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Church Services.
CHURCH SERVICES .
ON the occasion of the special service held at St . Mary ' s Walthamstow , already referred to in our columns , after the singing of the National Anthem the Venerable Archdeacon Stevens P . G . Chap . England delivered an Oration on the principles of Freemasonry .
In the course of an earnest address he said they were justly reminded by the National Anthem of one of the objects , and perhaps the foremost object of their service that afternoon . But there were other objects associated with it , all of which would blend together and make this gathering one helpful to them in
the time to come . They had associated themselves with the great national thanksgiving for the many mercies vouchsafed to this nation during the past sixty years . Some of them were present when their Brotherhood met at the Albert Hall , and they would remember to the last days of their lives the unanimity and . wonderful enthusiasm of their gratitude to Almighty God for His
mercies during the Victorian era , and now they had met in church to carry on this expression of thanksgiving , and with it to associate some other very appropriate object . It was very appropriate that they had met on an occasion when they thanked God for the restoration , the strengthening of the tower of that ancient parish church , and their offerings were to go to this object .
They had met to draw closer the bonds of Brotherhood between them—to draw nearer to each other in the spirit of a true Brotherhood , and seeing that they had met to join together in this service of praise and thanksgiving it seemed to him there was one text he should leave with them , and the text was this ; " Honour all men , love the Brotherhood , fear God , honour the
king . " There were some people in their Brotherhood who would draw lines of demarcation and separation , and admit only those who were disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ , but in their Brotherhood they met those of very different shades of belief , and at the Albert Hall there were men of various races from the uttermost parts of the earth . And they were thankful for it .
They were thankful to see a bond of union could be found among those distant Brethren who were subjects of the same ruler , and there was some reason to hope when they grasped them by the hand that in the future they might be brought yet nearer in the bond of the religion of Jesus Christ . If any should
say such should be excluded , he would answer , in the words of the text , " Honour all men , " that was , esteem all men . In the great Brotherhood they would draw together as much as ever they could those scattered Brethren throughout the world , and trust that the Saviour might be a guiding light to their scattered
and separated Brethren . When St . Peter wrote these words he no doubt had in mind the Brotherhood of Jesus Christ , but he did not think he should be straining the text if he said it suggested to them to cultivate a feeling of love for all , drawing them a little nearer to those who were outside while holding in
esteem , in affectionate regard , those who were members of their Brotherhood . God be praised , the English people were free , and they valued their liberty , but let them remember they had to thank God for it as His gift to them . " Liberty , Fraternity , Equality , " had been the watchword in some great national movements , and he did not know how many crimes had been
done in the name of it because those who abused the watchword did not use it as servants of God , but to associate themselves with deeds of bloodshed and cruelty . They should only use this watchword as servants of God , and then they would act up to the spirit of the text , " Honour all men , love the Brotherhood , fear God , honour the king . "
Perhaps of all things they had to thank God most , as associated with this Victorian age , was the steady , sustained feeling for a truer Brotherhood among mankind , and it was very significant that , in the second verse of the National Anthem , while the old spirit was kept up a new aud better and higher
spirit was introduced . They did not think of humbling their enemies , but prayed that wars may cease all over the world , and that there may be peace and Brotherhood among the nations of the world . They desired that war should cease—that Brotherhood among the nations should be established , among men and
men , class and class , and brother and brother . Freemasons were making their mark in the promotion of this feeling . At the beginning of last year—just about Christmas time—a warcloud came over the nation , and it was thought there was just a possibility of actual warfare between this country and the United
States , between two kindred nations—between those who in very truth were Brothers in their sympathies , desires , and yearnings . And at that time much was done and many prayers were uttered that this great evil , this curse might be averted . Much was
done and said , but of all acts clone , probably none was more significant , more truly Christian , than that of the Freemasons of this country in their message to the Freemasons of the United States . On Christmas morning there was sent a message from Grand Lodge to the United Lodge , and no more Christian , no
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more truly Masonic message could go from one nation to another , from man to man . It ran : " Glory to God in the highest * on earth peace , goodwill towards men . " And Masonry in this spirt was carrying forward its work , aud with God ' s blessing would carry it forward yet more in the years before them .
They might thank God for the marvellous growth in the numbers of their order during the last half century . They knew how the order had been going forward in numbers , and the grand principles on which the order was based were so much more fully recognised than in the days that were passed . Thus to-day
he ventured to say Freemasonry was recognised as a great force to establish peace , brotherly love , and truth . In the great charities , so magnificently supported by members , they had something like an evidence of that which was the real basis and foundation of their Order , and certainly during the last few
months there had been an extension in the right direction of the way in which those grand principles had been working among them . There was a time when their offerings were made largely for the charities connected with their own Order . It was well , but in later years the offerings ofthe Brotherhood had been given ,
and with no stinted hand , to other charities and objects than those immediately connected with the Order . At the meeting at the Albert Hall £ 7 , 000 was realised for the promotion of that good work initiated by their Grand Master the Prince of Wales , for the hospitals .
If they were Masons in any true sense they were builders building up a fabric , and it was very proper that they should take an active part in a building whioh would be the glory of their land . But they were builders in another sense . They were
rearing a Brotherhood among the nations , the Brotherhood of humanity , and each had something to do in this great work . The designer was the Great Architect , whose they were and whom they served , but each had to lay a stone in the fabric .
They had their work to do , their mission to fulfil , and though it might be very small God grant that each one might lay the stone well and truly in the working day so they might go at last to the Great Architect and hear from Him " VVell done , good and faithful servant . " In rearing this great edifice to the
Brotherhood there would be differences to the end of time , and so the text ended with the recognition of this . " Honour the king . " Honour those set over them , and carry out loyally and faithfully the duties assigned to them , recognising that those higher authorities were ordained of God . When they looked on the last sixty years they
asked why it had been a period so fraught with blessing . Mainly , he thought , on this account , that our Queen had recognised responsibility as a duty to be faced . This had made her reign the one that would be most remembered in history—a reign which would have a lustre in years to come greater than even now , because she in her place had done her duty . They honoured
those set over others when they , in their place as the humblest among them , did their duty as unto God , and not for themselves . He asked them to carry away these four eminently Masonic texts , and strive to put them into practice in their daily life , " Honour all men ; love the Brotherhood ; fear God ; honour the king . "" Walthamstow Guardian . "
THE Bishop of Llandaff Past Grand Chaplain of England was the preacher on the occasion of a special Masonic service held at Llandaff Cathedral , to celebrate the record reign of Her Majesty the Queen—the meeting being arranged under the auspices of the Provincial Grand Lodge of South Wales . His
discourse , which was most appropriate to the occasion , was based on James i ., 27 , " Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this , To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction , and to keep himself unspotted from the world . " His lordship , who addressed the congregation as " dear Brother
Masons , " said they had assembled to celebrate an event which in one respect was unique in the history of our country—the completion of the 60 th year of the reign of Her Majesty the Queen , who had reigned longer than any one of her illustrious predecessors , and who , by the wisdom of her rule had done more
than any one of those who had gone before her to extend and consolidate this mighty empire . Her beneficent influence for good had been felt throughout the world ; it had contributed to the preservation of peace both at home and abroad , had promoted the happiness and prosperity of her people , had advanced the
cause of civilisation , and encouraged aud fostered the cultivation of arts and sciences in all their various branches . They had deep cause for thankfulness in that they had in the Queen one who during the last sixty years , by exhibiting in her own home all that was noblest and most beautiful in woman , had elevated the whole tone and morals of social and domestic life , and who by
her deep and heartfelt sympathy with her subjects in their days of sorrow , had succeeded in not only securing their loyalty but in winning also their affections and their love . Her Majesty had lived the religion described in the words of the text , ana they thanked God from their hearts that they had , in the highest place in the kingdom , one who had lived that religion
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Church Services.
CHURCH SERVICES .
ON the occasion of the special service held at St . Mary ' s Walthamstow , already referred to in our columns , after the singing of the National Anthem the Venerable Archdeacon Stevens P . G . Chap . England delivered an Oration on the principles of Freemasonry .
In the course of an earnest address he said they were justly reminded by the National Anthem of one of the objects , and perhaps the foremost object of their service that afternoon . But there were other objects associated with it , all of which would blend together and make this gathering one helpful to them in
the time to come . They had associated themselves with the great national thanksgiving for the many mercies vouchsafed to this nation during the past sixty years . Some of them were present when their Brotherhood met at the Albert Hall , and they would remember to the last days of their lives the unanimity and . wonderful enthusiasm of their gratitude to Almighty God for His
mercies during the Victorian era , and now they had met in church to carry on this expression of thanksgiving , and with it to associate some other very appropriate object . It was very appropriate that they had met on an occasion when they thanked God for the restoration , the strengthening of the tower of that ancient parish church , and their offerings were to go to this object .
They had met to draw closer the bonds of Brotherhood between them—to draw nearer to each other in the spirit of a true Brotherhood , and seeing that they had met to join together in this service of praise and thanksgiving it seemed to him there was one text he should leave with them , and the text was this ; " Honour all men , love the Brotherhood , fear God , honour the
king . " There were some people in their Brotherhood who would draw lines of demarcation and separation , and admit only those who were disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ , but in their Brotherhood they met those of very different shades of belief , and at the Albert Hall there were men of various races from the uttermost parts of the earth . And they were thankful for it .
They were thankful to see a bond of union could be found among those distant Brethren who were subjects of the same ruler , and there was some reason to hope when they grasped them by the hand that in the future they might be brought yet nearer in the bond of the religion of Jesus Christ . If any should
say such should be excluded , he would answer , in the words of the text , " Honour all men , " that was , esteem all men . In the great Brotherhood they would draw together as much as ever they could those scattered Brethren throughout the world , and trust that the Saviour might be a guiding light to their scattered
and separated Brethren . When St . Peter wrote these words he no doubt had in mind the Brotherhood of Jesus Christ , but he did not think he should be straining the text if he said it suggested to them to cultivate a feeling of love for all , drawing them a little nearer to those who were outside while holding in
esteem , in affectionate regard , those who were members of their Brotherhood . God be praised , the English people were free , and they valued their liberty , but let them remember they had to thank God for it as His gift to them . " Liberty , Fraternity , Equality , " had been the watchword in some great national movements , and he did not know how many crimes had been
done in the name of it because those who abused the watchword did not use it as servants of God , but to associate themselves with deeds of bloodshed and cruelty . They should only use this watchword as servants of God , and then they would act up to the spirit of the text , " Honour all men , love the Brotherhood , fear God , honour the king . "
Perhaps of all things they had to thank God most , as associated with this Victorian age , was the steady , sustained feeling for a truer Brotherhood among mankind , and it was very significant that , in the second verse of the National Anthem , while the old spirit was kept up a new aud better and higher
spirit was introduced . They did not think of humbling their enemies , but prayed that wars may cease all over the world , and that there may be peace and Brotherhood among the nations of the world . They desired that war should cease—that Brotherhood among the nations should be established , among men and
men , class and class , and brother and brother . Freemasons were making their mark in the promotion of this feeling . At the beginning of last year—just about Christmas time—a warcloud came over the nation , and it was thought there was just a possibility of actual warfare between this country and the United
States , between two kindred nations—between those who in very truth were Brothers in their sympathies , desires , and yearnings . And at that time much was done and many prayers were uttered that this great evil , this curse might be averted . Much was
done and said , but of all acts clone , probably none was more significant , more truly Christian , than that of the Freemasons of this country in their message to the Freemasons of the United States . On Christmas morning there was sent a message from Grand Lodge to the United Lodge , and no more Christian , no
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more truly Masonic message could go from one nation to another , from man to man . It ran : " Glory to God in the highest * on earth peace , goodwill towards men . " And Masonry in this spirt was carrying forward its work , aud with God ' s blessing would carry it forward yet more in the years before them .
They might thank God for the marvellous growth in the numbers of their order during the last half century . They knew how the order had been going forward in numbers , and the grand principles on which the order was based were so much more fully recognised than in the days that were passed . Thus to-day
he ventured to say Freemasonry was recognised as a great force to establish peace , brotherly love , and truth . In the great charities , so magnificently supported by members , they had something like an evidence of that which was the real basis and foundation of their Order , and certainly during the last few
months there had been an extension in the right direction of the way in which those grand principles had been working among them . There was a time when their offerings were made largely for the charities connected with their own Order . It was well , but in later years the offerings ofthe Brotherhood had been given ,
and with no stinted hand , to other charities and objects than those immediately connected with the Order . At the meeting at the Albert Hall £ 7 , 000 was realised for the promotion of that good work initiated by their Grand Master the Prince of Wales , for the hospitals .
If they were Masons in any true sense they were builders building up a fabric , and it was very proper that they should take an active part in a building whioh would be the glory of their land . But they were builders in another sense . They were
rearing a Brotherhood among the nations , the Brotherhood of humanity , and each had something to do in this great work . The designer was the Great Architect , whose they were and whom they served , but each had to lay a stone in the fabric .
They had their work to do , their mission to fulfil , and though it might be very small God grant that each one might lay the stone well and truly in the working day so they might go at last to the Great Architect and hear from Him " VVell done , good and faithful servant . " In rearing this great edifice to the
Brotherhood there would be differences to the end of time , and so the text ended with the recognition of this . " Honour the king . " Honour those set over them , and carry out loyally and faithfully the duties assigned to them , recognising that those higher authorities were ordained of God . When they looked on the last sixty years they
asked why it had been a period so fraught with blessing . Mainly , he thought , on this account , that our Queen had recognised responsibility as a duty to be faced . This had made her reign the one that would be most remembered in history—a reign which would have a lustre in years to come greater than even now , because she in her place had done her duty . They honoured
those set over others when they , in their place as the humblest among them , did their duty as unto God , and not for themselves . He asked them to carry away these four eminently Masonic texts , and strive to put them into practice in their daily life , " Honour all men ; love the Brotherhood ; fear God ; honour the king . "" Walthamstow Guardian . "
THE Bishop of Llandaff Past Grand Chaplain of England was the preacher on the occasion of a special Masonic service held at Llandaff Cathedral , to celebrate the record reign of Her Majesty the Queen—the meeting being arranged under the auspices of the Provincial Grand Lodge of South Wales . His
discourse , which was most appropriate to the occasion , was based on James i ., 27 , " Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this , To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction , and to keep himself unspotted from the world . " His lordship , who addressed the congregation as " dear Brother
Masons , " said they had assembled to celebrate an event which in one respect was unique in the history of our country—the completion of the 60 th year of the reign of Her Majesty the Queen , who had reigned longer than any one of her illustrious predecessors , and who , by the wisdom of her rule had done more
than any one of those who had gone before her to extend and consolidate this mighty empire . Her beneficent influence for good had been felt throughout the world ; it had contributed to the preservation of peace both at home and abroad , had promoted the happiness and prosperity of her people , had advanced the
cause of civilisation , and encouraged aud fostered the cultivation of arts and sciences in all their various branches . They had deep cause for thankfulness in that they had in the Queen one who during the last sixty years , by exhibiting in her own home all that was noblest and most beautiful in woman , had elevated the whole tone and morals of social and domestic life , and who by
her deep and heartfelt sympathy with her subjects in their days of sorrow , had succeeded in not only securing their loyalty but in winning also their affections and their love . Her Majesty had lived the religion described in the words of the text , ana they thanked God from their hearts that they had , in the highest place in the kingdom , one who had lived that religion