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The Reporter.
THE REPORTER .
THE ENCAMPMENTS will soon have to enter on subject matter of the gravest importance . It is not inertly the election of a successor to II . ll . PI . the late Duke of Sussex that will have to be considered , but an examination into an effective system of discipline and practice which has been neglected for upwards of thirty years .
THE CROSS OF CHRIST met on the 15 th , and on the 22 nd , preparatory to the contemplated meeting of the Grand Conclave in October . THE TYLER ' S FEAST , A CHRONICLE OF THE TIMES . IN days of yore , those exemplary servants of the Masonic faith , the Tylerswere connected with some one Lod that met occasionall
, ge , y , more particularl y in the summer season , when the Masonic recess enabled them to assemble without inconvenience ; and being themselves of the humbler class , they associated with them a few intimate friends , and their hours of business passed as correctly as their hours of recreation went merrylie . Time and circumstances , however , changed the scene , and the Tylers ceased to meet . The late Robert Millerthe Grand Tleroften regretted
, y , the change , as did his confrere , the well known John Canham . In later times , however , the Tylers have been accustomed to hold an annual feast , which has been productive of much good humour , and tended to engender a spirit of Masonic friendship . This year their meeting was held at the Rose , Edmonton , on the 24 th June , at which were present BRO . BARTON , the Grand Tyler , in the chair ; Bros . DaltonDawesRiceNichollsand Kingwith their
, , , , , wives and sweethearts . The ladies mustered in fine force , being nearly two to one ; and from one of them we have gleaned the pleasing report that the day went offdelightfully . The chairman acquitted himself with great credit ; proposed the toasts—loyal , Masonic , and conventionalwith all the precision of a practised artist ; imparted a cheerful tone to the entertainment , and equally gratified his Brethren and their fair friends .
I he conventional toasts were proposed , and responded to with equal pleasantry , antl the Tyler ' s feast concluded , as it commenced , in the most agreeable manner . May their festival of 1844 be equally happy ! We are among those who acknowledge a debt of gratitude to these worthy associates in the order , having always held that the clue guard at
our portals can only be maintained by Brethren of character , talent , and sound moral integrity ; but for having such to guard the entrance of the temple , how could we preserve inviolable its sacred interior ? We are also among those who have profited by the lessons imparted by the Tylers , and have heretofore always expressed regret that such as might in the later hour fall into poverty , had no visible expectation of relief from its misery . The Asylum for the worth y , aged , and decayed Freemason at length VOL . i . 3 II
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The Reporter.
THE REPORTER .
THE ENCAMPMENTS will soon have to enter on subject matter of the gravest importance . It is not inertly the election of a successor to II . ll . PI . the late Duke of Sussex that will have to be considered , but an examination into an effective system of discipline and practice which has been neglected for upwards of thirty years .
THE CROSS OF CHRIST met on the 15 th , and on the 22 nd , preparatory to the contemplated meeting of the Grand Conclave in October . THE TYLER ' S FEAST , A CHRONICLE OF THE TIMES . IN days of yore , those exemplary servants of the Masonic faith , the Tylerswere connected with some one Lod that met occasionall
, ge , y , more particularl y in the summer season , when the Masonic recess enabled them to assemble without inconvenience ; and being themselves of the humbler class , they associated with them a few intimate friends , and their hours of business passed as correctly as their hours of recreation went merrylie . Time and circumstances , however , changed the scene , and the Tylers ceased to meet . The late Robert Millerthe Grand Tleroften regretted
, y , the change , as did his confrere , the well known John Canham . In later times , however , the Tylers have been accustomed to hold an annual feast , which has been productive of much good humour , and tended to engender a spirit of Masonic friendship . This year their meeting was held at the Rose , Edmonton , on the 24 th June , at which were present BRO . BARTON , the Grand Tyler , in the chair ; Bros . DaltonDawesRiceNichollsand Kingwith their
, , , , , wives and sweethearts . The ladies mustered in fine force , being nearly two to one ; and from one of them we have gleaned the pleasing report that the day went offdelightfully . The chairman acquitted himself with great credit ; proposed the toasts—loyal , Masonic , and conventionalwith all the precision of a practised artist ; imparted a cheerful tone to the entertainment , and equally gratified his Brethren and their fair friends .
I he conventional toasts were proposed , and responded to with equal pleasantry , antl the Tyler ' s feast concluded , as it commenced , in the most agreeable manner . May their festival of 1844 be equally happy ! We are among those who acknowledge a debt of gratitude to these worthy associates in the order , having always held that the clue guard at
our portals can only be maintained by Brethren of character , talent , and sound moral integrity ; but for having such to guard the entrance of the temple , how could we preserve inviolable its sacred interior ? We are also among those who have profited by the lessons imparted by the Tylers , and have heretofore always expressed regret that such as might in the later hour fall into poverty , had no visible expectation of relief from its misery . The Asylum for the worth y , aged , and decayed Freemason at length VOL . i . 3 II