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Royal Benevolent Institution For Aged Masons And Their Widows.
ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED MASONS AND THEIR WIDOWS .
XOiVDOA " , SATURDAY , OCTOBER 13 , 1860 .
As a rule we abstain from noticing the proceedings of the Committees alike of our Charitable Institutions , and of the Governing bodies ofthe Craft , considering that these proceedings clo not become public property , and therefore properly under the notice of the Journalist , until
brought before the general body for their confirmation or rejection . Exceptions -will , howeA * er , occasionally arise to the rule , and such an exception we last Aveek bronsdit under the attention of our readers , in a notice of motion of Bro . Joseph Smith , for granting a pension
to Bro . Farnfield , on his retiring from the office of Secretary of the Benevolent Institution—he never having tendered his resignation .
Looking at the motion in connection with rumours which bad long been cm-rent , Ave felt it to be our duty to speak somewhat strongly and unreservedly on the subject , feeling that it AA * as an undue attempt , though brought forward in a spirit of good feeling to an old servant , to
unnecessarily add to the expenditure of an institution Avhich is only just noiv beginning to take its proper position amongst our charities . And having so spoken , it now becomes our pleasurenble duty to announce that on "Wednesday last , at the largest and most influential
meeting of the Committee ivhich Ave ever remember to have seen , the motion was unanimously condemned as premative . and an amendment carried , that the Committee , beina- satisfied with the manner in which Bro . Farnfield
discharged his duties as Secretary of the Institution , saw no reason for making any change for the present . We are the more gratified at this , because very properly all extraneous questions ivere excluded from the discussion , leaving them to be dealt with in their proper place when
they come , should they ever do so , in a regular form before the craft ; and now that the Committee hare declared their opinion , Ave trust the unpleasant rumours , to whieh Ave have alluded , will be allowed to drop into oblii-ion .
Having brought Bro . Clarke ' s name somewhat prominently before our readers in connection with this matter , ive should be doing an injustice to that brother were Ave not to mention that , though present , he abstained from taking any part in the discussion ; and we are sure
Avill—now that lie lias had an opportunity of Ai'itnessing IIOAV decided is the opinion of the Committee—do all in his poAver , rather to strengthen than to weaken the hands ofthe Secretary ofthe institution , in the prosperity . of which we believe he takes a deep interest .
In this belief , and because when a satisfactory decision has been arrived at upon any subject in issue , we consider it best for all parties that bygones should be
Royal Benevolent Institution For Aged Masons And Their Widows.
bygones , Ave abstain from publishing several letters we have received on the subject , some of them reflecting rather severely on Bro . Clarke , who , much as we disagree with him on many points , Ave hai * e every reason to believe at all times endeavours to discharge his duties
most honestly and conscientiously to the craft . We have now only to remind the brethren that the 31 . W . G . M . has appointed the last Wednesday in January for the next annual festival , and that it only wants a little exertion throughout the country to . not only enable
us to boast that every candidate for the Annuity is siu'e to receive it within a reasonable time , but to add to those already granted so that they shall in reality become what they are intended to be , a stay and provision for our aged , brethren and their widows in their declining years
West Yorkshire , we hear , will send six stewards , and we trust other provinces , each according to its extent , will emulate the example thus nobly set them .
Classical Theology.—Xxxv.
CLASSICAL THEOLOGY . —XXXV .
IX . —DIANA . AM ) -J-OTrMBE-l . Some ascribe the first celebration ofthe Pythian games , ¦ which took p lace near Delphi , to Amphictyon the son of Deucalion , or to the council of the Amphietyones" . Others accord their origin to Agamemnon ( Etymologici , AuctorPliavorinv . s ; Pausanias , G'orhifhiacis ) , and to
, Diomedes , the son of Tydeus . But the most uniform opinion is , that . Apollo himself established them to commemorate his victory over the serpent P ython b y which , was perhaps j > ersonified some tyrannical and cruel oppressor . Thus Ovid { Mctam . 1 ) , translated by Dry den ,
"Then to preserve thc fame of such a deed , Eor Python slain , ho Pythian games decreed /' It Avas then that the sons of the gods themselves contended for the noia napvasas , ( the victor ' s wreath of the red-berried Delp hic laurel ivhich luxuriated on the poetic heihts of Mount Parnassus ) and for the reward of the
g , sacred apples . At the commencement of these festive solemnities , in accordance with the number of the Muses that came with presents to congratulate Apollo after his victory , they took place once in nine , or , as other say , once m five years . Castor gained ihe prize at horse racing , Pollux at boxing , Calais at running , Zetes at
combating in armour , Peleus at casting the discus , Telamon at wrestling , Hercules at the pancratium , excelling in feats of activity . Strabo and Pansananias tell us that at their primal organisation , these games consisted solely in musical contests , at which he whose hymn in praise of Apollo ivas adjudged to be
bestreceived from that god himself the gold or silver prizes , for ivhich reason the games were called ayuvos apyvpras ; garlands were afterwards substituted , whence they were denominated crya-vos QvMivat . The first child of song AA-IIO , by his superior minstrelsy , achieved this distinction Avas Chrysothemis , who purified Apollo after he hacl Philamonthe
destroyed the P ython ; the second ivas : next , his son , Thainyris , who vainly contended ivith the IIelicon , iades , and in consequence lost his sight . Among others Jfcrion may be noted as remarkable for his lyrical acquirements , and the riches he gained by his art . Eleutheros is mentioned as a conqueror entirely on account of the melody of his voice , his song having been composed by another ; whereas it is said Hesiod was
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Royal Benevolent Institution For Aged Masons And Their Widows.
ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED MASONS AND THEIR WIDOWS .
XOiVDOA " , SATURDAY , OCTOBER 13 , 1860 .
As a rule we abstain from noticing the proceedings of the Committees alike of our Charitable Institutions , and of the Governing bodies ofthe Craft , considering that these proceedings clo not become public property , and therefore properly under the notice of the Journalist , until
brought before the general body for their confirmation or rejection . Exceptions -will , howeA * er , occasionally arise to the rule , and such an exception we last Aveek bronsdit under the attention of our readers , in a notice of motion of Bro . Joseph Smith , for granting a pension
to Bro . Farnfield , on his retiring from the office of Secretary of the Benevolent Institution—he never having tendered his resignation .
Looking at the motion in connection with rumours which bad long been cm-rent , Ave felt it to be our duty to speak somewhat strongly and unreservedly on the subject , feeling that it AA * as an undue attempt , though brought forward in a spirit of good feeling to an old servant , to
unnecessarily add to the expenditure of an institution Avhich is only just noiv beginning to take its proper position amongst our charities . And having so spoken , it now becomes our pleasurenble duty to announce that on "Wednesday last , at the largest and most influential
meeting of the Committee ivhich Ave ever remember to have seen , the motion was unanimously condemned as premative . and an amendment carried , that the Committee , beina- satisfied with the manner in which Bro . Farnfield
discharged his duties as Secretary of the Institution , saw no reason for making any change for the present . We are the more gratified at this , because very properly all extraneous questions ivere excluded from the discussion , leaving them to be dealt with in their proper place when
they come , should they ever do so , in a regular form before the craft ; and now that the Committee hare declared their opinion , Ave trust the unpleasant rumours , to whieh Ave have alluded , will be allowed to drop into oblii-ion .
Having brought Bro . Clarke ' s name somewhat prominently before our readers in connection with this matter , ive should be doing an injustice to that brother were Ave not to mention that , though present , he abstained from taking any part in the discussion ; and we are sure
Avill—now that lie lias had an opportunity of Ai'itnessing IIOAV decided is the opinion of the Committee—do all in his poAver , rather to strengthen than to weaken the hands ofthe Secretary ofthe institution , in the prosperity . of which we believe he takes a deep interest .
In this belief , and because when a satisfactory decision has been arrived at upon any subject in issue , we consider it best for all parties that bygones should be
Royal Benevolent Institution For Aged Masons And Their Widows.
bygones , Ave abstain from publishing several letters we have received on the subject , some of them reflecting rather severely on Bro . Clarke , who , much as we disagree with him on many points , Ave hai * e every reason to believe at all times endeavours to discharge his duties
most honestly and conscientiously to the craft . We have now only to remind the brethren that the 31 . W . G . M . has appointed the last Wednesday in January for the next annual festival , and that it only wants a little exertion throughout the country to . not only enable
us to boast that every candidate for the Annuity is siu'e to receive it within a reasonable time , but to add to those already granted so that they shall in reality become what they are intended to be , a stay and provision for our aged , brethren and their widows in their declining years
West Yorkshire , we hear , will send six stewards , and we trust other provinces , each according to its extent , will emulate the example thus nobly set them .
Classical Theology.—Xxxv.
CLASSICAL THEOLOGY . —XXXV .
IX . —DIANA . AM ) -J-OTrMBE-l . Some ascribe the first celebration ofthe Pythian games , ¦ which took p lace near Delphi , to Amphictyon the son of Deucalion , or to the council of the Amphietyones" . Others accord their origin to Agamemnon ( Etymologici , AuctorPliavorinv . s ; Pausanias , G'orhifhiacis ) , and to
, Diomedes , the son of Tydeus . But the most uniform opinion is , that . Apollo himself established them to commemorate his victory over the serpent P ython b y which , was perhaps j > ersonified some tyrannical and cruel oppressor . Thus Ovid { Mctam . 1 ) , translated by Dry den ,
"Then to preserve thc fame of such a deed , Eor Python slain , ho Pythian games decreed /' It Avas then that the sons of the gods themselves contended for the noia napvasas , ( the victor ' s wreath of the red-berried Delp hic laurel ivhich luxuriated on the poetic heihts of Mount Parnassus ) and for the reward of the
g , sacred apples . At the commencement of these festive solemnities , in accordance with the number of the Muses that came with presents to congratulate Apollo after his victory , they took place once in nine , or , as other say , once m five years . Castor gained ihe prize at horse racing , Pollux at boxing , Calais at running , Zetes at
combating in armour , Peleus at casting the discus , Telamon at wrestling , Hercules at the pancratium , excelling in feats of activity . Strabo and Pansananias tell us that at their primal organisation , these games consisted solely in musical contests , at which he whose hymn in praise of Apollo ivas adjudged to be
bestreceived from that god himself the gold or silver prizes , for ivhich reason the games were called ayuvos apyvpras ; garlands were afterwards substituted , whence they were denominated crya-vos QvMivat . The first child of song AA-IIO , by his superior minstrelsy , achieved this distinction Avas Chrysothemis , who purified Apollo after he hacl Philamonthe
destroyed the P ython ; the second ivas : next , his son , Thainyris , who vainly contended ivith the IIelicon , iades , and in consequence lost his sight . Among others Jfcrion may be noted as remarkable for his lyrical acquirements , and the riches he gained by his art . Eleutheros is mentioned as a conqueror entirely on account of the melody of his voice , his song having been composed by another ; whereas it is said Hesiod was