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The Centenary
• could not have proved , so clearly , the moral contrast which the auspicious state of the Lodge now so admirably presents . The Lodges ofa century ' s duration were all of nearly a similar character ; and it is highly gratifying to find that , after a hundred years have passed , this Lodge a type of thousands , has not only sustained itself , but has added to the value and importance of the Craft . It may not be irrelevant to observe thathad there been a publication to hand down to posterity the trans
, - actions of Lodges , such would have been its duty , and we could have referred to it with equal pride and justice , instead of lamenting that , with such limited opportunities , we can of course only give such very meagre details . The Centenary of the Lodge affords us an opportunity of commemoration , and not desiring to lose it , we at once proceed to give the details of a most triumphant day .
April 13 , 1842 . —The Lod ge was opened at the London Tavern , at three o ' clock . Present—The Worshipful Master , Bro . John Udall , P . G . S . ; Bro . R L . Wilson , P . G . S ., Prov . S . G . W . Surrey , P . M . ; Bro . W . Thodey Smith , as S . W . ; Bro . J . Walton , ( P . M . 72 ) , as J . W . ; and the other Officers and members of the Lodge . The visitors of the Lodge formed , as may be expected , a very nuhalanx
merous p . Among them we observed the following Grand Officers—Bro . H . R . Lewis , D . Pollock , Burmester , Sirr , Hall , Revs-J . Fallofield and J . Vane ; Burckhardt , Crucefix , Norris , Dobie , Chapman , and Bro . Francis , Dep . P . G . M . Surrey . Among the other visiting Masters and Past Masters of Lodges , we noticed Bro . Savage , of the G . S . L . ; Graeffe , No- 1 ; Rev . — Isaacson , No . 10 ; H . Udall , No . 10 : Brewster , 49 ; J . L . Stevens , 329 .
The number present , we should think , could not fall much , if any , short of one hundred . The proceedings of the day commenced with the usual business of reading and confirming previous minutes ; after which the Worshipful Master raised two Fellow-Crafts to the sublime degree of " Master Mason ; " and , on resuming the Lodge , two candidates were initiated as apprentices . The working of the Three Degrees , and tbe ceremony of Initiation , were deservedly the theme of general praise . In order that the entered apprentices might partake of the intellectual transactions , the first lecture was most admirably worked by the following Brethren :
Bro . John Udall , W . M . Bro . E . F . Leeks , P . M . 1 st Section—Bro . Rev . C . Vink , M . A . 2 nd . Bro . Joseph A . Chase . 5 th . Bro . H . Udall . 3 rd . " W . Thodey Smith . 6 th . " H . P . Fuller . 4 th . " R . Lea Wilson . 7 th . " R . Dovor . The Lodge was then closed , and the Brethren adjourned to banquet . At the BANQUET Bro . John Udall presided , and , in due time , gave the usual and Masonic
loyal toasts , viz . — " The Queen "— " The Grand Master ;"—to which succeeded the Secretary ' s toast , " The Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , " to which Bro . Sirr , as the Grand Delegate for Ireland , returned thanks . " The Grand Lodge of Hamburgh , and its esteemed Representative , Brother Burmester , " followed , a compliment acknowledged by tire latter in very suitable terms . The Grand Lodge of Hamburgh , he said , had vor „ ix . ' y
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The Centenary
• could not have proved , so clearly , the moral contrast which the auspicious state of the Lodge now so admirably presents . The Lodges ofa century ' s duration were all of nearly a similar character ; and it is highly gratifying to find that , after a hundred years have passed , this Lodge a type of thousands , has not only sustained itself , but has added to the value and importance of the Craft . It may not be irrelevant to observe thathad there been a publication to hand down to posterity the trans
, - actions of Lodges , such would have been its duty , and we could have referred to it with equal pride and justice , instead of lamenting that , with such limited opportunities , we can of course only give such very meagre details . The Centenary of the Lodge affords us an opportunity of commemoration , and not desiring to lose it , we at once proceed to give the details of a most triumphant day .
April 13 , 1842 . —The Lod ge was opened at the London Tavern , at three o ' clock . Present—The Worshipful Master , Bro . John Udall , P . G . S . ; Bro . R L . Wilson , P . G . S ., Prov . S . G . W . Surrey , P . M . ; Bro . W . Thodey Smith , as S . W . ; Bro . J . Walton , ( P . M . 72 ) , as J . W . ; and the other Officers and members of the Lodge . The visitors of the Lodge formed , as may be expected , a very nuhalanx
merous p . Among them we observed the following Grand Officers—Bro . H . R . Lewis , D . Pollock , Burmester , Sirr , Hall , Revs-J . Fallofield and J . Vane ; Burckhardt , Crucefix , Norris , Dobie , Chapman , and Bro . Francis , Dep . P . G . M . Surrey . Among the other visiting Masters and Past Masters of Lodges , we noticed Bro . Savage , of the G . S . L . ; Graeffe , No- 1 ; Rev . — Isaacson , No . 10 ; H . Udall , No . 10 : Brewster , 49 ; J . L . Stevens , 329 .
The number present , we should think , could not fall much , if any , short of one hundred . The proceedings of the day commenced with the usual business of reading and confirming previous minutes ; after which the Worshipful Master raised two Fellow-Crafts to the sublime degree of " Master Mason ; " and , on resuming the Lodge , two candidates were initiated as apprentices . The working of the Three Degrees , and tbe ceremony of Initiation , were deservedly the theme of general praise . In order that the entered apprentices might partake of the intellectual transactions , the first lecture was most admirably worked by the following Brethren :
Bro . John Udall , W . M . Bro . E . F . Leeks , P . M . 1 st Section—Bro . Rev . C . Vink , M . A . 2 nd . Bro . Joseph A . Chase . 5 th . Bro . H . Udall . 3 rd . " W . Thodey Smith . 6 th . " H . P . Fuller . 4 th . " R . Lea Wilson . 7 th . " R . Dovor . The Lodge was then closed , and the Brethren adjourned to banquet . At the BANQUET Bro . John Udall presided , and , in due time , gave the usual and Masonic
loyal toasts , viz . — " The Queen "— " The Grand Master ;"—to which succeeded the Secretary ' s toast , " The Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , " to which Bro . Sirr , as the Grand Delegate for Ireland , returned thanks . " The Grand Lodge of Hamburgh , and its esteemed Representative , Brother Burmester , " followed , a compliment acknowledged by tire latter in very suitable terms . The Grand Lodge of Hamburgh , he said , had vor „ ix . ' y