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when the time approaches that will herald in the era of peace , then Avill the wide-spread banners of Freemasonry float over the Avhole world , from the frosty North to the sultry South ; from the East , the birth-place of day , to the West , the bed of

the mournful nig ht . The advance of Freemasonry over the Avorld within the last century amply proves that the time is not far distant when the whole human race will be united in one great family , bound together by the ties of brotherhood , and

united in the furtherance of the same princip les , and Avhen this happy time does dawn , a UOAV era will arrive for the human race . May Ave be able to say Avith Goethe , Avhen breath was departing from his lips— " More light , " and

passed from darkness into . light . " Ease and pleasure /'' were the last Avords of Cecil , minister of James I ., " quake to hear of death ; but my life , full of cares aud miseries , desireth to be dissolved . " CroniAvell said— " It is not my design to

drink or to sleep , but my design is to make what haste I can to be gone /' ' One more dying man ' s words are Avorthy of being engraved on every Masonic altar , as they are in' the hearts of every Briton . When the dread fiat is issued , may one and all of us be able to exclaim , Avith the great Nelson— " I thank God I have done my duty . "

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HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN CORNWALL .

( Continued from p . 443 . ) By q < Bro . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , 18 ° , Corrcsponding Member of ihe German Union of Freemasons ; Knight Companion of the Eoyal Order ; Member of Severed Bites in England and Scotland ; Sj-e . ; fyc .

The records of this lodge are most carefully ancl legibly Avritten , ancl certainly its first minute book is a model one for perspicuity of arrangement and Masonic composition under the care of its able Secretaries , Bros . T . W . Robinson , John Poole

, John Rosewarne , Thomas TreAveke , jun ., Nicholas PermeAvan , James Polkinghorne , and John Pearce Smith , P . M . of the lodge . The latter , Ave believe , was appointed to that office 12 th January , 1859 , and has continued in that capacity up to the

present , and right faithfull y has he served his lodge . His services for Masonry have been recognised by the Provincial Grand Lodge through his appointment in 1854 as Prov . G . Steward , and in 1855 as Prov . G . Deacon , and AVO hope the Cornubian Lodge will have its minutes recorded

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by the same indefatigable Secretary for very many years to come . The Provincial Grand Lodge met the following year ( 1850 ) on April 16 th , at Hayle , when the lodges at Falmouth , Penzance , Truro , Helston , Bodmin , Hayle , St . Austell , and Liskeard

were represented . The Secretary states that " the lodge Avas opened at Bro . Crotche ' s between eleven and twelve o ' clock , and soon afterwards the Prov . G . Purst . and Prov . G . Dir . of

Cersmarshalled the procession in the usual manner-, Avhen it proceeded to Phillock Church . Prayers were read by Bro . Rev . J . Townshend BoscaAven , and the lessons by Bro . Rev . N . Broadley ; an admirable and appropriate discourse Avas then

delivered by Bro . Rev . Henry Grylls , of St . Neot , the Prov . G . Chaplain ( and one of the most distinguished Masons of Cornwall , Avhose fame has travelled far and Avide as a most intelligent Masonic clergyman ) . After service the procession was

reformed and returned to the lodge room , Avhen the usual business Avas transacted . Why Hayle was selected for tAvo years consecutively Ave are not informed . A grand banquet concluded the day ' s proceedings , Avhen Bro . William Crotch sustained

his character for efficiency iu catering for the requirements of upwards of 100 brethren . It Avas proposed and carried that a lodge of instruction be held every Monday evening at seven o'clock , from 1 st July , 1850 . We think if the same has been continued up to UOAV , the brethren cannot

fail to have experienced the benefit of so admirable a plan to improve and instruct the members in the ritual of Freemasonry . A . t the lodge held 29 th July , Bro . Nicholas Harvey Avas thanked most Avarmly for the great exertions he had made

to perfect all the arrangements at the last Provincial Grand Lodge as Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . In consequence of the expenses incident to such meeting being large , the W . M . and several of the brethren generously subscribed , so as to render it

unnecessary to use the funds of the lodge for that purpose . We think it much the best plan for the members voluntarily to subscribe a certain amount , to meet the disbursements consequent upon a Provincial Grand Lodge being - held at their lodge ,

so as not to interfere with the regular funds of the lodge , because Ave have knoAvn some lodges to have been crippled for years through this plan not being followed , and instead of the Provincial Grand Master and his officers honouring them with a visit , causing au increased prosperity for the Craft in their neighbourhood , a contrary result