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Obituary.
a Convocation holden this day , it was moved , seconded , and resolved by acclamation , that to mark the grateful sense that the Companions entertain of the valuable services of their M . Excellent Companion Fortune , P . P . Z ., it be recorded on the minutes , and inserted on vellum , that the Companions do earnestl y express their obligations to him for his indefatigable exertion in the promulgation of the principles of this Sublime Degree , and for the able manner and courteous conduct , which distinguished his government as First Principal . ( Signed ) " THOMAS FRANCE , E . ) „ ., „ " AA ^ iLHAir MARTINSON , N . ( i , cnDes
-He AA'as a member of the Committee of Grand Chapter at the period Avhen his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex requested of them an improvement in the ritual ofthe Ineffable Degree , and the provision of suitable regalia worthy of its meetings ; then , as in all other instances , from his deep research , his advice Avas taken , and his services duly appreciated . About that time his Masonic assistance was further called into requisition by the unanimous voice of the Mount Sion Chapter , No . 169 , by electing him an honorary member , and immediately after to their chair of Z . These honorary distinctions he enjoyed until his death .
Many of the Brethren and Companions will severely feel the bereavement , and the link in the chain of friendshi p thus broken will not be very readily supplied . In discharging the last painful duty to departed merit , we have to state that Bro . Fortune ' s life was strictly guided by the morals attached to the several working implements , by whieh our Fraternity is peculiarly distinguished . As a builder , consequently an operative Mason , he was ivell acquainted with their applications ; and as a speculative Mason , Avas thoroughly conversant with their spiritual illustration ; but especially , he deeply studied the Volume of the Sacred
writings , which for many years past was his greatest consolation . He resigned his spirit to his Creator and Redeemer , in the full hope of a joyful resurrection , relying on that "bright morning star , whose rising will assuredly bring peace and salvation to the faithful and obedient of the human race . " It may be truly said of our late Bro . Fortune that he was the poor man ' s friend ; and the most gratifying evidence of this fact Avas furnished by the large number of workmen and others from the General Post-office , ivho attended at his funeral to pay their last tribute of respect to one , who had ever treated them with urbanity and kindness .
His remains are deposited within a very short distance from those of his esteemed friend and Brother the late lamented Bro . Thos . Pryer , at the Highgate Cemetery . BRO . RICHARD BANKS . ON the 3 rd of November , at his residence , 108 , Guildford-street , Russell-square , Bro . Richard BanksP . M ., Globe LodgeNo . 23 in the forty-fourth year of his
, , , age , deeply regretted by an extensive circle of friends . He was an enthusiastic lover of Masonry , and a free-handed donor to its Charities . The Globe Lodge testified its sense of his ivoi-th by the presentation of a valuable P . M . jeAvel , the reception of which—unfortunatel y for the interest of the Craft and the Lodgehe did not survive six months . Although but five years a Mason , his assiduity had enabled him to pass the chair with credit to himself and satisfaction to the Lodge , whose condition , financial and Masonic , improved considerably in his year of office .
BRO . EDAVARD MULLINS . DIED , on 11 th Dec , at his residence , Brunswick-square , Camberwell , Bro . Edward Mullins , aged forty-six , a Past Master of the Bank of England Lodge , No . 329 , — a Brother in deeds !
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Obituary.
a Convocation holden this day , it was moved , seconded , and resolved by acclamation , that to mark the grateful sense that the Companions entertain of the valuable services of their M . Excellent Companion Fortune , P . P . Z ., it be recorded on the minutes , and inserted on vellum , that the Companions do earnestl y express their obligations to him for his indefatigable exertion in the promulgation of the principles of this Sublime Degree , and for the able manner and courteous conduct , which distinguished his government as First Principal . ( Signed ) " THOMAS FRANCE , E . ) „ ., „ " AA ^ iLHAir MARTINSON , N . ( i , cnDes
-He AA'as a member of the Committee of Grand Chapter at the period Avhen his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex requested of them an improvement in the ritual ofthe Ineffable Degree , and the provision of suitable regalia worthy of its meetings ; then , as in all other instances , from his deep research , his advice Avas taken , and his services duly appreciated . About that time his Masonic assistance was further called into requisition by the unanimous voice of the Mount Sion Chapter , No . 169 , by electing him an honorary member , and immediately after to their chair of Z . These honorary distinctions he enjoyed until his death .
Many of the Brethren and Companions will severely feel the bereavement , and the link in the chain of friendshi p thus broken will not be very readily supplied . In discharging the last painful duty to departed merit , we have to state that Bro . Fortune ' s life was strictly guided by the morals attached to the several working implements , by whieh our Fraternity is peculiarly distinguished . As a builder , consequently an operative Mason , he was ivell acquainted with their applications ; and as a speculative Mason , Avas thoroughly conversant with their spiritual illustration ; but especially , he deeply studied the Volume of the Sacred
writings , which for many years past was his greatest consolation . He resigned his spirit to his Creator and Redeemer , in the full hope of a joyful resurrection , relying on that "bright morning star , whose rising will assuredly bring peace and salvation to the faithful and obedient of the human race . " It may be truly said of our late Bro . Fortune that he was the poor man ' s friend ; and the most gratifying evidence of this fact Avas furnished by the large number of workmen and others from the General Post-office , ivho attended at his funeral to pay their last tribute of respect to one , who had ever treated them with urbanity and kindness .
His remains are deposited within a very short distance from those of his esteemed friend and Brother the late lamented Bro . Thos . Pryer , at the Highgate Cemetery . BRO . RICHARD BANKS . ON the 3 rd of November , at his residence , 108 , Guildford-street , Russell-square , Bro . Richard BanksP . M ., Globe LodgeNo . 23 in the forty-fourth year of his
, , , age , deeply regretted by an extensive circle of friends . He was an enthusiastic lover of Masonry , and a free-handed donor to its Charities . The Globe Lodge testified its sense of his ivoi-th by the presentation of a valuable P . M . jeAvel , the reception of which—unfortunatel y for the interest of the Craft and the Lodgehe did not survive six months . Although but five years a Mason , his assiduity had enabled him to pass the chair with credit to himself and satisfaction to the Lodge , whose condition , financial and Masonic , improved considerably in his year of office .
BRO . EDAVARD MULLINS . DIED , on 11 th Dec , at his residence , Brunswick-square , Camberwell , Bro . Edward Mullins , aged forty-six , a Past Master of the Bank of England Lodge , No . 329 , — a Brother in deeds !