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Masonic Portraits. (No. 36.)
active member of that body , and is , in fact , at the present time the Father of the Lodge . Here , again , he quickly ingratiated himself Avith his fellow-members , and was chosen Master in 1853 . For nearly twenty years he held the important office of Director of Ceremonies , and since his
resignation of that post he has held the even more responsible trust of Treasurer , a trust he still continues to fnlfi ' with the same zeal and firmness as at his first appointment . As evidence of the thorough esteem in which our brother is , and alwavs has been , held by the members of his Lodge ,
we announce with p leasure that on two different occasions have they recognised the value of his services . On the 17 th January 1855 , a testimonial was presented to him in open Lodge , in the presence not only of a large gathering of the Lodge members , but likewise before a strong muster
of visitors , among whom was present more than one member of Grand Lodge . This testimonial took the form of a resolution , written ornamentally on vellum , signed by every member of the Lodge , and elegantly bound by the late Bro . R . Spencer , and was presented by the officers and members
" as a mark of our appreciation of , and gratitude for , the able and zealous manner in which he has at all times promoted the interest and sustained the character of the Lodge , for the period of twenty years during which he has been a member , and in token of our esteem and regard for him as
a man and brother , accompanied by our sincere wishes for the prosperity and happiness of himself and family . " Again , in 1868 , he was for a second time the recipient of a testimonial , which in this instance , however , took the
form of a handsome drawing-room clock and a gold Treasurer ' s jewel , with gold keys and padlock . Our present Grand Secretary was W . M . of the Lodge , and presided on the < ccasion . In the course of his remarks that
distingushed brother mentioned that the Past Master and Treasurer , to whom these grata munera were about to be offered , had been a member of the Lodge for thirty-four years , had served the offices of W . M . and DC , the latter of which he had filled for over seventeen years ; that he
was then , and for the nine preceding years had been , its Treasurer ; that he had served the office of Steward to each of the Charities . He further enumerated other positions of trust or honour to which he had been appointed , either in recognition of the able services he had shown
himself capable of rendering to Freemasonry , or as a mark of the respect in which he was universally held . The Master concluded his speech by handing our friend tho testimonial , and proposing his health , a proposal which was greeted on all sides with the greatest enthusiasm .
Nor are these the only Lodges with which our brother has been connected , or No . 7 the only one which has dul y appreciated his many good qualities . In 1855 he joined the Romford Lodge , No . 214 , and here , too , served the office of Treasurer for many years . On surrendering the
trust , he was presented by the members with a handsome silver teapot . He filled the office of Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies in the Province of Essex , in the year 1857 , and is a member of the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 276 , at Chelmsford . For over twenty years he
has belonged to St . John ' s Lodge , Hampstead , No . 167 , and during the whole of that period has been Director of Ceremonies , with the duties of which post he is , perhaps , as familiar as any Craftsman . So highly , indeed , have his services in this capacity been regarded , that when the
foundation stone of the New Buildings in Great Queenstreet was laid , we find him appointed , at the special request ( f Bro . Jennings , G . D . C ., to be one of the Assistant Directors of Ceremonies , or Special Stewards , for the occasion . And , again , at the Festival held to commemorate
the opening of the new premises , our respected brother was one of the very limited number of brethren selected to fill the office of Steward ; and for his services at this festival he wears the onl y silver jewel worn in Craft Masonry , designed and executed by Wyon of
Regentstreet . In completing the list of the different Masonic bodies of which he has been , or still is , a member , it remains for us to add that he was exalted in the Fidelity
Chapter , No . 3 , in 1834 . He joined the Romford Chapter , No . 214 , on the register of whose members he stands third in order of seniority , in 1856 , was M . E . Z . in 1858 , and is , for the current year , its Director of Ceremonies .
Thus much for his services in Lodge and Chapter . As regards tho Craft generally , we may mention that he has been several times appointed to serve on the Board ol General Purposes , has been a member of the Colonial Board , and for many ^ years was one of the twelve Past
Masonic Portraits. (No. 36.)
Masters elected by Grand Lodge to serve on the Board of Benevolence . His zeal in the cause of our Charities has been equally
conspicuous . As far back as the year 1839 he served the office of Steward to the Freemasons' Asylum . In 1861 he filled the same office to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution—as it had then become . He aided the cause
of the Girls' School in a like capacity in 1859 , while for the Boys' School he has served no less than six Stewardships , namely , in the years 1853 , 1868 , 1870 , 1872 , 1875 and
1876 . On the last occasion his subscription list realised over fifty guineas , in addition to his own personal contribution , and he was appointed honorary Treasurer of the Board of Stewards . He has been on the Committpe of the
Royal Benevolent , and is a Life Governor of the Girls ' , as well as a Vice-President to the Boys ' , having also made each of his sons a Life Governor of the last mentioned Charity . Such is tho history of our worthy brother ' s career
during a connection with the Craft extending over very little short of fivo and forty years , and we venture to say that very few members of equal standing can point to a worthier Masonic record . It must bo to him a subject of perfectly legitimate pride when he traces back
the doings of his past career , and finds that while during the whole of that lengthened period of time he has earned for himself the love and respect of all those fellow-craftsmen with whom he has been directly associated , as well as of very many more to whom he is known only by reputation ,
he has not made to himself a single enemy . Few men , perhaps , are better calculated to shine in a Lodge of Freemasons . He is genial and chatty , can recal many a pleasant anecdote of worthy men who were bright ornaments of tho Craft in the days that are gone by . In the fulfilment of
his duties he is the personification of zeal itself . During the forty-three years he has been a member of the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , he has not been absent three times from its meetings . He has regularly attended Grand Lodge since the year 1833 , and Grand Chapter—of
the Committee of which he is , and has been for many years past , an active member—ever sinco his position in Royal Arch Masonry entitled him to a seat in that body . That such long and valuable services should not have won for him the crowning distinction of "the purple" is a mystery we
shall not attempt to solve . Ic is probable that in his heart of hearts our worthy brother feels he is fairl y entitled to such distinction ; and possibly he regrets—he mu « t be moie than human , indeed , if he does not regret—that Grand Lodge has not thought fit to confer upon him one of those
coveted honours , which many a younger man has long since enjoyed . His feelings , however , in a matter of this kind are sacred , and we have only ventured on the foregoing surmise because it seems to us that , in the distribution of its honours , Grand Lodge is not as attentive to the claims
of unpretentious merit as it should be . We are wandering , however , from the main purpose of our article , which has been to picture to our readers the career of a meritorious Craftsman , who has been again and again tried in this and that position of honour and responsibility , and has never
once been found wanting . We have described his career almost step by step , and have chronicled the several positions ho has filled with so much credit to himself aud so great advantage to Freemasonry . Others there are like him , we rejoice to say , who have fought the good
fight as manfully as he has done , though it must be admitted that few indeed , if any , have more highly or honourably distinguished themselves . Our hope is that , iu the ages to come , all Freemasons may work with the
same earnest zeal , the same kindly consideration for others , and the same high tone of thought and action as one whom , with every sentiment of respect , we venture to designate an Ancient Craftsman .
Miss Emil y Mott ' s fourth Annual Concert will take place on the 24 th inst ., when this talented lad y will have the services of Madame Blanche Cole , Mr . W . H . Cummings , and other well known artistes .
HOIXOWAT s OraTMEXT ANT ) Fitts . —The seeds of diseaso aro often unconsciously sown by some neglect , of those precautions which are so necessary in this changeable climate of our .- - ; the earlier s . vinpt ins of deranged health are ufteu neglected , and hence another great source of after consequences of a serious character arises . Amongst the precautions " ost necessary at the cinuge o' the sea-ons is that of atrentinn to the clothing , ami to the advent of my con h or throat disorder , which should at <; nce be treated by these remedies , which will quickly remove all chance cf their titkint ! hold of the system and producing consumptive symptoms . A few dosea of these Pills aro the beat remedy for all hepatic and . dyspeptic symptom * ,
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Masonic Portraits. (No. 36.)
active member of that body , and is , in fact , at the present time the Father of the Lodge . Here , again , he quickly ingratiated himself Avith his fellow-members , and was chosen Master in 1853 . For nearly twenty years he held the important office of Director of Ceremonies , and since his
resignation of that post he has held the even more responsible trust of Treasurer , a trust he still continues to fnlfi ' with the same zeal and firmness as at his first appointment . As evidence of the thorough esteem in which our brother is , and alwavs has been , held by the members of his Lodge ,
we announce with p leasure that on two different occasions have they recognised the value of his services . On the 17 th January 1855 , a testimonial was presented to him in open Lodge , in the presence not only of a large gathering of the Lodge members , but likewise before a strong muster
of visitors , among whom was present more than one member of Grand Lodge . This testimonial took the form of a resolution , written ornamentally on vellum , signed by every member of the Lodge , and elegantly bound by the late Bro . R . Spencer , and was presented by the officers and members
" as a mark of our appreciation of , and gratitude for , the able and zealous manner in which he has at all times promoted the interest and sustained the character of the Lodge , for the period of twenty years during which he has been a member , and in token of our esteem and regard for him as
a man and brother , accompanied by our sincere wishes for the prosperity and happiness of himself and family . " Again , in 1868 , he was for a second time the recipient of a testimonial , which in this instance , however , took the
form of a handsome drawing-room clock and a gold Treasurer ' s jewel , with gold keys and padlock . Our present Grand Secretary was W . M . of the Lodge , and presided on the < ccasion . In the course of his remarks that
distingushed brother mentioned that the Past Master and Treasurer , to whom these grata munera were about to be offered , had been a member of the Lodge for thirty-four years , had served the offices of W . M . and DC , the latter of which he had filled for over seventeen years ; that he
was then , and for the nine preceding years had been , its Treasurer ; that he had served the office of Steward to each of the Charities . He further enumerated other positions of trust or honour to which he had been appointed , either in recognition of the able services he had shown
himself capable of rendering to Freemasonry , or as a mark of the respect in which he was universally held . The Master concluded his speech by handing our friend tho testimonial , and proposing his health , a proposal which was greeted on all sides with the greatest enthusiasm .
Nor are these the only Lodges with which our brother has been connected , or No . 7 the only one which has dul y appreciated his many good qualities . In 1855 he joined the Romford Lodge , No . 214 , and here , too , served the office of Treasurer for many years . On surrendering the
trust , he was presented by the members with a handsome silver teapot . He filled the office of Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies in the Province of Essex , in the year 1857 , and is a member of the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 276 , at Chelmsford . For over twenty years he
has belonged to St . John ' s Lodge , Hampstead , No . 167 , and during the whole of that period has been Director of Ceremonies , with the duties of which post he is , perhaps , as familiar as any Craftsman . So highly , indeed , have his services in this capacity been regarded , that when the
foundation stone of the New Buildings in Great Queenstreet was laid , we find him appointed , at the special request ( f Bro . Jennings , G . D . C ., to be one of the Assistant Directors of Ceremonies , or Special Stewards , for the occasion . And , again , at the Festival held to commemorate
the opening of the new premises , our respected brother was one of the very limited number of brethren selected to fill the office of Steward ; and for his services at this festival he wears the onl y silver jewel worn in Craft Masonry , designed and executed by Wyon of
Regentstreet . In completing the list of the different Masonic bodies of which he has been , or still is , a member , it remains for us to add that he was exalted in the Fidelity
Chapter , No . 3 , in 1834 . He joined the Romford Chapter , No . 214 , on the register of whose members he stands third in order of seniority , in 1856 , was M . E . Z . in 1858 , and is , for the current year , its Director of Ceremonies .
Thus much for his services in Lodge and Chapter . As regards tho Craft generally , we may mention that he has been several times appointed to serve on the Board ol General Purposes , has been a member of the Colonial Board , and for many ^ years was one of the twelve Past
Masonic Portraits. (No. 36.)
Masters elected by Grand Lodge to serve on the Board of Benevolence . His zeal in the cause of our Charities has been equally
conspicuous . As far back as the year 1839 he served the office of Steward to the Freemasons' Asylum . In 1861 he filled the same office to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution—as it had then become . He aided the cause
of the Girls' School in a like capacity in 1859 , while for the Boys' School he has served no less than six Stewardships , namely , in the years 1853 , 1868 , 1870 , 1872 , 1875 and
1876 . On the last occasion his subscription list realised over fifty guineas , in addition to his own personal contribution , and he was appointed honorary Treasurer of the Board of Stewards . He has been on the Committpe of the
Royal Benevolent , and is a Life Governor of the Girls ' , as well as a Vice-President to the Boys ' , having also made each of his sons a Life Governor of the last mentioned Charity . Such is tho history of our worthy brother ' s career
during a connection with the Craft extending over very little short of fivo and forty years , and we venture to say that very few members of equal standing can point to a worthier Masonic record . It must bo to him a subject of perfectly legitimate pride when he traces back
the doings of his past career , and finds that while during the whole of that lengthened period of time he has earned for himself the love and respect of all those fellow-craftsmen with whom he has been directly associated , as well as of very many more to whom he is known only by reputation ,
he has not made to himself a single enemy . Few men , perhaps , are better calculated to shine in a Lodge of Freemasons . He is genial and chatty , can recal many a pleasant anecdote of worthy men who were bright ornaments of tho Craft in the days that are gone by . In the fulfilment of
his duties he is the personification of zeal itself . During the forty-three years he has been a member of the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , he has not been absent three times from its meetings . He has regularly attended Grand Lodge since the year 1833 , and Grand Chapter—of
the Committee of which he is , and has been for many years past , an active member—ever sinco his position in Royal Arch Masonry entitled him to a seat in that body . That such long and valuable services should not have won for him the crowning distinction of "the purple" is a mystery we
shall not attempt to solve . Ic is probable that in his heart of hearts our worthy brother feels he is fairl y entitled to such distinction ; and possibly he regrets—he mu « t be moie than human , indeed , if he does not regret—that Grand Lodge has not thought fit to confer upon him one of those
coveted honours , which many a younger man has long since enjoyed . His feelings , however , in a matter of this kind are sacred , and we have only ventured on the foregoing surmise because it seems to us that , in the distribution of its honours , Grand Lodge is not as attentive to the claims
of unpretentious merit as it should be . We are wandering , however , from the main purpose of our article , which has been to picture to our readers the career of a meritorious Craftsman , who has been again and again tried in this and that position of honour and responsibility , and has never
once been found wanting . We have described his career almost step by step , and have chronicled the several positions ho has filled with so much credit to himself aud so great advantage to Freemasonry . Others there are like him , we rejoice to say , who have fought the good
fight as manfully as he has done , though it must be admitted that few indeed , if any , have more highly or honourably distinguished themselves . Our hope is that , iu the ages to come , all Freemasons may work with the
same earnest zeal , the same kindly consideration for others , and the same high tone of thought and action as one whom , with every sentiment of respect , we venture to designate an Ancient Craftsman .
Miss Emil y Mott ' s fourth Annual Concert will take place on the 24 th inst ., when this talented lad y will have the services of Madame Blanche Cole , Mr . W . H . Cummings , and other well known artistes .
HOIXOWAT s OraTMEXT ANT ) Fitts . —The seeds of diseaso aro often unconsciously sown by some neglect , of those precautions which are so necessary in this changeable climate of our .- - ; the earlier s . vinpt ins of deranged health are ufteu neglected , and hence another great source of after consequences of a serious character arises . Amongst the precautions " ost necessary at the cinuge o' the sea-ons is that of atrentinn to the clothing , ami to the advent of my con h or throat disorder , which should at <; nce be treated by these remedies , which will quickly remove all chance cf their titkint ! hold of the system and producing consumptive symptoms . A few dosea of these Pills aro the beat remedy for all hepatic and . dyspeptic symptom * ,