Church Services.

which is not of the Lord—" Except the Lord keep the city , the watchman walketh but in vain , " says the Psalmist . But besides all this the Mason remembers that his rules and orders apply not only within the four walls of the Lodge but also to his conduct outside— " It

is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early , and so late take rest and eat the bread of carefulness . " He may work as he will , however industriously , however patiently , however intelligently ; but unless he works according to religious rules , his work will be in vain .

Outside the Lodge he must remember that people will judge a Mason according to his conduct ; that he must constantly be on his guard both as to his words and actions , because he may , when the restraints of the Lodge are removed , forget that he has to set a Masonic

example to the world outside . And last of all , the Psalmist shows how the care and guardianship of those about our homes is , and ought to be , the duty of the Masonic life . In this respect , the charity which begins

at home in Masonry is the envy and admiration of the world . The Mason ' s child and family belong to all his Brother Masons , and he feels it to be his privilege as well as his duty to provide for their wants .

The preacher went on to plead on behalf of the local Benevolent Fund , and reminded his hearers who were Masons that there was not one of them present who could forget the moment in his life when he was absolutely without any means whatsoever of meeting a

demand that was made upon him . At that moment he realised his poverty , when he wanted , but was unable to provide for the wants of others . So is he taught to remember that at all times he is to show a generous

spirit towards a Brother or a Brother s relatives in need . In no way can this be better done than by generous gifts on the part of Masons towards the Benevolent Funds , which are so carefully and so admirably administered . Canon Bullock closed an admirable sermon by quoting the Psalm at length . The collection realised about £ 4 . — " Isle of Man Times . "

o o o A SPECIAL service was held on Sunday , at St . Paul ' s , Harringay . There was a full choral evensong rendered by the members of the Craft , and assisted by

the boys of the choir from St . Clement ' s Church , Barnsbury , under the direction of Bros . W . Sycklemoie and W . H . Pockliugton . The prayers were read by the vicar , the Eev . J . H . Greaves , and the lessons by

the Grand Chaplain , Archdeacon Sinclair , who also preached from I Kings vii 13 , giving an interesting outline of the origin and history of Freemasonry . The collection after the sermon amounted to over £ 35 , and

will be devoted to the debt on the building . There were at least 240 members of the Craft present at the service , . and these walked in procession round the church , says

the " Guardian , " after the final Blessing had been given by the Grand Chaplain ^ singing the hymn " Light ' s abode , Celestial Salem . "

Madras is decidedly virtuous . A Madras Masonic paper sermonises on the wickedness and iniquity of sweeps on the Derby and other races for the benefit of Masonic Charities , and the Worshipful Masters of

thirteen Lodges have signed a protest against the sweeps for the benefit of the Punjab Masonic Institute and Bengal Masonic Association , both of which are orphan funds . The Bengal Fund has derived something like

12 , 000 rupees from the sweeps , and many children have received out of this sum the benefits of a liberal education . But kissing goes by favour and luck in

sweeps goes by chance—which is v \ orse— and the Puritan Presidency will have none of that at all , at all . —Calcutta "Englishman . "

o o o Bro . C . W . Hudson , who is a candidate for the Grand Treasurership during the coming year , has , says the

" City Press , " already been fortunate enough to enlist the sympathy and the support of no fewer than 1 , 100 Brethren of all grades . Further names are being added daily to his Committee .

More Fraternal Spirit Needed.

MORE FRATERNAL SPIRIT NEEDED .

rriHEEE is hope for recognition by the Grand Lodge I of England of the Grand Lodge of Quebec , if the Brethren of that jurisdiction will only have patience , as we find by a paragraph in the " Scottish Freemason , " that a union is likely to take place in Scotland between

the " Early Grand" and "Supreme Grand" Chapters , which claim recognition over the Eoyal Arch Masonry of Scotland . As the breach has existed since 1812 , it cannot be expected that an old and respected body like

the Grand Lodge of England would deign to reconsider any of its rules or make any concessions on its part for the sake of peace and harmony and the credit of the Craft in the short space of twenty-five years , when they

can keep up a quarrel in Scotland for over 80 years . Our leaders in Masonry at the present time are too busy hunting up ancient history to take a hand in settling difficulties that occur during their own lifetime . In the

next century the historian will be wondering why a great body like the Grand Lodge of England could not be generous in dealing with a weaker body , instead of

keeping its household divided in a Province domineered over by Eoman Catholicism , the enemy of the Craft . — " Canadian Craftsman . "

Women Freemasons.

WOMEN FREEMASONS .

npHE old belief that no member of the female sex had 1 ever been allowed to penetrate the mysteries of a Masonic Lodge must be definitely relinquished , as no secret is any longer made of the fact that a Masonic

Lodge for members of both sexes exists in Pans . The Secretary is a certain Madame Maria Martin , of English extraction , a lady of advanced political views who claims for herself and her Masonic Sisters absolute equality with the Brothers both in aims and in ceremonies . The

object of the female Masons is described as being the establishment of " unity of philosophic views in families . " In other words , the Lady-Masons are as actively and aggressively anti-Catholic as the men , and it need hardly be added that their numbers—which , we are glad to

believe , are still exceedingly small—are entirely recruited from protestant and Agnostic circles . The " Women ' s Eights " party in Paris marches hand in hand with the forces of irreligion , and a movement of emancipation which in England has had in the main so many practical

and salutary results , has unhappily fallen in France under the guidance of a little clique of narrow-minded Freethinkers , whose main object is to flaunt their scepticism in the face of the world , and the private lives of many of whom would not for a moment bear

close investigation . The Freemason development is but one more proof of the curious way in which extremes meet in the French capital , which is at once the most religious and the most atheistic of European cities . — " Catholic Times . "

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

"A SPRIG OF ACACIA . "

HnHE remains . of the late Bro . J . H . Bradshaw , of JL Liverpool , P . M . 1325 P . P . G . D . C ., who recently died in his 58 th year , were interrrd in the churchyard of St . John the Evangelist , at Knotty Ash , on the 13 th inst ., in the presence of a large number of Masonic and other friends .

silence , and at the close the " Dead March was played by the Organist . ON Monday , 10 th , at the Nottingham Eoad Cemetery ,

THE death is announced of Bro . Albert William Hellier , senior partner of the firm of Messrs . W . Hellier and Co ., Cardiff , a Freemason of several years' standing , and one thoroughly devoted to the cause of Freemasonry . At a meeting of the Tennant Lodge , held on Thursday , 13 th inst ., the news was received with unfeigned regret , and a vote of deepest sympathy was unanimously passed in

Bro . F . Gay Shute , of Arboretum Square , Derby , was laid to his last rest in the 85 th year of his age . He was one of the oldest Freemasons in Derbyshire , having been initiated as long ago as 1843 .