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Co-operatloe Cruises ana tours , ORGANIZED BY HENRY S . LUNN , M . D ., B . Ch ., F . R . G . S ., and CONNOP R S . PEROWNE . SPECIAL MASONIC CRUISE TO THE HOLY LAND . AMonth 's Cruise for Twenty-five Guineas , visiting Athens , Constantinople , the Holy Land , and Egypt . Chaplains : Ret ? . Canon Child , G . C ., and ReV . Canon BullocK , P . G . C . Wednesday , January 11 th - - - Leave London , via Dover , Calais , Paris . Thursday , January 12 th - - . - Leave Marseilles . Saturday , January 14 th - - - At Naples . Tuesday , January 17 th - - - At Athens . Wednesday , January 18 th - - - At Athens . Saturday , January 21 st ... Arrive Jaffa , for Jerusalem , After landing passengers , the vessel will Sunday , January 22 nd - - - Arrive Port Said . [ proceed to Port Said . Tuesday , January 24 th ... Depart Port Said . Wednesday , January 25 th - - - Arrive Jaffa to embark passengers from Jerusalem . Thursday , January 26 th - - - Arrive Alexandria for Cairo . Tuesday , January 31 st - - - Depart Alexandria . Friday , February 3 rd ... Arrive Malta , afternoon . Saturday , February 4 th - - - At Malta , leaving at midnight . Monday , February 6 th - - - Arrive Naples , mid-day . Tuesday , February 7 th - - r Depart Naples , mid-day . Thursday , February 9 th - - - Arrive Marseilles . Friday , February 10 th ... Arrive London . The fare includes a second-class return ticket from London to Marseilles , via Dover and Calais . First class , £ 2 12 s 6 d extra . Those who start from Marseilles will pay £ 5 5 s less . Special arrangements will be made for those passengers who desire to travel from Naples via Borne , Florence , and Venice to England . Full details of Land Excursions , with plan of Steamer , on application . £ 10 10 : £ 13 13 : and £ 18 18 : ROME TOURS . £ 10 10 s Skating and Toboganning Winter Parties . For full particulars , apply Secretary , 5 Endsleigh Gardens , London , N . W .

The Duty Of The Hour.

THE DUTY OF THE HOUR .

T HERE was never a period in the history of Freemasonry in this country -when so much was demanded of its votaries as at the present time . It seems to " The Tyler" as though the Institution has reached a crisis that will determine forever its right to have a claim even to a name to live . Beautiful and holy as its charities have been , they are only as the flower to the

fruit . The flower may be beautiful and fragrant , but if it be not followed by fruit its beauty and fragrance -will be forgotten . Masonry in the United States is rich beyond all computation in material things , and the Macedonian cry that comes from across the seas to the Masonic Brotherhood or this country cannot fall

upon deaf ears . Grand Lodges must be something more than owleries . Men may strut freighted down with Masonic honours and sputter about the grandeur of the philosophy of a Pythagoras , but neither God Almighty nor the world outside of Masonry will ever permit it to escape just condemnation for a violation of its

promise " to love the Lord God with all thy heart , and with all thy soul , and with all thy might , " and " thy neighbour as thyself . " Sympathy may soothe mental distress , but it will not clothe a naked body ; a smile may encourage the weary one , but it will not lighten the burthen ; prayer is righteous , but it will not still

the cry of hunger . The purse and speedy action are needed with the sympathy and the smile and the prayer . Too many Masons believe that they are bound by Lodge ties to do good only to , and for those obligated at our altars , and thus bring deserved reproach upon the Institution . Others imagine the

rituals of the Order are solely deserving attention and , like the pagans with their prayers , spend their days in repeating the socalled lectures , without a thought as to their meaning or importance . Beyond the walls which they pass and repass , they heed not the duties incurred by obligations , nor what they

owe to humanity . Such Brethren convert Masonry into a caste to which they limit their love , and restrict the little good they do . Surrounded by a palisade of signs , grips and tokens is the narrow world in which they babble of charity and chatter about

fraternal duty . If they have any regard for humanity , it is held in the leash , and suffered to appear only a deed , when they will win applause or garner gains ; when these fail they forego their obligations , and in lukewarm laxity relapse into the world .

The Duty Of The Hour.

The primary truth enunciated by Masonry is the brotherhood of the race , and this because all are born with the same rights , and stand on the same broad level in presence of each other and before God , Thus it is seen that Masonry was not instituted solely for the mutual protection , assistance and social

impx'ovement of its members . Such duties are owed to all mankind , for all mankind are brethren ; and these duties are therefore to be practiced in all climes , and on all proper occasions . The object of Masonry is the moral . and intellectual culture of

man , and for this purpose it has means and appliances unequalled in any Order or Institution on earth . Hence the Bible and the seven liberal arts and sciences are constantly kept in the foreground by all who appreciate such culture , and mean to contribute to its promotion . — " The Tyler . "

Masonic Penalties.

MASONIC PENALTIES .

npHE Mason who violates his obligation , no matter under JL what penalties he may bind himself , can only be punished by reprimand , suspension , or expulsion from his Lodge and the Fraternity , and deprived of all privileges of the Order . To all

intents and purposes he is Masonically dead to the Fraternity , and to every member thereof . It is Masonic death , and that is the only penalty that can be inflicted , and the only one that has ever been inflicted . That he is thus dead and an outcast is not

the fault of the Masonic Order . It is his own fault . There can be no good reason for a violation of any of the covenants of Masonry . No one can , by any possibility , be placed in a position where it could become necessary to violate any of the solemn

promises he was required to make before being admitted to the Order . Therefore , any violation of his Obligation that he may be guilty of can only blacken his own character , and deprive him of the Masonic rights he otherwise would be entitled to . — Exchange .

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