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Obituary.
shepherd has been taken from his little , hut united flock—united in heart as well as in name . It is not for me , brethren , to attempt to do justice to his virtu s—they are known to all of us . Suffice it to say , that while we revered the uprightness and integrity of the Man , wc admired his zeal and talents as a Mason . To those nearest and dearest to him , it must have been a ray of consolation to see his masonic brethren , in whose society he delighted , rally round his remains , and attend them to their last resting-place . And when that moment arrived which beheld the sacred branches dropped by the hands which bore them upon his coffin , while the tear bedewed the manly eye , how
must the wondering by-standers mentally have exclaimed— ' See how that man was beloved ! ' Peace to his manes ! There , in that hallowed spot , let them rest , until the GRAND MASTER of all shall command the Archangel to sound his gavel , when may we , brethren , all meet and be with him again in that Perfect Lotlge , eternal in the heavens , where the world ' s Great Architect lives and reigns for ever and for ever . " The brethren will salute the memory of our late Worshipful MasterBrother Stephen Gardnerwith the usual honoursand in
, , , solemn silence . " July 4 . —At his residence , 21 , Blackfriars-road , ret . 53 , Bro . GEORGH AARONS . He was seized with paralysis , from the effects of which he died , after a few days' illness . * '
Provincial
PROVINCIAL
CROYDON . —A silly wight , self-styled " Anti-Humbug , " has been imposing on the editor of the " Surrey Standard , " a specious tissue of nonsense and falsehood . To refute a groundless charge , would be to give it importance , and the members of the lodge alluded to , feel they can sustain their position ; and hope that the well known temperate character of their assailant may not suffer materially by the disappointment of his intended annihilation of the lodge . —Heu quantum mutatus !
MARGATE , August 21 . —A Provincial Grand Lodge was held this day in the Assembly Rooms of the Royal Hotel , between two and three hundred brethren of the province and visiting friends were present . The Union Lodge had previously entertained the Provincial Grand Master and the present and past Grand Officers to a sumptuous breakfast , a la forehette . At eleven precisely the Provincial Grand Lodge assembled , Bro . L . C . Humfrey , Q . C , on the throne ; the Provincial Grand Lodge
was opened in due form , after which the several Grand Officers were appointed and invested . Bro . ASHLEY , the P . D . G . M ., briefly moved a vote of confidence in the M . W . G . M ., the Earl of Zetland , which , being seconded , was carried unanimously . The Prov . G . Lodge was then called off , and the brethren walked in procession to the old church . The weather was , however , so very boistgrous and rainy as to limit the number , and the brethren had to encounter serious inconvenience .
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Obituary.
shepherd has been taken from his little , hut united flock—united in heart as well as in name . It is not for me , brethren , to attempt to do justice to his virtu s—they are known to all of us . Suffice it to say , that while we revered the uprightness and integrity of the Man , wc admired his zeal and talents as a Mason . To those nearest and dearest to him , it must have been a ray of consolation to see his masonic brethren , in whose society he delighted , rally round his remains , and attend them to their last resting-place . And when that moment arrived which beheld the sacred branches dropped by the hands which bore them upon his coffin , while the tear bedewed the manly eye , how
must the wondering by-standers mentally have exclaimed— ' See how that man was beloved ! ' Peace to his manes ! There , in that hallowed spot , let them rest , until the GRAND MASTER of all shall command the Archangel to sound his gavel , when may we , brethren , all meet and be with him again in that Perfect Lotlge , eternal in the heavens , where the world ' s Great Architect lives and reigns for ever and for ever . " The brethren will salute the memory of our late Worshipful MasterBrother Stephen Gardnerwith the usual honoursand in
, , , solemn silence . " July 4 . —At his residence , 21 , Blackfriars-road , ret . 53 , Bro . GEORGH AARONS . He was seized with paralysis , from the effects of which he died , after a few days' illness . * '
Provincial
PROVINCIAL
CROYDON . —A silly wight , self-styled " Anti-Humbug , " has been imposing on the editor of the " Surrey Standard , " a specious tissue of nonsense and falsehood . To refute a groundless charge , would be to give it importance , and the members of the lodge alluded to , feel they can sustain their position ; and hope that the well known temperate character of their assailant may not suffer materially by the disappointment of his intended annihilation of the lodge . —Heu quantum mutatus !
MARGATE , August 21 . —A Provincial Grand Lodge was held this day in the Assembly Rooms of the Royal Hotel , between two and three hundred brethren of the province and visiting friends were present . The Union Lodge had previously entertained the Provincial Grand Master and the present and past Grand Officers to a sumptuous breakfast , a la forehette . At eleven precisely the Provincial Grand Lodge assembled , Bro . L . C . Humfrey , Q . C , on the throne ; the Provincial Grand Lodge
was opened in due form , after which the several Grand Officers were appointed and invested . Bro . ASHLEY , the P . D . G . M ., briefly moved a vote of confidence in the M . W . G . M ., the Earl of Zetland , which , being seconded , was carried unanimously . The Prov . G . Lodge was then called off , and the brethren walked in procession to the old church . The weather was , however , so very boistgrous and rainy as to limit the number , and the brethren had to encounter serious inconvenience .