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the Lodge , gave the amplest testimony that the duties of Past Master wero not to be disregarded , —but here again Bro . Sutcliffe won for himself the highest admiration and esteem ofhis Brethren . In the transactions of the Lodge for 1846 , it is recorded , — " that the Brethren , wishful to mark in some degree their grateful sense of Bro . Sutcliffe ' s labours in the cause of . Masonry , and especially in connection with the Lotlge of Probity , " presented him with a beautiful silver mug ,
embossed and lined with gold , on which was engraved the following inscription . — 'Presented to John Sutcliffe , P . M ., by the Brethren of the Lotlge of Probity , No . 73 , as a small token of their regard for his moral and Masonic worth .
( On behalf of the Lodge ) 'JAMES INGLIS , M . D ., W . M . ' JOHN PKEST , Secretary . •¦ Halifax , A . P . IS-lti . A . I .. -iS-ifi . '" Having noticed the devotion with which our late Brother regarded the interests and prosperity of his native Lodge , and the demands upon his leisure which the various duties connected with itwould necessarily
, impose , it will fail to excite surprise that he did not on any occasion accept office in Provincial Grand Lodge . Without stopping to notice the claims upon him of a business character , by which his family had to a great extent to be supported , it is due to his honoured memory , to make some allusion to his successful pursuits in other sciences , besides that of Freemasonry . In mathematics and astronomy his attainments were far advanced . To these sciences he brought the application of a gifted
mind , and for a great portion of his life they constituted the pleasurable objects on which his leisure hours were chiefly employed . Here then it would be perceived , in how essential a manner his qualifications as a Mason were increased , and the practical value of his precepts and admonitions enlarged , by the superior order of his attainments in those particular departments of scientific research , which it is a prominent object of Freemasonry to patronize and encourage . With the accomplishments to which reference has been made , Bro .
Sutcliffe also possessed a mechanical genius of great power and activity , which enabled him to overcome difficulties , thirty years ago , which at the present time would rank amongst the most creditable achievements of scientific research and manipulation . Perhaps the most interesting production ofhis mechanical skill , is a self-regulating Orrery , which indicates with remarkable simplicity and truthfulness , the geocentric motions of the principle planets . This machine was constructed nearly thirty years agoand is wholly the result of his own handiwork .
, Preparatory to the cutting of the numerous and eccentric wheels and parts of this machine , he invented and made for himself a dividingengine , which would at least have ranked amongst the novelties , if not the achievements of the age , had its existence been made known much beyond the limits of his own workshop . In this respect , however , Bro . Sutcliffe was by no means ambitious , and it is deeply to be regrettedthat a more favourable sphere of
exer-, cise did not fall to the lot of so gifted a mind ; it could not but have resulted in a position at once honourable to himself , and creditable to the family and district to which he belonged . Notwithstanding his comparative obscurity , however , as a sientificc individual , his position as a Mason will continue to be regarded , as in the highest degree , worthy of imitation and esteem ; nor will the vacancy which his death has occasioned in the province of West Yorkshire , be
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Obituary.
the Lodge , gave the amplest testimony that the duties of Past Master wero not to be disregarded , —but here again Bro . Sutcliffe won for himself the highest admiration and esteem ofhis Brethren . In the transactions of the Lodge for 1846 , it is recorded , — " that the Brethren , wishful to mark in some degree their grateful sense of Bro . Sutcliffe ' s labours in the cause of . Masonry , and especially in connection with the Lotlge of Probity , " presented him with a beautiful silver mug ,
embossed and lined with gold , on which was engraved the following inscription . — 'Presented to John Sutcliffe , P . M ., by the Brethren of the Lotlge of Probity , No . 73 , as a small token of their regard for his moral and Masonic worth .
( On behalf of the Lodge ) 'JAMES INGLIS , M . D ., W . M . ' JOHN PKEST , Secretary . •¦ Halifax , A . P . IS-lti . A . I .. -iS-ifi . '" Having noticed the devotion with which our late Brother regarded the interests and prosperity of his native Lodge , and the demands upon his leisure which the various duties connected with itwould necessarily
, impose , it will fail to excite surprise that he did not on any occasion accept office in Provincial Grand Lodge . Without stopping to notice the claims upon him of a business character , by which his family had to a great extent to be supported , it is due to his honoured memory , to make some allusion to his successful pursuits in other sciences , besides that of Freemasonry . In mathematics and astronomy his attainments were far advanced . To these sciences he brought the application of a gifted
mind , and for a great portion of his life they constituted the pleasurable objects on which his leisure hours were chiefly employed . Here then it would be perceived , in how essential a manner his qualifications as a Mason were increased , and the practical value of his precepts and admonitions enlarged , by the superior order of his attainments in those particular departments of scientific research , which it is a prominent object of Freemasonry to patronize and encourage . With the accomplishments to which reference has been made , Bro .
Sutcliffe also possessed a mechanical genius of great power and activity , which enabled him to overcome difficulties , thirty years ago , which at the present time would rank amongst the most creditable achievements of scientific research and manipulation . Perhaps the most interesting production ofhis mechanical skill , is a self-regulating Orrery , which indicates with remarkable simplicity and truthfulness , the geocentric motions of the principle planets . This machine was constructed nearly thirty years agoand is wholly the result of his own handiwork .
, Preparatory to the cutting of the numerous and eccentric wheels and parts of this machine , he invented and made for himself a dividingengine , which would at least have ranked amongst the novelties , if not the achievements of the age , had its existence been made known much beyond the limits of his own workshop . In this respect , however , Bro . Sutcliffe was by no means ambitious , and it is deeply to be regrettedthat a more favourable sphere of
exer-, cise did not fall to the lot of so gifted a mind ; it could not but have resulted in a position at once honourable to himself , and creditable to the family and district to which he belonged . Notwithstanding his comparative obscurity , however , as a sientificc individual , his position as a Mason will continue to be regarded , as in the highest degree , worthy of imitation and esteem ; nor will the vacancy which his death has occasioned in the province of West Yorkshire , be