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present , and the still more handsome manner in which he had presented the same . " AV . P M . John King , then proposed that Brother R . C . Macdonald be enrolled on the books of this Lodge as an Honorary Member , ivhich was seconded by AV . P . M . H . Michel , and carried unanimousl y . " THE following are Extracts from Brother A . Grant , the SAV of Lodge Humility with FortitudeCalcuttato Brother Major Macdonald
, , , at Neemuch : — " You will be glad to learn , that at my suggestion , the Lodge ' has become a subscriber to the Freemasons' Quarterly Review ; and a letter has accordingly been sent to the Editor . " A brass plate has been put on the frame ofthe picture you gave us , with the following inscription .- — " ' Presented by Brother Major R . C . Macdonald , in presence of the assembled Lod
ges of Calcutta , at tbe Town Hall , on the 27 th December , A . L . 5836 , to Lodge Humility with Fortitude , No . 279 / " " Thanks to your kindness , I am now as perfect as any man in the three degrees ; all of which I have gone over two or three times , with great eclat in our Lod ge . I am instructing the Master of True Friendship , and have had a request to that effect from the Master of Industry andPweverance . "— ( Calcutta Lodges . )
Thus , by the Major ' s having been enabled to furnish the proper working to one zealous Mason , it has been disseminated into three Lodges , and has since been adopted in seven other Lodges . On his way up the country he visited Lodge SINCERE FRIENDSHIP at Chunar , and finding their working incorrect , instructed them in the first degree ; he shortl y received the following extract from the minutes of Lodge Sincere Friendship , Chunar , No . 567 , May 4 , 1837 . The Lod
" ge having duly taken into consideration the zeal evinced by Brother R . C . Macdonald for the benefit of the Craft in general ; and the benefit derived by this Lodge through bis indefatigable zeal , are pleased to appoint him an Honorary Member from this date , with a seat and a vote in the Lod ge whenever he can make it convenient to attend . " G . Fenn , Secretary , 567 . " Our indefatigable Brother spent a few clays at Allahabad with Brother
Colvin , who is most hi ghly respected there , so much so , that the Masons have erected a Hall , dedicated to his name . He attended Lodge INDEPENDENCE WITH PHILANTHROPY several times , and examined their working . A few days since he received the following extract of a Resolution passed April 21 , 1837 . " Proposed by the AV . M . and unanimously resolved / That the thanks of this Lodge are eminentl y due to Brother Major Macdonald for the interest he has
taken in the Lodge , and the instruction he has afforded the Brethren ; and that the same be conveyed to Brother Major Macdonald by our Brother Secretary , with a request that Brother Macdonald will allow his name to be enrolled as an Honorary Member .
John Conlan , Secretary , 550 . " Next Saturday being St . John the Baptist ' s Day , Divine service will be performed at the usual hour in the morning , by the Rev . Mr . Chambers . The Members of the Masonic body will march in procession to the church , from the building occupied as the mess of the 37 th regiment N . I . Brethren who are not Members of the Lodge
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present , and the still more handsome manner in which he had presented the same . " AV . P M . John King , then proposed that Brother R . C . Macdonald be enrolled on the books of this Lodge as an Honorary Member , ivhich was seconded by AV . P . M . H . Michel , and carried unanimousl y . " THE following are Extracts from Brother A . Grant , the SAV of Lodge Humility with FortitudeCalcuttato Brother Major Macdonald
, , , at Neemuch : — " You will be glad to learn , that at my suggestion , the Lodge ' has become a subscriber to the Freemasons' Quarterly Review ; and a letter has accordingly been sent to the Editor . " A brass plate has been put on the frame ofthe picture you gave us , with the following inscription .- — " ' Presented by Brother Major R . C . Macdonald , in presence of the assembled Lod
ges of Calcutta , at tbe Town Hall , on the 27 th December , A . L . 5836 , to Lodge Humility with Fortitude , No . 279 / " " Thanks to your kindness , I am now as perfect as any man in the three degrees ; all of which I have gone over two or three times , with great eclat in our Lod ge . I am instructing the Master of True Friendship , and have had a request to that effect from the Master of Industry andPweverance . "— ( Calcutta Lodges . )
Thus , by the Major ' s having been enabled to furnish the proper working to one zealous Mason , it has been disseminated into three Lodges , and has since been adopted in seven other Lodges . On his way up the country he visited Lodge SINCERE FRIENDSHIP at Chunar , and finding their working incorrect , instructed them in the first degree ; he shortl y received the following extract from the minutes of Lodge Sincere Friendship , Chunar , No . 567 , May 4 , 1837 . The Lod
" ge having duly taken into consideration the zeal evinced by Brother R . C . Macdonald for the benefit of the Craft in general ; and the benefit derived by this Lodge through bis indefatigable zeal , are pleased to appoint him an Honorary Member from this date , with a seat and a vote in the Lod ge whenever he can make it convenient to attend . " G . Fenn , Secretary , 567 . " Our indefatigable Brother spent a few clays at Allahabad with Brother
Colvin , who is most hi ghly respected there , so much so , that the Masons have erected a Hall , dedicated to his name . He attended Lodge INDEPENDENCE WITH PHILANTHROPY several times , and examined their working . A few days since he received the following extract of a Resolution passed April 21 , 1837 . " Proposed by the AV . M . and unanimously resolved / That the thanks of this Lodge are eminentl y due to Brother Major Macdonald for the interest he has
taken in the Lodge , and the instruction he has afforded the Brethren ; and that the same be conveyed to Brother Major Macdonald by our Brother Secretary , with a request that Brother Macdonald will allow his name to be enrolled as an Honorary Member .
John Conlan , Secretary , 550 . " Next Saturday being St . John the Baptist ' s Day , Divine service will be performed at the usual hour in the morning , by the Rev . Mr . Chambers . The Members of the Masonic body will march in procession to the church , from the building occupied as the mess of the 37 th regiment N . I . Brethren who are not Members of the Lodge