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Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . JOSEPH LEWIS OATES P . M . WE this week have to record the death of Bro . Joseph Lewis Oates P . M . 304 , which took place at Leeds , on the 12 th instant , after a very short illness . There are few Masons who will be more missed than Bro . Oates . For nineteen years he has been House Steward to the Philanthropic Hall Committee ( the re . opening of whose noble Masonio Hall we recently reported ) . By his readiness to instruct , and bv his kind and genial disposition , he won the
hearts of all , and no better testimony can be recorded of his worth than the large number of brethren who assembled at the Hall to accompany his remains to their last resting place . The funeral took place on Saturday , 15 th November , at half-past two , previous to which the brethren , to the number of one hundred and thirty , attended a short service in the Lodge Room , tbe ohoir being composed of the members of the Fraternity , assisted by some eight or ten trebles from the parish church choir , and was as follows : —
Hymn—0 God our help in ages past . Lesson—Ecolesiastes xii ., vl to 7 inclusive . Prayer . Anthem— " Brother , thou art gone before . " —Sullivan . Address by Bro . C . L . Mason P . M . 302 P . P . G . Treasurer . BRETHREN , —It may truly be said " In the midst of life we are in death . " " We are here to-day , to-morrow gone . " Last Saturday
there was one of the most brilliant assemblies which ever met within these walls ; to-day we meet for a very difforent purpose . Then it was to start into life a new Lodge , now we meet to pay " the last sad homage of respect to departed worth . " Bro . Joseph L . Oates , a Past Master of our Order , born 8 th October 1818 ; at rest 12 th November 1884 , was initiated into our mysteries on the 28 th Januarv
1861 . After having served the office of Warden , he was duly installed W . M . of the Philanthropic Lodge , No . 304 , on the 25 th Deoember 1872 ; was appointed to the office of Provincial Assistant Grand Pursuivant on the 12 th April 1882 ; was exalted to the degree of the Holy Royal Arch on 5 th February 1866 , was installed First Principal of the Philanthropic Chapter 304 on 2 nd February 1876 , and was
appointed to the office of Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies on the 12 th May 1880 ; was advanced to the honourable degree of a Mark Master on 5 th April 1871 ; was installed W . M . of the Capley Mark Lodge 111 on 1 st July 1879 , and was appointed Prov . G . I . W . in the Prov . G . L . of Mark Masters of West Yorkshire on 16 th Sepetmber 1879 . In early life Brother Oates joined tho 68 th Foot , and
faithfully served his country for twenty-one years , dnring which period he waa with hia regiment in Ireland , Jamaica , Canada , Scotland , England , and again in Ireland ; was afterwards two years on the staff of the Indian army , and nineteen years on the staff of the West York Militia . By one of those peculiar coincidences we meet with in life , our brother was with his regiment in Jamaica when and within a few
miles of the place where I first saw the li ght of day . In 1865 Bro . Oates was appointed House Steward to the Philanthropic Hall Committee , and ever since then has had the care and superintendence of the building in which we are now assembled . It is said , brethren , " the course of true love never did run smooth , " and so I suppose it may be said of friendship . For nearl y nineteen years I have been
intimately connected with our brother , sometimes as scholar , and sometimes as teacher , we have worked together in the great cause we all have at heart , and during all that long period only once has there been any interruption to our friendship . It was only a slight misunderstanding . We are all of us hasty at times ; at least , brethren , yon know I am ; but Bro . Oates , with a candour which I
have always admired , came to me within twenty-four hours , and all was satisfactorily explained . We brethren who meet in these rooms must admit and acknowledge with gratitude the care and attention our brother always paid to our comfort , and the great assistance ho at all times willingly gave to those who needed instruction . We may not all agree with everything he did , but now that death has taken
him from us , let us forget all little differences of opinion , and dwell only upon his many virtues and excellencies of character . So may we go forth to his funeral , offering up prayers to the Great Father above that He will comfort his widow in her deep affliction , and let us weigh well the lesson which the sudden departure of our brother
forces upon us , and may it more than ever teach ua to act on the laws of our great Creator , so that when we are summoned from this sublunary abode , we may ascend to that Grand Lodge above , and receive from our Great Master a crown of glory , which shall continue when time shall be no more .
After the customary Masonic service was performed , the brethren formed in procession , and marched to St . George ' s Church , where the first part of the Burial Service was read , and afterwards to Woodhouae Cemetery .
A convocation of the North London Chapter of Improvement was held at the Alwyne Castle Tavern , St . Paul's Road , on Thursday last . Comps . Brasted M . E . Z ,, Knight H ., Radcliffe J ., Sheffield S . E ., Strugnell S . N ., Edmonds P . S . The ceremony was carefully rehearsed .
HOT . iowvrs Oijmresi MTH PILLL . —Old Wounds , Sores and Ulcers . —Daily experience confirms the fact which has triumphed over all opposition for more than forty years—viz ., that no means are known equal to Holloway ' s remedies for curing bad legs , sores , wounds , diseases of the skin , erysipelas ' , abscesses , bums , scalds , and , in truth , all maladies where the skin is broken . To euro these infirmities quickly is of primary importance , as compulsory confinement
indoors weakens the general health . Tho ready means of cure are found in Holloway ' s Ointmont and Pills , which heal tho sores and expel their cause . In tho very worst cases the Ointment has succeeded in effecting a perfect cure after every other means had failed in giving any relief . Desperate disoases beat display its virtues .
Obituary.
The General Committee of Grand Lodge and Lodge of Benevolence assembled on Wednesday last , at Freemasons ' Hall . At the former , the agenda paper for the next meeting of Grand Lodge , to be held on the 3 rd December , was submitted . At tie latter , at which Brother Joshua
Nunn President , Bro . James Brett Senior Vice President , C A . Cottebrune Junior Vice President , occupied their respective chairs , forty-five new cases wero considered . Of this number six were deferred , two dismissed , and the remainder relieved , the total grants amounting to £ 710 .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return refected communications .
THE WORCESTER MASONIC EXHIBITION CATALOGUE . To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —If I did not know how generally indifferent the great majority of the members of our Craft ; are to Masonio literature , and indeed to almost everything that is outside the absolutely necessary work of the Lodge and its subsequent entertainment , I should have felt more surprise than I did
on receiving an intimation in print to the effeot that the only edition published , or to be published , of the Catalogue of Masonio Exhibits at the late Soiree and Exhibition at Worcester , in August last , is not yet exhausted . It appears that a loss will accrue to several worthy brethren if the remaining copies shonld not be disposed of ; and if such becomes a faot , it will reflect discredit upon all who affect an interest in Masonio research , and yet refrain from rendering
assistacne . The Catalogue is an admirable record of Masonic Antiquities , compiled at the expense of much labour by the Prov . Grand Secre . tary for Worcestershire , Bro . George Taylor , and fully annotated by our eminent Masonic historian , Bro . Hughan . It is handsomely bound , is full of valuable information in respeotof nearly 1200
interesting Exhibits , and is not only a work of importance for present reference , but will certainly become in the future a libre d ' or without which no Freemason ' s Library will be complete . I am informed that the remaining oopies of this most useful work are offered to the Craft at the cost price of two shillings per copy only . Now setting aside the obligation on the part of all true
Freemasons to " support laudable undertakings , " and merely looking at the matter as a question of kind consideration for the voluntary and unpaid services of devoted brethren , ought we to forego the opportunity for becoming possessors of what is even now worth more than the price named , and will certainly grow into much greater value ?
If the brethren will take a hint from one who acknowledges that he maybe sometimes intrusive , but even when so has the welfare of tho Craft and the individual interest of its members at heart , and send a postal order for two shillings to Bro . George Taylor , Summerdyne , Kidderminster , for a copy of the work , I will answer for it they will never blame the adviser .
Yours faithfully and fraternally , JAMES STEVENS , P . M . P-Z . Clapham , 17 th November 1884 .
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED EITE . HILDA CHAPTER , No . 23 .
ON Friday there was a meeting of this Chapter at York , when there were present Bros . Banister S . G . I . G ., Millington M . VV . S ., Turner H . P ., Simpson First General , Brown E ., Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett P . S ., Whytehead P . S ., McGachen G . M ., Waddington ( Ancient York
Conclave ) , and others . Bro . Fraser P . M . was duly perfected . Several letters of apology were read . Bro . Turner was elected M . W . S ., and Bro . Whytehead was re-elected Treasurer . A vote of £ 1 Is was passed to the Hughan Testimonial Fund , and the Chapter was closed . The members afterwards dined at the Queen's Hotel .
Kingsland Lodge of Instruction , No . 1893 . —On Monday , 17 th instant , at Bro . Baker ' s , Cock Tavern , Highbury , N . Bros . Turner W . M ., Townseud S . W ., Rhodes J . W ., Collingridge Sec ; Casworth S . D ., Brock J . D ., Trewinnard Preceptor . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Jordan candidate . Bro . Cnsworth then occupied the chair , and Bro . Jordan was entrusted . The ceremony of passing was rehearsed , Bro . Jordan candidate . Bro . Townseud was elected W . M . for Monday next .
In tbe December Part of Cassell ' s Magazine , which will form tho First Part of a new volume , two new serial stories will be commenced , ono entitled " Sweet Christabel , " by Miss Arabella Hopkinson , and the other " A Diamond in the Rongh , " by the author of " Horace Maclean . " A new feature , entitled "Our Reading Club" will be included , its object being to supply every information required for the formation and arrangement of reading clubs , suitable programmes for reading , & c .
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Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . JOSEPH LEWIS OATES P . M . WE this week have to record the death of Bro . Joseph Lewis Oates P . M . 304 , which took place at Leeds , on the 12 th instant , after a very short illness . There are few Masons who will be more missed than Bro . Oates . For nineteen years he has been House Steward to the Philanthropic Hall Committee ( the re . opening of whose noble Masonio Hall we recently reported ) . By his readiness to instruct , and bv his kind and genial disposition , he won the
hearts of all , and no better testimony can be recorded of his worth than the large number of brethren who assembled at the Hall to accompany his remains to their last resting place . The funeral took place on Saturday , 15 th November , at half-past two , previous to which the brethren , to the number of one hundred and thirty , attended a short service in the Lodge Room , tbe ohoir being composed of the members of the Fraternity , assisted by some eight or ten trebles from the parish church choir , and was as follows : —
Hymn—0 God our help in ages past . Lesson—Ecolesiastes xii ., vl to 7 inclusive . Prayer . Anthem— " Brother , thou art gone before . " —Sullivan . Address by Bro . C . L . Mason P . M . 302 P . P . G . Treasurer . BRETHREN , —It may truly be said " In the midst of life we are in death . " " We are here to-day , to-morrow gone . " Last Saturday
there was one of the most brilliant assemblies which ever met within these walls ; to-day we meet for a very difforent purpose . Then it was to start into life a new Lodge , now we meet to pay " the last sad homage of respect to departed worth . " Bro . Joseph L . Oates , a Past Master of our Order , born 8 th October 1818 ; at rest 12 th November 1884 , was initiated into our mysteries on the 28 th Januarv
1861 . After having served the office of Warden , he was duly installed W . M . of the Philanthropic Lodge , No . 304 , on the 25 th Deoember 1872 ; was appointed to the office of Provincial Assistant Grand Pursuivant on the 12 th April 1882 ; was exalted to the degree of the Holy Royal Arch on 5 th February 1866 , was installed First Principal of the Philanthropic Chapter 304 on 2 nd February 1876 , and was
appointed to the office of Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies on the 12 th May 1880 ; was advanced to the honourable degree of a Mark Master on 5 th April 1871 ; was installed W . M . of the Capley Mark Lodge 111 on 1 st July 1879 , and was appointed Prov . G . I . W . in the Prov . G . L . of Mark Masters of West Yorkshire on 16 th Sepetmber 1879 . In early life Brother Oates joined tho 68 th Foot , and
faithfully served his country for twenty-one years , dnring which period he waa with hia regiment in Ireland , Jamaica , Canada , Scotland , England , and again in Ireland ; was afterwards two years on the staff of the Indian army , and nineteen years on the staff of the West York Militia . By one of those peculiar coincidences we meet with in life , our brother was with his regiment in Jamaica when and within a few
miles of the place where I first saw the li ght of day . In 1865 Bro . Oates was appointed House Steward to the Philanthropic Hall Committee , and ever since then has had the care and superintendence of the building in which we are now assembled . It is said , brethren , " the course of true love never did run smooth , " and so I suppose it may be said of friendship . For nearl y nineteen years I have been
intimately connected with our brother , sometimes as scholar , and sometimes as teacher , we have worked together in the great cause we all have at heart , and during all that long period only once has there been any interruption to our friendship . It was only a slight misunderstanding . We are all of us hasty at times ; at least , brethren , yon know I am ; but Bro . Oates , with a candour which I
have always admired , came to me within twenty-four hours , and all was satisfactorily explained . We brethren who meet in these rooms must admit and acknowledge with gratitude the care and attention our brother always paid to our comfort , and the great assistance ho at all times willingly gave to those who needed instruction . We may not all agree with everything he did , but now that death has taken
him from us , let us forget all little differences of opinion , and dwell only upon his many virtues and excellencies of character . So may we go forth to his funeral , offering up prayers to the Great Father above that He will comfort his widow in her deep affliction , and let us weigh well the lesson which the sudden departure of our brother
forces upon us , and may it more than ever teach ua to act on the laws of our great Creator , so that when we are summoned from this sublunary abode , we may ascend to that Grand Lodge above , and receive from our Great Master a crown of glory , which shall continue when time shall be no more .
After the customary Masonic service was performed , the brethren formed in procession , and marched to St . George ' s Church , where the first part of the Burial Service was read , and afterwards to Woodhouae Cemetery .
A convocation of the North London Chapter of Improvement was held at the Alwyne Castle Tavern , St . Paul's Road , on Thursday last . Comps . Brasted M . E . Z ,, Knight H ., Radcliffe J ., Sheffield S . E ., Strugnell S . N ., Edmonds P . S . The ceremony was carefully rehearsed .
HOT . iowvrs Oijmresi MTH PILLL . —Old Wounds , Sores and Ulcers . —Daily experience confirms the fact which has triumphed over all opposition for more than forty years—viz ., that no means are known equal to Holloway ' s remedies for curing bad legs , sores , wounds , diseases of the skin , erysipelas ' , abscesses , bums , scalds , and , in truth , all maladies where the skin is broken . To euro these infirmities quickly is of primary importance , as compulsory confinement
indoors weakens the general health . Tho ready means of cure are found in Holloway ' s Ointmont and Pills , which heal tho sores and expel their cause . In tho very worst cases the Ointment has succeeded in effecting a perfect cure after every other means had failed in giving any relief . Desperate disoases beat display its virtues .
Obituary.
The General Committee of Grand Lodge and Lodge of Benevolence assembled on Wednesday last , at Freemasons ' Hall . At the former , the agenda paper for the next meeting of Grand Lodge , to be held on the 3 rd December , was submitted . At tie latter , at which Brother Joshua
Nunn President , Bro . James Brett Senior Vice President , C A . Cottebrune Junior Vice President , occupied their respective chairs , forty-five new cases wero considered . Of this number six were deferred , two dismissed , and the remainder relieved , the total grants amounting to £ 710 .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return refected communications .
THE WORCESTER MASONIC EXHIBITION CATALOGUE . To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —If I did not know how generally indifferent the great majority of the members of our Craft ; are to Masonio literature , and indeed to almost everything that is outside the absolutely necessary work of the Lodge and its subsequent entertainment , I should have felt more surprise than I did
on receiving an intimation in print to the effeot that the only edition published , or to be published , of the Catalogue of Masonio Exhibits at the late Soiree and Exhibition at Worcester , in August last , is not yet exhausted . It appears that a loss will accrue to several worthy brethren if the remaining copies shonld not be disposed of ; and if such becomes a faot , it will reflect discredit upon all who affect an interest in Masonio research , and yet refrain from rendering
assistacne . The Catalogue is an admirable record of Masonic Antiquities , compiled at the expense of much labour by the Prov . Grand Secre . tary for Worcestershire , Bro . George Taylor , and fully annotated by our eminent Masonic historian , Bro . Hughan . It is handsomely bound , is full of valuable information in respeotof nearly 1200
interesting Exhibits , and is not only a work of importance for present reference , but will certainly become in the future a libre d ' or without which no Freemason ' s Library will be complete . I am informed that the remaining oopies of this most useful work are offered to the Craft at the cost price of two shillings per copy only . Now setting aside the obligation on the part of all true
Freemasons to " support laudable undertakings , " and merely looking at the matter as a question of kind consideration for the voluntary and unpaid services of devoted brethren , ought we to forego the opportunity for becoming possessors of what is even now worth more than the price named , and will certainly grow into much greater value ?
If the brethren will take a hint from one who acknowledges that he maybe sometimes intrusive , but even when so has the welfare of tho Craft and the individual interest of its members at heart , and send a postal order for two shillings to Bro . George Taylor , Summerdyne , Kidderminster , for a copy of the work , I will answer for it they will never blame the adviser .
Yours faithfully and fraternally , JAMES STEVENS , P . M . P-Z . Clapham , 17 th November 1884 .
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED EITE . HILDA CHAPTER , No . 23 .
ON Friday there was a meeting of this Chapter at York , when there were present Bros . Banister S . G . I . G ., Millington M . VV . S ., Turner H . P ., Simpson First General , Brown E ., Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett P . S ., Whytehead P . S ., McGachen G . M ., Waddington ( Ancient York
Conclave ) , and others . Bro . Fraser P . M . was duly perfected . Several letters of apology were read . Bro . Turner was elected M . W . S ., and Bro . Whytehead was re-elected Treasurer . A vote of £ 1 Is was passed to the Hughan Testimonial Fund , and the Chapter was closed . The members afterwards dined at the Queen's Hotel .
Kingsland Lodge of Instruction , No . 1893 . —On Monday , 17 th instant , at Bro . Baker ' s , Cock Tavern , Highbury , N . Bros . Turner W . M ., Townseud S . W ., Rhodes J . W ., Collingridge Sec ; Casworth S . D ., Brock J . D ., Trewinnard Preceptor . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Jordan candidate . Bro . Cnsworth then occupied the chair , and Bro . Jordan was entrusted . The ceremony of passing was rehearsed , Bro . Jordan candidate . Bro . Townseud was elected W . M . for Monday next .
In tbe December Part of Cassell ' s Magazine , which will form tho First Part of a new volume , two new serial stories will be commenced , ono entitled " Sweet Christabel , " by Miss Arabella Hopkinson , and the other " A Diamond in the Rongh , " by the author of " Horace Maclean . " A new feature , entitled "Our Reading Club" will be included , its object being to supply every information required for the formation and arrangement of reading clubs , suitable programmes for reading , & c .