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To Correspondencts.

To Correspondencts .

'The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGES—York , No . 234 ; Excelsior , No . 1042 . INSTRUCTION—Ranelagh , No . S 34 ; Kensington , No . 1767 ; Dukeof Cornsvall , No . 1 S 30 .

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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The members of St . James' Lodge , No . 424 , ( S . C ) , Hawick , celebrated the annual festival of St . John , by a torchlight procession on the night of the 27 th ult ., the brethren turning out to the number of 48 . The Rev . Stewart Burns , M . A ., the newly elected Chaplain

in the course of a sermon to the brethren in St . Mary ' s Church , spoke of the relation of churches to Freemasonry . There were three courses open—the church mig ht either absolutely condemn it , and that was the position taken up by the Roman Catholic Church—or

the church might regard Freemasonry with absolute indifference , and that position had been taken up by the Protestant Church . He did not think such indifference a sign of wisdom . He thought if there was

any good to be done by a movement like Freemasonry , it would be svell for the church to recognise and foster the good .

Our reverend brother ' s statement is certainly true svith regard to the position of the Roman Church , but is he correct in saying that the Protestant Church is absolutely indifferent to the claims of Freemasonry '•* We think not , at least on this side of the Tweed .

We venture to think the clergy of the Church of England are as largely represented in the ranks of the Craft as any other class , and their influence must make itself felt to a greater extent than could be gauged by mere numbers .

* * * At the regular Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , in the Masonic Hall , Philadelphia , on Wednesday , December 4 th , Bro . Clifford P . MacCalla vvas re-elected Grand Master for

the ensuing year , as also were the following , viz . . Bros , the Hon . L . Sampson Africa , Dep . G . M . ; the Hon . Michael Arnold , S . G . W . ; M . H . Henderson , J . G . W . ; Thomas R . Patton , G . Treas . ; and Michael Nisbet , G . Secretary .

Masonic Notes.

At the 41 st annual convocation , at Indianapolis , in October last , of the Grand Chapter of Indiana , the G . H . P . announced that Comp . J . M . Bramwell had resigned the ofiice of Grand Secretary , owing to his advanced age and continued illness , and the

appointment of Comp . W . H . Smythe as his successor . We are aware that Bro . Bramwell has been for many years one of the great lights of Freemasonry in Indiana , and we are sure he will carry with him into his retirement the sympathy and kind wishes of his brethren .

* * * The Masonic Hall in Philadelphia is now lighted by electricity—the contracts with the Edison Electric Lig ht Company and the Thackeray Manufacturing Company having been completed on the 24 th November

—and it was on the evening of the same day that the various rooms in the Hall were thus lig hted for the first time . The effect is described by the Keystone as having been brilliant , there being a marked increase of light ,

which , as it is a non-heatgiving illuminant , our contemporary thinks will afford no excuse for absence from the meetings held during the warmer months of the year . * * *

The Voice of Masonry , in speaking of the Report on Correspondence presented to the Grand Lodge of Missouri at its annual communication in October , discovers its compiler , Bro . the Rev . John D . Voneil , Grand Secretary , as being , according to the opinions

he has himself expressed , in favour of public installations , opposed to the requirement of absolute physical perfection in candidates for admission to the various Degrees , opposed to saloon keeping , and as believing

that the time is not far distant vvhen the rage for fine temples will be succeeded by a rage for homes for the widows and orphans of Masons . * * *

The corner-stone of the new Soldiers' Home , now in process of erection at Hot Springs , South Dakota , was laid with Masonic ceremonial on the nth November , the duty being very ably fulfilled by Bro . George

V . Ayres , G . M ., assisted by his Grand Officers , the oration being delivered by Col . M . Price . The home is described as being , or as likely to be , an elegant structure . * * *

The actual number of lodges on the roll of our United Grand Lodge is 1949 , while the hi ghest number is 2332 , the difference between the two—namel y , 3 85—representing the number of lodges which have become defunct or have transferred their allegiance to the

newly formed Grand Lodges in other parts of the Empire . The Grand Lodges of South Australia , New South Wales and Victoria alone have caused a reduction in number amounting to a round 200 , and in the event of the projects for establishing Grand Lodges in

Queensland and New Zealand being carried to a successful issue , there will be a further reduction of about 100 lodges . We do not think there is another Grand Lodge in the world that could have borne so large a decrease and yet exhibit so formidable a muster roll . * * *

It seems that it is not in England only that the clergy have been condemning Freemasonry . The Canadian Craftsman tells us that early in November last , several clergymen attended a meeting at Elg in , Illinois , of the Illinois Christian Association and that

in an address of welcome the Rev . George R . Milton , of Elgin , spoke strongly against Masonry , but not against Masons , several of whom where present . Other clergymen delivered addresses on the " Drudgery

of Lodges , and there vvas a prize offered for the best essay on the " Pernicious Influences of Secret Societies . " * * *

Our worthy contemporary considered it not improbable that the clergymen who thus violentl y denounced Masonry must at some time or other have been found " unsuitable material for the Masonic Edifice . " * * * There are 85 chapters on the roll of the Grand

Chapter of Indiana , with a total membership of 5271 , and the state of the funds is satisfactory . The G . H . P . for the present year is Comp . Elmer Crockett , while Comp . W . H . Smythe remains at his post as Grand Secretary .

The following brethren were elected Officers of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky at its annual meeting at Louisville on thc 22 nd October , namely : Bros . W . VV .

Clarke , M . W . G . M . ; Charles H . Fisk , D . P . G . M . ; James A . McKenzie , S . G . W . ; J . S . Smith , J . G . W . ; John H . Leathers . G . Treas . ; ancl H . B . Grant G . Secretary .