Middlesex

MIDDLESEX LODGE

Location: Framingham

Chartered By: Paul Revere

Charter Date: 06/08/1795 II-69

Precedence Date: 06/08/1795

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Jonathan D. Maynard, 1795-1798; SN
Peter Cleyes, 1799, 1800
William Maynard, 1801-1804
Jotham Brigham, 1805
Calvin Sanger, 1806, 1807
James Holbrook, 1808, 1809
Aaron Whitney, 1810
Josiah Adams, 1811, 1812; SN
Enoch Belknap, 1813, 1814
Isaac Whitney, 1815, 1816
Charles Train, 1817, 1818
Nathan Goddard, 1819
Elijah Clayes, 1820
Jonas Clayes, 1821, 1822
Silas Eaton Jr., 1823-1825
Micah Leland, 1826, 1827
Silas Stone, 1828, 1829, 1830
Luther Horne, 1831-1833
Otis Jennings, 1834, 1835
Luther Horne, 1836
Uriel Cutler, 1837, 1838
Jonathan Greenwood, 1839-1842; Mem
Francis Bowers, 1843
Joseph O. Skinner, 1844, 1845
James B. Puffer, 1846
Edward Holbrook, 1847
Malachi Babcock, 1846-1850
Daniel Parmenter, 1851-1853
Charles R. Train, 1854, 1855
Charles E. Horney, 1856-1860
Charles J. Frost, 1861-1865, 1876
John Blair, 1866, 1867
Franlin H. Sprague, 1868-1871
Wilmont H. Chenery, 1872, 1873
Estus A. Henderson, 1874
Edger Plter, 1875
George H. Waterman, 1877-1880
Edwin Moultrop, 1881, 1882
William C. Wight, 1883-1887
Edward Sprague, 1888
Walter Adams, 1889, 1890
Arthur D. Leland, 1891, 1892
William Nicholson, 1893, 1894
Lauren A. Freeman, 1895, 1896
Joseph S. Adams, 1897, 1898
John J. Von Valkenburgh, 1899, 1900; Mem
William E. Chenery, 1901, 1902
Charles O. Heald, 1903, 1904
Howard M. Taylor, 1905, 1906
Harry D. Neary, 1907, 1908
William R. Nicholson, 1909, 1910
James W. Jones, 1911, 1912
Frederick M. Kendall, 1913, 1914
Mark B. Furber, 1915, 1916
Samuel T. Faulkner, 1917, 1918
Arthur H. Patch, 1919, 1920
Elon F. Tandy, 1921, 1922; Mem
Mathew B. Hanson, 1923, 1924
Thomas O. O'Neill, 1925, 1926; N
Herbert F. Sears, 1927
Herbert E. Taylor, 1928; Mem
Clarence E. Shaw, 1929
Robert W. Bell, 1930
Wheaton S. Caldwell, 1931
William O. Coady, 1932
Enoch R. Coldwell, 1933, 1934
Waldon S. Caldwell, 1935
Mervin L. Bowden, 1936
Lyman W. Whitcomb, 1937
Norman W. Winch, 1938
Frank E Barteaux, 1939
Charles A. Mitchell, 1940
Raymond L. Hilliard, 1941
Ralph L. Walkup, 1942
Harry C. Perkins, 1943
Francis E. Drake, 1944; N
Edmund W. Shaw D, 1945
Alfred C. Blake, 1946
Gilbert E. McGregor, 1947
William B. Archer, 1948
Seymour F. Gilliland, 1949
Willis B. Drake, 1950
Edward H. Patton, 1951
Maxwell A. Clarke, 1952
William L. Stoddard, Sr., 1953
Warren R. Roebuck Jr., 1954
Richard M. Harrington, 1955
Alexander Turner, 1956
Harold E. Purington, 1957
Clarence E. Doney, 1958
David I. Johnson, 1959
Ian M. Pynigar, 1960
Richard T. Darby, 1961; SN
Wendell S. Whitcomb, 1962
Earle H. Fletcher, 1963
Earl J. Dickey, 1964
Reginald C. Day, 1965
Hoyd L. Carter, 1966
Francis L. O'Bryan, 1967
William L. Stoddard, Jr., 1968, 1985, 2001; N
William Kendrick, 1969
G. Clifford Munzert, 1970
George L. McGee, 1971
F. Crawford Reed, 1972
John G. Moy, 1973, 1991; N
John R. MacLean, Jr., 1974
Holgar S. Svensson, 1975
Benson B. Murphy, 1976
Leonard A. Wilson, 1977
Leonard J. Main, 1978
Craig H. Reynolds, 1979, 1990
George H Brickell, 1980
Richard W. Heale, 1981, 1987
Robert M. MacKenzie, 1982
Anthony M. Colonna, Jr., 1983, 1986
Vaughn L. Sweezey, 1984
Philip R. Varney, 1988, 1989
Richard E. Manelis, 1992; PDDGM
Edward A. Sawyer, 1993, 2005, 2006
George H. Kelleher, 1994
Charles T. Moses, 1995
Arnold R. Gilmore, 1996
Niles E Hill, 1997
Brian C. Meeks, 1998, 1999
Joseph E. Guertin, 2000
Richard L. Menard, 2002-2004
J. Ilton Lisboa, 2007
Paul Gaudet, 2008, 2009
George Hayeck, 2010
Alfredo Canhoto, 2011

YEARS

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EVENTS

FEAST OF ST. JOHN, JUNE 1842

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. I, No. 10, August, 1842, p. 289:

MASONIC FESTIVALS — CELEBRATION AT FRAMINGHAM, MASS.

The natal day of the distinguished Patron of Freemasonry, Saint John the Baptist, was celebrated by Middlesex Lodge, at Framingham, on the 24th of June last. It was, we believe, the first public Masonic display that has been witnessed in this Commonwealth, since the year 1834. And we avail ourselves of the opportunity which the occasion affords, to congratulate our Brethren on the return of the public sentiment to that rational and healthy condition, when they may again assemble, in the quiet enjoyment of their individual and social rights, and without fear of exposing themselves to insult and contumely, to celebrate the high holiday of their time-honored Fraternity ;—when they may again come up, as the ancient Jews went up to the holy city, to renew their acquaintance with each other, to]brighten the golden links of friendship's chain, and to repledge their vows of attachment to an Institution whose principles are as immutable and everlasting as the great Fountain of Goodness from which they emanate.

We presume there is no difference of opinion among our Brethren, in respect to the propriety or the expediency of these annual celebrations. " Social intercourse amongst the Brethren should be encouraged on all occasions, and none can be more appropriate than these, as is testified by the consent of the whole Masonic world." (Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New York, June, 1842.) They have come down to us from a "time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary," and beyond which the records of our Fraternity do not reach. And so intimately have they been identified with the history and public transactions of the Institution, that they are now generally regarded by our Brethren in the old countries, as constituting an element essential to its exist¬ ence. We might not perhaps be willing to subscribe, unqualifiedly, to this opinion; yet we are ready to meet our transatlantic Brethren so far as to concede that they are essential to its prosperity. They enable us to hold up to the uninitiated world the moral and intellectual capabilities of our Order, and to show that its high claims to public confidence and respect, do not rest so much upon the circumstance that it is invested with the " purple and pall of antiquity," as that its sublime principles are calculated to "promote a vast moral revolution in the great family of man, by cleansing the heart of all those impurities which national contentions and private animosities are too apt to engender."

The publicity also which attends these celebrations is, in our judgment, if the services are properly conducted, calculated to operate to the honor and advantage of the Institution. The popular world, viewing the ceremonies with Argus eyes, become awakened to the very soul and spirit of its great moral tenets, its power and disposition to go hand-in-hand with the sacred obligations of religion. And no sooner is this made manifest, than the result is an accession of friends and members. The Lodges receive an impetus alike gratifying and advantageous. The Porch of the Temple, "if not crowded, is regarded with increased admiration and respect, by those who have not yet entered the sanctuary, but who have been enabled sufficiently to penetrate the veil that enshrouds its mystic beauties," as to view, beneath it, all that is bright and estimable in human institutions—all that is calculated to lead to the successful triumph of knowledge over ignorance, and to prepare the minds of men for the reception of the noblest principles which they are capable of receiving. They likewise afford the Brethren an opportunity, annually, to manifest, in an open and public manner, their attachment to their Institution,— to develope its objects,—to illustrate and enforce its principles, and to show to the sceptic that they are at all times ready and willing to pledge their characters as men for the integrity of their characters as Masons. Besides, the natural tendency of them is, in a measure, to divest the Institution of that which has always been regarded by the community as one of its most objectionable features. We allude to its secrecy. It would be a contradiction in terms, to call that a secret society, whose objects, and members, and places of meetings, are annually made known to the public.

Again. They are in conformity with the Constitutional requirements of the Order. One of the first regulations adopted at'the reorganization of Masonry in the South of England, in 1717, was that the "annual feasts should be revived." The spirit pf that regulation is still retained in the Constitutions of the present Grand Lodge of England, which declare that there shall be a Masonic festival annually, "dedicated to Brotherly love and refreshment.'" It is also to be found in the Book of Constitutions published by the Grand Lodge of this Commonwealth. The terms are imperative:—"The Brethren of all the regular Lodges, in the same general jurisdiction, shall meet in some convenient place on St. John's day, to celebrate their festival; either in their own or any other regular Lodge, as they shall judge most convenient." (Harris' Constitutions, p. 29). Circumstances may arise which, for the time, would render these celebrations inexpedient, if not impracticable. But as a general rule, we submit that the neglect to observe them is not only a manifest departure from the ancient usages of the Craft, but a dereliction of Constitutional duties and obligations. Our Institution has just passed through the severest trial to which it has ever been subjected. Our Brethren have been persecuted, proscribed, ruined in their business and robbed of their reputation, because they would not violate their faith and denounce as corrupt and of evil tendency, a society which, in all civilized countries, has numbered among its members the greatest, the wisest, the best, and the most exalted of men. But thanks be to Him who "rides upon the whirlwind and directs the storm," that day has gone by, and its transactions are not sufficiently inviting to make a more particular notice of them desirable.

Our business is with the future. A brighter sun has risen upon us. Truth has triumphed over error. And our Brethren may again assemble beneath their own vine and fig tree, having none to molest or make them afraid. They may again quietly walk together along that vast "field of benevolence, which is alike common property to all—scattering as it were, with liberal hand, as they go, those seeds which may spring up and bring forth fruit abundantly, to the happiness and well-being of man." We would, then, in the language of an eloquent Brother, urge them by those oral mysteries which bind us into one common band of friends and Brothers—by that munificence which has so often contributed to the relief of the hungry, the naked, and the houseless—by that universality which has given birth to new Lodges in every region of the habitable globe—by that charity which forms the brightest jewel in our Order's diadem, and which, from its immortal character, will beam resplendent rays through all eternity—by that neutrality which wisely shuts out from our meetings every political and theological disputation that can exasperate and divide man from man—by that regularity and discipline which are so essential to Masonic proficiency— by all the recollections which attach to the memories of the Masonic worthies who have long since ascended that mystic ladder which leadeth to the Lodge above—by that fidelity which bids us remain true to our profession :—By all these considerations, and in view of the encouraging prospects before us, we would urge our Brethren again to rally beneath the bright Banners of the Order, and, panoplied in the armor of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, to press onward until their Institution in moral and enlightened Massachusetts, shall again attain to the high rank and prosperity which, by its pure principles and expansive benevolence, it is pre-eminently fitted to occupy. Let their personal characters, and the propriety which distinguishes their public festivals, demonstrate to the uninitiated, that Freemasonry is not only in perfect accordance with every good man's heart, but that its principles are derived from a sacred source —from the ancient of days—the author and end of all things ; and that its tendency is to unite its members by an indissoluble tie, such as Pope describes, when he says—

"Heaven forming each on other to depend,—
A master, or a servant, or a friend—
Bids each on other for assistance call,
Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Wants, frailties, fashions, closer still ally
The common interest, or endear the tie.
To these we owe true friendship, love sincere,
Each home-felt joy that life inherits here."

THE CELEBRATION.

The celebration at Framingham, whether considered in respect to itself, or with reference to its influence upon the Fraternity, we regard as one of the most interesting and important Masonic festivals that has ever been held in this Commonwealth. As has been already remarked, it was the first that has taken place in the State since the year 1834. It was therefore an experiment, the result of which could not be foretold, It was however, eminently successful, and we doubt not that the beneficial effects of it will manifest themselves in imparting that confidence and encourage¬ ment to the Brethren, which are essential to a general revival of the Lodges throughout the jurisdiction.

The procession was formed at about twelve o'clock, and was escorted by the Boston Encampment of Knights Templars, under the command of Col. Ruel Baker, through the principal streets of the town, to the Rev. Mr Barry's church, where the ceremonies took place in the following order:—

Introductory Prayer, by Rev. E. M. P. Wells, of Boston.
Anthem.
Selections from the Bible, by Rev. E. M. P. Wells.
Prayer, by Rev. E. T. Taylor, of Boston.
Hymn, by Br. Geo. P. Morris, of New York.
Sermon, by Rev. Paul Dean, of Westminister.
Anthem. 8. Address, by Rev. Luther Hamilton, of Concord, N. H.
Hymn, by a Brother.
Concluding Prayer, by Rev. Charles Train, of Framingham.
Benediction, by Rev. Joseph O. Skinner, of Framingham.

The performances were all of a high order. The Prayer by Rev. Mr. Taylor, was original, eloquent, and forcible. It was in the peculiar style of that gentleman, and we shall be justified by all who had the happiness to hear it, in the remark, that it was such an one as no other man living, than Edward T. Taylor, can make. The Sermon by Rev. Mr. Dean, as a matter of course, gave very general satisfaction. It occupied about forty five minutes in the delivery, and was listened to with great attention. The address by Rev. Mr Hamilton, was also an able and elegant performance, and fully realized the high expectations of his personal friends. He has obligingly furnished us with a copy; and we take great pleasure in presenting it to the readers of the Magazine.

After the exercises at the church were over, the procession was again formed, and marched to a spacious marque, which had been erected for the purpose, where the Brethren and their ladies sat down to an excellent Temperance dinner. And though the "master of the feast" could not, as was customary in the palmy days of the ancient Jews, "taste the wine and distribute it to his guests," he furnished them with an abundance of that which the fashion of the present time has pronounced to be a preferable beverage. We give the regular toasts, and such of the volunteers as we were able to obtain:-

REGULAR TOASTS.

The day we celebrate. Commemorative of the voice in the wilderness, which proclaimed the approval of him, who taught us to forgive our enemies and to love one another.
The Masonic Institution. Its principles are the principles of morality. Let them be exemplified, in the practice which makes perfect, and the charity which never fails.
Charity and Secrecy. Two principles of our Order, "Bees will not work except in darkness. Thought will not work except in silence; neither will virtue except in Secrecy." May the charity of Masons, be always felt but not seen— According to the Divine precept, "Let not thy left hand know what thy right

hand doeth."

The Reverend Clergy. The fires of our time honored Institution, will never be extinguished while the ministers of our holy religion officiate at her altars.
Masonry and Antimasonry.

"Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers,
While error wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies, amid her worshippers."

The Ladies.— Whose presence adorns and cheers the festivities of the day. Jewels of the first water.
The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. A city set on a hill, which cannot be hid.
The Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. It stands firm as its own everlasting hills. Its light is reflected East, West, and South, and even the North is not a place of darkness. In the representatives from the Granite State, we see proofs of the flourishing condition of Masonry within its limits.
The immortal fame of Washington. To cast a shade upon his patriotic, moral or Masonic character is impossible.
De Witt Clinton. The patron .of Freemasonry and internal improvement. While water flows, and Cassia blooms, his memory will live.
The Most Worshipful Past Grand Master Paul Dean, the preacher of the day. We hail with joy his devoted attachment to the pure and benevolent principles of our Ancient Institution, and thank him for the illustration, he has given of them this day.
The Rev. Luther Hamilton. The Orator of the occasion. By his eloquence this day, he has proved himself a direct descendant in the intellectual line of his illustrious namesake.
The Mason, the Christian, the friend of the Sailor. Let honor be given to Edward T. Taylor.
"The late Deputy Grand Master for District No. 4. Rev. Br. A. L. Baury". While we regret his absence, we trust that bis efforts this day in our sister State, will shed new lustre on our Fraternity.
"Brother Timothy Eames", for thirty seven years the Tyler of Middlesex Lodge, without being absent at a single regular meeting. We honor him for thus acting on the square with Masonic fidelity, and hope his punctuality will descend with his Sword and Jewel to his successor in office.
"Our regular Sentiments." They should be read in italics, that they may be the better understood.

VOLUNTEERS.

By Br. F. L. Raymond. The Masonic Institution. The brightest Star in the moral firmament. A diamond of the purest water—the spurious material that attempts to cut it, destroys itself in the process.
By Br. Geo. W. Towle, Portsmouth, N. H. The Institution of Freemasonry. Notwithstanding the persecutions she has received from the hands of her enemies, for the last twelve years, she still keeps her Jewels bright.
By Br. H. Earl, Worcester. Masonry—Next to religion, the best and most moral Institution in existence. May its members be as pure as the principles it inculcates.
By Br. B. F. Bugard. Our suffering Brethren at Hayti. Their misfortunes excite the strongest sympathy in our hearts: let our generosity show to the world, that the name of Brother, is not an empty name, and that distance, creed or color, are no obstacle to the practice of the charitable principles which constitute the Corner Stone of our Institution.
By Br. John Christie, Portsmouth, N. H. The opponents of our Order. May every Brother remember that our surest defence against all opposition, is a well ordered life, and a goodly conversation; and that no permanent evil can befall our Institution, if its members exemplify in their daily practice, the high and holy principles of their profession.
By a Lady. The spirit of Masonry. A guide for the blind, an enlightened and safe conductor to the realms of bliss.
By a Brother. Virtue. The bright protecting shield of Masonry, upon which the shafts of malice and oppression, fell harmless, as are now the hands that sent them.
By a Brother. The Ladies. If they keep us to the strings, they must now and then let us wear the aprons.
By a Brother. Honest men of all parties. May they come together, compare notes, and never again fall out by the way.

Several addresses were delivered at the table, and many sentiments given, of which we have not been furnished with copies. Nor are we able to state the precise number of persons present. There were how¬ ever, rising a hundred ladies, and probably two or three hundred Masons. Brethren were also present from New Hampshire and Rhode Island, and from many of the distant towns in this State. It was a very general and gratifying assemblage of the Fraternity. The procession was nearly, or quite, half a mile in length, and presented an imposing appearance. We noticed the Banners of St. John's, St. Andrew's, and Mount Lebanon Lodges, and St. Andrew's Chapter, from the city; and those of King Solomon's Lodge, Charlestown, Star in the East, New Bedford, and Middlesex, Framingham. Full delegations were likewise present from several other Lodges. The Boston Encampment was in full dress, and added much to the brilliancy of the occasion. Indeed, the entire arrangements were judiciously made, and admirably executed; and we do not recollect to have attended any public celebration, which, as a whole, afforded more general satisfaction. Great credit is due to Middlesex Lodge for its spirited exertions, and to its committee of arrangements for the efficient and excellent manner in which they discharged the important and responsible duties entrusted to them.

REMARKS ON THE FORMS AND PRINCIPLES OF FREEMASONRY.

An Address, delirered at Framingham, Mass., June 24, 1842, by Rev. Luther Hamilton.

Brethren,—I recognize on every side of me the instructive insignia of the different Orders of our wide spread and peaceful Fraternity. I greet with a warm heart many of the friends of other days, whom I see in your ranks, and whom for nearly a quarter of a century, I have hailed in prosperity and adversity as Brethren and Companions. The reward of their fidelity is with them in the calm sunshine of the soul. I welcome those to the field of our labours, and to its fruits of friendship and joy, who have more recently been united to us by the mystic rites of our brotherhood, and who have yet to learn much, that time and their own experience only can teach them, of the value of the relationship they claim. To all I offer heartfelt fraternal congratulations. It affords me pleasure to be able in this public manner, to bear witness to the unabated respect with which 1 regard the principles of Freemasonry, and to my belief that its forms, if not accordant in every particular with modern taste, do yet exert a salutary influence. 1 am not unwilling to avow, that I still have some reverence for the modes of thought, the methods of teaching and the lessons of instruction of former generations. I cannot help thinking that what was wisdom in the days of Solomon and Pythagoras must be wisdom now. That there is nothing new in discovery, invention or thought, I do not affirm; nor can I, that every change is for the better. Long tried principles and usages have a just claim to respect; and as they that watch for the morning look to the East, so they that delight in wisdom, turn with reverence to the past, Amid changes and innovations of all sorts it is well for us to recollect that there are principles, which are immutable and eternal, and even modes of moral teaching which time has hallowed, that are suited to the fixed and permanent part of our nature, and therefore to the respect of all generations. Such, I suppose, are the essential forms and principles of Freemasonry—a few remarks upon them therefore may well occupy the limited time in which I can address you.

Of its forms I can speak but briefly, and it is enough to say that they are ancient, universal, useful; in short, that their utility like that of all other forms depends upon their meaning.

The antiquity of the peculiar forms of Freemasonry may, I think, be best appreciated by those who are most familiar with its principles. Yet I would not say that these have had, in all times, modes of expression or inculcation perfectly uniform. In essential features, however, they have been the same. We know from authentic history, that in remote ages there were social organizations similar in character and design to our own. No man, who has given the least attention to the subject, can deny this. There were forms of contracting and perpetuating friendships, of strengthening and enlarging the sentiments of benevolence, practised by the Greeks and Romans of old, which bear the most striking resemblance to the rites and forms of Freemasonry. The principles inculcated by them were those of truth, Justice and charity, under the sanction of faith in one God, the Father and Judge of all. Such was the high moral aim of the Eleusinian mysteries, regarded by the wisest of her sons, as the pride and glory of Greece. Of the splendor and effect with which they were celebrated in gorgeous temples, so vast as to embrace a multitude at one time of more than twenty thousand people, we can hardly have a conception. But we can well understand the enthusiasm inspired by those mysteries—which, however, revealed no higher truths, no holier sentiments than Freemasonry; many of them we know to have been the same. Greece derived her mysteries from Egypt, and she hers from those eastern lands, in which all history and tradition, fix the birth place of mankind. Yet it is not to history, chiefly, that I would look for light upon this subject. Sources of information more certain and obvious are open to all who hear me. To the most rich in learned lore, there are numerous facts pertaining to the past as well as present condition of mankind, involved in obscurity, which a mod¬ erate exercise of reason and common sense, would be sufficient to dissipate. The ancient existence of Freemasonry is one of these facts.

I have said that its forms are universal. There is scarcely a nation where they do not exist, as they exist with us—in every thing essential, they are the same throughout the globe. Hence the difficulty of changing those forms in conformity to the tastes and prejudices of particular ages, and countries. The chief thing with Freemasonry, is to speak so as to be understood and obeyed by those whose right it is to hear her voice. It is a small thing to her, if she do not use, what may happen to be in any particular time and place, the most fashionable mode of pronunciation. Her voice reaches from the East unto the West and the South, wherever the sun shines, and in the ears of her sons it is a pleasant voice— it always carries a message of mercy to the feeble and the unfortunate, the widow and the orphan.

Hence her forms are ennobled by a virtuous utility. Of this who can judge so' well as observers of them. To the well taught Freemason, the ritual of the Craft is full of meaning. High moral instruction pervades it Lessons of wisdom, precepts of morality, sentiments of justice, mercy, benevolence, are illustrated and enforced by ancient ceremonies, which, whatever else may be said of them, always speak a meaning, and that meaning a good one. There are men whose microscopic minds are always looking for faults and blemishes in every institution with which they are connected. Because imperfection belongs to every thing human, therefore, in the estimation of these minute philosophers, there is nothing right. Some three thousand years ago, a swarm of flies lit upon a column of one of the most beautiful temples in Athens. One, more learned than the rest, discovering a little roughness which his foot might have covered, and which the polishing stone of the workman had not reached, immediately began to harangue his flighty companions on the want of proportion, the unsymmetrical appearance and bad taste of the whole vast edifice. Many such small observers have criticised the forms of Freemasonry. They, I have already said, are best appreciated by those who have been most acquainted with their meaning. It is this, which alone can give dignity and worth to any mere outward observance. Look at the forms of knighthood, of coronation, of consecration, as practised in all ages. What are they, apart from their meaning, but the merest puerilities and follies. Far otherwise when that meaning is acknow¬ ledged. Then the star that beams from the breast of the brave, shoots its rays through a wide empire—then the crown that sets upon the brow of the conqueror is glorious. In the sight of millions, it is the symbol of power and greatness. In themselves but glittering baubles, the star, the crown and sceptre, become by the significancy attached to them, the objects of the loftiest aspirings. May not Freemasonry, then, be allowed the use of her jewels, her forms of honoring worth —that moral excellence which the poor man may possess as largely as the richest monarch ? Is not virtue, social, worth, fidelity to duty, as truly worthy of a crown as the fortunate warrior ? Our ancient Grand Master Solomon said, "He that ruleth his spirit, is better than he that taketh a city." Freemasonry has never lost sight of this principle. There are conquerors in her ranks more truly worthy of honor than the Alexanders and the Napoleons. Such she honors with her titles and her mystic rites, which, however unmeaning to the world, they know how to appreciate who understand their design. Wisdom is justified of her children.

From these general remarks upon the forms of Freemasonry, I turn to the consideration of some of those principles in which it had its origin, and by which it is now sustained.

I begin with the desire of society—a desire, which, from infancy to age, is an ever active principle—constituting the force of all the bonds which, on the one hand, unite the different members of our race in the gladdening offices of sympathy and kindness, and on the other, becoming in the breast of him who is not allqwed to express it, a more effective cause of suffering, than the forced seclusion of granite walls, or the heaviest weight of chains and fetters ever attached to the human frame. The desire of society, I regard as one of those in which Masonry had its origin, and by which it is nurtured. Like causes produce like effects. Without adverting to history, let us look at the world as it is. In view of its present state, I hesitate not to say that Freemasonry is needed. Its existence is the result of a law of our nature which is essential to our virtue and our happiness—a desire, which other social institutions do not equally satisfy. I am aware of what many will consider the boldness of this declaration; but it is nevertheless true. Look around you and behold the divided pursuits, the separate interests, the conflicting claims which make society a scene of turmoil and strife, and bitter rivalry. I address myself not to those, who are enabled by fortune to choose their own path in the world—but, to those whom Providence has placed under the necessity of toilsome industry, and I ask, have you, as you pursue your labors from week to week, from year to year, in the jarring, anxious paths of business, all the opportunities you need for communion with your fellow-men— all the opportunities demanded by your social nsture, your social affections ? Make the most favorable allowances you can for the many beneficent arrangements of modern civilization, and still do you not feel in the midst of them all, that you are yet covered with the dust of the world, yet harnessed for the strife— yet chilled and benumbed by the selfishness and heartlessness of cold formalities? O! have you not longed for the old Lodge of the way-fairer in life's wilderness where you might meet man as man and feel as you take his hand, that it is that of a Brother?

Here permit me to say, that Freemasonry does not pretend to make men of those who have no manly feeling, no virtuous principles, or, social beings of those to whose minds generous fraternal sentiments are unknown.

" A prince can make a belted knight
A marquis, duke and a' that;
But an honest man 's a boon, his might
His highest power mane fa' that."

Masonry does not claim such power, but she believes

" 'Tis coming yet for a' that '
That man to man the world o'er
Shall Brother be for a' that."

She believes that those who are men, can be made Brethren; and she takes her own way to bring about a consummation so devoutly to be wished. I say, then, that Masonry constituting a Brotherhood, which, from its essential principles, is more free from the influence of the strifes and jealousies, and rivalries of the world than any other society on earth, offers to the social principle a field of action its very nature demands, and, therefore, that the desire of society may justly be considered one of the principles from which Masonry sprang and which now sustain it.

The sentiment of benevolence is another of those principles. We see it in every expression of kindly sympathy, in every proffer of relief from suffering, in every tone of kindness, in every accent of pity, in every wish of good to others that beams from the eye, in every smile that the heart spreads as its own light over the countenance. Such is its language. It is universal, every where spoken, and every where understood. Wherever hospitality offers its rites to the un¬ known or the unfortunate, wherever friendship speads its arms to relieve the distressed, or compassion speaks its word of strength and encouragement to weakness and despondency, there the desire of doing good to others, than themselves, as an original principle of our nature, proclaims our relationship to the Deity. We then feel,His impulses stirring within us as a primary law of our being. Such is the nature of this principle, and if Freemasonry is born of it she has a good parentage, and the prospect of a long life.

Now the question is, what demands does Freemasonry make upon benevolence, or what opportunities given for its exercise that are unknown or unfelt in an equal degree by society in general ? Fewer it may be than in former ages, but still some which cannot be denied.

Societies of new names and forms have been devised in great numbers in the last half century, for diffusing generous sentiments and multiplying beneficent deeds. To all these, Freemasons have lent their full proportion of encouragement and support But as a charitable society Freemasonry had been from generation to generation pursuing its great course of usefulness and beneficence before the most ancient of these institutions, the pride of modern philanthropists, were dreamed of. I mention this with no boastful aim, but to show that whatever aid benevolence derives from the principle of association, that aid is, and ever has been rendered by Freemasonry. And I will add, that in so far as a society's usefulness, or ability to be useful, depends on the completeness of its organization, ours will yield the palm to none that ever existed. Upon this, however, I will not dwell. I choose to refer you, rather, to the peculiar encouragements to benevolence which are found in the enlarged and generous sentiments upon which Freemasonry is built Almost all other societies, rest their claims to excellence on some sectarian or partizan peculiarity, either in the origin, or objects of their institution. Considerations of this kind, Freemasonry overlooks. Let a man acknowledge the authority of the common Father of mankind, and the distinctions of creeds, and parties, and countries, cease to be a matter of inquiry or of interest Benevolence to all, and Fraternity with all, to whom benevolence is a law, is an essential principle—the very soul of Freemasonry. It is this which has made her such a terror to bigots. She dissolves by her mystic'spells the thral¬ dom to sect and party, and as I have before had occasion to say, teaches man to recognize a Brother in his fellow-man, whatever be the creed by which he worships, the name by which be is called, or the country from which he comes. Is there nothing in this to expand and invigorate the principle of benevolence ?

See the same tendency, also, in the declared contempt of Freemasonry, for other distinctions so much thought of in the world and at the same time so vain; distinctions merely of fortune and accident, which more frequently give arrogance to imbecility, and insolence to vice, than dignity to wisdom, or strength to virtue. Freemasonry measures her beneficence by no other rule than the wants of the sufferer and her ability to relieve them. The high and the low standing upon the common level of misfortune share alike in her benison. She is in a peculiar manner the friend of the stranger, providing a home for him in every place, and a band of Brothers to welcome him to its hospitalities. The bigotry of sectarianism may limit and narrow down the benevolence of others, but Christian Freemasons know not the boundaries of sect, or party, or country. Their field like that of the primitive disciples is the world, and their Brethren, the human raco. It ap¬ pears then, as I have before urged, that Freemasonry acknowledges the claims of man as man, and thus teaches a noble and fraternal benevolence which no other society to an equal degree, practically exhibits.

Another principle to which Freemasonry has often given a needed confidence and freedom, is, the desire of others' sympathy and approbation. How many a man in the midst of society, surrounded by the busy and the idle, the gay and the sad, the prosperous and the unfortunate, lives and moves among them all, without feejing that he has with them a common lot and portion! How gladly would he by a fraternal sympathy, share their joys and sorrows, while still to his fellow-creatures, and still more to himself, he may seem to be one among them, but not of them. "There is a kind of Freemasonry", to use a common expression, "there is a kind of Freemasonry" that is sometimes needed to introduce a man to himself, as well as make him known to his fellow-men. The kind of Freemasonry that will do this, is real Freemasonry. By introducing one where social confidence is the'first law of union and intercourse, the barriers to the natural, and easy flow of the sympathies and affections, which exist in common society, are thrown aside; and here for the first time, where there is no emulation, but in the exercise of fraternal kindness, the man who in the domestic circle, or the fashionable assembly, or in the crowded walks of life, had shrunk from the coldness of indifference—the carpings of envy—the contempt pf pride, here, in the asylum of friendship and virtue, which Freemasonry has prepared for him, has many such a man first learned to respect and rely upon himself, by first being made sensible of the sympathy, esteem, and approbation of others. The history of genius and worth, proves that to give those who possess them, a just estimate of themselves, nothing is often more necessary than the assurance of the friendly approbation of others. This assurance Freemasonry never foils to give to the deserving.

Finally, the love of truth is one of the principles, I might almost say the principle, in which Freemasonry originated ana by which it will be sustained. I speak of truth in general—truth as addressed to the understanding, and as addressed to the heart It is the light of the soul, the medium of all real intellectual vision. Lord Bacon declares mat the seeking of truth, the knowledge of it, and the faith¬ full application of it, constitute "the sovereign good of human nature." If this may be said of truth as an object of intellectual inquiry, what shall be said of it as the object of the moral emotions—the heart's homage ? If delight attend the discovery of truth in speculation, which indeed is a matter of universal experience, how much more delightful is the contemplation of truth reduced to practice, embodied in the life, manifested in the conduct! If the philosopher finds pleasure in the demonstration of the laws of nature and of the wisdom of their glo¬ rious Author, how much more pleasure may be derived from the contemplation of a human character modelled in conformity to those laws, and always offering up to the Being who ordained them the homage of a virtuous life! It is truth thus living, thus having a personal existence, that appeals to our hearts and has our love. Now, to be good men and true, is the first lesson we are taught in Free¬ masonry. It is truth pervading the character, that she demands—truth in the inner man. Its price is above fine gold. It is more than wealth, or fame, or any earthly distinction. It is as necessary to individual happiness as to social confi¬ dence. It is the true honor and glory of a soul born for immortality. It is the parent principle, the vital energy, the end and aim of Freemasonry. O, let our lives, my brethren, testify that it is a lesson we have not only heard inculcated, but which we have learnt—to be good men and true. In all our conduct let there be a noble sincerity, a truthful earnestness. Without this we can neither be good men, nor Masons.

Brethren of Middlesex Lodge:—You, as a band of brothers, have proved that you respect the forms and love the principles of Freemasonry. In the most disastrous times the Fraternity has witnessed, you have never let the fire die upon your altars, but whenever the regular time of fraternal service has arrived, there has been the living flame sending up the incense of gratitude to God for the blessings of Masonic union, peace and love. Would that your fidelity had been practised by all other branches of the Fraternity! But the insane crusade against our rights as men and Freemasons, is at an end. The stormy wind which has past over us has borne away most of the rubbish which through the carelessness of the work¬ men, hid accumulated about the temple, and its proportions now stand forth unsullied in their original symmetry and beauty. Ever may they remain so; and, may brethren, like you, from generation to generation, enjoy beneath its spread¬ ing dome, the sweets of fraternal communion. May its happiness, the reward of fidelity, long be yours, my Brethren,—and may all of us who are today assembled in commemoration of the virtues of an eminent servant of God, and patron of our Order, so live in the practice of brotherly love, relief and truth, that we may be prepared for that world where disappointment, loss and sorrow will never be known, and where all that shall survive of Freemasonry will be truth, and love, and joy unfading and eternal! So mote it be.

INSTALLATION, NOVEMBER 1844

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. IV, No. 5, March, 1845, p. 147:

INSTALLATION OF THE OFFICERS OF MIDDLESEX LODGE, FRAMINGHAM, NOV. 21, 1844.

R. W. Br. Moore:

Dear Sir,— I have been prevented, by reason of my living at a distance front Framingbam, from giving you an earlier notice of the meeting of Middlesex Lodge, on the interesting occasion above mentioned, and I beg the privilege of a corner of your "Magazine" for that purpose-now, though a little out of season. The services of Installation were held at our Lodge room, and were public. After the usual religious exercises, the Master-elect was installed in due form by Rev. Br. Charles Train, P. M.; and then the Master, by Br. T.'s request, resumed the chair, and Installed the remaining officers. An Address was then given by R. W. Br. Thomas Power, of Boston, which was able and appropriate, and delivered with a fervid eloquence, and depth of feeling, that had a most happy effect.

The Address was well received, and gave great satisfaction to all who listened to it

The Lodge subsequently passed a unanimous vote of thanks to Br. Power, for the favor he conferred upon it, though the precise phraseology of the vote I do not recollect.

The exercises at the Lodge room being concluded, the Brethren, with their ladies and invited guests, repaired to the Hotel of Joseph Fuller, Esq., who had served up a sumptuous and elegant supper, and there the company spent about a couple of hours in a very sociable and agreeable manner. The number that sat down to supper was about sevtniyfivt, more than a third being ladies; and though we have never before had their company at our annual entertainment, we shall never hereafter willingly dispense with it A song was sung by Br. Power with his usual good taste, and remarks and sentiments were offered by several Brethren, and by some, who are not yet, in a technical sense, Brethren, but they are none of them recorded. Altogether the occasion passed off agreeably and profitably. And while it afforded ample proof that public sentiment is becoming more just and liberal toward our peaceful and charitable Fraternity, it gives us tokens of a bright and prosperous future for Freemasonry.

Respectfully and fraternally yours, [J. O. S.

INSTALLATION, NOVEMBER 1845

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. 2, December, 1845, p. 50:

INSTALLATION OF THE OFFICERS OF MIDDLESEX LODGE, AT FRAMINGHAM, MASS. ON ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY.

R. W. Br. Moore:

Dear Sir:—Middlesex Lodge having entered on the fiftieth year since ha formation, it seemed good to us to mark the event by some appropriate services. Preparation was accordingly made, by inviting a Brother to give a public Masonic Address on the occasion, and securing the large and commodious Town Hall, of Framingbam, as the place of meeting. The officers elect of the Lodge were duly Installed in ample form, on the same evening. The exercises were in the following order:

Music by the Band.
Prayer by Rev. Br. William Barry.
Reading the Scriptures by Rev. Br. Baury, of Newton.
Singing by the choir, led by Dr. S. Whitney.
Ceremonies of Installation by Br. J. O. Skinner, P. M.
Singing.
Benediction by Rev. Br. Charles Train.

These services were listened to with that strict attention which denoted that the assembly was gratified and profited by what was spoken.

The Address of Br. Wells was an able and successful vindication of the Masonic Institution against the more common objections which are urged in opposition to it It was rich in matter, and earnestly and eloquently delivered. Not only did it meet the approbation of the Fraternity, but men of high character for intelligence and moral worth, not Masons, expressed their high gratification at hearing so candid and fair an exhibition of the principles and aims of the Order. And I do not doubt that it will do much, to dispel the erroneous views and prejudices which exist in the community. I have heard Br. Wells speak several times on similar occasions, but never with such perfect satisfaction as at the meeting in Framingham.

He first referred to the pleasing fact, that Middlesex Lodge still lives, still retains its pristine vigor, notwithstanding the changes that have taken place in the world since it was established. Within fifty years, Washington, the Father of his country, and La Fayette, the friend of man, both being aneient friends of the Masonic Institution, have ceased their labors on earth, to enter the celestial Lodge above. During this period many sects and parties have sprung up into being, and after a brief and troubled existence, have vanished away. The antimasonic crusade was originated within this period, and that even has been relinquished, and neither the efforts of the selfish politician, nor the fears of the timid, nor the falseness of professed friends, have subverted this Lodge. It stands, it lives, it carries on its labors, it still performs its gentle ministry of peace, charity and brotherly affection, throughout the circle of its influence. It is believed that there was not a single person present who was an original member of the Lodge. There was a change of persons; the administration of the Lodge had changed hands, but the Institution itself had not changed This Lodge too, has ever kept up its stated meetings without ever yielding to discouragement, or being disheartened by the dark clouds of adversity.

After the introduction, Br. Wells proceeded to consider several objections which are made to the Masonic Institution; such as, it is a secret society; it excludes tho gentler sex; it admits men of every sect in religion, and party in politics, into its communion; it undertakes a work that properly belongs to the Church; and lastly, it is a strict and unaccommodating society, and does not conform to the changing fashions and tastes of the times. All these were thoroughly treated, and shown not to exist, or to be in reality no valid objection. But I cannot, and must not, attempt to give an outline of the Address for want of space.

After these exercises were concluded, the Brethren, together with their ladies and invited guests, repaired to the hotel of Joseph Fuller, Esq., where an ample and elegant supper had been provided, and there spent a couple of hours in social and festive enjoyment. The company at the table numbered one hundred and fifty, of whom one-third were ladies.

After the supper had been dispatched, we were regaled with music from the band, and the flow of wit and sentiment from various Brethren. Some of the sentiments which were offered are as follows :

In memory of the original founders and members of Middlesex Lodge.
The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, present by its representative, the Orator of the occasion ; we never need thirst while we can draw from such excellent wells.
Response of Br. Wells: The female members of Middlesex Lodge. Their smiles are ever beaming upon us encouragement and joy, like the sun at high meridian.
By Br. J. O. Skinner: Morning Star Lodge, oj Worcester; though its brightness was for a time obscured, yet we greet its renewed appearance above the horizon as a sign of hope and promise to the whole Fraternity.
By Br. C. R. Train: The Society of Odd Fellows.
Response by Rev. H. P. Stevens. As Freemasonry dates its origin as far back as Solomon, and his Temple, which edifice was erected without the sound of axe, hammer, or any instrument of iron, thus quietly and unobtrusively may Freemasons fulfil their mission of peace and love.
By Br. C. R Train. The members of Meridian Lodge, at Newton.
Response by Gen. Rice, Master of Meridian Lodge. The past officers of Middlesex Lodge. Though they go out, they still shine.
Br. J. O. Skinner, one of those kindly referred to in the foregoing sentiment, replied, at some length, as follows:

W. Master and Brethren,—I am happy to be with you to-night. My heart is full, for this occasion is to me of deeper interest than to the most of you present. Six years ago I became a member of the Masonic family, and for two years I have been honored with the office of Master. I am sincerely thankful for the testimonials of respect and confidence that I have received from this Lodge, and on ceasing my official connection with it, I shall not by any means cense to wish, or to work, for its prosperity. At the time of my initiation, the Institution waa just reviving from the inactivity caused by the malignant hostility of its enemies.

Freemasonry, indeed, never, during the darkest days, lost its vitality, nor suspended its charities, nor ceased to number its strong and steady supporters;—but its labors were carried on with more than usual reserve, it made itself felt without being seen or heard, and its pulsations beat so gently as to attract no attention from an indifferent or gainsaying world.

Thanks to a few faithful Brethren, Middlesex Lodge did not, like many sister Lodges, suspend its meetings, but kept them up through all opposition and reproach. Its records bear testimony to the steady zeal and honorable perseverance of its members, in holding fast to their integrity, through the transient excitements of the public mind, and in despising the gain or favor to be procured by a sacrifice of principle or a betrayal of friends.

Yet if this Lodge were not prostrated by persecuting intolerance, it shared with other Lodges in the common calamity ; its meetings were thinly attended, its finances embarrassed and its usefulness diminished.

And the same adverse influences which for a time appeared to threaten the extinction of the Order, have no doubt partially operated up to the present time, and prevented its rapid increase in numbers. But then a sudden enlargement is not what all desire. I hope we all appreciate the peculiar character of the Masonic Institution too well to seek for a hasty growth or an indiscriminate accession of numbers or strength.

It is of too long standing, it has been too well considered in its organiza¬ tion, to suffer from the narrow prejudices of the ignorant, or be benefitted by the headlong zeal of the enthusiast. The spiritual Temple we aim to rear has a purpose and object too high and sacred to admit of any materials being employed, except the tried and true. Its strength must ever lie in the integrity of its members; ami not in numbers; in the prevalence of its spirit, rather than in the multiplication of its badges or its honors.

Truly, my Brethren, when we consider the growing interest, manifested by this meeting, in favor of our Order, and the revival of Lodges in the adjacent towns, we may take courage and rejoice in the prospect before us.

One thing, before I close, I must not forget to say, and that is, that in all my Masonic experience and intercourse with Freemasons, for six years, there has been an uninterrupted prevalence of harmony and good feeling. When in the political world fierce contention was raging around me, and religion was disfigured by sectarian jealousy and strife, all has been peace in the Lodge.

While the interested and selfish, who cared nothing for principle, were willing to violate their solemn obligations, and were even bold and bad enough to advise others to seek the same level of infamy with themselves, yet the base and double-tongued have been rebuked, and God smiles upon and blesses the true and upright man, the true and faithful Mason.

Brethren, I could say much more if time would permit But it is needless. I cease my immediate connection with this Lodge reluctantly, because it has been a source of pleasure and a means of improvement to me ; and I shall always hear of your prosperity with great satisfaction.

Thus, Br. Moore, the evening passed off, and tbe Brethren separated at a late hour, at the instance of tbe Band striking up Sweet Home. Reserving some particulars concerning Midd. Lodge, which I think may interest your readers, for another occasion, I remain yours, very truly,

J. O. S.

Dudley, Nov. 18. 1845.

HALL DEDICATION, JUNE 1866

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXV, No. 9, July, 1866, p. 287:

NEW HALL AT FRAMINGHAM.

The new hall recently erected by Middlesex Lodge at Framingham, was dedicated by the Grand Lodge on Monday, the eighteenth June ult. Arrangements had been made by the Lodge for a public parade, dinner, &c, but in consequence of the unfavorable state of the weather the former was dispensed with. The same cause also contributed to greatly reduce the num ber in attendance. This, however, was very respectable; and on the conclusion of the ceremonies at the Hall, a procession was formed and marched to the church, where an original poem was delivered by Rev. T. J. Greenwood of Maiden. It occupied forty minutes in the delivery, and was a fine perform ance, some parts of it rising to eloquence and brilliancy. At the conclusion of these services a procession was again formed, and proceeded to the Town Hall, where the tables were spread for dinner.

The new hall is very neat, and well furnished, and the ante-rooms appropriately arranged.

MEMORIALS

MICAH LELAND 1779-1847

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. VII, No. 6, April 1848, p. 188:

Sherburne, March 17, 1848.

Br. Moore,—The following notice and resolves have been greatly neglected by the committee chosen for that purpose, and if this is in season, I wish it may be published in the next number of the Magazine. Very respectfully, yours, Edw'd Holbrook.

MM 1812, WM 1826-1828, Middlesex
Signed the Declaration of 1831

Died, at Sherburne, Sept. 12th, 1847, Dea. Micah Leland, aged 68. Dea. Leland was initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry, in Middlesex Lodge, at Framingham, Dec. 15th, 1812, and elected Master of the same Lodge, Nov. 22d, 1825. As a neighbor, a citizen, a Christian and a Mason, he was highly and justly esteemed. His townsmen manifested their estimation of his character and their confidence in him, by electing him to fill important offices in the town, and sending him as their Representative to the General Court. In his public services and private transactions, he was guided by strict integrity and a conscientious regard to duty. Under a deep conviction of moral accountability, and that all his actions were under the inspection of the "All-seeing Eye," it was his aim "to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with his God." His death was sudden. In health and vigor of body and mind, be was violently seized with fever, which, in a few days, extinguished the lamp of life, and filled many breasts with sadness and sorrow. By this event, bis family have been deprived of a kind and faithful husband and father; the town of a highly respected and useful citizen; the church of a worthy communicant and a valuable officer, who found the greatest satisfaction in the jwth of Christian duty; and the Masonic family of a Brother who was " good and true f one who was ever interested in the honor and prosperity of Masonry, and who did not not forsake her in the days of persecution. When the "love of many waxed cold," and not a few apostatized and lent their aid to a vain attempt to overturn the Institution, the subject of this notice was not ashamed of his relationship to the Fraternity, nor afraid to vindicate the innocence and moral worth of Masonry whenever they were assailed. May hie example and sudden exit, stimulate his surviving Brethren and friends to fidelity, diligence and promptness in discharging the duties of life, so that if they should be called sway suddenly, as he was, they may be found "worthy and well qualified for admission into that glorious temple " not made with hands," where the true and the faithful will rest from their labors and enjoy their reward. The following preamble and resolves were adopted at a meeting of Middlesex Lodge:

Whereas, it has pleased our Master in Heaven, to remove our worthy and beloved Brother, Micah Leland, from the Lodge below to the Celestial Lodge above, there, as we hope and trust, to be clothed in righteousness and invested with the jewel of eternal glory,—Therefore,
Resolved, unanimously, by the members of Middlesex Lodge, that we will cherish the remembrance of the moral worth and valuable services of our departed Brother; and that we tender our kind sympathy and condolence to his bereaved widow and children, and would invite them to seek consolation in contemplating the character of their deceased friend, and the mercy and goodness of that Father in heaven who chastens in love.
Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to enter the foregoing notice and resolve upon the records of the Lodge, and to transmit a copy of the same to the bereaved family of our deceased Brother; also to the Editor of the " Freemasons' Monthly Magazine," for publication in that work.