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Royal Freemasons' Girls' School.
perty , and on such a site , it was determined to make f . n effort for providing a suitable school-house in a less objectionable neighbourhood , and which should have the advantage of also being the freehold property of the Charity . Accordingly , after great and careful consideration , a very excellent site was secured at Wandsworth Common , on which a building has been erected possessing all the advantages of a delihtful atmospheredry gravellsoil lete
g , y , comp drainage , and perfect accommodation for the moral and religious education of 100 children , —the number at present in the school being 66 . The new school-house , which has been built by the Messrs . Piper , under the direction of Br . P . Hardwicke , tbe Grand Superintendent of Works , is erected in the mediaeval or Elizabethan style of architecture , of red and grey brick . It possesses a central tower with turretsand two front wings with receding appurtenances—the
, , interior being admirably adapted for the object in view . On the morning of the dedication fSte the building , whicli has a very commanding appearance , as viewed from the railway , had a royal standard fluttering in the breeze from the tower , and in the grounds had been erected a variety of marquees for the accommodation of the company , and the supply of refreshments to the Brethren and their friends . About eleven o ' clock the grounds were thrown open to those
parties who had provided themselves with tickets , —and military and quadrille bands were playing throughout the day for their amusement , there being not less , at one period of the day , than from 3 , 000 to 4 , 000 persons present . The proceedings of the fite were commenced at twelve o ' clock by the performance of divine service in the Church of St . Ann ,
Wandsworth , which was attended by the children of the Boys' and Girls ' schools , —there being present , in addition to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood , a large number of the Brethren and their friends . A portion of the service was excellently chanted by a choir of vocalists , consisting of Mrs . Alexander Newton , the Misses M . and J . AVells , Miss Felton , Brothers Williams , Geo . Pen-en , Novello , and Henry Smith , Masters Bristow and De Solla , under the direction of
Bro . Geo . Genge , who took the musical arrangements under his control , in consequence of the absence of Bro . Farquharson Smith , who was confined to his house by rheumatic fever . The children of the school , and a large portion of the congregation also took part in the chanting . At the conclusion of the regular service , Dr . Boyce ' s anthem , " 0 where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? " was admirabldelivered bthe choirafter
y y , which the Very Worshipful Brother , the Rev . J . W . Gleadall , M . A ., Past Grand Chaplain , & c , preached a most excellent sermon in aid of the funds of the Institution , taking as his text Psalm cvii . 41 , — " He maketh him families like a flock of sheep . " The Kev . -Brother , in the course of his address , said that two things struck them in the universe—the existence of individual things , each in one sense separate and distinct from the restand the existence of the things in
, same organized masses having a common object , and serving a common purpose . Thus the universe was but an organization of infinite , inferior , subordinate units , and human society was the union of individual human beings , each with a separate existence and distinct personal interests , pursuing common objects , combining into masses from the wants and affections of human nature . It was not of human society at large that he was going to speak , but of one particular lovm ofifc , the text confining then- attention to families or households . The
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Royal Freemasons' Girls' School.
perty , and on such a site , it was determined to make f . n effort for providing a suitable school-house in a less objectionable neighbourhood , and which should have the advantage of also being the freehold property of the Charity . Accordingly , after great and careful consideration , a very excellent site was secured at Wandsworth Common , on which a building has been erected possessing all the advantages of a delihtful atmospheredry gravellsoil lete
g , y , comp drainage , and perfect accommodation for the moral and religious education of 100 children , —the number at present in the school being 66 . The new school-house , which has been built by the Messrs . Piper , under the direction of Br . P . Hardwicke , tbe Grand Superintendent of Works , is erected in the mediaeval or Elizabethan style of architecture , of red and grey brick . It possesses a central tower with turretsand two front wings with receding appurtenances—the
, , interior being admirably adapted for the object in view . On the morning of the dedication fSte the building , whicli has a very commanding appearance , as viewed from the railway , had a royal standard fluttering in the breeze from the tower , and in the grounds had been erected a variety of marquees for the accommodation of the company , and the supply of refreshments to the Brethren and their friends . About eleven o ' clock the grounds were thrown open to those
parties who had provided themselves with tickets , —and military and quadrille bands were playing throughout the day for their amusement , there being not less , at one period of the day , than from 3 , 000 to 4 , 000 persons present . The proceedings of the fite were commenced at twelve o ' clock by the performance of divine service in the Church of St . Ann ,
Wandsworth , which was attended by the children of the Boys' and Girls ' schools , —there being present , in addition to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood , a large number of the Brethren and their friends . A portion of the service was excellently chanted by a choir of vocalists , consisting of Mrs . Alexander Newton , the Misses M . and J . AVells , Miss Felton , Brothers Williams , Geo . Pen-en , Novello , and Henry Smith , Masters Bristow and De Solla , under the direction of
Bro . Geo . Genge , who took the musical arrangements under his control , in consequence of the absence of Bro . Farquharson Smith , who was confined to his house by rheumatic fever . The children of the school , and a large portion of the congregation also took part in the chanting . At the conclusion of the regular service , Dr . Boyce ' s anthem , " 0 where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? " was admirabldelivered bthe choirafter
y y , which the Very Worshipful Brother , the Rev . J . W . Gleadall , M . A ., Past Grand Chaplain , & c , preached a most excellent sermon in aid of the funds of the Institution , taking as his text Psalm cvii . 41 , — " He maketh him families like a flock of sheep . " The Kev . -Brother , in the course of his address , said that two things struck them in the universe—the existence of individual things , each in one sense separate and distinct from the restand the existence of the things in
, same organized masses having a common object , and serving a common purpose . Thus the universe was but an organization of infinite , inferior , subordinate units , and human society was the union of individual human beings , each with a separate existence and distinct personal interests , pursuing common objects , combining into masses from the wants and affections of human nature . It was not of human society at large that he was going to speak , but of one particular lovm ofifc , the text confining then- attention to families or households . The