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good foundation is laid , it is very rarely that a perfect superstructure is raised , the importance of having properly qualified brethren in office is enhanced . The reason ^ that some of our Lodges are so badly attended during business is , the pain felfc by really good workers , and those who know what correct working is , at hearing our beautiful ritual mutilated and spoiled . Besides the evils arising from the appointment of non-workers to' office ; another is , that young Brethren ,

seeing that promotion may be attained without working , do not think it worth their while to make a daily advancement in Masonic knowledge ^ and then in process of time there are so few able to properly conduct the business of the Lodge > that its management is thrown into the hands of one or two , whose ipse dixit becomes law , against which it is hopeless to appeal , without running the risk of unpleasantness . The course we should adopt at the coming elections

appears to me quite obvious—not bow too low at the shrine of rank or wealthnor show undue partiality to favourites ; but , as far as we can , put the right man in the i % ht . p lace , ever remembering that office should be given as a reward for haying worked , and not as an incentive to work . I am , dear Sir ^ nd Brother , Fraternally yours , ; :- ' MM .

MASONIC JURISPBUDENCE , f 0 THE EDITOR OF THE EREEMASOJSTS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR * Dear Sin and Brother , — -On my return from the sea-side , I received the September ' number of your excellent monthly journal , in which I find that my communication you were so kind as to give in the previous number , has brought rae under the censure of " a Sublime Prince of the Eoyal Secret , " and also under the censure of Lector . "

I trust you will allow me to take this early opportunity of assuring both respected Brothers , that my statement was intended as information to your Masonic readers in general—certainly not as " cut and slash criticism ; " and I do also assure the former I am pleased to be informed that " he too is a P . M . and P . Z . " presuming so high a distinction—a , ruler of the Craft— -could only be attained by a Brother possessed of general Masonic knowledge—of exemplary

conduct ' and address , and of courteous manners . Satisfied we should be that such a ruler would never permit or suffer any deviation from the established landmarks of our Order , neither would he administer , or cause to be administered , any rite or ceremony contrary to , or subversive of , our ancient Institution , but would strive to maintain pure and unsullied the genuine principles and tenets of the Craft , and thus transmit them froth generation to generation .

To " Lector " I apologize , acknowledging I have not read the numbers of the Magazine as regularly or as carefully as I ought ; however , I have now looked into the numbers pointed out in his letter , and find him correct ; but that , or his reference , has not induced me to alter my opinion , as expressed in your periodical last August , in which I am supported by our departed Bros . Aarons , Thompson , and Crucefix . —I remain , Dear Sir and Brother , truly , P . M . and P . Z .

SiJLENCE IN Lodge . —During the period when serious business occupies the attention of the Brethren , you must not leave your seat , or engage in conversation with your neighbour , not even in whispers ; neither should you move the chair or bench on which you are seated , or make any other noise to disturb the Master or his Officers in the orderly execution of their respective duties . Sileuce is the leading characteristic of a well-regulated Lodge . I have known many good Lodges * spoiled for want of a due attention to these trifling particulars , — Booh of the Lodge .

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GRAND LODGE AND THE CANADAS. Article 1
CHIVALRY. Article 4
THE STRANGER, THE FATHERLESS, AND THE WIDOW. Article 12
MASONIC EXCURSION TO BOSLIN CASTLE. Article 13
CORRESPONDENCE Article 27
THE SPIRIT OF MASONRY. Article 31
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 32
METROPOLITAN. Article 45
PROVINCIAL. Article 47
ROYAL ARCH. Article 61
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Article 62
MARK MASONRY Article 62
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COLONIAL. Article 68
AMERICA Article 73
INDIA. Article 74
The choice of Smyrna as a site for a British hospital during the late war has been, under Providence* the means of planting Masonry in a truly rich soil. Amongst the civil and military staff attached to the important station were a few most zealous Brethren, who, under great difficulties, managed to muster enough to work: as a Lodge of Instruction, as often a quiet evening could be taken from the urgent duties of the hospital. One by one Brethren were discovered, of various languages and nationalities; but so powerful had been the social persecution—to TURKEY. Article 76
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER Article 76
Obituary. Article 80
NOTICE. Article 83
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good foundation is laid , it is very rarely that a perfect superstructure is raised , the importance of having properly qualified brethren in office is enhanced . The reason ^ that some of our Lodges are so badly attended during business is , the pain felfc by really good workers , and those who know what correct working is , at hearing our beautiful ritual mutilated and spoiled . Besides the evils arising from the appointment of non-workers to' office ; another is , that young Brethren ,

seeing that promotion may be attained without working , do not think it worth their while to make a daily advancement in Masonic knowledge ^ and then in process of time there are so few able to properly conduct the business of the Lodge > that its management is thrown into the hands of one or two , whose ipse dixit becomes law , against which it is hopeless to appeal , without running the risk of unpleasantness . The course we should adopt at the coming elections

appears to me quite obvious—not bow too low at the shrine of rank or wealthnor show undue partiality to favourites ; but , as far as we can , put the right man in the i % ht . p lace , ever remembering that office should be given as a reward for haying worked , and not as an incentive to work . I am , dear Sir ^ nd Brother , Fraternally yours , ; :- ' MM .

MASONIC JURISPBUDENCE , f 0 THE EDITOR OF THE EREEMASOJSTS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR * Dear Sin and Brother , — -On my return from the sea-side , I received the September ' number of your excellent monthly journal , in which I find that my communication you were so kind as to give in the previous number , has brought rae under the censure of " a Sublime Prince of the Eoyal Secret , " and also under the censure of Lector . "

I trust you will allow me to take this early opportunity of assuring both respected Brothers , that my statement was intended as information to your Masonic readers in general—certainly not as " cut and slash criticism ; " and I do also assure the former I am pleased to be informed that " he too is a P . M . and P . Z . " presuming so high a distinction—a , ruler of the Craft— -could only be attained by a Brother possessed of general Masonic knowledge—of exemplary

conduct ' and address , and of courteous manners . Satisfied we should be that such a ruler would never permit or suffer any deviation from the established landmarks of our Order , neither would he administer , or cause to be administered , any rite or ceremony contrary to , or subversive of , our ancient Institution , but would strive to maintain pure and unsullied the genuine principles and tenets of the Craft , and thus transmit them froth generation to generation .

To " Lector " I apologize , acknowledging I have not read the numbers of the Magazine as regularly or as carefully as I ought ; however , I have now looked into the numbers pointed out in his letter , and find him correct ; but that , or his reference , has not induced me to alter my opinion , as expressed in your periodical last August , in which I am supported by our departed Bros . Aarons , Thompson , and Crucefix . —I remain , Dear Sir and Brother , truly , P . M . and P . Z .

SiJLENCE IN Lodge . —During the period when serious business occupies the attention of the Brethren , you must not leave your seat , or engage in conversation with your neighbour , not even in whispers ; neither should you move the chair or bench on which you are seated , or make any other noise to disturb the Master or his Officers in the orderly execution of their respective duties . Sileuce is the leading characteristic of a well-regulated Lodge . I have known many good Lodges * spoiled for want of a due attention to these trifling particulars , — Booh of the Lodge .

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