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brethren to support him in his year of office , and should trust to tho Past Master to keep him right ., Tho health of the Immediate Past Master was the next on the list ; Bro . Hobbs felt great pleasure in proposing it . After the strong expression of their feeling displayed he might sit down , but there was something more to say about Bro .

Langton , who , as they knew , had thoroughly performed the duties of his office as Master . No one in the room knew hotter than ho did how much the Lodge was iudebted to Bro . Langton , who , notwithstanding his professional duties , had found time to go iuto every detail of the consecration . Since then he had spared neither time

nor trouble in the service of the Lodge . On one occasion he had initiated five , and had made his year of office remarkable by what ho had done for the Charities , He had already stated that the amount of £ 13 , 000 had been taken up to the Girls' Festival . Of that £ 1 , 300 was taken by the Stewards of the Provinco of Surrey , while of

the sum Bro . Langton had collected the magnificent total of £ 100 . Two years ago he had himself got together £ 221 , but Bro . Langton had nearly doubled that . He , howevor , felt nearly as pleased as if he had taken up the amount himself . He had now tho pleasant duty of presenting to Bro . Langton the first Past Master's jewel of

the George Price Lodge . The banner behind him showed what the members thought , and he felt sure , considering Bro . Langton's position in the Grand Master ' s Lodge , that he had a brilliant future before him . Still , he felt assured , the jewel he now presented would be valued by Brother Langton beyond all thoso which he might

have a right to be decorated with in the future , and they must all pray that he might have a long life in which to wear it . Bro . Langton , in the course of his reply , after thanking the Worshipful Master and brethren for the toast , said that what he had done for the Lodge had been undertaken with an infinite amount of

pleasure ; but the greatest pleasure of all had been the duty of installing Bro . Hobbs , and to that he had long looked forward . Any trouble he had experienced had been counterbalanced by the readiness the members had shown to assist him in carrying out the duties . He felt assured they would all continue to work hand in hand under

the Mastership of Bro Hobbs , and that the following year would be equally successful as that just brought fco a conclusion . For the toast of the "Visitors , Bros . Woodward , Foulsham and others replied . The initiate was next ; complimented . The toast of the Charities brought forth a hearty acknowledgment from Bro . Hedges ,

but the lateness of the hour compelled curtailment of his and other speeches . The musical arrangements wero under tho direction of Bro . J . A . Brown , who wa 3 assisted by Bros . J . Hanson , F . Bevati and Dalzell . The well-known ability of these artistes is a guarantee of the excellence with which their selections were rendered .

Amongst the Visitors present were Bros . H . J . P . Dnmas Past Grand Deacon , J . T . H . Woodward P . G . Secretary Middlesex , W . Foulsham P . M . 1790 , F . R . W . Hedges P . M . 1900 , W . W . Morgan P . M . 211 , R . W . Price P . P . G . Supt . of Works 463 , C . Duval ( I . C . ) 139 , F . Knight 1185 , J . Illingworth 1938 , R . W . Wilson 2054 ,

F . Carter 14 , H . Baber W . M . 1790 , H . C . Thompson P . M . 1556 , F . J . Blake P . M . 410 , F . C . Pascall P . M . 1790 , Gordon Smith 14 , E . C . Massey P . M . ' 1297 , John Ilooke W . M . 463 , W . H . M . Smith W . M . 465 , B . Ridge P . M . 413 , M . Dicker W . M . 1470 T . W . Hanson 1706 , E . Dalzell S . W . 1549 , F . Bevan 1706 , and W . H . Hanson S . W . 1790 .

CONSECRATION OP THE HUGUENOT LODGE No . 2140 .

THE consecration of this Lodgo took place on Monday , the 10 th instant , at the Criterion , Piccadilly , when Bro . Herve Giraud P . G . D . P . M . No . 1 was regularly installed as the first Worshipful Master of the Lodge . There was a large gathering of brethren to witness the proceedings of the day , among them being Bros . Colonel

Shadwell H . Clerko Grand Secretary , T . Fenu President Board of General Purposes , John S . Peirco P . G . D ., Edgar Bovvyer Past G . Standard Bearer , H . Sadler Grand Tyler , R . Hallowes S . W . 33 , W . G . Lemon P . M . 165 , 1601 , T . Hastings Miller P . P . G . Organist Middlesex P . M . 1964 , G . A . Potter W . M . 1964 , W . H . Newson 172 , It . Powell

19 S , T . W . Traill W . M . 33 , John Charles P . M . 19 , W . M . Bywater P . M . 19 , George Drysdale P . M . 46 , John Read P . M . 720 J . W . 2105 , Harry O . Yeatman 1159 , Charles Barry W . M . 197 , T . Burne W . M . 162 , James Ricks P . M . 33 , Edward H . Burnell P . M . 197 , 0 . Mansfield P . M . 21 , T . H . Feltou , R . Hovenden , Frank Taylor W . M . 1260 , J .

Robbins P . M . 231 , J . T . Rowo P . M . 198 , Arthur C . Tanqueray , S . Pitt 1537 , G . Kenning P . P . G . D . Middlesex , W . B . Heath P . P . G . S . W . Herts , Penrose Dunbar S . W . 142 . Rev . S . T . Frost , O . Hansard 197 , W . H . Stanger P . M . 197 , Hugh Dumas 859 , Frederick H . Cozens 907 , J- T . Hutchinson 1765 , E . Btirv Taylor 586 P . P . G . O ., T . M . Lee J . W .

198 , A . Garrod P . M . 15 S 7 , A . C . Wilks 1964 , R . W . Williams J . D 19 S , John Davis P . M . 33 , A . Lester 1509 , W . Coombcs 382 Prov . G . D Middlesex , C . H . Shoppee P . M . 162 , T . W . Gray , IT . E . Detinue P . M L > 43 P . P . G . S . D . Esses , F . Ernest & . U .. vd P . M . 19 , G . Coop 111 James Terry Secretary Roval . Masonic Benevolent Institution , Chas

Lambert 198 , G . W . Weld ' on W . M . 4 , IT . C . Lambert P . M . 198 50 J ~ ° ^ 1 , J . S . Cumberland W . M . 2128 , Webster Glyncs P . M . 29 , Fredk . Orchard P . M . 198 , J . Trneman Tanqueray P . M . 1965 , & c . The usual preliminary proceedings having been disposed of Bro . Rev . J , Stud--inline Brownrigg P . G . C ., who acted as Chaplain during tbe consc oration , delivered the following Oration : —

BUETHKEN , —The task yon havo imposed upon me to-night is honourable , but it is difficult : honourable , because I am speaking to me n cf eminence in the Graft , who have requested me to assist in the ° « nation of a new and important Lodge . Difficult , becanso the ui mat

~ " > o Lodge recalls to our minds many things of winch it is ^ rd to speak without treading upon tho forbidden ground of party Politics . J off i 111 attempt the work , hopefnl that I may say nothing that will

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When we reflect that two hundred years ago your ancestors came to our shores , " French Strangers , " seeking an asylum , and that now as we look around we see in you fellow-couutrymen , one with us in all things—we are led to ask , " How came this to pass ? Why did wo receive you with so much sympathy ? How is it that you

are i ow so thoroughly identified with the English nation—that yon are i leed parfc of ourselves ? " I will endeavour to answer both these questions . When yon cBme to ns , asking for shelter and for protection , we did not stop to inqairo whether your Faith was identical with our

own . We knew that it was not . We knenr that in many points your religions belief differed from onrs ; but wo felt this—that yon were contending for a principle that was dear to every Englishman ' s heart—I mean toleration . Coercion and breach of faith have never found favour in our country . The solemn concordat under which

you had for many years lived in comparative peace , was being ignored by France . The attempt was being made by undue means to force you to accept a religious system other than your own . It was not for us to sit in judgment either on your religion or on that of your opponents , but the same principle which many years before

had made us , in Magna Charta , insist upon the freedom of our own Church , lod us to feel that the liberty we had won for ourselves we sought to help others to seoure . Thank God , this has ever been the principle of English citizens . When any one seeks refnge under

our flag we ask not whether he gets his Faith from Rome or Geneva , from Constantinople or Canterbury , bnfc simply whether he will be an honest , loyal , and industrious citizen . This is all we ask of you ; and we have never regretted the permission we gave yon to sojourn amongst us .

And so I come to my second question . What has made you no louger " strangers , " but onr fellow-countrymen ? The answer ia plain . Yon have not abused our hospitality . Content to be allowed freedom to your own Faith , you have not attacked ours . Your enemies said that you were actively aggressive , and that you were

attacking unduly the Faith of ofchers . We have not found this to be the case . The English Church stands to-day uninjured by Huguenot refugee . Neither of us sought to disguise the fact that on many points there was a difference . We did not ask you to conform to doctrines which we held to be of the first importance , and

you with an honourable gratitude abstained from controversy . Indeed , I think that many of your people have been drawn to us . As you lived amongst ns , and married into our families , the English

Church won , by love and sympathy , souls who would never have been gained by harshness and persecution , and to-day many a staunch and distinct member of our English Church has Hnguenofc blood in his veins .

But there is another tie which binds us . For years we have been brethren in arras for the defence of a Common Empire . Wherever English armies have gono , or English fleets have sailed , the Huguenot and the Englishman have fought side by side . Yon helped us to reconquer Ireland , when , very shortly after your arrival amongst us ,

the integrity of the Empire was threatened ; yon stood by our sides in the Peninsula and at Waterloo—in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny , Huguenots and Englishmen have together shed lustre on the English flag . Our interests have become yours . Our honour you have made your own . In England ' s hour of need , you

have never stood aside mindful only of your own welfare , —and we are proud to share with you our sorrows and our joys . And further , you have been useful to ns . Englishmen are said to be a nation of Bhopkeepers . I am proud as an Englishmen to be so designated , because to excel in trade implies the giving of tho best possible value

for money received . That Englishmen have beeu able to do this is due in no small degree to Huguenot skill and enterprise . At a very important period in the history of commerce , when many nations were competing for supremacy in commerce , you brought into our country what we wanted , Skilled Workmen ; In two branches of

trade you specially helped us ; and , I believe , the undisputed fact that England stands easily first in the goldsmiths and weavers' art , is due in no small measure to your handicraft . ' JZZZ Rightly then do I say that yon have earned the right to be no longer strangers to whom we grant an asylum , but brother citizens

of tbe first Empire of the World . 1 Let us gather then , in conclusion , this lesson . Difference of opinion in religion and politics need be no bar to brotherly intercourse . We are right each of us to contend for our Faifcb . Religious conviction to be worth anythiug must be strong . It is cowardly to

bny peace by the sacrifice of principle . But let us ever grant to others the liberty wo claim for ourselves , and let us ever remember that by mutual toleration that want of harmony , which in our present imperfect condition mars the beauty of God's fair universe , may bo softened until He shall see fit to bring us all to One Fuld

under One Shepherd , when all discord will be gone for ever . In due course the Officers of tho Lodjje were invested , among them being Bros . Charles J . Shoppee P . M . 382 and Arthur G . Browning , the Senior and Junior Wardens named in 'he Warrant . Bro . Major George Lambert P . G . Sword Bearer J . W . 969 is the Secretary of the

Lodge , for which we predict a fnturo of prosperity . Tbe Consecrating Officer of the Lodge was V . W . Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., Grand Registrar , who was assisted by Sir John B . Moncktou P . G . W ., Ralph Clutton ( J . J . D ., Rov . J . Studholme Brownrigg P . G . C , and Frank Richardson P . G . D .

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This formidable list of dangerous and painful affections is completely under the control of these inestimable specifics , which , u .-cd according to their accompanying directions , will ? oon mitigate the torture-, suppress nil inflammatory tendencies , nnd secure the soundest health . The very moderate price charged for these never-failing remedies place ihem witlTn the reach of the mos humble sufferer