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The Reporter.
THE REPORTER .
The vernal equinox has closed on the first quarter of the year , which is in one respect the most important of any ; it embraces , with very few exceptions the period of installation of the Masters of the London Lodges , ancl presents to the Masonic world a great number of Brethren , who having been found true and trusty , and of good repute , are called to the exercise of the important duties attendant on the office of Master . The ceremony of installation is imposing and instructive ; the
candidate cannot fail to be impressed with its solemnity , and the Brethren are generally directed to a review of the past lessons as a moral direction for their future guidance . The various installations have been conducted with the usual attention to our mystical ceremonies , ancl we have witnessed with the highest satisfaction the just ambition of many young Masters to instal their successorsproving that the various Masonic charges have sunk deeplinto
, y their hearts , and disposed them to hand down to their Brethren an example so worthy of imitation . The elder installing Masters have not been idle themselves , for while instructing tlieir juniors they have made themselves , if possible , more perfect masters of the art . When we contrast the great moral improvement that has taken place within the last twenty-five years with the practice at that time , when there were scarcely six Brethren capable of conducting the ceremony of installationwe may
, well express a deep sense of gratitude to the Great Architect for the signal benefit he has vouchsafed unto us in the enli ghtenment of so many " Rulers in the Craft . " It is beyond our power to do justice to all deserving Brethren , and the following is but a slight sketch of a few reports ; some are necessarily omitted as mere repetitions , and others reached us too late for insertion : —
CONSTITUTION AND CONSECRATION OF THE LODGE OF UNITED PILGRIMS , 745 . —Bro . James Lovett Jones , W . M . ( by warrant ) . CIRCULAR . —Sir and Brother , the Most Worshipful the Grand Master having granted a warrant for the consecration of this Lodge , you are requested to attend on Friday , the 14 th March , at three o ' clock , at the Pilgrim Tavern , Upper Kennington Lane : such day having been appointed by the W . Brother ROBERT THOMAS CRUCEFIX P . G . D . who
, has been requested to consecrate the Lodge , and instal the Master and Wardens nominated in the Wan-ant . I remain , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , WM . EVANS , Sec . ( ad interim ) . Consecration , three o ' clock ; Installation , four o ' clock ; Initiations , five o ' clock .
We give the initiative circular of this maiden Lodge as the best herald to record an event highly interesting to the metropolitan Craft . The Bank of England Lodge , 329 , appears , by the Masonic Calendar , to have been constituted in 1788 , sines which period we believe there has not been any Loclge constituted in the London district , with the exception of that at Edmonton , in 1839 , ivhich can hardly be termed a London Loclge , although in the metropolitan district ; we shall not now inquire into the causes shown ancl reasons given why Lodges should not have sprung up—one , however , carries with it considerable probability of justice , viz ., that at the union in 1813 , so many Lodges fell under one jurisdiction , that until time should prove it to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Reporter.
THE REPORTER .
The vernal equinox has closed on the first quarter of the year , which is in one respect the most important of any ; it embraces , with very few exceptions the period of installation of the Masters of the London Lodges , ancl presents to the Masonic world a great number of Brethren , who having been found true and trusty , and of good repute , are called to the exercise of the important duties attendant on the office of Master . The ceremony of installation is imposing and instructive ; the
candidate cannot fail to be impressed with its solemnity , and the Brethren are generally directed to a review of the past lessons as a moral direction for their future guidance . The various installations have been conducted with the usual attention to our mystical ceremonies , ancl we have witnessed with the highest satisfaction the just ambition of many young Masters to instal their successorsproving that the various Masonic charges have sunk deeplinto
, y their hearts , and disposed them to hand down to their Brethren an example so worthy of imitation . The elder installing Masters have not been idle themselves , for while instructing tlieir juniors they have made themselves , if possible , more perfect masters of the art . When we contrast the great moral improvement that has taken place within the last twenty-five years with the practice at that time , when there were scarcely six Brethren capable of conducting the ceremony of installationwe may
, well express a deep sense of gratitude to the Great Architect for the signal benefit he has vouchsafed unto us in the enli ghtenment of so many " Rulers in the Craft . " It is beyond our power to do justice to all deserving Brethren , and the following is but a slight sketch of a few reports ; some are necessarily omitted as mere repetitions , and others reached us too late for insertion : —
CONSTITUTION AND CONSECRATION OF THE LODGE OF UNITED PILGRIMS , 745 . —Bro . James Lovett Jones , W . M . ( by warrant ) . CIRCULAR . —Sir and Brother , the Most Worshipful the Grand Master having granted a warrant for the consecration of this Lodge , you are requested to attend on Friday , the 14 th March , at three o ' clock , at the Pilgrim Tavern , Upper Kennington Lane : such day having been appointed by the W . Brother ROBERT THOMAS CRUCEFIX P . G . D . who
, has been requested to consecrate the Lodge , and instal the Master and Wardens nominated in the Wan-ant . I remain , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , WM . EVANS , Sec . ( ad interim ) . Consecration , three o ' clock ; Installation , four o ' clock ; Initiations , five o ' clock .
We give the initiative circular of this maiden Lodge as the best herald to record an event highly interesting to the metropolitan Craft . The Bank of England Lodge , 329 , appears , by the Masonic Calendar , to have been constituted in 1788 , sines which period we believe there has not been any Loclge constituted in the London district , with the exception of that at Edmonton , in 1839 , ivhich can hardly be termed a London Loclge , although in the metropolitan district ; we shall not now inquire into the causes shown ancl reasons given why Lodges should not have sprung up—one , however , carries with it considerable probability of justice , viz ., that at the union in 1813 , so many Lodges fell under one jurisdiction , that until time should prove it to