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Biographical Sketch Of The Late Brother Peter Gilkes.
attainments and general conduct , first elected him their Master , which office lie discharged with reputation to himself and advantage to the Craft . During his Masonic life he filled successively the chairs of 23 , 188 , 201 , 211 , 318 , 259 , and 7 , several limes each , and died the Worship ful Master of the St . Michael ' s Lodge , No .
255 . For the last sixteen years of his life he was a distinguished member of the Board of Benevolence , to qualify himself for which , he , during that period , annually filled the chair of a lodge , and discharged its arduous duties . Here it was that the true charity , of his character displayed itself : the petition of the widow and the orphan found in him a zealous advocate , —indeed , it has been
advanced by many , that his anxiety to promote the object of petitioners frequently exceeded his judgment , as his known character for punctual attendance at the Board of Benevolence led almost every petitioner to propitiate his interest , and no doubt Brother Gilkes could not always sufficiently discriminate between the respective merits of all , and he was the more especially moved to vote liberally from a personal acquaintance with almost every
petitioner , —and in this sense , but only in this sense , could his general judgment he considered questionable . So praiseworthy was his conduct , not only at the Board , but ou the Masonic committees , of most of which he was a member , that it procured for him the notice and approbation of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , our Most Worshipful Grand Master , a fact alike
honourable to the condescension and urbanity of the prince ancl the virtues of the Mason . Such was his reputation , that many distinguished foreign brothers , who were members of his lodge , No . 7 , on their departure for the Continent , requested his signature to their Grand Lodge Certificates , with a list of the different lodges of which he was so
distinguished an ornament . The difficulties Brother Gilkes had encountered in perfecting himself in Masonry , made him resolve to teach gratuitously such brethren as were disposed to attend him every day from one o ' clock till time to attend some lodge or other , where his evenings were generally spent ; he was always ready to receive them for this purpose , and even made several journies into Lincolnshire , Cambridge , and Norfolk , refusing all remuneration further than
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Biographical Sketch Of The Late Brother Peter Gilkes.
attainments and general conduct , first elected him their Master , which office lie discharged with reputation to himself and advantage to the Craft . During his Masonic life he filled successively the chairs of 23 , 188 , 201 , 211 , 318 , 259 , and 7 , several limes each , and died the Worship ful Master of the St . Michael ' s Lodge , No .
255 . For the last sixteen years of his life he was a distinguished member of the Board of Benevolence , to qualify himself for which , he , during that period , annually filled the chair of a lodge , and discharged its arduous duties . Here it was that the true charity , of his character displayed itself : the petition of the widow and the orphan found in him a zealous advocate , —indeed , it has been
advanced by many , that his anxiety to promote the object of petitioners frequently exceeded his judgment , as his known character for punctual attendance at the Board of Benevolence led almost every petitioner to propitiate his interest , and no doubt Brother Gilkes could not always sufficiently discriminate between the respective merits of all , and he was the more especially moved to vote liberally from a personal acquaintance with almost every
petitioner , —and in this sense , but only in this sense , could his general judgment he considered questionable . So praiseworthy was his conduct , not only at the Board , but ou the Masonic committees , of most of which he was a member , that it procured for him the notice and approbation of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , our Most Worshipful Grand Master , a fact alike
honourable to the condescension and urbanity of the prince ancl the virtues of the Mason . Such was his reputation , that many distinguished foreign brothers , who were members of his lodge , No . 7 , on their departure for the Continent , requested his signature to their Grand Lodge Certificates , with a list of the different lodges of which he was so
distinguished an ornament . The difficulties Brother Gilkes had encountered in perfecting himself in Masonry , made him resolve to teach gratuitously such brethren as were disposed to attend him every day from one o ' clock till time to attend some lodge or other , where his evenings were generally spent ; he was always ready to receive them for this purpose , and even made several journies into Lincolnshire , Cambridge , and Norfolk , refusing all remuneration further than