Mark Grand Lodge.

The Earl of EUSTON said he had to announce that his Royal Highness the M . W . G . Master had been p leased to confer the rank and dignity of Past Grand Junior Warden upon Bro . Charles Belton . ( Applause ) . Bro . C . F . MATIER , P . G . W ., G . S ., addressing the Earl of Euston , said he had been deputed by the Board of Stewards of the last Benevolent Fund Festival , at which his lordship presided , and the sum of £ 5113 was added to the Mark Benevolent Fund , to present to his lordship an album

in which was recorded a vote of thanks passed to his lordship by those Grand Stewards . [ The vote of thanks , of which we hope to be in a position to furnish a copy next week , was signed by 297 Stewards ] . Bro . Matier on behalf of those Stewards , said he had the honour and pleasure of presenting that album to his lordship , and he trusted it might long be a record to him of the great efforts he had made on behalf of the Benevolent Fund , ( Cheers . ) .

The Earl of EUSTON , whose emotion was great , in acknowledging the gift , said : Brethren , I thank those Stewards for this very handsome book , which contains a record of what was done at the last Benevolent Fund Festival , and the names not only of myself , but of those who assisted me . I thank you very , very heartily .

I can only say it is not my doing ; it is due to the Board of Stewards . No one could have more pleasure on hearing the announcement then made than myself , and no one could feel more deeply the kindness and the heartiness with which you rallied round me in making that meeting a success . I thank you very heartily . ( Cheers . )

Bro . MATIER announced that any Steward could have his jewel on applying at the clerk's office . Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form .

MARK CHARITY JEWEL . Mamifacinrctl by George Kenning and Son , London ,

Masons' Patriotism.

MASONS' PATRIOTISM .

The following address was given at the Masonic Service held in St . John the Baptist ' s Church , Bulawayo , on Sunday , June 24 th , by Bro . the Right Rev . the Bishop of Mashonaland , P . M .: " 1 Peter ii , 11— ' Honour all men , love the brotherhood ; fear God , honour the King . '" To define a patriot is to define a man in his true setting and relationship to his

fellow man . To picture a Masonie-. patriot is to gather into a phrase the whole system of Freemasonry , taught by precept , illustrated by signs , and enforced in its discipline . If a patriot is a man who loves his fatherland to the death before all other lands , thc Masonic patriot may be deimed as one who loves to death and through death his fatherland for the sake of all other lands . The circle of his charity , his service , and his interest embraces the world , while it has its

centre firmly established " in strength " in his own native country , his own home , his own heart . The phase " in my heart" is no unmeaning form of words to thc true Mason , for there God has His throne , in fatherly , filial , inspiiing relationship , and as God ' s eye sees all , as His hand holds all , and His heart embraces all , so the Mason who rises from the tomb of mere selfish death-in-life sees in his fellow man humanity and in his native land the universe . As he grasps the hand

of his brother w > th the true Masonic grip , it is no mere secret form ot recognition , but it is the " one touch of nature that makes the whole world kin . " He knows , if he knew anything of the circle of his Masonic duties , that though his duty begins in his own heart and home , it does not , and cannot , end there . His faith , hope , and charity may , and indeed must , focuss themselves around his own hearthstone or in his own particular lodge ,

but they likewise radiate and distribute their benign influence undimmned by time , unchecked by space , embracing all lands , uniting all hearts , co-ordinating all interests , harmonising all differuncies , translating all Babels , and transforming all the broken lights of earth into the one all embracing and all pure whiteness of the Light of the Love of God and man . Patriotism partakes of past , present , and future . The nation that discounts or disbelieves in its past , forfeits its future .

The man who despairs of the Commonwealth is its greatest enemy , and the statesman who sees no future for his country is engaged in writing the last pages of its and his own dishonoured history . So faith in the past , hope in the present and love for all time and eternity , in . some form or other , have been the inspiring principles of all true national movement all real , enduring patriotism . Without faith you have a nation of infidels ; without hope , a nation of suicides ; without benevolence a nation of wolves , or rather the nation has ceased to become a

Masons' Patriotism.

nation and has become a mere horde , killing to live and living to kill . It is then that the true patriot arises , representing what is left of a nation's faith , hope , and sacrifice . With a soul above ; mere personal safety and his faith heedless of failure , he gives himself . If his country has heart enough left to win , the victory is hers not his . If he fails , at least he has triumphed over self and thereby won a fadeless crown . Out of the countless number of those whose deeds have won a deathless glory on the Roll of Fame

I venture to suggest for your meditation and encouragement two of the brightest stars in the firmament of national heroes Judas Maccabaeus in Jewish history , and King Alfred in English history . Two hundred years before the Christian era , before the Roman had set his iron heel upon the neck of Israel the Syrian Antiochus Epiphanes had enslaved the nation , insulted his reli gion , and profaned its altars by setting up the image of Jupiter Capitolinus in the Holy Place . The national cause seemed hopeless . Might seemed to have taken the

place of rig ht , darkness of light , and Satan himself reigned a usurper on the throne of God . The national life was paralysed , the national conscience dead , faith stifled and hope fled . Then arose Judas the Asmonean with the divine ( ire kindled in his breast , the faith that removes mountains filling his soul , and the enthusiasm of a supreme call thrilling his whole being . Inspiring his brethren with his own hero spirit , he roused his people to a new faith rind hope . Jerusalem was reconquered , the worship of Jehovah re-established , and a possibility of the old national life

revived . So , too , with our old English land and nation in the ninth century of the Christian era . The heathen Danes had overrun the whole cGuntry , churches were levelled to the ground , the people put to the sword , and desolation reigned from the Tyne to the Thames , from the Med . vay to the Severn . On one little spot alone hope had remained alive . in one breast alone was the fire of a nation ' s faith unquenchable . At one time Alfred , the exiled king , stood for all that England means to you and me , and to the countless millions of our mighty empire at

this present time . Our religion in its broadest and best and fullest sense , our laws in all their guardianship of our liberties , and all that is beautiful and strong and pure in our home and public life at that moment hung trembling in the balance . Alfred knew the need , and felt the call , and kneeling at the altar of God , consecrated his life and his sword to God and England , sounded the trumpet call to arms , gathered an army , and went forth , in the name of the Lord of Hosts , to win England back for England and for God . All true

patriotism is based on religion of some sort . It may be a true or only a partly true reli gion , but underlying all real love of country there is a belief in its permanent and enduring life growing out of immortal principles . And Judas Maccabeus and King Alfred represent for evermore the faith that believes supremely in a nation ' s God , the hope that trusts supremely in a nation ' s destiny , and the love that sacrifices itself supremely tor a nation ' s good . Brethren , our Order is not without splendid examples of true patriotism . Men known and men

nameless have again and again done honour to the Craft by their glorious devotion to God and country . The two foremost leaders in England ' s present struggle for what she believes will make for unity , based on justice and freedom , after they had laid their victory at the altar of God and sent their homage to their Sovereign , attended the Masonic lodge in Bloemfontein , and showed that true brotherhood which underlies all differences of nationality and religion in the principles of Freemasonry , and it should be a subject of loyal and Masonic

congratulation that during the whole siege of Mafeking our brethren did not fail to hold lodge under the presidency of its Worshipful Master . The temple , riddled with the shells of the enemy , resonded with the eternal principles of the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God—principles which are at once the sanction and the substance of all true patriotism , the justification of our Order , and its highest and deepest , its first anel final inspiration , summed up in the words of thc text , " Honour all men , love the brotherhood , fear God , honour the King . "

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

Harringay Lodge , No . 2763 . The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Saturday , the 1 st instant , at the Salisbury Hotel , Green Lanes , N ., under the presidency of the W . M ., Bro . C . E . VVetton , there being present Bro . E . F . Barnes , S . W . ; VV . E . Taynton , J . W . ; K . R . Sinclair , S . D . ; G . VVetton , J . IX ; C . D . Ragniez , I . G . ; J . R . Newman , Sec . ; L . E . Thurlow , Treas . ; Adcock , I . P . M . ; Wooder , P . M . ; Hewitt , Evans , Dunk , G . Lewin ,

Sly , J . B . Brooks , Brooks , Atkinson , and others . Among the visitors were Bros . W . T . Winsor , P . M . 1950 ; F . Dent , 242 G ; T . VV . Rowe , 1950 ; Macey , Org . 1050 . ; VV , Avory , 4 G 3 ; B . Carter , 11 S 5 ; C . Knsell , 17 G ; II . J . Abrahams , P . M . 201 j E . A . Field , 1 G 72 ; Coinish , 1319 ; Herbert , 1 G 02 ; C . J . Thomas , 1 iSs ; G . F . Clark , P . M . S 6 , P . S . G . W . Co . Down ; J . Cohen , VV . M . iSS : E . J . Hunt , 2721 j T . | . Davies , P . M . 134 S ; B . H . Jenkinson , 1607 : andJ . C Emery , P . M . 1950 . The lodge was opened , and Messrs . E . A . llorbert and VV . Mason were duly initiated into the mysteries of the Craft by the VV . M . in his usual impressive manner ,

and on their return to lodge the W . M . gave the charge . The VV . M . elect , Bro . E . F . Barnes , was then duly presented for the installation ceremony , which was performed in a highly creditable manner by the VV . M ., Bro . C . E . VVetton , Bro . Adcock , P . M ., acting as D . of C , Bro . Wooden , P . M ., as S . W ., Bro . Abrahams , P . M ., as J . W . ; and Bro . Winsor , P . M ., as I . G . On the re-admission of the brethren , the charges and addresses were given by the Installing Master in a most exemplary manner . Ihe newly-installed W . M . then invested his officers as follows : Bros . Toynton , S . W . ; Sinclair , LW . : VVetton , I . P . M . ; Thurlow , Treas . ; Newman , P . M ., Sec .: Geo

VVetton , S . D . ; Ragniez , J . D . ; Davis , I . G . ; Adcock , P . M ., D . of C . ; Hewitt , A . D . C . ; Evans , Dunk , and Inder , Stwds . ; and VV . Webb , Tyler . A valuable Past Master's jewel was presented to Bro . C . E . VVetton for his valuable services to the lodge since its consecration as VV . M ., and the new VV . M . in doing so , referred to the fact of Bro . VVetlon ' s untiring efforts in miking the first year of the lodge such a success , he initiating not less than 21 candidates during his yeir of ollicc , and leaving the lodge in such a good financial position . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to a well served banquet . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were well honoured .

Bro . Wetton , in proposing "The Health of the W . M ., " spoke of the tim : ami bard work which Bro . Barnes had given in founding the lodg ; , and was quite c ; rtiin that all the members would give him that valuable support which they hael been pleased to accord to him during the past year . The W . M . made a most suitable reply , and promised to exert himself to keep " [' the prestige ot the lodge for the ensuing year .

The toast of " The Initiates " was duly honoured and replied to by each of them . The toast of "The Visitors" was proposed by Ihe W . M . in an effective speech , and replied to by Bros . Davies , P . M . 1 . 54 S ; Winsor , P . M . 1950 : Cohen , W . M . i ^< Emery , P . M . 1950 ; Abrahams , P . M . 201 ; and Clark , P . M . »/ , P . S . G . W . co . D JM . During the evening a musical entertainment was given by Bros . Macey , Burton , Brooks , and Davies , P . M . Bro . Geo . Wetton was particularly successful in his slei ^ itof-hand tricks . After the various officers' healths had been duly honoured , thc Tyler's toast hi M &>' a most pleasant evening to a successful termination .

Till ' . Exi ' . curios DOCK , —The site of the Ktccutiun Dock was , accorJini ; ' . 0 lir ''' Sir Walter Ilesant , near Wapping Old Stairs . " It was , " says Sir Walter , " the |> I » CI ! where sailors , mutinous or n . urderous , were hanged , and all criminals sentence ' offences committed on the water . They were hanged at low tide on the fores ure , anJ they were kept hanging until high tides had Ibwed over their bodies , an exarnpl : an'J an admonition to the sailors on board the passing ships , "