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attend from illness , and also from not having his Masonic dresses and jewels with him . A messenger was , however , dispatched to the north , who returned on the morning of the ceremony with them , and his Lordship was accompanied throughout the day by his medical attendant . The ceremony was marshalled in the following order : —
Head constable—superb brass band—banner—British school The children of the R yde free school—girls , two and two Boys , two and two—Ryde watermen , with banners—beadle Banner of the Town of R yde—Union Jack—Clergyman Treasurer and clerk to the commissioners ; Sub-committee of commissioners—builder—surveyor Clerk of the works—architect—Royal Standard of England
Two Tylers , with drawn swords—Visiting Lodges—the Paris Lodge Des Amis Fideles—the Southampton and Royal Gloucester Lotlge Southampton—the Lodge of Peace and Harmony , ltomsey The Lymington New Forest Lodge—the Portsmouth Phoenix Lodge The Gosport Lodge of Harmony—the Royal Sussex Lodge , Portsea
- The Greenock Kilwinning Lodge—the Medina Lodge , Cowes , The Albany and A'ectis Lodges , Newport And East Medina Lodge , Ryde—two and two—T yler of the R yde Lodge Silver trowel , on a cushion ; earned by a Brother Book of Constitution , bye-laws , warrant , and dispensation , on a cushion g ' The Secretary—Treasurer < £ g « Junior AA ' arden , with plumb rule <_ g . f S ^ Senior AA arden , with level S- °
. . _ ^ " Past Master v o . 2 S Hol y Bible , with square and compasses , on a cushion E ? S § " The Master "• § ¦ -3 J ? The Right Hon . the Earl of Durham , Deputy Grand Master of England Two Tylers , with drawn swords—two Constables . The procession , on leaving the hotel , paraded the town for a very considerable extent . The concourse of spectators was immense , and
apparently much pleased and interested b y the ceremonial . During the promenade through the town , the band played various airs and marches with great effect , and as the procession entered St . Thomas ' s church , the old 100 th psalm was ' performed by it with great solemnity . The sacred edifice was crowded to excess . The incumbent , the Rev . W . Moore , selected his text from Matt . xxii . 39 , — "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself . " The fast annunciation of our Saviour ' s nativity , said the preacher , was accompanied by a proclamation of good will to man . Nor could brotherly love be recommended on stronger grounds than those of our Saviour ' s command—that thev
should , love one another , as he had loved them . St . Paul had said , " Ye are taught of God to love one another ; " and St . Peter had said , " Be ye all of one mind to love one another . " It was a remarkable , and at the same time , a lamentable proof of human corruption , that such exhortations were necessary to enforce a virtue which one would think all would exercise for their general good . That the direct contrary conduct was generally observed , was , however , an indisputable fact ;
not that a man sat down deliberately to injure his neighbour , but such was the corruption of the human heart , that peace in a family and a neighbourhood did not naturally result from human motives , and it could only be preserved by Christian efforts . As in a small degree ap-
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attend from illness , and also from not having his Masonic dresses and jewels with him . A messenger was , however , dispatched to the north , who returned on the morning of the ceremony with them , and his Lordship was accompanied throughout the day by his medical attendant . The ceremony was marshalled in the following order : —
Head constable—superb brass band—banner—British school The children of the R yde free school—girls , two and two Boys , two and two—Ryde watermen , with banners—beadle Banner of the Town of R yde—Union Jack—Clergyman Treasurer and clerk to the commissioners ; Sub-committee of commissioners—builder—surveyor Clerk of the works—architect—Royal Standard of England
Two Tylers , with drawn swords—Visiting Lodges—the Paris Lodge Des Amis Fideles—the Southampton and Royal Gloucester Lotlge Southampton—the Lodge of Peace and Harmony , ltomsey The Lymington New Forest Lodge—the Portsmouth Phoenix Lodge The Gosport Lodge of Harmony—the Royal Sussex Lodge , Portsea
- The Greenock Kilwinning Lodge—the Medina Lodge , Cowes , The Albany and A'ectis Lodges , Newport And East Medina Lodge , Ryde—two and two—T yler of the R yde Lodge Silver trowel , on a cushion ; earned by a Brother Book of Constitution , bye-laws , warrant , and dispensation , on a cushion g ' The Secretary—Treasurer < £ g « Junior AA ' arden , with plumb rule <_ g . f S ^ Senior AA arden , with level S- °
. . _ ^ " Past Master v o . 2 S Hol y Bible , with square and compasses , on a cushion E ? S § " The Master "• § ¦ -3 J ? The Right Hon . the Earl of Durham , Deputy Grand Master of England Two Tylers , with drawn swords—two Constables . The procession , on leaving the hotel , paraded the town for a very considerable extent . The concourse of spectators was immense , and
apparently much pleased and interested b y the ceremonial . During the promenade through the town , the band played various airs and marches with great effect , and as the procession entered St . Thomas ' s church , the old 100 th psalm was ' performed by it with great solemnity . The sacred edifice was crowded to excess . The incumbent , the Rev . W . Moore , selected his text from Matt . xxii . 39 , — "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself . " The fast annunciation of our Saviour ' s nativity , said the preacher , was accompanied by a proclamation of good will to man . Nor could brotherly love be recommended on stronger grounds than those of our Saviour ' s command—that thev
should , love one another , as he had loved them . St . Paul had said , " Ye are taught of God to love one another ; " and St . Peter had said , " Be ye all of one mind to love one another . " It was a remarkable , and at the same time , a lamentable proof of human corruption , that such exhortations were necessary to enforce a virtue which one would think all would exercise for their general good . That the direct contrary conduct was generally observed , was , however , an indisputable fact ;
not that a man sat down deliberately to injure his neighbour , but such was the corruption of the human heart , that peace in a family and a neighbourhood did not naturally result from human motives , and it could only be preserved by Christian efforts . As in a small degree ap-