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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Suffolk.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SUFFOLK .
THE annual meeting of tho several Lodges in the Province of Suffolk was held at Ipswich on Friday . It is now somo years since the Provincial Grand Lodge was held at Ipswich , and tho four local Lodges gave to the brethren of the Province a very hearty fraternal greeting , and several members of the Craft honoured the event by displaying flags and banting in tho principal thoronghfaros
of the town . The Lodge was held at the Freemasons' Hall , under the Presidency of the Provincial Grand Master ( Bro . Lord Waveney ) . There was a large number of officers and brethren present . The Lodge was opened in dne form by the Provincial G . M ., assisted by the V . W . Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn P . G . Chaplain of England D . P . G . M . The Eeport of the Committee of General Purposes was
received and adopted , except so far as related to the Chanties , the Committees' recommendations being substituted by a resolution that £ 10 10 s be given to each of the three Masonio Charities—the Boys ' School , the Girls' School , and the Benevolent Fund . The representatives of the various Lodges presented their reports , all of which were of a very satisfactory character . Tho P . G . M . said he had great
pleasure in recognizing the great services that had been rendered to the Masonio Charities by Bro . A . J . . Grimwade , Secretary to the Suffolk Masonio Charity Association , by specially appointing and investing him as P . G . Senior Warden . At the investiture of the appointed officers immediately afterwards , Bro . Grimwade vacated the chair and assumed tho rank of a Past Officer . Tho following Officers were then appointed and invested : — senior
Bro . J . JV 1 . Uanova - - - U . waraen B . P . Grimsey - - - G . Junior Warden Eev . E . C . M . Eonse - . } n riL „ , t „ j „ Eev . P . L . Cautley - - . j G . Chaplains W . P . Cooper - - - - G . Eegistrar N . Traoy - . - - G . Secretary T ) f-inll n . Cm .... i . Tlnnnnn 3 / 1
XI . UUU - - - V . JUUIIU XCKUUU J . Napier - - - - G . Junior Beacon E . Garrard - - - - G . Sop . of Works W . Clarke P . G . P . - - - G . D . ofC . C . Emmerson - - - - G . Assist . D . of C . W . Mackney - - - . G . Sword Bearer Gf . A . Hardacre - - - G . Organist \ rursuivanc
j . a . VVO OQ - - - - u . 7 . D . Colchester - - O J . M . Franks - - - V G . Stewards B . Sparke - - - . )
On tbe motion of Bro . W . Boby , seconded by Bro . W . Clarke , Bro . E . P . Yonell was unanimously re-elected Treasurer , and invested . The E . W . P . G . M . Lord Waveney expressed the great pleasure he felt at the satisfactory reports that had been made by the various Lodges , and said he observed that the same feeling ran through all , i . e ., a feeling of independence—a desire to make the most of what their
powers might be . He had been very much struck with the remarks of several of the brethren , who said with very proper and justifiable pride that though they were but a small Lodge , they were pleased to report that they were in a good position . The brethren then formed in procession and marched to tbe Tower Church to attend divine service . As the Prov . Grand Master and
Prov . Grand Officers entered the Church the Organist played the National Anthem . The prayers were intoned by the Eev . J . E , Tarnock , the first lesson was read by the Eev . Dr . Sedgwick , Past Grand Chaplain of England , and tbe second lesson by tbe Eev . A . Tighe Gregory P . P . G . Chap . The Anthem was taken from Psalm cxxiii ., " Behold how good and joyful a thing it is , brethren ,
to dwell together in unity , " ( Clark Whitfield ) . By permission of tbe Rev . J . B . Tnrnock special hymns were sung . The sermon was preaohed by the V . W . Brother Eev . P . L . Cautley , vicar of Southwold , Prov . Grand Chaplain , who took for his text the words , " That they all may be one ; as Thou , Father , art in me , and I in Thee , that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that
Thou hast sent me , — John xvn . 21 . It was not necessary , the preacher said , to point out the advantages , the strength of union . No great work had ever been done in this world without it , and it was this lack of union that was so much to be deplored amongst Christians at the present time . When they saw the divisions that existed between man and man , and between man
and God , could they , under the circumstances , be surprised at the agnosticism which was becoming so prevalent in the world . Brethren were working and fighting against each other , instead of fighting against sin . Divisions amongst brethren , however , could not destroy the unity of a family . There could be no union without order , and without fall and free submission to the individual will
and opinion of properly constituted authorities . The Freemasons displayed in outward form and ritual the spirit of their principlesthe great spirit of common brotherhood , and while they recognised the faot that distinctions amongst men were highly necessary for the preservation of due subordination , and the reward of merit , they never forgot the fact that they were all brethren , and that the
lowest was entitled to their regard equally with the highest , and that the time wonld come when all distinctions , except those of goodness and virtue , would cease , and death , the great leveller of all , would rednce them to the same status . These principles of brotherhood , love , rectitude , and virtue were not held merely theoretically by Masons , but were practically acted upon amongst them ; and it was an interesting fact that from their Masonic Schools it was not known
that one single lad had been brought before a magistrate as a delin . quent , or that any girl had lost that most precious flower in her maiden wreath—her purity . The principle of Masonry was love , and God was love . He believed , as a handmaid for Christianity , there was a great future for Masonry . In conclusion , the Prov . Grand Chaplain said , as accepted Masons , they could not part without discharging one pleasure and duty of their calling . He pleaded on behalf of a charity which was not local , but which in its large-heartedness had
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proved itself Provincial . He pleaded for the Ipswioli Norses ' Home . How many poor and afflioted ones had been blessed by this institution of love it was impossible to say . Out of 270 families supplied this year with nurses , 151 were cases of poverty in which nurses were provided without charge by the Institution , and in cases of necessity not only was the nurse provided gra .
tnitously , but the patient ' s needs were also provided for by tho Home , The offertory , at the conclusion of tho service , amounted to £ 7 16 s 9 d . After service , the brethren re-formed in procession , and marohed back to the Masonic Hall , where the Lodge business was resumed Bro . Grimwade P . P . G . S . W . read the report of the Charity Assooiation , which stated that the past year had been distinguished in a very
marked degree by a greater liberality on the part of brethren in the Provincial Masonio Lodges , and also by most successful results in securing the election of their candidates . The Prov . Grand Master said he ° was glad to observe the great increase of energy and zeal that had been shown in this Province in the collection of money for Charitable purposes , and be thought this year he might say they
had done largely and well . Their needs were great , but he was sure to the extent of their power they had been provided for . Bro . Roby P . P . G . S . W . laid before the Lodgea scheme for increasing the number of Life Governors of the Masonio Charities , and expressed the hope that the proposal would be very largely adopted in the Province . The Provincial Grand Master spoke in favour of the soheme ,
which he thought must commend itself to them all . Before proceeding further there was one matter to which he wished more particularly to allude . At an early part of the proceed ings he remarked that he should find an opportunity before the close of signifying—though perhaps not in a way that was usual in this Lodge , but was customary in Masonry at large—the sense he
entertained of the gratuitous and excellent and energetic services rendered by Bro . Grimwade , whom he bad promoted to what might be called brevet rank , as Senior G . Warden in this Province . They were doubtless acquainted with the nature of brevet rank in military ser . vice—it conferred a distinction upon an individual who was honoured by the confidence of his Sovereign , without conferring upon him any
special obligation or duty . He felt also that some reference should be made to the valuable services rendered by Bro . Pain , of the Bury Lodge , on the occasion of the lamented death of their late Provincial Grand Seoretary , Bro . Luoia , whioh came upon them quite unexpectedly when the natural and appointed leaders of the Lodge were absent , and he thought his name should be associated in honour
with that of Bro . Grimwade . His services on the melancholy occasion referred to gave him a claim to their consideration , and he recommended his name to them to be remembered as that of a good and sterling Brother . Ho also wished to bring before the Lodge the name of Bro . Long . A very short time had elapsed after he had re ceived , at Lowestoft , notice of the loss they had sustained by the
death of Bro . Lucia , when on the spot , almost as thongh he arose out of the sea , quite as unexpectedly and quite as welcome , appeared their Bro . Long , who was acquainted with the work of organisation , and assisted him materially in the discharge of the duties of the Lodge . The two brethren he had last mentioned were well entitled to the good graces of the Lodge . Bro . Casley having announced the
amount of the offertory at the Tower Church , the Provincial Grand Master , with the sanction of the Lodge , ordered that it should be paid over to the Vicar , who it was understood would hand it to the Committee of the Ipswich Nurses' Home . The Provincial Grand Master said they had within the last twelve months to regret the loss of three prominent members of the Craft . One who had been withdrawn
from them was for many years a useful and noble member of the profession to which he belonged ; he allnded to their Bro . Freeman They next lost their Bro . Lucia , and no person was in a position to speak more distinctly of the qualities and qualifications of the Prov . Grand Seoretary than he who had the honour of guiding the Province j from the confidential relationship in which they stood ho one could
appreciate his qualities more then the Prov . Grand Master . He was very sensible of the merits of Brother Lucia , and personally , as he was sure did also every member of tbe Province , he mourned his loss . Then , again , an old an experienced Mason had been taken away from them in the person of Bro . Strathern , of the Halesworth Lodge . Many years ago , when he first made his acquaintance he was struck
with the excellent manner in which he conducted his Lodge , and he found that he had brought from that country which his name suggested those habits of regularity and forethought , both in regard to the Craft and to civil life , which distinguished those who came from beyond the Tweed . The three names he had mentioned wonld , he was sure , long continue to be honoured amongst them . The Deputy
Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Eev . C . J . Martyn , said be was only echoing the feelings of every single brother in that Grand Lodge when he said they most heartily endorsed all that bad been so kindly and so eloquently put before them by the Grand Master , and they shared in the regret which he had expressed in so touching a manner at tbe death of those brethren . They left names behind them which
it would be a long time before the Masons of Suffolk , would forget , The Deputy Prov . Grand Master spoke upon the Bpread of Mark Masonry in the Province , and denying that there was any rivalry between the two , expressed tbe hope that for many years to come Mark Masonry and Craft Masonry would work side by side . Bro . Tracy P . G . S . read a letter , which had been received from
Mrs , Lncia , the widow of the late P . G . S ., expressing her heartfelt thanks for the letter of condolence and sympathy sent to her on the death of her husband . A vote of thanks was arcorded to the Eev . J . E . Tnrnock for his kindness in granting the use of St . Mary-le-Tower Church , and before closing the Lodge the P . G . M . expressed the hope that they as brethren might go on in the same spirit as had
been shown that clay , and he hoped and trusted , under the favour of the Great Architect of the Universe , with the same and equal Tesnlts . They conld only water and plant—the increase came not from them , but from a higher source . The last terrible years had sorely afflicted the district from which they mainly drew their resources , but they now felt that the time was come when compensation wonld be given
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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Suffolk.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SUFFOLK .
THE annual meeting of tho several Lodges in the Province of Suffolk was held at Ipswich on Friday . It is now somo years since the Provincial Grand Lodge was held at Ipswich , and tho four local Lodges gave to the brethren of the Province a very hearty fraternal greeting , and several members of the Craft honoured the event by displaying flags and banting in tho principal thoronghfaros
of the town . The Lodge was held at the Freemasons' Hall , under the Presidency of the Provincial Grand Master ( Bro . Lord Waveney ) . There was a large number of officers and brethren present . The Lodge was opened in dne form by the Provincial G . M ., assisted by the V . W . Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn P . G . Chaplain of England D . P . G . M . The Eeport of the Committee of General Purposes was
received and adopted , except so far as related to the Chanties , the Committees' recommendations being substituted by a resolution that £ 10 10 s be given to each of the three Masonio Charities—the Boys ' School , the Girls' School , and the Benevolent Fund . The representatives of the various Lodges presented their reports , all of which were of a very satisfactory character . Tho P . G . M . said he had great
pleasure in recognizing the great services that had been rendered to the Masonio Charities by Bro . A . J . . Grimwade , Secretary to the Suffolk Masonio Charity Association , by specially appointing and investing him as P . G . Senior Warden . At the investiture of the appointed officers immediately afterwards , Bro . Grimwade vacated the chair and assumed tho rank of a Past Officer . Tho following Officers were then appointed and invested : — senior
Bro . J . JV 1 . Uanova - - - U . waraen B . P . Grimsey - - - G . Junior Warden Eev . E . C . M . Eonse - . } n riL „ , t „ j „ Eev . P . L . Cautley - - . j G . Chaplains W . P . Cooper - - - - G . Eegistrar N . Traoy - . - - G . Secretary T ) f-inll n . Cm .... i . Tlnnnnn 3 / 1
XI . UUU - - - V . JUUIIU XCKUUU J . Napier - - - - G . Junior Beacon E . Garrard - - - - G . Sop . of Works W . Clarke P . G . P . - - - G . D . ofC . C . Emmerson - - - - G . Assist . D . of C . W . Mackney - - - . G . Sword Bearer Gf . A . Hardacre - - - G . Organist \ rursuivanc
j . a . VVO OQ - - - - u . 7 . D . Colchester - - O J . M . Franks - - - V G . Stewards B . Sparke - - - . )
On tbe motion of Bro . W . Boby , seconded by Bro . W . Clarke , Bro . E . P . Yonell was unanimously re-elected Treasurer , and invested . The E . W . P . G . M . Lord Waveney expressed the great pleasure he felt at the satisfactory reports that had been made by the various Lodges , and said he observed that the same feeling ran through all , i . e ., a feeling of independence—a desire to make the most of what their
powers might be . He had been very much struck with the remarks of several of the brethren , who said with very proper and justifiable pride that though they were but a small Lodge , they were pleased to report that they were in a good position . The brethren then formed in procession and marched to tbe Tower Church to attend divine service . As the Prov . Grand Master and
Prov . Grand Officers entered the Church the Organist played the National Anthem . The prayers were intoned by the Eev . J . E , Tarnock , the first lesson was read by the Eev . Dr . Sedgwick , Past Grand Chaplain of England , and tbe second lesson by tbe Eev . A . Tighe Gregory P . P . G . Chap . The Anthem was taken from Psalm cxxiii ., " Behold how good and joyful a thing it is , brethren ,
to dwell together in unity , " ( Clark Whitfield ) . By permission of tbe Rev . J . B . Tnrnock special hymns were sung . The sermon was preaohed by the V . W . Brother Eev . P . L . Cautley , vicar of Southwold , Prov . Grand Chaplain , who took for his text the words , " That they all may be one ; as Thou , Father , art in me , and I in Thee , that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that
Thou hast sent me , — John xvn . 21 . It was not necessary , the preacher said , to point out the advantages , the strength of union . No great work had ever been done in this world without it , and it was this lack of union that was so much to be deplored amongst Christians at the present time . When they saw the divisions that existed between man and man , and between man
and God , could they , under the circumstances , be surprised at the agnosticism which was becoming so prevalent in the world . Brethren were working and fighting against each other , instead of fighting against sin . Divisions amongst brethren , however , could not destroy the unity of a family . There could be no union without order , and without fall and free submission to the individual will
and opinion of properly constituted authorities . The Freemasons displayed in outward form and ritual the spirit of their principlesthe great spirit of common brotherhood , and while they recognised the faot that distinctions amongst men were highly necessary for the preservation of due subordination , and the reward of merit , they never forgot the fact that they were all brethren , and that the
lowest was entitled to their regard equally with the highest , and that the time wonld come when all distinctions , except those of goodness and virtue , would cease , and death , the great leveller of all , would rednce them to the same status . These principles of brotherhood , love , rectitude , and virtue were not held merely theoretically by Masons , but were practically acted upon amongst them ; and it was an interesting fact that from their Masonic Schools it was not known
that one single lad had been brought before a magistrate as a delin . quent , or that any girl had lost that most precious flower in her maiden wreath—her purity . The principle of Masonry was love , and God was love . He believed , as a handmaid for Christianity , there was a great future for Masonry . In conclusion , the Prov . Grand Chaplain said , as accepted Masons , they could not part without discharging one pleasure and duty of their calling . He pleaded on behalf of a charity which was not local , but which in its large-heartedness had
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proved itself Provincial . He pleaded for the Ipswioli Norses ' Home . How many poor and afflioted ones had been blessed by this institution of love it was impossible to say . Out of 270 families supplied this year with nurses , 151 were cases of poverty in which nurses were provided without charge by the Institution , and in cases of necessity not only was the nurse provided gra .
tnitously , but the patient ' s needs were also provided for by tho Home , The offertory , at the conclusion of tho service , amounted to £ 7 16 s 9 d . After service , the brethren re-formed in procession , and marohed back to the Masonic Hall , where the Lodge business was resumed Bro . Grimwade P . P . G . S . W . read the report of the Charity Assooiation , which stated that the past year had been distinguished in a very
marked degree by a greater liberality on the part of brethren in the Provincial Masonio Lodges , and also by most successful results in securing the election of their candidates . The Prov . Grand Master said he ° was glad to observe the great increase of energy and zeal that had been shown in this Province in the collection of money for Charitable purposes , and be thought this year he might say they
had done largely and well . Their needs were great , but he was sure to the extent of their power they had been provided for . Bro . Roby P . P . G . S . W . laid before the Lodgea scheme for increasing the number of Life Governors of the Masonio Charities , and expressed the hope that the proposal would be very largely adopted in the Province . The Provincial Grand Master spoke in favour of the soheme ,
which he thought must commend itself to them all . Before proceeding further there was one matter to which he wished more particularly to allude . At an early part of the proceed ings he remarked that he should find an opportunity before the close of signifying—though perhaps not in a way that was usual in this Lodge , but was customary in Masonry at large—the sense he
entertained of the gratuitous and excellent and energetic services rendered by Bro . Grimwade , whom he bad promoted to what might be called brevet rank , as Senior G . Warden in this Province . They were doubtless acquainted with the nature of brevet rank in military ser . vice—it conferred a distinction upon an individual who was honoured by the confidence of his Sovereign , without conferring upon him any
special obligation or duty . He felt also that some reference should be made to the valuable services rendered by Bro . Pain , of the Bury Lodge , on the occasion of the lamented death of their late Provincial Grand Seoretary , Bro . Luoia , whioh came upon them quite unexpectedly when the natural and appointed leaders of the Lodge were absent , and he thought his name should be associated in honour
with that of Bro . Grimwade . His services on the melancholy occasion referred to gave him a claim to their consideration , and he recommended his name to them to be remembered as that of a good and sterling Brother . Ho also wished to bring before the Lodge the name of Bro . Long . A very short time had elapsed after he had re ceived , at Lowestoft , notice of the loss they had sustained by the
death of Bro . Lucia , when on the spot , almost as thongh he arose out of the sea , quite as unexpectedly and quite as welcome , appeared their Bro . Long , who was acquainted with the work of organisation , and assisted him materially in the discharge of the duties of the Lodge . The two brethren he had last mentioned were well entitled to the good graces of the Lodge . Bro . Casley having announced the
amount of the offertory at the Tower Church , the Provincial Grand Master , with the sanction of the Lodge , ordered that it should be paid over to the Vicar , who it was understood would hand it to the Committee of the Ipswich Nurses' Home . The Provincial Grand Master said they had within the last twelve months to regret the loss of three prominent members of the Craft . One who had been withdrawn
from them was for many years a useful and noble member of the profession to which he belonged ; he allnded to their Bro . Freeman They next lost their Bro . Lucia , and no person was in a position to speak more distinctly of the qualities and qualifications of the Prov . Grand Seoretary than he who had the honour of guiding the Province j from the confidential relationship in which they stood ho one could
appreciate his qualities more then the Prov . Grand Master . He was very sensible of the merits of Brother Lucia , and personally , as he was sure did also every member of tbe Province , he mourned his loss . Then , again , an old an experienced Mason had been taken away from them in the person of Bro . Strathern , of the Halesworth Lodge . Many years ago , when he first made his acquaintance he was struck
with the excellent manner in which he conducted his Lodge , and he found that he had brought from that country which his name suggested those habits of regularity and forethought , both in regard to the Craft and to civil life , which distinguished those who came from beyond the Tweed . The three names he had mentioned wonld , he was sure , long continue to be honoured amongst them . The Deputy
Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Eev . C . J . Martyn , said be was only echoing the feelings of every single brother in that Grand Lodge when he said they most heartily endorsed all that bad been so kindly and so eloquently put before them by the Grand Master , and they shared in the regret which he had expressed in so touching a manner at tbe death of those brethren . They left names behind them which
it would be a long time before the Masons of Suffolk , would forget , The Deputy Prov . Grand Master spoke upon the Bpread of Mark Masonry in the Province , and denying that there was any rivalry between the two , expressed tbe hope that for many years to come Mark Masonry and Craft Masonry would work side by side . Bro . Tracy P . G . S . read a letter , which had been received from
Mrs , Lncia , the widow of the late P . G . S ., expressing her heartfelt thanks for the letter of condolence and sympathy sent to her on the death of her husband . A vote of thanks was arcorded to the Eev . J . E . Tnrnock for his kindness in granting the use of St . Mary-le-Tower Church , and before closing the Lodge the P . G . M . expressed the hope that they as brethren might go on in the same spirit as had
been shown that clay , and he hoped and trusted , under the favour of the Great Architect of the Universe , with the same and equal Tesnlts . They conld only water and plant—the increase came not from them , but from a higher source . The last terrible years had sorely afflicted the district from which they mainly drew their resources , but they now felt that the time was come when compensation wonld be given