-
Articles/Ads
Article THE REPORTER. ← Page 2 of 5 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Reporter.
other opportunity , as we have several Lodges to notice , and therefore shall merely observe , that in the recent election of their Master , Brother R . AA' ' . J . Rodgers , the Members have clone him justice , and themselves honour . The prosperity of the Lodge will , if we mistake not , enable it to resume a still more important position . And if the accession of Grand Stewards to its numbers could be effected , its continued stability would thereby be ensured . The Lodge was , in 1735 , especially established for
the Grand Stewards , and is in fact their proper sphere of action— they should join it , and support the Lodge as the ostensible means of upholding the best interests of the Craft . The first lecture was well worked on the 21 st , and the seven sections respectively apportioned to Brothers Hope , Baumer , Acklam , Savage , Key , AA'ilson , and Norris . The retiring Master , Brother S . C . Norris , has received a just compliment to his zeal and industry , by a vote of thanks , to be engrossed on vellumand to be
, presented to him in open Lodge . THE GRAND MASTER ' LODGE ( NO . 1 . )—The presidency of Brother Savage , during the past year , has been marked by the full exercise of his well-known talents , and the Brethren have been fortunate in electing as his successor a Master who , to general qualifications for the Chair , brings into action a spirit of enquiry ancl a love for the Craft , which will ensure them a year of happiness . ' Brother Corner will , if we mistake not , on his retirement , have secured himself in the esteem of every Member of one of the most numerous ancl most respectable metropolitan Lodges .
THE LODGE OF FIDELITY ( NO . 3 . )—A still closer conformity to the existing mode of working is observable , ancl the most scrupulous martinet may find subject for criticism , but none for regret . THE BRITISH LODGE ( NO . 8 . )—We are hardly qualified to judge of the merits of this trul y Masonic body , for when we enter its portals there are so many evidences of a family party associated in Lodge for practice of the ceremonials , and at the banquet for the exercise of hospitality , that
we forget our sterner duty , and become one among the many . Brother W . Nokes will gain reputation for stoicism if he can withstand the temptations that surround him in the happy hearts and cheerful faces of his trul y Masonic lieges .
_ THE AA ^ ESTMINSTER AND KEYSTONE ( NO . 10 . )—( Formerly the Tyrian . )—How this Lodge changed its appeUation we have not yet learnt , but we have discovered that it has most wonderfully changed its calibre . From a dormant state , it has been roused into activity and strength . It is as yet not numerous , but promises to become so . It reckons among its members some rising members of the Bar ; and it is not therefore surprising that some excellent addresses are occasionally given . Portions of the Lectures are generally worked , and the Master , Bro . Udall , not the least among the good men and true , efficiently maintains the dignity of his office .
THE TUSCAN ( No . 14 .. )—It is some years since that several junior members of different Lodges , met at each other ' s houses for the purpose of mutual instruction—tyros in our "line of business . " All of this party have since become Masters ! On entering the Tuscan in January last , we observed among the Past Masters , Brother Alderman Thomas AVood , one of those who , like ourselves , had since become a ruler in the Craft , ' and the recollections of our first hopes were rendered doubly pleasant by their realization .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Reporter.
other opportunity , as we have several Lodges to notice , and therefore shall merely observe , that in the recent election of their Master , Brother R . AA' ' . J . Rodgers , the Members have clone him justice , and themselves honour . The prosperity of the Lodge will , if we mistake not , enable it to resume a still more important position . And if the accession of Grand Stewards to its numbers could be effected , its continued stability would thereby be ensured . The Lodge was , in 1735 , especially established for
the Grand Stewards , and is in fact their proper sphere of action— they should join it , and support the Lodge as the ostensible means of upholding the best interests of the Craft . The first lecture was well worked on the 21 st , and the seven sections respectively apportioned to Brothers Hope , Baumer , Acklam , Savage , Key , AA'ilson , and Norris . The retiring Master , Brother S . C . Norris , has received a just compliment to his zeal and industry , by a vote of thanks , to be engrossed on vellumand to be
, presented to him in open Lodge . THE GRAND MASTER ' LODGE ( NO . 1 . )—The presidency of Brother Savage , during the past year , has been marked by the full exercise of his well-known talents , and the Brethren have been fortunate in electing as his successor a Master who , to general qualifications for the Chair , brings into action a spirit of enquiry ancl a love for the Craft , which will ensure them a year of happiness . ' Brother Corner will , if we mistake not , on his retirement , have secured himself in the esteem of every Member of one of the most numerous ancl most respectable metropolitan Lodges .
THE LODGE OF FIDELITY ( NO . 3 . )—A still closer conformity to the existing mode of working is observable , ancl the most scrupulous martinet may find subject for criticism , but none for regret . THE BRITISH LODGE ( NO . 8 . )—We are hardly qualified to judge of the merits of this trul y Masonic body , for when we enter its portals there are so many evidences of a family party associated in Lodge for practice of the ceremonials , and at the banquet for the exercise of hospitality , that
we forget our sterner duty , and become one among the many . Brother W . Nokes will gain reputation for stoicism if he can withstand the temptations that surround him in the happy hearts and cheerful faces of his trul y Masonic lieges .
_ THE AA ^ ESTMINSTER AND KEYSTONE ( NO . 10 . )—( Formerly the Tyrian . )—How this Lodge changed its appeUation we have not yet learnt , but we have discovered that it has most wonderfully changed its calibre . From a dormant state , it has been roused into activity and strength . It is as yet not numerous , but promises to become so . It reckons among its members some rising members of the Bar ; and it is not therefore surprising that some excellent addresses are occasionally given . Portions of the Lectures are generally worked , and the Master , Bro . Udall , not the least among the good men and true , efficiently maintains the dignity of his office .
THE TUSCAN ( No . 14 .. )—It is some years since that several junior members of different Lodges , met at each other ' s houses for the purpose of mutual instruction—tyros in our "line of business . " All of this party have since become Masters ! On entering the Tuscan in January last , we observed among the Past Masters , Brother Alderman Thomas AVood , one of those who , like ourselves , had since become a ruler in the Craft , ' and the recollections of our first hopes were rendered doubly pleasant by their realization .