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Article THE REPORTER. ← Page 2 of 2 Article MASONIC CHIT CHAT. Page 1 of 3 →
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The Reporter.
The Westminster and Key Stone have elected Bro . Isaacson as Master , whose first step in his new dignity was to declare his intention to preach in favour of the Asylum . —The Britannia , No . 38 , has elected the Hon . H . Fitzroy as Master , whose initiatory step in London Masonry was as Chairman of the Asylum Festival in 1840 , in which office he so admirably acquitted himself as to attract the notice of the Grand Masterwhoin the following yearappointed him Senior Grand
, , , Warden , in this instance proving that " all preferment among Masons is grounded upon real worth and personal merit only . "—The Athelstan , Percy , Strong Man , Unity , Peace and Harmony , Regularity , all contribute to the stock of social comfort . —The Burlington have elected Bro . the Rev . 0 . Vink ; the Concord , 49 , Bro . Brewster ; the Bank of England , Bro . Z . Watkins , as their several Masters . If we have omitted to repeat any particular Lodge that our Reporter was
desirous should have been noticed , we must plead general pressure . The Chapters have in general met well , and the numbers of newly exalted companions are on the increase . In Templar Masonry we have not much to report . —In the Chapter of Observance , the Hon H . Fitzroy has boldly marched forward as a Masonic soldier , and is already first Captain . —The Cross of Christ Encampment maintains its goodly position in every respect . —But the
Faith and Fidelity bids fair to exceed its contemporaries as much in discipline and practice as it does in the chasteness and propriety of its appointments , lt is truly worth while to visit this Encampment , and we press this remark on our provincial comrades in the Order , were it only to observe Sir Knts . Henry Udall and R . L . Wilson , in their praiseworthy attention to the system of Templar Masonry . The Lodges of Instruction all progress , more especially the
Emulation Lodge of Improvement at the Hall ( on Friday night ); the practice of the Installation during November , December , and January , has already qualified many provincial Brethren to perform that important ceremony .
Masonic Chit Chat.
MASONIC CHIT CHAT .
THE GRAND MASTER . —His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex caught a violent cold at the christening of H . R . H- the Prince of Wales , on the 25 th of January , and has continued so much indisposed as to have been prevented from presenting to her Majesty the address of the Grand Lodge , on the auspicious event of the birth of an heir-apparent to the throne . The Grand Master entertained his illustrious Masonic Brother , the
King of Prussia , and suite , at the palace , Kensington , a few days after the christening of the Prince of Wales . His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex was re-elected Grand Master of English Freemasons , on the 2 nd instant . THE NATAL DAY OF THE GRAND MASTER . —Some surprise has been felt at the suspension of the Public Festival , that for twenty-nine years has been successivel y held in honour of this day . The indisposition of H . R . H . could not well be assigned as the cause , as the Grand Master has frequently been absent on that account .
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The Reporter.
The Westminster and Key Stone have elected Bro . Isaacson as Master , whose first step in his new dignity was to declare his intention to preach in favour of the Asylum . —The Britannia , No . 38 , has elected the Hon . H . Fitzroy as Master , whose initiatory step in London Masonry was as Chairman of the Asylum Festival in 1840 , in which office he so admirably acquitted himself as to attract the notice of the Grand Masterwhoin the following yearappointed him Senior Grand
, , , Warden , in this instance proving that " all preferment among Masons is grounded upon real worth and personal merit only . "—The Athelstan , Percy , Strong Man , Unity , Peace and Harmony , Regularity , all contribute to the stock of social comfort . —The Burlington have elected Bro . the Rev . 0 . Vink ; the Concord , 49 , Bro . Brewster ; the Bank of England , Bro . Z . Watkins , as their several Masters . If we have omitted to repeat any particular Lodge that our Reporter was
desirous should have been noticed , we must plead general pressure . The Chapters have in general met well , and the numbers of newly exalted companions are on the increase . In Templar Masonry we have not much to report . —In the Chapter of Observance , the Hon H . Fitzroy has boldly marched forward as a Masonic soldier , and is already first Captain . —The Cross of Christ Encampment maintains its goodly position in every respect . —But the
Faith and Fidelity bids fair to exceed its contemporaries as much in discipline and practice as it does in the chasteness and propriety of its appointments , lt is truly worth while to visit this Encampment , and we press this remark on our provincial comrades in the Order , were it only to observe Sir Knts . Henry Udall and R . L . Wilson , in their praiseworthy attention to the system of Templar Masonry . The Lodges of Instruction all progress , more especially the
Emulation Lodge of Improvement at the Hall ( on Friday night ); the practice of the Installation during November , December , and January , has already qualified many provincial Brethren to perform that important ceremony .
Masonic Chit Chat.
MASONIC CHIT CHAT .
THE GRAND MASTER . —His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex caught a violent cold at the christening of H . R . H- the Prince of Wales , on the 25 th of January , and has continued so much indisposed as to have been prevented from presenting to her Majesty the address of the Grand Lodge , on the auspicious event of the birth of an heir-apparent to the throne . The Grand Master entertained his illustrious Masonic Brother , the
King of Prussia , and suite , at the palace , Kensington , a few days after the christening of the Prince of Wales . His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex was re-elected Grand Master of English Freemasons , on the 2 nd instant . THE NATAL DAY OF THE GRAND MASTER . —Some surprise has been felt at the suspension of the Public Festival , that for twenty-nine years has been successivel y held in honour of this day . The indisposition of H . R . H . could not well be assigned as the cause , as the Grand Master has frequently been absent on that account .