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TO OUR READERS . The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price ACI . It is published every Friday morning , and ontains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , in eluding postage : United America , India , India , China , & c Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brindisi . Twelve Months 10 s . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 el . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscription may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Oreicrs or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and olhcr business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and the return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further information will bc supplied on application to he Publisher , IQ 8 , Fleet-street , London . IMPORTANT NOTICE . COLONIAL and FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS are informed that acknowledgments of remittances received are published in the first number of every month . It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .
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TO ADVERTISERS . The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of he Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current -week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS . ¦ Whole of back page ... ... ... £ 12 12 o Half , „ ... ... 6 10 o Inside pages 770 Half of ditto 400 Quarter » ilto ... ... ... .,, 2100 Whole column ... ... ... ... ... 2 10 o Half „ ... ... ... ... 1 10 o Quarter „ ... ... ... ... ... 100 Per inch ... ... ... ... ... 040 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is maele for a scries of 13 , 26 , and 52 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , to 8 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
ERUATL-M . —Iii the review of Atlanta ' s Synchronological Chart the dimensions should have been 22 inches x 26 inches , not feet . The publishers are Walkei Bros ., 5 , Ludgate Circus-buildiigs , Flect-st . J . R . Hcndiy , ( Onehunga ) . Thc boeik is not yet ready , but will be doubtless early in the rewyear .
BOOKS & c , RECEIVED . " Brief" ; " Hall Packet "; " London Express "; " Broad Arrow " ; " Western Morning News " ; " News of the World" ; " Der Triangel " ; "Comer Stone "; " Freemason" ( Syilney ); " Ballarat Star "; "Australian Freemason "; " Le Monde Maconnique "; "Arrows of the Bow " ; " Quiver " ( Christmas number ); " Buneles Presse "; " New York Dispatch " ; " Proceedings of thc United Granel Lodge of Englanel at the Quarterly Communication in September "; " Risorgimento " ; " Masonic Newspaper "; " Hebrew Leader "; " Keystone " ; " News of the World "; " Christmas Nuutber of the Poet ' s Magazine . "
Births ,Marriages And Deaths.
Births , Marriages and Deaths .
BIRTHS . AnciuiiAi . D . —On the 25 th inst ., at 3 , Amcrsham-road , Putney , the wife of Mr . W . F . A . Archibald , of a son . BENNETT . —On the 22 nd inst ., the wife of the Rev . John Bennett , Vicar of Bedford , of a daughter .
MARRIAGES . BVRON —BciiNsiiiE . —On the 23 rd inst ., at S ' . Mary ' s , Bryanston-square , by the Hon . and Rev . W . H . Freemantle , Rector , the Hon . and Rev . William Byron to Mary Burnside , of Notts , daughter of thc Rev . J . Burnside
of Notts . DAVIS—FRAEER . —On the 23 rd inst ., at St . Mary's Church , Cheltenham , by the Rev . C T . S . Escott , M . A ., J . Owen Davis , of Ale- ester , to Floiencc , daughter of thc late Mr . Alexander Augustus Eraser , of Worcester .
DEATH . ADAMSON . —On the 23 th inst ., at the Railway Tavern , Camdeii-ro . ad , Mr . Thomas Henry Adamson , in the 53 rd , year of his age- .
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THE FREEMASON, SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 30 , 1878 .
The Next Grand Lodge.
THE NEXT GRAND LODGE .
One of the most pleasing duties of the next Grand Lodge will be the re-election ol our Royal Grand Master . As Freemasons we are a most loyal body , and we rejoice to-day , as our forefathers rejoiced in their days , in that happy union which brings the House of Brunswick in
immediate connection and ever friendly sympathy with our needful and benevolent Order . The Prince of Wales , who has a most difficult part to play on the great stage of human and social life , the observed of all observers , the criticised of all critics , deserves , in our humble opinion , the thanks of
us all , as Freemasons , and patriots , and citizens of our great empire . He came forward chivalrously , at an hour of great emergency , to place himself at the head of our Order , and incur responsibilities from which some might have shrunk back , and he has ever since manifested the
warmest interest in its progress and proceedings . He has presided over our assemblies , and he has , with the able assistance of the Pro Grand Master and his amiable Deputy Grand Master , ruled the Craft wisely , kindly , and well . His re-election , ( a matter of
certainty ) , will be hailed by the entire Craft with loyal gratification , as cementing an union , which they hope will long endure between the Prince of Wales and English Freemasonry . For this fact , honourable to both , is evident to the entire world , that despite the accusations of the
ignorant or malignant , the heir to the throne knows us to be true patriots and good citizens , vouches for our unshaken loyalty , and is not ashamed as before all men to avow himself to be a Freemason , a brother of our peaceful , and kindly , and cosmopolitan Order . From France ,
as we know , our Royal and exalted Grand Master has relumed with " golden opinions " and sympathetic admiration . His amiability and "don de plaire , " his attention to business , the energy he throws into all he undertakes , the unceasing interest he displayed in his own
special section , whether as regards the mother country or the colonial dependencies , conduced greatly to the success of a very remarkable undertaking . And we , therefore , as Masons , may gladl y hail as . our honoured chief from year to year the eldest
son of a Mason ' s child , the more so , as with him are bound up let us trust indissolubly the hopes of a loyal people , and the happiness and wellbeing of a noble Empire . Anxious as these latter times have been for Governments and Empires , for
crowned heads , and even republics , we in England restingsecurely under the great and goodly shelter of our constitutional monarchy , have learnt more and more to value the priceless blessings of that form of Government which seems after all most
productive of individual liberty and contentment , most suggestive of patriotism and loyalty , mosr compatible with good order , justice , and legal sanctions . The future is no doubt before us , dark and untried , and may seem doubtful to some , but we have no fear but that our good old ship will weather every gale , and that-our " Sea-girt Isle "
will still preserve inviolate and inviolable its prestige and its powei , because in God ' s providence it still reposes iu happiest confidence on those ancient laws and venerated institutions with which a loyal and an understanding people has sagaciously surrounded the throne and constitution , so dear to every loyal and patriotic subject of Great Britain .
Masonic Iconoclasts.
MASONIC ICONOCLASTS .
There are a good many amiable , if not very wise individuals , going about in the world , who think that they have a mission to upset , to reform , to improve everything . They are
generally one-ideaed men , what the French and Napoleon termed "idieologues " and are usually great bores , and greater tyrants . Everybody else is wrong but themselves , and though theirs at the least can be but a subjective view of things , they
Masonic Iconoclasts.
insist dogmatically on pressing it upon all objectively , regardless of time or season , convenience or congruity , and at once fall foul of all who are so bold , so stupid , and so ignorant , as to dispute their premises , or reject their conclusions . And even Masonry , tranquil and pacific , is not at this
moment without some such amiable , enli ghtened and dogmatic individuals , who with a perseverance and energy worthy of a better cause , seem to think , that to them alone it belongs , and to them alone , to put everything strai ght to proclaim in absolute confidence , what
is the right and what is the true theory as regards Freemasonry , historically , archfeolog ically , didactically . Well , we do not wish to be too severe upon them , or to find fault either with their energetic words or vehement disquisitions . Like all things here , they probabl y have
their use in our Masonic system and life . And though we fear , if only we can find it out , that the value of these lucubrations is best represented by the " unknown quantity , " yet , as printers must live , columns must be filled , and copy must be supplied , we do not wish to seem to bear too
harshly upon them , or to write too cynically or critically about them . It may be true , and possibly is so , that many of their learned elaborations are better fitted for the waste paper basket than for the " chapel , " but , as we said before , it always becomes the strong to be generous , and therefore , we make allowances when others make
none , for statements in which nothing is stated , assertions in which nothing is asserted , arguments in which nothing is argued , and conclusions in which nothing is concluded . A good deal of what our excellent Bro . Dryasdusts are penning in prolific profusion , is certainly not worth printing
at all , for any good that it does or is likely to do , and as we fear that a very vicious tide of pseudo criticism and childish objection is setting in for Masonry , we think it right to raise a humble note of warning and protest . Before we accept with implicit faith the disturbing theories of Masonic
scepticism , let us know what we are offered in the place of our oldtst traditions , as we feel sure that one of the results of a rampant Masonic Iconoclasm will be , to leave us without any history , any chronology , any facts , any teaching at
all ; and Masonry , d <; spite its honoured name and ancient annals , will be reduced to the position , intellectually , archaeologically and critically , of a modern benefit order . Beware , we say , of Masonic Iconoclasts !
The Temperance Movement.
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT .
The London Good Templar Pioneer of November 16 th , contains the following passage : — " The Freemasons of Canterbury are in the path of progress . They have adopted the suggestion of their Pro G . M ., the Earl of Carnarvon , and thc three lodges in that city have resolved to
discontinue holding them at publics , and to arrange for premises dissociated from the tap-tub . Good ; but why cannot we have teetotal iVIasonic lodges ? " Now , on one head we agree with our contemporary in principle , though without adopting his verbiage , which is more forcible than polite ,
but we cannot profess to agree with him on the second . We have always advocated Masonic halls and private rooms for Masonic meetings , and we again repeat our honest conviction , the result of some experience , that the public house connexion has not done good to Masonry . But
then we must always be just . It is not always possible or convenient , for a new lodge especially , to incur the heavy expenses which the hallsystem inevitably entails , and in London and some of our large towns , the rooms appropriated in hotels and the like for Masonic purposes are both comfortable and commodious . But we
entirely differ from our contemporary as to teetotal Masonic lodges . " A correspondent of ours fairly points outthatin London , for instance , we meet at an hour which necessitates absence from our " home dinner , " and if we had no dinner after work , we should not be living as is
our wont , and , perhaps , doing ourselves harm , as regularity of habits and natural enjoyment of food , constitute one main ingredient in health , most essential above all for business men , who have to be in their offices and at their desks every day , and at a given hour . Teetotalism—all very
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Ad00606
TO OUR READERS . The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price ACI . It is published every Friday morning , and ontains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , in eluding postage : United America , India , India , China , & c Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brindisi . Twelve Months 10 s . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 el . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscription may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Oreicrs or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and olhcr business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and the return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further information will bc supplied on application to he Publisher , IQ 8 , Fleet-street , London . IMPORTANT NOTICE . COLONIAL and FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS are informed that acknowledgments of remittances received are published in the first number of every month . It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .
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TO ADVERTISERS . The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of he Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current -week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS . ¦ Whole of back page ... ... ... £ 12 12 o Half , „ ... ... 6 10 o Inside pages 770 Half of ditto 400 Quarter » ilto ... ... ... .,, 2100 Whole column ... ... ... ... ... 2 10 o Half „ ... ... ... ... 1 10 o Quarter „ ... ... ... ... ... 100 Per inch ... ... ... ... ... 040 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is maele for a scries of 13 , 26 , and 52 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , to 8 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
ERUATL-M . —Iii the review of Atlanta ' s Synchronological Chart the dimensions should have been 22 inches x 26 inches , not feet . The publishers are Walkei Bros ., 5 , Ludgate Circus-buildiigs , Flect-st . J . R . Hcndiy , ( Onehunga ) . Thc boeik is not yet ready , but will be doubtless early in the rewyear .
BOOKS & c , RECEIVED . " Brief" ; " Hall Packet "; " London Express "; " Broad Arrow " ; " Western Morning News " ; " News of the World" ; " Der Triangel " ; "Comer Stone "; " Freemason" ( Syilney ); " Ballarat Star "; "Australian Freemason "; " Le Monde Maconnique "; "Arrows of the Bow " ; " Quiver " ( Christmas number ); " Buneles Presse "; " New York Dispatch " ; " Proceedings of thc United Granel Lodge of Englanel at the Quarterly Communication in September "; " Risorgimento " ; " Masonic Newspaper "; " Hebrew Leader "; " Keystone " ; " News of the World "; " Christmas Nuutber of the Poet ' s Magazine . "
Births ,Marriages And Deaths.
Births , Marriages and Deaths .
BIRTHS . AnciuiiAi . D . —On the 25 th inst ., at 3 , Amcrsham-road , Putney , the wife of Mr . W . F . A . Archibald , of a son . BENNETT . —On the 22 nd inst ., the wife of the Rev . John Bennett , Vicar of Bedford , of a daughter .
MARRIAGES . BVRON —BciiNsiiiE . —On the 23 rd inst ., at S ' . Mary ' s , Bryanston-square , by the Hon . and Rev . W . H . Freemantle , Rector , the Hon . and Rev . William Byron to Mary Burnside , of Notts , daughter of thc Rev . J . Burnside
of Notts . DAVIS—FRAEER . —On the 23 rd inst ., at St . Mary's Church , Cheltenham , by the Rev . C T . S . Escott , M . A ., J . Owen Davis , of Ale- ester , to Floiencc , daughter of thc late Mr . Alexander Augustus Eraser , of Worcester .
DEATH . ADAMSON . —On the 23 th inst ., at the Railway Tavern , Camdeii-ro . ad , Mr . Thomas Henry Adamson , in the 53 rd , year of his age- .
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THE FREEMASON, SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 30 , 1878 .
The Next Grand Lodge.
THE NEXT GRAND LODGE .
One of the most pleasing duties of the next Grand Lodge will be the re-election ol our Royal Grand Master . As Freemasons we are a most loyal body , and we rejoice to-day , as our forefathers rejoiced in their days , in that happy union which brings the House of Brunswick in
immediate connection and ever friendly sympathy with our needful and benevolent Order . The Prince of Wales , who has a most difficult part to play on the great stage of human and social life , the observed of all observers , the criticised of all critics , deserves , in our humble opinion , the thanks of
us all , as Freemasons , and patriots , and citizens of our great empire . He came forward chivalrously , at an hour of great emergency , to place himself at the head of our Order , and incur responsibilities from which some might have shrunk back , and he has ever since manifested the
warmest interest in its progress and proceedings . He has presided over our assemblies , and he has , with the able assistance of the Pro Grand Master and his amiable Deputy Grand Master , ruled the Craft wisely , kindly , and well . His re-election , ( a matter of
certainty ) , will be hailed by the entire Craft with loyal gratification , as cementing an union , which they hope will long endure between the Prince of Wales and English Freemasonry . For this fact , honourable to both , is evident to the entire world , that despite the accusations of the
ignorant or malignant , the heir to the throne knows us to be true patriots and good citizens , vouches for our unshaken loyalty , and is not ashamed as before all men to avow himself to be a Freemason , a brother of our peaceful , and kindly , and cosmopolitan Order . From France ,
as we know , our Royal and exalted Grand Master has relumed with " golden opinions " and sympathetic admiration . His amiability and "don de plaire , " his attention to business , the energy he throws into all he undertakes , the unceasing interest he displayed in his own
special section , whether as regards the mother country or the colonial dependencies , conduced greatly to the success of a very remarkable undertaking . And we , therefore , as Masons , may gladl y hail as . our honoured chief from year to year the eldest
son of a Mason ' s child , the more so , as with him are bound up let us trust indissolubly the hopes of a loyal people , and the happiness and wellbeing of a noble Empire . Anxious as these latter times have been for Governments and Empires , for
crowned heads , and even republics , we in England restingsecurely under the great and goodly shelter of our constitutional monarchy , have learnt more and more to value the priceless blessings of that form of Government which seems after all most
productive of individual liberty and contentment , most suggestive of patriotism and loyalty , mosr compatible with good order , justice , and legal sanctions . The future is no doubt before us , dark and untried , and may seem doubtful to some , but we have no fear but that our good old ship will weather every gale , and that-our " Sea-girt Isle "
will still preserve inviolate and inviolable its prestige and its powei , because in God ' s providence it still reposes iu happiest confidence on those ancient laws and venerated institutions with which a loyal and an understanding people has sagaciously surrounded the throne and constitution , so dear to every loyal and patriotic subject of Great Britain .
Masonic Iconoclasts.
MASONIC ICONOCLASTS .
There are a good many amiable , if not very wise individuals , going about in the world , who think that they have a mission to upset , to reform , to improve everything . They are
generally one-ideaed men , what the French and Napoleon termed "idieologues " and are usually great bores , and greater tyrants . Everybody else is wrong but themselves , and though theirs at the least can be but a subjective view of things , they
Masonic Iconoclasts.
insist dogmatically on pressing it upon all objectively , regardless of time or season , convenience or congruity , and at once fall foul of all who are so bold , so stupid , and so ignorant , as to dispute their premises , or reject their conclusions . And even Masonry , tranquil and pacific , is not at this
moment without some such amiable , enli ghtened and dogmatic individuals , who with a perseverance and energy worthy of a better cause , seem to think , that to them alone it belongs , and to them alone , to put everything strai ght to proclaim in absolute confidence , what
is the right and what is the true theory as regards Freemasonry , historically , archfeolog ically , didactically . Well , we do not wish to be too severe upon them , or to find fault either with their energetic words or vehement disquisitions . Like all things here , they probabl y have
their use in our Masonic system and life . And though we fear , if only we can find it out , that the value of these lucubrations is best represented by the " unknown quantity , " yet , as printers must live , columns must be filled , and copy must be supplied , we do not wish to seem to bear too
harshly upon them , or to write too cynically or critically about them . It may be true , and possibly is so , that many of their learned elaborations are better fitted for the waste paper basket than for the " chapel , " but , as we said before , it always becomes the strong to be generous , and therefore , we make allowances when others make
none , for statements in which nothing is stated , assertions in which nothing is asserted , arguments in which nothing is argued , and conclusions in which nothing is concluded . A good deal of what our excellent Bro . Dryasdusts are penning in prolific profusion , is certainly not worth printing
at all , for any good that it does or is likely to do , and as we fear that a very vicious tide of pseudo criticism and childish objection is setting in for Masonry , we think it right to raise a humble note of warning and protest . Before we accept with implicit faith the disturbing theories of Masonic
scepticism , let us know what we are offered in the place of our oldtst traditions , as we feel sure that one of the results of a rampant Masonic Iconoclasm will be , to leave us without any history , any chronology , any facts , any teaching at
all ; and Masonry , d <; spite its honoured name and ancient annals , will be reduced to the position , intellectually , archaeologically and critically , of a modern benefit order . Beware , we say , of Masonic Iconoclasts !
The Temperance Movement.
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT .
The London Good Templar Pioneer of November 16 th , contains the following passage : — " The Freemasons of Canterbury are in the path of progress . They have adopted the suggestion of their Pro G . M ., the Earl of Carnarvon , and thc three lodges in that city have resolved to
discontinue holding them at publics , and to arrange for premises dissociated from the tap-tub . Good ; but why cannot we have teetotal iVIasonic lodges ? " Now , on one head we agree with our contemporary in principle , though without adopting his verbiage , which is more forcible than polite ,
but we cannot profess to agree with him on the second . We have always advocated Masonic halls and private rooms for Masonic meetings , and we again repeat our honest conviction , the result of some experience , that the public house connexion has not done good to Masonry . But
then we must always be just . It is not always possible or convenient , for a new lodge especially , to incur the heavy expenses which the hallsystem inevitably entails , and in London and some of our large towns , the rooms appropriated in hotels and the like for Masonic purposes are both comfortable and commodious . But we
entirely differ from our contemporary as to teetotal Masonic lodges . " A correspondent of ours fairly points outthatin London , for instance , we meet at an hour which necessitates absence from our " home dinner , " and if we had no dinner after work , we should not be living as is
our wont , and , perhaps , doing ourselves harm , as regularity of habits and natural enjoyment of food , constitute one main ingredient in health , most essential above all for business men , who have to be in their offices and at their desks every day , and at a given hour . Teetotalism—all very