The Right Of Visitation.

Lodge during the time it is open for the transaction of Masonic business , but " notwithstanding this resolution , " writes Dr . Oliver , " there are Lodges which refuse admission to visitors when practising the ceremonies of any of the degrees , although such exclusion is undoubtedly illegal . " The

writer adds , " It was the declaration of a late Grand Master ( when the subject was brought under his consideration ) that a Mason ' s Lodge is a Mason ' s Church ; and that no qualified brother could be legally refused admittance under any circumstances ; this , then , is a landmark which

ought to be reverenced . " And Bro . Paton remarks , in his Freemasonry and its Jurisprudence , " Masonic Jurists have always decided that the right of visitation is absolute and positive , and inui'es to every Mason in his travels throughout

the world . Wherever he may be , however distant from his residence , and in the land of the stranger , every Lodge is , to a Mason in good standing , his home , where he should be ever sure of the warmest and truest welcome . " He

further states , " In concluding this section , it may be remarked , by way of recapitulation , that the right of visit is a positive right , which inures to every unaffiliated Master Mason once , and to every affiliated Master Mason always ; but that it is a right which can never be exercised

without a previous examination and legal avouchment , and may be forfeited for good and sufficient cause ; while , for the Master of any Lodge to deny it , without such cause , is to do a Masouic wrong to the Brother claiming it , for which he will have his redress upon complaint

to the Grand Lodge within whose jurisdiction the injury is inflicted . This , it appears , is now the settled law upon the subject of the Masonic right of visit , while the exposition both by Oliver and Paton is sufficiently perspicuous . Nor will any of our readers , we

imagine , doubt the wisdom of the restrictions imposed . And after all , no difficulty need ever occur if brethren will only exercise common sense and that kindly feeling which should animate all gentlemen in their dealings one with another . Visiting a Lodge is like visiting a house , and

must be governed by the same unwritten code of laws . No gentleman is ever wittingly guilty of intrusion into company where his presence is nndesired or undesirable . To claim a right on all occasions merely because it exists , is not gentlemanly , and therefore not Masonic . In order to be

a Mason , a man must first be a gentleman , not in the mere conventional sense which is usually assigned to the word , but a gentleman in its widest and fullest significance . We feel convinced no W . M ., with a sense of tho proprieties , would close the doors of his Lodge against any strange

brother who had established his character as a Mason , nor would a Mason , worthy of the name , seek to thrust himself into any Lodge where his presence would be obnoxious . The right to visit is a landmark of our Order . The restrictions on such right are only such as wisdom and

policy must dictate . But in claiming or denying it , we must be governed , after all , by prudence and common sense . The cases in which a refusal is likely to be met are few and far between , but numerous or the reverse , they can only be determined by the proprieties of time , place , and circumstance .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Lincolnshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF LINCOLNSHIRE .

rpHE Annual General Communication of this Provincial i Grand Lodge will be held at Boston , at 1 p . m . on the 10 th prox ., under the banner of the Harmony Lodo'e No . 272 , the R . W . Prov . G . M ., the Duke of St . Albans ! presiding . In the " agenda " paper it is announced that

the roll of Lodges and Prov . Grand Officers will bo called ; that the minutes of the annual Prov . Grand Lodge , held at Grantham , on 28 th May 1874 , will be read and submitted for confirmation ; that the P . G . Treasurer will read his

financial statement ; the P . G . Secretary will read thereporf of the Committee of the P . G . Lodge Fund of Benevolence , and an abstract of the accounts to the present time , and the P . G . Reg i strar elect will then read the returns for the

past year from the several Lodges in the Province . W . Bro W . H . Radley , P . M . 838 , P . P . J . G . W . and Secretary to the Provincial Charity Committee , will then read the repor

tor the past ye ; ir , giving an account of the Society ' s effort .-in connection wiili the Royal Masonic Benevolent Insti tution for Aged Freemasons and Widows , while W . Bro

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Lincolnshire.

Pigott , I . P . M . 1282 , will furnish an account of the sums subscribed by the Province , and handed in by him , as Steward of the Annual Festival held in March last . Bro . Richard Hall , P . M . 297 , P . P . S . G . W ., will then submit the following

resolution : — " That the Provincial Grand Lodge consider the desirability of forming an Annuity Fund for this Province , in accordance with the resolutions of the subscribers of the Oliver Memorial Fund . " The Provincial

Grand Lodge will then select a Charity for support during the year , and , having elected a Treasurer and two Auditors for the P . G . Lodge Fund , the R . W . Prov . G . M . will invest the P . G . Officers for the ensuing year , and the proceedings will terminate .

District Grand Lodge Of British Burmah.

DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF BRITISH BURMAH .

THE Regular Communication of this District Grand Lodge was held on 29 th December of last year , at the Masonic Temple , Cantonment , Rangoon . There were present—R . W . Bro . Lieut .-Col . H . T . Duncan D . G . M ., W . Bros . C . J . Brown D D . G . M ., A . M . Buchanan D . S . G . W .,

Jos . Dawson P . D S . G . W . acting as D . J . G . W ., J . V . Douglas de Wet D . G . Secretary , H . Krauss P . D . S . G . W . as D . S . G . D ., W . H . Porter as D . J . G . D ., and Bros . J . B . Richardson D . G . Pursuivant , M . Appavoo Pillay D . G . Steward , and Sergfc . W . Smith D . G . Tyler ; together with the following

representatives of Lodges : —Bros . J . Worth S . W . as W . M ., J . Andrews J . W . as S . W ., and G . Greenhill S . D . as J . W ., Lodge " Star of Burmah , " No . 614 ; W . Bro . B . Samuel W . M ., Lodge "Victoria in Burmah , " No . 832 ; W . Bro . J . Aikman J . W . as W . M ., Lodge " Rangoon , " No . 1268 , and

W . Bro . D . Morrison W . M ., Lodge "Astraja , " No . 1376 . The District Grand Lodge was opened in due form , at 6 . 35 p . m ., and tho receipt of apologies for non-attendance by sundry brethren were reported . The minutes of the previous Communication were confirmed . From the report

of the Board of General Purposes it appeared that in respect of the District Grand Lodge Fund there was a small balance in hand on the 4 th December ; while , as regards the District Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund , the total receipts amounted to Rs . 857 , the only disbursement being

a sum of Rs . 100 , transferred to the D . G . L . Fund . Then was read the report of the Committee appointed to take into consideration any alterations that it might be advisable to make in the bye-laws . This was ordered to be printed and circulated , and was adopted , subject to confirmation at

the next regular Communication . The D . G . M . in his address congratulated the brethren on the eminently satisfactory condition of the Craft in his Province , the seven Lodges numbering 187 subscribing members . He also

referred to the resignation of the Past M . W . G . M ., the Marquis of Ripon , and the flourishing state of the Masonic Orphan Fund , after which he proceeded to nominate the following as his officers for the ensuing year , namely—W . Bro . H . Krauss , P . M . 1268 , as D . D . G . M . ; E . Hopper , P . M . 614 ,

as D . S . G . W . ; J . V . Douglas de Wet , W . M . 614 , as D . J . G . W . ; Rev . A . H . Etty , No . 1268 , D . G . Chaplain ; D . G . Macleod , P . M . 832 , D . G . Registrar ; W . D . Cruick . shank , P . M . 1268 , D . G . Treasurer ; B . Samuel , W . M . 832 , D . G . Secretary ; F . Limouzin , P . M . 542 , D . G . S . D . ; E . G Man , P . M . 1268 , D . G . J . D . ; Mountjoy , W . M . 646 , D . G .

Snpt . of Works ; Richardson , W . M . Elect 832 , D . G . Director of Ceremonies ; H . Barkhausen , 1268 , D . G . Org . ; Alex . Hotson , W . M . 1268 , D . G . Sword Bearer ; Knox , WM . 1065 , D . G . Pursuivant . The appointment of the D . G . Tyler was left over till the next Communication . The

following were elected members of the Board of General Purposes , viz ., W . Bros . H . Krauss ( Pres . ) , C . J . Brown , E . Hopper , J . V . Douglas de Wet , A . M . Buchanan , Jos . Dawson , W . D . Cruickshank , and B . Samuel . Bros . Bedford , Greenhill , Seymour , Aikman , Burns and H . Bowser were

•ippointed to act as Stewards for the ensuing year . The Rev . Bro . Etty having asked and obtained permission to send his address on St . John ' s Day to the Masonic Magazine in Calcutta for publication , and D . G . M . having proposed to take 100 copies of the same , the District Grand Lod ^ e was closed in due form .

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