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Masonic Sonnets, No. 90.
Masonic Sonnets , No . 90 .
BY BHO . CHAS . F . FOBSHAW , LL . D ., 295 and 2417 ( E . C . ) Hon . Mem . 1242 ( E . C . ) and 24 ( S . C ) . The Grand Lodge of All . A HUNDRED years in His Most Holy sight Is as a moment , for His creatures here TTnvn sfnrnplv timn tn SPO parth ' s frrna-hnsfc Tiiffht
'Ere they are called to no sublunary sphere . Let us , my Brethren of The Mystic Tie , We who would work by Level and by Square , Ever be led by His All Seeing Eye , And ever by His Sacred Law prepare
For that abode no human Masons made , That Templo reared by His Almighty skill , Where through tho centuries that never fade We bend subservient to Our Master ' s will , Our earthly labours o ' er , we safely stand And open Lodge in His own Promised Land . Winder House , Bradford , 7 th May 1894 .
The foundation stone of the new Masonic Temple at Johannesburg , in connection with the Gold Fields Lodge , is to be laid on 24 th May . It will be a very handsome structure , says the " Cape Argus , " and cost £ 8 , 000 .
0 0 0 The Brethren of Somersetshire have already shown their determination to support their Provincial chief ( Lord Dungarvan ) , who will preside as chairman at next
year ' s Festival of the Benevolent Institution , by voting 100 guineas from the Provincial funds to be placed on his lordship ' s list . But beyond the mere fact of giving the money the enthusiasm with which the vote was agreed to augurs well for the support of the whole body of Brethren of the Province .
o 0 o How to deal with members in arrears is a question of considerable importance to several Lodges . Nearly every Lodge in Victoria has members in arrears who are not in a position to pay up . There is generally a
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disinclination to lose good members who may for the time being be short of funds and at the same time a disinclination to pay 7 s per annum Grand Lodge dues for them . Some Lodges have resorted to the device of placing these members in a " suspense list , " thus
attempting to free themselves for Grand Lodge dues and save the members from the ignominy of exclusion and deprivation of Masonic privilege ? . This is altogether wrong . There can be no such thing as a suspense list . So long as members remain on the books of the Lodge ,
dues must be paid to Grand Lodge for them . To relieve Lodges of Grand Lodge dues , the members in arrears must be returned either as dead , resigned , or excluded since last return . Brethren in arrears can resign without paying up . By doing so they prevent the accumulation
of arrears and relieve their Lodge from Grand Lodge dues . Though they resign , they cannot , however , claim a clearance until they pay up or have their dues remitted . This is the only legitimate way to meet the case . When
a Brother thus resigning feels himself in a position to pay dues he can rejoin , and the Lodge can , if it feels so disposed , remit the whole , or a part , of his arrears and joining fee . — " Australasian Keystone . "
Lodge Meetings For Next Week.
LODGE MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK .
Monday . 1 Grand Masters , Freemasons Tavern 8 British , Freemasons-hall 21 Emulation , Albion 1 G 94 Imperial , Cloot ' s Restaurant
77 Freedom , Gravesend 236 York , York 248 True Love & Unity , Brixham , Devon 270 Royal Faith and Friendship , Berkeley 284 Shakespeare , Warwick 302 Hope , Bradford 307 Prince Frederick , Hebden Bridge 312 Lion , Whitby
359 Peace and Harmony , bouthampton 388 Prudence , Halesworth 1208 Corinthian , Dover 1255 Dundas , Plymouth 1272 Trcgenna , St . Ives 1337 Anchor , Northallerton 1443 Salem , Dawlish 1447 St . Matthew , Barton-upon-Humber
1486 Duncombe , Kingsbridge 1502 Israel , Liverpool L 564 St . John , Woking 1 G 31 Sfc . Andrew , Gorleston 1 G 74 Caradoc , Rhyl 1741 Montgomerio , Diss 1748 Castlcmartin , Pembroke 1814 Worsley , Worsley L 895 Thames , Henley
1909 Carnarvon , iNowingnam L 977 Blackwater , Maldon 2074 St . Clair , Landport 2081 Golden Fleece , Leicester 2114 Prudence , Liverpool 2208 Horsa , Bournemouth 2289 Blundellsands , Great Crosby 2327 St . Oswin , N . Shields 2349 W . Lancashire Century , Blackpool 2373 Hardwick , Chesterfield 2425 Ecclesburnc , Duffield
Lodge Meetings For Next Week.
Tuesday . 259 Prince of Wales , Hotol Metropole 253 Tyrian , Derby 378 Loyal Welsh , Pembroke Dock 386 Unity , Wareham 1390 Whitwell , Millom 1 C 09 Liverpool Dramatic , Liverpool 1 G 36 St . Cecilia , Brighton
1675 Ancient Briton , Liverpool 1678 Medway , Tonbridge 1726 Gordon , Bognor 1834 Duke of Connaught , Landport 1958 Hundred of Bosmere , Portsea 2025 St . George , Plymouth 2328 Albert "Victor , York 2339 Mistley , Manningtrce 2405 Ionic , St . Helens
"Wednesday . 212 Euphrates , Holborn Restaurant 82 Foundation , Cheltenham 220 Harmony , Garston 257 Phcenix , Portsmouth 1403 West Lancashire , Ormskirk 1723 St . George , Bolton 1756 Kirkdale , Liverpool
1760 Leopold , Scarborough 1809 Fidelis , " Guernsey 1868 Unity , Oldham 1967 Beaconcourfc , Now Brompton 2019 Crook , Crook 2149 Gordon , Hanley 2216 Egerton , Swinton Q 259 Sfc . Nicholas . Thome
2320 St . Martin , Castleton 2357 Barry , Cadoxton 2385 Godson , Oldbury 2444 Noel ; Kingston-on-Thames 2448 Bradstow , Broadstairs
Thursday . 51 Angel , Colchester 78 Imperial George , Middleton 132 Unity , Ringwood
Lodge Meetings For Next Week.
202 Friendship , Devonport 215 Commerce , Haslingden 324 Moira , Stalybridge 346 United Brethren , Blackburn 348 St . John , Bolton 1345 Victoria , Eccles 1392 Egerton , Bury
1404 Sfc . Vincent , Bristol 1418 Fraternity , Stockton-on-Tees 1437 Liberty of Havering , Romford 1505 Emulation , Liverpool 1514 Thornhill , Huddersfield 1626 Hotspur , Newcastle-on-Tyne 1705 Prince of Wales . Gosport
1817 St . Andrew , Shoeburyness 1971 Army and Navy , Aldershot 2101 Bramston Beach , Godalming 2195 Military Jubilee , Dover 2214 Josiah Wedgwood , Efcruria 2215 Anfield , Anfield 22 G 3 St . Leonard , Sheffield
2335 Cycling and Athletic , Liverpool 2375 Hilbre , Hoylako 2387 Manchester Dramatic , Manchester 2162 Clarence , West Hartlepool 2463 Bootle Wilbraham , West Derby 2474 Hafcherton , Walsall
Friday . 197 Jerusalem , Freemasons' Hall 1303 Pelham , Lewes 1391 Commercial , Leicester 1435 Anneslev . Nottingham
1712 Sfc John , Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1822 St . Quintin , Cowbridge 2371 Felix , Felixstowe 2380 Beneventa , Daventry 2415 Tristram , Shildon 2431 Kingsley , Northampton
Saturday . 1462 Wharncliffe , Penistono 19 G 5 Eastes , Bromley 2421 Carrington , Amersham
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Masonic Sonnets, No. 90.
Masonic Sonnets , No . 90 .
BY BHO . CHAS . F . FOBSHAW , LL . D ., 295 and 2417 ( E . C . ) Hon . Mem . 1242 ( E . C . ) and 24 ( S . C ) . The Grand Lodge of All . A HUNDRED years in His Most Holy sight Is as a moment , for His creatures here TTnvn sfnrnplv timn tn SPO parth ' s frrna-hnsfc Tiiffht
'Ere they are called to no sublunary sphere . Let us , my Brethren of The Mystic Tie , We who would work by Level and by Square , Ever be led by His All Seeing Eye , And ever by His Sacred Law prepare
For that abode no human Masons made , That Templo reared by His Almighty skill , Where through tho centuries that never fade We bend subservient to Our Master ' s will , Our earthly labours o ' er , we safely stand And open Lodge in His own Promised Land . Winder House , Bradford , 7 th May 1894 .
The foundation stone of the new Masonic Temple at Johannesburg , in connection with the Gold Fields Lodge , is to be laid on 24 th May . It will be a very handsome structure , says the " Cape Argus , " and cost £ 8 , 000 .
0 0 0 The Brethren of Somersetshire have already shown their determination to support their Provincial chief ( Lord Dungarvan ) , who will preside as chairman at next
year ' s Festival of the Benevolent Institution , by voting 100 guineas from the Provincial funds to be placed on his lordship ' s list . But beyond the mere fact of giving the money the enthusiasm with which the vote was agreed to augurs well for the support of the whole body of Brethren of the Province .
o 0 o How to deal with members in arrears is a question of considerable importance to several Lodges . Nearly every Lodge in Victoria has members in arrears who are not in a position to pay up . There is generally a
Masonic Sonnets, No. 90.
disinclination to lose good members who may for the time being be short of funds and at the same time a disinclination to pay 7 s per annum Grand Lodge dues for them . Some Lodges have resorted to the device of placing these members in a " suspense list , " thus
attempting to free themselves for Grand Lodge dues and save the members from the ignominy of exclusion and deprivation of Masonic privilege ? . This is altogether wrong . There can be no such thing as a suspense list . So long as members remain on the books of the Lodge ,
dues must be paid to Grand Lodge for them . To relieve Lodges of Grand Lodge dues , the members in arrears must be returned either as dead , resigned , or excluded since last return . Brethren in arrears can resign without paying up . By doing so they prevent the accumulation
of arrears and relieve their Lodge from Grand Lodge dues . Though they resign , they cannot , however , claim a clearance until they pay up or have their dues remitted . This is the only legitimate way to meet the case . When
a Brother thus resigning feels himself in a position to pay dues he can rejoin , and the Lodge can , if it feels so disposed , remit the whole , or a part , of his arrears and joining fee . — " Australasian Keystone . "
Lodge Meetings For Next Week.
LODGE MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK .
Monday . 1 Grand Masters , Freemasons Tavern 8 British , Freemasons-hall 21 Emulation , Albion 1 G 94 Imperial , Cloot ' s Restaurant
77 Freedom , Gravesend 236 York , York 248 True Love & Unity , Brixham , Devon 270 Royal Faith and Friendship , Berkeley 284 Shakespeare , Warwick 302 Hope , Bradford 307 Prince Frederick , Hebden Bridge 312 Lion , Whitby
359 Peace and Harmony , bouthampton 388 Prudence , Halesworth 1208 Corinthian , Dover 1255 Dundas , Plymouth 1272 Trcgenna , St . Ives 1337 Anchor , Northallerton 1443 Salem , Dawlish 1447 St . Matthew , Barton-upon-Humber
1486 Duncombe , Kingsbridge 1502 Israel , Liverpool L 564 St . John , Woking 1 G 31 Sfc . Andrew , Gorleston 1 G 74 Caradoc , Rhyl 1741 Montgomerio , Diss 1748 Castlcmartin , Pembroke 1814 Worsley , Worsley L 895 Thames , Henley
1909 Carnarvon , iNowingnam L 977 Blackwater , Maldon 2074 St . Clair , Landport 2081 Golden Fleece , Leicester 2114 Prudence , Liverpool 2208 Horsa , Bournemouth 2289 Blundellsands , Great Crosby 2327 St . Oswin , N . Shields 2349 W . Lancashire Century , Blackpool 2373 Hardwick , Chesterfield 2425 Ecclesburnc , Duffield
Lodge Meetings For Next Week.
Tuesday . 259 Prince of Wales , Hotol Metropole 253 Tyrian , Derby 378 Loyal Welsh , Pembroke Dock 386 Unity , Wareham 1390 Whitwell , Millom 1 C 09 Liverpool Dramatic , Liverpool 1 G 36 St . Cecilia , Brighton
1675 Ancient Briton , Liverpool 1678 Medway , Tonbridge 1726 Gordon , Bognor 1834 Duke of Connaught , Landport 1958 Hundred of Bosmere , Portsea 2025 St . George , Plymouth 2328 Albert "Victor , York 2339 Mistley , Manningtrce 2405 Ionic , St . Helens
"Wednesday . 212 Euphrates , Holborn Restaurant 82 Foundation , Cheltenham 220 Harmony , Garston 257 Phcenix , Portsmouth 1403 West Lancashire , Ormskirk 1723 St . George , Bolton 1756 Kirkdale , Liverpool
1760 Leopold , Scarborough 1809 Fidelis , " Guernsey 1868 Unity , Oldham 1967 Beaconcourfc , Now Brompton 2019 Crook , Crook 2149 Gordon , Hanley 2216 Egerton , Swinton Q 259 Sfc . Nicholas . Thome
2320 St . Martin , Castleton 2357 Barry , Cadoxton 2385 Godson , Oldbury 2444 Noel ; Kingston-on-Thames 2448 Bradstow , Broadstairs
Thursday . 51 Angel , Colchester 78 Imperial George , Middleton 132 Unity , Ringwood
Lodge Meetings For Next Week.
202 Friendship , Devonport 215 Commerce , Haslingden 324 Moira , Stalybridge 346 United Brethren , Blackburn 348 St . John , Bolton 1345 Victoria , Eccles 1392 Egerton , Bury
1404 Sfc . Vincent , Bristol 1418 Fraternity , Stockton-on-Tees 1437 Liberty of Havering , Romford 1505 Emulation , Liverpool 1514 Thornhill , Huddersfield 1626 Hotspur , Newcastle-on-Tyne 1705 Prince of Wales . Gosport
1817 St . Andrew , Shoeburyness 1971 Army and Navy , Aldershot 2101 Bramston Beach , Godalming 2195 Military Jubilee , Dover 2214 Josiah Wedgwood , Efcruria 2215 Anfield , Anfield 22 G 3 St . Leonard , Sheffield
2335 Cycling and Athletic , Liverpool 2375 Hilbre , Hoylako 2387 Manchester Dramatic , Manchester 2162 Clarence , West Hartlepool 2463 Bootle Wilbraham , West Derby 2474 Hafcherton , Walsall
Friday . 197 Jerusalem , Freemasons' Hall 1303 Pelham , Lewes 1391 Commercial , Leicester 1435 Anneslev . Nottingham
1712 Sfc John , Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1822 St . Quintin , Cowbridge 2371 Felix , Felixstowe 2380 Beneventa , Daventry 2415 Tristram , Shildon 2431 Kingsley , Northampton
Saturday . 1462 Wharncliffe , Penistono 19 G 5 Eastes , Bromley 2421 Carrington , Amersham
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BRO . JOHN PROBERT will be happy to provide high class Music for Masonic Meetings , Consecrations , Installations and Ladies' Nights . For terms : —Woodville , Now Barnet , N .
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PHOTOGRAPHY . S . HOCKETT & Co ., Photographic Printers , POTTERS ROAD , NEW BARNET . NEGATIVES sent to us by Parcels Post , securely packed , receive prompt attention , and Prints in SILVER , PLATINOTYPE , P . O . P ., giving best obtainable results , forwarded without delay . We are also pleased to answer inquiries , and give information and advice , for which our large experience fully qualifies us . Price Lists on application .