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The Elections To The Boys' And Girls' Schools.
furnish each one candidate , and so do the following districts abroad , namely , Bengal , Bombay , Malta , Now Zealand , S . Africa East . Div ., and West Indies . In fourteen cases the father was a subscriber to , or served the office of Steward for , one or other or for two or all of
our Charitable Institutions , and in about twentyfour cases ho had held office in his Lodge or Lodges , while in sundry of these he had likewise had Provincial honours conferred upon him . One boy , No . 42 , has had , and three , Nos . 48 , 50 . nnd 51 , have each a brother in the
Institution ; and Nos . 49 and 64 have each a sister in the Girls' School . Thus have we given all noticeable details respecting tho different candidates , whose fate will be determined on Monday , and it remains for us to express a hope in this case , as in that of the Girls' School , that the
most deserving boys will find themselves at the head of the poll . And though it is a departure from our usual custom , wo do not think any of our readers will find fault with us for indulging in the hope that the boy Cox , who has experienced seven previous disappointments , will be one of the
successful ones . We do not say this because the lad ' s case is worthier than others — that may , or may not be so , as only those who are acquainted with all the candidates can settle such a point—but because he has had his hopes
and expectations of success so frequently destroyed . Two appeals on his behalf appeared in the columns of this journal last week , one from Bro . J . E . Curteis , P . Prov . S . G . W . of Devon—the Province from which the lad hails
—and the other from Rev . Bro . Daniel Ace . Both these gentlemen are using their endeavours to ensure success at this last and final attempt to get the lad into the School . We shall rejoice if they carry his election , but Dr . Ace must pardon us for suggesting that his appeals will be
the more forcible the more temperate the language in which they are expressed . If , as he suggests , the lad ' s chances at this supreme hour are still trembling in the balance , it is as impolitic as it is undignified for those who are supporting the same cause to excite differences one among
the other at the most critical period of the struggle . This appears to be about as unwise as if , in a boat race , and within a few yards of the winning-post , one side of one of tho leading boats should suddenl y hack water without rhyme or reason .
Tho hope expressed by Bro . Grand Treasurer at the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , to the effect that other Provincial Grand Lodges would follow the example set by Dorsetshire , and contribute to the Indian Famine Relief Fund , has seriously perturbed the minds of
our Nottinghamshire brethren . The Duke of Newcastle , G . M . of the Province , finding himself unable to attend the duties of Provincial Grand Lodge , some time since placed his resignation iu the hands of the Grand Master , but no successor has yet been appointed , and , as the writer of a
letter , which was intended for publication in a local journal , but withdrawn for satisfactory reasons , remarks , " during that lengthened period .... the Provincial Grand Lodge , as a representative body , has been and still is in abeyance . " The consequence is that tbe duties of the Lodges , so far as
they are responsible to the Provincial Grand Lodge , are " of necessity neglected , while the channel of the latter ' s benevolence is closed . " But the Masonic spirit is still
sound , and the memories of former P . G . M . ' s , such as Col . Wildman and the late Duke of Newcastle , still animates the Notts Craftsmen . It is obvious , under these circumstances , that our brethren in this Province labour under a serious
disadvantage . They are virtually without a head , though the Duke ' s name still figures in Grand Lodge Calendar among the Provincial Grand Masters , and his Deputy Provincial Grand Secretary still appears at the head of the Province . Under these circumstances , it is
suggested , there is no possibility , at the present time , of doing anything in the way of benevolence , & c . If the evil remain long enough unremedied , then the Notts brethren , as a body , will not be able to welcome the Grand Master and his Consort , when they visit Nottingham next
year for the purpose of opening the Art Museum . All we have to say is , that we hope a successor to his Grace will be appointed , and as five of the eight Nottinghamshire Lodges belong to the county town , there should be no difficulty in petitioning the authorities with a view to that being done .
Consecration Of The Arthur John Brogden Lodge.
CONSECRATION OF THE ARTHUR JOHN BROGDEN LODGE .
ON Wednesday , 26 th nit ., a Masonic Lodge was consecrated at Grange-over . Sands . The project of instituting a new Lodge was discussed amongst those interested , and in dno course a petition was presented to tho Grand Lodge of England praying that a Lodge might be formed . The petition was acceded to , and a warrant was issued . The Lodgo is named the " Arthur John Brogden "—so called after its first master—and is No . 1715 on tho
register . The bnihling selected for tho Lodge-room is sitnato at tho southern side of Grange , on a small plot of land lying between the railway and the bay , and was formerly used as a Methodist chapel . It has been elaborately furnished and fitted up for the purposes for which it will henceforth be used . Owing to tho inability of Lord Skelmersdale , the Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire , to
bo present , his lordship deputed Bro . Dr . Mooro , of Lancaster , to act as consecrating officer . The ceremony took place in the Lodge-room shortly after two o'clock , the following Provincial Grand Officers being present : — Bros . Dr . J . D . Moore P . G . S . B . of England ( consecrating officer ) , H . S . Alpass Prov . G . Sec , J . Skeaf Pvov . G . Org ., C . Fryer P . Prov .
G . S . W ., Geo . Remington Past Provincial Grand Junior AVarden , R . Pearson Past Provincial Grand Registrar , R . Wylie P . Prov . G . S . D . ( Grand Director of Ceremonies ) , l \ , Dodgson P . Prov . G . J . D ., John Case P . Prov . M . E . J ., G . Cornfield P . Prov . G . S . B ., J . M . Morgan P . Prov . G . Chaplain , and H . W . Johnson Prov . G . Steward . In addition to the above the following brethren were also present : —
R . Taylor W . M ., E . Simpson P . M ., John Bell P . M ., J . J . Croskell J . D ., J . Atkinson I . G ., R . Stanton , T . T . Thompson Lodge of Fortitude , T . Jackson W . M ., H . Longman I . P . M ., Thomas Bell Rowley Lodge , H . Hartley J . D ., J . D . Bell S . S ., and C . A . Beckett Duke of Lancaster Lodge , W . Duff W . M ., A . Poolo S . S . Morecambe Lodge , W . Baldwin P . M ., Francis H . Clark P . M . Baldwin Lodge , S . Hartley
J . W ., W . Harrison P . M ., James Robinson W . M ., John Robinson , J . B . MacGuire , A . Slater , S . 0 . Affleck , J . R . Casson S . W . Furness Lodge , D . Smyth W . M ., G . B . Nalder S . W . Hindpool Lodge , J . Huartson W . M ., T . McKnighfc S . W ., M . Haslam P . M . Hartington Lodge , James Sumner P . M . Preston , R . N . Hobart Emulation 1505 , Charles Haswell 203 , A . Gilfillan 1392 , G . McKay S . W . 129 , and
A . J . Brogden , H . C . Davis , Thomas Ashley , W . Postlethwaite , J . Mossop , T . Westwood , and J . Ha worth , members of new Lodge . The brethren having assembled in the Lodge-room , the consecrating officer took the chair , and appointed Bro . Remington S . W ., and Bro . Pearson J . W . The Lodge was then opened , and the consecrating officer addressed tho brethren on the nature of the
meeting , and called on the Prov . G . Sec . to state their wishes . This being complied witb , the P . G . S . read the petition aud warrant . The brethren of the new Lodge having signified their approval of tho officers . The Rev . J . M . Morgan ( Rural Dean of Aldingham ) delivered the following oration : — Worshipful Consecrating Master , Provincial Grand Officers , Worshipf nl Past Masters , and brethren , —Standing on
some tall cliffs beside the shores of this lovely bay , I look seaward . Beneath my feet , perhaps , children play ; a little further , boats are passing to and fro , the busy fisherman slowly brings to shore what tho ebbing tide has left for his share of God's bounty ; and yet a little fnrther the trawler sweeps along , seeking too his daily bread . On the dim horizon , some tall ship , freighted with merchandise ,
perchance bound to some distant country , cleaves through bright foam her joyous way , her captain and crew high in hope , and looking forward to a prosperous voyage and a happy return to home and country . I look out again to where the sea and sky meet ; my vision fails me , and all is dark and void , and yet I know that far beyond tho busy world still moves on . On distant shores the children play , the
fisherman pursues his craft , tall ships sail on , and yet these things are all hid to my gaze . And yet still I know that scenes like these form a portion of that beautiful world in which we tako our part . Worshipful Sir and Brethren , —we are engaged here this day in adding another link to the golden chain of Masonry which binds the brethren of every clime and race in bonds of fraternal affection .
For all we know , perhaps close beside tho sea on India s sunny shore , members of our most ancient and venerable society are engaged as we are this day in the consecration of a new Lodge , to promote tho further glory and benefits of Masonry to tho human race . Although so far , far away , we cannot see them , but we seem in acts like these to stretch forth the hand of good fellowship across the stormy ocean
and tho desert , to grasp the hand of a brother , although his race is not ours , nor his mode of life such as wo enjoy . Before his eyes there are like scenes with ours . Ho may look out on to the ocean till sea and sky melt into one ; as we cannot see these our brethren , so they cannot see us ; and yet thero is a chain of love and brother , hood which bridges the ocean and spans the desert , which binds ns
together in the bonds of sacred nnd holy friendship . The principles of our Craft soared high in the past—what do I say ?—in the long , long , past . Masonry flourished four thousand years ago . Mayhap those moro advanced in onr honourable science could tell you morethat it is older still ; but I speak according to my lights , and to what I have learned of the mystic art . In the most glorious days of archi .
tectnre , onr Craft was a pioneer to the student in theory , and a guide to the Craftsman who built the work . It inspired the artist with sublime thoughts , and raised his very soul . The spirit of poetry was tanght , too , in the truths and varied beauties of Masonic lore , and it must be so , as everything that is true and beautiful proceeda from above , from the Father of Lights and Great Architect of the
universe . So our glorious science , pointing heavenward , directed the poet ' s thoughts to the very fountain of all that is lovely , true , and good . The painter , too , owes much to what Masonry teaches . What could he do without the light that descends , as it were , from heaven P The shifting shadow of the landscape wero unknown to him ; tho moonlit lake , the shining ocean , the dream of an autumn day , but for the light would have been unknown and unheeded . Genius , guided
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The Elections To The Boys' And Girls' Schools.
furnish each one candidate , and so do the following districts abroad , namely , Bengal , Bombay , Malta , Now Zealand , S . Africa East . Div ., and West Indies . In fourteen cases the father was a subscriber to , or served the office of Steward for , one or other or for two or all of
our Charitable Institutions , and in about twentyfour cases ho had held office in his Lodge or Lodges , while in sundry of these he had likewise had Provincial honours conferred upon him . One boy , No . 42 , has had , and three , Nos . 48 , 50 . nnd 51 , have each a brother in the
Institution ; and Nos . 49 and 64 have each a sister in the Girls' School . Thus have we given all noticeable details respecting tho different candidates , whose fate will be determined on Monday , and it remains for us to express a hope in this case , as in that of the Girls' School , that the
most deserving boys will find themselves at the head of the poll . And though it is a departure from our usual custom , wo do not think any of our readers will find fault with us for indulging in the hope that the boy Cox , who has experienced seven previous disappointments , will be one of the
successful ones . We do not say this because the lad ' s case is worthier than others — that may , or may not be so , as only those who are acquainted with all the candidates can settle such a point—but because he has had his hopes
and expectations of success so frequently destroyed . Two appeals on his behalf appeared in the columns of this journal last week , one from Bro . J . E . Curteis , P . Prov . S . G . W . of Devon—the Province from which the lad hails
—and the other from Rev . Bro . Daniel Ace . Both these gentlemen are using their endeavours to ensure success at this last and final attempt to get the lad into the School . We shall rejoice if they carry his election , but Dr . Ace must pardon us for suggesting that his appeals will be
the more forcible the more temperate the language in which they are expressed . If , as he suggests , the lad ' s chances at this supreme hour are still trembling in the balance , it is as impolitic as it is undignified for those who are supporting the same cause to excite differences one among
the other at the most critical period of the struggle . This appears to be about as unwise as if , in a boat race , and within a few yards of the winning-post , one side of one of tho leading boats should suddenl y hack water without rhyme or reason .
Tho hope expressed by Bro . Grand Treasurer at the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , to the effect that other Provincial Grand Lodges would follow the example set by Dorsetshire , and contribute to the Indian Famine Relief Fund , has seriously perturbed the minds of
our Nottinghamshire brethren . The Duke of Newcastle , G . M . of the Province , finding himself unable to attend the duties of Provincial Grand Lodge , some time since placed his resignation iu the hands of the Grand Master , but no successor has yet been appointed , and , as the writer of a
letter , which was intended for publication in a local journal , but withdrawn for satisfactory reasons , remarks , " during that lengthened period .... the Provincial Grand Lodge , as a representative body , has been and still is in abeyance . " The consequence is that tbe duties of the Lodges , so far as
they are responsible to the Provincial Grand Lodge , are " of necessity neglected , while the channel of the latter ' s benevolence is closed . " But the Masonic spirit is still
sound , and the memories of former P . G . M . ' s , such as Col . Wildman and the late Duke of Newcastle , still animates the Notts Craftsmen . It is obvious , under these circumstances , that our brethren in this Province labour under a serious
disadvantage . They are virtually without a head , though the Duke ' s name still figures in Grand Lodge Calendar among the Provincial Grand Masters , and his Deputy Provincial Grand Secretary still appears at the head of the Province . Under these circumstances , it is
suggested , there is no possibility , at the present time , of doing anything in the way of benevolence , & c . If the evil remain long enough unremedied , then the Notts brethren , as a body , will not be able to welcome the Grand Master and his Consort , when they visit Nottingham next
year for the purpose of opening the Art Museum . All we have to say is , that we hope a successor to his Grace will be appointed , and as five of the eight Nottinghamshire Lodges belong to the county town , there should be no difficulty in petitioning the authorities with a view to that being done .
Consecration Of The Arthur John Brogden Lodge.
CONSECRATION OF THE ARTHUR JOHN BROGDEN LODGE .
ON Wednesday , 26 th nit ., a Masonic Lodge was consecrated at Grange-over . Sands . The project of instituting a new Lodge was discussed amongst those interested , and in dno course a petition was presented to tho Grand Lodge of England praying that a Lodge might be formed . The petition was acceded to , and a warrant was issued . The Lodgo is named the " Arthur John Brogden "—so called after its first master—and is No . 1715 on tho
register . The bnihling selected for tho Lodge-room is sitnato at tho southern side of Grange , on a small plot of land lying between the railway and the bay , and was formerly used as a Methodist chapel . It has been elaborately furnished and fitted up for the purposes for which it will henceforth be used . Owing to tho inability of Lord Skelmersdale , the Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire , to
bo present , his lordship deputed Bro . Dr . Mooro , of Lancaster , to act as consecrating officer . The ceremony took place in the Lodge-room shortly after two o'clock , the following Provincial Grand Officers being present : — Bros . Dr . J . D . Moore P . G . S . B . of England ( consecrating officer ) , H . S . Alpass Prov . G . Sec , J . Skeaf Pvov . G . Org ., C . Fryer P . Prov .
G . S . W ., Geo . Remington Past Provincial Grand Junior AVarden , R . Pearson Past Provincial Grand Registrar , R . Wylie P . Prov . G . S . D . ( Grand Director of Ceremonies ) , l \ , Dodgson P . Prov . G . J . D ., John Case P . Prov . M . E . J ., G . Cornfield P . Prov . G . S . B ., J . M . Morgan P . Prov . G . Chaplain , and H . W . Johnson Prov . G . Steward . In addition to the above the following brethren were also present : —
R . Taylor W . M ., E . Simpson P . M ., John Bell P . M ., J . J . Croskell J . D ., J . Atkinson I . G ., R . Stanton , T . T . Thompson Lodge of Fortitude , T . Jackson W . M ., H . Longman I . P . M ., Thomas Bell Rowley Lodge , H . Hartley J . D ., J . D . Bell S . S ., and C . A . Beckett Duke of Lancaster Lodge , W . Duff W . M ., A . Poolo S . S . Morecambe Lodge , W . Baldwin P . M ., Francis H . Clark P . M . Baldwin Lodge , S . Hartley
J . W ., W . Harrison P . M ., James Robinson W . M ., John Robinson , J . B . MacGuire , A . Slater , S . 0 . Affleck , J . R . Casson S . W . Furness Lodge , D . Smyth W . M ., G . B . Nalder S . W . Hindpool Lodge , J . Huartson W . M ., T . McKnighfc S . W ., M . Haslam P . M . Hartington Lodge , James Sumner P . M . Preston , R . N . Hobart Emulation 1505 , Charles Haswell 203 , A . Gilfillan 1392 , G . McKay S . W . 129 , and
A . J . Brogden , H . C . Davis , Thomas Ashley , W . Postlethwaite , J . Mossop , T . Westwood , and J . Ha worth , members of new Lodge . The brethren having assembled in the Lodge-room , the consecrating officer took the chair , and appointed Bro . Remington S . W ., and Bro . Pearson J . W . The Lodge was then opened , and the consecrating officer addressed tho brethren on the nature of the
meeting , and called on the Prov . G . Sec . to state their wishes . This being complied witb , the P . G . S . read the petition aud warrant . The brethren of the new Lodge having signified their approval of tho officers . The Rev . J . M . Morgan ( Rural Dean of Aldingham ) delivered the following oration : — Worshipful Consecrating Master , Provincial Grand Officers , Worshipf nl Past Masters , and brethren , —Standing on
some tall cliffs beside the shores of this lovely bay , I look seaward . Beneath my feet , perhaps , children play ; a little further , boats are passing to and fro , the busy fisherman slowly brings to shore what tho ebbing tide has left for his share of God's bounty ; and yet a little fnrther the trawler sweeps along , seeking too his daily bread . On the dim horizon , some tall ship , freighted with merchandise ,
perchance bound to some distant country , cleaves through bright foam her joyous way , her captain and crew high in hope , and looking forward to a prosperous voyage and a happy return to home and country . I look out again to where the sea and sky meet ; my vision fails me , and all is dark and void , and yet I know that far beyond tho busy world still moves on . On distant shores the children play , the
fisherman pursues his craft , tall ships sail on , and yet these things are all hid to my gaze . And yet still I know that scenes like these form a portion of that beautiful world in which we tako our part . Worshipful Sir and Brethren , —we are engaged here this day in adding another link to the golden chain of Masonry which binds the brethren of every clime and race in bonds of fraternal affection .
For all we know , perhaps close beside tho sea on India s sunny shore , members of our most ancient and venerable society are engaged as we are this day in the consecration of a new Lodge , to promote tho further glory and benefits of Masonry to tho human race . Although so far , far away , we cannot see them , but we seem in acts like these to stretch forth the hand of good fellowship across the stormy ocean
and tho desert , to grasp the hand of a brother , although his race is not ours , nor his mode of life such as wo enjoy . Before his eyes there are like scenes with ours . Ho may look out on to the ocean till sea and sky melt into one ; as we cannot see these our brethren , so they cannot see us ; and yet thero is a chain of love and brother , hood which bridges the ocean and spans the desert , which binds ns
together in the bonds of sacred nnd holy friendship . The principles of our Craft soared high in the past—what do I say ?—in the long , long , past . Masonry flourished four thousand years ago . Mayhap those moro advanced in onr honourable science could tell you morethat it is older still ; but I speak according to my lights , and to what I have learned of the mystic art . In the most glorious days of archi .
tectnre , onr Craft was a pioneer to the student in theory , and a guide to the Craftsman who built the work . It inspired the artist with sublime thoughts , and raised his very soul . The spirit of poetry was tanght , too , in the truths and varied beauties of Masonic lore , and it must be so , as everything that is true and beautiful proceeda from above , from the Father of Lights and Great Architect of the
universe . So our glorious science , pointing heavenward , directed the poet ' s thoughts to the very fountain of all that is lovely , true , and good . The painter , too , owes much to what Masonry teaches . What could he do without the light that descends , as it were , from heaven P The shifting shadow of the landscape wero unknown to him ; tho moonlit lake , the shining ocean , the dream of an autumn day , but for the light would have been unknown and unheeded . Genius , guided