Allert G. Good All

dustry with which he has so handsomely performed his duty ; therefore resolved , thafc the cordial thanks of this Supreme Council are eminently due , and aro hereby tendered to 111 . Bro . Albert G . Goodall . Ifc is a fact perhaps nofc generally known that Bro . Goodall received from the Grand Master of tho Grand Lodgo of Now York , in 1869 , an extraordinary honour , accorded , we believe , but once before , to

wit , the appointment of General Foreign Representative of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York near all Grand Masouic Bodies in amity with ifc in the world . Hia honourable discharge of the important duties so confided to him is a matter of history , and tho dignity of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York was upheld and subserved afc every Grand East at which Bro . Goodall presented

his credentials . Referring to this subject , M . W . James Gibson , then Grand Master of Masons in Now York , used the following expressions in his annual address in June 1869 : —On this subject I have received very great and valuable information—at much loss of timo and trouble to him—from Bro . A . G . Goodall , of the City of Now York , who has spared no paius to givo mo all the information iu his power ,

as well on this subject as on all connected with tho several Grand | Bodies in South America , tho islands adjacent to and in the Gulf of Mexico , and in England , in all which countries Jin has boon an ex-. tensive visitor . Ifc being his intention to visit the continent of Europe soon , I expressed to him my desire to accredit him as special representative of this Grand E'ist , near tho Grand East of such

Grand Bodies of the Fraternity with which wo aro iu coi-ro = poudouco j as he should be able to visit during tho ensuing year . Ho accepted i the appointment , and letters of credence havo been issued accord- ¦ ingly . In the Orders of Knighthood , Bro . G . has taken an active | interest . In 1869 he was appointed General Foreign Representative : of the Grand Commandery of tho State of New York , with the !

rank of Past Captain General , near all tho Grand Bodies of Masouic | Knighthood , and has contributed greatly to obtaining a knowledge of and Knightly intercourse with foreign Grand Bodies . Ho was Commander of Morton Commandery for two years ( 1872 and 1873 ) , dux - ing which ( December 1873 ) that Commandery celebrated its semi-centennial , at the Academv of Music , in the City of New York , !

which grand affair was pronounced to be the greatest demonstration ! of its character ever witnessed in this State . Sir Knight Goodall ] commanded the second division at tho dedication of the Temple . Is i Rep . of Gr . Com . of Pennsylvania , and is Eminent Commander of Morton Commandery during the present Masonic year . In 1875 onr illustrious brother , as Grand Sovereign of the Knights of tlie Red

Cross of Constantino for the State of New York , was instrumental in tho establishment of the Sovereign Grand Council of that Order for the United States of America , wherein he was made the first Most Illustrious Sovereign Grand Master , thus creating a permanent regular organisation of that Knightly Order throughout this country , to control the same and preveut the irregular conferring of

the Orders then being encouraged by ambitions parties for inrlividunl pecuniary gain . By request of prominent members of the fraternity in England , Bro . Goodall obtained permission from tbe Masonic authorities of the State of New York , and assisted by the then Grand Lecturer , 111 . Bro . Jackson H . Chase , established the degree of Most Excellent Master , under jurisdiction of the Grand Mark Lodge of

England , and organised a Grand Council of Royal Re ' ect and Super Excellent Masters in London , 4 th August 1871 , for England , Wales , and Dependencies of Great Britain . He attained the degrees of the Royal Order of Scotland , H . R . M . in the Provincial Grand Lodge and Chapter of that Order in London , 1 st of August 1873 . Is honorary member of several symbolic Lodges in this

country and abroad ; also of Commanderies and Precepto ? -ies of Knights Templar . Honorary member of the Supreme Council 33 rd degree , for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States , England and Wales , and Dependencies of Great Britain , Italy , Greece , Brazil and Pern . Grand Representative of several Supreme Councils near the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction , U . S . Also

Representative of the Grand Mark Lodge of England , with rank of Pasfc Grand Warden , aud the Grand Council of Royal Select and Super Excellent Masters near all the bodies of thoso degrees in the United States , and in 1876 he was made a member of "The Masonic Veterans" in the State of New York . Among the incidents of his varied travels on land and sea may properly be mentioned his

disastrous shipwreck on the coast of Denmark , in October 1860 , while en route for St . Petersburg , Russii , on an important mission to that Government , the details of which were given in the English and American press at that time . The Master Mason ' s diploma ho carefully kept in his pocket as the ship went down , and thus baptised in the angry waters of the North Sea a curious Masonic relic and record

by tbe numerous vises of Lodges in different parts of the globe , and in as many languages . AVe havo thus endeavoured to give , however imperfectly , something of the secular and Masonic experience of one who may bo emphasized as the architect of his own fortunes , master of his destiny ; in face , a self ' -mado man ; one , though thrown upon his own resources at an early age , who failed not to appreciate the situation , and rose superior to its embarrassments , and . step by step , from

youth to manhood , maintained his sell-respect , and commanded the unbonght regard of his fellows . As President of the American Bank Note Company he has attained a secular status of which the most exalted ambition might be justly prond , while as an active member of tho Supremo Council of the North , be stands second to none iu the Masonic dignity and honours . In social life the subject of our sketch combines with native modesty , all the graces and ease of a true aud noble gentleman , all of tbe olden time .

" What is noble ? to inherit Wealth , estate , and proud degree ? ¦ There must be some other merit Higher yet , than theso for mo ! Something greater far must enter Into life ' s majestic span . Fitted to create and centre True nobility in man . "

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . All Letters must hear the name anl address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith .

UNIFORMITY OF MASONIC RITUAL AND OBSERVANCE .

To the Editor of the F REEMASON ' S CHRONICXE . DEMI Sin AND BROTHER , —Tho result of Grand Lodge vote on my motion on tho 3 rd December last was so completely satisfactory to me thafc for a while I have taken breathing timo , and , mirabile dicta , havo not rushed into print on the subject for nearly a month . I should probably have still further proved my sanity iu this respect ,

bnfc for tbe attacks made on the members of Grand Lodge who supported me , and on myself personally . But that I know the general impartiality and fairness of tho press I shonld nofc venture upon this letter , which I know at the outset must bo a long one , and written so as to bo adapted to the pages of both tho Masonic journals , tho FREEMASON ' Cmioxicr . tc and the

Freemasw . I asic your respective editors to give mo a fair field , in ord er thafc my remarks may reach your respective subscribers , and the whole body of reading Freemasons may have the information I can afford in respect of tho arguments pro aud con which you have published . To the editorial comment ( Freemason 29 th Nov . ) , I tako exception .

It implies that I am ' ' forgetful of Masonic duty , and insensible of the benefits of Masonic toleration , " and it calls on Grand Lodge to " affix its mark of reprobation thereon , " and "put a stop to a sense . loss agitation , " which the same writer had previously stigmatised as the outcome of " nonsensical bombast" and " childish ignorance . " I dispose of this by referring to the Grand Lodge vote of 1869 , tho

confirmation thereof in 1870 , and the renewed vote of 3 rd December 1879 , as a satisfactory and very sufficient token of approval instead of reprobation . Bro . AVoodford ' s remarks in proposing tho amendment in Grand Lodge on the 3 rd instant are much more ably confuted by the letter of T . R ., P . M . Cornwall ( FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE 20 th December ) ,

than they could be by any comment of mine , aud I refer your readers to thafc letter , personally thanking the correspondent , whoever he may be , for his valuable support on my behalf . Bro . While , who seconded the amendment , simply forgot himself and his ordinary propriety . I shall have to refer to a letter of his a little further on .

I pass from the proceedings of Grand Lodge after the vote had been recorded to the subsequent comments and correspondence on the subject . There seems to be a great desire on the part of the writer of the editorial remarks in tho Freemason ( 13 th December ) , and of Bro . Woodford in his letter ( Freemason 20 t . h December ) to lessen the

force of Grand Lodge vote by contending that it was carried " after a very partial debate , " and thafc the motion itself was " rash and ill digested , " that tbe mover indulged in " vehement incriminations , " is a " professional agitator , " and " an emitter of' bottled moonshine . ' " AVhafc awful words ! And yet I live and bear it . ' My stubborn conscience quite alarms me ; whither am I drifting ? And yefc I find ifc

said , " If such abuses exist ( here comes another five syllable expletive ) , they constitute a grave reflection , " & c , and " if proved to be prevalent , we fancy the action of the Board of General Purposes would be summary and decisive . " Why , there ' s my case ! I say these abuses do exist , aud I can prove them , and neither Board of General Purposes nor any other authority interferes

- with their continuance . Again , it is said , " Admit it that all be true , as Bro . Stevens puts it , what does ifc prove but the want of survoilance and control ? " Exactly so ; what does it prove but that , and is that nofc quite sufficient to demand a remedy ? As to the references made to the publishing of spurious rituals and the unworthy imputation as to the enrichment of those who would prepare them ( tho article

reads as though / contemp'nted such an outrage on my Masonic obligation ) , they are not worth my discussing . I learned my Craft Masonry without a MS . or printed ritual , and others can do the same , if they will . None need be published ; but , if it be a nccessi ' y , let j Grand Lodge alone give it to the brethren , and so circumvent tho ! " nn-Masonic ventures and unhallowed gains . "

I To Bro . Charles John Perceval ( Freemason , 13 th December ) I feel I indebted for a plain and understandable explanation of my own argu-| ment on this subject , and his remark as to the apparent importance of " keeping an eye that the dues of Grand Lodge arc paid , " & c , ever "keeping check on the several manners of working , " exposes the blot in our present arrangement , whereby tho Board of General

Purposes does not control , as it should , the ceremonial and observance of a " standard ritual" throughout the several Lodges under tbe English Constitution . I may have again to make casual reference to Bro . Perceval's letter . For the present I thank him , and hail his support most cordially . It is of course a matter of regret to me that I have not the benefit

of the Freemason's concurrence with my efforts . I know its power and influence is great , and such an ally would have been invaluable to mo . Still , as I freely act according to my conscience , I cannot condemn the exercise of a similar faculty by another , and that other an exponent of public opinion ; and therefore , whilst I may contend against

its arguments , I shall ever continue to respect its fair opposition . Wo shall , I hope—notwithstanding difference of opinion and j mrnalistic warfare—retain our mutual personal esteem , and think of eacb other s only " our friend the enemy . " But no cause that is- ^ rigbtly