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Provincial.
gratification I experienced on that day , will make me to number it as a red letter-day in my Masonic calendar . " AA-ith every feeling of fraternal regard , " 1 am , Sir aud Brother , " Colchester , May 12 , 1836 . " A JUNIOR DEACON . " NORWICH . —Lodge 60 , Angel Inn . —Tlie members ofthe Lodge
celebrated their Centenary on Friday , the 24 th of June . The meeting was attended by several visitors , and afforded much gratification to all present . It is to be regretted that the want of support of the Provincial Grand Lodge is severely felt , and we much fear that unless the D . Prov . G . M . can be roused from the apathy in which he has so long remained , that the interests of the Order will be disregarded . Surel y the authorities at head quarters will not turn a deaf ear to our situation . In perusing tJie pages of the Masonic Review , we find other provinces vying with the metropolis in zeal , while we , with nearly twenty Lodges , are in so disgraceful a lethargy .
LINCOLN . —On Thursday , May 12 th , tlie Annual Spring Grand Lodge was holden in the city of Lincoln , by the Rev . G . Oliver , D . D ., Deputy Provincial Grand Master , at which were present—Bro . Major Brackenbury , P . G . J . AA ^ . ; Bro . Turner , G . P . J . AV . ; Bro . Pashley , G . P . Trea . ; Bro . AAflliamson , P . G . J . D . ; Bro . AA ^ ilson , P . G ., Sec ; Bro . Barton , P . G . Reg . ; Bro . Nicholson , P . G . Arch . ; Bro . Sanders , P . G . D . C . ; with tlie P . G . Stewards , and a respectable attendance of the
Masters , AA ardens , Officers , and Brethren of the County Lodges . The routine business of the meeting having been disposed of , and the books and evidences examined and signed by the D . P . G . M ., that Officer delivered to the Brethren in open Loclge , the following charge : — " I congratulate you on the appearance of regularity ancl method which are displayed in the books of the several Provincial Lodges . No greater proof need be giventhat they are in a healthy and flourishing
, state ; and I shall offer to your notice a few observations , by the use of which that state may be maintained ancl preserved . The division of time in our Lodges , as you all know , is named technically after the manner of operative Masons . AVe have some hours specifically devoted to labour , and others to refreshment . Our labours are of the most
pleasing description ; and they consist m moral disquisitions on the beauty of virtue ; and extended illustrations on the various sciences which are included in Freemasonry . These illustrations , both mora ! and scientific , are embodied in a series of hieroglyphica ! symbols ; many of which are the simple working tools of an operative Mason ; but they are invested with a moral meaning , which , in our estimation , renders them jewels of inestimable value . The illustration of these symbols is one of the occupations of Masons when assembled in the tyled recesses
of their Lodge . ' The attentive ear receives the sound from the instructive tongue , and the sacred mysteries are safely lodged in the repository of faithful breasts . Tools and implements of architecture , symbols the most expressive , are selected by the Fraternity , to imprint on the memory serious and solemn truths ; and thus the excellent tenets of the institution are transmitted , unimpaired , under circumstances precarious , and even adverse , through a succession of ages . ' - —( Preston . ) The knowledge thus communicated and received , constitutes a principal source of our enjoyment . And I would take this opportunity of advising all young Masons to attend sedulously to the Masters' Lectures ,
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Provincial.
gratification I experienced on that day , will make me to number it as a red letter-day in my Masonic calendar . " AA-ith every feeling of fraternal regard , " 1 am , Sir aud Brother , " Colchester , May 12 , 1836 . " A JUNIOR DEACON . " NORWICH . —Lodge 60 , Angel Inn . —Tlie members ofthe Lodge
celebrated their Centenary on Friday , the 24 th of June . The meeting was attended by several visitors , and afforded much gratification to all present . It is to be regretted that the want of support of the Provincial Grand Lodge is severely felt , and we much fear that unless the D . Prov . G . M . can be roused from the apathy in which he has so long remained , that the interests of the Order will be disregarded . Surel y the authorities at head quarters will not turn a deaf ear to our situation . In perusing tJie pages of the Masonic Review , we find other provinces vying with the metropolis in zeal , while we , with nearly twenty Lodges , are in so disgraceful a lethargy .
LINCOLN . —On Thursday , May 12 th , tlie Annual Spring Grand Lodge was holden in the city of Lincoln , by the Rev . G . Oliver , D . D ., Deputy Provincial Grand Master , at which were present—Bro . Major Brackenbury , P . G . J . AA ^ . ; Bro . Turner , G . P . J . AV . ; Bro . Pashley , G . P . Trea . ; Bro . AAflliamson , P . G . J . D . ; Bro . AA ^ ilson , P . G ., Sec ; Bro . Barton , P . G . Reg . ; Bro . Nicholson , P . G . Arch . ; Bro . Sanders , P . G . D . C . ; with tlie P . G . Stewards , and a respectable attendance of the
Masters , AA ardens , Officers , and Brethren of the County Lodges . The routine business of the meeting having been disposed of , and the books and evidences examined and signed by the D . P . G . M ., that Officer delivered to the Brethren in open Loclge , the following charge : — " I congratulate you on the appearance of regularity ancl method which are displayed in the books of the several Provincial Lodges . No greater proof need be giventhat they are in a healthy and flourishing
, state ; and I shall offer to your notice a few observations , by the use of which that state may be maintained ancl preserved . The division of time in our Lodges , as you all know , is named technically after the manner of operative Masons . AVe have some hours specifically devoted to labour , and others to refreshment . Our labours are of the most
pleasing description ; and they consist m moral disquisitions on the beauty of virtue ; and extended illustrations on the various sciences which are included in Freemasonry . These illustrations , both mora ! and scientific , are embodied in a series of hieroglyphica ! symbols ; many of which are the simple working tools of an operative Mason ; but they are invested with a moral meaning , which , in our estimation , renders them jewels of inestimable value . The illustration of these symbols is one of the occupations of Masons when assembled in the tyled recesses
of their Lodge . ' The attentive ear receives the sound from the instructive tongue , and the sacred mysteries are safely lodged in the repository of faithful breasts . Tools and implements of architecture , symbols the most expressive , are selected by the Fraternity , to imprint on the memory serious and solemn truths ; and thus the excellent tenets of the institution are transmitted , unimpaired , under circumstances precarious , and even adverse , through a succession of ages . ' - —( Preston . ) The knowledge thus communicated and received , constitutes a principal source of our enjoyment . And I would take this opportunity of advising all young Masons to attend sedulously to the Masters' Lectures ,