, 1877-09-23
SECRET SOCIETIES.
MASONIC,

| Ahu 1cAsohaplc every menbcr should be proud.
1t is great thing to be member Of uni
vcrsal brotherhood, and, wherever travel
| inc, to be surrounded, encouraged, and
] strengthened by fratcrnal hands. THIS forms
| one Of the chief arguments in favor Of Masonry,
aud few there are who scruple to use it as such
when parading the '.good thiugs' Of tho insti-
tuition before public audience or private circle.
But some forget that with the universally Of
the Society is connected another still more i'm
! poTtant fact, without which its extent would be
| Of no value, and destitute Of which Masonry
itself would be worthless. This is the obliga-
ton which rests upon every Mason to act Ma
! sonical}y wherever be finds a member Of the
great brotherhood, that is, treat every such
! person as he would brother. The obliga-
| tion to do SO is no more circumsc1ibtl
| by metes and bounds than is the
dwelling place OF the institution itself. Masonry
| is universal. The obligation to MD q brother in
distress is equally extensive. Lodge bounds do
not curtail its field Of influence or operations.
When we say VIC will aid and cherish only those
that belong to cur lodge, We narrow Masonry
down to mere township affair, and nulify its
principles and change its action throughout the
world. Once establish as Il rule If Masonry that
each lodge shall rare for aud ail its own men,-
bcrs only, and the bond OF brotherhood will be
less tenacious than rope OF sand and as little
to be trusted for any good end The Fratern-
ity would be resolved Into its original elements.
disintcgrated, dissolved.-Nounscuilk.
DECISION.
At regular communication the Worshipful
Master and eleven members were present. 4
motion was made to acreot proposition; six
members voted for and five against the same.
The Worshipful Master voting in addition to the
five made tie, aud the Wor5hpful Master lc-
clared the motion lost, to which the Senior
Warden objected, and appealed to the lodge.
The Worshpful Master overruled the objection,
and declared the appeal out Of order. -4,.sacer,-
The Worshipfu1 Master having right to vote,
if he chose to exercise that privilege, and, his
vote creating a tie. his ruling that the motion
was lost was correct I'd. The Senior Warden,
nor any other brother, has right to appeal to
the lodge from the Masters decision. There
fore his action in refusing to entertain a motion
Of appeal, ss we'll as his positive refusal to per-
NIT tie Senior Warden (wuo should hare known
betteD to ignore the law. was proper, right, and
is sustained.
THE SCORE.
During the Knights Tcmplar prizc-lrill at
Cleveland. the Judges each separately kept 3
detailed score OF the drilling by the competing
Communicates, and at the close made general
average Of thu whole. They graded on a scale of
from one to one hundred. The result shows
that in some instances there was very close COM
petition, and the successful oncs won BY small
1najoritcs. The score given below gives the
fractions in scycnths, which is accounted for bT
the fact that there were seven judges, and il
avoidablc. The score is creditaoEe to all, ana /
none of the Communicates need be ashamed Of |
the record mulc. Given in the order OF their
excellence, they are as follows:
Detroit No: ], Of Detroit ...........os -
Monroe No H. Of Rochester. .--.....93 81
Damascus No. j, Of st. raal.
1n-', de pay.n=, ct Buffalo. :..:;--.. 9: g x
St. BERNARD No. 81. OF Chicago. $50 81
Ascaion, No tt. Of St. Louis. -...-..-16 j7
Cincinnati No. g. OF Cincinnati. ....-...7
AS WONDERFUL AS TRUE.
3fsigr 3,7 1r%3tn a1 1ryyn
BY Master who had an exaggerated no
ton Of discipline. Ono night he met his
lodge in called meeting (not q member
abscnt) to Instruct them in the work:
called them up with three knocks, when he |
leaned too far back, fell through window to
the ground,|our storics,- broke his neck.
Picked up next morning, he was buried DECENT
strange still, not Mason appeared anr more i'll
that village. 1t was lncxplitahlc. Forty womtn
left widows, 220 children left orphans, eighty
four merchants left in the lurcl with unpaid
up into the fourth story, broke open the door,
and behe1d the lodge, Il lodge Of skeletons!
Strange, but true. they had strictly obeycd the
orders Of the ". NJ, and waiting for the
knocks to seat them. starved to death: Each
was standing in an attitude OF respectful atten-
ton, s'iooking to the cast,' and had no pitring
citizens taken them down they would have been
standing there stiIl.~Sf. Joseph (-no.} Herald.
LAKESIDE LODGE
held d very pleasant informal sociab1c last
Thursday at the lodgc, corner OF Indiana avenue
and TIiirty-6rst street Some 125 or 150 Here
present, and neat collation. was served.
The musical programme included eight
a until ana otte1 aaoeaH indnsSt
The occasion was very enjoyable, and was in
Tended as 4 sort Of prelude to 4 series OF like
which will be given during the
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