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Grand Superintendent , who was supported by Comp . J . S . Eastes Prov . G . H ., and many other of the leading Eoyal Arch Masons of the county . The following appointments were made by the Provincial Grand Superintendent :

Comp . J . S . Eastes - - - - J ± . F . W . Wright - - - - J . Alfred Spencer .... Scribe E . R . M . Mercer .... Scribe N . -- ' - " - ^ G . Spurgen .... Registrar W . C . Stunt - - - ' - Principal Sojourner

E ^ Wttte . M . B . - I " - | Assistant Sojourners C . J . Clapham . . . - Sword Bearer £ §& I I . ' - I ' . [ Standard Bearers S . Brice jun . .... Director of Ceremonies

F . Stanley ----- Deputy Dir . of Cers . Itj . eSer : : : : } Ass - stant v ™ - *™*™ . G . F . Edwards - - - - Organist Q . M . S . H . Drake - - - Assistant Scribe E . The annual banquet was subsequently held at the Town Hall , the customary toasts being honoured .

ELLIOTT CHAPTER , No . 1205 . « THE installation meeting was held at Stonehouse , on Wednesday , 4 th inst ., when Comps . A . E . Maddock , W . J . Pearce , and D . M . Brebner were respectively installed Z ., H . and J . The annual supper was subsequently held in the refreshment room adjoining , and the company was presided over by the newly-installed Z . Comp . Maddock reminded the Brethren that the Provincial Grand Chapter meeting for Devonshire would be held at Tiverton the following Monday , and expressed a hope that Elliott would be well represented .

At Refreshment.

AT REFRESHMENT .

IN the annual revolution of the seasons we have reached the time of midsummer , and the Craft is geneially at Refreshment . The Labour of the preceding Autumn , Winter and Spring have been properly succeeded by the Refreshment of Summer . " All work , and no play , makes Jack a dull boy . " True , we miss the monthly meetings with , and greetings of , our

Brethren , but we shall value and enjoy them the more when we renew them in September . It is not well to have a monotony , even of our enjoyments . Novelty and change are at least valuable in this , that they add zest to our appreciation of either duties or pleasures , and as a consequence when our Masonic meetings are resumed in the Autumn , they will appear almost as fresh and new to us as if they were entirely novel experiences .

The demand for periodic rest and refreshment is one which is natural to man , implanted in his physical constitution . One cannot labour continually , either through day and night , or continuously every day in the year , without suffering from impaired health or physical or mental ability . We must have rest if we would appear always at our best . Periodicity is a

law of our being . The First Great Light in Masonry informs us that even the Grand Master of the Universe rested from His labours , and enjoined mankind to rest , in like manner , one day out of seven through all time . It is in recognition of a natural law that the Fraternity of Freemasons regularly supplements labour with refreshment at Masonic meetings . The

refreshment is wages for labour . The Brother who has performed his duties to the Craft , who has been present at his Lodge or other meeting , has encouraged and supported the officers in their several stations and places , arid has aided in the work when required at the close of the Labour , is richly entitled to meet with his Brethren , who like him have conscientiousl y performed their

respective duties , and share with them in the physical , social , intellectual and convivial pleasures of the banquet board . It is not the material food which all so much enjoy , as the good fellowship , the freedom from conventionality , the abandon , the sociability and the spirit of fraternity which so

unmistakably prevails . This is true Masonic Refreshment . It exhilarates the mind . It enlivens the heart . It enables us to understand , appreciate , and value our fellows at their true worth . Man—the machine of machinesis then repairing and winding up .

The Refreshment which results from the omission of Masonic meetings in either or both of the months of July and August , is of kindred value . In midsummer a Lodge Room is anything but comfortable . Nature ordains rest in midsummer , and all Masonic bodies except those most pressed with work willingly obey it .

One thing is always to be borne m mind with regard to either hours or days of Refreshment , that they are never to be converted into occasions for intemperance or excess . Overplay is worse than overwork . Over indulgence in any form of amusement during Masonic periods is equally forbidden by the laws of nature and of Masonry . We must temper our zeal for

Refreshment with discretion . Men must be men and not boys , Masons must be Masons and not profane . We have been initiated into the Craft ; we have made solemn promises which bind us for all time ; we are not our own , but

built into a Temple which is now visible and temporal , but which we trust will one day be eternal . We are bound to practice out of the Lodge those duties which we are taught within it . Freemasonry is not like clothing , to be put ofi or on at pleasure , but it is a part of the body and the life of every

At Refreshment.

initiate . So completely is this true , that the common phrase , " once a Mason always a Mason , " expresses the indefectibility of Masonic obligations . They abide with us forever , so that we can never abrogate or renounce them . This fact should be remembered as well during seasons of Refreshment aB of

Labour . Our Masonic bodies may not be in session now , but we are always Masons , always bound by the Mystio Tie , always under obligation to be true men and worthy fellows , a credit to Freemasonry , and worthy of the high vocation of a Master Mason to whioh we have been called . — " Keystone . "

Lodge Meetings Next Week.

LODGE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK .

Fuller particulars as to place of meeting of the undermentioned . Lodges are given in the freemasons' Calendar ana . tocKet Hoois . ( published by Urand Lodge lor the benefit of the Charity Fund ) .

Monday . 77 Freedom , Gravesend 236 York , York 248 True Love & Unity , Brixham 312 Lion , Whitby 359 Peace & Harmony , Soutli'pton 424 Borough , Gateshead 827 St . Jolm , Dewsbury 872 Lewis , Whitehaven y 4 a Williamson , Monkwearmouth 986 Hesketh . Croston

1146 De IVloulham , JSwanage 1199 Ariculture , iatton 1238 Gooch , 'I ' wicKt-jjuain VAob Uiindas , Plymouth 1337 Anchor , Nortnallerton 1443 Salem , Dawlish 1631 St . Andrew , Gorleston 1748 Castlemartin , Pembroke 1814 Worsley , Worsley 2069 Prudence , Leeds

20 < 4 St . ( Jlare , JLanaport 2086 Dacre , Stevenage 2208 Hoisa , Bournemouth 2327 St . Oswin , JJorth Shields 2373 Hardwick , ( Jliesterheld 2425 Ecclesburne , Durheld 2557 Temperance , Newcastle-on-T .

Tuesday Board of General Purposes , Freemasons' Hall , at 5 . 1339 Stockwell , Camberwell 1695 New Finsbury Park , Via . H'tl . 223 Charity , Plymouth 378 Loyal Welsn , Pembroke Dock 386 Unity , Wareham

418 Menturia , Hanley 448 St . James , Halifax 667 Alliance , Li . irpool 681 Scarsdale , Cnesterfield 830 Endeavour , Dukinheld 958 St . Aubin , Jersey 1006 Tregullow , St . Day 1225 Hindnool . Barrow-in-Furness

1424 Brownrigg of Unity , Old B'pton 1570 Prince Arthur , Liverpool 1787 Grenville , Buckingham 1893 Lumley , Skegness 1903 Pr . Ed . Saxe Weimar , P'tsm'th . 2572 Tyldesley , Tyldesley

Wednesday General Committee , Grand Lodge , and Board of Benevolence , at 5 . 619 Beadon , Upper Norwood 2140 Hughenot , Criterion 32 St . Geo . Harmony , Liverpool 121 Mount Sinai , Penzance 137 Amity , Poole 200 Old Globe , Scarborough 290 Huddersfield , Huddersfield 311 South Saxon , Lewes 325 St . John , Salford 342 Royal Sussex , Landport 376 Perfect Friendship , Ipswich

591 Buckingham , Aylesbury 610 Colston , Bristol 726 Staffordshire Knot , Stafford 750 Friendship , Cleckheaton 823 Everton , Liverpool 962 Sun and Sector , Workington 1040 Sykes , Driffield 1086 Walton , Liverpool 1136 Carew , Torpoint

1212 Elms , Stoke Damerel 1301 Brighouse , Brighouse 1334 Norman , Durham 1353 Duke of Lancaster , Lancaster 1511 Alexandra , Hornsey 1529 Duke of Cornwall , St . Cblumb 1634 Starkie , Ramsbottom 1638 Brownrigg , K ' gston-on-Thames 1774 Mellor , Ashton-under-Lyne 2203 Farnborough & N . U , Farnboro ' 2258 West . Dist . U . S ., K Stonehouie 2259 St . Nicholas , Thorne 2475 Border , Blackwater

Thursday . House Committee , Girls School , 4 . 30 57 Humber , Hull 98 St . Martin , Burslem 203 Ancient Union , Liverpool 215 Commerce , Haslingden 230 Fidelity , Devonport 245 Mechanics , Jersey 267 Unity , Macclesfield 286 Samaritan , Bacup 343 Concord , Preston

345 Perseverance , Blackburn 367 Probity & Freedom , Rochdale 600 Harmony , Bradford 605 Combermere , Birkenhead 659 Blagdon , Blyth 758 Ellesmere , Runcorn 802 Repose , Derby 940 Philanthropy , Stockton 971 Trafalgar , Batley 1011 Richmond . Manchester

1037 Portland , Portland 1042 Excelsior , Leeds 1184 Abbey , Battle 1327 King Harold , Waltham Cross 1332 Unity , Crediton 1386 St . Hugh , Lincoln 1393 Hamer , Liverpool 1514 Thornhill , Huddersfield 1562 Homfray , Risca 1776 Landnort . Landport

2268 Hallamshire , Sheffield 2305 Stour , Ashford , Kent 2390 Exmoor , Minehead 2430 Runnymede , Wraysbury 2523 Roll Call , Hounslow 2555 England Centre , Weedon Friday .

Board of Management Boys School at 2 * 30 1108 Royal Wharfedale , Otley 1311 Zetland , Leeds 2005 Brooke , Chingford

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