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Article BROTHER STEPHEN BARTON WILSON, P. M. ← Page 2 of 2 Article THE R. W. BROTHER H. R. LEWIS, P. G. M., SUMATRA. Page 1 of 3 →
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Brother Stephen Barton Wilson, P. M.
grunt out ; it was enough—the effect was magical . We have witnessed the late Lord Monson thus reproved , for Peter was equally indifferent to all .
Brother S . B , Wilson is about fifty-six years of age , in person somewhat below the middle stature , and thick set ; his head and contour good , intelligent expression in the features ; complexion olive , with hair full and crisp . His manner of address , when not engaged in the ceremonial or the lecture , is curt and brusque ; he evidently does not study the suaviter in modo , but no one possesses the fortiter in re with a better title .
By friends who know him , and their name is legion , he is admired and appreciated . He now but seldom attends the Grand Lodge , which is much to be regretted , for if he were but occasianally to offer his valuable opinion , it could hardly be unattended to . Brother Wilson is undecorated , unless , indeed , by the spontaneous gratitude of the Craft ; it may be that he is too moral a contrast to be placed in contact with so many Purple exceptions to common sense . VELASQUEZ .
The R. W. Brother H. R. Lewis, P. G. M., Sumatra.
THE R . W . BROTHER H . R . LEWIS , P . G . M ., SUMATRA .
" To wilful men , the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters . "—SHAKSPEAKE .
PROBABLY the caprices of fortune could never be more conspicuousl y evidenced than in the case of our R . W . Brother the subject of the present Portrait . Without the least masonic pretensions to merit , he enjoys almost the hi ghest distinction that can be conferred oh any of its members . He is one of the HAVERS' genus , —lucky he cannot tell why , —great he cannot tell wherefore !
Destitute as he is of delicacy of feeling , grace of manner , suavity of temper , and correctness of judgment , a stranger would naturally ask who is this star of such adventitious brilliancy ? Who is this Mason sitting at the right of the Throne , yet—for most practical purposes—as great as the Throne itself ? The answer will be , that in his person the vagaries of masonic fortune have been glaringly demonstrated . It is a
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Brother Stephen Barton Wilson, P. M.
grunt out ; it was enough—the effect was magical . We have witnessed the late Lord Monson thus reproved , for Peter was equally indifferent to all .
Brother S . B , Wilson is about fifty-six years of age , in person somewhat below the middle stature , and thick set ; his head and contour good , intelligent expression in the features ; complexion olive , with hair full and crisp . His manner of address , when not engaged in the ceremonial or the lecture , is curt and brusque ; he evidently does not study the suaviter in modo , but no one possesses the fortiter in re with a better title .
By friends who know him , and their name is legion , he is admired and appreciated . He now but seldom attends the Grand Lodge , which is much to be regretted , for if he were but occasianally to offer his valuable opinion , it could hardly be unattended to . Brother Wilson is undecorated , unless , indeed , by the spontaneous gratitude of the Craft ; it may be that he is too moral a contrast to be placed in contact with so many Purple exceptions to common sense . VELASQUEZ .
The R. W. Brother H. R. Lewis, P. G. M., Sumatra.
THE R . W . BROTHER H . R . LEWIS , P . G . M ., SUMATRA .
" To wilful men , the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters . "—SHAKSPEAKE .
PROBABLY the caprices of fortune could never be more conspicuousl y evidenced than in the case of our R . W . Brother the subject of the present Portrait . Without the least masonic pretensions to merit , he enjoys almost the hi ghest distinction that can be conferred oh any of its members . He is one of the HAVERS' genus , —lucky he cannot tell why , —great he cannot tell wherefore !
Destitute as he is of delicacy of feeling , grace of manner , suavity of temper , and correctness of judgment , a stranger would naturally ask who is this star of such adventitious brilliancy ? Who is this Mason sitting at the right of the Throne , yet—for most practical purposes—as great as the Throne itself ? The answer will be , that in his person the vagaries of masonic fortune have been glaringly demonstrated . It is a