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Masonic Memoir Of The Late Bro. Geo. Aarons,
Feb . 9 , 1825 . —Lodge , 353 , presented me with a vote of thanks for my services to that lodge . 182 G . —Was elected W . M . of the Lodge of Joppa ; and presented in the following year with a handsome jewel ; and in January , 1 S 29 , with a framed vote of thanks for my services . Sept ., 1829 . —Up to this time I continued my exertions in the Craft ; it was not until 1831 that 1 was able to resume themhaving during
, those two years been afflicted tvith severe illness , that terminated in a total loss of sight . 1831 . —Thus in darkness ditl the late Bro . Peter Gilkes kindly introduce me to the Royal Athelstan Lodge of Instruction , No . 19 , heldj in Museum-street , was elected to the chair , and have continued the Lecture Master . 1832 . —I joined the Lodge of Unity , No . 82 . This lodge was the first
that the late Peter Gilkes was the W . M . of . At the end of this year I was elected W . M ., and installed by him in 1833 . There were only eight members , in the year following we mustered twenty-six . The lodge presented me with a handsome jewel of merit , after I had the gratification to be honoured with the installation of Bro . Peter Gilkes in St . Michael ' s Lodge ; who was soon after this called from this transitory life . Several of that worthbrother ' s pupils applied to me to continue
y the instructions which I gave them , and have continued to give private instruction since . —Vide F . Q . R ., 1834 , p . 9 . 1834 . —In 1820 I was exalted in the Prudence Chapter ; it was not until this time ( 1834 ) that I entered into its details by joining Mount Sinai Chapter , No . 49 , and was appointed in the same year N . Bro .
Harper , G . S ., introduced Bro . Badgely , P . P . S . G . W ., of Montreal , whom I made competent for the chair . —Vide F . Q . R ., Dec . 1835 , p . 458 . 1835 . —Bro . Badgely presented me with a P . Master ' s jewel ; another pupil presented me with a handsome R . A . jewel . Several gentlemen , appointed by government to the new colony in South Australia , were recommended to me from the Grand Secretary ' s office , they being desirous to be initiated . They formed a lodge at their officesnamed South
, Australian Lodge of Friendship , No . 613 ; they elected me an honorary member , and presented me with a handsome jewel , as a mark of respect . — Vide F . Q . R ., Dec . In April I was appointed P . S . in Mount Sinai Chapter . In this year a promulgation of the R . A . took place at the Grand Chapter , where one of the committee kindly made me acquainted with the modern alterations , to enable me to instruct many companions from the country , who had been summoned to London for that purpose .
I had the satisfaction of making about forty companions competent . I also instructed a gentleman of the army from Bombay , who was recommended by Bro . Harper , G . S ., and had the gratification to part with him a good Craft Mason . 1836 . —I was applied to by the W . M . of the Royal Theatrical Lodge , Covent Garden , to render assistance , as I had done fourteen years prior , the lodge falling offI was elected an honorary member . " The lod
, ge was re-modelled , and became in a flourishing state . — Vide F . Q . R ., Dec . 1836 , p . 452 . Gave instruction in Craft and Arch Masonry to a leading brother from Barbadoes . Was placed as Principal J ., and in - April was appointed to the office of H . in my Chapter . I joined the Royal Athelstan Lodge , No . 19 , and had the honour to instal the W . M . in January , 1837 .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Memoir Of The Late Bro. Geo. Aarons,
Feb . 9 , 1825 . —Lodge , 353 , presented me with a vote of thanks for my services to that lodge . 182 G . —Was elected W . M . of the Lodge of Joppa ; and presented in the following year with a handsome jewel ; and in January , 1 S 29 , with a framed vote of thanks for my services . Sept ., 1829 . —Up to this time I continued my exertions in the Craft ; it was not until 1831 that 1 was able to resume themhaving during
, those two years been afflicted tvith severe illness , that terminated in a total loss of sight . 1831 . —Thus in darkness ditl the late Bro . Peter Gilkes kindly introduce me to the Royal Athelstan Lodge of Instruction , No . 19 , heldj in Museum-street , was elected to the chair , and have continued the Lecture Master . 1832 . —I joined the Lodge of Unity , No . 82 . This lodge was the first
that the late Peter Gilkes was the W . M . of . At the end of this year I was elected W . M ., and installed by him in 1833 . There were only eight members , in the year following we mustered twenty-six . The lodge presented me with a handsome jewel of merit , after I had the gratification to be honoured with the installation of Bro . Peter Gilkes in St . Michael ' s Lodge ; who was soon after this called from this transitory life . Several of that worthbrother ' s pupils applied to me to continue
y the instructions which I gave them , and have continued to give private instruction since . —Vide F . Q . R ., 1834 , p . 9 . 1834 . —In 1820 I was exalted in the Prudence Chapter ; it was not until this time ( 1834 ) that I entered into its details by joining Mount Sinai Chapter , No . 49 , and was appointed in the same year N . Bro .
Harper , G . S ., introduced Bro . Badgely , P . P . S . G . W ., of Montreal , whom I made competent for the chair . —Vide F . Q . R ., Dec . 1835 , p . 458 . 1835 . —Bro . Badgely presented me with a P . Master ' s jewel ; another pupil presented me with a handsome R . A . jewel . Several gentlemen , appointed by government to the new colony in South Australia , were recommended to me from the Grand Secretary ' s office , they being desirous to be initiated . They formed a lodge at their officesnamed South
, Australian Lodge of Friendship , No . 613 ; they elected me an honorary member , and presented me with a handsome jewel , as a mark of respect . — Vide F . Q . R ., Dec . In April I was appointed P . S . in Mount Sinai Chapter . In this year a promulgation of the R . A . took place at the Grand Chapter , where one of the committee kindly made me acquainted with the modern alterations , to enable me to instruct many companions from the country , who had been summoned to London for that purpose .
I had the satisfaction of making about forty companions competent . I also instructed a gentleman of the army from Bombay , who was recommended by Bro . Harper , G . S ., and had the gratification to part with him a good Craft Mason . 1836 . —I was applied to by the W . M . of the Royal Theatrical Lodge , Covent Garden , to render assistance , as I had done fourteen years prior , the lodge falling offI was elected an honorary member . " The lod
, ge was re-modelled , and became in a flourishing state . — Vide F . Q . R ., Dec . 1836 , p . 452 . Gave instruction in Craft and Arch Masonry to a leading brother from Barbadoes . Was placed as Principal J ., and in - April was appointed to the office of H . in my Chapter . I joined the Royal Athelstan Lodge , No . 19 , and had the honour to instal the W . M . in January , 1837 .