Lodge Meetings Next Week.

LODGE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK .

Fuller particulars as to place of meeting oi' the undermentioned Lodges are given in the . Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book ( published by Grand Lodge for the benefit of the Charity Fund ) .

Monday . 79 Pythagorean , Greenwich 144 St . Luke , Anderton ' s 1632 Stuart , Camberwell 1745 Farringdon ( Without ) , Via . H'tl 1828 Shepherd ' s Bush , S ' pherd ' s B ' sh 48 Industry , Gateshead 62 Social , Manchester 491 Royal Sussex , Jersey 557 Loyal VictoriaCallington

, 1177 Tenby , Tenby 1218 Prince Alfred , Mossley 1258 Kennard , Pontypool 1325 Stanlev , Liverpool . 1477 Sir Watkin , Mold 1748 Uastlemartin , Pembroke 1753 Obedience , Okehampton 1991 Agricola , York 2042

Apollo , Liverpool 2068 Portsmouth Temperance , L'dp ' t . 2257 Powell , Bristol 2279 Thornham , Thornham 2363 Minnehaha Minstrel , M'chester . 2373 Hardwick , Chesterfield 2429 Research , Leicester 2547 Llangattock , Cardiff 2582 Lewisham , Smethwick

Tuesday . 141 Faith , Anderton ' s 186 Industry , Freemasons ' -hall 1158 Southern Star , Southwark 1441 Ivy , Camberwell

253 Tyrian , Derby 293 King Friends , Nantwich 299 Emulation , Dartford 310 Union , Carlisle 386 Unity , Wareham 564 Stability , Stourbridge 597 St . Cybi , Holyhead

G 43 Sincerity , Norwich 954 St . Aubyn , Devonport 1007 Howe & Caarnwood , Loughboro 1016 Elkington , Birmingham 1052 Callander , Manchester 1358 Torbay , Paignton 1390 Whitwell , Millon

1479 Halsey , St . Albans 1536 United Military , Plumstead 1566 Ellington , Maidenhead 1580 Cranbourne , Hatfield 1609 Liverpool Dramatic , Liverpool 1636 St . Cecilia , Brighton lb 50 Rose of Baby , StainJrop 1675 Ancient Briton , Liverpool

1779 Ivanhoe , Sheffield 1793 Sir Charles Bright , Teddington 1834 Duke of Connaught , Landport 1896 Audley , Newport , Salop 1942 Minerva , Penton 2025 St . George , Plymouth 2404 Lord Charles Beresford , Ch't ' m . Wednesday .

753 Prince Fred . Will ' m ., Frascati 754 High Cross , Tottenham 898 Temperance in East , Poplar 1056 Victoria , Guildhall Tavern 1360 Royal Arthur , Wimbledon 2332 Borough of G ' n'wich , E . G ' wich

2562 Papyrus , Criterion 32 St . Geo . Harmony , Liverpool 76 Economy , Winchester 82 Foundation , Cheltenham 117 Salopian of Charity , Shrewsbury 163 Integrity , Manchester

220 Harmony , Garston 257 Phcenix , Portsmouth 304 Philanthropic , Leeds 439 Scientific , Bingley 461 Fortitude , Newton

540 Stuart , Bedford 651 Brecknock , Brecon 724 Derby , Liverpool 996 Sondes , East Dereham 1039 St . John , Lichfield 1083 Townley Parker , Manchester 1119 St . Bede , Jarrow 1219 Strangeways , Manchester 1283 RyburnSowerby Bridge

, 1545 Saint Jchn , Grays 1655 Avon , Manchester 1714 Albert Edward . Yorktown

1723 Sfc . George , Bolton 1756 Kirkdale , Liverpool 1760 Leopold , Scarborough 1775 Leopold , Church 1809 Fidelis , Guernsey

Lodge Meetings Next Week.

1953 Prudence & Industry , Chard 1967 Beacon Court , New Brompton 198 D Stirling , Cleator Moor 2019 Crook , Crook 2064 Smith Child , Tunstali 2149 Gordon , Hanley 2216 Egerton , Swinton 2320 St . Martin , Castleton 2357 Barry , Cadoxton 2385 Godson , Oldbury

2444 Noel , Kingston-on-Thames 2448 Bradstow , Broadstairs Thursday . General Committee , Girls School , F . M . H ., 5 . 65 Prosperity , Guildhall Tavern 507 United Pilgrims , Southwark

766 William Preston , Cannon-st . H . 1421 Langthorne , Ilford 1524 Duke of Connaught , Anderton ' s 1563 City of Westminster , Cafe Royal 1658 Skelmersdale , Camberwell 1816 Victoria Park , London Tavern 2192 Highbury , Highbury 2264 Chough , Cannon Street Hotel 2432 Sir W . Raleigh , Inns of C ' rt Ho

39 St . . John Baptist , Exeter 78 Imperial George , Middleton 111 Restoration , Darlington 129 Union , Kendal 202 Friendship , Devonport 346 United Brethren , Blackburn

348 St . John , Bolton 410 Grove , Ewell 475 Bed . St . John Bap ., Luton 590 La Cesaree , Jersey 594 Downshire , Liverpool o 36 De Ogle , Morpeth 707 St . Mary , Bridport

772 Pilgrim , Glastonbury 787 Beaureper , Belper 792 Pelham Pillar , Grimsby 807 Cabbell , Norwich 904 Phoenix , Rotherham 935 Harmony , Salford 966 St . Edward , Leek

1032 Townley Parker , Chorley 1151 St . Andrew , Tywardreath 1163 Emulation , Birmingham 1166 Clarendon , Hyde 1313 Fermor , Southport 1322 Waverley , Ashton-under-Lyne 1345 Victoria , Eccles 1392 Egerton , Bury

1404 Saint Vincent , Bristol 1418 Fraternity , Stockton-on-Tees 1437 Liberty of Havering , Romford 1505 Emulation , Liverpool 1519 Albert Edward , Clayfc'n-le-Moors 1578 Merlin , Pontypridd 1626 Hotspur . Newcastle-on-Tyne 1705 Prince of Wales , Gosport 1817 St . Andrew , Shoeburyness

1957 Grove , Hazel Grove 1971 Ald ' shot . Army & Navy , A'shot . 2131 Brownlow , Ellesmere 2184 Royal Vict . Jubilee , Rainham 2214 Josiah Wedgewood , Etruria 2215 Anfield . Anfield

2263 St . Leonards , Sheffield 2269 Peace , Wigan 2535 Cycling and Athletic , Liverpool 2375 Hilbre , Hoylake 2387 Manchester Dramatic , M ' chester 2418 Hedworth , South Shields 2462 Cl West Hartlepool

arence , 2463 Bootle-Wilbraham , Knotty Ash 2474 Hatherton , Walsall Friday .

Council Boys School , Freemasons Hall , at 4 602 North York , Middlesbrough 810 Craven , Skipton 1303 Pelham , Lewes 1385 Gladsmuir , Barnet 1391 Commercial , Leicester 1435 Annesley , Nottingham

1822 Sfc . Quintin . Cowbridge 2415 Tristram , Shildon 2431 Kingsley , Northampton

Saturday . 1462 Wharncliffo , Penistone 1965 Eastes , Bromley 2460 Ascot , Ascot

Prophets And Fanatics.

PROPHETS AND FANATICS .

Continued from page 119 . ACCORDING to Dr . Johnson , " Such is the state of the world , thafc no sooner can any man emerge from the crowd , and fix the eyes of the public upon him , then he stands out as a mark to tho arrows of the lurking calumny of others ; and receives in the tumult of hostility , wounds not easily cured . " The majority of fanatics and enthusiasts whom I have mentioned have been impressed ( probably in their own opinion conscientiously ) , with the idea

that they had a mission to fulfil , or held cherished convictions that they possessed some wonderful power which was to alter , and sometimes entirely transform the existing state of things ; but their beliefs having passed beyond tho limits of common sense , their general actions were correspondingly more often governed by selfishness , bigotry , and the unetious rectitude of intolerance , than by any real and pure motive which sought to bless and gladden the hearts of others , lighten the burden of woe , or relieve the necessities of the

indigent , and the obloquy into which they have fallen in consequence , has often been deserved , although at the same time the objects of it may have evoked our sincere commiseration . They have been pitifully wanting in the wisdom which wisely directs , tho divine instincts which create a tolerant mind , and the enlarged and elevated aspirations by which their sober and more thoughtful brethren have been governed in their relations with mankind . Some there have been , who , imbued with firm and steadfast principles , having a true and noble purpose in view , have passed through the fiery

furnace of maligaut persecution , and though sometimes without a single ray of hope to lighten their dreary path , with the chalice of despair held to their hungry lips , have manfully and fearlessly struggled onwards , until afc last they have succeeded in scattering the seeds of brightness and intelligence on what was previously an arid waste , and implanting in the human breast feelings of love and philanthropy where before had been hate , ill-will , and jealousy of a most malignant kind . Such men we find in Waldo , Huss , ZinzendorfT , and others , and although of the fanatical type , yet their names stand forth as bright meteors in a dark and gloomy sky .

The waldenses . —Peter Waldo , a merchant of Lyons , in the twelfth century , was founder of the sect called Waldenses . The sudden death of a friend by his side , had such an effect upon him that he made a vow of consecrating himself to the service of God . * He distributed his goods to the poor , and ultimately collected around him thousands of followers in Dauphine ,

and other provinces of France to oppose the Romish doctrines , and particularly that of transubstantiation . But notwithstanding the inoffensive morals of his sect , because he entertained opinions contrary to the interests of Rome , he was declared an enemy to the church , and his followers persecuted , thousands failing in the bloody contest . The sect spread from France into Piedmont .

The Hussites . —These were followers of John Huss , who was born in Bohemia in 1376 , and educated at Prague . The writings of Wickliffe § had converted him from the superstitions of Rome , and with eloquent zeal he preached against the power of the Pope . After a busy and chequered life he was seized at Constance as an heretic ,

imprisoned , and after severe hardships was condemned by the council without a hearing and dragged to execution . He was formally stripped of his sacerdotal habit , deprived of his degrees , and with a paper crown on his head which was adorned with pictures of devils , and the inscription " Heresiarch , " he was burned in July 1415 , his ashes being collected and thrown into the Rhine .

The Prince of Peace . —James Naylor , a Quaker , was born at Ardsley , Yorkshire , in 1616 . He was in 1641 a private in the Parliamentary army , but quitted military life in 1649 . The preaching of George Fox had converted him to Quakerism ; he became an itinerant minister in his persuasion , and succeeded in doing much practical good . In 1656 he was imprisoned at Exeter , where his followers addressed him as the Prince of Peace ; and afterwards ho went to Bristol , accompanied by a cavalcade , who sang before him ,

" Holy , holy , holy is the Lord God of Hosts , hosannah in the highest 1 " This was noticed by the Parliament ; Naylor was accused aud condemned as guiltj' of blasphemy , he was exposed in the pillory , whipped , and branded on the forehead , his tongue was bored through with a red-hot iron at the Old Exchange , London , and be was sentenced to be imprisoned for life . After two years he was set at liberty , and in 1660 he left London for Wakefield , to join his wife and family , but died by the way .

The Moravians . —Count Nicholas Lewis Zinzendorff , son of the chamberlain of the King of Poland , was celebrated as the founder of the sect called Herrnhuters , or Moravians , which first began at Bertholsdorff , in Upper Lusatia , 1722 . The place where these visionaries met was a forest , which soon grew into a large village , and received the name of Huth des Herrn , or Herrnhutli , their doctrines rapidly spreading through Bohemia and Moravia . Some of them came to England , and , by the patronage of General Oglethorpe and others , they obtained the protection of their sect .

Their government is patriarchal , they consider fche purest precepts of the gospel as the best guides of their conduct ; their morals are irreproachable ; and in their mutual support of each other , display the noblest virtues . They have , however , been accused by some of impure conduct , and are charged with having a community of wives . Zinzendorff died at Horrnhuth , 1760 , aged sixty , and was succeeded in the government of the sect by De Dohna .

Theomanianists . —Dr . L . F . Calmeil relates an instance of a woman who was executed at Beine during t * ao 15 th century . In acknowledging the fact that she had perpetrated the most odious crimes , it transpired that she belonged to a sect of Theomanianists , who had sworn obedience to the devil , the followers of this sect looking for victims in unbapfcised , or negligently

baptised children . After burial the remains were exhumed , and the bodies put into a cauldron of boiling water , and what remained uneaten as food was used in the composition of an ointment with which they anointed themselves . By this means they considered that they would be immediately transported into the air wherever they wished to go . Novices were required to partake of this nauseous and horrible compound by way of initiation into the mysteries of the league .