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annual custom at their Lodge-room , Swan Hotel , to celebrate the day . After installing the new Master ancl other Officers , ancl going through the usual routine of business connected therewith , the Brethren sat down to an excellent banquet . BRIGHTON . —Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 338 . —This Lodge has maintained its hi gh reputation during the past two years , under the Mastership of Bro . John McQueenEsq . although it has suffered a
, , severe loss by the death of that excellent man and eminent Mason Bro . Edward Hill Creasy . At the meeting of the Lodge in December last , an interesting event took place , the presentation of a Past Master ' s jewel , set with brilliants , to the Worshipful Master Bro . John McQueen , W . M . ancl P . M .
At the banquet , at which nearly forty of the Brethren were present , Bro . FOLKARD , P . M . and Treasurer , addressed them . From his excellent address we extract the following : — "Bro . Past Blasters , Officers , and Brethren , two years have run their course in Masonry since our late aucl deeply lamented Brother , Past Master Creasy , proposed the health of ouv Worshipful Master , as the then Master Elect ! Most of you who are now present must well remember the warm ancl heartfelt language in which he pourtrayed the qualifications of Bro . John
McQueen to fill the Master ' s chair , and his memorable prediction that in him we should have a Master fully competent to fulfil the arduous duties of the office ! one who would be desirous to preserve the Brethren in unity and brotherly love ! and zealously guard our ancient landmarks from innovation . The pleasing and honourable duty which I am now called upon to fulfil , demonstrates that the prediction of that distinguished Mason has been fully realized . It has been a
sourceWorshi-, p ful Master , of the highest gratification to all your Brethren , to witness the zealous manner in which , from that period to the present , you have laboured to promote the principles of the Craft , and uphold the character of the Royal Clarence Lodge , by the skill , order and regularity of its Masonic proceedings ; while in the general government of the Loclge
you have displayed the most sterling good sense , prudence ancl foresight , accomplished manners , calmness ancl control of temper , combined with an unwearied kind and anxious desire to promote the comfort ancl happiness of the Brethren individually and collectively . While investing you with this jewel , Worshipful Brother , allow me to observe that the purity of its material may be held to represent the integrity of your principles , while the brilliants which compose the Past Master ' s insignia ,
may justly be considered emblematic of your Masonic acquirements , which have elevated you to the exalted station you have so ably filled ; a station of which you must feel as proud as the mathematician who has mastered the forty-seventh problem in Euclid , which is depicted on our insignia . And now , Worshipful Master , greeting you with the righthand of good fellowship , in the name of your Brethren , I would express their fervent hope that the Great Architect of the Universe may grant
you a long and happy life , ancl bestow upon you every blessing this world can afford . " The concluding words of the speaker were responded to by the heartfelt applause of the Brethren , and on its subsiding the Worshipful Master rose , and replied in a very emphatic speech , in which he alluded to the several points of Bro . Folkard ' s address in a very happy manner , and concluded with a very appropriate allusion to the harmony existing among the Brethren .
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annual custom at their Lodge-room , Swan Hotel , to celebrate the day . After installing the new Master ancl other Officers , ancl going through the usual routine of business connected therewith , the Brethren sat down to an excellent banquet . BRIGHTON . —Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 338 . —This Lodge has maintained its hi gh reputation during the past two years , under the Mastership of Bro . John McQueenEsq . although it has suffered a
, , severe loss by the death of that excellent man and eminent Mason Bro . Edward Hill Creasy . At the meeting of the Lodge in December last , an interesting event took place , the presentation of a Past Master ' s jewel , set with brilliants , to the Worshipful Master Bro . John McQueen , W . M . ancl P . M .
At the banquet , at which nearly forty of the Brethren were present , Bro . FOLKARD , P . M . and Treasurer , addressed them . From his excellent address we extract the following : — "Bro . Past Blasters , Officers , and Brethren , two years have run their course in Masonry since our late aucl deeply lamented Brother , Past Master Creasy , proposed the health of ouv Worshipful Master , as the then Master Elect ! Most of you who are now present must well remember the warm ancl heartfelt language in which he pourtrayed the qualifications of Bro . John
McQueen to fill the Master ' s chair , and his memorable prediction that in him we should have a Master fully competent to fulfil the arduous duties of the office ! one who would be desirous to preserve the Brethren in unity and brotherly love ! and zealously guard our ancient landmarks from innovation . The pleasing and honourable duty which I am now called upon to fulfil , demonstrates that the prediction of that distinguished Mason has been fully realized . It has been a
sourceWorshi-, p ful Master , of the highest gratification to all your Brethren , to witness the zealous manner in which , from that period to the present , you have laboured to promote the principles of the Craft , and uphold the character of the Royal Clarence Lodge , by the skill , order and regularity of its Masonic proceedings ; while in the general government of the Loclge
you have displayed the most sterling good sense , prudence ancl foresight , accomplished manners , calmness ancl control of temper , combined with an unwearied kind and anxious desire to promote the comfort ancl happiness of the Brethren individually and collectively . While investing you with this jewel , Worshipful Brother , allow me to observe that the purity of its material may be held to represent the integrity of your principles , while the brilliants which compose the Past Master ' s insignia ,
may justly be considered emblematic of your Masonic acquirements , which have elevated you to the exalted station you have so ably filled ; a station of which you must feel as proud as the mathematician who has mastered the forty-seventh problem in Euclid , which is depicted on our insignia . And now , Worshipful Master , greeting you with the righthand of good fellowship , in the name of your Brethren , I would express their fervent hope that the Great Architect of the Universe may grant
you a long and happy life , ancl bestow upon you every blessing this world can afford . " The concluding words of the speaker were responded to by the heartfelt applause of the Brethren , and on its subsiding the Worshipful Master rose , and replied in a very emphatic speech , in which he alluded to the several points of Bro . Folkard ' s address in a very happy manner , and concluded with a very appropriate allusion to the harmony existing among the Brethren .