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and noble society was to help one another , so they must hold out the hand of sympathy to those in sorrow , and if they grasped each others hands and went forward shoulder to shoulder , helping each other , then by the grace of God they would conquer . Kind words of sympathy helped to shake off the dark shadow of sorrow in the same manner as Brethren of their Craft held out a

helping hand to those who in the struggle and battle of life were almost giving way , and to help remove the grinding crush of poverty . That was one of the ways in which they fulfilled the law of Christ and helped to bear one another ' s burdens . He considered it a great privilege to welcome them in that church . What a magnificent power they would be if only they were true

to their own Craft , and in their daily life remembered the principles on which the Craft was founded and the high standard of Christian love aud charity to follow . The world would be much better for their lives , and they would be much happier themselves if they only tried to make the lives of others happier . Let them be good Masons , and strive to do their duty to their Brethren ,

and the higher view they took of their Craft and the more they remembered its principles , the better and more useful men they would be—prepared to go forward and build up the Church of Christ . He was asking that day on behalf of the Kensington Dispensary . They had particularly requested it should not be

for a Masonic charity , but for the dispensary which was doing such noble and good work in the whole of the parish of Kensington , and as bearing the burden of others was fulfilling the law of Christ . He knew they would make an offertory worthy of themselves , worthy of their Craft , and worthy of the cause for which he pleaded .

A collection having been made , amounting to over £ 40 , the Brethren returned to the Town Hall and disrobed . — " Kensington News . "

Holiday Arrangements.

HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS .

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . THIS Company issue ordinary as well as excursion tickets at their principal City and West-end Offices , and this arrangement is probably never so much appreciated as during the week preceding Bank Holiday , when large numbers of people avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded for obtaining tickets at their own time and without the crowding and worry inseparable from a large railway station at holiday seasons . The fares charged are the same as at Paddington and the tickets are available for

use under precisely the same conditions as those issued at that station . The following are the offices at which tickets are issued : 193 and 407 Oxford Street , 23 New Oxford Street , 269 Strand , 4 Holborn Circus , 29 Charing Cross , Cambridge Circus ( Shaftesbury Avenue ) , The Piazza ( Covent Garden ) , 26 Begent Street , 5 Arthur Street East ( London Bridge ) , 82 Queen "Victoria Street , 181 Tottenham Court Boad , 67 Gresham Street , 4 Cheapside , 17 Brompton Boad , Minories ( opposite Goodman ' s Yard ) , "Nag's Head" 137 Borough High Street , and the L . B . and S . C . Company ' s Office , under the Grand Hotel , Trafalgar Square .

The booking offices at Paddington Station will be open for the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , 28 th , 29 th , 30 th , 31 st July , and the tickets issued ( except those for specified excursion trains ) will be available for use on any of those days . To meet the expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Saturday , 31 st July , the Company will run in duplicate the 11-45 a . m . and 3-0 , 6-0 , and 9-0 p . m . trains to the West of England , the 1-30

4-45 and 6-50 p . m . trains to the North , and the 12-0 noon train to South Wales . The first portion of the 3-0 and 9-0 p . m . trains will leave Paddington at 2-55 p . m . and 8-55 p . m . respectively , but the first portions of the other trains will leave at the advertised times , and the second a few minutes afterwards , the long distance passengers being , as far as possible , taken in the first portion , but with a few exceptions both trains will stop at the advertised stations to take up and set down passengers . On

Thursday , 29 th July , excursion passengers will be booked to Cork and Killarney at 3-35 p . m ., and on Friday , 30 th July , at 4-45 p . m ., to Belfast , Armagh , Giant's Causeway , & c , and at 6-10 p . m . to Limerick , Killarney , and other places in the South of Ireland . Fast excursion trains for the West of England will leave Paddington at 10-10 p . m ., and for South Wales at 12-25 midnight on Friday , 30 th July , and at 7 ' 55 a . m ., 11-5 a . m ., 12-40 noon , and

10-10 p . m . on Saturday , 31 st July , for the West of England . Excursions will also be run on Saturday , 31 st July , to Bath , Bristol , Dorchester , Weymouth , Marlborough , Devizes , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Stratford-on-Avon , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Oswestry , Chester , Liverpool , Manchester , Isle of Man , and other places served by the Great Western system .

In addition to the Weekly Excursion Trains to the West of England and Weymouth districts , an Excursion train leaves Paddington at 8-10 a . m . every Saturday during July , August , and September , for Shrewsbury , Llanidloes , Aberystwyth , Barmouth , Harlech , Bhyl , Colwyn Bay , Llandudno , Bettws-ycoed , Bangor ,-Carnarvon , and other stations in North Wales , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 ' or 17 days .

Passengers are also booked every Saturday to Guernsey and Jersey , via Weymouth , ; and the short sea passage to the Islands , by the Trains leaving Paddington at 8-50 a . m . and 9-45 p . m . Third class return tickets , available for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days are issued at a fare of 24 s 6 d . There is now a daily daylight service from Weymouth to Guernsey and Jersey , in addition to the night boats .

On Sunday , 1 st , excursions will be run to Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , and at 12-15 midnight an excursion for 1 or 4 days will leave Paddington for Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c . On Monday , 2 nd August , cheap trains will be run to Beading , Pangbourne , Goring , Wallingford , Bath , Bristol , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c .

Cheap third class excursion tickets are issued daily by specified trains from Paddington , Kensington ( Addison Boad ) , Hammersmith , and certain stations on the Metropolitan , Metropolitan District and North London Bailways , to Staines , Windsor , Taplovv , Maidenhead , Henley and other popular riverside resorts .

Holiday Arrangements.

MIDLAND RAILWAY . ON Monday , 2 nd August , certain booked trains will be discontinued , of which due notice will be given by special bills at the stations . For the convenience of the public the Midland Bailway Company have arranged that the Booking Offices at St . Pancras and Moorgate Street Stations

shall , be open for the issue of tickets all day on Friday and Saturday , 30 th and 31 st July . Tickets to all principal Stations on the Midland Bailway will also be obtainable beforehand at their Offices in different parts of the metropolis , the tickets obtained at these Offices being available from St . Pancras Station , issued at the same fares as charged at that Station , and dated to suit the convenience of Passengers .

Cheap Excursions will be run from London on Friday night , 30 th July , to Stirling , Perth , Aberdeen , Inverness , & c ., for four or nine days , and to Edinburgh , Glasgow , Dumfries , Castle Douglas , Ayr , & c , for 8 days , by which trains Third Class Beturn Tickets will be issued at a Single Fare for the double journey , available for 16 days . Cheap Excursion Tickets will be issued from London ( St . Pancras ) to Dublin , Belfast , Londonderry , Seo ., and Excursion Tour Tickets to the North of Ireland on Friday , 30 th July . ( See

Bills for times , fares , routes , & o . ) On Saturday , 31 st July , Cheap Excursion trains will be run to Leicester , Nottingham , Melton , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Burton , Derby , Manchester , Liverpool , Blackburn , Bolton , Preston , Wigan , Blackpool , Bochdale , Oldham , Bury , the Furness District , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Barnsley , Keighley , York , Hull , Scarboro ' , Darlington , Durham , Newcastle , Carlisle , Seo ., & c , returning the following

Monday or Thursday . On Monday , 2 nd August , day trips will be run from London ( St . Pancras ) to Southend-on-Sea , St . Albans , Harpenden , Luton , Bedford , Kettering , and Leicester ; a 1 or 4 days' trip to Birmingham , and a 2 days' Excursion to Manchester . Tickets for these Trains for starting from St . Pancras Station can be obtained on the two days previous to the running of the Trains at the above-named Offices .

Cheap Season Excursion Tickets are now issued each Saturday ( until 25 th September ) , from London ( St . Pancras ) to Matlock , Buxton , Liverpool , Southport , Blackpool , Lytham , St . Anne's-on-Sea , the Isle of Man , Morecambe , Lancaster , the English Lake District , & c , available for passengers to return in either 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . Cheap Excursion Trains for six days will be run to London from Carlisle , Keighley , Bradford , Leeds , Barnsley , Sheffield , Liverpool ,

Manchester , Blackburn , Bolton , Burnley , Bury , Bochdale , Burton , Derby , Lincoln , Nottingham , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Leicester , & c , and from Manchester , Stockport , _ c , for 3 and 6 days , on Saturday , 31 st July . Passengers will be booked by the six days' excursion Trains at cheap fares to Brighton and other South Coast Stations for 5 , 8 , 10 , or 15 days ; to

Paris and other places on the Continent , having the privilege of returning within sixteen days . On Monday , 2 nd August , Cheap Day Trips to London will be run from Bradford , Leeds , Derby , Nottingham , Leicester , Birmingham , Bedford , Luton , St . Albans , a 1 , 2 and 4 days' trip from Barnsley , Sheffield , Chesterfield , & c ., and a 2 or 4 days' trip from Manchester , Stockport , & c .

Cheap daily and week-end Excursion Tickets are issued from St . Pancras and other Midland Stations to Southend-on-Sea by the new and shorter route , vid the Tottenham and Forest Gate Line .

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