Annals Of The Grand Lodge Of Iowa.

Grand Lodge in the last session . " The snm of 75 dols . waa voted for the purpose of obtaining an engraved portrait of Past Grand Master j , F . Sandford , deceased in 1874 . Most of the morning sitting was taken np with amendments to the new Constitution and bye-laws . In the afternoon , the Grand Officers for the year were elected as follow :

Bro . E . C . Blaokmar 318 , Burlington - Master J . F . Martin 292 , Nevada - - Senior Warden G . W . Ball , 4 Iowa City - - Junior Warden R . E . Graves 125 , Dubuque - Treasurer T . S . Parvin 2 , Cedar Rapids - Secretary

Cedar Rapids was selected as the next place of meeting of Grand Lodge , the date fixed being tho first Tuesday in June 1888 . P . G . M . Granger was appointed custodian for the next six years in the room of P . G . M . Guilberfc , whose term had expired . The G . Secretary , in behalf of Bros . Hastings , White , and Fisher , photographer * , of

Davenport , presented t > Grand Lodge , to be placed in the library building , a finely-executed portrait of Oliver Cox ( 1 ) of Burlington , who waa tbe first Grand Master of this Grand Lodge . Tbe gift was accepted with thanks . It was resolved to place a portrait of Grand Tyler Schreiner over the doorway of the library proper , at the cost of

20 dols . After some routine business , Grand Lodge again adjourned till the following day . The third day ' s sitting was opened in the nsual way , and after preliminaries the Grand Master-elect announced the appointments of Grand Officers for the year , in addition to those already mentioned .

The Grand Master elect , Bro . E . S . Blackmar , was then installed by Grand Master Allen , and the remaining Grand Officers were invested by P . G . M . Bro . Van Saun . The report of the Committee on G . L . Library occupied some time , and was ultimately adopted as satisfactory ; and various amendments suggested to the new Constitution having

received due consideration , tbe Grand Master declared the new Constitution , as amended , adopted . It was ordered , under the law , that the same be submitted to the Grand Lodge at its next annual Communication for approval or rejection . The newly-installed Grand Master presided at the afternoon and closing sitting , at which the

business was of a formal character . Thanks were tendered to Past Grand Masters , to the Masons , citizens , Reception Committee , and hotels of Devonport for the manner in which the Grand Lodge had been treated , and to the railroads which gave reduced rates to the delegates . A Committee on Jurisprudence for the ensuing year was

appointed ; and , there being no further business presented , the M . W . G . M ., Bro . Blaokmar , closed the Communication in ample form " in peace and harmony . " The subsequent pages of the work before us are made up of statistics of Grand and subordinate Lodges , involving much actuarial

labour ; memorial tablets to Past Grand Masters , and "hononred names " who had passed away during the year ; and a bulky report on " fraternal correspondence , " which , as we have stated , extends over two hundred and fifty pages , and contains a vast amount of

information not only locally , but to Masonic readers generally . It appears to be an herculean task to collaborate snch an immense amount of matter , and it is only due to the Grand Secretary to observe that , so far as we are able to judge , fche work has been carried out in the most painstaking and masterly manner .

Consecration Of The Josiah Wedgwood Lodge, No. 2214.

CONSECRATION OF THE JOSIAH WEDGWOOD LODGE , No . 2214 .

ON Tuesday , the 30 tb ult ., there was a large gathering of Freemasons at Etruria for the purpose of witnessing the consecration of a new Lodge . The warrant had been granted b y His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales as Grand Master of England , and signed by his Depnty the Earl of Lathom , the date of it being the 14 th of August . Bro . Richard Tooth P . M . 637 P . P . G . R . was named

as the first Worshipful Master , with Bro . W . J . Carr P . M . 418 , and Bro . D . Smith P . M . 637 P . G . J . D . as Senior and Junior Wardens respectively . From the Masonic Records it appears that in 1803 a Masonic Lodge , named the Etruscan , was held afc fche Bridge Inn , Etruria , which was a very small village afc that time . The Etruscan

was removed to the Talbot Inn , Stoke , in 1807 , and forty years later it ceased fco exist . The name "Etruscan" was subsequently appropriated by the Longton Masons on the establishment of a Lodge in that town . The newly-formed Lodge at Etruria has therefore to be known by another name , and the brethren have decided to call it the

Josiah Wedgwood , after the illustrious founder of the village . The Wesleyan School-room has been secured as the place of meeting , and there are the necessary ante-rooms in tha same building . The R . W . P . G . M . Bro . Col . G . S . Tudor , who attended for the purpose of consecrating the Lodge , was accompanied by the D . P . G . M . Bro . Col . oster

• r Uongh . The other P . G . Officers present were Bros . J . F Pepper 482 S . W ., E . H . Croydon 460 J . W ., J . Bodenham 726 Treas ., ' T - Spencer 662 Registrar , E . H . Thorne 1838 Seoretarv , G . C . E > nt 546 Assistant Secretary , W . G . Lowe 624 S . D ., D . Smith 637 J . D .,

»»• orown 347 Supt . Wks ., G . ti . Stanger 419 Dir . of Cers ., W . T M'Neal 1942 S . B ., J . H . Smith 539 S . B ., J . T . Snnpe 460 S B ., W , Davenport 966 Pursuivant , E . T . Collins W . M . 696 , J . Smith W . M . 460 , J , Williams 539 Stewards . Amongst the othpr brethren who

J » gned the Tyler ' s book were Bros . J . Bromley 418 P P . G S W T Taylor 418 P . P . G . S . W ., J . Webberley 546 P . P . G . R ., R « V . ' . ' ^ nothman 418 P . P . G . C , F . W . Tumkinson 450 P . P . G . S . D H C . * aram P . P . G . J . D ., A . G . Prince 546 P . P . G . J . D ., F . W . G- OVP 1942 ¦ ^• P . G . J . D ., J . Ingamels 460 P . P . G . J . D .. E . Roberts 1912 P . P . G . T n

i- Mount Homphries 539 P . P . G . Snpfc . Wks ., G . Broadbridgo 241 £ -P-G . D . C , F . Woollev 726 P . P . G . A . D . C , J . S . Copper 418 f , - G . A . D . C , R . Dain 98 P . P . G . A D . C , J . T . Clayton P . P . G A . D C *• Mountford 460 P . P . G . O ., T . Uowin 637 P . P . G . P ., T . K Pedley 98 \ ff ^ - ' - L - Earnshaw W . M . 2149 , J . Foster W . M . 1914 , S . Watson ' * ' » . 2064 , A . S . Walters W . M . 546 , E . Peake W . M . 1942 , A . F

Consecration Of The Josiah Wedgwood Lodge, No. 2214.

Warrilow W . M . 739 , E . V . Greatbaoh W . M . 418 , S . Bentley W . M . 98 , W . Orrey W . M . 533 , George Chell P . M . 966 , E . B . Jackson P . M . 418 , W . J . Carr P . M . 418 , E . Ford P . M . 1380 , H . Bosfcock Past Master 1587 , F . Weston Past Master 98 , S . Benett P . M . 98 , J . Wain P . M . 418 . The Provincial Grand Master having taken fche chair , opened the

Lodge , and addressed the brethren with regard to the nature of the meeting . The Provincial Grand Secretary ( Bro . Thorne ) read the petition for the new Lodge and tbe warrant for the same . The brethren of the new Lodge signified their assent to the appointment of the Officers named in the warrant . The Rev . E . D . Boothman

P . P . G . C , in the unavoidable absence of the Provincial Grand Chaplain , then delivered an oration on fche nature and principles of the Order . He said he co Id not tell them more than he had done on a previous occasion with respect to Freemasonry . Its nature was of bhe highest character , and its principles were based upon the best

foundation . He thought he might say ifc was because its principles mighfc be considered eternal that the Institution had lasted so long . The Institntion had passed through many vicissitudes , and the principles of Freemasonry , " brotherly love , relief , and truth , " wonld never die . He heard a great man say once , " Principles live while

men die . " Generations of men mighfc pass away , bnt whilst the principles which were laid down as the foundation of their Order were intact—thafc system of morality whioh waa veiled iu allegory and illustrated by symbols—that system might endure and be a glory wherever their children were spread over the face of land and water .

Ifc was a greafc pleasure to him whenever any of his friends would allow themselves to be enrolled as members of their Order . It was a great feature in Masonry that they did nofc solicit men fco join them , and it was only fit and proper persons as a rule who were admitted to be Masons . The mysteries of the Order were a bond of union and

a sign of the ancient character of the Institution . Ifc was a greafc pleasure to him to take part in proceedings in connection with fche consecration of thafc Lodge , whioh he hoped would be influential in doing good in the village . Freemasonry in this country had always been the handmaid to progress and enlightenment , and he

trusted it would always be so . And he trusted thafc the Josiah Wedgwood Lodge would bring together in fche bond of union men w ho ought to be united in the bonds of common sympathies and aims , and thafc the Lodges of England would be strengthened by the consecration of this . Lodge . Masonry was an institution which no

words of his would enhance . He trusted thafc tbe allegories would be carefully worked and would be kept before the minds of fche brethren of the Craffc , and fchafc fche Josiah Wedgwood Lodge would have a long and prosperous career . The interesting ceremony of consecration was then proceeded wifch , the dedication prayer being

followed by the invocation and reading of a portion of Scripture . The Lodge board having been uncovered , the customary processions followed , amidst solemn musical performances , Bro . F . Mountford P . P . G . O . presiding at the harmonium . The installation of Bro . Tooth as W . M . for the ensuing year then took place , Bro . J . Ingamells

having undertaken fche duties of Installing Master , assisted by Bros . Faram , E . B . Jackson and D . Smith . The following were the Officers appointed , in addition to the Wardens already named : — R . Small Treasurer , G . A . Marsden Secretary , R . Small S . D ., W . G . Cowlinshaw J . D ., E . B . Jackson D . C , T . Shore I . G ., and A . Kingston

Tyler . After the Lodge had been closed , a banquet took place in the Board School . Ifc was provided by Bro . J . Monro , whose catering gave entire satisfaction . The Queen and the Craffc was the first toast , and it was followed by those of the Prince of Wales M . W . G . M ., and the Earl of Carnarvon M . W . Pro G . M ., the Earl of Lathom

R . W . D . G . M ., and " the Grand Lodge of England , the latter proposed by Bro . Bromley and acknowledged by Bro . Bodenham Past G . A . D . C . and Bro . Gough P . G . S . B . Bro . Tooth submitted the toasfc of the R . W . Prov . G . M ., which was cordially received . Bro . Col . Tudor , in reply , mentioned that the Josiah Wedgwood was the ninth Lodge

thafc he had consecrated in Staffordshire , a Province which had done its duty in every respect so far as Masonry vvas concerned . Brother Carr proposed the health of Bro . Col . Gough D . P . G . M ., and the P . G . Lodge of Staffordshire . In acknowledging the toast , Brother

Gough said he intended to follow the same straightforward course wbich he had followed in fche past , relying on the intelligence , good sense , and truly Masonic spirit of the brethren in aiding him to do the best he conld for the welfare of the Province . Ifc had afforded

him great delight to have been present in his official position afc the proceedings of thafc day . He rejoiced very much in the title wbich they had adopted for their Lodge , because it was a name which wonld live in the annals of the country for ages to come . He commended to their attention the perseverance of Josiah Wedgwood in spite of

innumerable difficulties which he had to contend wifch before he achieved success . He pointed out that Freemasons could learn many lessons from the labours of Josiah Wedgwood , and suggested fchafc the lessons to be derived from Wedgwood's labours should he laid before tho brethren of the Lodge in the form of an essay . Bros . St . anger

and Thorne also responded . Bro . Gough , in complimentary terms , proposed the health of Bro . Tooth , which was very cordially received , and was dnly acknowledged . Bro . David Smith proposed the health of Bro . J . Ingamells , Installing Master , who made an appropriate acknowledgment . The following toasts were also drunk : —The

Visitors , proposed by Bro . Jackson , and responded to by Bro . E . V . Greatbach ; the Officers ofthe Josiah Wedgwood Lodge , proposed by Bro . Faram , and acknowledged by Bros . Carr and D . Smith ; the

Masonic Charities , submitted by Bro . T . Taylor , and replied to by Bro . Windle ; and the Tyler's toast . Tbe Silverdale Glee Parfcy contributed some excellent music during the evening , and thereby fche enjoyment of the brethren .

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