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Scotland.
Cunningham , and Co ., Jewellers to Her Majesty , Princes Street , Edinburgh , and were supplied by the Jeweller of the Lodge , Bro . Francis L . Law . The applause which followed Bro . Mann ' s remarks having subsided , Bro . Officer said he accepted the g ift with the profoundest gratitude , as an expression of the friendly sentiments of the brethren , and their approval of the manner in which he
had discharged the duties of the honourable office to which they had so often elected him . He thanked them for their magnificent gift , and for their fraternal indulgence and cordial support during his occupancy of the chair . His long connection with the lodge had not afforded a mere evanescent pleasure , for within the radius of its membership he had enjoyed the friendship of many with whom it was alike an honour and a privilege to be associted ; and though not resiguiug the trust that had
been reposed in him , his bost services would ever be at the command of the lodge . At this stage of the proceedings , the following Song , written for the occasion by Bro . James Ballantine , Grand Bard , was most effectively sung by the Senior Warden : —
Be honest aud be gentle j tie kindly and be truej And help your humble brethren aye this life to warstle through ; And gin through life ye ope your hearts to Charity and Love , You'll find yoursels aye nearer drawn to Him wha reigns above . True gentleness and kindliness this night we honour here , Our worthy Master , OEEICEU , wha ' s deeds hae made him dear ; 'Mong a' the Mason Craft throughout , his fame is far and wide , And 'neath his sway St . Mary's Lodge was eveiy Mason ' s pride .
Since David , Scotland ' s saintly kiug , brought foreign Masons o'er To bniid fair Holyrood , that aye has oeen jGdina ' s gloir , The Masters o' St . Mary ' s Lodge hae ever led the van In teaching ait , and harmony , and brotherhood to man . Then Schaw * and Milnes for centuries , through seven monarch's reigns ,
Our Masters aye , wi' gems o' art , graced Scotland ' s hills and plains ; And Earls and Knights have joined our ranks wha fought for Scotland's weal ; Our Country , 'mid her trials , aye found Mary' Chapel leal . And lo ! behold ! what gallant chiekls , ' neath OOTICEB ' kind reign , Duke Rothesayf and five noblemen , are numbered in onr train .
To say nought of the humble bards , like glide Torsonce and me , Wha do our best to win your love , and share your festive glee . A bumper fill for OsiICEii , Past Master , and fast friend , May he be lang , lang , spared wi' us , sic joyous nights to spend , And when kind Providence is pleased , us f ' rae this life to free , May wo a' meet in harmony around the throne on hie .
GLASGOW—ST . JOHN'S LODGE . COXSECKATION 02 NEW HAIX . The new Masonic Hall in Buchanan Street , just completed for the Lodge of Glasgow , St . John 3 bis , was last week consecrated by the 1 { . \ Y . Bro > . A . Barrow , Prov . G . M . Depute assisted by other office-bearers of the Provincial Grand Lodge . In a recent impression we referred to the pleasant circumstances under ' whiek the members of the St . John Lodge now enter upon possession
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of their new premises in Buchanan Street , and also to the leading decorative and other features of the hall . We may only now state that the movement brought to such an auspicious issue has been greatly promoted by the Zealand well-directed energy of R . W . M . John Baird , to whom the lodge is much indebted for this and other important duties . There was a large turn-out of the brethren yesterday , who all
appeared in full dress . The 11 . W . Bro . F . A . Barrow , P . G . M . Depute , took the chair , supported by the following members of tho Provincial Grand Lodge : —P . G . M . Substitute , Bro . James Steel ; V . W . P . G . Chap ., Rev . Dr . G . S . Burns ; P . G . Treas ., J . B . Walker ; P . G-. Sec , A . M'Taggart ; Bros . Donald Campbell , P . Dep . Prov . G . M ., as Prov . G . S . W . ; James Wallace , Prov . J . G . D ., as Prov . J . G . W . ; Craig , P . G . B . B . ; Alexander , P . G . Jeweller ; and James Cruiksbanks , Past P . D . P . G . M . The
office-hearers of St . John's Lodge were B . W . G ., John Baird ; D . M ., James M'Millan ; Past R . W . M ., Gavin Park ; William Kyle , jui ) , S . W . ; Thomas Fletcher , J . W . ; Rev . Alexander Guthrie , Chap . ; David S . Henderson Jeweller ; James Hamilton , Architect ; R . D . Samuels , Treasurer ; T . J . Smillie , ' Sec . ; J . Dicks , S . D . ; and James Kyle , J . D . Amongst the visiting brethren were the following : —Bro . D . Murray Lyon , St . Paul's , Ayr , and also representing the
Lodge Scarborough , Tobago , West Indies ; R . W . M ., Halkett , St . Mark ' s ; R . W . M ., James Miller , Lodge Athole ; Langley , St . Mark ' s ; and Bro . Alexandar Gladstone , jun ., St . Mark ' s . The P . G . M . Depute having opened the Provincial Grand Lodge , prayer was engaged in . Thereafter , The Very Worshipful Provincial Grand Chaplain ( P , ev . Dr . G . S . Burns ) delivered the oration as follows .- —Brethren— Before saying anything with regard to the more solemn aspects of our
proceedings , let me congr . itnIr . te the Lodge St . John on the beautiful hall , which we are now about to consecrate . I think it is highly creditable to the lodge to have provided themselves with such accommodation , and I am sure that here they will have many pleasant meetings . This is a very happy time , brethren , that you have chosen for the consecration of this hall —a time when one of the great principles of our order is very apparent in the intercourse of society . This is the season of
goodwill , of happy and cordial greetings—the time pre-eminently set apart , we may say , for kindliness and the interchange of friendly offices , which certainly form one of the distinguishing features of our venerable Craft . Masonry inculcates upon its members large-hearted charity . It requires that in our intercourse with the world wo should live out those princi ples of love ; and certainly there is no season of the year in which we may move fitly give expression to our feelings of benevolence and all
tae principles of our craft than in this dreary time of midwinter . Very frequent are the visitations of sickness and death , but they come with special frequency at the fall of the year . Poverty , too , tightens its grasp often with the cold , and so we find many of our brethren not only obliged to combat with the storms of winter but also to battle with sore disease and want . Let us then brethren in tbe spirit of our craft , seek to extend to poorer brethren our sympathiesand let usso far as we can
, , , minister to their wants—so shall we make our craft a power felt iu tho world , and felt , too , at our very doors . Let me recall to you also , right worshipful sir and brethren , the high tone ef morality which is inculcated b y Freemasonry . Let us remember that it is required of us not only to have loving hearts but also to live pure and honourable lives . Never perhaps in tbe history of the world was there greater need for this than at the present time . We see a nation on the Continent being
punished for its crimes , for God always does punish according to law ; and however much we may differ as to the propriet y of the war which is now raging on tho Continent , I think we can have no hesitation in affirming that it is through the vices of France that France is now receiving the judgments of heaven . Unquestionably , Parisian society had become vitiated to a degree which it is ps-. rhaps impossible for us in this country adequately to realise Where
. you find vice you always find weakness ; and where you find vice and pleasure reduced , as jr . France , to a science , you may he sure that the avenging hand of Heaven will fall upon those who are thus blameworthy . It is for us , then , brethren , in our own country , to let the spirit of Masonry he felt , b y setting in our own iives an example of that which is good , by inculcating those principles of virtue which certainl y underlie this venerable Ordor . Perhaps , if wo did so , Masonrywould come to be a greater power than it is at this moment .
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Scotland.
Cunningham , and Co ., Jewellers to Her Majesty , Princes Street , Edinburgh , and were supplied by the Jeweller of the Lodge , Bro . Francis L . Law . The applause which followed Bro . Mann ' s remarks having subsided , Bro . Officer said he accepted the g ift with the profoundest gratitude , as an expression of the friendly sentiments of the brethren , and their approval of the manner in which he
had discharged the duties of the honourable office to which they had so often elected him . He thanked them for their magnificent gift , and for their fraternal indulgence and cordial support during his occupancy of the chair . His long connection with the lodge had not afforded a mere evanescent pleasure , for within the radius of its membership he had enjoyed the friendship of many with whom it was alike an honour and a privilege to be associted ; and though not resiguiug the trust that had
been reposed in him , his bost services would ever be at the command of the lodge . At this stage of the proceedings , the following Song , written for the occasion by Bro . James Ballantine , Grand Bard , was most effectively sung by the Senior Warden : —
Be honest aud be gentle j tie kindly and be truej And help your humble brethren aye this life to warstle through ; And gin through life ye ope your hearts to Charity and Love , You'll find yoursels aye nearer drawn to Him wha reigns above . True gentleness and kindliness this night we honour here , Our worthy Master , OEEICEU , wha ' s deeds hae made him dear ; 'Mong a' the Mason Craft throughout , his fame is far and wide , And 'neath his sway St . Mary's Lodge was eveiy Mason ' s pride .
Since David , Scotland ' s saintly kiug , brought foreign Masons o'er To bniid fair Holyrood , that aye has oeen jGdina ' s gloir , The Masters o' St . Mary ' s Lodge hae ever led the van In teaching ait , and harmony , and brotherhood to man . Then Schaw * and Milnes for centuries , through seven monarch's reigns ,
Our Masters aye , wi' gems o' art , graced Scotland ' s hills and plains ; And Earls and Knights have joined our ranks wha fought for Scotland's weal ; Our Country , 'mid her trials , aye found Mary' Chapel leal . And lo ! behold ! what gallant chiekls , ' neath OOTICEB ' kind reign , Duke Rothesayf and five noblemen , are numbered in onr train .
To say nought of the humble bards , like glide Torsonce and me , Wha do our best to win your love , and share your festive glee . A bumper fill for OsiICEii , Past Master , and fast friend , May he be lang , lang , spared wi' us , sic joyous nights to spend , And when kind Providence is pleased , us f ' rae this life to free , May wo a' meet in harmony around the throne on hie .
GLASGOW—ST . JOHN'S LODGE . COXSECKATION 02 NEW HAIX . The new Masonic Hall in Buchanan Street , just completed for the Lodge of Glasgow , St . John 3 bis , was last week consecrated by the 1 { . \ Y . Bro > . A . Barrow , Prov . G . M . Depute assisted by other office-bearers of the Provincial Grand Lodge . In a recent impression we referred to the pleasant circumstances under ' whiek the members of the St . John Lodge now enter upon possession
Scotland.
of their new premises in Buchanan Street , and also to the leading decorative and other features of the hall . We may only now state that the movement brought to such an auspicious issue has been greatly promoted by the Zealand well-directed energy of R . W . M . John Baird , to whom the lodge is much indebted for this and other important duties . There was a large turn-out of the brethren yesterday , who all
appeared in full dress . The 11 . W . Bro . F . A . Barrow , P . G . M . Depute , took the chair , supported by the following members of tho Provincial Grand Lodge : —P . G . M . Substitute , Bro . James Steel ; V . W . P . G . Chap ., Rev . Dr . G . S . Burns ; P . G . Treas ., J . B . Walker ; P . G-. Sec , A . M'Taggart ; Bros . Donald Campbell , P . Dep . Prov . G . M ., as Prov . G . S . W . ; James Wallace , Prov . J . G . D ., as Prov . J . G . W . ; Craig , P . G . B . B . ; Alexander , P . G . Jeweller ; and James Cruiksbanks , Past P . D . P . G . M . The
office-hearers of St . John's Lodge were B . W . G ., John Baird ; D . M ., James M'Millan ; Past R . W . M ., Gavin Park ; William Kyle , jui ) , S . W . ; Thomas Fletcher , J . W . ; Rev . Alexander Guthrie , Chap . ; David S . Henderson Jeweller ; James Hamilton , Architect ; R . D . Samuels , Treasurer ; T . J . Smillie , ' Sec . ; J . Dicks , S . D . ; and James Kyle , J . D . Amongst the visiting brethren were the following : —Bro . D . Murray Lyon , St . Paul's , Ayr , and also representing the
Lodge Scarborough , Tobago , West Indies ; R . W . M ., Halkett , St . Mark ' s ; R . W . M ., James Miller , Lodge Athole ; Langley , St . Mark ' s ; and Bro . Alexandar Gladstone , jun ., St . Mark ' s . The P . G . M . Depute having opened the Provincial Grand Lodge , prayer was engaged in . Thereafter , The Very Worshipful Provincial Grand Chaplain ( P , ev . Dr . G . S . Burns ) delivered the oration as follows .- —Brethren— Before saying anything with regard to the more solemn aspects of our
proceedings , let me congr . itnIr . te the Lodge St . John on the beautiful hall , which we are now about to consecrate . I think it is highly creditable to the lodge to have provided themselves with such accommodation , and I am sure that here they will have many pleasant meetings . This is a very happy time , brethren , that you have chosen for the consecration of this hall —a time when one of the great principles of our order is very apparent in the intercourse of society . This is the season of
goodwill , of happy and cordial greetings—the time pre-eminently set apart , we may say , for kindliness and the interchange of friendly offices , which certainly form one of the distinguishing features of our venerable Craft . Masonry inculcates upon its members large-hearted charity . It requires that in our intercourse with the world wo should live out those princi ples of love ; and certainly there is no season of the year in which we may move fitly give expression to our feelings of benevolence and all
tae principles of our craft than in this dreary time of midwinter . Very frequent are the visitations of sickness and death , but they come with special frequency at the fall of the year . Poverty , too , tightens its grasp often with the cold , and so we find many of our brethren not only obliged to combat with the storms of winter but also to battle with sore disease and want . Let us then brethren in tbe spirit of our craft , seek to extend to poorer brethren our sympathiesand let usso far as we can
, , , minister to their wants—so shall we make our craft a power felt iu tho world , and felt , too , at our very doors . Let me recall to you also , right worshipful sir and brethren , the high tone ef morality which is inculcated b y Freemasonry . Let us remember that it is required of us not only to have loving hearts but also to live pure and honourable lives . Never perhaps in tbe history of the world was there greater need for this than at the present time . We see a nation on the Continent being
punished for its crimes , for God always does punish according to law ; and however much we may differ as to the propriet y of the war which is now raging on tho Continent , I think we can have no hesitation in affirming that it is through the vices of France that France is now receiving the judgments of heaven . Unquestionably , Parisian society had become vitiated to a degree which it is ps-. rhaps impossible for us in this country adequately to realise Where
. you find vice you always find weakness ; and where you find vice and pleasure reduced , as jr . France , to a science , you may he sure that the avenging hand of Heaven will fall upon those who are thus blameworthy . It is for us , then , brethren , in our own country , to let the spirit of Masonry he felt , b y setting in our own iives an example of that which is good , by inculcating those principles of virtue which certainl y underlie this venerable Ordor . Perhaps , if wo did so , Masonrywould come to be a greater power than it is at this moment .