The Grand Treasurership.

those who are privileged to counsel H . R . H . the Grand Master as to his choice . With regard to the Election of a Grand Treasurer , we shall doubtless hear a great deal at onr Lodge meetings in the course of the next two months . There are two candidates who have been nominated , viz .,

Bro . J . D . Murray , of No . 1335 , and Bro . J . S . Cumberland , one of the best known Masons of our acquaintance . Each doubtless will have a strong body of supporters , who will do their level best to secure their representative's return , bnt personally we think no good can result from the fact that

prominence bas been given to the fact that the Pro Grand Master baa accepted tbe post of Chairman of one of the two opposing Committees . We append particulars of Brother

J . S . Cumberland's Masonio Record , and will merely add that the Brother who nominated this candidate does not claim blood relationship—though it baa got abroad that they are related other than in a Masonio sense .

Craft—Bro . Jobn Speight Cumberland was initiated into Freemasonry in the Antiquity Lodge , No . 178 , Wigan , Province of West Lancashire , on the 11 th April 1871 ; Founder and P . M . Eboracum

Lodge , No . 1611 , York ; Past Prov . Grand Warden North and East Yorkshire ; Founder and first W . M . United Northern Counties Lodge , No . 2128 , London ; Hon . Member Antient Carthage Lodge , No . 1717 , Tunis .

Royal Aroh—Founder and twicn M . E . Z . Eboraonm Chapter , No . 1611 , York ; P . P . G . Std . Bearer and P . P . G J . North and East Yorks . Mark—P . M . York Mark . Lodge ( T . I . ); P . P . Senior Grand Warden

North and East Yorks ; Past Grand Steward and Past Grand Junior Overseer Grand Mark Lodge of England ; Hon . Member Old York Lodge ( T . I . ) , Bradford . Royal Ark Mariners . —Past Commander N .

Allied Masonio Degrees . —St . Lawrence the Martyr—P . M . ; Knight of Constantinople—Put Ulna . Poten . ; Knight of the Bed Cross of Babylon—T . Mus . Sov . ; Order of the Grand High Priest—Past Pres . ; Past Grand Deacon .

Knights Templar—P . E . P . Antient Ebor Preceptory , York ; P . P . G . Sub . Mnrsbal North and East Yorks ; Past Grand A . D . C . Great Priory of England ; Hon . Member Mary Commandery , No . 36 , Philadelphia , U . S . A . ; Hon . Member Apollo Commandery Chicago .

Knight of Malta . —Past Eminent Prior . Royal Aroh Night Templar Priest . —Member , 1880 . Rose Croix . —P . M . W . S . Hilda Chapter , York . Boyal Order of Scotland—P . P . S . Grand Warden Lancashire and Cheshire .

Knights of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine . —Pasfc M . P . Sovereign . Knights of the Holy Sepulchre—Past Prelate ; Member of the Grand Senate . Cryptic Masonry—Royal Master ; Select Master ; Super-Exoellent Master .

Rosiorncian Society—Past Celeb , and Suffragan and Hon . VIII . Masonio Charities—Life-Governor of all , and has served 15 Steward ships .

A Sermon,

A SERMON ,

Preached at Zona , by the Rev . A . II . Munro , of St . Thomas , Ontario . fTTHE Rev . A . H . Munro , of St . Thomas , preached in the

JL village recently , to & large assembly , a special sermon to the Masonic fraternity , taking as his text Romans xii . 21— " Overcome evil with good . " Besides the members of the local Lodge , many were present from neighbouring Lodges , St . Thomas itself furnishing a large

quota of prominent members of tho Craft . The address was eloquent and scholarly in a high degree , and a synopsis conveys bat a very inadequate impression of its power . Mr . Munro showed clearly , in tracing man ' s history from fche dawn of creation , as written by man himself , that it

is a record of crime , bloodshed , selfishness and cruelty . On the onward march down the agos evil was met b y evil , and ever with the same result , till the advent of the

gospel of peace announced the amazing doctrine inculcated in the text , to overcome evil with the principle of love as the one remedy to check the fierce violence of man ' s fallen nature .

The Babylonian , the Medo-Persian , the Egyptian and Macedonian monarchies attained to great perfection in their day as regards arts and natural sciences , as attested by recently deciphered inscriptions , but according to these same inscriptions their highest conceptions of human greatness and happiness involved appalling cruelties and

A Sermon,

most fiendish atrocities . The doctrine of the text waa un « dreamed of , much less practised . The Roman Empire was the grandest hitherto known in the world , and arrived at the most advanced civilization of which Paganism waa capable . Yet , what was the

record of Tiberius and Nero , two names thafc may be said to represent it at tbe height of its military and literary greatness ? This recall , as given by tbe impartial historian Tacitus , who was nearly contemporaneous , was snob thafc no man at tbe present day is so lost to shame as to dare to read it to bis wife and family .

Then , in tbe dark ages of Christianity following , tbe social and moral condition of the race fell back to its

original barbarism , with the concomitant heathenish practices . As men wander away from moral influences and isolate themselves therefrom , the diabolical instincts of the natural man attain their highest development . Even the " noble savage , " so-called , is but a filthy , greasy , lying ,

bloodthirst y devil . The rev . gentleman had no sympathy with the pessimists who see the world getting worse and worse . They all know the stupendous strides tbe world has made in the last fifty years in invention and material progress , and the improvements socially , morally and

religiously have been even greater . Ancient Borne with its four or five millions of population bad not a single hospital for the diseased , nor a single receptacle for the blind , tbe maimed , or tbe helpless . Modern London has one thousand

houses devoted exclusively to such uses . In Rome , with all its greatness , man ' s heart was dead to tbe feeling of charity , and would ever continue so , but for the infusing into it of the blessed teaching of tbe Spirit of God " Overcome evil with good . "

The speaker , in concluding , reminded the Masonio brethren that because this text is not sufficiently exemplified , there will be many failures among tbe members of the Order , just as we see failures in the Christian church , nofc because , but in spite of its teachings . He had arrived at the highest pinnacle of Masonry , and saw nothing

whatever objectionable in its solemn vows and obligations . A man cannot become a Christian through Masonry , nor , on tbe other hand , can he attain to tbe highest excellencies of Masonry apart from Christianity , or an acquaintance

with its great moral tenets . After an eloquent appeal to the brethren to continue in the practice of fche precepts taught in tbe Lodge-room , the speaker concluded . A large collection was taken up for the widows and orphans of Masons .

The Committee of Management of the Boyal Masonic Benevolent Institution held their monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday . Bro . George Everett Grand Treasnrer occupied the chair ; he was supported

by Bros . W . H . Hubbert , C . W . Cottebrune , Joseph Freeman , S . Valientine , James Brett , Hugh Cotter , W . J . Murlis , Charles Kempton , A . Durrant , 0 . F . Hogard , Alex . Mnllord , C . H . Webb , A . H . Tattershall , R . Pittam Stevens , J . B . Purchas , J . Newton , John Barnett jun ., F . Mead , W . Webber , L . G . G . Robbins , Dr . Jabez Hogg ,

Jobn C . Matthews , W . Belchamber , and T . B . Daniel ! . The minutes of the November meeting having been read and verified , fche Secretary reported the death of two male and one widow annuitants as well as of two accepted male candidates . A letter removing fche name of a third male

candidate from the list was read , and also another informing the Committee that a widow annuitant was an inmate of the Grove Hall Lunatic Asylum , to which a reply had been sent thafc fche annuity ceased . The reporfc of the Warden for the pasfc month was read . Two applications

from the widows of deceased annuitants were granted . The Secretary reported that Bro . Sir John B . Monckton ' s motion , " That Grand Lodge should vote £ 525 as a contribution to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , " on the occasion of its Jubilee celebration , had been carried

unanimously , and a letter of thanks was ordered to be written to Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , and Bro . Jabez Hogg , who had seconded the motion . The Committee took into consideration the petitions of six male and two

widow applicants , tbe result being that all were accepted , and the names ordered to be entered upon the list of candidates for the election in May 1892 . A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated tbe proceedings .

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