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BT.W. JOHN W. SIMONS, P. G. M., Editor.
Advebtiskmbnts for the Masonic De-
TABTwroT. to secure their insertion, must bo
sent in by TftO O‘CLQCK. P. M., Friday,
BRAHMA.
Tho following, from Dschelaleddin Rumi (trans
lated by Ritter), describes the god Brahma, and is,
probably, tho only poem in the world that comes
anywhere near picturing the great Creator of all
things. The Brahmin belief is that everything that
is is God:
I am the mote in the sunbeam, and I am the burn
ing sun.
"Rest here." I whisper the atom, I call to the orb,
•'Rollon!"
lam tho blush of the morning; I am the evening
breeze *
I am tile leaf’s low murmur, the swell of the terri
ble seas; , . , ,
I sin tho net, the fowler, the bird and its frightened
Tho mirror, the form reflected, the sound and its
echo, I; ,
The lover’s passionate pleading, the maiden s whis
pered fear,
The warrior, the blade that smites him, his mo
ther's heart-wrung fear;
I am ’ intoxication, grapes, wine-press, and musk
and wine,
Tho guest, the host, the tavern, the goblet of crystal
fine;
I am the breath of the flute, I am the wind of man.
Gold’s glitter, the light of the diamond and the soa
pearl's lustre wan;
The rose, her poet nightingale, the songs from his
throat that rise,
Flint sparks, the taper, the moth that about it
flies:
I am both Good and Evil, the deed and the deed’s
intent;
Temptation, victim, sinner, crime, pardon, punish
"ment;
I am what was, ts, will be; creation s ascent and
fail;
The link, the chain of existence; beginning and end
of all.
RAST MASTER’S DEGREE.
Sinea a previous reference to thia subject we
have received from one of the most zealous and
well-informed Masons within our acquaintance,
the following endorsement of our opinion, to
which wo invite the attention of the brethren
as an exceedingly fair statement of the matter
and as a valuable assistance in educating the
minds of tho brethren to the end of abolishing
the so-called degree.
Our correspondent ears:
“ 1 have road with great pleasure your ad
mirable article published on the 17th inst.,
upon the incongruity of requiring the degree of
Past Master to be injected into our ceremony of
Installation.”
"In the first place, I deny that there is any
inch degree as that of Past Master in Blue
Lodge Masonry, or that any person can be
soms a Past Master before he becomes the
Master of a lodge. What is a Past Master?
Clearly one who has passed the chair, that is,
tine who, having served his term as the Master
of a lodge, passes out of office, returns to the
ranks and again becomes a door member.”
“ I do not know of any statute of the Grand
Lodge which recognizes such a degree. Past
Masters are recognized and were entitled under
tho old constitutions to seats in the Grand
Lodge; but they were those who had been
Masters of lodges and who were permitted to
retain their membership, that the Fraternity at
large might have the benefit of their experi
ence.”
“ The coremonies which take place.in private,
ceforo tho Master elect of a lodge is installed
imount to nothing. He is taught how to recog
aize another Master, but what does that amount
io ? He forgets it with other useless instruc
tions almost as soon as he learns them, because
they are useless; nor is there probably one
Master in fifty who can conduct those ceremo
nies-indeod they would have died out long
ago but for the mistaken idea that there is some
Grand Lodge statute requiring it,
'* ‘‘The Grand Lodge claims absolute authority
Over the three degrees of Ancient Craft Mason
ry ; it knows nothing about a fourth, which is
not Blue lodge Masonry or degree.
"The Monitors in general use contain all that
Is necessary for the installation of the Master of
a lodge. The questions asked of the Master
elect, end to which he must give his unequivo
cal assent; the solemn promises ho is required
to make and the charges he receives in the
presence of his brethren assembled at his in
stallation are all that is required. The whole
ceremony is dignified, impressive and beautiful
and cannot be improved. It Is time the prac
tice of por'orming other ceremonies in a side
room and calling them the conferring of a de
gree should cease as a useless practice,"
Thanking our contributor for his
frank expiation of opinion so fully in accord
With our own, we fraternally call his attention
io the fact—possibly overlooked by him-that
there is on record a decision of the Grand
Lodge that it is necessary to invest a Master
elect with the secrets of the chair before his in
stallation.
This, it will be perceived, is a very different
matter from a statute, for while certain forms
must bo observed to amend or repeal the latter,
the Grand Lodge may at any annual session
repeal the former by a simple vote to that
effect; which fact we state in order that the
door may be closed against those who still ad
vocate the “fungoid growth” known as the
Past Master’a,degree.
Not to be too prolix, nor attempt to exhaust
the subject in one article, wo conclude this with
the following, from the Louisiana Correspond
ence for the present year :
“The writer of this report discussed the
question of the Past Master’s Degree in reports
of this kind during the yeare 1855 to 1860, and
tad supposed that there was in the latter of
those years a like opinion held by nearly all
the eminent writers and Masonic jurists in the
country. The idea had been acquiesced in,
Whatever may have been the practice, that the
degree of Paet Master was not at all necessary,
not essential to the Master of a lodge, and was
a matter over which a lodge, or Grand Lodge,
bad and could have no control.
“The practice, in this jurisdiction, was, during
the years above given and for years subsequent
thereto, not to require the newly installed Mas
ter, to be invested with tho degree before instal
lation—nor at any time. Most of those installed
as Masters were already Royal Arch Masons,
and as a consequence possessed of the chapter
degree of Past Master: when there happened a
case otherwise, and the writer remembers two
or three, the newly-elected Master was installed,
and then, on his giving up the chair, he received
“the secrets of the chair,” in other words, and
without any circumlocution, the Past Master’s
degree. It was given him by Past Masters on
fheir own volition, and as an honorarium; and
as a token that they had become one of them—
had passed the chair—had been elected to and
presided for a time in the Oriental Chair of King
Solomon, etc. With this ceremony, neither the
lodge, tho Grand Lodge, nor any of tho officers
as such, had anything to do; nor was it deemed
at all necessary to, or a part of the installation
ceremonies. But the secrets, such as they were,
if any, belonged to tho Past Masters, who had
received the degree, whether in a chapter, or at
a convocation of Past Masters, and were com
municated to the newly or recently installed
Master.
“ But it seems this simple settlement of the
question in controversy and the practice under
it, was not adopted, or rather not followed in
practice, in many jurisdictions; and, being an
innovation, an addition to ancient Freemason
ry, has created as usually happens with inno
vations, the controversy now going on.
TRANSACTIONS OF NEW YORK.
With his usual promptitude our respected
Grand Secretary, R. W. Bro. E. M. L. Ehlers,
has issued the printed transactions of our Grand
Lodge at its annual communisation in June
last, and we congratulate him upon its orderly
and systematic appearance, especially in th'e
selection of larger type than lor many years
past, so that eyes wearied with long poring over
manuscript and brevier may now read without
a microscope and again enjoy communion with
the brethren as of yore.
Having already given a sketch of the pro
ceedings wo need not repeat them, but contend
ourself with saying—in which the brethreg
will all join us—that our Grand Secretary is ®
tight man in the right place.
Than-ks.—We are indebted to HI. Ere.
Albert Pike for a copy of tlie transitliens of the
jMasonic Veteran Association of the District SI
Columbia, from lff?9 to 1887, making a hand
some volume of over 200 pages. Through it are
Interspersed some & the noblest addresses ever
delivered by our distinguished brother, a very
mine of eloquent thought, in which wo shall
delve Irom time to time as space admits, that
our readers may share with us the pleasure wo
aqjoy in their perusal.
FROM THE SUNNY SOUTH.
Louisville, Ky., July 25, 1887.
Dbau Dispatch : The sweltering dog-days
have driven many of our people to the seaside,
the hillside, tho lakeside and tho other side—
anywhere to keep cool. As tho hungry bovine
longs for the grass “just over tho fence,” and
imagines it is so much better than that he tram
ples under his feet, so the people of the cities
imagine the atmosphere of any other city—
North, South (for some go to Florida even
now), East or West—more salubrious and pleas
ant. Strange delusion 1 Large, spacious rooms,
with wide-spreading lawns, as green and beau
tiful as sunshine and shower (aided by the hose
attachment) can make them, are left for a little
coop, six by ten, with a crowd of people filling
the porch in front of the hotel, and breathing in
Ml of the “fresh” air, and exhaling it second
hand for the rest of tho boarders. This is Sum
mer luxury at a fashionable “side” resort.
“Up in the Mountains,” away from the busy
bum of crowded society, with nothing to dis
turb but the noise of the insect world in its wild
freedom, making the air resound with their
music, is a real luxury, and I would envy (if it
were not wrong to do so) Uncle John, with his
Banks, in the mountains.
I am glad you take up tho Past Master farce.
There may be a toleration of it in the chapter, if
properly conferred, but certainly it is out of
place as It le now appended to the Blue Lodge.
The feeling is growing, too, that it is not exactly
the thing to have the Master of the lodge put
in possession of something that his brethren are
in ignorance of, especially as it adds nothing to
his position or ability. The sooner we bring
the office of Master to the position it should oc
cupy, the better it will be for the craft. Away
with everything that does not strictly and legiti
mately belong to the office. The Master is a
brother, who should meet his brethren on the
level, act toward them by the square and walk
uprightly before them. He is to lead in all good
and noble works. To set the craft to labor in
deeds of charity; to encourage the noble con
tention of “ who can best work and best agree,”
to govern in a mild and loving spirit, that the
whole body may be made better by his action.
He is not an autocrat, or should not bo, and
yet his word is law. He should scorn to appear
haughty or overbearing.
Nothing should be hidden in the administra
tion of this high and honorable trust. The
brethren should know all, and when he becomes
so far a monarch as to raise his imperious head
proudly above his fellows, he should be taught
to humble himself and made to realize that he
owes his honors to his equals. Tho time will
come when Masonry will be purged of these
objectionable features.
There is nothing new Masonically, except the
"Cerneau.” This body of itinerants have foisted
themselves upon the craft in this State, and, as
is always the case where its poison is injected,
dissensions among brethren are threatened,
“Pity ’tie ’Us true.”
De Molay works K. T. to-night. They are
Nourishing, as indeed are both the command
eries.
The chapter team are rehearsing ths new
ritual, preparatory to an exemplification of the
work before the Grand Chapter in the Fall.
The work is a great improvement on the " mon
grel ”of the past twenty years. I think it will
be liked very much. To say the least, it is con
sistent in all its parts.
I hope you are 9,901.
Yours, hotly, Jaoq übs.
A MEMORABLE TREE.
THOSE WHO WERE CANED UNDER IT.
On the 12th of October, 1620, while a band of
ten from the “ Mayflower,” which was then ly
ing in ProvincetoHarbor, Massachusetts,
having arrived there on the 9th met, were look
ing for a place for settlement they discovered a
river about three and a half miles long, after
ascending which for a mile they came to a val
ley with an open southern exposure, sheltered
on tho north and north-easternly sides by a
range of hills densely wooded with pine and
oak. Here they discovered an encampment of
Parnet Indians, ruled by Chief Vicery, and as
they seemed to show a friendly disposition to
their strange visitors, offering no hostility, they
concluded to settle there. The next day the
visitors returned to the ship and brought back
to the valley ten families, where they encamped
for about two weeks, and built a log house, por
tions of which were discovered four years ago
while digging a well.
After they had been there a few weeks, a vio
lent snow storm was encountered, and, as in
that section of the country the winds are very
violent, the snow drifted from the hill-tops
down into the valley, covering it to the depth
of several feet. A little girl belonging to one
of these families had brought from Leyden,
Holland, a small green plant in an earthen cup,
kept alive with moist soil. She planted it near
the swamp, in the valley. The snow coming
down covered up the little green which had
been planted by the child, and the subsequent
return of the party to the ship, by reason of the
rigor of the season, occurred. Soon after this
the entire party departed for Plymouth, having
previously informed the Indian chief, Vicery,
that under the snow a little tree had been
planted, which in time would grow large and
bear “ big berries,” larger than any he had
ever seen.
In the meantime the seasons passed, and the
little plant having been protected by the snow
and nourished by the returning Spring, con
tinued its healthy growth. Some thirty-five
years subsequently a portion of the original
party were by stress of weather driven into tho
same river, where they had first attempted to
settle. Imagine their surprise when they dis
covered that the little shrub planted by the
child had become a large and vigorous pear
tree, bearing most delicious fruit.
Sixty-six years after, Hinks Gross, the ances
tor of the present owner of the estate, bought
this tract of country from “Tom,” an old In
dian, one of the last of the Parnet tribe. Tho
tree is at this writing 267 years old, still bear
ing fruit and bids fair to outlive many of the
magnates of the present generation. It is fifty
three feet high and eleven feet in circumfer
ence of trunk.
In January last, a large branch which weigh
ed 500 pounds, was detached by a storm, and
recovered by Owen W. Gross, Senior Deacon of
Eureka Lodge, of this city, and one of the heirs
of the Puritan ancestor. For the ol the unin
formed we may remark that this same tree may
be seen to-day at its original home, Truro,
Barnstable county, Massachusetts.
Bro. Gross, in appreciation of kindly feeling
and personal consideration, conceived the idea
of making the old pear tree remembered, by
having its dismembered limb made into mem
entoes, and the result is that he has caused
beautiful canes to be made from tho relic, pre
sented among others to Bro. Henry C. Banks,
Truman A. Merriman, William Fowler, Judge
George Baker, Charles E. Lansing and others.
These beautiful testimonials were splendidly
mounted in silver and appropriately engraved. -
. The Dispatch extends to Bro. Gross special
thanks for the distinguished and thoughtful re
membrance, and ventures to hope that the early
future has in store higher honors for one so
nobly deserving.
AT REST.
All that was mortal of the late Bro. M. J.
Dixon, of Washington Lodge, No. 21, was in
terred on last Monday. The lodge, of which he
was an active and honored member, turned out
numerously to attend the funeral obsequies.
The Wor. Master, Irving Hazelton, had at least
sixty members of Washington Lodge with him ;
T. H. Malees, the S. W.; Bro. Haskel J. Free
man, of Pioneer, No. 20, acting as J. W. There
were also W. Bro. Reilly, of lonic Lodge, No.
• 486; W. Bro. Forsyth, of Washington, Marvin
B. Clark, and others. W. Bro. Hyslop aeted as
Musical Director, Bro. George Lawrence as
Marshal, and Bro. Ed. Adams, of St. John’S'
Ledge, No. 1, as Chaplain.
The entire Masonic funeral service was under'
the direction of W. Bro. William Fowler, Past
Master of Metropolitan Lodge, and was ren
dered with that impressive solemnity for which
-Bro. Fowler is so jus'tly famous.
Br®. Dixon was very active in his own lodge,
and was well and favorably known by many
brethren. There is no doubt, however, that
the very sad and sudden manner of his death
drew to the church many who were attracted
there by the terrible episode which was so
widely circulated through the daily papers.
NEW YORK DISPATCH, JULY 31, 1887.
HALL AND ASYLUM FUND,
THE MASONIC FAIB AND LADIES’ FAIR.
A distinguished and well informed frater
writes us as follows:
" If you think it will be of interest to the Ma
sonic fraternity to know what the chapters of the
Order of the Eastern Star are doing in behalf of
the fair, to be held in aid of the Hall and Asy
lum Fund, I will give you some information.
The President of the “ Ladies’ Executive Com
mittee,” the Past Worthy Grand Matron, Mrs.
Eliza Demarest, has issued a oiroular, which is
sent to every member of tho order by the Wor
thy Matron of each chapter in the State. Tho
different lodges-have organized a committee of
ladies, composed of the wives and daughters
and other relatives of the members. These
ladies, as well as the members of the Eastern
Star, are all now busy with the work assigned
them, and I think, from the manifestation of the
interest these ladies are taking in tho work, the
result will be alike creditable and munificent to
all concerned.
“To look at the present time, there does not
seem to be anything doing, but when you re
member that the work intrusted to so many
able and willing hands, is being carried on qui
etly during the summer months, and no doubt
successfully, as the result will show., The Or
der of the Eastern Star has been looked upon
by a great many Masons as of no account; but
those who participated in the work of the last
Masonic Fair, before the Temple was com
menced, will remember what they did on that
occasion, and those that do not know anything
about that occurrence, will see by the result of
this one that they will have occasion to change
their minds.”
That lovely woman is a potent factor in all
mundane affairs, cannot be gainsaid.
"When she will, she will, you may depend on’t.
When she won’t, she won’t—so there's an end
on’t."
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.
We clip the following from the London Free
mason, and commend it to the thoughts of
the brethren, for while in this country and un
der our system no such thing could happen, it
is well to know what can be and is done in
other places in the world:
Our worthy contemporary, the Canadian
Craftsman, appears to have been somewhat
amused at the" expression—" the beauties of
concurrent jurisdiction ” we used in one of our
articles on the Quebec question a few months
sincq, and to which we referred incidentally
last week. Possibly the language may have
been a little too ornate, or more likely still, the
idea we sought to convey by it may have been
bo entirely strange that our Canadian friend
had no other course open than to treat it with
a little ridicule of the mild and inoffensive
ord.er. We have no objection to this mode of
dealing with a statement of fact. It betrays
a certain vacuity of mind on the part of our
contemporary that it should laugh at what it
does not understand, but clearly that is no fault
of ours. Let it laugh as it will, there is not a
colony or dependency of the British Crown, in
which the Grand Lodges of England, Ireland
and Scotland, exercise concurrent jurisdiction,
but that the beauties are as patent as the jur
isdiction itself. The brethren under the three
Constitutions work together in perfect har
mony. When a question of procedure or of law
arises, it is settled off-hand amicably. So that
but for tho differences of systems which exist,
it might be imagined that the English, Irish
and Scotch lodges owed and paid allegiance to
one and the same supreme authority. In Bom
bay tho English District Grand Lodge and the
Scottish Grand Lodge of all India are on the
beet of terms, meeting in the same hall, ex
changing courtesies on every possible occasion,
and assisting each other whenever the occasion
may seem to demand assistance.
In Victoria the harmony is so complete, that
the three jurisdictions are presided over by the
same brother—Sir W. Clarke, Bart.—who is
District Grand Master for England and Scotland
and Prov. Grand Master for Ireland. Even in
Nova Scotia, which has a Grand Lodge of its
own, while there is one English lodge remain
ing in its original allegiance, it is not so very
long since Bro. Major-General Laurie, at the
time Grand Master of Nova Scotia, was in the
habit of visiting, in company with his Grand
Officers, the said English lodge, and he ex
pressed his opinion that by its presence within
the jurisdiction of Nova Scotia, “a healthy
emulation” was “ promoted,” and both parties
were “ the better for it.” In all these instances
“the beauties of concurrent jurisdiction ” are
so manifest that we need not apologize for be
ing somewhat proud of them. Yet, if the Cana
dian Craftsman wishes it, we are prepared to be
lieve that what was possible in Canada, when the
Grand Lodge of that name presided oyer Freq
masonry in the whole of that part of the present
Dominion, apd what is possible new in Nova
Scotia, in Western India, in Victoria and else
where, is so ridiculously absurd as to be quite
out of the question in the Province of Quebec,
In that case, however, we must be pudonSd It
do not think very highly of Freemasonry as it
is interpreted in the Grand Lodge ot Quebec,
which has made it impossible for the lodges of
two branches of the same system “ to dwell to
gether in unity.”
PERSONAL.
Bso. Theodore A. Fowler, 14°, of San Fe
lipe Lodge of Perfection, Galveston, Texas, is
now a permanent attache ot the Government
printing bureau at Washington oity, whence he
writes, after an interview with Albert Pike:
“He is ail that he has been painted—a giant,
intellectually and physically. He seems to bo
all soul, with no selfishness about him.” Bro.
Fowler is not alone in his opinion of the
grandest gentleman and most distinguished
craftsman ot the age.
Bro. Robert Hislop, Past Master of Pales
tine Lodge, will permit us to extend felicita
tions upon his appointment to the office of As
sistant National Bank Examiner for this dis
trict. Our popular frater will bring to the dis
charge of his exalted and responsible duties a
ripe experience in financial details and a
suaviter in modo that will make and hold ap
preciative friends everywhere.
Bro. Frank W. Hochheimer, of Warsaw
Lodge, No. 549, is permanently located in our
city as Manager of the “Children’s Endowment
Association of the U. 8.” We bespeak for him
a hearty welcome among our mystic brother
hood in this locality, which will not fail recip
rocal appreciation by his fraternal associates of
Wyoming county.
Bros. Fermin Toledo, of Porto Rico Lodge,
South America, and Semy Baiz, of Metropolitan
Lodge, New York, were guests at the nuptials
of the beautiful Amelia, daughter of J. M. Mas
sari, to Bro. L. Tiseot, at Bt. Francis Xavier’s
Church in this city, on Monday last. Bro. Toledo
gave away the bride, while Bro. Baiz became
a subscribing witness to the wedding record,
after which the happy pair received congratula
tions at their private hotel.
W. Bro. Theodore Reeves, P. M., of Sylvan
Grove Lodge, is spending his vacation at Fire
Island, off whence Commodore Edwin Bouton,
32°, is stationed with his beautiful yacht “ Fig
Leaf,” having on board His Serene Highness,
the L. H. A. of the S. M., and also his per
sonal staff. Bro. R. promises us next week
a graphic account of a grand fete given on the
island in honor of the presence of His High
Mightiness in those waters, with which we hope
to regale our readers in next week’s issue.
R. W. Bro. Whisht D. Pownall, Grand Mar
shal, was the recipient ef a bottle of Spanish
wine and a box of choice Havana cigars;
around each of the latter was a band with the
inscription, “Complimentary to R. W. Bro.
jfiright D. Pownall, Grand Marshal of the
'Grand Lodge of the State of New York.” The
gift was an expression of esteem from Bro.
Henry Caceres, a member of Chancellor Wal
worth Lodge, and was accompanied by a
letter of congratulation from Bro. Caceres on
the R. W. Brother’s advancement. Bro.
Caceres is an ardent admirer of the Grand
Marshal and selected this method of giving ex
nressiou to his admiration. It certainly was
hot only unique, but must be very gratifying to
Bro. Pownall to know in what estimation he is
held by the brethren of his lodge. W. Bro.
John W. Jenkins, of Chancellor Walworth
Lodge, was not forgotten by Bro. Caceres, as
he also received a very pleasing gift, the nature
of which wo are not a liberty to divulge, but we
arejassuredlthat’all ol Bro. Jenkins’s friends who
will take a run up to the State Camp this week,
where Captain Jenkins has gone with his regi
ment, will be given a sample of Bro. Caceres
generous gift and it may be something else be
side. The Captain extends a cordial invitation
to all.
Brother Spence The wife and daughter of
W. Brother John Spence sailed for Europe last
Thursday, and we heartily and sincerely wish
them a pleasant voyage and happy return, and
trust they will return to the arms of their loving
father and husband improved in health and
spirit. And to the lone grass-widower we ex
tend our sympathy and say to him, may the
Lord have mercy on you and keep you from
evil associates, and irom late hours, and we
further recommend him to the tender care ot
Pap Richy, Kennedy, and other brethren of
Chelsea Division. In the mean time, Brother
Jack, if you are lonely come and see us, we are
lonely too, and wo will help you while away an
hour or two. Roots, Jack-Boots.
Bro. Uriah Allen, ot Varrick Lodge, Jersey
City, is a veteran factor of objects of art, and
as deservedly popular as he is successful. He
has just completed an exquisite art mounting
to our certificate of honorary membership
in the famous “Thirteen Club.” The work must
be seen to tee appreciated. The poet Keats
must have droafiS’ed of it when fie wrote those
imperishable lines—
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."
111. Bso. Wayland Trask, 33°, T. P. G. M. of
Aurora Grata Lodge of Perfection, has kindly
favored us with a splendid photo ef the new
and beautiful edifice in Brooklyn styled “ Au
rora Grata Cathedral,” soon to be dedicated to
Masonic uses by the Scottish Rite brotherhood.
Bro. T. is a tireless worker in the quarries of
the craft. He knows no such word as fail, and
ever accomplishes whet he essays. His motto
should be, “ Fulla vestigia retrorsum.”
ROYAL ARCH HEMS.
We cordially call the attention ol High Priests and Sec
retaries and companions from everywhere, to this col
umn, and respectfully and fraternally invite them to
send us notice of work on band, or any items of especial
interest to Royal Arch Masons.
MANHATTAN, NO. 184.
On next Wednesday, August 3d, this chapter
will work the Royal Arch Degree in lull form,
and all New York has been invited. Dr. Wors
ter, Frank Magee, Win. Smith, and a host of
other equally well known companions will be
on hand. The Dispatch will look in to catch a
cool breeze. This chapter is doing well in
meeting all Summer, it needs the enthusiasm
of just such brethren to encourage the younger
Masons of to-day, and when it is known that
such good workers are to confer the degree,
then old and young will rush to Manhattan.
COLLINS, THE ALL ROUND MASON.
A‘report comes to us that this well known
companion has lately met with an accident, fell
overboard, missed liis footing and slipped into
the river, but the report is not only conflicting,
but altogether too vague, and we are anxiously
awaiting the result of an investigatfon which
has been instituted by a number ot companions,
and as soon as this self-constituted committee
reports to ue we shall satisfy the many anxious
inquirers as to the whereabouts of our old
friend Collins. He has not been seen in his
“ usual haunts ” lately, and why not ? Where,
oh I where is Collins ?’
PROGRESSIVE, NO. 198.
At the regular convocation of this chapter,
last Wednesday evening, 27th inst., there was a
large gathering of members and visitors,
among whom were M. E. Como. William Sher
er, Grand High Priest; R. E. Comp. William J.
McDonald, G. C. H.; R. E. Com. E. H. Dickey,
G. P. 8.: B. E. Comp. George McGown, G. Lec
turer; M. E. Comps. Charles W. Carpenter, P.
Fred Lenhart, M. J. Harrington, James McKig
ney, John Laird, Frank Nolan, Andrew B. Mar
tin, David M. Drury, and many others whose
names it was impossible to obtain. The Royal
Arch Degree was conferred in full form, M. E.
Comp. Carpenter presiding in the first section
and M.E.Cemp. Sherer in the second section. A
sumptuous banquet followed the labors of the
evening.
BINGHAMTON No. 139.
The chapters in Broome county are not idle,
bnt are working in spite of the hot weather.
On last Tuesday, 26th inst., Binghamton Chap
ter No. 139 met and conferred the Royal Arch
degree on nineteen candidates; twenty-three
were on the list, and nineteen presented them
selves at the door to be exalted.
The chapter was opened promptly at two
o’clock P. M., and work commenced and was
kept up until about six P. M., when the C. of
H. marshaled all the companions to a luncheon
S repared by the members. At about seven P.
[. labor was resumed, and the rest of the can
didates were exalted to tho august degree of the
Royal Arch.
That the work was well done and conducted
with the utmost decorum it is only necessary to
mention that our indefatigable Grand Lecturer,
R. E. George McGowen, was present and pre
sided, assisted by M. E. Comp. Frederick P.
Ronk, the High Priest, E.’s Stewart and Sny
der, K. ana 8., and a .very large number of com
panions from neighboring chapters.
Binghamton is doing well, and we congratu
late the Grand Lecturer, the High Priest and
officers, and the Royal Craft of the State upon
the good work that is being done up there.
ANTHON LODGE/NO. 769.
Last Monday evening, the 25th inst., this
lodge met as usual, and conferred tho Second
Degree in full form, with W. Beo. Lowes, the
Master, presiding, and Bro. ft. E, Peterson in
his station as 8. D. There was a goodly attend
ance of membere and visitors, among whom
were W. Bros. Kolyer, Ballance and Gilmer. P.
M.’s of Anthon, and VV. Bros. Pritchard and
Herold, of Euclid. The usual social hour at
Bro. Leopold’s followed the closing of the
lodge.
ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE.
Though seme uncertainty exists as to its ori
gin, “ Tho Scottish Rite ” appears to have been
introduced into France about the year 1730, by
the Scottish adherents of Prince Charles Ed
ward Stuart, the grandson and heir of King
James the Second of England, who had been
driven from his throne by the revolution of
1668. At that time this rite consisted of the de
grees of “ Scottish,” “ Novice ” and “ Knight of
the Temple.” In 1736 those degrees were made
appendant to the three symbolic degrees which,
previously, had been introduced into France
through the Masonic lodge established in that
country in 1725, by tho Grand Lodge of En
gland. The Scottish Rite then embraced the
degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft,
Master Mnsoc. Scottish, Novice and Knight of
the Temple. These degrees beoamq the fessfe
of the “ Rite of Perfection ” which Was Organ
ized by a body established gt Faris in 1754. The
“ Rite of Perfection ” Consisted of twenty-five
uogrSes, the first three being those of Entered
Apprentice, Fellow Cralt and Master Mason.
In 1762 the Body adopted certain regulations,
known as the “ Constitutions of 1762,” and
which, it is said, were approved at Berlin by
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, who had
been acknowledged as the head of the order.
The “Bite of Perfection” was introduced
into the United States by Henry Andrew
Francken. who, under date ol 20th December,
1767, and by virtue of his authority as a Deputy
Inspector General of tho Order, granted a war
rant to William Gamble and others, for the or
ganization of a Lodge of Perfection in the city
of Albanv, New York. This Lodge, at various
times, has suspended labor, but its existence
has been nearly continuous from its organiza
tion up to the present period.
On the 25th of June, 1781, a Lodge of Per
fection was established in the oity of Philadel
phia. This lodge was the second body ot the
Bite established in the United States. It existed
in harmony with the Grand Lodge ol Ancient
York (now Free and Accepted) Masons of Penn
sylvania, and among its members are found
the names of men of prominence in the Grand
Lodge.
The records of this Lodge of Perfection are
in the library of the Grand Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania. In those
records is a copy of a letter sent by the lodge
to Frederick the Great and the Grand Council
at Berlin, in which the King is addressed as the
Grand Commander of the order.
In 1783 the Rite was introduced into Massa
chusetts by Bro. M. M Hayes, a Deputy Inspec
tor General who, in 1791, was Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
of that State.
In 1792, a Lodge of Perfection was established
in the city of Baltimore, Md. The first Master
of that lodge, was Bro. Henry Wilmans who,
in 1794, became Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Mary
land. Many of the members of that lodge were
the most active and prominent Masons in the
State. Beside Brother Wilmans, tour others of
its members were elected to the office of Grand
Master of Masons of Maryland.
On the first day of May, 1786, a new constitu
tion was promulgated, which, it appears, was
issued under the authority of Frederick the
Great, as the head of tho order. Under that
constitution, the order was designated as “ The
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite,” and the sys
tem was rearranged by extending tho number
of degrees from twenty-five to thirty-three.
These constitutions of 1786, together with the
constitutions of 17G2, form tho fundamental law
of the rite, and they are acknowledged as such
by all the Supreme Councils of the world.
The constitutions ot 1786 expressly state that
but one Supreme Council can be formed in each
country or’ kingdom, with tbe single exception
of the United States ot America, where two Su
preme Councils are authorized.
On the 31st day of May, 1801, the first Su
preme Council in the United States was estab
lished at Charleston, S. C. The first two offi
cers of that Supreme Council were Col. Mitch
ell, an officer in the army of the United States,
and Dr. Frederick Daloho, who, for a period ot
thirty yea'rs, was rector of St. Michael’s Episco
pal Church, in Charleston. Dr. Daloho was also
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons of South Carolina. His father
had been a distinguished officer in the service
of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia.
In 1813 the Supreme Council at Charleston
established in the city of New York a Supreme
Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction,
of which Daniel D. Tompkins became the first
Grand Commander. Daniel D. Tompkins was
one of the most distinguished men of his time.
He was a member of Congress from New York,
and, subsequently became one ot the Justices
of the Supreme Court of that State. From 1807
to 1815 he was Governor of the State ot New
York; and from 1817 to 1825 he was Vice Presi
dent ot the United States. He was Grand Sec
retary of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons ot the State of New York from 1801 to
1805, and in 1820 was the Grand Master.
J About tho sameltime, Joseph Cerneau,a French
refugee from the Island of St. Domingo, or
ganized in the city of New York a “Supreme
council of the Ancient Constitutional Scottish
Rite of Here'dom,’ but by what authority is not
clear. There is no evidence that Cerneau ever
received the Thirty-third degree of “The
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.”
Nearly half a century later the successors and
representatives of the body organized by
Cerneau, (which always had been refused
recognition by the “Supreme Council of the
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite,”) acquired some
show of legitimacy by uniting with a Supreme
Council formed by Edward A. Raymond, who
had been deposed from the office of Commander-
In-Chief of tbe Supreme Council for the North
ern Masonic Jurisdiction. Prior to this event
the seat of the Supreme Council for the Northern
Masonic Jurisdiction had been removed to
Boston, Mass., where it still remains. In 1867,
after the death of Raymond, all the so-called
“ Cerneau ” bodies united with th# legitimate
Supreme Council for tee Northern Masonic
Jurisdictien. A few years after this union
had taken place, a persen named Harry J.
Seymour, who had . been expelled from the
Cerneau Council, organized a body wliieh he
styled the “Supreme Council ot the Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite ot Freemasonry f®r the
United States of America, their Territories and
Dependencies,” and about the year 1881 ex
pelled members of the Supreme Council for the
Northern Masonic Jurisdiction followed in Sey
mour’s footsteps, and organized another coun
cil with the same name adopted by flic Sey
mour concern.
From the year 1867 there remained in the
United States only two legitimate Supreme
Councils of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Hite,
being the Supreme Council for tho Northern
Masonic Jurisdiction, ot which Henry L. Palmer
<s the present Grand Commander, and the Su-
§remo Council for the Southern Masonic Juris
iotion, of which Albert Pike is the present
Grand Commander. All other organizations
assuming the title of'• Ancient Accepted Scot
tish Rite” in the United States, have been offi
cially denounced as fraudulent by the Grand
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Massa
chusetts, and that Grand Lodge has added to
its Constitution a clause which subjects to the
penalty of expulsion from all the rights and
privileges of Freemasonry any brethren under
its jurisdiction who connect themselves with
such fraudulent organization.
The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma
sons of Pennsylvania have also taken action in
regard to such fraudulent organizations by for
bidding them admission to the Masonic Temple
in Philadelphia, the use of which is permitted
exclusively to the blue lodges, chapters of
Royal Arch Masons, councils of Royal, Super-
Excellent and Select Masters, eommanderies o’f
Knights Templar, and the bodies of the Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, of which
Henry L. Palmer, of Wisconsin, is the present
Grand Commander. Henry L. Palmer has been
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of his State ;
Grand High Priest of its Grand Chapter; Grand
Commander of its Grand Commandery, and for
three years he filled the high office of Grand
Master of the Grand Encampment of Knights
Templar of the United States.
The two Supreme Councils for the United
States, being the Supremo Council of the North
ern Masonic Jurisdiction, of which Henry L.
Palmer is the Grand Commander, and the Su
preme Council for the Southern Masonic Juris
diction, of which Albert Pike is the Grand Com
mander, are the only Supreme Councils in the
United States acknowledged as legitimate by,
and in correspondence and friendly intercourse
with, the Supreme Councils throughout the
world, which are as follows, viz.:
Supreme Council for France constituted in
1804; Spain, 1811; Belgium, 1817; Ireland,
1826; Brazil, 1829; Peru, 1830; New Granada,
1833; England, 1845; Scotland, 1846 ; Uruguay,
1856; Argentine Republic, 1858; Italy, at Turin,
1858; Colon (Cubs), 1859; Mexico, 1868; Portu
gal, 1869; Chili, 1870; Central America, 1870;
Greece, 1872; Switzerland, 1873; Canada, 1874;
Egypt. 1878; Tunis, 1880.
All other so-called Supreme Councils are
fraudulent organizations, and their members,
as well as the members of their subordinate
bodies, have no recognition as Scottish Rite
Masons.
Four of the Supreme Councils named in the
foregoing list are in English speaking coun
tries, viz.:
“Supreme Council for England, Wales, and
the dependencies of the British crown," of
which the Prince of Wales is Grand Patron and
the Earl of Lathom is the Grand Commander.
“Supreme Council for Ireland,” of which
John Fitzhenry Townshend is the Grand Com
mander.
“Supreme Council for Scotland,” of which
the Earl of Rosalyn is the Grand Commander.
“Supreme Council of the Dominion of Cana
da,” of which John Valentine Ellis is the Grand
Commander.
The bodies of the rite in Pennsylvania are as
follows, viz.:
Gourgas Lodge of Perfection, at Pittsburg.
Pensylvania Council of Princes of Jerusalem,
at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg Chapter of Rose Crofa, at Pittsburg.
Pennsylvania Consistory, at Pittsburg.
Philadelphia Lodge of Perfectton, at Phila
delphia.
De Joinvilla Council of Princes of Jerusalem,
at Philadelphia.
Kilwinning Chapter of Rose Croix, at Phila
delphia.
Philadelphia Consistory, at Philadelphia.
Harrisburg Lodge of Perfection, at Harris
burg.
Harrisburg Council of Princes of Jerusalem,
at Harrisburg.
Harrisburg Chapter of Rose Croix, at Harris
burg.
Harrisburg Consistory, at Harrisburg.
Enoch Lodge of Perfection, at Bloomsburg.
Zerubbabel Council of Princes of Jerusalem,
at Bloomsburg.
Evergreen Chapter ol Rose Croix, at Blooms
burg.
Caidwell Consistory, at Bloomsburg.
Lancaster Lodge of Perfection, at Lancaster.
These Bodies include in their membership
the present Grand Master of Free and Accepted
Masons of Pennsylvania; the present Grand
High Priest of Royal Arch Masons of Pennsyl
vania; the present Grand Master of Royal,
Super-Excellent and Select Masters of Pennsyl
vania, and the present Grand Commander of
Knights Templar of Pennsylvania.
The Deputy of the State tor the Supreme
Council is Anthony E. Stocker, M. D., 33°, and
hie address is No. 2212 Fitzwater street, Phila
delphia. — Pennsylvania Circular.
EMERSIONS.
Tabernacle Lodge, No. 598, will hold its an
nual excursion on Friday, August 5, with steam
er, barge, music, and all that goes to make up
a happy party. They will leave foot of West
Twenty-first street and East Thirty-second
streets at 8:30 and 9:30, and those who have the
affair in hand promise to give everybody a good
time.
Lily Lodge, No. 342, will cavort to Roton Point
on the Sound, on Tuesday, August 2. This is
their eighteenth excursion, and the seventeen
which have gone before were very successful;
hence, there can be no reasonable doubt that
this will add another triumph to this enterpris
ing and prosperous lodge.
Piatt Lodge, No. 194, braved the
baking-oven atmosphere which prevailed on
the evening of Thursday, the 21st inst., and
worked the First degree. We admire our an
cient W. Bro. Emmett, the Master, for his forti
tude in his desire to serve the interests of his
lodge when almost every one is at the usual re
freshment. After the first section, which was
given by the Master, W. Bro. Hartenstein, of
City Lodge, delivered the lecture in the second.
W. Bro. Kelly, P. M. of Concord, presented the
tools. W. Bro. Alonzo Brackett, Master of
Ocean Lodge, W. Bros. Gray and Buokbee, P.
M’s of Piatt Lodge, and visitors from Scotland,
Canada and England were present.
Thursday evening, August 4tb, the Second
degree will be conferred.
Beethoven Lodge, No. 661, indulged
in an excursion last Tuesday, and a real nice
family affair it turned out to be. Young and
old tripped the fantastic toe going and coming.
We were treated very kindly by the Master,
W. Bro. Oscar Cohn, and were extremely pleased
to meet so many of the well known workers in
the Masonic field. There were W. Bro. Sol.
Latz, P. M. of Darcy Lodge; P. M. Gustavus
Levy and Werner, of Beethoven; Br-o. Philip
Franklin, Treasurer of Eureka Lodge; Bro. Ph,
Tobias, P. H. P. of Metropolitan Chapter, and
many more. There is no doubt every affair
undertaken by this lodge under the guiding care
of the present efficient Master turns out to be
very enjoyable, and this one, was surely not an
exception. F.
Washington Lodge, No. 21.—The
next regular communication of Washington
Lodge, No. 21, will be held at their rooms, No.
289 Bleecker street, on Tuesday evening, Aug.
2, at which time the Second Degree will be con
ferred. The M. C. work will be exemplfied by
a distinguished craftsman. A rare treat may
befexpectod. This lodge keeps open all the year
round; the rooms are well ventilated, and vis
itors are always cordially welcomed. They have
been doing considerable work this year, and
are now in a better financial condition than they
have been for some years, and improving in all
respects.
DR. B. 11. DireXGNAO,
FRENCH DENTIST, No. 159 BOWERY.
45 YEARS’ ACTIVE PRACTICE AT DENTISTRY.
Gas, 50c.; children’s teeth extracted, 25c.; sets on rub
ber plate, $6 and upward; repairing, $1 and upward
gold, platinum and silver fillings a specialty, $1 and up
ward; polishing teeth, suc. Silver, platina and gold
plates bought. Open evenings and Sundays. Lady in
attendance.
JAMES EVKER,
MANUFACTURER OF
knights tkmpliAivs,
MASONIC,
• AND
ALL KINDS OF SOCIETY GOODS,
NO. 133 GRAND STREET, CORNER OF CROSBY.
NOTARY AND COMMISSIONER
FOR THE STATES,
Henry C. Banks.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICES of BANKS & BANKS
Nos. 3 JOHN ST. and 192 BROADWAY.
House ; No. 181 East 127th st., cor. Lexington ave.,
NEW YORK CITY.
WAKING & HUBBARD,
NO. 22 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, PATRIARCHS’ MILITANT and
other Society Uniforms a specialty.
COATS EMBLEMATICALLY TRIMMED, sl2 to S2O.
CAPES, $8 to sl6.
MASONIC DIRECTORY.
NEW YORK.
ACACIA, No. 327, meets first and third Taos’
days, Clinton Room, Masonic Temple, Twenty-thUiA
street and Sixth avenue. Adam G. V ail, 4.
George D. Sauer, Treas» James D. Out water, S, W,
Frank A. Hovey, Sec. Wm. H. Ferre, J. W.
ADELPHIC, No. 348.—The regular commu
nications are held on the first and third Tuesdays of
eachjnohth, at 8 o’clock, P. M., in lonic Room, Masonic
Temple. Wm. Wallace Walker, M.
j. w. Sandford, Treas. H. J. Emerson, S. W.
Wm H. Innet, Sec. R. H. Foote, J. W.
AMERICUS, No. 535, meets first and third
Thursday eveninss of each mofith, in Tuscan Room.
Masonic Tern pie, Sixth avenue and Twenty-third st.
Daniel T. Samson, Treas. James S. Fraser, M.
William R. Relyea, See., Samuel Pickford, S. W-
No. 3 Willett st., Cit-y. L. H. Decker, J. W.
ARCTURUS, N«. 274.—Regular communi
cations ©f Arcturus Lodge are held at Miller’s Hall, No.
202 E. 86th st., 8. E. cor. 3U avenue, on the first and
third'Tuesdays ot ea'ch month. Chas. A. Stevens, M.
A-ibion T. Stevens. Treas. Benj. F. Ferris. S. W.
John J Becker, Sec., Bernard W. Hough, J. W.
Residenee, No. 2® East 134 street.
BUNTING, No. 655, meets first and third
Mondays of each month, corner 124th street and Third
avenue, Harlem. Theodore A. Jasper, M.
Cyrus O. Hubbell, Treas. Geo. D. Leech, S. W.
Z. T. Beason. Sec. Hubert Mullany, J. W.
CITY, No. 408, meets first and third Wed
nesdays of each month, at No. 33 Union Square (Decker
Building)
11. P. Muller, Treas. Fred. Hartenstein, M.
Francis Clery, Sec., M. Ditteuhoeier, S. W.
52 East Both street, Simon Bower. J. W.
COPESTONE, No. 641, meets second and
fourth Wednesdays of each month, at Corinthian
Rooms, Masonic Temple. Twenty-third street and Sixth
avenue. Wm. McFaul, M.
Martin Kalb, Treas. Wm J. Mathews, S. W,
H. T. Gibson, Sfec., Joseph J. Moen. J- W.
Residence, No. 203 West 48th street.
CORINTHIAN, No. 488, meets second and
fourth Thursdays, at Grand Opera House, 23d street
and Bth avenue, at BP. M. Fred. K. Van Court, M.
Geo. Stone, Treas. Thomas Bonner, S. W.
Geo. F. Thornton, Sec. Alonzo M. Robertson J.W
CRESCENT, No. 402. meets second and
fourth Thursdays, in Austin Room, Masonic Temple.
Strangers in the city and others of the craft are cor
dially invited. Edward B. Harper, M.
Julius W. Krafft, Treas. F. H. Wall, S. W.
Jas. H. Bailey, Sec. Chas. B. Pearse, J. W.
DIRIGO, No. 30, meets second and fourth Mon
days of each month, in Composite Rooms, Masonic
Temple, Sixth avenue and 23d street.
Moritz N. Silberstein, Treas. Aaron Morris, M.
William R. Oldroyd, Sec., L. Jacobson, S. W.
No. 67 Charlton st. A. Crozier. J. W.
EASTERN STAB, No. 227, meets on the first,
third and fifth Wednesday of each month, on N. E.
corner of Third avenue and Seventh street.
E. Loewenstein, Treas. Samuel K. Johnson, M.
John IL Meyerholz, Sec.. Joseph Frankfort, S. W.
410 E. 79th street. Van Wyck Crozier, J. W.
EMANUEL, No. 654, meets second and
fourth Thursdays each month, at Koster & Bial's Hall,
Ro-117 West Twenty-third street.
_ Jere. H. Goldman, M.
M. Laski, Treas. Henry H. Wilzin, S. W.
Leonard Leisersohn, Rec. Wm. M. Watson. J. W.
EVANGELIST, No. 600, meets first and
third Tuesdays of each month, at Masonic Temple,
Twenty-th-rd street and Sixth avenue
J. M. Layman, M.
Mitchell Halliday, Treas. Wm. P. Mitchell, S. W.
Wm. J. Gamier, Sec. J. Oscar Morgan, J. W.
. Address, 263 West 17th street.
GIRARD, No. 631, meets first Friday in each
month, Livingston Room, Masonic Temple.
, Peter G. Arnott, M.
pios. P. Clench, Rec. E. s. King. s. W.
J. Blankenstein, Treas. U. L. Washburn, J. W.
HIRAM, No. 449, meets first and third Fri
dftys ot each month, at Clinton Rooms, Masonic Tern
pie, Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
r „ „ C. A. Winch, M.
J. R Connor. Treas. G. H. Rudolph, S. W.
J. Farrell. sec. F. J. Feeney, J. W.
INDEPENDENT, No. 185, meets first and
third Mondays of each month, at German Masonic Tem
ple, East Fifteenth street. C. B. Parker, M.
Lemuel Russell, S. W.
W. Llndemeyer, Treas. Geo. B. Hebard, J. W.
E. R. Brown. Sec., P. O. Pox 3,551.
KANE, No. 454.—Regular communications
of Kane Lodge will be held on the first, third and fifth
Tuesdays in Austin Room, Masonic Temole.
_ _ Thomas E. Stewart, M.
Chas. A. Whitney, Treas. Charles F. Ulrich, S. W.
Henry W. Penoyar, Sec. Rollin M. Morgan, J. W.
LAFAYETTE LODGE, No. 64, meets sec
ond and fourth Mondays of each month, in Tuscan
Room, Masonic Temple, Twenty-third street and Sixth
avenue.
F. Ackerman. Treas. Jas. P. Clark, M.
F. J. Milligan, Sec., David McKelsey, S. W.
No. 73 East 124th st. Philip Bardons, J. W.
MONTGOMERY, No. 68, meets in the Dorie
Room, Masonic Temple, every first and third Monday
evenings, at 7:30 e’cloclCi
F. Q Woodruff, Trean W. P. Worster, M. □. M.
F. W. McGowen, Sec., J. Wesler Smith, S. w.
Box Na 68. Masonic Temple. Thos. J. tardy, J. W.
MUNN, No. 190, meets on the second and
fourth Thursday evenings, at Livingston Room, Ma
sonic Temple. Joseph Abraham, M.
B. F. Huntemann, Treas. W. E. Harwood, S. W.
Ezraß. Stockvis, Sec. Jas. A. Delehey, J. W.
No. 413 We«t 18th street.
NATIONAL, No. 209, meets in Clinton Room,
Masonic Temple, 23d street and 6th avenue, second and
fourth Fridays each month. David Newmark, M.
J. L.Voorhees, Treas. Wm. Schlesinger, S.W.
E. Percival. Sec., Ben Van Leenwen, J. W.
Residence, No. 304 E. 85th street.
NEW YORK, No. 330, meets the second
and fourth Tuesdays each month, Tuscan Room, Tem
ple, Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
John J. Brogan. M.
W. M. Thomas, Treas. G. W. Anderson. S. W.
J. J. Fox, Sec., Wm. H. Smith, J W.
No. 3 Jacob street, New York.
PACIFIC, No. 233, meets first and third
Thursdays of each month, in the lonic Room, Masonic
Hall, Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street.
W. John Pullman M.
Francis McMulkin, Treas. William J. Conway, S. W.
James Hyde, Sec., William Irvine, J. W.
Address, No. 66 Lynch street Brooklyn.
PARK, No. 516, meets first and third Tues
days, N. W. corner of Seventh avenue and Forty-ninth
street. William W. Seymour, M.
Charles Lehrltter, Treas. James Ferguson, S. W.
Horatio Sands, Sec. John H. Bollas, J. W.
PERFECT ASHLAR, No. 604, meets first
and third Thursdays, in the Doric Room, German Ma
sonic Temple, Fifteenth street, east of Third avenue.
. Moses Greenbaum, M.
L. Greenbanm, Treas, Henry Willson, S. W.
S. Bibo, See. Henry Koiilg, J. W.
POLAR STAR, No. 245, meets first and third
Wednesdays of each month, in lonic Room, German
Masonic Temple, No. 220 East Fifteenth street.
George A. Harkness, M.
Guy Culgin, Treas. Wm. H. Miller, Jr., S. W.
W. S. Lightbody, Sec. B A. Carlan, J. W.
SHAKESPEARE LODGE, No. 750, meets
first and third Thursdays in each month, at Composite
Room, Masonic Temple, Twenty-third street and Sixth
avenue.
S. J. Brown, Treas. Moses Harlam, M.
Ed. Gottlieb. Sec., Chas. Rosenthal, S. W.
104 Second street, city. Asher Morris. J. W.
ST. CECILE, No. 568, meets the first, third
and fifth Tuesday afternoons each month, at 1:30 P.M.,
at Tuscan Room, Masonic Temple. Visitors are always
welcome. Myron A. Decker, M.
Martin Papst, Treas. John E. Morse, S. W.
Lawrence O’Reilly, See. Wm. H. Livingston, J. W.
STRICT OBSERVANCE, No. 94, meets
first, third and fifth Wednesdays of each month, at No.
953 Third avenue, corner of Fifty seventh street.
J amen F. Bragg, Treas. Sylvester D. Smith, M.
Jackson Bell, Sec.. Robert Kopp, S. W.
Address, 1035 Third av. Wallace Duryea, J. W.
VERITAS, No. 734, meets every second
and fourth Tuesdays, at Grand Opera House, 23d
street and Sth ave. James N. Johnston, M.
Richard Koch, Treas. Dan. C. Springsteel, S. W.
P. M. Joh aW. Sokel, Sec. Dunham Emery, J. W.
WASHINGTON, No. 21, meets on the first
and third Tuesdays of each month, at No. 289 Bleecker
street (Dixon’s Building).
Jos. Morrison, Treas. Irving Hazelton, M.
Jas. S. Foote, Sec., J. H. Malees, S. W.
74 Broadway. H. J. Freeman, J. W.
WORTH No. 210, meets second and fourth
Mondays of each month, in Doric Room, German Ma
sonic Temple, Na 220 East Fifteenth street.
John J. Burchell, M.
Edward J. Fearon, Treas. Thomas P. Bolles, S. W.
Geo. W. Connor, Sec., Elmer E. Feistel, J. W.
Care oY Fearon A Jenks, No. 158 South street.
CHAPTERS.
ADELPHIC, No. 158, meets 2d and 4th
Wednesdays of each month, in Egyptian Room, Ma
sonic Temple. P. C. Benjamin, H. P
J. V. Kirby, Treas. R. S. Larason, K.
Wm. H Innet, Sec., H. J. Emerson, Scribe.
Res., 102 Sixth avenue.
AMERICUS, No. 215, meets the third
Tuesday of each month, in the Egyptian Rooms,JJda
sonic Temple, Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
Wm. H. Adams, Treas. Christopher Johnson, H. P.
Oscar G. Ahlstrom, Sec., Bernard A. Carlan, K.
162 William street. Fred. D. Clapp, S.
MANHATTAN, No. 184, meets first and
third Wednesdays of each month, at Masonic Temple,
Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
Wm. Henry Smith. H. P,
F. Oscar Woodruff, Treas. Sam’l M. Perkins, K.
Frank Magee. Sec., Miles W. Goodyear, a
238 Greenwich street
STANDARD, No. 25.2, meets first, third and
fifth Saturday of each month, at Decker Building, No.
33 Union Square.
J. P. Clark, King. E. Ringer, H. P.
Wm. Stoll, Scribe. A. P. Lockwood, Sec.,
R. J. Black, Treas. No. 719 Fifth st., city.
UNION CHAPTER, No. 180, stated convo
cations second and fourth Saturdays, at the Taber
nacle, No. 161 Eighth avenue, noitheast corner of
Eighteenth street.
Wm.|J. McDonald, Treas. Wm. Hall, H. P.
John Hoole, Sec , Alex. W. Murray, K.
No. 63 Bleecker street George Miller, 8.
COMMANDERIE9.
ADELPHIC, NO. 59, meets in conclave sec
©nd Thursday of each month, at Masonic Temple, Twen
ty-third street and Sixth avenue,
Valentine Mott, Comj
J. W. Sanford, Treas. ' J. H. Downs, G.
W. H. Innet, Rec. Geo. W. Corliss, C. G.
CCEUR DE LION, No. 23, assembles in con
clave second Friday of each month, at Masonic Temple,
Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
William Otis Munroe, C.
Edwin R. McCarty. Treas. Cornelius Waydell, G.
George W. Thorn, Rec. Claudius M. Koome, C. G.
CONSTANTINE, No. 48, assembles in
stated conclave on the fourth Tuesday of each month,
at their asylum, 130th street and Third avenue.
W. L. Chester, E. C.
A. C. Marsh, Treas. A. M. Underbill, G.
J. I. Conklin, Jr., Recorder. L. S. King, C. G.
IVANHOE, No. 36, assembles in conclave
third Friday each month, bank building, Fourteenth
street and Fourth avenue.
E. C. Harwood, M. D., E. C.
Harvey Beniamin, Generalissimo.
H. D. Menzies, C. G.
William H. Peckham, Treas.
William S. Hemming, Rec., No. 77 E. 86th street.
YORK COMMANDERY, No. 55, K. T.,
assembles in regular conclave, fourth Wednesday of
each month, at uheir Asylum, Masonic Teniple, corner
Twenty-thira street and Sixth avenue.
James S. Manning, Com.
Henry Hutchison, Treas. James S. Fraser, Gen.
Alexander W. Murray, Rea, Geo. B. French, Capt. Gen.
259 Humboldt street, Brooklyn, N. V.
ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH BITE.
(Four Bodies.)
THE LODGE OF PERFECTION OF NEW
YORK CITY, meets at Consistorial Chambers, Masonic
Temple, on the first Tuesday of every month, at 8 P. M.
G. H. Fitzwilson, D. M. Joseph B. Eakins, M.
N. Ponce de Leon, Treas. Geo. W. Van Buskirk, S. W.
Wm. S. Paterson, Sec., Charles A. Benedict, J. W.
No. 100 Reade street.
THE COUNCIL OF PRINCES OF JERU
SALEM OF NEW YORK CITY, meets at Consistorial
Chambers, Masonic Temple, on the third Saturday of
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. 100 Reade street.
THE CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX OF
NEW YORK CITY meets at Consistorial Chambers,
Masonic Temple, on the fourth Saturday of every
mouth, at 8 P. M. James.W. Bowden, M.
Charles A. Benedict, Orator. John S. King, S. W.
N. Ponce de Leon, Treas. Thomas Moore, J. W.
Wm. S. Paterson, Sec., No. 100 Reade street.
THE CONSISTORY OF NEW YORK
CITY. S. P. R. S., meets at Consistorial Chambers, Ma
feonic Temple, when specially convened.
Charles H. Heyzer, IstL. C. C. T. McClenaohan. Com.
Joseph M. Levey, Treas. Geo. W. Miliar, 2d L. C.
Wm. S. Paterson, Sec., Wm. D. Garrison, M. S.
No. 100 Reade st.
NOBLES OF HE MYSTIC SHRINE.
MECCA TEMPLE, A. A. 0., holds its ses
gions at Masonic Temple, New York city, on the feast
day of every Mohammedan month, of which due notice
wi® be given. WaitenM. Fleming, Grand Potentate.
A. W. Peters, Chief Rabban.
Philip C. Benjamin, Assistant Rabban.
Charles H. Heyzer. High Priest.
Joseph B. Eakins, Director.
1 Wm. S. Paterson, Grand Recorder, No. 100 Reade st.
BROOKLYN.
COMMONWEALTH, No. 409, meets every
Tuesday, at eight o'clock, at Commonwealth Hall, No.
317 Washington street, over the Brooklyn Post Office.
Theo. A. Taylor, Treas. John W. Evans, M.
E. J. Campbell, Sec., E. F. Gordon, S. W.
P. O. Box No, 16-1, Edwin Knowles, J.W.
CHAPTERS.
NASS ATT, No. 109, meets first, third and
filth Wednesdays ot each month, at Masonic Hall,
304 and 306 Fulton street, Brooklyn.
P. Fred. Lenhart, H. P.
Robert Black, Treaa. Wm. A. Bennet, K.
C. P. Mar-rat, Sec., P. A- J* RusSeH, S. \
2'6 Vesey st., N. Y. .
GOMMANtDEBIES.
DE WITT CLINTON, No. 27, meets in as
spmblv on the 'seeond, fourth and fifth Tuesdays of
each month, at Nos. 87, 89 and 91 Broadway, Br oklya.
p Juan B. Arei. C.
James S Fai»bro’.her. Treas. Vi m. 11. Bryant, G.
£ ™ Waterhouse, Rec Geo. B. Claflin, C. G.
ANCIEVT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE.
AURORA GRATA LODGE of perfec-
TION, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Talley, ol Brook
lyn Regular communications are held on the second
Friday of each month, at Nos. 38 and 40 Court street.
3 Wayland Trask, T. P. G. M.
Mark Mayer, Treas. John W. Richardson, Deputy.
I rank B. Jackson, Sec., Edwin Knowles,S. W.
126 lea&l st., N.Y.City. James Stuart Gillen. \W.
Tina unifying force of freemasonry!
When the Almighty Father had fitted flf an®
beautified this earth, and made it habitable foa
the highest order of animal, he created man inf
bis own image and gave him dominion over all
his works. “AU things were put in subjeotiort
under his feet.” Then “ the morning stars sangt
together, and all the sons (angels) of GoS
shouted for joy.” No note ol discord disturbed
the harmony ot the celestial choir that cole*
brated the majestic inauguration. Intellectual
gr< atness and moral purity distinguish murf
from all other creatures that God had placet!
upon earth, and formed the basis ot holy union
that existed between him and his Creator, an rf
if he had not, by transgression, lost his moral
purity, we might have been celebrating, witli
the angels, the anniversary of the advent of him
who was made but a “ littler lower than thQ
angels, and crowned with glory and honor.”
But, notwithstanding the fall, man is yet vast!
ly superior to any other creature in hie domin-*
ion. Buffon, the great French naturalist, says s
“ Whatever resemblance there may be between
the Hottentot and the monkey, the interval
which separates them is immense, since inter*
nally he is garnished with mind, and externall*
with speech.” Yes, “ the interval is immense,’*
and no theory of evolution has ever yet beet?
able to overthrow the Bible account of the or£*
gin of man. The transmutation of species hajf
never been proved. Huxley declares it as hiS
“clear conviction that, as the evidence not?
stands, it is not absolutely proven that a group
of animals, having all the characteristics oxhib.
ited by species m nature, has never been origi*
nated by selection, whether artificial or natu-i
ral.’’ Mr. Darwin, in his “ Origin of Species,’"
admits it. We, therefore, claim that the Bibla
record holds true : “In the image of God cre
ated ho him ; male and female created he them.”
Well and beautifully does the poet sing of
woman’s perfections:
"Hall, womau! hail, thou faithful wife and md*
tlier.
The latest, choicest part of Heaven’s great plan.’"
Originally created with vast capabilities and
placed under moral obligation to love and obey
his Creator, bow can man be restored to prime
val purity and happiness ? By counteracting
and overcoming the evil tendencies of the hu
man heart and bringing men into purer, closet
and more intimate relations with each other*
“Virtue unites what death cannot separate.”
The unifying force of Freemasonry consists
in the breadth and purity of the principles in
culcated, and the cultivation of
moral and social happiness. There are many
associations formed merely and mainly for so
cial pleasures; but social pleasures, not guided
and governed by sound moral principles, may
result in licentiousness, freo-love and com
munism. Liberty, without law, is demoraliz
ing, and sound morality can only proceed from
religion as an active conviction. George Wash
ington said : “ Let us with caution indulge the
supposition that morality can bo maintained
without religion. The morality proves the reli
gion:
" True religion
Is always mild, propitious and humble,
Flays not the tyrant, plants no faith in blood.
Nor bears destruction on her chariot wheo.s; \
But stoops to polish, succor and redress, t
And builds her grandeur on the public good.’*
From time immemorial Masons have been
taught in their rites and ceremonies to recog.
nize God as an object ot worship, love and obe
dience. Faith in God, hope in immortality ami
charity to all mankind are the fuudamieutal
principles of the Masonic brotherhood. In ad
dition to this, they are taught to be lovers of th»
liberal arts and sciences—rhetoric, logic, geom
etry, music and astronomy. Socially, they ara
bound together by the strougoat ties and tokens
of friendship. These aro among the “myste
ries of Freemasonry,” and are “safely lodged
in the repository of faithful breasts.” By them
one Mason may know another in the dark as
well as at noonday, and so sacred are their ob
ligations to each other, that a token of distress
would call forth the utmost exertions ol any
Mason, within hailing distance, to relieve the
wants of a distressed worthy brother; and
those obligations are world-wide is their in
fluence.
The Bev. Lorenzo Dow, an American clergy
man and,a Mason, was once traveling in Asia
Minor, and was taken sick with a slow fever at
Smyrna. When he had partially recovered his
health, he found himself in rather indigent cir
cumstances, and, as he was walking out on a.
day, the thought struck him, as strangers were
passing by, that there might be some Masone ini
that far-off land. Somewhat weak and weary,
he sat down by the side of the road, and gave to
several travelers, as they passed by, the Ma
sonic sign of distress, which was not recognized
by them. At last, seeing a well-dressed gentle
man approach, he repeated the sign, to which
the gentleman cheerfully responded by inquir
ing into his circumstances. The result was that
his newly found Masonic brother sent a carriago
for him, and conveyed him to his own beautiful
palace, took care ef him till he had fully re
covered his health, paid his hotel bill, previ
ously contracted, and sent him on his way re
joicing. Many similar instances have occurred
in the history of the fraternity, especially dur<
ing our late civil war, notwithstanding the bit<
forefeeling engendered by that terrible conflict*
A touching instance occurred at the battle oi
Gettysburg, the substance of which was related
by a Union general. On that memorable alter-.
noon of July 3, 1863, when General Lea
launched eighteen thousand of his best troops’
against the Union left-centre, Colonel Armitage,
of Pickett’s division, riding his fiery steed, witli
his gleaming sword in hand, succeeded in rush
ing inside of the Union lines; but it was only)
to fail, pierced with bullets, as did
of brave men in that terrible battle. As he fell
ho gave the Masonic sign of distress. Some ol
our gallant heroes, who recognized it, pushed
their way between the living and the dead,
took him gently in their arms and there held
him during the lew minutes that he lived. They
bad not forgotten in the midst of the noise and
smoke of battle, that beautiful Masonic lesson,
“Ever remember to extend the hand of charitj
to a fallen foe.”
But let no man say that Masons are hound td
aid and defend each other right or wrong, fos
every brother is taught that his Masonic obliga
tions will not conflict with any duty he owes tej
God, his country, his neighbors, his family, oil
himself. The family is an important factor int
the affections and charities of the brotherhood,
and the members are sacredly bound to aid thd
needy widows and orphans of deceased breth
ren. While we do not profess to reimburse a
brother or his family for money he has contrib
uted to the common fund, we do claim to re
lieve the wants ot the needy and destitute. It
is said, “ Charity begins at home,” but it should
not end there.
In that matchless story of the kindness and
charity of the Good Samaritan, which our.
Saviour related to the Jewish lawyer, he asked
him: “ Which now of these three thinkest thoitf
was neighbor to him that fell among thieves ?’*
The lawyer answered, “He that showed mercy
on him.” Jesus replied, “ Go and do likewise.’*
That answer and reply will find a ready response
in every noble and generous heart. The Ma
sonic Fraternity is endeavoring to do its part)
not only to bind up the broken-hearted and
succor the needy, but to elevate mankind and
bring them back to primitive union and har
mony with God and angels, so that again tha
morning stars may sing together, and all tha
sons of God shout for jov.— Liberal
The Anglo-American Lodge and thH
American K. T. Pilgrims. We are daily ex-
pecting to hear of the arrival in Ireland of tho
American Knights Templar Pilgrims under thq
command of that most worthy Sir Knight C. E.
Meyer, of Philadelphia, to whose proposed visit
we drew attention some weeks since, and who,
when they are in our midst, will experience tha
heartiest of hearty welcomes. Thera is, how
ever, one reception which has only recently
been devised, but if last in the order of prepara-,
tion, we may be sure it will not be the least
cordial. We aHude to the invitation just issued
by the Anglo-American Lodge, No. 2,191, whiolx
has been constituted this year for the purposa
of strengthening the ties already existing be,
tween our American brethren and ourselves,
and which, it will be seen, is fulfilling its ap
pointed role in a manner worthy of the highest
encomiums. The American Sir Knights will ba
the guests of the Anglo-American Lodge in their
character ef Craft Masons, and as it happens
there are plenty of true Anglos and true Ameri
cans in Lodge No. 2,191—we allude to such men;
as Bros. Brackstone Baker, Clarke, Tilton, A-o,
—we have no doubt both guests and hosts will
have a high time of it on the occasion. May ths
pleasure of the approaching visit of Bro. Meyer
and his fellow travelers be at least eoual to
those ot the pilgrimage he headed in 1878.—,
London Freemason.
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Washington Lodge, No. 21.—On'
Tuesday, July 19th, this busy and brave lodgs
dared the hot weather to interfere with their
usual progress. The Master conferred the first
section of the First degree ; W. Bro. Georgs
Lawrence the second. August 2d, the Second
degree will be worked.
Masonry in Maryland.—We are in
receipt of No. 2, Vol. 3, of the history of the fra
ternity in Maryland, which fully equals if it
does not exceed in interest the preceding is
sues. The work is now drawing to a close and
B. W. Bro. Edward T. Schiltz has won for him
self an imperishable crown in the zeal and in-'
telligence he has brought to the accomplish
ment of his great work. There should be a copy
in every Masonic library, and we trust that our
B. W. Bro. Carter will see to it that our Grand
Lodge has one. ,
A Welcome to Strangers..—When
brother seeks to visit a Masonic lodge, the; way
should be made easy and pleasant to him, and
as soon as his Masonic character becomes suffi
ciently authenticated, he should Become wel-i
come as the stranger guest in the well ordered
home.
The cempliments of civHitj, and the courteous
attentions of thoughtful regard do not cost
much, hut they will to.uch the heart of tha)
brother who finds himself among strangers, and’
attract taisa most.powerfully to the organization
that thus illustrates the grace ot hospitality.
A visitor who is received as though he waif
a friend, who is treated as though he was a
friend in the Lo'dge, will think more of Masonry
from that time forward, and will better appre
ciate the meaning of the word brotherhood.- *
Fi eemason’s 'Repository.
Nearly all the difficulties in thdf
lodge, either directly or indirectly, proceed)
from intemopora-tQ habits, and if wo woulct
71 aint :in the reputation of the fraternity, tha
remedy nrnet be applied; OUI lodges must
/orcs discifline.
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