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Saviour , and that he has left na a bright example . Bat to most of those in this large assembly it was as a brother Mason Samuel Bagot Oldham waa best known . As one of his brother officers in the Grand Lodge of Ireland I had opportunity of being intimately acquainted with his Masonic worth and erudition . His attainments in

Masonry were of no ordinary charaoter . His exalted position and high degrees witness to his proficiency in the mysteries of the Craft , and the loss which the Order has sustained by his lamented death cannot be over estimated . I might refer to hia devotion to the interests of our Order in every part of the civilised world as our Deputy Grand

Secretary , and more particularly to those which pertain to onr ancient and honourable Graft under the Irish Constitution . HiB labours on behalf of our Masonio Charities very largely contributed to their present flourishing condition , and the name of Sam Oldham was a beloved household word in our Masonio Orphan Schools . We

mourn with his bereaved family in tho great affliction that has befallen them , and we pray the God of all comfort to sustain the widow and her children in their sore trial , and that their faith fail not . To onr Heavenly Father we desire to offer our hnmble acknowledgments for the grace manifested to our departed brother in his protracted

suffering which was so patiently endured . There was no mourning , no complaint escaped his lipa in the weary months of hia last sick . ne 88 . In passing through the water he waa not overwhelmed ; in walking through the fire , the flame was not suffered to kindle on him . " In the furnace there waa one with him like unto the Sou of Man . "

Our brother ' s labonr ia ended ; there remains for him the " Well done , good and faithful servant , enter thou into the joy of thy Lord . " He has been called to take hia place in the Grand Lodge above , and to stand in the presence of the Supreme Grand Master , to enter into rest , to receive the stone with the new name written whioh no man

knoweth , but he that reoeiveth it to be " made the pillar in the temple of hia God , from which he shall go no more out . " May this solemn event be sanctified to every one of us . May we each in onr several spheres labonr more diligently than we have done heretofore , that our work may be approved in the great day of inspection , as

worthy of being received for the building of the temple , knowing that to each of ua the night cometh when no man oan work , and then endued with such fortitude that in the hour of trial we faint not , but

that , passing safely under the protection of the Almighty Architect of the Universe , through the valley of the abadow of death , we may finally arise from the tomb , of tranagresaion to obtain everlasting life , and to ahine with the stara for ever and ever . So mote it be . Amen .

The coffin was then conveyed to the grave , where the latter portion of the burial service was recited .

Obituary.

Obituary .

. u . THB LATE EMPEROR OF GERMANY . ONCE more the members of the Craft throughput the world are called upon to sympathise with

their brethren in Germany on the deatn oi tneir Emperor and Masonic Protector , which occurred about 11 a . m . yesterday . Unfortunately this second bereavement , following so closely on that of March ,

has been daily expected lor weeks past , tne deceased Emperor Frederick having been suffering from a fearful malady for some months . Now the blow has come , however , it is none the less hard to bear , and

we feel assured the German Imperial family , as well as the German nation at large , will receive many expressions of sympathy from those who regarded the deceased monarch as a friend and brother .

BRO . FREDERICK BRASTED , P . M . 1524

WE regret to bear of the decease of Bro . F . Brasted , who was well-known in the North-east of London , both as the Preceptor of the Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction and as an energetic Mason . Bro . Brasted was initiated in the Duke of Connaught Lodge , No . 1524 , on the 29 th April 1875 , and filled the chair in 1881 . He was exalted in the Duke

of Connaught Chapter , on 11 th June 1870 , and was installed as M . E . Z . in June 1883 . He was a Life Governor , and had served as a Steward for the R . M . Benevolent Institution , and was a Life Subscriber to the Boys' School . At

the time of his decease he had accepted the Stewardship of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . He died on the 31 st ult ., after a brief illness , deeply regretted . He was interred at Highgate Cemetery on the 6 th inst ., in the presence of a large number of friends , including Bros . Geo .

Ferrar W . M . 1524 , A . R . Olley S . W ., W . H . Brand P . M . Treasurer , J . Robinson I . G ., E . A . Harding , J . Duncan , J . E . Sheffield 1897 , Clayton , J . J . Marsh , & c . We offer our sincerest sympathy to the members of his family in their loss .

BRO . SAMUEL B . OLDHAM .

ON Tuesday the remains of the late Bro . Samuel B . Oldham , Deputy Graud Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , were interred in Mount Jerome Cemetery , Dublin . There was a very large attendance , which included all the Grand Officers at present in Dublin , several Provincial Officers ,

besides representatives from nearly all the subordinate Lodges in Dublin . The funeral left the late residence of the deceased shortly after nine o ' clock , and on arrival at Mount Jerome Cemetery the remains were met by the officiating clergymen , the Rev . B . Gibson , Grand Chaplain

of Ireland , and the Rev . A . Tabuteau , curate of Baggotrath Church , of the congregation of which the late Bro . Oldham was a member . The first portion of the burial service was conducted in the Mortuary Chapel , where an address -was also delivered by the Rev . B . Gibson , Grand Chaplain , who said : —

Before the grave closes on all that is mortal of our dear departed brother a few words may be permitted as a tribute to a memory that will long be cherished in a very wide circle of friends . It is in my relatiou to our Brother Oldham , as one of his oldest surviving personal fiiends , that I have been accorded the privilege of assisting in this

solemn service in which we are engaged . It waa as class fellows iu our boyhood that our friendship was originated , and from my intimate acquaintance with him in all the succeeding years of onr lives I can testify that in Samuel Bagot Oldham was verified the oftquoted adage , " The boy is father of the man . " His schoolfellows all

luoked up to him as a model character , worthy of imitation . Gentle in disposition , truthful and noble , industrious , and of superior ability , lie wou the esteem and admiration , and , I may add , the affection , of his teachers and fellow-pupils . I am speaking in the presence of many who have long known Bro . Oldham in his manhood , and who

enn vouch for the fulfilment in his honourable and nusnllied life of the fair promise of hia youth . The foundation of this excellent attainment was laid deep on tho foundation—the only foundation on which it is safe to build—of the love and fear of God . He was known as a God-fearing lad . He loved his Bible , which in all the slippery

paths of youth was to him a light to his feet , and he was thereby kept from falling . In all the relations of his after lii ' o ho was enabled to maintain the high reputation of his early years . We may not unveil the sanctities of his home . It may suffice to know that as a husbaud , a father , aud a friend , he adorned the doctrines of God his

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

LODGE QUATUOR CORONATI , No . 2076 .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Will you allow me to call attention of thoae interested to our advertisement in another part of your paper ? We wish it to be distinctly understood that our portals are open to

all Masons without special invitation . The paper on " Masters ' Lodges , " by Bro . J . Lane , is sure to bo exceedingly good aud interesting , because he is a recognised master of the subject . Bros . Hughan and Gould will also take part in the discussion . Such a conjunction of bright stars in the Masonic firmament is of rare

occurrence . May I further trespass on your space to state that from the 14 th to the 24 th inst . I shall bo on the continent , and so crave the indulgence of our 320 Correspondence Members , if their letteri should

remain unanswered for a few days ? It is with deep regret that I learut that one of our most esteemed members , Bro . G . P . Brockbank , entered into rest on the 2 nd . His gain is indeed onr loss , a great one . Yours fraternally ,

G . W . SPETH , Secretary 2076 .

Rose Croix.

ROSE CROIX .

— : 0 : — FRIENDSHIP CHAPTER , No . 85 .

THE annual installation meeting was held on the 27 th April , in thu Masonic Hall , Smith-street . Natal . Bro . T . Cook presided , in the absence of the M . W . S Bro . F . A . Noyce , who ha 3 removed to Heidelberg . There was also present Bros . T . W . Bower , J . E . Brown , W . Parfitt , E . H . Bingham , J . H . Lawson , II . C . Richardson , J . Wright , P . Brownlee , & c . The Inspector-General , Bro . R I .

Finnemore , visited the Chapter . After the usual routine business of confirming miuutes , hallotting for candidates , & c , Bro . Conk installed Bro . Brown as M . W . S . for the ensuing year with the usual ceremonies , and the following Officers were appointed : —J . Sehulz , M . D ., Prelate , J . Wright 1 st General , H . C . Richardson 2 nd General R . TL Bing .

ham Treasurer and Recorder , T . W . Bower G . Marshn ] , F . Bnnvuleo Oater Guard . The other offices were left vacaut , in view of th" impending accession of members , two more candidates havi ,, g been elected and two joining members proposed . The Chanter < xpressed

their cordial congratulations and good wished to their Inspector-General Bro . Finnemore , on the birth of his son . After other business of a merely formal character , the meeting tenninu * e I about ten o ' clock p . m . — Natal Advertise ) :