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Present State Of Free Masonry.
spirits restore the accustomed vigour , and infuse life and spirit into ^ S ^ ye ^ SicflELScARTH , Esq . became . a Member of the T odee To a mind well informed , and a sonnet judgment Mr . Scaith ' brings a faculty of app lication and perseverance that wil not whilst advantage can be procured to i
eastly abandon a design any , or indeed , whilst th ! minutest part of it appears unaccomplished . As " on as he was elected to an office , he resolved to use his influence and exertions to raise the Lodge to its former evel . lie commenced with an improvement of the rules and bye-laws of he which he visited the different Lodges m the
Sy ; for purpose neighbourhood ; consulted their various regulations ; and train them compiled and composed a code adapted to secure every fraternal and Sfic purpose of the institution . His other exertions were IqSyjuSus and beneficial : the Lodge flourished , and Masonry was promoted and respected . of December 1791 ROWLAND BUHDONmember of ¦
On the 27 th , , parliament for the county , was elected Master : toe respectability of his name , and , above all , the virtuous lustre of his character , gave new vigour and dignity to his proceedings . In 1702 the Brethren shewed the high sense of the benefits they had received , by appointing Mr . S CARTH to be their Master . During B laid the first stone of Wear-bndge ;
his government Mr . URDON Mr . Scarth was honoured by the Provincial G . Master with a blue apron ; and in the course of that year- he planned and brought intoexecution a charitable scheme of g iving education to twelve poor children . The Lodge formed and set apart a fund for that purpose ; and the benevolent society of Quakers allowed them the use of their school , and admitted these children to be incorporated with tnose of
their own cnanty . . , ,, SEA CAPTAINS' LODGE , NO . 129 , meets at Brother J OWSEY S , the Golden Lion , every second Thursday . Present Oflicers . : KOWLAND BURDON , M . P . W . M . —M ICHAEL SCARTH , Acting M . —¦ 1 broor . S . W . —T . H ARDCASTLE , J . W . —R . W RIGHT , D . M . —G . P ARKER , Treasurer . —J . C ARTER and J . HEWIT J Deacons . The OF MASONRY IN SUNDERLAND ISon the
GENERAL STATE , whole , favourable and flourishing . The most cordial harmony subsists between the two Lodges ; and this fraternal disposition is more intimately cemented bv a judicious plan , formed by the two Masters and ratified by the . respective Lodges , which enacts that the two Masters and four Wardens , for the time being , are to be considered as members of both Lodges ; and , as such , to share in all t-. e
privileges , and be subject to all the penalties of each society . They are in future to meet alternately in their different halls—and the Brethren of both Lodges , on each meeting nig ht , are to be summoned without distinction . . The scientific ancl occult operations of the Craft are applied with ski !! , diligence , and reverential decorum ; and in these internal proceedino-sljoth Lodires are highly indebted to the intelligence and m-VOL . HI , " " C
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Present State Of Free Masonry.
spirits restore the accustomed vigour , and infuse life and spirit into ^ S ^ ye ^ SicflELScARTH , Esq . became . a Member of the T odee To a mind well informed , and a sonnet judgment Mr . Scaith ' brings a faculty of app lication and perseverance that wil not whilst advantage can be procured to i
eastly abandon a design any , or indeed , whilst th ! minutest part of it appears unaccomplished . As " on as he was elected to an office , he resolved to use his influence and exertions to raise the Lodge to its former evel . lie commenced with an improvement of the rules and bye-laws of he which he visited the different Lodges m the
Sy ; for purpose neighbourhood ; consulted their various regulations ; and train them compiled and composed a code adapted to secure every fraternal and Sfic purpose of the institution . His other exertions were IqSyjuSus and beneficial : the Lodge flourished , and Masonry was promoted and respected . of December 1791 ROWLAND BUHDONmember of ¦
On the 27 th , , parliament for the county , was elected Master : toe respectability of his name , and , above all , the virtuous lustre of his character , gave new vigour and dignity to his proceedings . In 1702 the Brethren shewed the high sense of the benefits they had received , by appointing Mr . S CARTH to be their Master . During B laid the first stone of Wear-bndge ;
his government Mr . URDON Mr . Scarth was honoured by the Provincial G . Master with a blue apron ; and in the course of that year- he planned and brought intoexecution a charitable scheme of g iving education to twelve poor children . The Lodge formed and set apart a fund for that purpose ; and the benevolent society of Quakers allowed them the use of their school , and admitted these children to be incorporated with tnose of
their own cnanty . . , ,, SEA CAPTAINS' LODGE , NO . 129 , meets at Brother J OWSEY S , the Golden Lion , every second Thursday . Present Oflicers . : KOWLAND BURDON , M . P . W . M . —M ICHAEL SCARTH , Acting M . —¦ 1 broor . S . W . —T . H ARDCASTLE , J . W . —R . W RIGHT , D . M . —G . P ARKER , Treasurer . —J . C ARTER and J . HEWIT J Deacons . The OF MASONRY IN SUNDERLAND ISon the
GENERAL STATE , whole , favourable and flourishing . The most cordial harmony subsists between the two Lodges ; and this fraternal disposition is more intimately cemented bv a judicious plan , formed by the two Masters and ratified by the . respective Lodges , which enacts that the two Masters and four Wardens , for the time being , are to be considered as members of both Lodges ; and , as such , to share in all t-. e
privileges , and be subject to all the penalties of each society . They are in future to meet alternately in their different halls—and the Brethren of both Lodges , on each meeting nig ht , are to be summoned without distinction . . The scientific ancl occult operations of the Craft are applied with ski !! , diligence , and reverential decorum ; and in these internal proceedino-sljoth Lodires are highly indebted to the intelligence and m-VOL . HI , " " C