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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Lincolnshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF LINCOLNSHIRE .

^ pHE a-ou-oal Provincial Grand Lodp-e of Li icolnshire was . held on Thursday , tbe 9 fch ult ., in the 1 heatre Royal wantham , nnder the banner of the Doric Lolge , No . 362 . J-He date waa fche Centenary of tho Doric . ' jodge . aod ifc

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Lincolnshire.

had been selected with singularly propriety as the date for the meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge . It may be stated , simply as a matter of history , and in no degree infringing upon the tenets of this most honourable and Ancient Craft , that thc Doric Lodge , Grantham , enjoys tho

proud distinction of being one' of the oldest in the kingdom . A Lodge existed in Grantham long anterior to the date of the reconstruction of the Order , but , in the troublous events that marked the opening of the Hanoverian era , it was allowed to lapse . The Doric has , during

ita long career , been conspicuous for its zeal in the cause which has , for its fundamental principle , the unassailable doctrine of unremitting and unostentatious charity ; and it

has numbered among its initiates brethren whom not only the Craft , but the world , have been delighted to honour . The Right Worshipful Bro . Wm . Hy . Smythe , J . P ., D . L ., of Blkington Hall , presided .

Provincial Grand Lodge was opened shortly before 12 o ' clock by the W . M . and brethren of the Doric Lodge , in the three degrees , and soon after the Provincial Grand Master , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and Provincial Grand Officers entered . The Earl of Mount

Edgcumbe , Deputy Grand Master of England , was also present . The rolls having been called , minutes read and returns and reports received , a resolution was passed relative to the lamented death of H . R . H . the Dnke of Clarence and Avondale , E . G ., P . G . W ., Provincial Grand

Master Berks . Bro . W . H . Sissons P . M . 1447 , and P . G . D . England , was installed as Deputy Provincial Grand Master in the room of Deputy Provincial Grand Master Fowler . The inventory of the property of Provincial Grand Lodge having been presented , the Provincial Grand

Treasurer for the ensuing year ( Bro . C . M . lVesbiifc ) was elected . A jewel was presented to Aid . Fowler , F . R . I . B . A ., by the Lodges of the Province on his retirement from the position of Deputy Provincial Grand Master of

Lincolnshire . Other business having been transacted , the Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master made the following appointments and investments of Provincial Grand Officers for 1892-3 : —

Bro . F . Higgins .. ... ... Senior Warden E . W . Anderson ... ... Junior Warden Eev . 0 . Elamere ... ... Chaplain B . Beeson ... ... ... Senior Deacon J . Norfolk ... ... ... Junior Deaoon W . VVheeldon ... ... ... Superintendent of Works G . H . Barrel ! ... ... ... Director of Ceremonies E . A .. Jackson ... ... ... Assistant- Dir . of Cers . J . B . Morton ... ... ... Sword Bearer

J . Eeddish ... ... ... ) , ¦ , , > R . L . Wherry j Standard Bearers W . B . Lilly ... ... ... Organist Ilallowes ... ... Assistant Secretary J . Burtonshaw ... ... Pursuivant D . Stephenson ... .., Assistant Pursuivant J . S . Battle ... ... ... ~) C . " P . Carter ... ... ... | H . Cottiiigbatn ... ... \ „ . . J . Constable f ^ ards J . J . Rainey ... ... ... I H . Spring ... ... ... J

Provincial Grand Lodge having been closed , the brethren , in Masonic clothing , marched in fours to the church of St . John , Spifctlegate , headed by tbe band of the 4 th Batt . Lincolnshire Regiment ( Militia ) under the conductorship of Bandmaster Brown . The procession was of

a very imposing character , and large numbers of the townspeople lined tbe route . The nave of the church was appropriated to the brethren , ancl tbe aisles were crowded by ladies and others . An excellent choir was obtained , and it was well supported by musical iustruments . The

serviye throughout was bright and solemn , aud the sino-ir-a * of tbe Nunc Dimittis ancl of tbo anthem from Job xxviii . — "Where is wisdom to be found ? and where is the place of understanding ?"—was remarkably effective . The sermoi was preached by tlie Provincial Grand Chaplain

( Bro . the Rev . 0 . Eismere ) from Cor . xiii . 13 : "And now fbideth faith , hope , charity , these three ; but the greatest of these is charity . " The discourse was of special significance to Freemasons , and it commanded the closest attention . The preacher remaiked that 100 years ago the

Provir cial Grand Lodge held its first meeting at Grantham , and n < w tbey held the same great principles as were then uphelc . They tried to work up to those grand Bible principles of faith , hope , and charity . The work of thc

Lodge had not been insignificant , but one work stood out more prominently in his mind than any other—the building of : hafc church in 1884 , wheu the Provincial Grand