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Obituary.
practical course of conduct indicative of the finest impulses of the heart , and the most liberal sentiments of the mind . Bro . Cardozo attained the sublime office of M . E . Z . in R . A . Masonry ; and although he had abundant opportunities of advancing to the highest grades in the Order , he nevertheless declined his onward movement , doubtless from a sense of the supposed incompatibility of his religious tenets with the degrees beyond those of Royal Arch Masonry .
At the time of his decease he was the " Father" of the Moira Lodge , which honourable distinction now devolves on Bro . Henry Phillips , P . M . who has been upwards of twenty-one years a member of that Lodge . A few hours previous to his death , and whilst our Bro . Cardozo lay entirely bereft of speech , such was the energy and unclouded state of his mental faculties , that on one of the Brethren taking a melancholy farewellhe ( Cardozo ) distinctland haticallmade use of the
well-, y emp y known " signs" in Masonry , thus testifying his fidelity to the last , and that the ruling passion which had been strong in life , was dominant even at the moment of the parting of the soul from the bod y ! The deep regret felt by all who are members of the Fraternity , is generally testified at the decease of so able and excellent a Mason , of whom it may be truly
saidmultus file boms Flebilis occidit . The insertion of the foregoing brief memoir and just tribute to the excellence of our departed Brother , will be esteemed a favour by , Sir and Brother , 59 , Old Broad Street , Yours fraternally , 1 */ June , 1839 . JOHN BIGG , P . M . 109 .
Brother Cardozo was initiated on the 25 th of February , 1799 , in the Hiram Lodge , and continued a member until December 1823 ; he joined the Moira Lodge on the 11 th May , 1807 . June 1 st . —BRO . DAVID GILL , set . 60 , at his house , Cork-street , Burlington Gardens . Indefatigable and zealous , the deceased Brother stood prominently forward as the mentor of the St . Alban ' s Lodge , of which he was for many years the support and ornament . His loss will
be severely felt by its members , which , although numerous and highminded , can hardly produce one upon whom the mantle of their deceased friend can well descend . Brother Gill was also P . Z . of the British Chapter . He was initiated on the 16 th of November , 1813 , in the Jerusalem Lodge , then 334 , —joined the St . Alban ' s on the 16 th of February , 1818 , —served as Grand Steward from that Lodge in 1819-20 , and continued a subscribing member till his decease : he had been many years Treasurer . He joined the Grand Stewards' Lodge in 1819 , and withdrew in 1830 : he joined the Lodge of Union , now 195 , in 1823 , and withdrew in 1828 .
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Obituary.
practical course of conduct indicative of the finest impulses of the heart , and the most liberal sentiments of the mind . Bro . Cardozo attained the sublime office of M . E . Z . in R . A . Masonry ; and although he had abundant opportunities of advancing to the highest grades in the Order , he nevertheless declined his onward movement , doubtless from a sense of the supposed incompatibility of his religious tenets with the degrees beyond those of Royal Arch Masonry .
At the time of his decease he was the " Father" of the Moira Lodge , which honourable distinction now devolves on Bro . Henry Phillips , P . M . who has been upwards of twenty-one years a member of that Lodge . A few hours previous to his death , and whilst our Bro . Cardozo lay entirely bereft of speech , such was the energy and unclouded state of his mental faculties , that on one of the Brethren taking a melancholy farewellhe ( Cardozo ) distinctland haticallmade use of the
well-, y emp y known " signs" in Masonry , thus testifying his fidelity to the last , and that the ruling passion which had been strong in life , was dominant even at the moment of the parting of the soul from the bod y ! The deep regret felt by all who are members of the Fraternity , is generally testified at the decease of so able and excellent a Mason , of whom it may be truly
saidmultus file boms Flebilis occidit . The insertion of the foregoing brief memoir and just tribute to the excellence of our departed Brother , will be esteemed a favour by , Sir and Brother , 59 , Old Broad Street , Yours fraternally , 1 */ June , 1839 . JOHN BIGG , P . M . 109 .
Brother Cardozo was initiated on the 25 th of February , 1799 , in the Hiram Lodge , and continued a member until December 1823 ; he joined the Moira Lodge on the 11 th May , 1807 . June 1 st . —BRO . DAVID GILL , set . 60 , at his house , Cork-street , Burlington Gardens . Indefatigable and zealous , the deceased Brother stood prominently forward as the mentor of the St . Alban ' s Lodge , of which he was for many years the support and ornament . His loss will
be severely felt by its members , which , although numerous and highminded , can hardly produce one upon whom the mantle of their deceased friend can well descend . Brother Gill was also P . Z . of the British Chapter . He was initiated on the 16 th of November , 1813 , in the Jerusalem Lodge , then 334 , —joined the St . Alban ' s on the 16 th of February , 1818 , —served as Grand Steward from that Lodge in 1819-20 , and continued a subscribing member till his decease : he had been many years Treasurer . He joined the Grand Stewards' Lodge in 1819 , and withdrew in 1830 : he joined the Lodge of Union , now 195 , in 1823 , and withdrew in 1828 .