Freemasonry And The Church Congress.

Freemasonry and the Church Congress .

A NEW departure was made at Liverpool in holding for Freemasons attending the Church Congress a special meeting under the auspices of the Harmonic Lodge , No . 216 , of which the Worshipful Master for the current year is Bro . the Rev . R . F . Winter , who is in charge of the

pro-cathedral and St . Nicholas Church until the new rector , the Rev . J . A . Kempthorne , arrives in November . The gathering was held at the Adelphi Hotel . R . W . Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Provincial Grand Master for West Lancashire , who presided , was supported by several Grand Officers , and

in addition to Congress visitors , Grand Officers from Ireland , Scotland , Bombay , and Burmah attended . The gathering was largely promoted by Bro . Alfred Holdsworth , secretary of the Church Reform League , and one of the officers and founders of the Sanctuary Lodge , and Canon Horsley , who

read a paper answering in the affirmative the question " Should Freemasonry be encouraged as a Handmaid of Religion ? " From a comprehensive survey he deduced as beyond doubt that the two leading landmarks of Masonry were belief in a personal God and in the immortality of the

believer . At a banquet which followed , Bro . the Rev . T . Barton Spencer , Past Grand Chaplain , proposed "The Health of the Earl of Lathom , " and referred to the revered father of the present Earl , and to the fact that the name of the late

Earl would be connected with the new Liverpool Cathedral by the proposed building of the Chapter-house to his memory .

The Earl of Lathom , after paying a graceful compliment to Bro . Spencer , said that he looked upon his ( the Earl's ) father as one of the brightest examples of Freemasonry . His lordship then gave a beautiful exposition of the lessons to be learnt from Freemasonry , and maintained that it tended to help them towards Christianity . He was glad to say that

more than half the sum required for the cathedral Chapterhouse in memory of his father had been collected . He also expressed their indebtedness to Bro . Holdsworth for his efforts in instituting this new departure , and gave " Our visiting brethren who are members of the Church

Congress . " Bro . Canon Walsh , D . D ., rector of Donnybrook , Past Grand Chaplain of the Midland Counties of Ireland , expressed the pleasure with which he saw the announcement of this gathering in the Guardian .

Bro . Alfred Holdsworth , S . W . of the Sanctuary Lodge , No . 3051 , also replied . Canon Horsley was one of the subsequent speakers , and remarked upon the fact that that meeting should have brought together two clergymen of such opposite views as

Dr . Porter and himself . A quartette composed of members of the cathedral choir sang a fine selection of glees and songs , and Bro . G . Edwin Coller , organist of St . Luke ' s , Liverpool , presided at the piano . Lord Lathom expressed himself as being extremely gratified at the success of the meeting .

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