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A Masonic Relic.
A MASONIC RELIC .
BRO . A . B . LYMAN , M . D ., a resident of Waverley , Md ., and member r of Fidelity Lodge , No . 136 , is the possessor of a curious and interesting' Masonic relic . Happening , some years ago , to be in a secondhand dealer ' s , he noticed in a dark corner of the room an old grandfather ' s clock having , a brass dial , but . so obscured with soot and verdigris that
little else than the numbers and hands were distinguishable . The dim outlines of a square and compass were , however , barely visible . After a little bargaining bn the lines laid down by our Most Worshipful Grand Master King Solomon , "It is nought , it is nought , saith the . buyer , " . the Brother purchased the clock ; and had it sent home without further delay .
Here ,, by the judicious use of elbow-grease and Sapoho , the following Masonio characters were brought to light , by the additional aid of black enamel rubbed into the incisions made by the graving tool : —Two columns surmounted by globes celestial and terrestrial , and adorned with lily-work , net-work and pomegranates , between the columns a tessellated pavement ,
checkered with black and white ; compasses placed across a square , and opened to eight-twelfths of a semicircle divided into twelve parts ; and distributed over the dial , the sun , moon , and seven stars . The small dial of the second hand consists of a six-pointed blazing star , the points being numbered from ten to sixty inclusive . An inscription indicates that
the clock has belonged to Yorktown Lodge , and further enquiry elicits the fact that Yorktown Lodge was chartered by the Grand Lodge of England in 1755 , but went out of existence in 1813 . The workmanship of the clock denotes . that it was made in 1781 . Washington , La Fayette , and other distinguished Masons of the American , French , and British armies met in fraternal concord at Yorktown Lodge . It would not be
ioo much of a stretch of imagination to presume beyond all reasonable doubt . "that they saw this clock and heard it strike , and may have noted the phase of the moon indicated under the blue starry-decked canopy ¦ ^ hich " surmounts the dial . Another clock , exactly like the one here "described , but without the Masonic emblems , may be seen in the President ' s parlour . of Outaw Savings Bank . It is also , by a coincidence , the property of a member of Fidelity Lodge . —" Minstrel . "
Religion In Freemasonry.
RELIGION IN FREEMASONRY .
FREEMASONRY is a religious' institution . Its religious character cannot be well understood and defined , unless we draw a distinction between subjective religion , the religion of the heart ; and objective religion , the religion of the mind .
- ' By ' subjective religion , the religion of the heart , we understand that fiiyine disposition and influence instinctively dwelling in man , the voice of God within , manifested by piety and devotion , by love and reverence , adoration and worship of the Supreme Being , the Father of us all . It is the
religion— emotional in character—which changes , purifies and sanctifies the heart . Having its source and origin in God , it is purely divine , and therefore immutable ; being common to all men , it binds man to man ; it is the religion in which men agree . This is the Religion of Freemasonry .
By objective religion , the religion of the mind , we understand religion objectively treated and scientifically reduced to a system , called theology . ¦ . It is the product of the human intellect , and therefore varies and changes in accordance with the condition and standard of the mind . It is the religion of ecclesiastical dogmatism , of the various churches , religious institutions , denominations and creeds , as , for instance , of the Unitarians , Trinitarians , Universalists , Calvinists , Romanists , Jews , Mahometans , & c
Although having a common basis in subjective religion , being the work of the human mind , it is truth mixed with error—for man errs as long as he lives , his infallibility the Pope notwithstanding—it is the religion of creeds , in which men disagree , which estranges man from man , productive of intolerance , hatred and persecution , of bigotry , hypocrisy and fanaticism . In this religion Freemasonry has no part .
The aim and object of Freemasonry is not to make the Christian more Christian , the Jew more Jewish , and the Mahometan more Mahometan , but to make the Christian a better Christian , the Jew a better Jew , and the Mahometan a better Mahometan . — " New York Tribune . "
District And Provincial Masters.
DISTRICT AND PROVINCIAL MASTERS .
"TTTE were "heckled" the other day about the distinction between a » » District and a Provincial Grand Master . Our first reply was that the former represented the Most Worshipful Grand Master abroad , the latter at home . ' This did not satisfy ' our querist . He said he knew all that , but which ranked higher ? Then we suggested that in the improbable event of a
District and a Provincial Grand Master hustling each other in the endeavour to obtain precedence in order of entry into Grand Lodge , it would be well that one , if not both of them , should retire , and amicably settle their differences , which , happily adjusted , they might reclothe themselves—* ' Yes , yes , " said our querist , " that's all right , but how would they settle their differences ? "
Then we suggested the date of the patent of appointment might serve to determine superiority . But then the possibility of the patents being of equal date was
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suggested , and we began to feel harassed , conscious likewise of having only skirted round the question up to this point . What is the actual difference ? There is one , and it lies in the powers with which each is entrusted . A District Grand Lodge can expel a Brother or erase a Lodge . The D . G . M . can suspend a Lodge during pleasure . A Provincial Grand Master can only suspend it till the next Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . A District Grand Master can also issue certificates and provisional Warrants .
These are the more important differences , but there are a number of minor ones to be found in Articles 106-115 . Among them is the power to grant dispensations of a nature which in England are restricted to the M . W . G . M . In fact , Article No . 106 distinctly says that the powers of a D . G . M . are required to be more extensive than those of a P . G . M . Other things being equal , therefore , we award the pas to the D . G . M . — " Indian Masonio Review . "
On Wednesday , lOfch inst ., a party of Bedford Brethren made a pleasant river journey to Huntingdon , by the steamer " Lodbre , " returning by train to Sandy , and driving from thence in the evening to Bedford .
The Theatres, &C.
The Theatres , & c .
Covent Garden . —Royal Italian Opera . This evening , Lucia di Lammermoor . Monday , Lohengrin . Tuesday , Rigoletto . Wednesday , Tarinhauser . Lyceum . —8 , The School for Scandal . . G lobe . —8 , The Journey ' s End . 9 , Charley ' s Aunt . Matinee , Saturday , 3 . Prince of Wales ' s . —7-45 , A Woman ' s Caprice . 8 * 15 , John Jenkins at
Biarritz . Matinee , 2 * 30 . ( Last day ) . On Monday , On the March . Gaiety . —8 , Carmen . ( Last day ) . Haymarket . —Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday , 8 * 30 , Trilby . Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , 8 * 30 , Henry IV . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 * 30 ; Saturday , 2 * 15 . D u ke of York ' s—8 , The Gay Parisienne . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 * 30 .
Lyric—8-15 , The Sign of the Cross . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 * 30 Savoy . —7 * 40 , After All . 8 * 20 , The Grand Duke , or the Statutory Duel . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Wednesday , Matinee of The Mikado . Comedy . —8-15 , French Plays" ( Last day ) . St . James ' s . —8 * 30 , The Prisoner of Zenda . : Matinee , Wednesday , 2 . Princess ' s . —8 , The Span of Life . . - Daly ' s . —8-15 , The Geisha ; A story of a Tea House . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 .
Garrick . —8 * 30 , The greatest of these . Matinee , Wednesday , 2-30 . Vaudeville . —8-15 , Papa ' s wife . 9 , A night out . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Criterion . —8-30 , Rosemary . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Court . —8-15 , Uncle Thatcher . 9 , Mam ' zelle Nitouche . Roy alty . —80 5 , Dearest Mama . 9 , The Queen ' s Proctor . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 .
Avenue . —On Thursday , 8-30 , The Little Genius . O pera Comique . —8 * 30 , Second Edition of The New Barmaid . . Alhambra . —7-45 , Variety Entertainment . 9 , Irish Ballet Divertissement . 10 , The Animatographe . 10 * 35 , Blue Beard . Empire . —7 * 45 , Variety Entertainment . New Ballet Divertissement , La Danse . Cinematographe . Second edition of Ballet Faust .
Palace . —7 * 45 , Variety Entertainment , Tableaux Vivants , & c . Matinee , to-day , 2-15 . Royal . —7 * 30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2 * 30 . Oxford . —7 * 30 , Variety Entertainment . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Olympia . —Grand Pleasure Gardens . Cycle Races , Concerts , < fcc . Crystal Palace—Varied attractions daily . Exhibition of Motor Carriages
Royal Aquarium . —Open at 10 ; close at 11 * 30 , Constant Amusement . Tivoli . —7 * 30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-30 also . The London . —Grand Variety Entertainment . Mohawk Minstrels . —( Agricultural Hall . )—Daily . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . Maskelyne ' s Magical Entertainment . Madame Tussaud ' s ( Baker Street ) . —Open daily
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A Masonic Relic.
A MASONIC RELIC .
BRO . A . B . LYMAN , M . D ., a resident of Waverley , Md ., and member r of Fidelity Lodge , No . 136 , is the possessor of a curious and interesting' Masonic relic . Happening , some years ago , to be in a secondhand dealer ' s , he noticed in a dark corner of the room an old grandfather ' s clock having , a brass dial , but . so obscured with soot and verdigris that
little else than the numbers and hands were distinguishable . The dim outlines of a square and compass were , however , barely visible . After a little bargaining bn the lines laid down by our Most Worshipful Grand Master King Solomon , "It is nought , it is nought , saith the . buyer , " . the Brother purchased the clock ; and had it sent home without further delay .
Here ,, by the judicious use of elbow-grease and Sapoho , the following Masonio characters were brought to light , by the additional aid of black enamel rubbed into the incisions made by the graving tool : —Two columns surmounted by globes celestial and terrestrial , and adorned with lily-work , net-work and pomegranates , between the columns a tessellated pavement ,
checkered with black and white ; compasses placed across a square , and opened to eight-twelfths of a semicircle divided into twelve parts ; and distributed over the dial , the sun , moon , and seven stars . The small dial of the second hand consists of a six-pointed blazing star , the points being numbered from ten to sixty inclusive . An inscription indicates that
the clock has belonged to Yorktown Lodge , and further enquiry elicits the fact that Yorktown Lodge was chartered by the Grand Lodge of England in 1755 , but went out of existence in 1813 . The workmanship of the clock denotes . that it was made in 1781 . Washington , La Fayette , and other distinguished Masons of the American , French , and British armies met in fraternal concord at Yorktown Lodge . It would not be
ioo much of a stretch of imagination to presume beyond all reasonable doubt . "that they saw this clock and heard it strike , and may have noted the phase of the moon indicated under the blue starry-decked canopy ¦ ^ hich " surmounts the dial . Another clock , exactly like the one here "described , but without the Masonic emblems , may be seen in the President ' s parlour . of Outaw Savings Bank . It is also , by a coincidence , the property of a member of Fidelity Lodge . —" Minstrel . "
Religion In Freemasonry.
RELIGION IN FREEMASONRY .
FREEMASONRY is a religious' institution . Its religious character cannot be well understood and defined , unless we draw a distinction between subjective religion , the religion of the heart ; and objective religion , the religion of the mind .
- ' By ' subjective religion , the religion of the heart , we understand that fiiyine disposition and influence instinctively dwelling in man , the voice of God within , manifested by piety and devotion , by love and reverence , adoration and worship of the Supreme Being , the Father of us all . It is the
religion— emotional in character—which changes , purifies and sanctifies the heart . Having its source and origin in God , it is purely divine , and therefore immutable ; being common to all men , it binds man to man ; it is the religion in which men agree . This is the Religion of Freemasonry .
By objective religion , the religion of the mind , we understand religion objectively treated and scientifically reduced to a system , called theology . ¦ . It is the product of the human intellect , and therefore varies and changes in accordance with the condition and standard of the mind . It is the religion of ecclesiastical dogmatism , of the various churches , religious institutions , denominations and creeds , as , for instance , of the Unitarians , Trinitarians , Universalists , Calvinists , Romanists , Jews , Mahometans , & c
Although having a common basis in subjective religion , being the work of the human mind , it is truth mixed with error—for man errs as long as he lives , his infallibility the Pope notwithstanding—it is the religion of creeds , in which men disagree , which estranges man from man , productive of intolerance , hatred and persecution , of bigotry , hypocrisy and fanaticism . In this religion Freemasonry has no part .
The aim and object of Freemasonry is not to make the Christian more Christian , the Jew more Jewish , and the Mahometan more Mahometan , but to make the Christian a better Christian , the Jew a better Jew , and the Mahometan a better Mahometan . — " New York Tribune . "
District And Provincial Masters.
DISTRICT AND PROVINCIAL MASTERS .
"TTTE were "heckled" the other day about the distinction between a » » District and a Provincial Grand Master . Our first reply was that the former represented the Most Worshipful Grand Master abroad , the latter at home . ' This did not satisfy ' our querist . He said he knew all that , but which ranked higher ? Then we suggested that in the improbable event of a
District and a Provincial Grand Master hustling each other in the endeavour to obtain precedence in order of entry into Grand Lodge , it would be well that one , if not both of them , should retire , and amicably settle their differences , which , happily adjusted , they might reclothe themselves—* ' Yes , yes , " said our querist , " that's all right , but how would they settle their differences ? "
Then we suggested the date of the patent of appointment might serve to determine superiority . But then the possibility of the patents being of equal date was
District And Provincial Masters.
suggested , and we began to feel harassed , conscious likewise of having only skirted round the question up to this point . What is the actual difference ? There is one , and it lies in the powers with which each is entrusted . A District Grand Lodge can expel a Brother or erase a Lodge . The D . G . M . can suspend a Lodge during pleasure . A Provincial Grand Master can only suspend it till the next Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . A District Grand Master can also issue certificates and provisional Warrants .
These are the more important differences , but there are a number of minor ones to be found in Articles 106-115 . Among them is the power to grant dispensations of a nature which in England are restricted to the M . W . G . M . In fact , Article No . 106 distinctly says that the powers of a D . G . M . are required to be more extensive than those of a P . G . M . Other things being equal , therefore , we award the pas to the D . G . M . — " Indian Masonio Review . "
On Wednesday , lOfch inst ., a party of Bedford Brethren made a pleasant river journey to Huntingdon , by the steamer " Lodbre , " returning by train to Sandy , and driving from thence in the evening to Bedford .
The Theatres, &C.
The Theatres , & c .
Covent Garden . —Royal Italian Opera . This evening , Lucia di Lammermoor . Monday , Lohengrin . Tuesday , Rigoletto . Wednesday , Tarinhauser . Lyceum . —8 , The School for Scandal . . G lobe . —8 , The Journey ' s End . 9 , Charley ' s Aunt . Matinee , Saturday , 3 . Prince of Wales ' s . —7-45 , A Woman ' s Caprice . 8 * 15 , John Jenkins at
Biarritz . Matinee , 2 * 30 . ( Last day ) . On Monday , On the March . Gaiety . —8 , Carmen . ( Last day ) . Haymarket . —Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday , 8 * 30 , Trilby . Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , 8 * 30 , Henry IV . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 * 30 ; Saturday , 2 * 15 . D u ke of York ' s—8 , The Gay Parisienne . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 * 30 .
Lyric—8-15 , The Sign of the Cross . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 * 30 Savoy . —7 * 40 , After All . 8 * 20 , The Grand Duke , or the Statutory Duel . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Wednesday , Matinee of The Mikado . Comedy . —8-15 , French Plays" ( Last day ) . St . James ' s . —8 * 30 , The Prisoner of Zenda . : Matinee , Wednesday , 2 . Princess ' s . —8 , The Span of Life . . - Daly ' s . —8-15 , The Geisha ; A story of a Tea House . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 .
Garrick . —8 * 30 , The greatest of these . Matinee , Wednesday , 2-30 . Vaudeville . —8-15 , Papa ' s wife . 9 , A night out . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Criterion . —8-30 , Rosemary . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Court . —8-15 , Uncle Thatcher . 9 , Mam ' zelle Nitouche . Roy alty . —80 5 , Dearest Mama . 9 , The Queen ' s Proctor . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 .
Avenue . —On Thursday , 8-30 , The Little Genius . O pera Comique . —8 * 30 , Second Edition of The New Barmaid . . Alhambra . —7-45 , Variety Entertainment . 9 , Irish Ballet Divertissement . 10 , The Animatographe . 10 * 35 , Blue Beard . Empire . —7 * 45 , Variety Entertainment . New Ballet Divertissement , La Danse . Cinematographe . Second edition of Ballet Faust .
Palace . —7 * 45 , Variety Entertainment , Tableaux Vivants , & c . Matinee , to-day , 2-15 . Royal . —7 * 30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2 * 30 . Oxford . —7 * 30 , Variety Entertainment . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Olympia . —Grand Pleasure Gardens . Cycle Races , Concerts , < fcc . Crystal Palace—Varied attractions daily . Exhibition of Motor Carriages
Royal Aquarium . —Open at 10 ; close at 11 * 30 , Constant Amusement . Tivoli . —7 * 30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-30 also . The London . —Grand Variety Entertainment . Mohawk Minstrels . —( Agricultural Hall . )—Daily . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . Maskelyne ' s Magical Entertainment . Madame Tussaud ' s ( Baker Street ) . —Open daily
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The Freemason ' s Chronicle . A Weekly Record of Masonic Intelligence . Published every Saturday , Price 3 d . — : o : — ¦ THE FREEMASON'S CHRONICLE will be forwarded direct from the Office , Fleet Works , Bulwer Boad , New Barnet , on receipt of remittance for the amount . The Terms of Subscription ( payable in advance ) are—Twelve Months , post free ... ... £ 0 13 6 Postal Orders to be made payable to W . W . MORGAN , at the New Barnet Office . Cheques crossed " London and South Western Bank . " Scale of Charges for Advertisements . Per Page ... ... £ 10 10 0 Births , Marriages , and Deaths , ls per line . General Advertisements , Trade Announcements , & c , narrow column , 5 s per inch . News column Advertisements ls per line . Special terms for a series of insertions or special positions on application .