The Old Masonians.

THE OLD MASONIANS .

THE Third Annual Dinner of thia Association , whioh we are pleased to see is making considerable headway , took place on Saturday last , at Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street , Brother A . F . Godson , M . P ., presided , and he was supported by Bros . F . Binckes ( Secretary Eoyal Masonio Institution for Boys ) , Asher Barfield

Grand Treasnrer , Major George Lambert P . G . Sword Bearer , Augustus Harris , W . W . Morgan , T . J . Balling Prov . G . Seo . Essex , Jas . Stevens , H . D . Cama , S . E . Speight , & c , with about fifty members of the Association . After a bonntifnl spread had been done justice to , Bro . Godson briefly introduced tho Loyal toast * . In

speaking to the toast of the Old Mason inns' Association the President said , some brethren had written to him to express their sorrow that they were unable to be present ; amongst them were Bros , the Eev . 0 . J . Martyn P . G . Chaplain and D . P . G . M . Suffolk , Sir Edmund Lechmere P . G . M . Worcestershire . Bro . A . M . Broadley P . D . D . G . M .

Malta , Vice-Patron of the Institution , had sent a telegram stating than an attack of influenza compelled him to go home . Brother Godson thanked Brother Binckes for the compliment conveyed through him , whereby he had become a supporter of the Association . He was delighted to know that the Association was

etarted with a view to take young fellows who were leaving the Sohool in hand and help them on in the world . He was associated with two Worcester societies that worked to the same end , and they had been very successful . Those who had been some years in the world must see the enormous assistance a timely word would be to a

young fellow on his start in life . Speaking on behalf of the House Committee of the Boys' School , he could say that the members took fche greatest interest in the movement . He hoped the Old Masonians' Association wonld live long and prosper . Mr . Uwins ( Hon . Treasurer ) in reply said , they were aware when the

Association was first proposed that a similar one had existed , but that it had failed . That was not a good omen , but with the many kind promises of support they had already received they hoped to achieve success . Mr . Watkins ( Hon . Secretary ) read a number of letters from Craftsmen , who apologised for absence . Up to the

present their social meetings had been very successful ; and they had had three or four Cinderella dances . They were making themselves known abroad , as shown by the fact that they had members in America , France and New Zealand . With the toasfc of the Vice Presidents , proposed by Mr . Speight , were

coupled fche names of Bros Barfield , Augustus Harris , and Binckes . Bro . Barfield said ifc gave him very great pleasnre to return thanks . It was his first visit , but he hoped it would not be his last . Hitherto he had not heard much about them , but he thonght if they were better known they would be appreciated . As long as the Society

was well conducted , he was sure they must prosper . Bro . Augustus Harris did not think he could call them Brethren , as some were not Brethren yet ; bufc he felfc sure at some time they would be . When he received the circular he thought he was to meet " old " Masonians , but on looking round the table he felt they were young

Masonians . He had the greatest pleasure in being amongst the boys . He , with Faust , should like to have perpetual youth , but nofc afc the same cost . When they remembered the position they were building up , he felfc sure they were grateful to the Institntion and to Freemasonry . It was said— " Masonry , yes—good dinners , " bnt there

was something more in Masonry than that . He felt snre that many wonld speedily become Masons , and he also felt sure thafc when they joined the Craft they would snpport the Institution to whioh they owed so much . Prosperity to the Eoyal Masonio Institution for Boys was given by Mr . C . H . Uwins , and Bro . Binckes , Secretary

of the Institution , replied ; he hardly know how fco express his sense of gratitude for the manner in whioh the toast had been proposed and accepted . At the present time it was the more difficult , becanse fchey were waiting for the report of the Committee of Inquiry . Bufc whatever the nature of that report , he knew of nothing better

deserving of support and sympathy than the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys . They had now 263 sons of Freemasons in the School . On behalf of these , Masonry held out its helping hand and educated them , nofc as recipients of Charity , bufc as sons of those good friends who had helped the Institution in the time of their

prosperity . In responding to the toasfc given in his honour , the President said he was sorry he had not been able hitherto to attend their festive gatherings as often as he could wish , but he assured one and all he should watch fche progress they made . Several other toasts followed . During the evening the proceedings were enlivened with some

humorous sketches , Messrs . Dudley Causton , James Stevens , J . Light , F . Isaac , W . M . Collins , and A . B . Whiteley assisting . The following brethren were enrolled Vice Presidents : —Bros . Eev . 0 . J . Martyn , D . P . Cama , Asher Barfield , J . L . Mather , A . M . Broadley , Augustus Harris , John Mason , W . Paas , A . E . Motion , F . W . Iinbert-Terry , and Major Georgo Lambert , F . S . A ., & c .

The Grand Festival will take place on Wednesday nexfc , afc . Freemasons' Tavern , at six o ' clock . Earlier in the day , Grand Lodge will meet at Freemasons' Hall , when the Grand Officers for the ensuing twelve months will be invested .

The Freemasons of Trowbridge have decided to present Bro . W . H . Brown , J . P ., CO ., with his bust in marble , to be placed in the vestibule of the Jubilee Town Hall , which he has given to the town . Mrs . Brown is to be presented with a silver model of the Hall on the opening day .

Gleanings.

GLEANINGS .

We again call attention to the movement now going on in England for a testimonial to Bio . Eobert Froke Gould , the eminent Masonic historian . It is pleasant to learn of the interest manifested in ranking a liberal expression of the grateful feeling of the Craffc toward ono

so well deserving of such a token of recognition . The Earl of Carnarvon is Chairman of the Committee . Inasmuch as Bro . Gould is not much profited by tho sale of copies of his work in this country , it will bo a graceful act for American brethren to subscribe to the testimonial . We trust thafc many will do so . — Freemason ' s Repository .

THE MONTREAL MASONIC TEMPLE . —Already about 20 , 000 dollars of stock of the Masonic Temple Company haa been subscribed . The proposed capital of the company is placed ac 100 , 000 dollars , and it is intended , so soon as stock has been taken up to the amount of

50 , 000 dollars , to seek the incorporation of the company , and purchase a site in a central position in tbe business part of th . city , on which to erect a suitable building , the lower storeys of which will bo rented for business purposes and lecture rooms , while the upper Hat will be laid out as Lodge rooms .

" S QUARE . —This is one of the most important and significant symbols in Freemasonry , and as such it is proper that its truo form should bo preserved . Onr French brethren have almost universally given it with one leg longer than the other ( as was frequently the oiiso in this country in the last century ) , thus making it : _ carpenter ' s )

square . It is also often unnecessarily marked with ino . u . _> , a ., an instrument for measuring , which it is not . It is simply the trying square of a stone mason , and has a plain surface , the sides or Ie _ - embracing an angle of 90 degrees , and is intended only to test the accuracy of the sides of a stone , and to seo that ifcs edges subtend

the same angle . In Freemasony it is a symbol of morality . This is its general signification , and is applied i ; i several ways : —( 1 ) Ib represents itself to the neophyte as one of the three great lights ; ( 2 ) to the F . C . as one of his working tools ; ( 3 ) to the M . M . as tho official jewel of the Master of the Lodge . Everywhere it inculcates

the same lesson of morality , of truthfulness , and honesty . So universally accepted is the symbolism that it lias geno ontside of our Order , and is found in colloquial language communicating thu same idea . As a Masonic symbol ifc is of very ancient date , and was

familiar to the operative Masons . In the year 1830 tho architect ( Bro . Payne ) in re-building a very ancient bridge called Bail ' s Bridge , near Limerick , in Ireland , found under the foundations an old brass square , much corroded , containing on ifcs two surfaces tho inscription ,

I WILL STRIUETO LIUE WITH LOUE AND CARE YI'ON THE LEUEL l . Y THV

SQVARE , with the date loly . This discovery therefore proves , if proof were necessary , that the teaching of our old operative brethren was identical with the speculative application of the working-. oul _ of the modern Craft . "—Mackay . SHOULD BE BOWED OUT . —If a man joins the Fraternity , promising

in words or otherwise to help , aid and assist" the needy , and doesn't do it , he is part of , bufc has no part in true Masonry , therefore ought to be bowed out . He is ia the wrong pew , and got into a place with which he may be in sympathy—when ho needs assistance . Lodges die because their members do nofc pay their rlne _ . No Lodge

ever died when the reverse was trne , without exception . Non . payment of dues throws the burden on a few and kills the Lodge . The Mason who helps in such unholy work , through negligence or pare

cussedness , wrongs the Fraternity , his Lodge and deserving brethren , their widows and orphans . As a rule ho is indirectly if not deliberately a violator of plighted faith , and deserves no consideration . Of him we may exclaim :

" Oh , bane of good , seducing cheat , Can man , weak man , thy power defeat ?" True , the Lodges are afc fault in not collecting dues at shorter intervals —before the indebtedness has accumulated to formidable proportions—but this does not excuse the delinquent . Hia duty is to

pay , not to wait to be hunted up and demand made for the few cents , per week . If dues are charged , they should bo paid alike by all . If the shirks will not pay they deserve to be cutoff , and thnt without mercy . So the writer thinks . —H . B . Grant . In the course of a Masonic sermon delivered in New Eothesay

Established Church , fche Eev . W . W . lulloch , of Glasgow , said Le rejoiced to bring Freemasonry prominently before tho people of the country , seeing thafc the Order was a gi'eat moral fore * , which largely helped in the redemption of the world from evil . In its Lodge ., the

peer was on a level wifch the peasant , and the peasant ccnld take precedence of the peer if he were a better Mason . Ma .. ( . nry \ . as subservient to no creed or colour , bufc was at work all over the wmld for the moral and spiritual welfare of mankind .

" N EOPHYTES in American Masonry are inclined to imagine thu York Eite to be universal , whereas ifc is almost exclusively confined to the English speaking nations . In Germany are practised threo different rites , of which the system of Fessler has nine dc __ rep .. thafc

of the three Globes afc Berlin ten , and fche Eclectic but three . In the Scandinavian countries is the Swedish Rite of twelve degrees , in France the French or Modern Eite of seven degrees , while in all other countries of Europe and South America fche Scottish Eite is in use . "—Freemasons' Journal .

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