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Ijtofial gitasamc fnstittttian : for ( Skis , ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . Patrons : H . R . H . PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M ., PRESIDENT . HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OP WALES . A QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT OF THE GOVERNORS awl SUBSCRIBERS o £ this INSTITUTION will be held at Freemasons ' Hall , Great Queen Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on Saturday , tho 9 th day of July 18 * 1 , at Twelve o'clock precisely . On the general busine-s of tho Institution , to place candidates on tho List for Election in October next , and to declare the number of girls then to be elected ; also to consider tho following notices of motion : — Upon recommendation of the House Committee , by Bro . Colonel Creaton , Treasurer and Trustee" That the rank of Honorary Vice-President be conferred upon Bro . Wharton P . Hood , in recognition of his valuable services as Honorary Surgeon . " " That the Honorarium to the Chaplain be increased from £ 25 to £ 35 per annum . " _ P . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . OMIOB—5 FBBEIUSONS' HALL , GBBAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , W . C . 2 nd July 1881 .

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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Surrey.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SURREY .

THE members of this Provincial Grand Lodge met at the Public Hall , Reigate , on Saturday last , the 25 th nit . The popular Prov . Grand Master General Stndholme Brownrigg , C . B ., presided , and was supported by the Rev . Ambrose Wm . Hall , M . A ., G . Chaplain England , P . M . P . P . G . Chaplain P . P . S . G . W . Surrey , the V . W . Bro . the Rev . C . W . Arnold Past Grand Chaplain , Bros . Samuel G . Kirchoffer

S . W ., Chas . Greenwood jun . Reg ., Charles Greenwood Sec , Francis Buckland S . D ., E . D . Frost J . D ., W . J . Sugg S . of W ., H . E . Frances D . C ., P . S . J . Officer A . D . of C , G . C . Barry Org ., J . S . Lavies S . B ., H . W . Linton Pars ., many of the Past Prov . Grand Officers , and a large representative contingent of brethren throughout the entire Province , every one of the Lodges in which was represented , a fact that speaks

well for the zealous interest in Freemasonry that pervades the district under the rule of the gallant General . The room was most elegantly appointed , and the handsome chairs of the Surrey Lodge , the gift of Lord Monson , late M . P . for Reigate , who , we believe , was the first Worshipful Master of the Lodge , were the theme of universal admiration . For the first time in the history of the Province a

handsome banner was conspicuously displayed , and our esteemed Brother H . F . Frances , to whom had been entrusted the labour of its production , was deservedly complimented on the artistic skill he had brought to bear upon its execution . As we have already stated , the whole of the Lodges responded to the call of the roll , and the Grand Officers having likewise signified by their response their readiness to

transact the business of the Province , the minutes of last Provincial G . L ., held at Sutton , on the 24 th July 1880 , were read and confirmed . The accounts showed a very satisfactory state of affairs , and a goodly balance in hand warranted the recommendation of the following grants : — £ 10 10 s to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , £ 10 10 s to the R . M . I . G ., £ 10 10 s to the R . M . B . I ., £ 10 10 s to the Hervey

Memorial Fund , £ 5 58 towards defraying the cost of a Memorial Window iu the Parish Church , Reigate , and £ 5 5 s in aid of the Funds of the St . Anne's School . With respect to the proposed grant in aid of the Hervey Memorial Fund , some discussion arose as to the objects contemplated by the promoters , but as these objects are well known to the majority of oar readers we need scarcely give details , suffice it the oroposed grants were sanctioned by Prov . Grand

Lod ge . In reference to a statement made that a difficulty had arisen as to the attendance of members of the Ewell Lodge , No . 1851 , whose regular day of meeting it happened to be , the Prov . G . Master intimated for the guidance of brethren who might be similarly ciroumstanced on future occasions , that permission for holding emergency meetings for transacting the regnlar business a day or two later might easil y be obtained , and throwing out a suggestion that an informal

meeting might be held on the day specified , at such an hour as would enable the brethren afterwards to attend their Prov . Grand Lodge . The election of Grand Treasurer resulted in the re-appointment of W . Bro . George Price , who , in a few short sentences thanked the brethren for this renewal of their confidence . Bro . C . T . Speight ,

« y a show of hands , was re-appointed Grand Tyler . The following brethren were then invested as Officers for the year ensning : — Bros . C . W . Arnold , M . A . - - - Dep . Prov . Grand Master W . C . Beaumont .... „ S . Warden J . Dnucan Thomson ... .. J . Warden

Rev . R . Fawsett Ward ... „ Chaplain J . S . Streeter .... Registrar C Greenwood P . G . S . B .... „ Secretary ?• ^ er Senior Deacon

H . G . Thompson , M . D . ... „ Junior Deacon Charles Pawley .... „ Sup . of Works H . E . Frances .... Dir . of Cer . W -Weller n A . Dir . of Cer . Benson }> Organist r . Bennett „ Sword Bearer Yv . J . Landrim .... Pursuivant

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Surrey.

Previous to the investiture , Gen . Brownrigg explained that it was to him always a difficult tusk to apportion the several offices amotig the many deserving members iu tho Province . It was a matter of impossibility to make them all Wardens , and he trusted it would be distinctly understood that he did not claim any particular office conferred a higher or lower degree of rank . He desired it to be

considered that the tender of the several collars was to bo accepted as a recognition of merit exhibited by the wearer , and as a special reward for good work done . Iu requesting Bro . Arnold to retain the office of Deputy , the Provincial Grand Master stated ho did not think there was any other ruler of a Province so happily circumstanced as he ;—; i better Deputy Prov . Grand Master could not possibly bo found .

He referred to tho satisfactory corditiou of the Lodges throughout the Province , and spoke warmly of tho expectations ho held of what would result from the inauguration of tho two now Lodges that were shortly to be consecrated . Reference was then made to tno organization for the voting power of the Province , which was not so generally understood as seemed desirable , and then the andit

Committee was re-appointed and Lodge was closed . The Brethen attended Divine Service at the Parish Church , where the Sermon was preaohed by tho Provincial Grand Chaplain the Rev . R . Fawssett Ward W . M . 1872 . Our Rev . Brother selected his text from 1 Chronicles xxii . 16— " Arise therefore , and be doing , and the Lord be with thee "—continuing as follows : —

These are the concluding words of King David to his son Solomon , when delivering to him the charge concerning the building of the Temple . It was a work which he himself would gladly have undertaken . We read , that as the King sat iu the house , when the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies , he said unto the prophet Nathan , " See now , I dwell in a house of cedar , but the Ark of God

dwelleth within oartains . " And Nathan said to the King , " Go , do all that is in thine heart ; for the Lord is with thee . " But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan , telling him to put it to David 5 that although God had promised blessing upon htm and his house , nevertheless He could not allow him to take in hand the work of building the Temple , because he had been a man of war and had

shed much blood : but yet said He , " I will raise up thy seed after thee , which shall be of thy sons , and he shall build Me a house . " It was also revealed to him where this Temple should stand , viz ., on Mount Moriah : on the spot whoreon stood the threshing floor of Oman the Jebusite , where David had offered up his prayers to the Almighty to put an end to the pestilence raging amongst the people

asajndgment for his imprudence in numbering them : and where also Abraham had shown his readiness to comply with the will of God , by not refusing to offer up his son Isaac as a burnt sacrifice . With this promise before him , David at much cost and care sot to work to get together a great store of materials for the purpose . " Solomon my son is young and tender , " he said , " and the house

that is to be bnilded for the Lord must be exceeding magnificat , of fame and of glory throughout all countries : I will therefore now make preparation for it . So David prepared abundantly before his death . He then called to him his son Solomon ; delivered to him plans and drawings for the intended structure ; and charged him thus , To build the house of the Lord his God , as He had said he

should do ; to keep the law of the Lord his God , and he would prosper if ho took heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel : not to be dismayed , but to be strong and of good courage , that even in his trouble he had prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold , and a thousand thousand talents of silver , of brass and iron without

weight , timber also and stone : and that moreover there were Masons with him in abundance , cunning men for every manner of work : " Arise therefore , " said he , " and be doing , and the Lord be with thee . " And then feeling himself " old and fall of days ; " and probably being anxious that the work should be commenced as soon as possible , he assembled together the princes and chief men amongst

the people , informed them that it was God ' s will that his son Solomon should succeed him , that he should raise a superb building in which the Ark of the Covenant should rest ; and with great eeremony had him placed upon the throne . Now this Masonic work , which Solomon had committed to him , was a great work , worthy all the preparations which had been made , and

all the pains which could be bestowed upon it : to build a Temple for the Lord , " an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob . " Well then might David say to him , "Arise , and be doing , and the Lord be with thee . " Bnt have not we also a Masonic work to do , a great work , and one equally worthy all the pains and labours which have been or can be bestowed upon it ? Have not we to build up a spiritual

temple T " Know ye not , says St . Paul , " that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost ? " our duty therefore to render it a habitation fitting for Him , and " to glorify God in our body and oar spirit which are His . " This is onr work , a work which as Masons we have undertaken to do . Therefore the words of King David abo apply to us , " Arise , and be doing , and the Lord be with thee . " The

work Solomon had to do , and that which we have to do , are equally Masonic : the only difference consists in this ; that he was called on to direct his attention more especially to that which is Operative ; whereas we are here directed more especially to that which is Speculative . For what is Masonry ? And wherein does true Masonry consist ? Masonry is a Soience : which teaches us Prudence ,

Temperance , Fortitnde , Justice , Virtue , Honour , Mercy , Faith , Hope , Charity , Grammar , Rhetoric , Logic , Arithmetic , Geometry , Music , and Astronomy . If you pay attention to our ritual , and look into the teaching of the different degrees , you will see that all these things are put before us ; and that we are exhorted to practise and study them to the best of onr ability . We are , therefore ,

taught our duty towards God , our duty towards our neighbour , our duty towards ourselves , our duty as citizens of the world , and nur duty as p ivate individuals : in fact , how to live and how to die . Thus , yoa see , Masonry embraces in a comprehensive manner divine knowledge and human science , and so consists of two distinct parts , which arecalled Speculative and Operative : the former—Speculative—