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A Defence Of Freemasonry By The D.G.M. Of South Africa (W.D.).
A DEFENCE OF FREEMASONRY BY THE D . G . M . OF SOUTH AFRICA ( W . D . ) .
The proceedings of the brethren in Cape Town on the 24 th June last were of a more than usually interesting character . In the first place , the lodges under the several Constitutions met for the purpose of installing the new Worshipful Masters for the year . In the next , an address of congratulation was presented
to Bro . Sir ROBERT SOUTHEY , Past D . G . M . of the Western Division of South Africa , on the occasion of his appointment by her MAJESTY to the dignity of a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of St Michael and St George . Lastly , an address was delivered in the Cathedral by Bro . the Very Rev .
Dean C . B ARNETT CLARKE , Bro . Sir ROBERT SOUTHEY ' S successor as District Grand Master of the Division , in the course of which he vindicated Freemasonry from the attacks which have been made upon it at different times and by different classes of people ; extolled its merits as a powerful aid to
religion ; and appealed to his Masonic audience to render still further and more valuable support to the Masonic Educational Institution which our Cape brethren have established for the benefit of the children of their poor and deceased members . At the commencement of his eloquent address our very reverend brother referred to the fact of the foundation-stone of the
cathedral in which he and his brother Masons were assembled having 60 years previously been laid " with Masonic ritual and Christian ceremony in happy combination /" and he expressed his belief that " none of the weaker brethren were thereby offended any more than when the foundation-stone of the new
Graham ' s Town Cathedral was well and truly laid with Masonic ceremonies in the presence and with the cordial approval of the Bishop of the diocese . " He next proceeded to combat the objections to Freemasonrv which have been repeatedly brought
forward . "Christian Ministers / 'he said , "have Christlessl y assailed myself and others of the Clergy for being active Masonic members and officials in the Craft . I say Christlessly , for I mean uncharitabl y and untruly and not in the spirit of meekness , do these virulent slanderers condemn us / ' And so far from
regretting or being ashamed that he was a Freemason , he said " I am proud frankly to proclaim that being one of this benign Brotherhood is not a hindrance to one ' s position and influence for good , but a powerful agent and aid to a clergyman to promote the everlasting welfare of one ' s fellowmen . Full well , "
he added , " we all know that princes , prelates , presbytery , and premiers have clone their uttermost to crush out Masonry , but in vain . It is far too mighty for malicious men to destroy or dethrone it . Again , history of olden time * chronicles the stubborn unassailable fact that princes , prelates , presbytery ,
and premiers were enrolled on the register of the Masonic archives of olden records , " and have rendered incalculable service in promoting the welfare of the Order . He then proceeded : " I am fully persuaded that Freemasonry does tend to make us dutiful and consistent brethren ,
better husbands , better sons , better brothers ; in a word , better men . For Freemasonry is a grand system of morality , and does not make itself a substitute for practical religion , but supplements and supports true godliness . The Church may receive the hel p of other agencies to spread and deepen its work in
temperance organisation , in White Cross work , and other associations for the promotion of purity of heart and life . They ar e auxiliary forces which add to the proficiency of the Church ' s work . " The Very Rev . the D . G . Master then passed on to a Ppeal in behalf of their " Masonic Education Fund , urging « pon the brethren to contribute liberally ancl cheerfully . " Act
1 > said he , " to our binding principles of brotherl y love , relief , and truth . Pay no heed to the fierce invectives ancl fabricated p . nemas ° ^ excommunications and would-be persecuting •, P - - or to the cynical sardonic shoutings and yelpings of 'atant and bi goted Protestants Masonry is " ¦ "Pregnable because God is with us . "
A Defence Of Freemasonry By The D.G.M. Of South Africa (W.D.).
We rejoice to find a brother occupying a high position in the Colonial Church delivering himself thus boldly in defence of our Society . Some , indeed , may consider perhaps he is somewhat too outspoken , but let them remember , in palliation of this by no means heinous sin , that if the defence of Bro . the
Rev . Dean BARNETT CLARKE IS strong , so also has been the provocation to outspokenness which he and all Masons who are clergymen have received . At all events , he deserves well of the members of our Order , not only in Cape Town from those
to whom he is personally acquainted and over a considerable section of whom he presides as District Grand Master , but from the Craft in all parts of the world whose cause he has espoused so warmly .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Suffolk.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SUFFOLK .
ANNUAL MEETING AT THORNHAM . The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk was held on the 31 st ult . at Thornham Hail , the seat , and under the banner , of the Right Hon . Lord Henniker , P . S . G . W . England , Prov . G . M . The day was fine , and a large number of brethren embraced the opportunity to visit the Provincial Grand Master ' s p icturesque domain , and for which the Great Eastern Railway Company offered , with their usual courtesy , every facility , making reduced fares and running a special train both morning and evening for the
accommodation of the brethren from Ipswich to Mellis , where vehicles were provided for conveyance from the station to Thornham Hall . The large hall was improvised as a lodge room , and at one o ' clock the brethren ranged themselves under their respective banners , and shortly afterwards the Prov . Grand Master , accompanied by Grand and Provincial Grand Oflicers , entered the hall in procession and opened thc Provincial Grand Lodge . The visitors included—¦
Bros . Lord Brooke , M . P ., P . G . M . Essex ; A . H . Moyes , P . G . S . B ., D . P . G . M . Cambridge ; Courtenay Boyle , P . P . S . G . W . Norfolk ; C . T . Montgomerie , P . P . G . W . Norfolk ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Sec ; J . Terry , P . G S . B . England , Secretary R . M . B . I . ; J . M . McLeod , P . S . G . W . Derby , Secretary R . M . I . B . ; and T . J . Railing , P . A . G . D . C . England , P . G . Sec . Essex . The officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge , Present and Past , who signed the presence book were Bros , the Right Hon . Lord Henniker , P . G . M . ; Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap . England , D . P . G . M . ;
VV . I . Mason , P . M . 1224 , P . S . G . W . ; VV . H . Hall , P . M . 935 , P . J . G . W . ; Rev . C . A . Sinclair , 555 , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . C . E . Barnes , 1592 , P . G . Chap . ; R . K . Casley , P . M . 114 , P . G . Treas . ; C . G . Hayward , P . M . 516 , P . G . Reg . ; N . Tracy , P . M . 37 6 , 2371 , P . P . J . G . W ., P . G . Sec ; R . J . Symonds , P . M . 100 S , P . S . G . D . ; E . Sparke , P . M . 1592 , P . [ . G . D . ; VV . J . Wilton , P . M . 71 , P . G . S . of W . ; R . E . Younger , P . M . 37 G , P . G . S . B . ; B . S . Bradbeer , P . M . 1452 , and G . Read , P . M . 1631 , P . G . Std . Brs . ; II . J . Wright , P . M . 936 , 37 6 , 2371 , P . P . G . P ., Prov . Asst . G . Sec ; T . Stokoe , P . M . 1 S 23 , P . G . P . ; and A . VV . Cook , P . M . 225 , P . A . G . P .
The roll of Provincial Grand Officers and of the lodges were called , all the lodges being represented . Bro . Geo . Jones , P . M . 555 , was elected Prov . Grand Treasurer . The Prov . G . M . then appointed and invested thc following officers :
Bro . Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap . ... ... Dep . Prov . G . M . „ Chas . C . Cheston , W . M . 2371 , P . G . D . ... Prov . S . G . W . „ C . H . Scriven , P . M . 1663 ... ... Prov . J . G . W . „ Rev . C . E . Barnes , 1592 ... ... * ) " „ , „ Rev . W . T . Corfield , 1224 ... ^ Prov . G . Chaps . ,, Geo . Jones , P . M . 555 ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas . „ F . S . Ellen , P . M . 1452 ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ N . Tracy , P . M . 376 , P . P . J . G . W . ... ... Prov . G . Sec . „ A . R . Scott , P . M . 305 ... ... ... Prov . S . G . D . „ W . Cocks , P . M . 555 ... ... ... Prov . J . G . D . „ J . F . W . Bray , P . M . 16 31 ... ¦ ... Prov . G . S . of W . „ IT . J . Wright , P . M . 936 , P . P . A . G . S . ... Prov . G . D . C . „ P . M . Canova , P . M . 38 S ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C . „ E . M . U . Adnams , P . M . 1983 ... ... Prov . G . S . B . ,, N . M . Simmonds , P . M . 516 ... ... ") ,-, r- c , 1 i > ^ G . P . Price , P . M . 225 .. j Prov - G * Std * Brs * ,, B . Hurst , 1224 ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ Fred . C . Atkinson , I . P . M . 376 ... ... Prov . A . G . Sec . „ A . W . Cook , P . M . 225 , P . P . A . G . P . ... Prov . G . Purst . „ G . Booth , I . P . M . 81 ... ... ... Prov . A . G . Purst . „ J . B . Marchant , S . W . 166 3 ... ' .. /" I „ J . F . Page , J . W . 1663 ... ... ... f- Prov . G . Stwds . ,, C . H . Downes , J . W . 237 1 ... ,., J ,, Syer ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Tyler .
The PROV . G . SECRETARY read thc report of the Board of General Purposes , which congratulated the province on the great improvement in its prospects . There had been 70 initiations and 41 joinings during the year , against loss from deaths and resignations 44 . The total membership of the province was now 960 . The finances were also in a satisfactory state , showing a balance of ^ 95 6 s .
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A Defence Of Freemasonry By The D.G.M. Of South Africa (W.D.).
A DEFENCE OF FREEMASONRY BY THE D . G . M . OF SOUTH AFRICA ( W . D . ) .
The proceedings of the brethren in Cape Town on the 24 th June last were of a more than usually interesting character . In the first place , the lodges under the several Constitutions met for the purpose of installing the new Worshipful Masters for the year . In the next , an address of congratulation was presented
to Bro . Sir ROBERT SOUTHEY , Past D . G . M . of the Western Division of South Africa , on the occasion of his appointment by her MAJESTY to the dignity of a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of St Michael and St George . Lastly , an address was delivered in the Cathedral by Bro . the Very Rev .
Dean C . B ARNETT CLARKE , Bro . Sir ROBERT SOUTHEY ' S successor as District Grand Master of the Division , in the course of which he vindicated Freemasonry from the attacks which have been made upon it at different times and by different classes of people ; extolled its merits as a powerful aid to
religion ; and appealed to his Masonic audience to render still further and more valuable support to the Masonic Educational Institution which our Cape brethren have established for the benefit of the children of their poor and deceased members . At the commencement of his eloquent address our very reverend brother referred to the fact of the foundation-stone of the
cathedral in which he and his brother Masons were assembled having 60 years previously been laid " with Masonic ritual and Christian ceremony in happy combination /" and he expressed his belief that " none of the weaker brethren were thereby offended any more than when the foundation-stone of the new
Graham ' s Town Cathedral was well and truly laid with Masonic ceremonies in the presence and with the cordial approval of the Bishop of the diocese . " He next proceeded to combat the objections to Freemasonrv which have been repeatedly brought
forward . "Christian Ministers / 'he said , "have Christlessl y assailed myself and others of the Clergy for being active Masonic members and officials in the Craft . I say Christlessly , for I mean uncharitabl y and untruly and not in the spirit of meekness , do these virulent slanderers condemn us / ' And so far from
regretting or being ashamed that he was a Freemason , he said " I am proud frankly to proclaim that being one of this benign Brotherhood is not a hindrance to one ' s position and influence for good , but a powerful agent and aid to a clergyman to promote the everlasting welfare of one ' s fellowmen . Full well , "
he added , " we all know that princes , prelates , presbytery , and premiers have clone their uttermost to crush out Masonry , but in vain . It is far too mighty for malicious men to destroy or dethrone it . Again , history of olden time * chronicles the stubborn unassailable fact that princes , prelates , presbytery ,
and premiers were enrolled on the register of the Masonic archives of olden records , " and have rendered incalculable service in promoting the welfare of the Order . He then proceeded : " I am fully persuaded that Freemasonry does tend to make us dutiful and consistent brethren ,
better husbands , better sons , better brothers ; in a word , better men . For Freemasonry is a grand system of morality , and does not make itself a substitute for practical religion , but supplements and supports true godliness . The Church may receive the hel p of other agencies to spread and deepen its work in
temperance organisation , in White Cross work , and other associations for the promotion of purity of heart and life . They ar e auxiliary forces which add to the proficiency of the Church ' s work . " The Very Rev . the D . G . Master then passed on to a Ppeal in behalf of their " Masonic Education Fund , urging « pon the brethren to contribute liberally ancl cheerfully . " Act
1 > said he , " to our binding principles of brotherl y love , relief , and truth . Pay no heed to the fierce invectives ancl fabricated p . nemas ° ^ excommunications and would-be persecuting •, P - - or to the cynical sardonic shoutings and yelpings of 'atant and bi goted Protestants Masonry is " ¦ "Pregnable because God is with us . "
A Defence Of Freemasonry By The D.G.M. Of South Africa (W.D.).
We rejoice to find a brother occupying a high position in the Colonial Church delivering himself thus boldly in defence of our Society . Some , indeed , may consider perhaps he is somewhat too outspoken , but let them remember , in palliation of this by no means heinous sin , that if the defence of Bro . the
Rev . Dean BARNETT CLARKE IS strong , so also has been the provocation to outspokenness which he and all Masons who are clergymen have received . At all events , he deserves well of the members of our Order , not only in Cape Town from those
to whom he is personally acquainted and over a considerable section of whom he presides as District Grand Master , but from the Craft in all parts of the world whose cause he has espoused so warmly .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Suffolk.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SUFFOLK .
ANNUAL MEETING AT THORNHAM . The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk was held on the 31 st ult . at Thornham Hail , the seat , and under the banner , of the Right Hon . Lord Henniker , P . S . G . W . England , Prov . G . M . The day was fine , and a large number of brethren embraced the opportunity to visit the Provincial Grand Master ' s p icturesque domain , and for which the Great Eastern Railway Company offered , with their usual courtesy , every facility , making reduced fares and running a special train both morning and evening for the
accommodation of the brethren from Ipswich to Mellis , where vehicles were provided for conveyance from the station to Thornham Hall . The large hall was improvised as a lodge room , and at one o ' clock the brethren ranged themselves under their respective banners , and shortly afterwards the Prov . Grand Master , accompanied by Grand and Provincial Grand Oflicers , entered the hall in procession and opened thc Provincial Grand Lodge . The visitors included—¦
Bros . Lord Brooke , M . P ., P . G . M . Essex ; A . H . Moyes , P . G . S . B ., D . P . G . M . Cambridge ; Courtenay Boyle , P . P . S . G . W . Norfolk ; C . T . Montgomerie , P . P . G . W . Norfolk ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Sec ; J . Terry , P . G S . B . England , Secretary R . M . B . I . ; J . M . McLeod , P . S . G . W . Derby , Secretary R . M . I . B . ; and T . J . Railing , P . A . G . D . C . England , P . G . Sec . Essex . The officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge , Present and Past , who signed the presence book were Bros , the Right Hon . Lord Henniker , P . G . M . ; Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap . England , D . P . G . M . ;
VV . I . Mason , P . M . 1224 , P . S . G . W . ; VV . H . Hall , P . M . 935 , P . J . G . W . ; Rev . C . A . Sinclair , 555 , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . C . E . Barnes , 1592 , P . G . Chap . ; R . K . Casley , P . M . 114 , P . G . Treas . ; C . G . Hayward , P . M . 516 , P . G . Reg . ; N . Tracy , P . M . 37 6 , 2371 , P . P . J . G . W ., P . G . Sec ; R . J . Symonds , P . M . 100 S , P . S . G . D . ; E . Sparke , P . M . 1592 , P . [ . G . D . ; VV . J . Wilton , P . M . 71 , P . G . S . of W . ; R . E . Younger , P . M . 37 G , P . G . S . B . ; B . S . Bradbeer , P . M . 1452 , and G . Read , P . M . 1631 , P . G . Std . Brs . ; II . J . Wright , P . M . 936 , 37 6 , 2371 , P . P . G . P ., Prov . Asst . G . Sec ; T . Stokoe , P . M . 1 S 23 , P . G . P . ; and A . VV . Cook , P . M . 225 , P . A . G . P .
The roll of Provincial Grand Officers and of the lodges were called , all the lodges being represented . Bro . Geo . Jones , P . M . 555 , was elected Prov . Grand Treasurer . The Prov . G . M . then appointed and invested thc following officers :
Bro . Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap . ... ... Dep . Prov . G . M . „ Chas . C . Cheston , W . M . 2371 , P . G . D . ... Prov . S . G . W . „ C . H . Scriven , P . M . 1663 ... ... Prov . J . G . W . „ Rev . C . E . Barnes , 1592 ... ... * ) " „ , „ Rev . W . T . Corfield , 1224 ... ^ Prov . G . Chaps . ,, Geo . Jones , P . M . 555 ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas . „ F . S . Ellen , P . M . 1452 ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ N . Tracy , P . M . 376 , P . P . J . G . W . ... ... Prov . G . Sec . „ A . R . Scott , P . M . 305 ... ... ... Prov . S . G . D . „ W . Cocks , P . M . 555 ... ... ... Prov . J . G . D . „ J . F . W . Bray , P . M . 16 31 ... ¦ ... Prov . G . S . of W . „ IT . J . Wright , P . M . 936 , P . P . A . G . S . ... Prov . G . D . C . „ P . M . Canova , P . M . 38 S ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C . „ E . M . U . Adnams , P . M . 1983 ... ... Prov . G . S . B . ,, N . M . Simmonds , P . M . 516 ... ... ") ,-, r- c , 1 i > ^ G . P . Price , P . M . 225 .. j Prov - G * Std * Brs * ,, B . Hurst , 1224 ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ Fred . C . Atkinson , I . P . M . 376 ... ... Prov . A . G . Sec . „ A . W . Cook , P . M . 225 , P . P . A . G . P . ... Prov . G . Purst . „ G . Booth , I . P . M . 81 ... ... ... Prov . A . G . Purst . „ J . B . Marchant , S . W . 166 3 ... ' .. /" I „ J . F . Page , J . W . 1663 ... ... ... f- Prov . G . Stwds . ,, C . H . Downes , J . W . 237 1 ... ,., J ,, Syer ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Tyler .
The PROV . G . SECRETARY read thc report of the Board of General Purposes , which congratulated the province on the great improvement in its prospects . There had been 70 initiations and 41 joinings during the year , against loss from deaths and resignations 44 . The total membership of the province was now 960 . The finances were also in a satisfactory state , showing a balance of ^ 95 6 s .