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M. W. JOHN W. SIMONS, P. G. M., Editor.
Advertisements for the Masonic Be
rzRTMTNT, to secure their insertion, must be
tent in by TWO O’CLOCK, P. M.» Friday.
PERPETUAL JURISDICTION.
This is net tho first time we have referred to
this subject, but, as we have the abrogation of
its harsh features at heart, wo deem it wise to
give it an occasional airing, that the minds of
the brethren may be gradually prepared for
such a change as may be more in accord with
die just principles of the craft.
it is to bo recollected, in dealing with this
question, that it involves no landmark, and, in
fact, that it is a regulation of extremely modern
growth, and confined to this country in its
exercise. To the best of our knowledge and
belief, no foreign Grand Lodge in the world
would hesitate to sanction the initiation of a
candidate, notwithstanding his previous rejec
tion by some lodge on this continent, and our
protest would go for nothing, because they
never have, and in all human probability never
will, consent to be governed by our local laws
on any subject. Generally they will not estab
lish lodges of their obedience on our soil, but
they will allow the initiation of our citizens by
their lodges, and will not listen to objection
from us.
the case of a brother declared an un
affiliate for tho non-payment of dues, a foreign
Grand I.odge, when appealed to for having
permitted a brother in that condition to join
one of its subordinates, replied that it did not
recognize the right of one of our lodges to fol
low a non-affiliato beyond its own jurisdiction.
This and other matters of similar character
are due to our contiguous jurisdictions as
States and Territories, and the general desire
to maintain peace and harmony throughout
our widely-extended domain, though even
among ourselves our laws are far from being
uniform.
But, to return, there seems to be an arrant
injustice in forever shutting the doors against
a man because for some unknown reason a
black ball has been cast against him on his
original application. We verily believe.that in
a largo majority of cases the rejection has no
better foundation than some personal enmity
or business rivalry. .But while we cannot de
prive a member of his right to expresss his
will by the use of the contrary ballot, when the
ordeal is about to be passed, we can, by the
exercise of the same power which enacted the
present law of perpetual jurisdiction, make a
regulation to limit its effects, which seems to
us the need of the present day, not only in
justice to good men anonymously wronged by
rejection without known cause, but to prevent
the unlimited exercise of pique or revenge by
any one.
Wu think, in conclusion, that the effect of re
jection should entirely cease at the end of a
fixed period, leaving the applicant to seek a
more congenial home and the responsibility for
his acceptance to the lodge to which he may
afterward apply.
VERY PLEASANT.
We have received from the well-known florist
and seedsman, James Vick, of Rochester, N. Y.,
a portfolio of illuminated plates, 12x14 inches in
size, representing orchids and other rare flow
ers, natural dimensions. They are beautiful
beyond compare, and when bound will make an
ornament for the centre-table, calculated to ex
cite the most pleasurable emotions, and to
point tho way to a love of the beautiful. It
seems to us that children who are taught to
love flowers have a foundation for a pure life
when they enter the world to fight their own
way amid its strifes and jealousies, and hence
that parents can hardly go amiss in procuring
for the family circle this delightful method of
object teaching, to say nothing of the pleasure
to themseves in the contemplation of Nature’s
most beautiful children.
MADE ONE.
On the 17th inst. there was a quiet family
wedding party assembled at tho residence of
Bro. Hugh Hutchinson, 319 Leonard street,
Brooklyn, the bride being the granddaughter of
Bro. Albert P. Moriarty 3o°, and the bride
groom, Mr. Thos. J. Gleason, of the firm of
Baldwin & Gleason, bank note engravers, of
this city.
The happy pair took their departure for
Washington immediately after the wedding
feast, and will be at home to friends on the 25th
Inst.
Bro. Moriarty has somewhere about eight or
nine granddaughters on tho unmarried list.
None but Masons need apply, who are not a
part of Brigham Young’s family, nor of those
who stay out late at nights and say they have
been at the lodge.
PERSONAL.
111. Bro. John Hodge, 33°.—This esteemed
brother seems to have the honors piled on him
until it would seem as if he could not carry
many more. From a pamphlet before us, it
appears that ho occupies a prominent and very
responsible position in another organization,
net connected with Masonry. We mention the
fact merely to show that ho is held in high esti
mation wherever he is known, whether at home
or abroad.
Bro. Andrew Maurer, of Corner Stone Lodge,
the well-known publican of Nassau street, has
grown so courteous since he was “ raised ” by
tho Grand Master, that it is more than ever a
pleasure to meet him at his house, where there
are daily to be found many of the genial spirits
well known to tho down-town brethren. An
drew and his brother Peter are always ready to
courteously welcome their friends.
W. Bro. Samuel Holmes, the handsome and
genial Master of Polar Star Lodge and that
charming young widow of the Eastern District,
were among tho prominent persons present at
the Copestone reception on Wednesday even
ing. The younger members tried to cut him
out, but in vain—he had tho inside track. Go
ahead, Bro. Sam. Wo have no fault to find with
ou.
INDEPENDENT LODGE, NO. 135.
At the last communication of this lodge, last
Monday evening, the 15th inst., the attendance
of members and visitors was so much larger
than usual, as to furnish evidence of the in
creased interest felt by the members and their
friends. The Second Degree was conferred in a
most impressive manner. W. Bro. C. 8.. Parker,
the Master, presided with that dignity and gen
tlemanly courtesy for which he is so well known,
and was ably assisted by his efficient corps of
officers. But tho peculiarly pleasant feature of
the evening was the M. C. work, which was ex
emplified by W, Bro. Ralph Myers, P. M. of
Greenwich Lodge, Lo. 467, in a manner that
will long be remembered by all who were so
fortunate as to listen to the eloquent brother,
who proved himself to be not only well versed
in the mere ritual, but also a careful Masonic
student. This lodge continues to grow in popu
larity, us is evident from the large attendance,
prominent among whom are always to bo found
a number of Past Masters, both of this and
ether lodges. Tho usual social hour followed
the labors of the lodge. At the next meeting
the Third Degree will bo conferred, and it is
expected that a number of distinguished breth
ren will bo present. Visiting brethren are al
ways welcome.
ST. CECILE LODGE, NO. 568.
By some inadvertance the paragraph relating
to this kkfco was crowded out in the last issue,
and it is due to the Master and brethren of the
lodge that tho Dispatch should apologize for
Vo omission.
We are informed that at the last communica
tion of tho lodge that not only the degree was
worked with a right ring strewn through its
labors, but it was supplemented with choice
music and elegant recitations by brethren who
are proficient in this line of business, therefore
well adapted to amuse as well as instruct.
We know of our own knowledge, without
witnessing tho particular events of that day,
that St. Cecile never is at a loss to produce good
things byway of amusement, nor is her Ma
sonic work less acceptable. Her name and
fame has spread over the land, and her culture
lieeds hq commendation at pur ijahds.
KANE LODGE, No. 454.
A BEAUTIFUL AND APPROPRIATE GIFT.
The Grand Master has a great appreciation oi
this lodge, as was manifest by his presence at
the communication on Tuesday, the 26th, when
he presented tho lodge with an elegant silver
trowel, with pearl handle, upon which is the
following inscription :
“Presented to Most Worshipful Frank R.
Lawrence, Grand Master of Masons in the State
of New York, by Bro. Albert A. Kingsland, on
behalf of Solomon’s Lodge, No. 196,F. and A.M.,
Thomas Rosecliff, Master, and used at the lay
ing of tho corner stone of the Masonic Hall at
Lexington, N. Y, January 25, 1885.”
“ Presented to Kane Lodge, No. 454, F. and
A. M., by Frank R. Lawrence, Grand Master of
Masons in the State of New York, February 2.
1836.”
Bro. Lawrence, in bestowing this choice gift,
said that he appreciated the good feeling of the
members of Kane Lodge, and felt that he could
not dispose of the beautiful trowel in a more
appropriate way than by presenting it to Kane
Lodge, and hoped that it would forever be
cherished as a symbol of that brotherly love
which should be the crowning glory of all true
Masonic lodges. The neat and chaste emblem
was accepted by Wor. Master Joseph J. Little
in those eloquent words :
Most Worshipful Sir: I regret that, in ac
cepting this beautiful trowel, I have not the
command of language to reply in such a man
ner as tho occasion deserves. Most Worshipful
Sir, we concede your superior girt of oratory,
but that is all we do concede. Kano Lodge is
as deeply interested?in the great self-imposed
task of the Grand Master as ho is himself, and
its members are earnestly at work in rendering
such assistance as they can in order that he
may bo successful. When Kano Lodge first
learned that you, as Grand Master of the State,
had determined to make an effort to free the
Fraternity from debt, and so make it possible
to establish tho Home and Asylum, so greatly
needed, it was determined to stand by you. As
Master of tho lodge, I communicated, either in
person or by letter, with the Past Masters of
tho lodge, and, Sir, 1 say it to their honor, as
well as to the glory of Kane I.odge, that every
Past Master, without exception, heartily ap
proved. and crowned their approval with sub
stantial subscriptions. The members of the lodge
aro rapidly following tho example of their Past
Masters, and it may please you to know, Sir,
that wo have already subscriptions for more
than our per capita proportion of the entire in
debtedness, but'wo are not yet done; we pro
pose to go on and raise what we can to help
make up the average, for there may be lodges
which will be unable to raise their full propor
tion.
Most Worshipful Sir, on behalf of Kane
Lodge, and as its Master, I accept this very
beautiful souvenir, and can but feebly express
my thanks for so delicate an offering at your
hands, but I can assure you that it is fully ap
preciated, and that long after you and I have
laid aside the working tools of life, this trowel
will be preserved and cherished by Kano Lodge
—by our sons and our sons’ sons—as a memen
to of this occasion and of the great work now
gping on, as also of the fraternal feeling existing
in the heart of the Grand Master ;of this great
jurisdiction for every member of the order. *
We like these occasions of good will and
united recognition, and trust that there may be
more of them. Good work with true fraternal
spirit and greetings make Masons feel the truth
and grandeur of the institution.
COPESTONE LODGE, NO. Gil.
Precisely at ton o’clock on last Wednesday
evening, the great leader, P. 8. Gilmore, step
ped on the platform of Ferrero’s Assembly
Rooms and made one of his inimitable bows to
the large audience assembled on the floor, and
began with the overture from “ Poet and Peas
ant,” then “ Mikado,” and the grand march,
led by Bro. E. R. Teller as floor manager, with
an able corps of assistants. It was a very pret
ty sight to see the many intricacies into which
the skillful manager led his willing followers,
and as everybody thought sure there would be
a tangle, the machinery changed, and again all
was symmetry and good management.
On the floor we noticed R. W. Charles Lan
sing, hunting pretty widows; W. Bros. Hunt and
Prentice, of Putnam ; Bradburn, of No. 194;
Cook and Orsor, of Citizen's, No. 628 ; W. Bro.
R. Ding well and Crans, of Eureka, No. 39, and
Goodson, of Kane, No. £5, Newark, N. J.; John
J. Porter and Ben. Tucker, both of Eureka ; M.
E. Comp. E. P. Wilder, H. P. of Ancient Chap
ter, and the Past Masters of Copestone ; Dela
Mare and pretty brunette daughter ; Tom Moore,
flirting with every pretty girl; John H. Grant,
Sergt. Stewart, Adrian Tutterer, with his hand
some fiancee ; Mr. and Mrs. Tom McAvoy; Bio.
Smith, wi’e and niece ; Bros. Wm. J. Mathews,
Spencer, and others. «
The galleries were filled with ladies and gen
tlemen looking on and admiring the animated
scene before them. The platform was amply
decorated with tropical plants and floWere, and
thd musicians were almost hidden, and the
sweet strains of Gilmore’s Band sounded as if
emanating from some beautiful southern gar
den. All this, with tho elegant and rich toilets
of the many and beautiful ladies present, and
their abject slaves, called “ lords af creation,”
waiting upon them and dancing attendance
upon their every wish, made one think of fairy
land and wish that such nights would have no
ending.
The affair was in every sense a most complete
success in numbers, in style, in perfect harmo
ny and sociability, in enjoyment, and in fact in
everything that goes to make up one of those
pleasant evenings one thinks of for many years.
Copestone may well be proud of this, their latest
effort.
EMPIRE CHAPTER No. 170.
Those of our readers who remember Thurs
day evening, 11th inst., especially if any wero
out that night, will remember that it was one
of the very worst nights of the season—the
winds blew with cyclonic force and the rain
came down in torrents ; umbrellas .were more
than useless, and only the very brave ventured
out.
But, if it was bleak and dreary without,
within the cosy chapter rooms, over the
“chimney corner,” it was cheery and pleasant
enough. To the surprise of every one present,
the rooms were comfortably well filled, and
many distinguished craftsmen were present. It
seems, too, that each of the officers, thinking
that the others would not venture out, braved
the storm to attend the Chapter. Hence all
were present, and a very pleasant convocation
the result.
Candidates for tho Mark presented them
selves, and the High Priest, M. E. Comp. E.
Lowenstein, seeing so many distinguished
companions present, filled all the chairs with
present and past High Priests. M. E. Comp.
Clark presided in the east, genial Doo Wooster
in the west, while the accomplished High
Priest of Manhattan Chapter M. E., Wm. Henry
Smith, filled the south. Tho other positions
and stations wero filled by M. E. Comps. Ed.
Adams of Lafayette Chapter, Mockabee of
Washington, Russell of Nassau, Cahill of
Standard, and Comp. Wm. Collins, Empire’s
accomplished C. of H., acted as general utility
man. Comp. Collins is thoroughly posted, and
has the work at his fingers’, or rather at his
tongue’s end. It will be readily seen that the
Mark Degree, the work on hand, was conferred
fully equal to the reputation of those well
known and accomplished Companions. After
close the Companions adjourned, down stairs,
where good-natured Cemp. John Kurtz, mine
Host oi the “Chimney Corner,” stood ready to
receive them, and all seated themselves around
a long table, spread with good things and good
cheer, and there again the difference without
and within was in striking contrast. On next
Thursday, 25th inst., the Mark Degree will
again be conferred on several candidates
elected to receive the same, and already several
of the best workers have been invited to parti
cipate, and there can be no doubt that a large
concourse of Companions will assemble in the
rooms of Empire Chapter. Everybody is made
wel oine, and is most cordially received. Re
member Thursday, 25th.
POLAR STAB LODGE, No. 245.
This lodge held a very pleasant meeting on
Wednesday evening last, ajad conferred the
Third Degree. W. Bro. Samuel Holmes, the
Master, presided, and Bro. Harry Dallimore,
the handsome and talented young 8. D., was au
fait, as usual. There was a large attendance of
the brethren, among whom were W. Bros. Dalli
more, Miller, Smith, ad Merritt, of Polar Star ;
Fosdick and Parker of Independent; Miller of
Antiquity; Rawley ®f Stuyvesant, together
with several “ lesser lights ” of Polar Star and
other lodges. We noticed several brethren in
full evening dress, and on inquiry we learned
that after the lodge closed they proposed to at
tend the ball of Copestone Lodge. Wo shall
give ft luU acevuut of thftt ftffair,
NEW YORK DISPATCH? FEBRUARY 21, 1886.
COMMANDERY NEWS.
Commanders, Recorders. or Sb' Knights are
requested to send their Items for publication
direct to theß. Y. Dispatch Office, indorsed:
“ Commandery News.” Aldemar.
ST. ELMO, No. 57.
On Wednesday evening last this commandery,
stationed at Greenpoint, or what is now Brook
lyn, E. D., held a very interesting conclave.
The Order of Red Gross Knighthood was con
ferred upon a distinguished citizen of Long
Island City; and, in addition to the ritualistic
labor, E. Sir Thomas B. Rand, Assistant Grand
Inspector, made his official visit and put the
fraters through a course of sprouts in the man
ual of Asylum drill.
A large number of the members wero present,
also quite a sprinkling of visitors, among whom
wo noticed Sirs J. E. Rowo and F. T. Miller, of
Damascus Commandery, No. 5, of Newark, N.
J.; Henry Birkett and Wm. Main, of Clinton,
No. 14, and E. Sir Juan B. Arci, Wm. H. Bry
ant, Geo. B. Claflin, Thomas Anderson, Jas.
Snare, David Drury, and Geo. Rowe, of De Witt
Clinton, 27, and James Luker, Morton, No. 4, of
this city.
The work of the order was excellent, while
the reception to Sir Thomas B. Rand was
marked as most cordial, and the inspection
fully appreciated as graceful and well done.
E. Sir Charles E. Stockford, the Commander,
who is always good in tho role he takes, was on
this occasion far in advance of his usual frank
and generous courtesy in the way and manner
he apportioned the labors of the evening. The
Commander was ably supported by E. Sirs
John H. Bennington and Andrew E. Walker,
and Sirs Hamman, Cornell, Tracy, Huesckel and
others, not forgetting Dr. J. F. Valentine, who
filled the space in the subsequent entertain
ment at a neighboring oyster house with ease
and elegance.
Upon the whole, to use a common phrase,
the conclave, in its entirety, was a pleasant and
enjoyable affair, and one which stamps the fra
ters of little St. Elmo with the proud and dis
tinctive title, “ Good fellows, generous Knights,
with intelligence adapted to suit all occasions.”
YORK, NO. 55.
The ninth annual drill and reception of this
corps of gallant chivalry took place on Thurs
day evening at the Lexington Avenue Opera
House.
The evening, as our readers will recollect,
was simply “ delightful,” as the ladies would
say, and, as a sequence, a large and fashionable
gathering came together to enjoy the fun and
frolic of tho occasion.
Soon after 9 P. M. the Grand Officers of the
Grand Commandery of New Jersey, as follows :
Grand,Commander, D. G. C., G. Generalissimo,
G. C. G., G. S. W., G. J. W. and Grand Prelate,
followed by E. Sirs Albert G. Goodall, Robert
Macoy, James Cochrane, William Do Graf, C. P.
Pierce, Henry F. Herkner, George J. Hardy,
Calvin D. Hayward, Eugene S. Eunson, Martin
D. Layman, Charles A. Benedict, Peter E. W.
Verhoeven, James W. Bowden, Juan B. Arci,
Charles Forbes, Thomas B. Rand, Wilson G.
Fox, assembled in an adjoining room under the
cammand of E. Sir W. D. May, while the drill
corps, thirty swords strong, under the com
mand of E. Sir Wm. McDonald, were drawn up
in line in tho main hall to receive the aforesaid
Grand Officers.
The formulas of reception being over, the
corps proceeded to execute wheels, stars,
crosses, flank movements, company fronts, etc.,
with precision and military skill, highly credit
able to the corps and its drill master. The
sign manual oi salute and the sword exercise
were very interesting and cleverly done. We
only wonder that so few mistakes were made,
when we consider that the corps drilled upon a
waxed floor and at considerable disadvantage
for the want of space.
The dance now went on under Sir Noble
McDonald’s leadership, and a floor committee
directed by Sir Wm. Brown, 8. W.; and assisted
by Sir C. H. Baldwin. E. Sir Geo. W. Ander
son, the commander, chairman of the reception
committee, aided by such spirits as E. Sir Wm.
J. McDonald, Charley Forbes, Joe Nash, John
Spence, and W. G. Fox, gave universal satisfac
tion to the guests of the occasion by reason of
genial courtesy and unbounded hospitality.
Among the many visitors we noticed Sirs Cor
nelius Waydell, Ulyses 8. Baker, Wm. H. Bry
ant, George Claflin, Wm. T. Woodruff and wife,
Hiram Abiff and lady, Charles E. Lansing,
.Tonjes Luker, W, T. GoumTie, James Frazier,
James A. Rich, Robert Nichols, wife and daugh
ter, Wayland Trask, Sam 0. Hinman, John
Scott, and wife, H. H. Brockway and ladies, Old
Reminiscences, wife and niece, Judge David
McAdam, Fred. E. Davis, A. M. Lewis, James
Smith, Geo. Clark, and many others tripping
the light fantastic toe.
The Dispatch tenders its special regard to all
oi the (raters of the commandery for courtesies.
IN MEMORY.
Sir Edward S. Gosa, a most estimable man
and citizen, was hurried from tho Temple on
Sunday last with Masonic honors. A large
concourse of brethren, of the lodge of which he
was a member, sixty swords of Palestine Com
mandery, No. 18, and fifty-four members of the
Knights Templar Mutual Benefit Association,
were present and placed the sprig of acacia
upon a true brother and consistent Knight. W.
Bro. De Graw, rendered the lodge service with
pathetic earnestness, and E. Sir Jas. W. Bowden,
Commander of Palestine, assisted by Rev. J. M.
Worrill, P. G. C. of Kentucky, delivered the
services of tho Order of Templar Knighthood.
The remains were interred in the Evergreens.
GREENWOOD, NO. 58.
Last Monday night this body of chivalry met
at their asylum and enjoyed one of those family
reunions for which this body of chivalry is fast
becoming noted.
E. Sir Albert G. Goodall made his official visit
and entertained the fraters with a lively descrip
tion of his recent European tour. Sir. George
J. Hardy, tho Commander, and his corps of
officers fully appreciate the importance of
making the conclaves entertaining, thereby
drawing the members together in closer bonds
of friendship.
National Lodge, No. 209.—The Sec
ond Degree was conferred here at the last meet
ing, with great care and precision, showing
study and painstaking on the part of the officers.
W. Brother David Newmark is a very active
man and a good worker, and has the interest of
National Lodgel at heart, as well as the good
of the order. He is well supported by his of
ficers and Past Masters. Among the many vis
itors we noticed W. Bros. Fred’k E. Davis, of
Tecumseh: Bowen, of Putnam, and others; P.
Masters Voorhees and Caniff, of National. On
next Friday evening, 2Cth inst., the Third De
gree will be conferred in full form. Visitors
are cordially invited to attend.
Green Point Lodge, No. 403.—This
lodee, in addition to its local effort to raise
funds in behalf of the Hall and Asylum Fund
under the call of the Grand Master, has
arranged with the proprietors of the Novelty
Theatre, Brooklyn, E. D., to give an entertain
ment at the theatre on Wednesday evening
next, the receipts of which, after the expenses
©f the house are paid, will form a part of the
contribution to this worthy object. The com
mittee having the matter in charge have dis
posed of a large number of tickets, which fact
at the present time speaks of a grand success in
a financial point of view. Good for Green Point
Lodge.
Eastern Star Lodge, No. 227.—This
lodge is in a very prosperous condition, and at
their last communication, a committee was ap
pointed to prepare another entertainment, such
as the lodge frequently indulges in. The ques
tion however this time is, whether to admit tho
general public or have it, as usual, in the lodge
rooms. The younger element favor the former
proposition ot course, as that would bring the
lasses and pretty maids, much to the joy of the
aforesaid younger element. However, the way
to do these things is to do them.
Americus Chapter, No. 215.—0 n Fri
day evening, Feb. 2Cth, the Royal Arch Degree
will be worked with more than ordinary ele
gance, as the handsome robes of the chanter
will bo used on this occasion, and many distin
guished members of the Royal Craft will parti
cipate. M. E. Oscar G. Ahlstrom, tho High
Priest, extends a cordial and fraternal invita
tion to all visiting companions.
The “ Corner Stone Calico Masonic
Association,” composed of brethren of Cor
ner Stone Lodge, gave a “Calico ball and re
ception,” on Thursday evening last. We have
not space for a full account of the affair, but
1 will endeavor to give it in our next.
La Fraternidad Lodge, No. 387,
| will confer the Third Degree on Feb. 27th inst
Brethren are cordially invited to assist.
Emanuel Lodge, No. 654 works the
Second Degree on Thursday evening next The
craft arc fraternally invited.
OFFICERS OF THE GRAND CHAPTER, 1886-7-
M. E. Richard H. Huntington, Adams,
G. H. P.
M. E. William Sherer, Brooklyn, D. G. H. P.
R. E. Richard H. Parker, Syracuse, G. K.
R. E. J. Leavitt Lambert, Hoosick Falls,
G. S.
R. E. Herman H. Russ, Albany, G. Treas.
R. E. Christopher G. Fox, Buffalo, G. Sec.
R. E. James Byron Murray, Waverly, G.
Chaplain.
R. E. William J. McDonald, New York,
D. C. H.
R. E. Erskine H. Dickey, Brooklyn, G. P. S.
R. E. Ulysses Baker, New York, G. R. A. C.
R. E. William S. Bradt, Rochester, G. M.
3d V.
R. E. Andrew Trambleo, Port Henry, G. M.
2d V.
R. E. Philip M. Nast, Jr., Hornellsville, G. M.
Ist V.
R. E. George MoGown, Palmyra, G. Lecturer.
R. E. William H. Gladding, Albany, G. Tiler.
GEMS.
As we grow older and older, and the passing
weeks and months, withover-accelerated speed,
bear us onward with them toward the close of
our day of life, and as we feel more sensibly the
infirmities of age, and we see, no matter how
faithfully and earnestly we may have labored,
bow little we have been able to do for tho well
being, physical and intellectual, of our fellow
men, in the narrow circle within which our in
fluences have been felt, wo must be very in
sensible and very unthankful If we are not
grateful to that Supreme Benoficienco which has
been tho protecting Providence of our lives,
for having led us, as with a father’s hand, into
the bosom ot the great order of Freemasony,
which has,during those Last two centuries, done
so much for humanity ; in which wo have boon
able, by uniting in the common work, ourselves
to do somewhat of good ; and which, long after
we and tho children ot our children shall have
passed away, will still continue to bo one of the
groat benefactors of tho human race.
To have contributed to its increase and ad
vancement, if wo have been faithful and dili
gent, may well make us content with the work
ot our life, and willing that our labors should
end, when, whether sooner or later, the hour
for resting from them comes. If we have been
true and loyal servants of the order, the work
that we shall have done will not fail to bear
good fruit.
One by one, as the years pass by, and our
friends and brethren die, leaving to us, as lega
cies beyond all price, the memories of our
friendly intercourse and communion with them,
the fruits of their labors and sacrifices, and.
their excellent examples. To us, saddened by
their death, belongs tho duty of commemorat
ing their virtues and recalling to the minds oi
men their good deeds; and the higher duty,
the inestimable privilege, of emulating their
examples and proving ourselves worthy to have
had their friendship and esteem.
Very numerous now, dear brethren, upon our
walls, are the pictures of our honored and illus
trious brethren who have died. They outnum
ber, perhaps, those of our now living honorary
members. And yet very many, especially of
those in Louisiana, are not there, and never
will be, for after every effort I have been un
able to obtain them. I look daily at the faces
of our dead, for I knew them all, and they have
all gone away since I became Grand Com
mander in January, 1859. I can see in the
mirror of memory the faces of them all, as dis
tinctly as I saw them when they lived, and not
as in a mirror or on canvas, but the very
faces themselves, as if they wero be ore me.
Many of the photographs do not represent
them half so faithfully ; nor does time in the
least dim the clearness oi that mysterious
sense ot reminiscent vision. They seem mutely
to say to me that they are waiting for me to
come to them, desiring to see me face to lace
again, in the better and brighter land to which
they gave gone ; and that desire finds an echo
in the recesses of my own heart. What a popu
lous land it is that is peopled with our dead;
and how, as we grow older, do we live more
and more in the past 1 How we forgot the
things of yesterday, and remember with invin
cible tenacity all that occurred in the years long
since dead and buried 1 As if our Father who
is in heaven meant to make the far distant past
nearer to us than yesterday, and to constrain
us to live more with the dead than with the
living, even against our wii>s
But the present is our field of duty, and to it,
after sorrowful and affectionate remembrance
of our dead, we must now turn.— Albert Rike,
TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTHS OF FREE
MASONRY.
That understanding of the truths taught by
Masonry, and that appreciation of tho obliga
tion and duties of a Mason, which begets ac
tivity in tho work, outside of, as well as in, the
lodge room is, in my opinion, tho great need ot
the day and hour. In this wo are all deficient,
and ail acd each of us responsible for that in
ertness **bich has well nigh reduced Masonry
to an association of persons held together al
most alone for the pecuniary benefit it may af
ford thorn. This, brethren, is the dark side of
the picture, and it is mentioned because we en
ter the light through tho darkness. The moral
influence exerted by our beloved order is bein<r
felt in almost every locality in the State, but the
morality of its membership does not come up
to tho standard erected by the teachings of the
order. I would have its adherents learn more
of that morality taught by Masonry, feeling as
sured that these being known better they would
more generally be observed and practiced by
the draft, ftnd tfoo cause of humanity corres
pondingly advanced.
If tho symbolism of the compass and squafd
was more strongly impressed upon the mind of
the initiate, Masons would not, sometimes, ma
lign to the profane, one whom, in tho lodge
room, ho is-apparently pleased to call “bro
ther,” but would make an honest effort to live
up to the duties and obligations which every
Mason has assumed, and thus make his con
versation and action bear testimony to the ex
cellence of tho principles of, and incalculable
benefits resulting from Masonry when fully
lived up to by its adherents. Ido not overlook
the many difficulties with which we have to
contend, by reason of tho frailties incident to
our human nature. Ido not forget that there
aro two natures in man, the “ higher and the
lower, the great and the moan, the noble and
tho ignoble,” nor doos Masonry, but in every
degree teaches its membership to cultivate and
practice the better part of our nature, and con
tinually guard ourselves against the tempta
tions suggested by our prejudice, passions and
appetites. We should be slow to make infer
ences which a lull examination of the facts
would prove to be unjust, as well as to firmly
refuse to approve that which justice and good
morals would condemn.— M. W. J. if. Hank
heady Alabama,
LAWS, REGULATIONS AND LANDMARKS.
We had the impression that the “ laws and
regulations” of tho Masonic institution were de
signed to bo in accordance with the “land
marks ” of tho order, and that tho latter were
established and had existed from time whereof
tho memory oi man runneth not to the contra
ry,” their antiquity being an essential element.
And further, that these “landmarks ” aro now
just what they were centuries ago, and that they
will remain and continue in force so long as
Masonry shall exist. Moreover, if our memory
serves us right, we have read somewhere that
the Worship!nl Master of a lodge assents in his
installation “ that no man or body of men have
power to make innovations in the body of Ma
sonry.” What does this all mean, if there aro
no fixed rules and regulations and landmarks
by which the Masonic fraternity are governed,
and which have been in existence from time im
memorial?
Opinions may differ as to the construction
which shall be put upon those landmarks, but
that does not destroy or render invalid tho
landmark. Our idea of the institution ot Ma
sonry is that an ancient and honorable frater
nity,” which has been transmitted from genera
tion to generation of its sons through all the
successive ages of its existence, unimpaired in
all its forms and ceremon’es, its methods ot
recognition, and in all its essential principles
of government, of morality, of brotherly love,
of charity and truth. Its antiquity is its beauty
and glory. Masonry modernized or torn from
its moorings in the stability and permanency
and universality of its laws, rules and regula
tions, as specifically defined in its ancient
landmarks, would leave it with no form cr
comeliness that would make it desirable. It
would be like Sampson shorn ot his locks, weal
as other fraternal organizations that have
sprung up like mushrooms, and have perished
or languished as quick.— B z . R, Singleton.
The word “Mystery” in the Scrip
tures, is well defined as simply meaning, “a
revealed truth, a truth which man could not
discover, but which God makes known.”
The Sacred or Holy Mysteries, preserved in
the cloisters oi the early Christian Church, are
anterior to the Christian religion, being the
spirit of prophecy. “ They saw Christ by faith,
and represented Him and His doctrines by
symbols.” They are in existence to-day, ns they
were then. Tho Advent of Christ confirmed
them in their full glory. They teach that no te
can claim the right of eternal life beyond the
grave but those who “ Relieve on Him that
liveth and was dead, and is now alive forever
more,” and follow the Lowly Ono, in the narrow
path which is marked out for pilgrims in their
sojourn here. They are dogmatic: they discard
all metaphysical reasonings and speculative
theories, and declare with a trumpet tongue the
“ fall of sin ’’—the innate corruption of human
nature and the necessity of regeneration.
Did you ever notice that no matter
how quietly and stealthily a man may creep into
the house on his return irom his lodge, his wife
is sure to waken up and ask him what he
moans by disturbing the whole neighborhood?
And yot he can get up in tho morning, build
fires,’ bang the stove covers around, and
prance through the place from cellar to attic,
and she will sleep on as soundly as though there
was not the slightest sound within five miles of
her. Why is this thus ?
Applause in a Masonic lodge, grand
or subordinate, is about as much out of place
as in a church. To loudly applaud addresses
given by officers or visitors in open lodge, or
thus signify the satisfaction that is felt in the re
sult of an election, does not seem quite in ac
cord with tho proprieties of time and place.
Ta&tes differ, however, and of course it is not
easy to restrain the enthusiasm of zealous
Jwihreßi
ORDER AND SYSTEM.
Freemasonry emphasizes order as ene of the
essential requirements to the successful work
ing of the institution established in its namo.
It affirms the necessity of a systematic course
of procedure to secure the best results. Every
thing of Masonic ceremony and work is subject
to a due arrangement, and ought to appear in
the right way just at the appointed time. No
thing is to be left unprovided for, or brought
forward in a loose, bap-hazard, or indifferent
manner. Two old maxims have a special Ma
sonic appropriateness : “A place for every
thing, and everything in its place.” “What
ever is worth doing at all, is worth doing
well.” Mindful of such declarations as these,
everything in and about the Lodge will receive
an orderly care and disposal, even the most
trivial matters being looked after, and provi
sion made for all helps and illustrations that
they may be available when required, so that
all confusion shall be avoided. In tho dis
patch of business and the conferring of the
degrees all movements should be fixed and
precise according to well established rules,
while everything should bear the stamp of a
systematic arrangement. In this way the true
character of the Masonic Institution will be
best revealed, time will be saved in the conduct
of the affairs of a Lodge, and there will be an
avoidance of that wearisome friction always
manifest where an intelligent and systematic
arrangement of the business in hand is want
ing.
It is possible, however, to carry system and
order to such an extent as to make them undu
ly burdensome. Technical rules may be multi
plied and insisted udou until everything is re
duced to a painful restraint. An unyielding
uniformity of method and proceedure, involv
ing the most trifling details, may be so magni
fied as to overshadow great principles and
somewhat abridge the just presentation of a
truth or a system. Even in Freemasonry there
should be some elacticity and freedom of ex
pression. A close adherence to order is calied
tor, but this order need not be shown in too for
mal and arbitrary ways; it had better be hid
den so far as possible, only its delightful effects
being visible. A systematic arrangement of all
Masonic matters is demanded, but in applying
the system there oifght to be an intelligent dis
crimination between petty rules and great prin
ciples—between what belongs to the working
machinery of the organization and that which
constitutes its very life—its motive power.
Many Masonic requirements, altogether worthy
of consideration, rank but as tho husks and
shells of the science itself. They may not be
cast aside ; they are the rules and formulas ap
pointed for the conduct of lodge affairs ; they
facilitate tho work of the Fraternity and help in
manifold ways.
Relatively, however, there is something be
longing to Freemasonry and determining its
character, which is of higher rank and vastly
more important. It needs a due adjustment of
all these forces -and principles, to set forth
Freemasonry in its most attractive light and re
veal its true character. It needs an observance
of more than lormal rules to express the moral
uses of the Masonic tri.—freemason's Reposi
tory,
TRUTH.
Let us face the truth. The great majority of
mankindjare yet but political slaves I Gigantic
standing armies are eating out the substance of
nations. Great fleets of iron-clad men-of-war
prowl over the high seas, and vast fortresses
frown along the borders of all lands. War still
devours whole kingdoms at a meal. Intemper
ance in every land sinks its hundreds of millions
of dollars annually, and fills the land with
widows and orphans and beggary, and stocks
the earth with drunkards’ graves. On the one
hand great organizations of anarchists parade
the streets oi the large cities of this, the freest
land under the sun, proclaiming doctrines sub
versive of all property rights, of social order,
and of civil government itself. On the other
hand, great monopolies and moneyed corpora
tions, soulless, grasping and insolent, are ab
sorbing the earnings and property ot myriads
of people. And it is possible for an individual,
who never contributed a dollar to the real
wealth of the country, or did aught for the na
tion, for science or humanity, to amass a for
tune of many millions in a single litetime.
Crime still pours its ceaseless stream through
all the earth, and gloomy prisons rear them
selves on every hand, and ignorance and super
stition and bigotry still exist, while the gaunt
victims of disease, misery and destitution, are
marching in a procession of millions to untime
ly graves I All these things teach us that the
world’s night has not yet passed away, and
though the dawn has begun to break, there is
much to be done before the full morning oom
etb. And in the work of lifting these evils from
our race, our share, not as an order, indeed,
but as men who are Masons, with the teachings
of Masonry in our hearts, is a very large one.
And how shall we be prepared to do our part?
By making the teachings of Masonry what they
were intended to be—practical. Not with new
methods, but by a recurrence and strict ad
herence to the principles and methods already
taught us. For if there be such a thing as a
new or modern Masonry, with new principles,
as distinguished from an older system, the old
Masonry is the better. And we need no noise,
no proclamations, no great announcements, lor
such things are inimical and strange to Ma
sons, for tho dominion of the principles of Ma
sonry, like those of a higher and holier king
dom, “ cometh not with observation.”
Faithful to our great trust and work in the
onward progress of the world, then as humani
ty in the past bas been blessed by our labors,
so shall the generations to come, everywhere,
rejoice in the beneficence of Freemasonry,—
Sro. J. A. Kierster,
SWEARING.
Of all the little, low, undignified, disgusting
practices in which little, low and undignified
men engage or follow, there is least excuse for
swearing. Men may be tempted by the pros
pect of worldly gain to lie, to steal, to cheat or
defraud; but when or how di 4 any man ever In
crease his substance by blasphemous oaths?
’Appetite may prompt to drunkenness or de
bauchery, but there is no appetite to prompt or
be gratified by profanity. Swearing is no mark
of bravery, but rathergof cowardice—nor is it
evidence of wisdom, refinement, politeness or
learning. A man of good sense and high moral
standing will not do it, because it is foolish and
wicked. A man of refined and delicate feelings
will not do it, because it is low and vulgar. A
man possessing a due degree erf self-respect
will not do it, because it is unmanly and inde
cent. A truly brave man will not do it, because
the practice itself implies a fear of either not
being believed or obeyed.
A man who has a decent respect for others
will not do it, because he knows that in the esti
mation of all wise and good men, it is regarded
with abhorrence and disgust. A man who des
ires the respect and esteem of others will not
do it, because ha knows that by indulging it he
forfeits all claims to the esteem of those whose
respect is worth having. A man who is gov-.
ern’ed by the dictates of reason will not do it,
because he can give no good reason for it. A
man who is governed by the dictates of con
science will not do it, because conscience never
dictated such a course. A man who is governed
by the law of God will not do it, because that
law forbids it. A man that is a true
philanthropist will not do it, because
he knows that human happiness is pro
moted by virtue and not by vice. A true patriot
will not do it, because he knows that his coun
try’s safety and prosperity depend'greatly up
on tho amount of intelligence and morality
there may be among tho people, and his efforts
are to strengthen and not weaken the moral
restraints which aro around the public mind.
If none of these characters, as such, follow the
practice, who then are they that swear ?
WHAT IS MASONRY?
Alphonse de Lamartine, the distinguished
French poet, orator and statesman, once asked,
“ What is Masonry ?” and answered himself
thus: “ I see only in the secrets of the lodges a
vail of modesty thrown upon|truth and charity,
to Lighten their beauty. You are, in my opin
ion, the great eclectics of the modern world.
You cull from all time, all countries, all sys
tems, all philosophies, tho evident eternal and
immutable principles of univeral morality, and
yo blend them into an infallible and unani
mously accepted dogma of fraternity. You re
;cct everything that divides minds and profess
everything that unites hearts. You are manu
facturers of coneord. With your trowels you
spread the cement of virtue about the founda
tion of society. Your symbols are but figures.
It I am not mistaken in this interpretation of
your dogmas, the curtain of your mysteries
might be drawn without fear ot revealing any
thing but services rendered to humanity.”
Joseph Balsamo—Otherwise known as
the Count of Cagliostro—was a charlatan and
imposter of the first water. He was an Italian
who flourished in the middle and latter part
of the eighteenth century. He was well edu
cated and highly accomplished—a man of the
world in the completest sense of that phrase.
He was an adventurer who made many dupes
—some of them, we aro sorry to say, being
found among members of the Masonic organ
ization, in which, for a time, he was quite prom
inent. He established an order of Egyptian
Masonry, which at one time acquired conaider
erable influence ; but he was never a genuine
helper of the craft, and his memory is entitled
to but small respect by our fraternity. That
he was a wonderful man cannot be questioned.
He had knowledge oi many secret arts, was
well versed in tricks of wonder working, and
he did not hesitate to use all the means at his
command to get money and notoriety. His
career was that of a bold, bad man, and his
connection with the Masonic organization was
unfortunate for the craft.
The Right Kind of Masonry.—We
believe in a Masonry that operates silently.
We want no loud cry in the market-place, or
vain show and pomj>. The Mason who tries to
live our principles without any ostentation will
be a pillar of strength to the noble old institu
tion. The humblest craftsman who bas been
made a Mason in his heart, is worth more than
any number of distinguished members to whom
its teachings are mere verbiage. We care
nothing about title or rank, unless under it
there is a love for adherence to Masonic truth.
Masonry is not kept alive with money or intel
lect, but by a rigid adherence to its vital prin
ciples—brotherly love and truth. Carry out
these; and all else will follow ; for as sure as
God reigns, an institution founded upon them
will ensure.— Portland) Afe. f Masonic Journal.
The Masonic Fraternity will live be
cause it is a grand reconciler of hostile opin
ions in the common creeds of a virtuous life and
good works. It establishes no test of political
or religious, opinions,—of nativity ;or complex
ion. It seeks the establishment of universal
Fraternity. Without undervaluing the virtue
of patriotism it enlarges the boundaries of na
tional feeling into the circumferenca of a world
wide philanthrophy. Without denying the im
portance of religious truth, it seeks to convert
the welfare of sects into a glorious co-operation
of practical benevolence. In the Masonic Lodge
men of every nation and persuasion meet in a
nearer relation, as brothers of the same family,
to study what addition their union can secure
to the general fgood. They forget all hostilities
in the common desire to promote their mutual
welfare and to benefit their brethren. Every
where the world is twalking with this dream.
The leaven is stirring the whole mass.— Hon,
Stanley Matthews,
On entering tho lodge room and find
ing a strange brother present, it is your duty to
go at once and take him by the hand and in a
fraternal manner make his acquaintance. How
often brethren neglect this duty. Some come
into the hall, and, seeing a stranger present,
pass over to the other side, often without giving
the visitor a cold nod. Such treatment and
manners are decidedly boorish, and only be
coming the backwoods greenhorn. This class
of brethren are not only found in tho country
lodges in particular, but many aro guilty of this
unbecoming habit in the cities. Our lodge is
our home, and to treat a stranger at home as
they are often treated at lodges, would be an
insult never to be forgiven or forgotten.— Light.
Chalk, charcoal and earthen pan, or
clay, are the emblems which were adopted by
our ancient brethren to express certain quali
ties, in the absence of which no progress in Ma
sonry can be expected. Nothing is more free
for the use of man than chalk, which seldom
touches but loaves its trace behind; nothing
more fervent than charcoal, for when well light
ed, no metal is able to resist its force ; nothing
is more zealous than clay, our mother earth,
who will open her arms to receive us when all
our friends forsake us.—L’r.
In Describing Masonry, I would u?e
the language of Milton: “ I shall detain you no
longer in the demonstration of what we should
not do, but straight-conduct you to a hill-side,
where I will point you out the right path of a
virtuous and noble emulation; laborious indeed
is the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green,
so full of goodly prospects, and melodious
sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus
was not more charming.”— Ex.
He who commences work without wis
dom to contrive, strength to support, and beau
ty to adorn, will be like the foolish man in Holy
Writ, who built his house on the sand. When
the wind blows, and the floods come, the foun
dation of his work will be shaken, and great
will be the fall thereof.— Ex.
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The Lodge of Strict Observance,
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evening, Feb. 23d inst. Brethren of Sister
Lodges are fraternally invited, and will receive
a cordial welcome.
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ACACIA, No. 827, meets first and third Tues
days, Clinton Room, Masonic Temple, Twenty thi:d
street and Sixth avenue. Adam G. Vail, M.
George D. auer, Treas. James D. Outwater, S.W.
Frank A. Hovey, Sec. Wm. H. Ferre, J. W.
ADELPHIC, No. 348.—Th0 regular communi
cations are held on the first and Third Tuesdays of each
month, at 8 o’clock, P. M., in lonic Room, Masonic Tem
ple. E. S. li.ni , M.
K. H. Fo'ite, Treas. W. W. Wai., r, S. W.
Wm. 11. Innct. Sec. W. E. Marrenner. J. W.
ARCTURUS, No. 274.—Regular communications
of Arctur :s Lodge are held at Miller’s Hall, No. 202 E.
86th st., 8. E. cor. 3d avenue, on tho first and third
Tuesdays of each m nth. Geo Campbell. M.
Henry H. Daiinke, Troas. William Kurz. S. W.
B. W. Hough, Sec., address John A. Paradise, J.W.
No. 415 East 87th st.
BUNTING, No. 655, meets first and third Mon
days of each month, corner 124th s reet and Third av
enue. Harlem. Harry C. Harney, M.
Cyrus O. Hubbell, Treas. Theo lore A. Jasper. S.W.
Z. T. Benson, Sec. Fred. M. Randell, J. W.
CHANCELLOR WALWORTH, No. 271, meets
second and fourth Wednesdays ea h month, in Austin
and Commandery Room, Masonic Hall, 23d street and
Sixth avenue. Wright D. Puwnall, M.
Geo. W. Millar, Treas., John W c S. W.
F. W. Herring, Sec., Andrew H. Kellogg, J. W.
No. 841 Broadway, N. Y
COPESTONE, No. 6-11, meets every second and
fourth Wednesdays, at 8 P.M.. in the Corinthian Room,
Masonic Temple. William Me Kaul, M.
Martin Kalb, Treas. William J. Mathews, S. W.
H. T. G bson, Sec. Joseph J. Moen, J. W.
CORINTHIAN, No. 488, meets second and
fourth Thursdays, at Grand Opera House, 23d street
and Bth avenue, at 8 P. M. Oscar G. Ahlstrom, M.
Geo. Stone, Treas. Fred. K. Van Court, S. W.
Geo. F. Thornton, Sec. Thomas Bonner, J. W.
DIRIGO, No. 30, meeta second and fourth Mon
days of each month, at Koster and Bial’s, Sixth avenue
and 23d street Aaron Morris, M.
D Wyman. Treas. L. Jacobson, S. W.
William R. Oidroyd, Sec., A. Crozier, J. W.
No. 67 Charlton st.
EMANUEL, No. 654, meets second and fourth
Thursdas each month, Koster & Bial’s Hall, No. 117
West Twenty-third street, Gustave Baum, M.
M. Laski, Treas. J ere. H. Goldman, S.W.
Leonard Leisersohn, Sec. Edward F. Smith, J.W.
ENTERPRISE, No. 228, meeta the first and
thud Tuesdays of each month, Grane Opera House,
corner of Eighth avenue and West Twenty-third street.
Joseph Graham, Treas. John G. Hoffman, M.
John Foste'r, Sec., DeForrest Nichols, S. W.
Res., No. 608 Tenth ave. Dr Molesworth, J. W.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, No. 285, meets first,
third and fifth Fridays of each month, at Eastern Star
Hall, corner Seventh street and Third avenue.
Adolphus D. Pape, M.
A. H. Bradley, Treas. W. P. Kent, S. W.
Jared A. Timpson, Sec. Ralph Bogart, J. W.
GIRARD, No. 631, meets first Friday in each
month, Livingston Room, Ma-onic Temple.
Thos. P. Clench, Sec. Thos. W. James, M.
Chas. Clark, Treaa. Peter G. Arnott. S. W.
John Mead, J. W.
INDEPENDENT, No. 185, meete first and third
Mondayß.of each month, at German Masonic Temple
East Fifteenth street. C. B Parker, M.
W. Lindemeyer, Treaa G. M. Johnson, 8. W.
E. R. Brown, Sec. C. R. Trumbull, J. W.
KANE, No. 454.—Regular communications of
Kane Lodge are held on the first, third and litl-h Tues
days in Austin Room, Masonic Temple.
Joseph J. Little, M.
Chas. A. Whitney, Treas. Thos. E. Stewart, S. W.
Henry W. Penoyar, Sec. Charles F. Ulrich, J. W.
MARINERS’, No. 67, meets first and third Mon
days of each month, at German Masonic Temple, No. 220
East Fifteenth street. Robert J. Poynter, M.
Robert W. Fain. Treas. Henry Wood, S. W.
John W. Ferrier, Sec. Thomas -Lennox, J. W.
METROPOLITAN, No. 273, meets second and
fourth Thursdays ol each month, (except July and Au
guest, Corinthian Room. Masonic Temple, Sixth avenue
and Twenty tmrd street. Alfred W, Royal, M.
Thos. Carter, Treas. Harry G. English, S. W.
J B. Russell, Sec. Chas. L. Dimon, Jr., J. W.
No. 242 E. 25ih st
MONTGOMERY, No. 68, meets in the Doria
Room, Masonic Temple, every first and third Monday
evenings, at 7:30 o clock.
F. O. Woodruff, Treas. W. P. Worater, M. D. M.
F. W. McGowen, Sec., J. Wesley Smith, S. W.
Box No. 68, Masonic Temp’e. Thos. J. Partly, J. W.
MUNN, No. 19U, meets on the second and
io rth Thursday evenings, a. Livingston Room, Mast n
p. Temole. Joseph Abraham, M.
John Maguire, Treas. Thus. Maguire, S. W.
Ezra B. scockvis, feec, W. E. Harwood, J. W,
MYSTIC TIE, No. 272, meets first, third ah<l
fifth Tuesdays, at Eastern Star Hall, cor. Seventh street
and Third avenue. Henry G. Edwards, M.
S. has -^ W - -KaUel, Treas. Henry C. Dougherty. S. W»
• Goo. Smith, Jr., Sec. James P. Styles, J. W.
Residence. 354 Second av.
NATIONAL, No. 209, meets in Clinton room.
Masonic Temple, 23d street and 6th avenue, second and
lout th Fridays each month. David Newmark, M
J. L. Voorhees, Treas. Hugh Hawthorn, S.W.
E. Percival, Sec. Max Boremsky, J. W.
Res. 1579 2d avenue.
NEW YORK, No. 330, meets the first and third
Wednesdays each month, Austin Room, Temple, Twen*
ty-tliird street and Sixth avenue. John Jay Griffin,
Chas. Heizman, Treas. John J. Brogan, S. W.
E. W. Bradley, Sec. Vai Schneider, J- W.
PACIFIC, No. 233, meets first and third Thura.
days of e; ch month, in the lonic Room, Masonic Hall,
Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street.
„ John T. Lee, M,
Henry T e-. Treas. William J. Conway, S. W»
James Hyde, Sec. William Irvine, J. W.
Address, No. 869 Green ave., Brooklyn.
PARK, No. 516, meete first and third Tuesdays,
at Turn. Hall, No. 341 West Forty-seventh street.
George W. Cregier, M.
Charles Lehrlttor, Treas. Wm. W. Seymour. 8. W. 1
Horatio Sands. Sec. E. Winterbottom. J. W.
PERFECT ASHLAR, No. 604, moots first and
third Thursdays in tne I o ic Room, German Masonic
Temple, Fifteenth street, eai-t of Third avenue.
r „ , John C. Miller, M.
L. Greenbaum, Treas. Wm. L. Darmstadt. S. W.
S. Bibo, Sec. Chas. H. Jackson, J. W.
PIATT, No. 194, meets first and third Thurs
daysol each month, Composite Rooms, Masonic Tem
ple, 23d street and Sixth avenue.
o r, -r- . „ George McAlear, M.
Smith 8. Eaton, Treas. Thos. ft. Gray, 8 W.
Wm. J. Jessup, Sec., Robert Malcolm, J. W.
Residence, No. 11 Norfo'k st., City.
PRINCE OF ORANGE, No. 16, meets second
and lomth Saturdays, in Doric Room, Masonic Tempia.
Win. T. Ward well, Treas. Lewis H. Raymond, M.
John F. Graham. Sec. James B. Taylor. S. W.
No. 363 Eighth st. Richa d V.W. Dußois, J.W.
ST. CECILE, No. 568, moots tho first, third and
fifth Tuesday afternoons each month, at 1:30 P.M., at
Tuscan Room, Masonic Temple. Visitors aie always
welcome. David H. Agan. M.
Henry Tis-ington, Treas. Michael Schlig, 8. W
La' rence O’Reilly. 8 c. John E. Morse, J. W.
STRICT OBSERVANCE, No. 94, meets second
and fourth Tuesdays of each month, at No. 9u3 Third
avenue, corner Filtv-seventh street.
t ’ „ „ ’ Le vi Gibb, M.
James F. Bragg. Treas., S. 1). Smith, 8. W.
Jackson Bell Sec.. Robert Kapp, J. W,
Address, No. 1,035 Third av.
SYLVAN GROVE, No. 275, meeta second and
fourth Tuesdays of each month, at eight o’clock, E. M.,
in Livingston Room, Masonic Temple, Sixth avenue and.
Twenty third ftreet.
Theodore Reeves, Treas. Wm. Madara, M.
Edgar Kirby, Sec. Wm. Helms, 8. W.
For. Dept. N. Y. P. O. Wm. 8. Merritt, J. W.
TECUMSEH, No. 487, meets first and third
Thursdays of each month, at Eastern Star Hall,’Third
avenue and Seventh street. y ••
T „ Wm. Kemble Hall, M.
James Stone, Treas. Joseph Hoffman, S. W.
F. E. Davis Sec., J. Theodore Tunstall, J. W.
No. 207 East Nineteenth street.
VERITAS LODGE, No. 734, meeta every second
and fourth Tuesdays, at Grand Opera House. 23d street
and Bth ave. Richard Koch, M. .
Dennis Redmond, Treas. Jahn Q. Koopman, S. W.
P. M. John W. Sokel, Sec. Dan. C. Springsteel, J.W. ’
WASHINGTON, No. 21, meets on the first and
third Tuesdays of each month, at No. 289 Bleeckef
street (Dixon’s Building). Irving Hazelton, M. •
R. B. Uopi ins, Treas, John J. Kelley ; 8. W. ’SJ
J. 11. Malees. Sec. L. F. W. Seifert, J, W.
ZERUBBABEL, No. 329, meets second and
fourth Tuesday 8 of each month. at-L’orlo Rooms, Ger
man Masonic Temple, No. 220 East Fifteenth street.
Morris Kempe. Treas. Solomon Littenberg ML
Thos. Cody, Sec., Emanuel Pisko, 8. W.
No. 25 Chambers st., city. Henry Lebowitz, J. W.
CHAPTERS.
ADELPHIC, No. 158, meets 23 Ml 4th Wed,
nesdays of each month. In Egyptian Boom, Masom«
lemplo p. c. Benjamin, H. P.
v - A ,’ y ’ Trea ’- B- 6. Larason, K.
Wm H. Innet, Sec., H. J. Emerson, Berth*
Res., 102 Sixth avenue.
AMERICUS CHAPTER, No. 215, meets the
fourth Friday of each month, in the Egyptian Rooms.
Masonic Temple, Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue ,
Harry G. Kimber, Treas. Oscar G. Ahlstrom, H. P.
Anthony Leomans, Sec., Henry Kernahrens, K.
New York Post-office. John H. Eimuss.S.
WASHINGTON, NO. 212, meete in convoca
tion the second and fourth Tuesdays of tach month, at
289 Bleecker street.
A. B. Ha nes, Treas. J. B Mockabee, H. P
H. D. Seward. Sec. B. H. Dupignac, K.
Address, 62 Jefferson Mkt. Henry Wells, 8.
OOMMANDERIES.
ADELPHIC, No. 59 (mounted), meets in con
clave second Thursday of each month, at Masonic Ten>
pie, Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
r „ Wm. Wallaee.Walker, 0.
J. W. Sanford, Treas. J. O’Neil. G.
W. H. Innet, Rec. V. Mott, C. G.
CONSTANTINE, No. 48, as-iemblej in stated
conclave the fourth Tuesday of each month, at theif
asylum, 13uth stie.t and Third avenue.
William 11. De Graaf, 0.
A. M. Underhill, Treas. Jame* Cochrane, G.
J. I. Conklin, jr., Recorder. C. P. Pierce, C. G.
CCEUR DE LION, No. 23, assembles in conclave
second and fourth Fridays of each month, at Masonle
Temple, Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
Henry F. Herkner C.
Edwin R. McCarty, Treas. John Byers, G.
Charles W. Sy, Rec. Tl>os. B. Inness, 0. G.
IVANHOE, No. 36, assembles in conclave third
Friday each month, bank building, Fourteenth streM
and Fourth avenue. James McGrath, E. C.
Wm. D. Peckham, Treaa. John Gaunt, G.
Wm. H. Armfleld, Rec. H. 8. Fanderson, C. G.
PALESTINE. No. 18, assembles in conclave
first and third Mondays of each month, at the asylum.
Masonic Hall, 23d street and Sixth avenue.
James W. Bowden, C.
Wm. R. Carr, Treaa., Wayne Litzenberg, G.
C. S. Ch tmplin, Rec., Charles H. Gillespie, 0. G
ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH BITE.
(Four Bodies.)
THS LODGE OF PEP.FECTION OF NEW
YORK CITY meets at Conaistoritfl Chambers, Masonia
Temple, on the first Tuesday of every month, at 8 P. M.
Chas. S. Ward, D. M. Joseph B. Eakins, M.
N. Ponce de Loon, Treas. Geo. W. Van Buskirk, S.W.
Wm. S. Paterson, Sec., Geo. H. Fitzwilson, J. W.
No. 455 Fourth avenue.
THE COUNCIL OF PRINCES OF JERUSA
SALEM OF NEW YORK CITY meets at Consistorial
Chambers, Masonic Temple, on the third Saturday ol
every month, at 8 P. M.
E. Porter Cooley, D. M. Stephen D. Affleck. M.
Martin Kalb, Treas. George Wood, S. W.
Wm. S. Paterson, Sec., G. W. Van Buskirk, J. W.
No. 455 Fourth avenue.
THE CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX 0F NEW
YORK CITY meets at Consistorial Chambers, Masonio
Temple, on the fourth Saturday of every month, at ®
p. M. George W. Miliar, M.
G. W. Van Buskirk, Orator. Jan.es McGee, S. W.
N. Ponce de Leon, Treaa John S. King, J. W.
Wm. S. Paterson, Sec., No. 455 Fourth avenue.
THE CONSISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY, S. P.
R. S., meets at Consistorial Chanxbers, Masonic Tern
when specially convened. C. T. McClenachan, Com.
Charles H. Ileyzer. Ist L. C. George W. Millar, 2d L. 0.
Joseph M. Levey, Treas. Wm. D. Garrison, M. State
Wm. S. Paterson, Sec, No. 455 Fourth avenue.
COUNCILS, R. S M.
ADELPHIC COUNCIL, No. 7, R. and S. M.—
The regular assemblies are held on the first Saturday of
each month, in the Council Chamber, Masonic Tempi
Sixth ave. and 23d st P. C. Benjamin, TIM.
JohnW. Coburn, Rec. Alex. Butts, D. M.
Royal E. Deane, Treas. Fred. Kanter, P. G W.
NOBLES OF THE MYSiIC SHRINE.
MECCA TEMPLE, A. A. 0., holds its sessions
at Masonic Temple, New York city on the feast day of
every Mohammedan month, of which due notice will
be given. Walter M. Fleming, Grand PoteutaK
A. W. Peters, Chief Rabban.
Philip C. Benjamin, Assistant Rabban.
Charles H. Ileyzer. High Priest
Joseph B. Eakins, Director.
Wm. S. Paterson, Grand Rooordea
BROOKLYN.
COMMANDERIES.
DE WITT CLINTON, No. 27, meets in assent
bly on the second, lourth, and fifth Tuesdays of each
month, at Nos. 87, 89 and 91 Broadway, Brooklyn,
E. D. Juan B. Arci, C.
T. J. Scltarfenberg, Treas. Win. H. Bryant, G.
S. T. Waterhouse, Rec. Geo. B. Claflin, C. G.
ST. ELMO, No. 57, assembles in stated con
i’. ave first and third Wednesdays ot each month, at
Masonic Hall, corner Manhattan and Meserole avenues,
E. D Charles E. Stockford, C.
Henry A. Heuschkel, Treas. Valentine Hammann, G.
James fl. Wbitehorne, Rec. Jas. L. Drummond, C. G.
ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE.
AURORA GRATA LODGE OF PERFECTION,
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Brooklyn.
Regular communications are held on the second
day of each month at Nos. 38 and -10 Court street.
Wayland Trask, T. P., G. M.,
John W. Ri-cliardson, Deputy.
Edwin Gates, Treas. E. D. Washburn, S. W.
G. U. Koenecke, Sec., Mark Mayer, J. W.
No. 492 Doan street.
Fbeemasonby is the grandest human
institution that earth has ever seen. It towers
iar above the mountain tops. But it makes no
covenant with God for salvation. Its altars aro
indeed sacred, but they are hallowed only by
the mutual fealty of human ties and by fraternal
love which prays for and receives the blessings
of the Eternal One. It is a crystalization of tho
truth of the brotherhood of man, sanctified by
that other truth—tho fatherhood of God; but it
makes no atonement, it offers no sacrifice savo
that ot prayer and praise; it speaks of no medi
ator. Its teachings elevate and strengthen;
they impart tho grandest of lessons; they taka
of aivino things and show them to men, and
the unceasing fires ot our earthly altars aro
lighted from tho quick flame of spirit-life above.
But Masonry is only the hand-maxd of religion.
She never dares to say,.“ Look to me and be yo
saved,” but ever points upward to the hoavens
and to the throne, and to Him that sitteth
thereon, and bids all who recognise her vows
to be true and loyal servants of the Most High
God.— l<eo. H. T. Widdemer.
Progress in Masonic Character.—A
brother who appreciates tho meaning and pur
pose ot Freemasonry will not think that he has
attained the end when he has taken the degrees
and been invested with the secrets of the same.
He will have aspirations for continual growth
in the essentials of manly character—of true
living; and he will regard the organization into
which he has entered as holplul to such true
progress. He will not forget the lesson taught
by the rough ashlar and tbo perfect ashlar—tho
inculcation thus impressively communicated
that he should become wiser and better as tho
days go bv, so expanding his mind, restraining
his passions and molding his whole life, that
at last he may stand forth a noble, symmetrical
character, according to what is tho ideal oi
highest aspiration.— Freemason’s Repository.
What Masonry Enjoins.— " Thou
shalt love the Lord tby God.” Masonry en
joins it. To Him her temples are erected.
Without an abiding trust in H>m tho bright
Temple of Masonry must be forever shut. Ho
who has not this must pause at tho outer door
his footsteps can never resound in her halls.
“ Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Ho
who neglects this is no Mason. Cover him with
the gorgeous paraphernalia of our fraternity,
place him on the topmost pinnacle of our col
umn, if his heart is not filled with this, he is no
Mason. In vain would all our learning and
traditions and mysteries How from his tongue
glibly as oil, if, in his heart of hearts, he is not
imbued with this principle.— Bro. George Rey
nolds.
Time, thought, and diligent atten
tion, should be given to securing of a uniform
ity of work in all departments of Masonic ex
pression. Masters and officers of lodges ought
not to think that they may go their own way re
spectively in the rendition of the work ; but
their aim should be to lollow the acceptedjiJtand
ards so that the ceremWiy enacted and the
words spoken in the conferring of degrees may
be the same in one lodge as another,
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