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, benefit of humanity at large . The visitors had enjoyed the hospitality of the \ ° and he thought h : had kept within the limits of becoming mirth j so long as 1 did that the Fourth Degree would never be wrong . However much they might ad-•" Masonry for the principles it inculcated he thought the fact thit they m : t occasion" ^ andenjoyed each other ' s society went a great wiy to uphold Misinry . Ai he an ! ih r visitors had been there before ( for more than 20 years ht hid received invitations ( the installation meetings through the kindness of miny Past Misters , who , he re-! L , I were absent now ) , he was glad to see it prosperous . Additims were b * in _ *
de to the lodge , and the visitors hoped it would go on increasing . Hi concluded by m nressing his pleasure at the excellent work of the outgoing M ister and his orfi : ers . Bro . C . VV . Sawbridge , W . M ., proposed "The P . Ms ., " of whom they used to have anv present at each meeting , unfortunately , he did not se : so many to-night . He Id jjke t 0 mention the honour the lodge felt in having Bro . T . F . Peacock , P . M ., W ° Rro Hovenden , P . M ., present , both of whom cam : a *; personal inconvenienc :.
With regard to the I . P . M ., Bro . Truman , he admired him immensely . Sitting there in the chair , he ( the W . M . ) thought ideas expanded towards P . Ms , when a brother got into the chair ; in a year ' s time he would occupy the position of P . M . himself ; and it vas overwhelming to think what he might have to go through bifare that tim : arrived . But they would all feel that Bro . Truman hid mast admirably maintained the reputation which the Lodge of Emulation held for good working . He had been himself much struck that evening by Bro . Truman ' s working of the ceremony of installation . Km . Truman . I . P . M ., in reply , said it had fallen to his lot to be the happv
proposer of the W . M . as a brother in that lodge , and it had fallen to his lot to instal | jjm _ a pleasure which , when he proposed him he did not expect , beciuse there were brethren between them . These , however , had retired . However , he had had the greatest pleasure in installing Bro . Sawbridge , and he had equal pleasure in passing to his left . Last lodge he ventured to make some observations on Freemasonry in general ; and on this occasion he would refer to one topic of interest manual to this lodge , and that was with regard to the history of the lodge . The
brethren knew the lodge had a history , which was compiled by their 4 ate Bro . Brackstone Baker . The edition having been exhausted , it wis in the memory of the lodge that they requested Bro . Berridge , P . M ., to revise thit history and re-write it . At the audit Bro . Berridge gave them some interesting particulars . Bro . Berridge had gone throug h the minute books for a lengthened period , and had now begun the 41 st volume , which whould bring him up to iS 6 o ; but had four or five more volumes by him , which he reciuested Bro . Saunders to look through and revise preparatory to being published .
If the work extended to those tour volumes the brethren would have the pleasure of reading a very interesting account of the lodge from the date of its incorporation . They were the successors of two distinct lodges , which were amilgamated with them —the Mourning Bush Lodge and another , the name of which he forgot . They would possibly have the pleasure and privilege of paying a very handsome sum , when it was completed , out of the revenues of the lodge for its publication .
In that case they would have to appeal to the generosity of the Treasurer to relax the purse strings of the lodge , and they might see it in the library of Grand Lodge . They were now convinced they had a very interesting future before them and that they would not go back in their efforts tokeep up the lodge in a high state of efficiency . He would ask the Deputy Grand Registrar to use his influence with Grand Lodge that the title of the lodge might not be mutilated . In last Grand Lodge they were described as the Emulation Lodge . He was very sorry to see it ; notwithstanding his remonstrance with the Grand Secretary and the Grand Tyler it had
been repeated . The Emulation Lodge conveyed no idea ; they might call it the Pair of Braces , or the Pot-and-Kettle , and it would convey no more idea of what it was than the Emulate Lodge would . They were a Lodge of Emulation , emulation of their own lodge and also emulating the work done in the lodge . Therefore he hoped they might long be known as the Lodge of Emulation . Bro . Grellier responded to the toast of "The Treasurer , " and Bro . Evans , S . W ., to that of "The Officers . " Bro . Patrick gave the Tyler ' s toast , and the brethren shortly afterwards separated .
Sincerity Lodge , No . 174 . On Wednesday , the 19 th ult ., the installation meeting or 130 th anniversary of this well-known and old metropolitan lodge was held at the Guildhall Tavern , and among those present were Bros . Joseph Bayley , W . M . ; W . Harvey , ( I . P . M . ; J ay , P . M ., acting S . W . ; Griffiths , J . W . ; Lacey , P . M ., Tieis . ; C . H . Webb , P . M ., Sec . j W . J . Derby , S . D . ; Cocks , I . G . j J . H . Bulmer , D . C ; Newton , P . M ., P . G . P . ; Bulmer , P . M . ; Seddon , P . M . ; Butcher , P . M . ; Moor , P . M . ; Starnes , P . M . ; Smith , J . J . Mustart , F . G . Mustart , W . J . Harvey , Laundy , T . Baillie ,
Cunningham , Keable , Dunmngham , Bulleid , Yates , Gray , I'rost , W . C Morris , and Iggleden , all members of the lodge . The visitors were Bros . Derby , 437 ; Stonham , 1003 ; Maloney , 2504 j Steam , 11 S 5 ; Endacott , 1947 ; Barker , 1 G 07 ; Cunnington , 1 G 07 ; Dyne , LP . M . 157 ; Clayton , 16 SG ; Child , 15 G 3 ; Richardson , 1457 ; Rogers , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . G . S . Devon ; Dewsnap , P . M . 1 S 09 , 2264 , 2272 ; Gladding , W . M . 2632 ; Morby , P . M . 1853 ; Hyde , W . M . 1227 j Martin , Asst . G . Purst . ; J . Terry , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . B . I . ; Cheesewright , P . M . 907 ; Chaffer , 15 G 3 ; H . J . Rogers , 7 S 1 ; Hilton ,
2000 ; Thorndike , 2091 ; Brown , 22 C 4 ; Dalzell , 2000 ; Langridge , 129 S ; Gray , 55 ; and West , 55 . Bro . Newton , P . G . P ., having been presented to Bro . Bayley , VV . M ., to receive from him the benefits of installation , the ceremony was carried out in an impressive manner in a well-attended Board . The newly-elected W . M . afterwards elected his officers for the ensuing year as follows : Bros . Griffiths , S . W . ; Derby . I . W .: C .
W . Webb , Sec ; Lacey , Treas . ; Cocks , S . D . ; Bulmer , J . D . ; and Keable , I . G . The addresses were admirably rendered by Bro . Bayley , I . P . M ., after which , the business having been brought to a conclusion , an adjournment was made to the banqueting hall , where an excellent dinner was well served . The W . M . briefly but ably submitted the toasts of "The Qjeen and the Craft , " and "The Most Worshipful Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " both of which were loyally and enthusiastically received .
The next toast " The Pro G . M . ; the D . G . M . ; and the rest of the Grand Officers , " having been duly submitted and well received , the names of Bros . Martin and Terry were coupled with the toast . The latter , in an eloquent address , as a Grand O . ficer , congratulated the lodge on having , for the first time , a Grand Officer to preside over its destinies . The lodge was honoured in having a W . M ., who had been taught by the Grand Mister to fulfil the oilice for the second time . Old Sincerity was a good name in Freemasonry and had a reputation which had always been upheld and muntuned by thos : occupying its chur .
1 hank bod , they could not all be Grand O . hcers , but in their present W . M . they had one who had proved himself to be an excellent one . Thirty-four years ago , when he ( Bro . Terry ) was elected to an important office in the Craft he was asked to visit the sincerity Lodge in an official capacity , and that was the first visit he si made . Now u " * e lapse ° * ' ^ ' '' £ reat P " vi eBe to be prese-it at the installiti in of his old and esteemed friend , Bro . J . Newton , as W . M . He wished to associate "The Masonic Institutions" with what he had to sav to them that evening . Al * th » r , r »«„ f
tune there was quite a bubble in connection with the Boys' School Festival , and everyone appeared to be supporting it . However laudable that might be , he impress : d on all of them that the old people required every bit of help tney could give them . Between boys ar . d girls and the old people there was a great deal of difference , for whereas the numbers of the former were limited , there were 127 old people seeking election , all of them being upwards of Go years of age . Again , there was the incontrovertible fact that while youig persons had to be educated by the State , no provision
•iff n 1 •" ' e by the <•¦ ¦ »•" * ¦ fy towirds an old age pension . H . •felt tu .-e the brethren M rel , ( ; ct , on , woulJ not be so hard-hearted as to thin **; only of the youig aid leave the old people . The Senior Warden was their Steward , and he was going to ask the nembers of a lodge , which had never been ba-: kwird in its contributions , to assist in nakmg Bro . Griffiths' list a substantial one , and the / remembered that neculiar
'" Jment ot their initiation when they were placed in the north east c irnjr of the lodge . » y so dung they would be keeping true to their obligations and fulfilling thit admirable ¦ Jrecept that those who gaveth to the poor were lending to the Lord , on * » ' lrt'n sa , d « as a humble member of Grand Lodge , he was pleased to b " I ?'"™ installation of Bro . Newton , who was a djarold neighbour and fnend in k ¦ , would do honour to "good old Sincerity , " and he congratulated the brethren ¦ n naving selected such a grand W . M . seeing * Bayle ^ ' BM "B the toast of " fhe W . M ., " expressed the pleasure he felt in »* . * ., ?•* ' , n occuPyng such a proud position , and trusted he might be spared manv •/ears to assist the cause ot Masonry .
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The toast having been cordially received , The W . M ., in his reply , said it was over 30 years since he last occupied the chair of old Sincerity Lodge . He had gained some experience since then , and could not help referring to the tremendous strides which Masonry had made . After reverting tl the old system of things in the lodge , the W . Master , while regretting that , through unavoidable circumstances , it fell on the Past Misters to fill the chair , hoped that when his year of office was up the brethren would have no cause of regret for placing him there .
On the toast of " The Immediate Past and Installing Master " being given , Bro . Bayley received quite an ovation , which clearly testified to his popularity when in the chair . In his reply , Bro . Bayley , in a few words , Slid if he had given satisfaction he was amply repaid for anything he may have done . The remaining toasts— " The Visitors , " " The Treasurer and Secretary , " " The Officers , " and the Tyler's toast—were also eloquently proposed and responded to , the latter one bringing to a close a very hippy evening .
Not the least contribution to the success of the githerin ? wis th : aip : irance o the Dilettanti Quartette ( Bros . J . A . Brown , E . Dilzell , R . Hilton , and H . Thorndike ) , who attended at the instance of the VV . M .
Gladsmuir Lodge , No . 1385 . The installation meeting was held at the Red Lion Hotel , High Barnet , on Friday , the 28 th ult ., when there were present Bros . F . G . Mason , Prov . J . G . W ., W . M . ; J . McLeod Rainsford , S . W ., W . M . elect ; R . Cranston , J . W . ; R . Fisher Young , P . M ., P . Prov . G . D ., Treas . ; Charles Gray , P . Prov . G . S . 8 ., Sec . ; W . Lewis , P . M ., P . Prov . A . G . D . C , D . C ; H . J . Grimwade , LG . ; J . Billson , A . D . C . ; W . Baddeley , Stwd . j Dr . Haskins , P . Prov . G . Org .. Organist ; John Brittain , P . M ., P . Prov .
G . W . ; G . Blizard Abbott , P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; R . E . Goddard , Tyler , ; Dide , Ellis , Imray , P . M . 3 ; and others ; while among the visitors were Bros , the Rev . Gardner , Chap . 2509 ; A . F . Smith , W . M . 1479 , P . Prov . G . Stwd . ; and others . Lodge having been opened , and the minutes of the November meeting having been read and confirmed , Bro . Rainsford was presented to the W . M . for the benefit of installation , and a Board of Installed Masters having been formed , was duly installed in the chair of K . S ., the ceremony throughout being admirably and impressively rendered by
Bro . Mason , who was forthwith invested as I . P . M . The W . M . having been proclaimed and saluted , proceeded to appoint and invest the following brethren as his officers for the year , viz .: Bros . R . Cranston , P . M . 2509 , S . W . ; H . J . Grimwade , J . W . ; R . Fisher Young , P . M ., Treas . ( elected ); C Gray , P . M ., Sec ; Billson , S . D . j F . Attree ( unavoidably absent ) , J . D . j W . Baddeley , W . M . 25 , I . G . j W . Lewis , P . M ., D . C ; Dade , A . D . C ; H . C Ellis and Harold Imray , P . M . 3 , Stwds ; and R . W . Goddard , Tyler . Bro . R . F . Young having been elected to represent the lodge on the Board of
Finance of Prov . Grand Lodge , and Bro . J . Brittain on the Committee of the Hertfordshire Charity Association , and the rest of the business having been disposed of , lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to a very indifferent banquet , under the presidency of Bro . Rainsford , W . M . On the removal of the cloth , the usual toasts were honoured , those of "The W . M ., " "The Installing Master , " "The Visitors , " and "The Masonic Charities" being very heartily received .
In proposing " The Health of Bro . Mason , I . P . M . and Installing Master , " the W . M . referred in terms of eulogy to the able manner in which he had performed his duties during the year , and expressed the pleasure it afforded him to present to Bro . Mason the Past Master's jewel which had been unanimously voted him by the lodge in recognition of those services , and as a mark of the esteem and respect in which he was held by the members of the lodge . The speeches were brief but to the point , and were interspersed with songs -admirably sung by Bros . Grimwade , Dade , and others . Bro . Mason will represent the lodge at the Benevolent Festival , and Bro . Billson at the Boys' School Centenary .
Scots Lodge , No . 2319 . This prosperous lodge of Anglo-Scots held their meeting , as has been their usual custom since the lodge ' s consecration , on the fourth Thursday of January to com-nemorate the anniversary of the birth of Bro . Robert Burns ( Scotland ' s National Bard ) . This year it was held at the Holborn Restaurant , on Thursday , the 27 th ultimo , under the presidency of Bro . Dr . D . M . Forbes , W . M ., supported by Bros . D . R . Duncan , S . W * . ; E . Johnston Gordon , P . M ., P . Z ., J . W . ; David A . Ross , Sec ; D . F . Gellion , P . M ., Trustee ; William Craig , S . D . j Ashley O . P . Gordon , J . D . ; Thos .
Sandilands , I . G . ; J . Page , P . M ., P . Z ., D . C . ; J . Duncan Bilfour , A . D . C . ; Peter Black and J . Macgregor , Stewards ; J . Plenderleith and P . G . Mallory , Auditors ; Thomas Grant , P . M . ; Jos . J . Whitehead , P . M . ; John Imray , M . A . ; J . Gemmell , W . B . Smith , W . Bain , D . Macmaster , W . S . Beaton , Wm . Laurie , VV . MicKenn , J . Nicol , Capt . D . M . Smith , G . Gautalla , T . B . Barrett , H . C . Rendall , J . M . Barclay , H . C . Thwaites , T . Wright , T . McClure , W . W . Arnott , Col . J . S . | Young , J . Mac gregor , and F . Inman . Visitors : Bros . T . Roe , P . M . ; W . Ainge , J . Page , R . J . Nutman , L . Leckie , A . C . Woolsey , D . S . Ross , J . R . Elliott , C F . Ward , and R . A , Danvas .
The minutes of the previous meeting and an emergency meeting having been read and the coming ball , " The St . Valentine Festival , 1 S 0 S , " having been referred to , the W . M . announced that he intended going up as a Steward for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons . The sum ot £ 10 ios . was voted out of the funds of the Charity-box to be added to the W . M . 's list , and Bro . J . Page announcing that he intended becoming a Steward for the forthcoming Festival of the Boys , another £ 10 ios . was voted to be placed on that brother ' s list .
The lodge was closed , and the VV . M ., officers , and brethren proceeded to the banquet hall , headed by J . Litta , Tyler and Piper-Sergeant McLein , playing on the bagpipes the tune of the "Cock of the North . " After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts had been proposed and responded to , Bro . Dr . M . Forbes proposed the toast of " The Immortal Memory of Bro . Robert D *••_!_ 1- _ : _» . n __ J 1 , _ 1 . 1 tir . ^ J J , »__» , A . irm . ... r » aieuun Dira saia oreinren ivi 01 tne
. Durns , « - < a s , ana : waruens ana , —ns vy .. ococs Lodge , I have great pleasure in presenting to your notice this—the toast of the evening . You members and visitors of the Scots Lodge of Freemasons testify , by your presence here tonight , that you are all lovers of Burns , our im-nortil Bard . Therefore , 1 speak from heart to heart , as has been the usual custom with all M isters of the Scots Lodge at our January meeting . Robert Burns was born , as you all know , on the 25 th January , 1759 , on the banks of the Bonnie Doon , near Ayr , in an auld clay biggin .
" He had misfortunes great and sma ' , But aye a heart aboon them a ' , He'll be a credit to us a ' , We'll be a' proud o' Robin . " " His father was a farmer
Upon the Carrick border , O , And carefully he bred him In decency and order , O . " His father gave him the best education his means could afford , and his own Heaven-born genius supplied the rest . It has been said that Robert Burns was born before his time . I believe no mm is born before his time ; when God requires a great work to be done , he sends the man to do that woik . As the highest mountains are the first to citch the ravs
of the morning sun , so the greatest genius of the time is the lirst to reflect the rising of the spirit of the times . Such a genius was R'bert Burns . So also in Scotland , Sir William Wallace , its patriotic Protector , was sent , followed by our patriotic General and King , Robert Bruce , to secure our country ' s indipendence for ever and forever , in remembrance of which Burns sang" Scots wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled , Scots wham Bruce has often led ,
Welcome to your gory bed , Or to glorious victory . " Later on , when Scotland was suffering from the martyrdoms and corruptions of thc Church , John Knox , the patriotic reformer , was sent . To him Scotlind owes her Parcchial Schools and Universities as well as her purity of doctrine , Die eirly pirt of the iSth century , you know , was a most brutal and corrupt time—offices were bought and sold—drunkenness prevailed on the bench , at the bar , and in the pulpit . There was
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, benefit of humanity at large . The visitors had enjoyed the hospitality of the \ ° and he thought h : had kept within the limits of becoming mirth j so long as 1 did that the Fourth Degree would never be wrong . However much they might ad-•" Masonry for the principles it inculcated he thought the fact thit they m : t occasion" ^ andenjoyed each other ' s society went a great wiy to uphold Misinry . Ai he an ! ih r visitors had been there before ( for more than 20 years ht hid received invitations ( the installation meetings through the kindness of miny Past Misters , who , he re-! L , I were absent now ) , he was glad to see it prosperous . Additims were b * in _ *
de to the lodge , and the visitors hoped it would go on increasing . Hi concluded by m nressing his pleasure at the excellent work of the outgoing M ister and his orfi : ers . Bro . C . VV . Sawbridge , W . M ., proposed "The P . Ms ., " of whom they used to have anv present at each meeting , unfortunately , he did not se : so many to-night . He Id jjke t 0 mention the honour the lodge felt in having Bro . T . F . Peacock , P . M ., W ° Rro Hovenden , P . M ., present , both of whom cam : a *; personal inconvenienc :.
With regard to the I . P . M ., Bro . Truman , he admired him immensely . Sitting there in the chair , he ( the W . M . ) thought ideas expanded towards P . Ms , when a brother got into the chair ; in a year ' s time he would occupy the position of P . M . himself ; and it vas overwhelming to think what he might have to go through bifare that tim : arrived . But they would all feel that Bro . Truman hid mast admirably maintained the reputation which the Lodge of Emulation held for good working . He had been himself much struck that evening by Bro . Truman ' s working of the ceremony of installation . Km . Truman . I . P . M ., in reply , said it had fallen to his lot to be the happv
proposer of the W . M . as a brother in that lodge , and it had fallen to his lot to instal | jjm _ a pleasure which , when he proposed him he did not expect , beciuse there were brethren between them . These , however , had retired . However , he had had the greatest pleasure in installing Bro . Sawbridge , and he had equal pleasure in passing to his left . Last lodge he ventured to make some observations on Freemasonry in general ; and on this occasion he would refer to one topic of interest manual to this lodge , and that was with regard to the history of the lodge . The
brethren knew the lodge had a history , which was compiled by their 4 ate Bro . Brackstone Baker . The edition having been exhausted , it wis in the memory of the lodge that they requested Bro . Berridge , P . M ., to revise thit history and re-write it . At the audit Bro . Berridge gave them some interesting particulars . Bro . Berridge had gone throug h the minute books for a lengthened period , and had now begun the 41 st volume , which whould bring him up to iS 6 o ; but had four or five more volumes by him , which he reciuested Bro . Saunders to look through and revise preparatory to being published .
If the work extended to those tour volumes the brethren would have the pleasure of reading a very interesting account of the lodge from the date of its incorporation . They were the successors of two distinct lodges , which were amilgamated with them —the Mourning Bush Lodge and another , the name of which he forgot . They would possibly have the pleasure and privilege of paying a very handsome sum , when it was completed , out of the revenues of the lodge for its publication .
In that case they would have to appeal to the generosity of the Treasurer to relax the purse strings of the lodge , and they might see it in the library of Grand Lodge . They were now convinced they had a very interesting future before them and that they would not go back in their efforts tokeep up the lodge in a high state of efficiency . He would ask the Deputy Grand Registrar to use his influence with Grand Lodge that the title of the lodge might not be mutilated . In last Grand Lodge they were described as the Emulation Lodge . He was very sorry to see it ; notwithstanding his remonstrance with the Grand Secretary and the Grand Tyler it had
been repeated . The Emulation Lodge conveyed no idea ; they might call it the Pair of Braces , or the Pot-and-Kettle , and it would convey no more idea of what it was than the Emulate Lodge would . They were a Lodge of Emulation , emulation of their own lodge and also emulating the work done in the lodge . Therefore he hoped they might long be known as the Lodge of Emulation . Bro . Grellier responded to the toast of "The Treasurer , " and Bro . Evans , S . W ., to that of "The Officers . " Bro . Patrick gave the Tyler ' s toast , and the brethren shortly afterwards separated .
Sincerity Lodge , No . 174 . On Wednesday , the 19 th ult ., the installation meeting or 130 th anniversary of this well-known and old metropolitan lodge was held at the Guildhall Tavern , and among those present were Bros . Joseph Bayley , W . M . ; W . Harvey , ( I . P . M . ; J ay , P . M ., acting S . W . ; Griffiths , J . W . ; Lacey , P . M ., Tieis . ; C . H . Webb , P . M ., Sec . j W . J . Derby , S . D . ; Cocks , I . G . j J . H . Bulmer , D . C ; Newton , P . M ., P . G . P . ; Bulmer , P . M . ; Seddon , P . M . ; Butcher , P . M . ; Moor , P . M . ; Starnes , P . M . ; Smith , J . J . Mustart , F . G . Mustart , W . J . Harvey , Laundy , T . Baillie ,
Cunningham , Keable , Dunmngham , Bulleid , Yates , Gray , I'rost , W . C Morris , and Iggleden , all members of the lodge . The visitors were Bros . Derby , 437 ; Stonham , 1003 ; Maloney , 2504 j Steam , 11 S 5 ; Endacott , 1947 ; Barker , 1 G 07 ; Cunnington , 1 G 07 ; Dyne , LP . M . 157 ; Clayton , 16 SG ; Child , 15 G 3 ; Richardson , 1457 ; Rogers , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . G . S . Devon ; Dewsnap , P . M . 1 S 09 , 2264 , 2272 ; Gladding , W . M . 2632 ; Morby , P . M . 1853 ; Hyde , W . M . 1227 j Martin , Asst . G . Purst . ; J . Terry , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . B . I . ; Cheesewright , P . M . 907 ; Chaffer , 15 G 3 ; H . J . Rogers , 7 S 1 ; Hilton ,
2000 ; Thorndike , 2091 ; Brown , 22 C 4 ; Dalzell , 2000 ; Langridge , 129 S ; Gray , 55 ; and West , 55 . Bro . Newton , P . G . P ., having been presented to Bro . Bayley , VV . M ., to receive from him the benefits of installation , the ceremony was carried out in an impressive manner in a well-attended Board . The newly-elected W . M . afterwards elected his officers for the ensuing year as follows : Bros . Griffiths , S . W . ; Derby . I . W .: C .
W . Webb , Sec ; Lacey , Treas . ; Cocks , S . D . ; Bulmer , J . D . ; and Keable , I . G . The addresses were admirably rendered by Bro . Bayley , I . P . M ., after which , the business having been brought to a conclusion , an adjournment was made to the banqueting hall , where an excellent dinner was well served . The W . M . briefly but ably submitted the toasts of "The Qjeen and the Craft , " and "The Most Worshipful Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " both of which were loyally and enthusiastically received .
The next toast " The Pro G . M . ; the D . G . M . ; and the rest of the Grand Officers , " having been duly submitted and well received , the names of Bros . Martin and Terry were coupled with the toast . The latter , in an eloquent address , as a Grand O . ficer , congratulated the lodge on having , for the first time , a Grand Officer to preside over its destinies . The lodge was honoured in having a W . M ., who had been taught by the Grand Mister to fulfil the oilice for the second time . Old Sincerity was a good name in Freemasonry and had a reputation which had always been upheld and muntuned by thos : occupying its chur .
1 hank bod , they could not all be Grand O . hcers , but in their present W . M . they had one who had proved himself to be an excellent one . Thirty-four years ago , when he ( Bro . Terry ) was elected to an important office in the Craft he was asked to visit the sincerity Lodge in an official capacity , and that was the first visit he si made . Now u " * e lapse ° * ' ^ ' '' £ reat P " vi eBe to be prese-it at the installiti in of his old and esteemed friend , Bro . J . Newton , as W . M . He wished to associate "The Masonic Institutions" with what he had to sav to them that evening . Al * th » r , r »«„ f
tune there was quite a bubble in connection with the Boys' School Festival , and everyone appeared to be supporting it . However laudable that might be , he impress : d on all of them that the old people required every bit of help tney could give them . Between boys ar . d girls and the old people there was a great deal of difference , for whereas the numbers of the former were limited , there were 127 old people seeking election , all of them being upwards of Go years of age . Again , there was the incontrovertible fact that while youig persons had to be educated by the State , no provision
•iff n 1 •" ' e by the <•¦ ¦ »•" * ¦ fy towirds an old age pension . H . •felt tu .-e the brethren M rel , ( ; ct , on , woulJ not be so hard-hearted as to thin **; only of the youig aid leave the old people . The Senior Warden was their Steward , and he was going to ask the nembers of a lodge , which had never been ba-: kwird in its contributions , to assist in nakmg Bro . Griffiths' list a substantial one , and the / remembered that neculiar
'" Jment ot their initiation when they were placed in the north east c irnjr of the lodge . » y so dung they would be keeping true to their obligations and fulfilling thit admirable ¦ Jrecept that those who gaveth to the poor were lending to the Lord , on * » ' lrt'n sa , d « as a humble member of Grand Lodge , he was pleased to b " I ?'"™ installation of Bro . Newton , who was a djarold neighbour and fnend in k ¦ , would do honour to "good old Sincerity , " and he congratulated the brethren ¦ n naving selected such a grand W . M . seeing * Bayle ^ ' BM "B the toast of " fhe W . M ., " expressed the pleasure he felt in »* . * ., ?•* ' , n occuPyng such a proud position , and trusted he might be spared manv •/ears to assist the cause ot Masonry .
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The toast having been cordially received , The W . M ., in his reply , said it was over 30 years since he last occupied the chair of old Sincerity Lodge . He had gained some experience since then , and could not help referring to the tremendous strides which Masonry had made . After reverting tl the old system of things in the lodge , the W . Master , while regretting that , through unavoidable circumstances , it fell on the Past Misters to fill the chair , hoped that when his year of office was up the brethren would have no cause of regret for placing him there .
On the toast of " The Immediate Past and Installing Master " being given , Bro . Bayley received quite an ovation , which clearly testified to his popularity when in the chair . In his reply , Bro . Bayley , in a few words , Slid if he had given satisfaction he was amply repaid for anything he may have done . The remaining toasts— " The Visitors , " " The Treasurer and Secretary , " " The Officers , " and the Tyler's toast—were also eloquently proposed and responded to , the latter one bringing to a close a very hippy evening .
Not the least contribution to the success of the githerin ? wis th : aip : irance o the Dilettanti Quartette ( Bros . J . A . Brown , E . Dilzell , R . Hilton , and H . Thorndike ) , who attended at the instance of the VV . M .
Gladsmuir Lodge , No . 1385 . The installation meeting was held at the Red Lion Hotel , High Barnet , on Friday , the 28 th ult ., when there were present Bros . F . G . Mason , Prov . J . G . W ., W . M . ; J . McLeod Rainsford , S . W ., W . M . elect ; R . Cranston , J . W . ; R . Fisher Young , P . M ., P . Prov . G . D ., Treas . ; Charles Gray , P . Prov . G . S . 8 ., Sec . ; W . Lewis , P . M ., P . Prov . A . G . D . C , D . C ; H . J . Grimwade , LG . ; J . Billson , A . D . C . ; W . Baddeley , Stwd . j Dr . Haskins , P . Prov . G . Org .. Organist ; John Brittain , P . M ., P . Prov .
G . W . ; G . Blizard Abbott , P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; R . E . Goddard , Tyler , ; Dide , Ellis , Imray , P . M . 3 ; and others ; while among the visitors were Bros , the Rev . Gardner , Chap . 2509 ; A . F . Smith , W . M . 1479 , P . Prov . G . Stwd . ; and others . Lodge having been opened , and the minutes of the November meeting having been read and confirmed , Bro . Rainsford was presented to the W . M . for the benefit of installation , and a Board of Installed Masters having been formed , was duly installed in the chair of K . S ., the ceremony throughout being admirably and impressively rendered by
Bro . Mason , who was forthwith invested as I . P . M . The W . M . having been proclaimed and saluted , proceeded to appoint and invest the following brethren as his officers for the year , viz .: Bros . R . Cranston , P . M . 2509 , S . W . ; H . J . Grimwade , J . W . ; R . Fisher Young , P . M ., Treas . ( elected ); C Gray , P . M ., Sec ; Billson , S . D . j F . Attree ( unavoidably absent ) , J . D . j W . Baddeley , W . M . 25 , I . G . j W . Lewis , P . M ., D . C ; Dade , A . D . C ; H . C Ellis and Harold Imray , P . M . 3 , Stwds ; and R . W . Goddard , Tyler . Bro . R . F . Young having been elected to represent the lodge on the Board of
Finance of Prov . Grand Lodge , and Bro . J . Brittain on the Committee of the Hertfordshire Charity Association , and the rest of the business having been disposed of , lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to a very indifferent banquet , under the presidency of Bro . Rainsford , W . M . On the removal of the cloth , the usual toasts were honoured , those of "The W . M ., " "The Installing Master , " "The Visitors , " and "The Masonic Charities" being very heartily received .
In proposing " The Health of Bro . Mason , I . P . M . and Installing Master , " the W . M . referred in terms of eulogy to the able manner in which he had performed his duties during the year , and expressed the pleasure it afforded him to present to Bro . Mason the Past Master's jewel which had been unanimously voted him by the lodge in recognition of those services , and as a mark of the esteem and respect in which he was held by the members of the lodge . The speeches were brief but to the point , and were interspersed with songs -admirably sung by Bros . Grimwade , Dade , and others . Bro . Mason will represent the lodge at the Benevolent Festival , and Bro . Billson at the Boys' School Centenary .
Scots Lodge , No . 2319 . This prosperous lodge of Anglo-Scots held their meeting , as has been their usual custom since the lodge ' s consecration , on the fourth Thursday of January to com-nemorate the anniversary of the birth of Bro . Robert Burns ( Scotland ' s National Bard ) . This year it was held at the Holborn Restaurant , on Thursday , the 27 th ultimo , under the presidency of Bro . Dr . D . M . Forbes , W . M ., supported by Bros . D . R . Duncan , S . W * . ; E . Johnston Gordon , P . M ., P . Z ., J . W . ; David A . Ross , Sec ; D . F . Gellion , P . M ., Trustee ; William Craig , S . D . j Ashley O . P . Gordon , J . D . ; Thos .
Sandilands , I . G . ; J . Page , P . M ., P . Z ., D . C . ; J . Duncan Bilfour , A . D . C . ; Peter Black and J . Macgregor , Stewards ; J . Plenderleith and P . G . Mallory , Auditors ; Thomas Grant , P . M . ; Jos . J . Whitehead , P . M . ; John Imray , M . A . ; J . Gemmell , W . B . Smith , W . Bain , D . Macmaster , W . S . Beaton , Wm . Laurie , VV . MicKenn , J . Nicol , Capt . D . M . Smith , G . Gautalla , T . B . Barrett , H . C . Rendall , J . M . Barclay , H . C . Thwaites , T . Wright , T . McClure , W . W . Arnott , Col . J . S . | Young , J . Mac gregor , and F . Inman . Visitors : Bros . T . Roe , P . M . ; W . Ainge , J . Page , R . J . Nutman , L . Leckie , A . C . Woolsey , D . S . Ross , J . R . Elliott , C F . Ward , and R . A , Danvas .
The minutes of the previous meeting and an emergency meeting having been read and the coming ball , " The St . Valentine Festival , 1 S 0 S , " having been referred to , the W . M . announced that he intended going up as a Steward for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons . The sum ot £ 10 ios . was voted out of the funds of the Charity-box to be added to the W . M . 's list , and Bro . J . Page announcing that he intended becoming a Steward for the forthcoming Festival of the Boys , another £ 10 ios . was voted to be placed on that brother ' s list .
The lodge was closed , and the VV . M ., officers , and brethren proceeded to the banquet hall , headed by J . Litta , Tyler and Piper-Sergeant McLein , playing on the bagpipes the tune of the "Cock of the North . " After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts had been proposed and responded to , Bro . Dr . M . Forbes proposed the toast of " The Immortal Memory of Bro . Robert D *••_!_ 1- _ : _» . n __ J 1 , _ 1 . 1 tir . ^ J J , »__» , A . irm . ... r » aieuun Dira saia oreinren ivi 01 tne
. Durns , « - < a s , ana : waruens ana , —ns vy .. ococs Lodge , I have great pleasure in presenting to your notice this—the toast of the evening . You members and visitors of the Scots Lodge of Freemasons testify , by your presence here tonight , that you are all lovers of Burns , our im-nortil Bard . Therefore , 1 speak from heart to heart , as has been the usual custom with all M isters of the Scots Lodge at our January meeting . Robert Burns was born , as you all know , on the 25 th January , 1759 , on the banks of the Bonnie Doon , near Ayr , in an auld clay biggin .
" He had misfortunes great and sma ' , But aye a heart aboon them a ' , He'll be a credit to us a ' , We'll be a' proud o' Robin . " " His father was a farmer
Upon the Carrick border , O , And carefully he bred him In decency and order , O . " His father gave him the best education his means could afford , and his own Heaven-born genius supplied the rest . It has been said that Robert Burns was born before his time . I believe no mm is born before his time ; when God requires a great work to be done , he sends the man to do that woik . As the highest mountains are the first to citch the ravs
of the morning sun , so the greatest genius of the time is the lirst to reflect the rising of the spirit of the times . Such a genius was R'bert Burns . So also in Scotland , Sir William Wallace , its patriotic Protector , was sent , followed by our patriotic General and King , Robert Bruce , to secure our country ' s indipendence for ever and forever , in remembrance of which Burns sang" Scots wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled , Scots wham Bruce has often led ,
Welcome to your gory bed , Or to glorious victory . " Later on , when Scotland was suffering from the martyrdoms and corruptions of thc Church , John Knox , the patriotic reformer , was sent . To him Scotlind owes her Parcchial Schools and Universities as well as her purity of doctrine , Die eirly pirt of the iSth century , you know , was a most brutal and corrupt time—offices were bought and sold—drunkenness prevailed on the bench , at the bar , and in the pulpit . There was