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dramatic effect . In the second half , the solo , "Oh , for the wings of a dove , " was given with a lightness and beauty of vocalisation and delicacy of feeling which worthily interpreted both words and music . The choir sang the chorus with great taste .

The semon was preached by the Rev . Dr . Campbell , from the text , I Peter ii 17— " Honour all men . Love the brotherhood . Fear God . Honour the king . " Dr . Campbell said that the Masonic readers of the Epistles of St . Peter might well be pardoned if they claimed the Apostle as one of

the Brethren . Again and again he inculcated in terse language most , if not all , of the principles of Masonry . He exhorted his readers to be compassionate one towards another , to love as Brethren , to be pitiful , to be courteous , to add to their Godliness brotherly kindness , and to brotherly

kindness charity ; and in the verse quoted he bade them , in even more pointed phrase , honour all men , love the brotherhood , fear God , honour the king . These precepts embodied wellknown Masonic principles , if they were also Christian ; and they testified that Masonry and Christianity were not only

not antagonistic , but truly identical in many features , and that both were moulded on essential truths as to the relations of God and man , and man with his brother . And this was a fundamental note of Masonry that no man was to be regarded

as a chattel , tool , or slave , but everyone was to be recognised as having some native worth , and , therefore , deserving of honour in virtue of his divine lineage and origin . Further , Masonry enjoined loyalty to the Constitution and laws of the land .

The Craft was indeed a Secret Society , but it was not a conspiracy against the throne , or the law of the land , or the principles of social order . The fear of God was an eminently Masonic principle , and it shared with every theistic religion , Christianity included . In one sense , indeed , Masonry was

broader than Christianity , for under its insignia might be met Jew , Mohammedan , Parsee , and Buddhist , as well as Christian , in acknowledging the unity of God . It was , therefore , the greatest calumny to say that Masonry was Godless , because the history of Masonry , its ceremonial and ritual , its

symbols and essence , were interfused and permeated with the idea of the one God , the maker of heaven and earth ; and to deny the existence of the Deity was to remove one of the foundation stones of the Order . Its labour now was not the rearing of edifices , but the building up of charity and good

works , the help of the helpless , the relief of the poverty-stricken Brother , and the care of the widow and orphan . Doubtless its first charitable duty , like that of Christianity , was " to

provide for its own , especially for those of its own house , " but it did not end there . It would be a Masonry with maimed rites that would withhold its hand from helping others than their own .

Hence it was peculiarly fitting that they were met that day , drawn together by a sacred cord of sympathy towards their suffering brothers and sisters whom the present war had plunged into grief ; and if there was one virtue or grace more than another that had taken lodgment in the heart of

Masonry , it was that of benevolence . And if a common sorrow united men closely , so did a common danger . The present war , whatever controversies surrounded it , whatever losses it might entail , was remarkable for the splendid revelation that it had welded together a brotherhood of

Britons at home and in our Colonies such as we had never seen before . Never was there such enthusiasm in our nation , and was it not a convincing proof that the heart of the youth of the nation was still sound and true , and , on the whole , uncorrupted amid the allurements of modern life ? War

might be , and was , an evil , but not an evil without a good , and the demonstration that these past few months had given of the qualities of our race and the strength of our Empire was well worth a hundred fights . Let it be theirs , therefore ,

said Dr . Campbell , in conclusion , to help with all their might those that were left behind , to sustain the strain , and to alleviate the sorrow when it came with their compassion and their charity .

A collection was afterwards taken , which , with the amount realised for tickets , and not including several special donations , amounted to £ 585 . Another feature of the Service much appreciated was a march up the centre passage of the nave and chancel by the pipers of the Gordon Highlanders ,

who played the " Flowers of the Forest" as a lament for our dead heroes . The proceedings were brought to a close by the singing in a spirited fashion of the National Anthem , by Madame Russell , the choir and congregation , accompanied by the organ and the band . It should be mentioned that the service was arranged by a Committee , under the chairmanship of Bro . W . W .

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Robertson , Bro . Frank M . H . Young acting as Hon . Treasurer , and Bro . R . Wood Hawks as Hon . Secretary . Colonel Ivison Macadam rendered capital service as Chief Marshal . In the course of the evening the Hon . James Hozier ,

M . P ., Grand Master , accompanied by Bros . W . W . Robertson , R . F . Shaw Stewart , Colonel Ivison Macadam , and R . W . Hawks , waited on Madame Ella Russell at the Royal Hotel , and tendered her their thanks for her services . The Grand Master , in expressing on behalf of the Masons their

appreciation of Madame Russell's kindness , said that the Masons , not only of the Metropolitan District , but of all Scotland , were deeply sensible of how much they were indebted to her singing for the success of the service that day . The Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Lord Haddington

had desired him to express their personal thanks to her . The Grand Master concluded by presenting Madame Russell with an elegantly-bound copy of the programme of the day ' s proceedings , containing an address signed by himself and by the Lord Provost . Madame Russell expressed her sincere thanks

for the souvenir . She was exceedingly gratified to think that her aid had been so appreciated by the Masons . She always gave something annually to Edinburgh , and this year it was though the Masons she was enabled to conform to her usual practice .

ON Sunday , the 4 th inst ., a Masonic Service was held in the Concert Room , Grey Abbe 3 ' -, under the auspices of Grey Abbey Star of the Ards Lodge , No . 183 ( I . C . ) in aid of the Soldiers Widows and Orphans Fund , and also of the

Down Masonic Orphan Fund . The Brethren assembled at the Masonic Hall , and marched in procession to the Concert Room , where the usual order of procedure having been observed , the Service was commenced with prayer and the singing of the 100 th Psalm .

Major-General Montgomery read the Lesson from the 21 st chapter of Revelations , after which Bro . the Rev . Dr . Greer , M . A ., preached from Genesis xiii 8 , on the words— "We be Brethren . " He concluded an eloquent

sermon by referring in sympathetic words to the objects to which the offertory would be devoted . The Service concluded with the benediction , after which the entire assembly joined in the rendering of the National Anthem . The offertory amounted to upwards of £ 16 .

Canon Tristram's Golden Wedding.

CANON TRISTRAM'S GOLDEN WEDDING .

f jlHE celebrations in connection with the golden wedding JL of the Rev . Canon Tristram , D . D ., LL . D ., F . R . S ., of the College , Durham , and Mrs . Tristram , were commenced on the 3 rd inst ., when a series of Masonic presentations were

made to Canon and Mrs . Instram . The uniqueness of the occasion was fully testified to by the large attendance , at which the worthy Canon and Mrs . Tristram received the hearty felicitations and congratulations of their numerous friends and well-wishers .

The first of the presentations on Saturday was made at the residence of Canon Tristram , in the College , Durham , where Canon and Mrs . Tristram received a deputation from the Mark Masons of the Province of Durham and

Northumberland . The deputation , who were received in the large drawing-room , consisted of Colonel Angus D . P . G . M . M ., Bro . John Redhead P . P . S . G . W ., Bro . John Straker Wilson P . P . S . G . W ., and Bro . John Heppei Prov . G . Sec .

Bro . Colonel Angus , on behalf of the Mark Masons of the Province , then asked Canon and Mrs . Tristram ' s acceptance of a fine antique silver-gilt loving cup and a pair of fine antique silver-gilt Twirley fruit bowls , a description of which has already appeared , whilst to Mrs . Tristram personally was presented a diamond brooch .

In making the presentations Col . Angus spoke of the great esteem in which Canon Tristram was held among the Mark Masons in the Province over which he had for so many years presided with such acceptance and ability , and said that the deputation had come there to offer to him and Mrs .

Tristram their hearty congratulations upon an event which was seldom given to men to see . They wished to express to them their loving affection for the Canon ' s own strong personality . From the lowest elevated Brother to the highest

Officer in the Craft there was one universal feeling of joy on that occasion , and they could only hope that when the shadows began to fall , and he was gathered to his fathers , that not only might men rise up to call him blessed , but that there might be men not only ready and willing , but able , to take up