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body ; and to express the desire that the bonds by which they were hound should never he dissolved—but that the existing good understanding might ever continue to reign , and prosperity continue to crown the efforts of the members of the ancient ancl honourable Fraternity .
MALTA—VALETTA . —The Zetland Lodge , 756 , Feb . 5 . —This day being the anniversary of the birth of the M . AV . G . M . the Earl of Zetland , one of the most interesting ceremonies that appertain to the ancient and honourable Fraternity , viz . —the consecration of a new Lodge , was performed in this island . The authorised number of Brethren having on the application of the " Union of Malta" to the Grand Master of England , received a AVarrant authorising them to open a new
Lodge , rnder the title of the Zetland , No . 756 , presented the same to the Worshipful Master of the Lodge of St . John and St . Paul , 736 , and to the Past Master and acting Worshipful Master of the Union , 586 , to be installed . But as the AA r orshipful Master of the Lodge St . John and St . Paul imagined it necessary to have , besides the AVarrant , an order from the Grand Secretary to do the needful , he declined . The AVorshipful Master of the Union , however , conceiving the AVarrant a
sufficient authority , appointed seven o ' clock on the evening of the above day , for consecrating the Lodge . At ten minutes after seven , about forty Brethren of different Lodges , entered the Hall in Masonic order , and Bro . Jerome , with his officers , took the chair , ancl the Lodge was opened in the usual solemn form . A prayer was- then given , after which an ode was sung . The AA ' arrant having been read , ancl the approbation of the Brethren of the Officers named in it being required and given , an anthem was chaunted , the new
Brethren assembled round the pedestal , and the new Master was presented for Installation ; when the charges , & c , having been read , the usual obligation was administered , and he took the chair . The Warrant was then presented , the books of constitution , & c . In short the whole ceremony was highly imposing . At ten o ' clock , the body adjourned to the refreshment room , where they sat down to an elegant cold supper ; after which the Lodge resumed work , and closed with the accustomed solemnities .
The Brethren then retired to the refreshment room , where the evening was spent in that harmonious and Fraternal manner , which Masons understand . I need hardly say , that the health of the M . AV . G . M . the Earl of Zetland was received with enthusiastic cheers , when given in his private capacity of patron of our Lodge . The officers are—Thomas Hack , W . M . ; Edmund Goodenough , S . AV . ; James Scotto Millar , J . AV .
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body ; and to express the desire that the bonds by which they were hound should never he dissolved—but that the existing good understanding might ever continue to reign , and prosperity continue to crown the efforts of the members of the ancient ancl honourable Fraternity .
MALTA—VALETTA . —The Zetland Lodge , 756 , Feb . 5 . —This day being the anniversary of the birth of the M . AV . G . M . the Earl of Zetland , one of the most interesting ceremonies that appertain to the ancient and honourable Fraternity , viz . —the consecration of a new Lodge , was performed in this island . The authorised number of Brethren having on the application of the " Union of Malta" to the Grand Master of England , received a AVarrant authorising them to open a new
Lodge , rnder the title of the Zetland , No . 756 , presented the same to the Worshipful Master of the Lodge of St . John and St . Paul , 736 , and to the Past Master and acting Worshipful Master of the Union , 586 , to be installed . But as the AA r orshipful Master of the Lodge St . John and St . Paul imagined it necessary to have , besides the AVarrant , an order from the Grand Secretary to do the needful , he declined . The AVorshipful Master of the Union , however , conceiving the AVarrant a
sufficient authority , appointed seven o ' clock on the evening of the above day , for consecrating the Lodge . At ten minutes after seven , about forty Brethren of different Lodges , entered the Hall in Masonic order , and Bro . Jerome , with his officers , took the chair , ancl the Lodge was opened in the usual solemn form . A prayer was- then given , after which an ode was sung . The AA ' arrant having been read , ancl the approbation of the Brethren of the Officers named in it being required and given , an anthem was chaunted , the new
Brethren assembled round the pedestal , and the new Master was presented for Installation ; when the charges , & c , having been read , the usual obligation was administered , and he took the chair . The Warrant was then presented , the books of constitution , & c . In short the whole ceremony was highly imposing . At ten o ' clock , the body adjourned to the refreshment room , where they sat down to an elegant cold supper ; after which the Lodge resumed work , and closed with the accustomed solemnities .
The Brethren then retired to the refreshment room , where the evening was spent in that harmonious and Fraternal manner , which Masons understand . I need hardly say , that the health of the M . AV . G . M . the Earl of Zetland was received with enthusiastic cheers , when given in his private capacity of patron of our Lodge . The officers are—Thomas Hack , W . M . ; Edmund Goodenough , S . AV . ; James Scotto Millar , J . AV .