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Progress.
is , as manifested 'by outeraction . Men brought together , and in their communications , will find if they take the time to look into the matter , that every hour finds them at a different spot from where they were ; they know more , are better or worse ; progress is stamped upon our very being , we cannot come to a perfect stop , neither can we go back . I believe it , progression , and never
retrogression , is what God endowed us with when Ho gave us immortal souls , upon which He impressed His own bright image . Now to return to the affirmation I started with , that progress may be fast or slow ; or it may be downward or upward . If our progress is slow we shall be finding difficulties and many impediments , I fear , on the march ;
whereas , if fast , with the accelerated pace , and the prospect of attaining the end the sooner , will buoy our hopes and in consequence of the cheerfulness thus gained we will be enabled to look upwards and ahead . Now if we are advancing towards tho good and the true , this will help us to overcome the tediousness of the road we pass over . If , on the contrary , we are approaching the evil and the false , our stops will lag , and progress will and must ever be slow . Let us here ask ourselves the salutary questions , whither are we tending ? Is it to the
good and true ? Now let us look at another point . Progress may be downward or upward . What is the effect of a life given up to wrong impulses ? What is it to have , as Christ says , an evil eye ? He replies , "the whole body will be full of darkness ; if , therefore , the light that is in theo be darkness , how great is that darkness . " In other
words , what is the effect of evil , or sinfulness ? is it not to stupify , to degrade , and to annihilate the life that was given to us by our great and gloaious Creator . But our Great Creator has instituted progress as a cardinal principle of our nature , and once inaugui'ated it cannot be annulled . We must move—stand still we cannot . But if cheerfully onward we go , and work out faithfully
the ends for which wo were created , we shall come to the boundary line , separating the visible from the invisible , and enter finally into that building not made with hands , eternal in the heavens , whore the Supreme Being presides , and bliss and joy inconceivable is the atmosphere we breathe . Would we be ought else than progressive , and is it not best that the progress should be upward ? Let this then be our aim , an elevating progress . —Voice of 2 Iasonrii .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
Freemasonry , an Account ofthe Early History of Freemasonry in England . By Thomas Lewis Fox , C . S ., P . M . P . Z . London : Bro . N . Triibncr . This work is admirably printed and appropriately bound . The first few pages give a very concise sketch of the history and objects ofthe Order . The author states that it is his intention to " explain so much of its precepts , principles and lessons , as may fairly be done by one of that ancient and honourable
institution , at the same time ho would wish it to be distinctly understood , that iu no part will be found any of the grand secrets of our Masonic Institution . " The " historical" portion of the work is but a mere compilation of facts , known to every tyro in the Craft . This proves the only claim which he laid to authorship , and that indeed is a very slight one . The remainder of the work is merely a selection of portions ofthe lectures .
Furness , Past and Present : Its History and Antiquities . By George Markham Tweddel , F . S . A ., Scotland and Newcastle , & c . The second part of this work is hard and fully equals in excellence the first number . It contains a map of Lake Windermere , with views of the Jersey Hotel , Windermere and Bowness , and for chromo-tint views of Furness Abbey from the N . E ., another view of the East Window , Lightbui-ne , the residence of A . Bryden , Esq . M . P ., and Holme Island , the " marine residence" of the same gentleman .
List Of Lodge, Meetings, &C., For Week Ending 10th September, 1870.
LIST OF LODGE , MEETINGS , & c ., FOR WEEK ENDING 10 TH SEPTEMBER , 1870 .
Abbreviations . —F . M . H ., Freemasons' Hall ; M . H ., Masonic Hall ; M . T ., Masonic Temple ; Tav ., Tavern ; Ho ., Hotel ; Ro . Rooms ; L ., Lodge ; St ., Street ; Sq ., Square ) . METROPOLITAN LODGES AXD CHAPTERS . Monday , September oth . LODGE . —St . Luke's , Pier ilo ., Cheyne-walk , S . W . TuesdaySeptember 6 th .
, Colonial Board at 3 . LODGES . —St . John ' s , Hollybush Tav ., Hampstead ; Grosvenor , Victoria Metropolitan District Railway Station , Pimlico ; Duke of Edinburgh , New Globe Tav ., Bow-rd . ; Golden Rule , Groat Western Ho ., Bayswater . CHAPTER . —Temperance , White Swan Tav ., Deptford . Wednesday , September 1 th . Quar- Communication , at G for 7 p . m .
Thursday , September 8 th ' LODGES . —Capper , Marine Ho ., Victoria Docks , West Ham ; Upton , Spotted Dog Tav , Upton , Essex . CHAPTER . — Royal Jubilee , Horns Tav ., Keunington . Saturday , September 10 th . LODGE . —Caveae , Radley ' s Ho ., Bridge-st ., Blackfriars . METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS OF
INSTRUCTION . Monday , Sepisi' . ioer 5 t 7 i . Temple , Old Goorge , St . Mary Axe . E . C . ; Justice , Royal Albert New Cross-id , Deptford ; St . James's Union , Swan Tav . Mount-st ., Grosvenor-sq . ; Industry , Dick's Coffee House Fleet-st . ; Crystal Palace , City Arms Tav ., West-sq ., Southwark ; High Cross , White Hart Ho ., Tottenham ; Eastern Star , Royal Ho ., Burdett-rd ., Mile-end-vd . ; Camden , Adelaide Tav ., Haverstock Hill ; British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile End .
Tuesday , September dth . Faith , Fisher ' s Restaurant , Metrop . Dist . Rail ., Victoria Station ; Domatic , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor-park , Camberwell ; Jordan , Alwyne Castle , Canonbury ; Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney ; Prince Frederick William , Knights of St . John's Tav ., St . Jolm's-wood ; Dalhousie , Royal Edward , Triangle , Hackney ; Royal Albert , White Hart , Abchurchlane ; PthagoreanPrince of OrangeGreenwich ; City ot
y , , London , Shepherd and Flock Tav ., Bell-alley , Moorgate-st . ; New Wandsworth , Freemasons' Ho ., New Wandsworth ; Rose of Denmark , George Ho ., Aldermanbm-y ; Metropolitan , Price ' s Portugal Ho ., Fleet-st . CHAPTER . —Robert Burns , Sussex Stores , Upper St . Martin ' s-lane .
Wednesday , September 1 th . Confidence , Railway Tav ., London-street ; United Strength Bull and Gate , Kentish Town ; New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton ; St . Mark's , Mawby Arms , Mawby-st ., S . Lam ; both ; Peekham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham-Rye , Temperance in the East , Goorge the Fourth , Catherine-st ., Poplar ; Prosperity , Gladstone Tav ., Bisiiopsgate-street . CHAPTER or INSTRUCTION . —St . James ' s Union , Swan Tav ., Mount-st ., Grosvenor-sq .
Thursday , September 8 th . Fidelity , Goat and Compasses , Huston-road ; Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd ., Southwark : United Mariners , Three Cranes , Mile-end-rd . ; Vitruvian , White Hart , College-st ., Lambeth ; St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich ; Manchester , Berkeley Arms , John-st ., Berkeley-square ; Tranquillity , SngarLoaf Tav ., Great St . Helen ' s , E . G . ; Whittington , Crown Hotel , 41 , High Holborn ; Royal Oak , Royal Oak Tavern , Deptford ; Burdett Coutts , . Approach Tav ., Victoriapark , at 1 . CHAPTER OP IKSTUVCTIO ' S . —Joppa , Prospect of Whitby Tav ., 57 , Wapping-wall .
Friday , oople , n . uer 9 th . St . Luke ' s , Pier Ho ., Cheyne-walk , Cheisea ; Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford ; Unions ( EmulationLoilge of Improvement for M . M . l , F . M . H . ; United Pilgrims , Horns' Tav .-Kennington ; Westbournc , the Grapes , Duke-st ., Manchester ; square ; Wellington , Lord Duncan Tavern , Broadway , Deptford ; Florence Nightingale , Freemasons' Tav ., Woolwich ; RanehigbWindsor Castle HotelKing-st . Hammersmith ;
, , , Belgrave , Duke of Wellington , Spring-gardens , Cliaring-cross ; St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-row , Bermondsey ; Doric , Three . Cranes , Mile End-rd . ; Victoria , Andertous' Ho ., Fleet-st . ; Hervey , Britannia , Walhaiii-green ; Metropolitan Price ' s Portugal fHo ., Fleet-st . CHAPTER OF INSTRUCTION — Domatic , Fisher's Restaurant , Victoria Station .
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Progress.
is , as manifested 'by outeraction . Men brought together , and in their communications , will find if they take the time to look into the matter , that every hour finds them at a different spot from where they were ; they know more , are better or worse ; progress is stamped upon our very being , we cannot come to a perfect stop , neither can we go back . I believe it , progression , and never
retrogression , is what God endowed us with when Ho gave us immortal souls , upon which He impressed His own bright image . Now to return to the affirmation I started with , that progress may be fast or slow ; or it may be downward or upward . If our progress is slow we shall be finding difficulties and many impediments , I fear , on the march ;
whereas , if fast , with the accelerated pace , and the prospect of attaining the end the sooner , will buoy our hopes and in consequence of the cheerfulness thus gained we will be enabled to look upwards and ahead . Now if we are advancing towards tho good and the true , this will help us to overcome the tediousness of the road we pass over . If , on the contrary , we are approaching the evil and the false , our stops will lag , and progress will and must ever be slow . Let us here ask ourselves the salutary questions , whither are we tending ? Is it to the
good and true ? Now let us look at another point . Progress may be downward or upward . What is the effect of a life given up to wrong impulses ? What is it to have , as Christ says , an evil eye ? He replies , "the whole body will be full of darkness ; if , therefore , the light that is in theo be darkness , how great is that darkness . " In other
words , what is the effect of evil , or sinfulness ? is it not to stupify , to degrade , and to annihilate the life that was given to us by our great and gloaious Creator . But our Great Creator has instituted progress as a cardinal principle of our nature , and once inaugui'ated it cannot be annulled . We must move—stand still we cannot . But if cheerfully onward we go , and work out faithfully
the ends for which wo were created , we shall come to the boundary line , separating the visible from the invisible , and enter finally into that building not made with hands , eternal in the heavens , whore the Supreme Being presides , and bliss and joy inconceivable is the atmosphere we breathe . Would we be ought else than progressive , and is it not best that the progress should be upward ? Let this then be our aim , an elevating progress . —Voice of 2 Iasonrii .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
Freemasonry , an Account ofthe Early History of Freemasonry in England . By Thomas Lewis Fox , C . S ., P . M . P . Z . London : Bro . N . Triibncr . This work is admirably printed and appropriately bound . The first few pages give a very concise sketch of the history and objects ofthe Order . The author states that it is his intention to " explain so much of its precepts , principles and lessons , as may fairly be done by one of that ancient and honourable
institution , at the same time ho would wish it to be distinctly understood , that iu no part will be found any of the grand secrets of our Masonic Institution . " The " historical" portion of the work is but a mere compilation of facts , known to every tyro in the Craft . This proves the only claim which he laid to authorship , and that indeed is a very slight one . The remainder of the work is merely a selection of portions ofthe lectures .
Furness , Past and Present : Its History and Antiquities . By George Markham Tweddel , F . S . A ., Scotland and Newcastle , & c . The second part of this work is hard and fully equals in excellence the first number . It contains a map of Lake Windermere , with views of the Jersey Hotel , Windermere and Bowness , and for chromo-tint views of Furness Abbey from the N . E ., another view of the East Window , Lightbui-ne , the residence of A . Bryden , Esq . M . P ., and Holme Island , the " marine residence" of the same gentleman .
List Of Lodge, Meetings, &C., For Week Ending 10th September, 1870.
LIST OF LODGE , MEETINGS , & c ., FOR WEEK ENDING 10 TH SEPTEMBER , 1870 .
Abbreviations . —F . M . H ., Freemasons' Hall ; M . H ., Masonic Hall ; M . T ., Masonic Temple ; Tav ., Tavern ; Ho ., Hotel ; Ro . Rooms ; L ., Lodge ; St ., Street ; Sq ., Square ) . METROPOLITAN LODGES AXD CHAPTERS . Monday , September oth . LODGE . —St . Luke's , Pier ilo ., Cheyne-walk , S . W . TuesdaySeptember 6 th .
, Colonial Board at 3 . LODGES . —St . John ' s , Hollybush Tav ., Hampstead ; Grosvenor , Victoria Metropolitan District Railway Station , Pimlico ; Duke of Edinburgh , New Globe Tav ., Bow-rd . ; Golden Rule , Groat Western Ho ., Bayswater . CHAPTER . —Temperance , White Swan Tav ., Deptford . Wednesday , September 1 th . Quar- Communication , at G for 7 p . m .
Thursday , September 8 th ' LODGES . —Capper , Marine Ho ., Victoria Docks , West Ham ; Upton , Spotted Dog Tav , Upton , Essex . CHAPTER . — Royal Jubilee , Horns Tav ., Keunington . Saturday , September 10 th . LODGE . —Caveae , Radley ' s Ho ., Bridge-st ., Blackfriars . METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS OF
INSTRUCTION . Monday , Sepisi' . ioer 5 t 7 i . Temple , Old Goorge , St . Mary Axe . E . C . ; Justice , Royal Albert New Cross-id , Deptford ; St . James's Union , Swan Tav . Mount-st ., Grosvenor-sq . ; Industry , Dick's Coffee House Fleet-st . ; Crystal Palace , City Arms Tav ., West-sq ., Southwark ; High Cross , White Hart Ho ., Tottenham ; Eastern Star , Royal Ho ., Burdett-rd ., Mile-end-vd . ; Camden , Adelaide Tav ., Haverstock Hill ; British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile End .
Tuesday , September dth . Faith , Fisher ' s Restaurant , Metrop . Dist . Rail ., Victoria Station ; Domatic , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor-park , Camberwell ; Jordan , Alwyne Castle , Canonbury ; Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney ; Prince Frederick William , Knights of St . John's Tav ., St . Jolm's-wood ; Dalhousie , Royal Edward , Triangle , Hackney ; Royal Albert , White Hart , Abchurchlane ; PthagoreanPrince of OrangeGreenwich ; City ot
y , , London , Shepherd and Flock Tav ., Bell-alley , Moorgate-st . ; New Wandsworth , Freemasons' Ho ., New Wandsworth ; Rose of Denmark , George Ho ., Aldermanbm-y ; Metropolitan , Price ' s Portugal Ho ., Fleet-st . CHAPTER . —Robert Burns , Sussex Stores , Upper St . Martin ' s-lane .
Wednesday , September 1 th . Confidence , Railway Tav ., London-street ; United Strength Bull and Gate , Kentish Town ; New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton ; St . Mark's , Mawby Arms , Mawby-st ., S . Lam ; both ; Peekham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham-Rye , Temperance in the East , Goorge the Fourth , Catherine-st ., Poplar ; Prosperity , Gladstone Tav ., Bisiiopsgate-street . CHAPTER or INSTRUCTION . —St . James ' s Union , Swan Tav ., Mount-st ., Grosvenor-sq .
Thursday , September 8 th . Fidelity , Goat and Compasses , Huston-road ; Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd ., Southwark : United Mariners , Three Cranes , Mile-end-rd . ; Vitruvian , White Hart , College-st ., Lambeth ; St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich ; Manchester , Berkeley Arms , John-st ., Berkeley-square ; Tranquillity , SngarLoaf Tav ., Great St . Helen ' s , E . G . ; Whittington , Crown Hotel , 41 , High Holborn ; Royal Oak , Royal Oak Tavern , Deptford ; Burdett Coutts , . Approach Tav ., Victoriapark , at 1 . CHAPTER OP IKSTUVCTIO ' S . —Joppa , Prospect of Whitby Tav ., 57 , Wapping-wall .
Friday , oople , n . uer 9 th . St . Luke ' s , Pier Ho ., Cheyne-walk , Cheisea ; Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford ; Unions ( EmulationLoilge of Improvement for M . M . l , F . M . H . ; United Pilgrims , Horns' Tav .-Kennington ; Westbournc , the Grapes , Duke-st ., Manchester ; square ; Wellington , Lord Duncan Tavern , Broadway , Deptford ; Florence Nightingale , Freemasons' Tav ., Woolwich ; RanehigbWindsor Castle HotelKing-st . Hammersmith ;
, , , Belgrave , Duke of Wellington , Spring-gardens , Cliaring-cross ; St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-row , Bermondsey ; Doric , Three . Cranes , Mile End-rd . ; Victoria , Andertous' Ho ., Fleet-st . ; Hervey , Britannia , Walhaiii-green ; Metropolitan Price ' s Portugal fHo ., Fleet-st . CHAPTER OF INSTRUCTION — Domatic , Fisher's Restaurant , Victoria Station .