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Masonic Festivities.

Universe for all the blessings we enjoy , and next in exhibiting our gratitude in return for those blessings , by showing to our poorer brethren the love we bear them and the charity we owe them . Your Chairman has informed j'ou , and I learned it with great satisfaction , of ihe progress which the system of benevolence is making

in the Prov . G . Lodge of Glasgow . Believe me , there is nothing by which our order can be more exalted , nothing by which its interests can be more or better advanced , than by the liberal practice of opening tho benevolent hand . The poor we have always with us ; and we should be ahvays ready , if possible , to relieve them . But , brethren , it must be distinctly understood , that while

these benevolent societies exist iu masonry , masonic lodges should not be looked upon as benefit societies . It is true we hold out the hand of assistance to those brethren among us who may be overtaken with mis ( orturn ; hut we invite not brethren to come among us for the purpose simply of finding a refuge in our charity . There is another thing in masonry which I would recommend all to cultivate , and that is , obedience to the Constitution and laws under which we live , and by which we are governed . There is nobody in this country so

loyal as a good mason . He is loyal to his Sovereign ; ho is loyal and obedient to the laws ; and he is loyal to the craft , and tho authorities of the craft , to which he belongs . If a man is a good mason you may rely upon it that man is in every respect also a good citizen , will not detain you upon the present occasion further than to add that I trust the benevolent institution which

is connected with the Prov . G . Lodge of Glasgow may increase in strength and flourish prosperously . I trust also that another object you have in view—an object which I think ought to be assisted by your brother masons , not only in the province but out of the province —that , namely , of establishing a Freemasons' Hall iu this great com muni tj ' , will prove completely successful .

When once the brethren get housed in a house of their own I am quite certain they will find that many of their schemes will prosper more largely , and that all their interests will bo better attended to , and flourish more entirely . The musical programme was sustained by the Misses Blair , Miss Dunsmore , Mr . Hamilton Corbet ( an excellent tenor ) Bros . Robt . Frazer , James Houston , A . AV . Banks ( pianist ) , ancl Bro . H . A . Lambeth ( organist ) . An assembly followed the soiree .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

Masonic Photographs . Two photographs , by Bro . Mayall , published by Edward Fox , Brighton , in connexion with laying the corner-stone of the Masonic Hall at Lewes , by the ' R . WBro . Lord Pelham , on 2 isfc October , 1868 , have just reached us . The first represents the ceremony , and we regret to

have so much fault to find with it . It is badly grouped , the Grand Officers being swallowed up in a crowd in the middle ground , and the brethren appear in the act of flopping down on their knees to worship an upright beam , which is carefully guarded by a Steward . The light , too , is bad . In photographs of such subjects—we must confess very difiicult to produce with any

excellence—great care should be taken to give prominence to the principals , and attention should be paid so as that the groups may each come out distinct . Almost without exception the heads here are hazy . This may , however , have been caused by some movement in the crowd . The second , representing the jewels , clothing , and vessels used in the ceremony , is all one could desire in a photograph , and is really a work of art , and worthy of being hung up in the lodge-room . We trust the next occasion

Reviews.

on which Bro . Mayall officiates as photographer he will adopt our hints as to grouping , for his second photogranh shows that he wants for nothing to turn out a first-class specimen of photographic art . Dramatic o . ud Musical Almanack for 1869 . By Bro . J .

AV . ANSOX . Bro . Anson , Secretary of tiie Eoyal Dramatic College has just issued this almanack , ivhich no one who possesses the slightest taste for theatrical and musical entertainments will be without . It is carefully compiled , from correct data , and a reference to it will save many postage stamps in referring to Bell ' s Life on disputed points . ID is a highly creditable production .

Funeral Of The Late Bro. James Chalmers With Masonic Honours.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE BRO . JAMES CHALMERS WITH MASONIC HONOURS .

The members of the Lodge Forfar and Kincardine , 225 G . L . S ., having expressed a unanimous wish that the remains of a deceased brother , who had long held a high place amongst them , should bo consigned to the earth according to the ancient usages of Freemasonry , the relatives of Bro . Chalmers gave their consent , and the sanction of the Prov . G . Lodge being obtained , the

funeral took place on Saturday the 19 th tilt . A funeral Lodge having been opened at twelve noon in the Forfar and Kincardine Hall , and the preliminary ceremonies having been gone through , tho Lodge was adjourned , aud the brethren proceeded to tho Western Cemetery , where they awaited the funeral cortege . On the arrival of the hearse at the gate , the coffin containing the bod

y was entrusted to the brethren , aud the procession moved to the grave in the following order .- —Deacons of the Forfar and Kincardine Lodge ; brethren two and two ; Masters of various Lodges , their jewels and emblems covered with crape ; Bible bearer , the Bible and masonic emblems on . a cushion of black ; Alaster of Forfar and Kincardine Lodge ; the coffin , borne by six brethren in

masonic funeral costumes , following b } ' the relatives aud other mourners who had accompanied the bod y from the deceased ' s residence . On the head of the procession reaching the place of interment , the ranks wore opened , and the coffin , borne to the grave , over which it was placed . The following masonic funeral service was

then impressively read by Bro . Royal , R . W-M . of the Lodgo Forfar and Kincardine .- — Brethren , —We are now assembled around the final resting-place of these mortal remains , and are about closing the last solemn duties of respect we owe to our departed friend and brother . A few reflections , therefore , applicable to the solemnities of this occasion , and

salutary and impressive to the living , may bo with great propriety offered on this spot , a spot where departed friendship lingers and steals in melancholy yet pleasing reminiscence on the heart . Wo are born to die ! We follsw our friends to the brink of the grave , and , standing on the shore of a vast ocean , we gaze with exquisite anxiety till the last dreadful struggle is overand see

, them sent on the fathomless abyss . We feel our own feet slide from the precarious bank on which we stand , and , but a few suns more , and we shall be whelmed amid death's awful waves . The younger are crowding the next older off the stage of action , as though each were anxious to exhibit his part in the strange and everchangeful drama of human life . Not a solitary

individual re-enters the world ' s theatre . All take their exit ; and are known beneath the sun no more for ever . We are now in the solemn graveyard , and hero learn the only language of the tomb—the ejjitaph declaring they once lived . Lettered stones and monuments aro more instructive than the once living thousands whose memories they preserve from oblivion . All , except those , is speechless as the chambers of eternal silence . No

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Untitled Article 1
Untitled Article 2
ADDRESS TO OUR READERS. Article 3
INDEX. Article 5
MASONIC PERSECUTION.—I. Article 9
GRAND LODGE OF IOWA.—I. Article 10
MASONIC DISCIPLINE.—V. Article 11
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. Article 13
CHAPTER XII. Article 14
CHIPS OF FOREIGN ASHLER. Article 16
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 17
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 19
ANTIQUITY OF CHRISTMAS GAMES. Article 20
MASONIC MEMS. Article 21
METROPOLITAN. Article 21
PROVINCIAL. Article 22
SCOTLAND. Article 24
CHANNEL ISLANDS. Article 25
MARK MASONRY. Article 25
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 25
RED CROSS OF ROME AND CONSTANTINE. Article 25
MASONIC LIFEBOAT FUND. Article 25
MASONIC FESTIVITIES. Article 26
REVIEWS. Article 27
FUNERAL OF THE LATE BRO. JAMES CHALMERS WITH MASONIC HONOURS. Article 27
Obituary. Article 28
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS, ETC., FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 9TH, 1869. Article 28
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 28
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Masonic Festivities.

Universe for all the blessings we enjoy , and next in exhibiting our gratitude in return for those blessings , by showing to our poorer brethren the love we bear them and the charity we owe them . Your Chairman has informed j'ou , and I learned it with great satisfaction , of ihe progress which the system of benevolence is making

in the Prov . G . Lodge of Glasgow . Believe me , there is nothing by which our order can be more exalted , nothing by which its interests can be more or better advanced , than by the liberal practice of opening tho benevolent hand . The poor we have always with us ; and we should be ahvays ready , if possible , to relieve them . But , brethren , it must be distinctly understood , that while

these benevolent societies exist iu masonry , masonic lodges should not be looked upon as benefit societies . It is true we hold out the hand of assistance to those brethren among us who may be overtaken with mis ( orturn ; hut we invite not brethren to come among us for the purpose simply of finding a refuge in our charity . There is another thing in masonry which I would recommend all to cultivate , and that is , obedience to the Constitution and laws under which we live , and by which we are governed . There is nobody in this country so

loyal as a good mason . He is loyal to his Sovereign ; ho is loyal and obedient to the laws ; and he is loyal to the craft , and tho authorities of the craft , to which he belongs . If a man is a good mason you may rely upon it that man is in every respect also a good citizen , will not detain you upon the present occasion further than to add that I trust the benevolent institution which

is connected with the Prov . G . Lodge of Glasgow may increase in strength and flourish prosperously . I trust also that another object you have in view—an object which I think ought to be assisted by your brother masons , not only in the province but out of the province —that , namely , of establishing a Freemasons' Hall iu this great com muni tj ' , will prove completely successful .

When once the brethren get housed in a house of their own I am quite certain they will find that many of their schemes will prosper more largely , and that all their interests will bo better attended to , and flourish more entirely . The musical programme was sustained by the Misses Blair , Miss Dunsmore , Mr . Hamilton Corbet ( an excellent tenor ) Bros . Robt . Frazer , James Houston , A . AV . Banks ( pianist ) , ancl Bro . H . A . Lambeth ( organist ) . An assembly followed the soiree .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

Masonic Photographs . Two photographs , by Bro . Mayall , published by Edward Fox , Brighton , in connexion with laying the corner-stone of the Masonic Hall at Lewes , by the ' R . WBro . Lord Pelham , on 2 isfc October , 1868 , have just reached us . The first represents the ceremony , and we regret to

have so much fault to find with it . It is badly grouped , the Grand Officers being swallowed up in a crowd in the middle ground , and the brethren appear in the act of flopping down on their knees to worship an upright beam , which is carefully guarded by a Steward . The light , too , is bad . In photographs of such subjects—we must confess very difiicult to produce with any

excellence—great care should be taken to give prominence to the principals , and attention should be paid so as that the groups may each come out distinct . Almost without exception the heads here are hazy . This may , however , have been caused by some movement in the crowd . The second , representing the jewels , clothing , and vessels used in the ceremony , is all one could desire in a photograph , and is really a work of art , and worthy of being hung up in the lodge-room . We trust the next occasion

Reviews.

on which Bro . Mayall officiates as photographer he will adopt our hints as to grouping , for his second photogranh shows that he wants for nothing to turn out a first-class specimen of photographic art . Dramatic o . ud Musical Almanack for 1869 . By Bro . J .

AV . ANSOX . Bro . Anson , Secretary of tiie Eoyal Dramatic College has just issued this almanack , ivhich no one who possesses the slightest taste for theatrical and musical entertainments will be without . It is carefully compiled , from correct data , and a reference to it will save many postage stamps in referring to Bell ' s Life on disputed points . ID is a highly creditable production .

Funeral Of The Late Bro. James Chalmers With Masonic Honours.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE BRO . JAMES CHALMERS WITH MASONIC HONOURS .

The members of the Lodge Forfar and Kincardine , 225 G . L . S ., having expressed a unanimous wish that the remains of a deceased brother , who had long held a high place amongst them , should bo consigned to the earth according to the ancient usages of Freemasonry , the relatives of Bro . Chalmers gave their consent , and the sanction of the Prov . G . Lodge being obtained , the

funeral took place on Saturday the 19 th tilt . A funeral Lodge having been opened at twelve noon in the Forfar and Kincardine Hall , and the preliminary ceremonies having been gone through , tho Lodge was adjourned , aud the brethren proceeded to tho Western Cemetery , where they awaited the funeral cortege . On the arrival of the hearse at the gate , the coffin containing the bod

y was entrusted to the brethren , aud the procession moved to the grave in the following order .- —Deacons of the Forfar and Kincardine Lodge ; brethren two and two ; Masters of various Lodges , their jewels and emblems covered with crape ; Bible bearer , the Bible and masonic emblems on . a cushion of black ; Alaster of Forfar and Kincardine Lodge ; the coffin , borne by six brethren in

masonic funeral costumes , following b } ' the relatives aud other mourners who had accompanied the bod y from the deceased ' s residence . On the head of the procession reaching the place of interment , the ranks wore opened , and the coffin , borne to the grave , over which it was placed . The following masonic funeral service was

then impressively read by Bro . Royal , R . W-M . of the Lodgo Forfar and Kincardine .- — Brethren , —We are now assembled around the final resting-place of these mortal remains , and are about closing the last solemn duties of respect we owe to our departed friend and brother . A few reflections , therefore , applicable to the solemnities of this occasion , and

salutary and impressive to the living , may bo with great propriety offered on this spot , a spot where departed friendship lingers and steals in melancholy yet pleasing reminiscence on the heart . Wo are born to die ! We follsw our friends to the brink of the grave , and , standing on the shore of a vast ocean , we gaze with exquisite anxiety till the last dreadful struggle is overand see

, them sent on the fathomless abyss . We feel our own feet slide from the precarious bank on which we stand , and , but a few suns more , and we shall be whelmed amid death's awful waves . The younger are crowding the next older off the stage of action , as though each were anxious to exhibit his part in the strange and everchangeful drama of human life . Not a solitary

individual re-enters the world ' s theatre . All take their exit ; and are known beneath the sun no more for ever . We are now in the solemn graveyard , and hero learn the only language of the tomb—the ejjitaph declaring they once lived . Lettered stones and monuments aro more instructive than the once living thousands whose memories they preserve from oblivion . All , except those , is speechless as the chambers of eternal silence . No

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