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India.
good to the Order ; it will , we are certain , be generally acceptable , and may awaken the dormant energies of some Brethren of equal rank , but whose spirit of enterprise requires some such stirring example to incite them to do their duty .
CAIVNPOOR . —Our Master , Major Macdonald , has made some arrangements in the Lodge , which appear to give much satisfaction . A platform is elevated all round the Lodge , leaving the centre perfectly clear for work : the East has an elevation of three steps , the other divisions but one . Brackets are fixed around the Lodge for lights . Above the several officers' chairs are the several emblems ; there is also introduced some other emblems for such members as belong to the Royal Arch and the higher grades , * which have a very imposing effect .
This indefatigable Brother has introduced the degree of Super-excellent among five Brethren , a degree not worked in England , but here we find it encourages tbe juniors , and keeps their attention alive , by preparing the mind until the period of exaltation ; by this a system of order is kept up . He also confers the almost obsolete degrees of Ark and Mark , the Cross of Babylon , & c . upon the same principle . Many who might secede are thus kept employed , and will ultimately become efficient members of the Order . The great demand for field service has frustrated the intention ofthe Major to visit distant Lodges , but he has used " all diligence" here .
NUSSERABAD . —The "Kindred Hope" Lodge is fast establishing itself . On last St . John ' s day , the Brethren attended divine service , properly clothed , when the Rev . H . Pratt , A . M ., with his usual considerate kindness towards his parishioners , and anxious at all times to render himself useful in his calling , favoured the Craft with a learned and eloquent discourse from 1 Cor . xiii . 13 . The Brethren spent the evening in social recreation . Major Thomson , our excellent W . M ., has been ably assisted in his praiseworthy exertions by the indefatigable Brother Captain J . L . Tottenham , founder of Lodge 64 , 8 , in which Lodge the lectures are regularl y delivered every Thursday , by Brother Captain Tottenham .
This latter Lodge on a recent occasion had an opportunity , which it did not neglect , of practising the professed principle of charity . The effects of a late dreadful fire that happened at the station of Ferozepoor were most disastrous , and the Brethren at once came forward in aid of the unhappy sufferers by a donation , which was entrusted to Captain Tottenham , in the absence of the W . M ., from severe indisposition . This generous conduct cannot be too highly commended . If the
influence of charity was as extensively practised as proposed , the Asylum would become the happy record of the sublimity of Masonry . Dissentient voices , when charity is concerned , are like noxious weedsthey spring up , clo their worst , and die— -yielding their place to those herbs that give strength and sustenance to man ; thus may it be as regards the Asylum for the Worthy Aged ancl Decayed Freemasonmay every blessing rest on it , ancl may its present claimants ancl future inmates live in a happy and peaceful home , and when their . hour shall approach , may their grey hairs descend in peace to the silent tomb ! In
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India.
good to the Order ; it will , we are certain , be generally acceptable , and may awaken the dormant energies of some Brethren of equal rank , but whose spirit of enterprise requires some such stirring example to incite them to do their duty .
CAIVNPOOR . —Our Master , Major Macdonald , has made some arrangements in the Lodge , which appear to give much satisfaction . A platform is elevated all round the Lodge , leaving the centre perfectly clear for work : the East has an elevation of three steps , the other divisions but one . Brackets are fixed around the Lodge for lights . Above the several officers' chairs are the several emblems ; there is also introduced some other emblems for such members as belong to the Royal Arch and the higher grades , * which have a very imposing effect .
This indefatigable Brother has introduced the degree of Super-excellent among five Brethren , a degree not worked in England , but here we find it encourages tbe juniors , and keeps their attention alive , by preparing the mind until the period of exaltation ; by this a system of order is kept up . He also confers the almost obsolete degrees of Ark and Mark , the Cross of Babylon , & c . upon the same principle . Many who might secede are thus kept employed , and will ultimately become efficient members of the Order . The great demand for field service has frustrated the intention ofthe Major to visit distant Lodges , but he has used " all diligence" here .
NUSSERABAD . —The "Kindred Hope" Lodge is fast establishing itself . On last St . John ' s day , the Brethren attended divine service , properly clothed , when the Rev . H . Pratt , A . M ., with his usual considerate kindness towards his parishioners , and anxious at all times to render himself useful in his calling , favoured the Craft with a learned and eloquent discourse from 1 Cor . xiii . 13 . The Brethren spent the evening in social recreation . Major Thomson , our excellent W . M ., has been ably assisted in his praiseworthy exertions by the indefatigable Brother Captain J . L . Tottenham , founder of Lodge 64 , 8 , in which Lodge the lectures are regularl y delivered every Thursday , by Brother Captain Tottenham .
This latter Lodge on a recent occasion had an opportunity , which it did not neglect , of practising the professed principle of charity . The effects of a late dreadful fire that happened at the station of Ferozepoor were most disastrous , and the Brethren at once came forward in aid of the unhappy sufferers by a donation , which was entrusted to Captain Tottenham , in the absence of the W . M ., from severe indisposition . This generous conduct cannot be too highly commended . If the
influence of charity was as extensively practised as proposed , the Asylum would become the happy record of the sublimity of Masonry . Dissentient voices , when charity is concerned , are like noxious weedsthey spring up , clo their worst , and die— -yielding their place to those herbs that give strength and sustenance to man ; thus may it be as regards the Asylum for the Worthy Aged ancl Decayed Freemasonmay every blessing rest on it , ancl may its present claimants ancl future inmates live in a happy and peaceful home , and when their . hour shall approach , may their grey hairs descend in peace to the silent tomb ! In