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C . H . Hodgson , chap . ; A . E . Margotts , M . G . Matile , AV . Conney , T . Scare , G . AV . Ingram , kc . After the lodge Avas closed the brethren attended divine service at All Saint ' s Church , where a sermon Avas preached by Rev . S . Wathen AVigg , P . P . G .. chaplain . At l . 'iO a banquet Avas held at the George Hotel , at Avhich a large company were present , and a grand ball was subsequently given to a numerous company of brethren , and their Avives . sAvecthcarts . and friends .
GLEANINGS .
SOME OF HUGH Me CURDY ' GEMS . —The man Avho lives for his felloAV man is immortal , as he cannot be siid to die Avho lives in hearts he leaA-es behind . No man can Avrite the records of another ' s life . Every man Avrites his OAVH record in the hearts and thoughts of those AVIIO knoAV hiin best . Too often it may lie said of busy men , that they are too busy to be really helpful to those who need
their help : too busy m the interest of self to give time or thought to the Avelfare of others . The more one lives in the , thoughts and hearts of his friends , the less there is to be said of him Avhen he is gone . Every A oice is hushed—his life only sperAs . No one is able to voice his best thoughts , nor to express his most profound emotions . — Voice of Masenru .
FKKEMASONUV teaches brotherly love , and its adherents should endeavour to profit by and practice its teachings . There are , IIOAVtwer , some Freemasons—in name only—Avho if you do them a favour or shoAV them a kindness . Avill never forgive you . A proud , arrogant , mean nature becomes irritated at a sense of obligation , and instead of displaying a little gratitude , gives all the bitterness and malice
in its composition full vent . Such a person realises his own littleness , and envious of those Avith higher aspirations , seeks to crush them . The three envious craftsmen received their deserts at the building of Solomon ' s Temple . No human institution has yet attained that degree of perfection Avhich a much less eloquent orator is not able to paint . To experience the bickering , the envy ,
the strife , the discord , which too often arise among Masons and in lodges , casts our ideal oftentimes into the dirt Avith other human institutions . AVould to heaA-en it Avere all it is pictured . AVould that friendship , morality and brotherly love ever prevailed , and that the A-otaries of the Mystic Tie were purified of that sordid , narrow , selfish , ungenerous nature , Avhich characterizes men in every walk of life .
SKCUET SOCIETIES . —Much has been Avntten for and against the system under which secret societies are formed , and it is probable that the question will for ever remain unsettled . That many societies of this character have existed , of a highly objectionable description , cannot be denied ; but their existence on the other hand has been justified by many of the facts of history and political
conditions at various periods of civilisation . AVhere an inefficient police and an unsettled state of society existed , it is by no means extraordinary that confederations of this description should obtain : but in modern times , and in states Avhere security of life and property prevails , they become superfluous . "We have not at the present day to dread the unauthorized intrusion of laAvless classes , but Ave still have to encounter the subtle and sapping influences of
the priesthood of Rome , Avith their train of crafty reasoning and soul-killing arguments . To oppose these and other eA ils secret societies still continue as a necessity , and Avhile scientific and social objects can lie safely pursued in the broad light of day , it is still necessary to combat the influences of darkness and night by less open means . But , in one sense , Masonry is no longer a secret society at all ; any man of good character is admissible to its Lodges , and entitled to participate in its secrets , its charities , and
its mysteries , and no true Maaon need be ashamed to confess that he is a brother of the mystic tic . The cultivation of the human heart and its finer sensibilities is the object of the Royal Art , and in the accomplishment of this task all may equally participate The means of mutual recognition are inherently secret in their form , and to the outside Avorld thev signify little or nothing ; not
so to the Mason , AVIIO , by the possession of certain signs and tokens , proclaims himself to be a man to Avhom special privileges accompanie I by special duties have been granted . The majority of the Masonic fraternity are high-minded and noble men . There is a mimrity Avhich shamefully abuses the rights attained through initiation , but this is by no means general . Freemasonry , as Bro .
Dr . Mackey observes , ' is a secret society only as respects its signs , a feAv of its legends and traditions , and its method of inculcating its mystical philosophy , but w'hich , as to everything else , its design , its object , its moral and religious tenets , and the great doctrine Avhich it teaches , is as open a society as if it met on the higliAvays beneath the sun of day , and not Avithin the Avcll-guarded portals of a Lodge . '
FREEMASONRY IS RELKHOI ' S . — The recorded history of Freemasonry distinctly authenticates the assertion that it is religious . The historic Ancient Charges are not only religious , but positively Christian . This is entirely consistent Avith the fostering" care which Ave knoAV the Craft received during ( for exami > le ) the fourteenth , fifteenth and sixteenth centuries , from the Roman Catholic
church , in Europe . Our Masonic brethren of the middle ages Avere not only almost exclusiA ely employed in the erection of abbeys and cathedrals —edifices erected for distinctively religious purposes , but the various lodges Avere generally under monastic discipline , and presided over or patronized hy monks of the time , Avho Avere more or less skilled in architecture . This double influence gave them a
positive religious character . Avhich has been continued through and beyond the transition stages by Avhich the Craft passed from an ojierative to a speculative brotherhood , doAvn to our own day . Plainly , our Fraternity grew up under pronounced religious infiuences , and had for its patrons ecclesiastics of the Catholic Church . Then , Avhat Ave may be pardoned for denominating the
creed of Freemasonry , is absolutely religious . This creed may be briefly stated in these Avords : Faith in GOD , Hope in Immortality , and Charity or Love for all mankind , but especially for our brethren in the Craft . The ritual of Freemasonry is also religious . The lessons Avhich it inculcates are founded upon the teachings of both the Old and the NCAV Testaments , Avhich , together , as contained in
the Holy Bible , constitutes the First Great Light in Freemasonry . The very language of these books is quoted in the ritual , and more especially the language of the New Testament , Avhich is , par excellence , the gospel of love . If other evidence of the religious character of our Fraternity were needed , AVC might readily find it in the twin-facts , that prayer to GOD is offered in lodge and Grand
Lodge , and that in these bodies Chaplains and Grand Chaplains are statedly appointed to officiate at our deA'otions . But Avhile Freemasonry is thus positiA-ely a religious institution ( and yet at the same time is not a religion ) , and in its ritual draAvs most largely by quotation from the New Testament , it neA-ertheless has claims to a cosmopolitan and universal character . It aims to unite good men and true , of all religions , AVIIO are physically , mentally and morally
sound , into one band of brothers , and in this aspect it is entitled to the highest consideration , since it seeks to bind together Avhat men have put asunder . Religious zealots , and political zealots as Avell , lose all of their intolerance when they enter a Masonic lodge . But this docs not indicate that Freemasonry is neutral in religion , but only that its teachings are such , from Avhatever source drawn , that the j' are acceptable to honest and fair-minded men of all faiths . — The Kcastone .
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" All Lodges held Avithin Ten Miles of FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , are LONDON LODGES . " —General Laws and Regulations . No . of j ; ^ 0 F LODGE AND C UAPTEH . PLACE OP MEETING . T NO ; NAME OF LODGE AND CHAPTER . PLACE OF MEETING . Lodge . ljouge .
( THIS DAY ) ( 1 st ) THURSDAY , JULY Ith . 10 Westminster ami Keystone ... V . M . II . 1155 : Excelsior AVhitc Swan Tav ., Dcptford , S . E . 128 S j Finsbury Park Cock Tav ., Highbury , N . 1383 , Fricuds-in-Couucil 33 . Golden Square , \ V . 1115 i Prince Leopold Three Nuns Hot ., Aldgato , E .
1539 furrey Masonic Hall Surrey M . II ., Camberwell 1724 Kaise ' r-i-Himl Cafe Royal , Regent Street , AV . 1790 ! Old England ' M . H ., New Thornton H ' th , nr . Croydon 1950 ' Southtrate Railway Hot ., New Southgate
( 1 st ) FRIDAY , JULY 5 th . 2233 Old Westminster I Cafe It oval , 0 * , Regent Street , \ V . ( 1 st ) SATURDAY , JULY Gth . GENERAL COMMITTEE , ROYS' SCHOOL , AT 1 . 212 i Stcrndalc Rennetl MHCamberwell
S Surrey . ., 2202 Kfgciu ' fi Park York & Albany Hot ., Glo ' ster ( . ' ale ( 2 nd ) MONDAY , JULY Sth . 1300 Highgate Gate House Tav ., Highgate 1922 Earl of l . athoni Greyhound Hot ., Streathani R . A . C . I M "
59 | Roval Naval V . - H-720 ' Piiimiure Horns Tav ., Keimiiigton , S . E . Mark , j i ii I Florence > 't _ litin _ .-ile M . H .. William Street , Woolwich
( 2 nd ) TUESDAY , JULY !) th . 107 I St . John ' s j Ilollv Bush Tav ., Hampsiead S . C . 33 " I I
( 2 nd ) WEDNESDAY , JULY 10 th . GENERAL COMMITTEE , BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION , AT 4 . 13 T'nion Waterloo M . II ., AVilliam St ., AVoolwich 87 Vitruvlan Bridge House Hotel , London Bdg ., S . L . 820 Lilvof Richmond Greyhound Hot ., Richmond 1228 Beacoutree Pri . Ro . Red LionLeytonstone
, , 1029 L'nited F . M . H . 19 :- ( i Honor Oak AVhite Swan Hot .. (" ppcr Norwood Mark . Old Kent Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall St ., E . C . R . C . 07 Studholme 33 , Golden Square , W . S . C . 33
( 2 nd ) THURSDAY , JULY llth . 1070 Capper Guildhall Tav ., Grcsham Street , E . G . 16-12 Karl of Carnarvon Ladbroke Hall , Notting Hill R . A . C . 551 Yarborough Green Dragon , Stepney 019 Beadon AI . IL , Masons'Avenue , E . C . 813 Xcw Concord Guildhall Tavern , Grcsham St ., E . C .
800 Dalhousic Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet Street , E . C . 898 Tcmperauce-in-the-East ... 0 , Newby Place , Poplar , E . 1383 Fi-ietnls-in-Couneil 33 , Golden Square , W . 1472 Henley Three Crowns , North AVoolwich 1710 All Saints' Vestry Hall , Fairlleld Road , Bow Mark . 331 Davi 5 f . 11 ? a , Red Lion Square , AV . C , ¦• ¦
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C . H . Hodgson , chap . ; A . E . Margotts , M . G . Matile , AV . Conney , T . Scare , G . AV . Ingram , kc . After the lodge Avas closed the brethren attended divine service at All Saint ' s Church , where a sermon Avas preached by Rev . S . Wathen AVigg , P . P . G .. chaplain . At l . 'iO a banquet Avas held at the George Hotel , at Avhich a large company were present , and a grand ball was subsequently given to a numerous company of brethren , and their Avives . sAvecthcarts . and friends .
GLEANINGS .
SOME OF HUGH Me CURDY ' GEMS . —The man Avho lives for his felloAV man is immortal , as he cannot be siid to die Avho lives in hearts he leaA-es behind . No man can Avrite the records of another ' s life . Every man Avrites his OAVH record in the hearts and thoughts of those AVIIO knoAV hiin best . Too often it may lie said of busy men , that they are too busy to be really helpful to those who need
their help : too busy m the interest of self to give time or thought to the Avelfare of others . The more one lives in the , thoughts and hearts of his friends , the less there is to be said of him Avhen he is gone . Every A oice is hushed—his life only sperAs . No one is able to voice his best thoughts , nor to express his most profound emotions . — Voice of Masenru .
FKKEMASONUV teaches brotherly love , and its adherents should endeavour to profit by and practice its teachings . There are , IIOAVtwer , some Freemasons—in name only—Avho if you do them a favour or shoAV them a kindness . Avill never forgive you . A proud , arrogant , mean nature becomes irritated at a sense of obligation , and instead of displaying a little gratitude , gives all the bitterness and malice
in its composition full vent . Such a person realises his own littleness , and envious of those Avith higher aspirations , seeks to crush them . The three envious craftsmen received their deserts at the building of Solomon ' s Temple . No human institution has yet attained that degree of perfection Avhich a much less eloquent orator is not able to paint . To experience the bickering , the envy ,
the strife , the discord , which too often arise among Masons and in lodges , casts our ideal oftentimes into the dirt Avith other human institutions . AVould to heaA-en it Avere all it is pictured . AVould that friendship , morality and brotherly love ever prevailed , and that the A-otaries of the Mystic Tie were purified of that sordid , narrow , selfish , ungenerous nature , Avhich characterizes men in every walk of life .
SKCUET SOCIETIES . —Much has been Avntten for and against the system under which secret societies are formed , and it is probable that the question will for ever remain unsettled . That many societies of this character have existed , of a highly objectionable description , cannot be denied ; but their existence on the other hand has been justified by many of the facts of history and political
conditions at various periods of civilisation . AVhere an inefficient police and an unsettled state of society existed , it is by no means extraordinary that confederations of this description should obtain : but in modern times , and in states Avhere security of life and property prevails , they become superfluous . "We have not at the present day to dread the unauthorized intrusion of laAvless classes , but Ave still have to encounter the subtle and sapping influences of
the priesthood of Rome , Avith their train of crafty reasoning and soul-killing arguments . To oppose these and other eA ils secret societies still continue as a necessity , and Avhile scientific and social objects can lie safely pursued in the broad light of day , it is still necessary to combat the influences of darkness and night by less open means . But , in one sense , Masonry is no longer a secret society at all ; any man of good character is admissible to its Lodges , and entitled to participate in its secrets , its charities , and
its mysteries , and no true Maaon need be ashamed to confess that he is a brother of the mystic tic . The cultivation of the human heart and its finer sensibilities is the object of the Royal Art , and in the accomplishment of this task all may equally participate The means of mutual recognition are inherently secret in their form , and to the outside Avorld thev signify little or nothing ; not
so to the Mason , AVIIO , by the possession of certain signs and tokens , proclaims himself to be a man to Avhom special privileges accompanie I by special duties have been granted . The majority of the Masonic fraternity are high-minded and noble men . There is a mimrity Avhich shamefully abuses the rights attained through initiation , but this is by no means general . Freemasonry , as Bro .
Dr . Mackey observes , ' is a secret society only as respects its signs , a feAv of its legends and traditions , and its method of inculcating its mystical philosophy , but w'hich , as to everything else , its design , its object , its moral and religious tenets , and the great doctrine Avhich it teaches , is as open a society as if it met on the higliAvays beneath the sun of day , and not Avithin the Avcll-guarded portals of a Lodge . '
FREEMASONRY IS RELKHOI ' S . — The recorded history of Freemasonry distinctly authenticates the assertion that it is religious . The historic Ancient Charges are not only religious , but positively Christian . This is entirely consistent Avith the fostering" care which Ave knoAV the Craft received during ( for exami > le ) the fourteenth , fifteenth and sixteenth centuries , from the Roman Catholic
church , in Europe . Our Masonic brethren of the middle ages Avere not only almost exclusiA ely employed in the erection of abbeys and cathedrals —edifices erected for distinctively religious purposes , but the various lodges Avere generally under monastic discipline , and presided over or patronized hy monks of the time , Avho Avere more or less skilled in architecture . This double influence gave them a
positive religious character . Avhich has been continued through and beyond the transition stages by Avhich the Craft passed from an ojierative to a speculative brotherhood , doAvn to our own day . Plainly , our Fraternity grew up under pronounced religious infiuences , and had for its patrons ecclesiastics of the Catholic Church . Then , Avhat Ave may be pardoned for denominating the
creed of Freemasonry , is absolutely religious . This creed may be briefly stated in these Avords : Faith in GOD , Hope in Immortality , and Charity or Love for all mankind , but especially for our brethren in the Craft . The ritual of Freemasonry is also religious . The lessons Avhich it inculcates are founded upon the teachings of both the Old and the NCAV Testaments , Avhich , together , as contained in
the Holy Bible , constitutes the First Great Light in Freemasonry . The very language of these books is quoted in the ritual , and more especially the language of the New Testament , Avhich is , par excellence , the gospel of love . If other evidence of the religious character of our Fraternity were needed , AVC might readily find it in the twin-facts , that prayer to GOD is offered in lodge and Grand
Lodge , and that in these bodies Chaplains and Grand Chaplains are statedly appointed to officiate at our deA'otions . But Avhile Freemasonry is thus positiA-ely a religious institution ( and yet at the same time is not a religion ) , and in its ritual draAvs most largely by quotation from the New Testament , it neA-ertheless has claims to a cosmopolitan and universal character . It aims to unite good men and true , of all religions , AVIIO are physically , mentally and morally
sound , into one band of brothers , and in this aspect it is entitled to the highest consideration , since it seeks to bind together Avhat men have put asunder . Religious zealots , and political zealots as Avell , lose all of their intolerance when they enter a Masonic lodge . But this docs not indicate that Freemasonry is neutral in religion , but only that its teachings are such , from Avhatever source drawn , that the j' are acceptable to honest and fair-minded men of all faiths . — The Kcastone .
Metropolitan Lodge And Chapter Meetings For The Current Week.
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" All Lodges held Avithin Ten Miles of FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , are LONDON LODGES . " —General Laws and Regulations . No . of j ; ^ 0 F LODGE AND C UAPTEH . PLACE OP MEETING . T NO ; NAME OF LODGE AND CHAPTER . PLACE OF MEETING . Lodge . ljouge .
( THIS DAY ) ( 1 st ) THURSDAY , JULY Ith . 10 Westminster ami Keystone ... V . M . II . 1155 : Excelsior AVhitc Swan Tav ., Dcptford , S . E . 128 S j Finsbury Park Cock Tav ., Highbury , N . 1383 , Fricuds-in-Couucil 33 . Golden Square , \ V . 1115 i Prince Leopold Three Nuns Hot ., Aldgato , E .
1539 furrey Masonic Hall Surrey M . II ., Camberwell 1724 Kaise ' r-i-Himl Cafe Royal , Regent Street , AV . 1790 ! Old England ' M . H ., New Thornton H ' th , nr . Croydon 1950 ' Southtrate Railway Hot ., New Southgate
( 1 st ) FRIDAY , JULY 5 th . 2233 Old Westminster I Cafe It oval , 0 * , Regent Street , \ V . ( 1 st ) SATURDAY , JULY Gth . GENERAL COMMITTEE , ROYS' SCHOOL , AT 1 . 212 i Stcrndalc Rennetl MHCamberwell
S Surrey . ., 2202 Kfgciu ' fi Park York & Albany Hot ., Glo ' ster ( . ' ale ( 2 nd ) MONDAY , JULY Sth . 1300 Highgate Gate House Tav ., Highgate 1922 Earl of l . athoni Greyhound Hot ., Streathani R . A . C . I M "
59 | Roval Naval V . - H-720 ' Piiimiure Horns Tav ., Keimiiigton , S . E . Mark , j i ii I Florence > 't _ litin _ .-ile M . H .. William Street , Woolwich
( 2 nd ) TUESDAY , JULY !) th . 107 I St . John ' s j Ilollv Bush Tav ., Hampsiead S . C . 33 " I I
( 2 nd ) WEDNESDAY , JULY 10 th . GENERAL COMMITTEE , BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION , AT 4 . 13 T'nion Waterloo M . II ., AVilliam St ., AVoolwich 87 Vitruvlan Bridge House Hotel , London Bdg ., S . L . 820 Lilvof Richmond Greyhound Hot ., Richmond 1228 Beacoutree Pri . Ro . Red LionLeytonstone
, , 1029 L'nited F . M . H . 19 :- ( i Honor Oak AVhite Swan Hot .. (" ppcr Norwood Mark . Old Kent Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall St ., E . C . R . C . 07 Studholme 33 , Golden Square , W . S . C . 33
( 2 nd ) THURSDAY , JULY llth . 1070 Capper Guildhall Tav ., Grcsham Street , E . G . 16-12 Karl of Carnarvon Ladbroke Hall , Notting Hill R . A . C . 551 Yarborough Green Dragon , Stepney 019 Beadon AI . IL , Masons'Avenue , E . C . 813 Xcw Concord Guildhall Tavern , Grcsham St ., E . C .
800 Dalhousic Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet Street , E . C . 898 Tcmperauce-in-the-East ... 0 , Newby Place , Poplar , E . 1383 Fi-ietnls-in-Couneil 33 , Golden Square , W . 1472 Henley Three Crowns , North AVoolwich 1710 All Saints' Vestry Hall , Fairlleld Road , Bow Mark . 331 Davi 5 f . 11 ? a , Red Lion Square , AV . C , ¦• ¦