) it should be held the same week as the Grand Craft meeting in honour of the Queen's Jubilee , and its SUCCESS would be assured . But unless some one or more prominent brothers move in the matter , nothing will be done , and there is already not too much time to spare . It appears to me the only way to succeed is as follows : Some
dozen or more well-known brethren should volunteerthrough your columns—to form a Committee to carry out the project , and amongst those should be , at least , three of unbounded leisure and energy , who must be ready to devote the next three or four months to the work , exclusive of all other occupation . Such a Committee could easily work out all the details , and I am perfectly convinced that help vvould
be ungrudgingly afforded them by those worthy brethren who have shown us how to do it at York , Worcester , Shanklin , & c , and by collectors in all parts of the country . Experience , therefore , is of less importance than leisure and a capacity for work . Who volunteers ? That the Exhibition , properly conducted , would leave a
profit , I do not for one moment doubt . The employment of the surplus might be decided by the Committee , especially if they were fairly representative men . For my part , 1 should like to see the money expended in increasing the somewhat disgracefully meagre resources of our Grand Lod ge Library . One thing is evident—if anything is to be done , it should be commenced at once . —Yours fraternally , G . W . SPETH .
MASONIC RECORDS . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason , " Dear Sir and Brother , P , I was much amused at the semi-suggestion of Bro . Shackles that I should treat continental lodges in the
'" uiuugn manner which Bro . Lane has applied to English nes . I said to myself , this thing is simply impossible ; wW are ind ! cations of lodges abroad of which nothing vnatever is ascertained , except that they existed ; neither ° eir ( jl'and Lodfe . datp nf nrinrin fnnnrlpri . ilnrdlinn r , (
existence , or aught else is known ; but we meet with pos & bly ^ ch a note as this , " Bro . from such a lodge was A ™ - ' j nd such cases can be counted by the score . alfp •' " £ es abroad were constantly changing their egiance ; lodges , Grand Lodges , aye , even entire systems
vanish f e ' meteor llke > one solitary appearance and Brn i ° , m our ken ' investigation becomes impossible , anrl hu s task has been difficult enough , in all conscience , onlv c surm ° unted his difficulties gloriously ; but he r „_ , P £ ? . fesses to deal with lodges which appeared on the
time * K re vvere P ° ssifaly others in England in the early ne « i \ j Proba % so few that their existence may be Lanf' j . ~ wlthout much loss . But great as were Bro . wa « J dlH , cuI . t'es , they pale before the obstructions in the d Y ot a continental statistician .
Original Correspondence.
And yet Bro . Kupferschmidt says that as far as Germany is concerned the work is already done . I know of other works by Polick , but not the one he mentions . Will he kindly forward it to me ? I should like to study it for its own sake , and I should like to compare it with Bro . Lane ' s work . Our brother need not fear the comparison . Given the name of a lodge , or its number at any time , or its house
of meeting , or even the town it met in , or any other the slightest clue , and a little investigation will reveal its whole history to you , "in epitome , " within the covers of his work . That Polick's book under the circumstances should do the same in an equal degree I at present hold to be impossible , in spite of his well earned reputation ; but if Bro . Kupferschmidt will lend me the volume , I will report it in these columns for the benefit of those interested . — Yours fraternally , G . W . SPETH .
THE FREDERICK BINCKES PRESENTATION FUND . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , From representations which have reached the Committee there is reason to fear that a misapprehension
exists with regard to the limitation in amount of individual subscriptions to one guinea . This was in no way intended to imply a restriction to that sum , but that they should not exceed it . The object of the Committee , and their desire is , that the Fund being raised should be an evidence of
appreciation of the labours of Bro . Binckes during five and twenty years , and this purpose will be better served by the small contributions of the many , rather than by the large donations of the few . —I remain , yours fraternally . CHARLES FRED . HOGARD , 45 A , Cheapside . Hon . Secretary . January 25 th .
PROVINCIAL CALENDAR FOR MIDDLESEX . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I thank you for your favourable notice of my little work . I have done all in my power to make it accurate , and if the Secretaries of the various lodges will do their part the next issue shall be perfectly accurate . I intended this year to give a list of the votes for our Charities , held
by members of the province , but as nearly all the members belong to London lodges as well , the task is more difficult than in an ordinary province . I will send any of your readers a copy on receipt of six stamps . Next year I hope to give portraits of our Deputy Prov . Grand Master and the Prov . Grand Secretary . —Fraternally yours , HENRY LOVEGROVE . 26 , Bridge Row , Cannon-street , E . C .
THE MASONIC COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In reply to W . Bro . Gould's note in last week ' s Freemason , I beg to say our Association was formed at Chicago on the 19 th of August , 1 SS 0 . It has reprinted several of the proceedings , and hopes to reprint more . Bro . J . Stacker Williams is still Secretary of our Association . His address is Newark , Ohio . —Yours fraternally , JAMES H . NEILSON , M . M . C . A .
DUDiin , 24 m January . MUSIC IN LODGES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , " The soul of music slumbers in the shell , Till waked and kindled by the master's spell :
And feeling hearts—touch them but lightly—pour A thousand melodies unheard before ! " The various letters that have appeared from different sources on this subject tending towards the confirmation of my appeal to the Sterndale Bennett Lodge for assistance in obtaining more simple , universal , and appropriate music for our various Degrees , lead me to hope that
1 have not only the present bympathy of the brethren , but that it will be an incentive for the future development of a service , not only fitting and comprehensive for the different ceremonies , but also capable of being rendered with effect aad gratification by those whose duty it is to carry out to the utmost of their ability those labours devolving on the collar of Organist .
The desire and the desirability of having at our disposal a concise service , one that would echo and emphasise each important truth ot our ritual , so that the brethren , as well as the Master , could aid in indelibly imprinting it on the mind of the candidate , would be an addition to the present working surely of a most acceptable character to our Fraternity .
Most sincerely and warmly do I thank your correspondents " P . M . " and "H . L . " for the support and interest they have shown towards me in this task , and one cannot but hope and trust that the Grand Lodge will not veto or set its face against the endeavours of brethren holding office in lodge to carry out those duties devolving upon them
with satisfaction to their Master and pleasure to themselves . I am unable to find in the new Book of Constitutions what are our duties as Organists , but it is obvious that a collar would not be given unless there were labours attached to the office .
Again , we are taught in our ritual that music " never shines with greater lustre than when employed in singing the praises ot the Grand Geometrician of the Universe " ( see 2 ° 2 nd Lecture , Fourth Section ) . And lastly , the " Freemasons' Liber Musicus , " a work containing music for the various Degrees , both vocal and instrumental , is dedicated to our Grand Master , and most
assuredly such a dedication would not have been permitted if it contained anything that could not have been rightly used for our ceremonies . How truly does "H . L . " argue in your edition of last week , when he says— " What , I ask , would be said if it vvere proposed to abolish singing at our consecration
ceremonies ? If that singing be legal—and if not I hope no one will attempt to raise the point—why should the same privilege not be allowed in ordinary lodge business ?" And might I further ask why was the Sterndale Bennett Lodge consecrated?—Vide Freemason , December 25 th , 1886—Consecration of the Sterndale Bennett Lodge , No . 21 S 2 .
Original Correspondence.
In reference to our Bro . Dr . Spark's letter concerning the " Freemasons Liber Musicus , " I would remind him that my primary endeavour was towards obtaining a full service in unison practical for small lodges ( and their number far exceeds the large ones ) , where it is impossible to do justice to selections in harmony , and that I mentioned four pieces from his work as examples of that class of
music , and the advantages that accrued to us from having them at our disposal ; and although the latter part of the anthem , "To Heaven's High Architect , " is in harmony , it only required practice to make perfect . I have the small cheap edition ( price ten shillings ) to which Dr . Spark alludes , containing the " supplementary music , " and the preface which speaks of the defects and advantages of
the work . It is unfortunately too true that the fault often lies in the brethren not meeting together before lodge to practise at least once or twice . We had last week to throw over a musical service for installation solely on this account , and I most earnestly hope that brethren will take the hint of Dr . Spark , and meet together to try and do justice to music in
lodge , and to his work , on which , as he says , he has spent " so many years of laborious research . " A service in union with harmonies for the organists , as suggested in my former letter , would , I am sure , be a great boon to many who are now labouring to do their best with the talent at their disposal , and if it be of a catching nature would soon become universal . As the service of
Tallis is familiar to all Churchmen , so I plead for a service of that brief construction that may be a Tallis to us in lodge , and the brethren knowing this service of the church know also the style of service that I am now endeavouring to have constructed for our lodges—a festal service in harmony for lodges having brethren competent of carrying it out , and the same in unison for the many , many lodges in
which harmony cannot be adopted . I trust that this correspondence will bear some practical fruit ; we know that "a difficulty isa thing to be overcome , " and having been the Organist of two Craft lodges , I have found a great difficulty . Will the "Sterndale Bennett " Lodge aid us to overcome it ? If so , they will earn the
unbounded gratitude of the Fraternity , for what says Shakespeare in his " Merchant of Venice" — "The man that hath no music in himself , Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds , Is fit for treasons , stratagems , and spoils . " Yours fraternally , EDWARD FORBES WHITLEY , Penarth House , Truro , January 21 th .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
707 J A CURIOUS JEWEL . I have in my collection , No . 70 , a jewel precisely the same as Bro . Emra Holmes , 31 ° ; my description is—a silver triangle , with golden heart in the centre , transfixed by a silver arrow—unknown but not Masonic—supposed to be a lady's prize at an archery meeting . It may be the jewel of " A Stricken Heart . "
LAMB . SMITH . RE "A PROVINCIAL GRAND PORTAIT PAINTER . " In the roll of Past Provincial Grand Officers appended to the lately revised by-laws of Leicestershire and Rutland appears the following record—following next after G . S . of Wks . and before G . D . C . -.
—GRAND PAINTERS . i 793 > Joseph Smith , jun . 1 S 16 , Nicholas Higginson . 1816 , Thomas Vowe Gregory . C . HENTON WOOD , M . A ., Prov . Grand Sec . Leicestershire and Rutland . 709 ] :
MASONIC COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION . The association referred to by Bro . Gould is still in existence , and has already done good service in the promotion of the study of Masonic archaeology and the collection of old works on the Craft ; the society being the means of fostering a most friendly spirit between the various collectors . The Bro . S . Stacker Williams mentioned is now the M . W . Grand Master of Ohio , and Bro . James W . Staton
of Brooksville , Ohio , has issued a number of valuable reprints of Grand Lodge Proceedings and other important works , which until then had long been out of print . Bro . Staton vvould be glad to send particulars of these to any interested brother , and to receive names of intended members . I believe Bro . J . H . Neilson ( Representative Grand Lodge of Egypt at Ireland ) , of Dublin , is one of the few members in Great Britain and Ireland ; possibly the only one . W . J . HUGHAN .
710 ] AN IMPORTANT QUERY . Bro . E . T . Carson , of Cincinnati , U . 6 . A ., a great authority as to Masonic bibliography , has written me about the "Complete Magazine , " published in England in 1764 , for the months of June , July , August , and September , containing rituals and other matter to prove that Freemasonry was in some way connected with primitive Christian
religion . One of tne rituals , so it is said , is called an examination and lecture of an " Entered Apprentice . " Another is the "Journeyman's Lecture . " I know nothing of this Magazine , and shall be glad to hear if any brother does . If not , vvould some brother kindly search in the British Museum for it , for it will not be convenient for me so to do for a month or two . These particulars are to be found in a work published at Leipzig in 1788 , entitled " Die
Schottische Maurerei , & c , " in two volumes . The book occurs in the catalogue No . 2 for October 18 S 6 , published by Bro . George Kenning , of old Masonic Works , but when my order was sent for it , the two volumes had unfortunately been sold . Does Bro . G . W . Speth know of this German work , or of the Magazine of 1764 ? Should like a line from him on the subject , as I am bound to trace the periodical somehow and at some time or other , there being no real rest for me whilst matters of that ^ kindare unsettled . W . J . HUGHAN .