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possible reason can be found for having a fresh warrant , unless it may have been to constitute Sir John Doyle our founder , to which character I cannot admit his claim , as he was not even a member of our Order until nine months after the lodge was first founded . This change was

regarded with extreme displeasure by the other Guernsey lodges , and eventually the lodge was re-consecrated under the number 9 8 . In December , 1808 , a brother , who was imprisoned for debt , applied to Doyle ' s Lodge for relief . This brother was a member of Mariners '

Lodge , No . 222 , and in the month of July preceding , that lodge granted him two shillings a week towards the support of his family . The brethren of Doyle ' s Lodge resolved only to assist the brother in question , if his petition came before them endorsed by the W . M . of Mariners , '

addressed to the W . M . of Doyle ' s Lodge , No . 98 . In April , 1809 , the scale of fees was as follows : —Ordinary initiation , £ 3 10 s . ; emergency , £$ 5 s . ; re-forming a Modern Mason , £ 1 r $ s . ; joining fee , £ 1 is . On St . John ' s Day , 1809 , a Provincial Grand

Master ' s jewel , value £ 50 , was presented to the much respected Master , His Excellency Lieut .-Gen . Sir John Doyle . On the 27 th December , 18 n , complimentary deputations were received from the three other lodges , which , up to this time , had refused to

acknowledge its new number . In December , 1814 , the initiation fee was raised to £ 4 ros ., and that for joining , £ 1 5 s . In April , 1816 , a motion was brought forward that all the Guernsey lodges should draw lots for

the numbers by which they should in future be designated . Doyle ' s Lodge evidently adhered most tenaciously to its old number . On April 28 th , 1816 , Sir J ohn . Doyle laid the foundation stone of Torteval Church with

Masonic ceremony . In June , 1817 , the lodge was removed from the Crown and Anchor Tavern , to Grover ' s Hotel , and in June , the following year , another change occurred , and the meetings were held at Payne ' s Hotel .

In August , 1820 , another removal took place , this time to Coles ' s Hotel . In August , 1821 , a resolution was passed affirming a principle , this was " that an hotel is not a very desirable place of meeting for a lodge . " In accordance with this decision , a private room was rented .

In December , 1828 , the first mention occurs of any subscription to the Masonic Charities , the sum of one guinea annually being devoted as a subscription to the Boys' School , and a similar sum to the Girls ' .

In February , 1 S 49 , a petition was sent up to Grand Lodge , signed by the members of Doyle ' s Lodge , praying for the appointment of a Provincial Grand Master for Guernsey , and suggesting as a fit and proper person Bro . Hammond , then P . G . M . for Jersey . Grand Lodge acceded io

this request , and Bro . Hammond was appointed Grand Master of Guernsey and its dependencies . In January , 1851 , a silver cup was presented to the lodge by the widow of Bro . Joseph Colin . On September 24 th , 1853 , the brethren of all the lodges attended the ceremony of lay ins ; the

foundation stone of the new harbour , which was performed with due Masonic honours . A list of W . M . ' s of Doyle ' s Lodge from its foundation to the present time is given . In tracing the history of Doyle ' s Lodge , we have no doubt Bro . Kinnersly entered upon a labour of love , and the information which has been

industriousl y collected is extremely curious and valuable . If in every old lodge a competent brother could be found to fulfil a similar task , how many items of interest mi ght be rescued from oblivion .

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BRO . HENRY COATES

The accompanying oration was delivered b y Bro . Wm . Guy , P . M . 242 , and P . Z . of 109 , over the grave of Bro . Henry Coates , who , for a period of about half a century was a member of lodge 262 , and only missed attendance at the lodge twice in that lengthened period .

" To me brethren it is unspeakably sad to stand in this place and to deliver this address , for it is scarcely three years since we attended here and delivered a funeral address over the grave of the son of our deceased brother , and now aias ! we are gathered once more in this

solemn graveyard to speak a lamentation over his own grave , Leaves have their time to fall , And flowers to wither at the north wind ' s breath , And stars to set—but all , Thou hast all seasons for thine own—O Death .

Friend after friend departs . Who has not lost a friend ? we lose much when we lose a friend , and we cannot but be sensible of the loss we have sustained by the removal from amongst us of our deceased Bro . Henry Coates . He was not only a most zealous and enthusiastic brother , but he , was a Craftsman as exnerienced and efficient

as he was zealous . He was no ordinary Mason . His mind was stored with a rich fund of Masonic knowledge , which he learned by attending and taking part in our ceremonies through a lengthened period of fifty years . His zeal was incontestible for regular attendance through such a

length of years , for he never absented himself from a single meeting , unless he was prevented by sickness or famil y affliction . As a Mason all are so fully aware of the many excellences possessed by our late brother , that to think of them alone is enough to make us bewail the

more the great loss we have sustained . As a member of society , he was as virtuous and upright as he was frank and kind , and I believe that I express the sentiment of all those who knew him best that to know our late brother

was to love him . He was endowed with many amiable qualities , and let us hope that before he crossed the sable river of death , by faith in the Atoning High Priest , and King of his Salvation , and by obedience to the commands of the Triune God , his sins and

shortcomings were forgiven , and that angels of mercy were waiting to waft his spirit to those mansions above , not made with hands , but eternal in the heavens . From time immemorial it has been a custom among the fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , at the

request of a brother , to accompany his corpse to the place of interment , and there to deposit his remains with the usual formalities . In conformity to this usage , and at the special request of our deceased brother , we have come and paid , with all due solemnity , a tribute such as Masons

owe to those whom Masons revere and love . We have done all we can to prove to the outer world how dearly we loved , and how deeply we respected our departed brother . Let us now resign his body to the earth from whence it came , and may peace rest on his ashes and

honour on his name . ( Coffin is lowered into the grave ) . This lambskin , or white leather apron , is an emblem of innocence and the badge of a Mason , its whiteness denoting innocence and purity , and is emblematic of the inward purity and blameless life that should characterise

us as Freemasons . It is more ancient than the golden fleece or Roman eagle , and more honourable than the Star and Garter , when worthily worn . This emblem I now deposit in the grave of our deceased brother . This evergreen is an emblem of our faith in the immortality of the

soul , which never , never , no never , dies . This emblem reminds ns that , although our bodies may be consigned to the grave , that when the cold winter of death shall have passed , and the bright summer morn of the resurrection appears , the sun of righteousness shall descend and send

forth his angels to collect our ransomed dust , then , if we are found worthy , we shall gain a ready admission into that celestial lodge above , where the Supreme Architect of tht Universe presides , where we shall see the King in the beauty of holiness , and with him enter into an endless eternity . Our present meeting and pro