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SATURDAY , 13 TH J dLY ICJOI .

Church Service.

CHURCH SERVICE .

A MASONIC Service will be held in St . Margaret ' s Church , Barking , on Sunday afternoon , 21 st inst ., organised by the Erkenwald Lodge , No . 2808 , at which the Right Rev . Bishop of Barking , D . D ., Past Grand Chaplain will preach .

The collection will be given to the Restoration Fund of the Church , and the Brethren are urged to make the amount worthy alike of so good an object , and of the ancient traditions of the Craft . Bro . H . Martin P . M . 2808 ( 3 Ilford Market , Ilford ) is acting as Secretary , and he will be glad to

hear from Lodges which have not already expressed their intention to be present , and also from unattached Brethren , who will be cordially welcomed . Donations from Brethren unable to be present may be sent to Bro . P . J . King P . M . W . M . 2808 , 25 Church Road , Barking .

The Patroness Of Freemasonry.

THE PATRONESS OF FREEMASONRY .

Al the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of New York , held recently in New York City , a Special Committee was appointed to prepare a report upon the death of the late Queen and the accession of Edward VII . to the throne , of which the following is a copy :

" The undersigned , the Special Committee appointed to prepare and report to the Grand Lodge an expression of the sentiments of this Grand Lodge upon the death of Victoria , the late Queen of Great Britain and Ireland , and the accession of Edward VII ., late Grand Master of English Freemasons ,

to the throne , and the election and installation of the Duke of Connaught as the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England , present the following and recommend its adoption .-" With the Grand Lodge of England we hold peculiar relations . Erected into a Grand Lodge by the direct act of

the Grand Lodge of England , authenticated by its Charter bearing date 5 th September 17 S 1 , our territorial jurisdiction having been once honoured by an actual session of an emergent communication of the Grand Lodge of England ; to wit , on the 21 st day of February 1752 , the Grand Lodge of

Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York rightfully look upon the Grand Lodge of England as its mother Grand Lodge . Proud of our relationship , we rejoice in her prosperity and deeply sympathise with her in every sorrow . By the death of Britain ' s Queen the Grand Lodge of New

York is touched almost as closely as is the Grand Lodge of England . We remember that while it was the Duke of Athol , who , in 17 S 1 , as Grand Master , subscribed the Charter creating this Grand Lodge , there was , nevertheless , but one Grand Master intervening between him and the Most

Worshipful the Duke of Kent , the father of Queen Victoria . We recall that at the time the v ^ rand Lodge of England ( " Ancients " ) chartered this Grand Lodge , the then Prince of Wales , afterwards George IV ., the uncle of her late Majesty ,

was the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge styled " Moderns . " We remember that His Grace the Duke of Sussex , an uncle of Victoria and brother of the Duke of Kent , became Grand Master of the "Moderns" in 1 , 813 , and His Grace the Duke M Kent accepted the Grand Mastershi p of the " Ancients "

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in the same year , for the express purpose of joining with his brother in accomplishing the union of the two Grand Lodges into the present , the United Grand Lodge of England ; and that upon motiop of the Duke of Kent , the Duke of Sussex was elected the first Grand Master of the United

Grand Lodge , continuing as such from 1813 to 1842 . We recall with liveliest satisfaction that in 1874 , on the resignation of the Marquis of Ripon as Grand Master , the Prince of Wales , the eldest son of the Sovereign , accepted the gavel of our mother Grand Lodge , and held the same with such great

distinction for a quarter of a century . We observe also with great pleasure that when , upon the death of the Queen , her eldest son ascended the throne as Edward VII ., and the cares of State , as well as the custom of the Craft , made needful his retirement from the Grand Master ' s chair , another son of this

most illustrious mother , the Duke of Connaught , has been chosen and now is the Most Worshipful Grand Master of English Masons . The death of one who was the daughter of one Grand Master , the niece of two , and the mother of two , cannot fail to touch closely the heart of every Freemason . B

But she who was England s Queen was also a queen in the hearts of all good men of every kindred and every tongue . The nobility of her womanly character secured her enthronement in the affections of the people of every nation . Joining

with all other good and impartial citizens of this republic m genuine sorrow at the loss of the British Empire in the death of the Queen , we , as Freemasons , wish to extend a handclasp to our Brethren beyond the sea and assure them of our most fraternal regaru and our deep and abiding sympathy .

" At the same time we extend our felicitations to the Grand Lodge of England in that it has been enabled in so unmistakable a manner to acquaint the world with the high qualities and rare qualifications of him who is now the King . Not only has he stood in the public gaze as the heir-apparent

to the throne , and therefore subject to the severe tests accompanying so trying a position ; not only has he borne himself as first subject of the ruler with such rare dignity , tact , and good judgment as to inspire the confidence of the civilised world ; but as the actual head and Grand Master of English

Freemasons he has so sturdily and yet = 0 gently held the gavel of authority ; he has so steadfastly and yet so kindly ruled the Craft ; he so promptly and so beautifully admonished the Craft by the resolutions which he proposed to > the Grand Lodge of England relative to the attack upon the

Bible made by the late Grand Master of Peru , Christian Dam : he has so graciously and so impressively officiated at Masonic functions ; and has so judiciously and benignantly guided the Craft of his jurisdiction as to command the respect , the

admiration , genuine esteem and affectionate regard of the Freemasons of every jurisdiction . English Freemasons may well be proud of the Grand Master that was and the sovereign that is .

" Sharing in the grief , whicn , by the death of the Queen , 22 nd January 1901 , tell upon all Freemasons owing allegiance to the British Empire , and with genuine admiration for the son of that mother , who , by his ability as the ruler of the Craft , has demonstrated his fitness to be ruler of the nation ,

we extend to the Grand Lodge of England our sympathy in its bereavement , and fonaest hopes for its continued prosperity , and our felicitations that its fortunes have been so closely entwined with those of that family of which Victoria

was so illustrious a member . " Resolved , That the Grand Secretary be , and he hereby is , instructed to communicate this action of the Grand Lodge of New York to the Grand Lodge of England . "— " Sun . "

****************** The good work done by the various Masonic Charities is simply incalculable , while the help administered privately by Mason to Mason , or by the various Lodges to unfortunate Brethren is indescribably great . It is done in the quietest and

most unostentatious manner m the world ; it is never heard of outside the Craft ; it is almost a part of the ritual of the Order , indeed , and there is no question as to its true Charity . Such a meeting as that at Eastleigh , when big grants were announced , shows but one side of the good deeds done ;

and there are no liner Institutions of their kind in the kingdom and none better managed that those huge philanthropic undertakings supported entirely by the members of the most honourable Craft in the world . Hampshire Masons are to be congratulated upon their generosity . — " Plampshire Advertiser , "