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Grand Mark Lodge.
r upland Loveland , K . C , President of the General Board ; Frank Rkhardson , P . G . W .. G . Reg . ; C F . Matier , P . G . W ., G . Sec . ; Major T W Woodall , P . G . T . ; Harry Nicholls , J . H . Whadcoat . John Smith , ' pGiG . ; Eugene St . Clair , Capt . N . G . Philips , and Charles Letch Mason , Prov . G . M . West Yorkshire . After the Grand Lodge had been opened in ample form ,
Bro . C F . MATIER , P . G . W ., G . Sec , read the minutes of the Quarterly Communication of December 4 , 1900 , which were put by . the PRO G . MASTER and confirmed . Lord E USTON said he would have the minutes of the Special Grand Lodge of February 19 , 1901 , read separately and confirmed , because Special Grand Lodge undid part of what was done at the regular Grand These minutes were then read and confirmed .
LETTER FROM HIS MAJESTY . Bro . MATIER read to Grand Lodge the gracious reply by his Majesty to the address of Special Grand Lodge on the death of the Queen , which was presented by order of Grand Lodge . The letter from the Private Secretary of the King thanked Grand Lodge for their loyal expressions of sympathy and devotion on the occasion of the lamented death of her late Majesty the Oueen . " On the motion of the Earl of EUSTON , seconded by Bro . the Hon . A LAN DE TATTON EGERTON , M . P ., it was ordered that the letter be entered on Grand Lodge minutes .
THANKS OF GRAND LODGE . The Earl of EUSTON , Pro G . M ., then moved " That the humble and grateful thanks of Grand Lodge be most respectfully offered to his Majesty the King for his gracious intimation that he will be pleased to assume the
position and title of Patron of the Mark Degree . " He said , in making the motion , that Mark Masons might congratulate themselves that his Majesty , although he was going away from them by ascending the Throne and giving up the Grand Mastership , still kept up his feeling for them by becoming Patron . He therefore moved the thanks of Grand Lodge .
' The Hon . ALAN DE TATTON EGERTON , M . P ., Deputy Grand Master , seconded the motion , which was put and carried .
ELECTION OF GRAND MASTER . Bro . Dr . ERNEST LANE , Hampton Court Lodge , next moved the election of the Duke of Connaught as M . W . Grand Master . He said on him devolved the pleasant duty , and also the grand privilege , of proposing his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught as M . W . Grand Master of the Mark Degree for the ensuing year , a proposition which , he felt sure , would
meet with the approbation of all the brethren present . The resolution which had just been passed would explain the reason why this resolution was necessary , and some of the brethren were acquainted with the fact that his Majesty the King was at the previous meeting prevented being Grand Master of the Mark Degree . The interest which the Royal Family had taken in all Degrees of Freemasonry was well known from the last century ,
and for the last two centuries members of the Royal Family had been closely connected with the Craft , the Mark , and the other Degrees . The King took up a number of the Degrees , as had also been done by the Duke of Connaught . The fierce light which beat upon the Throne not only showed up the qualities of the occupant , but reflected in a minor degree on members of the Royal Family , so that the brethren were conversant with
the qualities of those different members , and among them was his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught . Of his Royal Highness he might say he had served his country from the very earliest years . They had followed him from the profession of a soldier ; they had watched him in his foreign duties , where he had risked his life against a foreign foe ; they had also witnessed his affection for his native land—his refusal to be Grand Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .
•" Resisting all temptation To belong to foreign nations He remained an Englishman . " And he would always be . As a Mason his qualities were known to many , both in the Craft and Mark Degree . Therefore , without further detaining Grand Lodge , he would propose to this meeting that his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught be elected Most Worshipful Grand Master of Mark Masons .
Bro . Admiral ST . CLAIR seconded . Nothing was required to be said after the excellent terse remarks of Bro . Lane . Both in the Army and the Navy his election would be most acceptable . The motion was unanimously carried . Bro . H . E . COUSANS , G . D . C ., then proclaimed his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught duly elected .
GRAND TREASURER . On the motion of Bro . J . H . WHADCOAT , seconded by Bro . W . A SCURRAH , Bro . Harry Manfield was elected Grand Treasuter .
REPORT OF THE GENERAL BOARD . On the motion of Bro . R . •LOVELAND LOVELAND , K . C , seconded by Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , the Report of the General Board was taken as read , and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes . One grant of £ 50 and three grants of £ 20 each were confirmed , and the Report was then adopted . Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Warwickshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WARWICKSHIRE .
A meeting of the above Provincial Grand Lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , New-street , Birmingham , on Friday , the 1 st instant . Amongst those Present were—Bros . G . H . A . Hughes , P . S . G . W . ; E . A . Eades , P . J . G . W . ; Rev . Spencer Aldrid ge , P . G . Chap . ; J . Harris , P . G . Treas . ; 0 . F . Marston , P . G . D . ; T . Pratt , P . J . G . D . ; J . W . Mills , P . G . Stwd . ; Major GloverP . G . D . C . ; J . T .
, amith , P . G . D . C . ; J , Kendall , P . A . G . D . C . j G . M . Bird , P . G . Std . Br . ; S , Hossell , P . G . Std . Br . ; W . Bradley , P . G . Org . ; E . L . Field , P . G . P . ; A . T , } -arr , P . G . Std . Br . ; K . White , P . A . G . P . ; Dr . Denne , P . P . G . W . ; J . C . Stack , house , P . P . G . S . B . ; Wright Wilson , P . P . G . D . C . ; W . Hale , P . P . A . G . D . C . ; 0 Lee , P . P . G . W . ; W . Short , P . P . D . G . D . C . ; J . Boston , P . P . A . G . P . ; M . Hooper , t -P . G . R . ; w . F . Tolloday , P . P . D . G . D . C . ; and upwards of 170 brethren ,
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Warwickshire.
The brethren and Past Provincial Grand Officers having assembled in the lodge room , a procession was formed of Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers . Owing to the unavoidable absence of the Prov .. Grand Master , Lord Leigh , Bro . George Beech , D . P . G . M ., presided , Bro . A . E , Fridlander ; P . G . S . B ., acting as D . P . G . M . The Prov . Grand Lodge was opened , the D . P . G . M . and Grand Officera saluted according to ancient custom .
The PROV . GRAND SECRETARY read the circular convening the meeting , also apologies from many distinguished members of the province . The DEP . PROV . G . MASTER moved a resolution in which he said they desired to express , on behalf of the brethren of the province , the * sympathy they feel with the King on the loss he sustained on the death of her Majesty , the late Queen , and mentioned that he had communicated with the Right Hon . Lord Leigh , P . G . M ., who in reply had asked him to call a special meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge . The Dep . Prov . G . Master expressed his pleasure at seeing so large an attendance on a busy day in the week . He spoke in feeling terms of the services her late Majesty had rendered to the Empire , and the way in which every one of her subjects had revered her , and how the whole of her iife had been spent in acts of charity .
The PROV . GRAND SECRETARY read the vote of condolence to the King by the Prov . Grand Officers as follows : To THE KING MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY .
May it please your Majesty , We , the Officers and Members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire , desire most respectfully to approach your Majesty and offer our sincere and heartfelt sympathy in the deep and irreparable loss your Majesty has suffered in the lamented decease of our late beloved and revered Sovereign , Lady Queen Victoria .
Her late Majesty had endeared herself to all classes of her subjects by the uniform kindness and deep interest she ever evinced , in all that concerned the well being of her subjects and welfare of her Empire . To us , Freemasons her late Majesty was especially endeared by her kingly patronage of and contributions to our Charitable Institutions . We feel deeply the great loss that your Majesty the Nation , and our Fraternity have sustained , and we pray the Almighty Architect of the Universe , the Great Comforter in all sorrows , to strengthen and support your Majesty and all the members of your Royal House in your great bereavement , and we humbly beg to assure your Majesty of our devoted and continued loyalty to your person and Throne , and express the hope that your Majesty may long reign over a happy , prosperous , and loyal people . Given under the Seal of the
Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire [ P . G . L , SEAL . ] this first day of March , 1901 . ( Signed ) LEIGH , Prov . Grand Master .
Bro . GEORGE BEECH , D . P . G . M ., then moved the vote of condolence , which was seconded by Bro . A . E . FRIDLANDER . The Prov . Grand Chaplain , Bro . Rev . R . SPENCER ALDRIDGE , M . A ., then delivered the following address : Proverbs xxxi ., verse 28 .
" Her children arise and call her blessed . " Such is the verdict of this generation on our late Sovereign . We arise and call her blessed . And this , too , will be the verdict of generations to come . The late Queen was the mother of her people , her people were her children . You all know this well enough . And we as members ol the great Masonic Order , join in giving our testimony to the universal judgment . " We arise and
call her blessed . " And why can this be said by her people . Is it not because her people understood her ? They had the firm conviction that she loved them , understood them , was proud of them , sympathised in their triumphs and misfortunes as a mother would in her sons , and was ready in a moment to postpone herself to what she believed to be their best interests . When we think of her as Queen we call her blessed . As a Sovereign , she was in close touch and
sympathy with her people and all their interests . It was Lord Salisbury that bore witness that" Her Ministers of State could best learn from her what the heart of the nation felt and desired . " She was a great Queen because she loved and cared for her people , and found in that the secret of true government . And so under the influence of her steadfast character hostility to the throne was not to be found in her reign , as it has been in the rei gn of many a monarch
, Her monarchy was broad-based on a nation ' s love . She found ready obedience in her people , not by the terror of a despot ' s frown , but by the all compelling power of a pure and blameless life , and by an appealing heart which beat in unison with all and every particular one , however poor and lowly , of the many millions who owned her sway . Our late Queen kept before herself a high standard of life , and so herCourt becameby the penetratini ? influence nf her nn-wnm
such a blessing to the land as very few Courts have been . She was emphatically the ruler described in the 101 st Psalm , verses 6 and 7 : " Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land , that they may dwell with me ; he that walketh in a perfect way he shall serve me . He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house ; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight . " Thus our land had a ' Dure Court , and this was n hlpecinir „ ,: n , ... i .:. ! . .. __ .. r '
other blessings could be compared . For this " We arise and call her blessed . " This was the outcome of a high standard of the personal life of our late Sovereign . And so because of the stimulus which that life gave to all by whom she was surl rounded , and because of the power of the example , which made itself felt throughout the length and breadth of the land and outside our land , the world mourned when she passed away . Her influence was felt bvthe ™ mtlr . « mnitit .. /! .... ... u—
Providence had placed beneath her sceptre . Her rule , too , was a blessing to many who knew not from where the blessing flowed . Thousands upon thousands are leading better lives to-day , although they know not the reason—simply because there was such a Sovereign on the Throne of Great Britain . And yet great and good as was our lat j Queen as a monarch , her goodness was of a homely quality . For this " We rise and call her blessed . " It was the e-oodness of wife anH mnth » r th »
goodness of home ; it was that sort of goodness that opened her heart to all the English race with its characteristic love of home . It was out of this domestic homely goodness that flowed forth that rich tide of sympathy , so unfailing , which rejoiced with those that rejoiced in common joys and wept with ' those that wept in common grief . Think of her sympathy with our own Order , with which she had so many links of union . Her father was a Mason , her sons and her grandsons are Masons . She was
Patroness of our Charities . She loved to show her sympathy with such an Order as ours , because it tended for her people's good . Can any wonder that the nation as one individual mourned for our Queen ? I shall never forget the day of the funeral . I was in a crowded church at a memorial service , and as I looked down from the pulpit I saw row after row of black , broken only bv the t * le . imin < r
gold of the children's hair . There were the old and young and the ricn and the poor , all met to express a common sorrow . But you all have to acknowledge the late Queen ' s personality as something loftier than the accidents of exalted life . She had the love of purity itself , the loyalty to truth , the steadfast adherence to duty , and , above all , a conscious dependence on God . Yes a Conscious dependence on God—that was the secret of her life ' of
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Grand Mark Lodge.
r upland Loveland , K . C , President of the General Board ; Frank Rkhardson , P . G . W .. G . Reg . ; C F . Matier , P . G . W ., G . Sec . ; Major T W Woodall , P . G . T . ; Harry Nicholls , J . H . Whadcoat . John Smith , ' pGiG . ; Eugene St . Clair , Capt . N . G . Philips , and Charles Letch Mason , Prov . G . M . West Yorkshire . After the Grand Lodge had been opened in ample form ,
Bro . C F . MATIER , P . G . W ., G . Sec , read the minutes of the Quarterly Communication of December 4 , 1900 , which were put by . the PRO G . MASTER and confirmed . Lord E USTON said he would have the minutes of the Special Grand Lodge of February 19 , 1901 , read separately and confirmed , because Special Grand Lodge undid part of what was done at the regular Grand These minutes were then read and confirmed .
LETTER FROM HIS MAJESTY . Bro . MATIER read to Grand Lodge the gracious reply by his Majesty to the address of Special Grand Lodge on the death of the Queen , which was presented by order of Grand Lodge . The letter from the Private Secretary of the King thanked Grand Lodge for their loyal expressions of sympathy and devotion on the occasion of the lamented death of her late Majesty the Oueen . " On the motion of the Earl of EUSTON , seconded by Bro . the Hon . A LAN DE TATTON EGERTON , M . P ., it was ordered that the letter be entered on Grand Lodge minutes .
THANKS OF GRAND LODGE . The Earl of EUSTON , Pro G . M ., then moved " That the humble and grateful thanks of Grand Lodge be most respectfully offered to his Majesty the King for his gracious intimation that he will be pleased to assume the
position and title of Patron of the Mark Degree . " He said , in making the motion , that Mark Masons might congratulate themselves that his Majesty , although he was going away from them by ascending the Throne and giving up the Grand Mastership , still kept up his feeling for them by becoming Patron . He therefore moved the thanks of Grand Lodge .
' The Hon . ALAN DE TATTON EGERTON , M . P ., Deputy Grand Master , seconded the motion , which was put and carried .
ELECTION OF GRAND MASTER . Bro . Dr . ERNEST LANE , Hampton Court Lodge , next moved the election of the Duke of Connaught as M . W . Grand Master . He said on him devolved the pleasant duty , and also the grand privilege , of proposing his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught as M . W . Grand Master of the Mark Degree for the ensuing year , a proposition which , he felt sure , would
meet with the approbation of all the brethren present . The resolution which had just been passed would explain the reason why this resolution was necessary , and some of the brethren were acquainted with the fact that his Majesty the King was at the previous meeting prevented being Grand Master of the Mark Degree . The interest which the Royal Family had taken in all Degrees of Freemasonry was well known from the last century ,
and for the last two centuries members of the Royal Family had been closely connected with the Craft , the Mark , and the other Degrees . The King took up a number of the Degrees , as had also been done by the Duke of Connaught . The fierce light which beat upon the Throne not only showed up the qualities of the occupant , but reflected in a minor degree on members of the Royal Family , so that the brethren were conversant with
the qualities of those different members , and among them was his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught . Of his Royal Highness he might say he had served his country from the very earliest years . They had followed him from the profession of a soldier ; they had watched him in his foreign duties , where he had risked his life against a foreign foe ; they had also witnessed his affection for his native land—his refusal to be Grand Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .
•" Resisting all temptation To belong to foreign nations He remained an Englishman . " And he would always be . As a Mason his qualities were known to many , both in the Craft and Mark Degree . Therefore , without further detaining Grand Lodge , he would propose to this meeting that his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught be elected Most Worshipful Grand Master of Mark Masons .
Bro . Admiral ST . CLAIR seconded . Nothing was required to be said after the excellent terse remarks of Bro . Lane . Both in the Army and the Navy his election would be most acceptable . The motion was unanimously carried . Bro . H . E . COUSANS , G . D . C ., then proclaimed his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught duly elected .
GRAND TREASURER . On the motion of Bro . J . H . WHADCOAT , seconded by Bro . W . A SCURRAH , Bro . Harry Manfield was elected Grand Treasuter .
REPORT OF THE GENERAL BOARD . On the motion of Bro . R . •LOVELAND LOVELAND , K . C , seconded by Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , the Report of the General Board was taken as read , and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes . One grant of £ 50 and three grants of £ 20 each were confirmed , and the Report was then adopted . Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Warwickshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WARWICKSHIRE .
A meeting of the above Provincial Grand Lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , New-street , Birmingham , on Friday , the 1 st instant . Amongst those Present were—Bros . G . H . A . Hughes , P . S . G . W . ; E . A . Eades , P . J . G . W . ; Rev . Spencer Aldrid ge , P . G . Chap . ; J . Harris , P . G . Treas . ; 0 . F . Marston , P . G . D . ; T . Pratt , P . J . G . D . ; J . W . Mills , P . G . Stwd . ; Major GloverP . G . D . C . ; J . T .
, amith , P . G . D . C . ; J , Kendall , P . A . G . D . C . j G . M . Bird , P . G . Std . Br . ; S , Hossell , P . G . Std . Br . ; W . Bradley , P . G . Org . ; E . L . Field , P . G . P . ; A . T , } -arr , P . G . Std . Br . ; K . White , P . A . G . P . ; Dr . Denne , P . P . G . W . ; J . C . Stack , house , P . P . G . S . B . ; Wright Wilson , P . P . G . D . C . ; W . Hale , P . P . A . G . D . C . ; 0 Lee , P . P . G . W . ; W . Short , P . P . D . G . D . C . ; J . Boston , P . P . A . G . P . ; M . Hooper , t -P . G . R . ; w . F . Tolloday , P . P . D . G . D . C . ; and upwards of 170 brethren ,
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Warwickshire.
The brethren and Past Provincial Grand Officers having assembled in the lodge room , a procession was formed of Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers . Owing to the unavoidable absence of the Prov .. Grand Master , Lord Leigh , Bro . George Beech , D . P . G . M ., presided , Bro . A . E , Fridlander ; P . G . S . B ., acting as D . P . G . M . The Prov . Grand Lodge was opened , the D . P . G . M . and Grand Officera saluted according to ancient custom .
The PROV . GRAND SECRETARY read the circular convening the meeting , also apologies from many distinguished members of the province . The DEP . PROV . G . MASTER moved a resolution in which he said they desired to express , on behalf of the brethren of the province , the * sympathy they feel with the King on the loss he sustained on the death of her Majesty , the late Queen , and mentioned that he had communicated with the Right Hon . Lord Leigh , P . G . M ., who in reply had asked him to call a special meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge . The Dep . Prov . G . Master expressed his pleasure at seeing so large an attendance on a busy day in the week . He spoke in feeling terms of the services her late Majesty had rendered to the Empire , and the way in which every one of her subjects had revered her , and how the whole of her iife had been spent in acts of charity .
The PROV . GRAND SECRETARY read the vote of condolence to the King by the Prov . Grand Officers as follows : To THE KING MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY .
May it please your Majesty , We , the Officers and Members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire , desire most respectfully to approach your Majesty and offer our sincere and heartfelt sympathy in the deep and irreparable loss your Majesty has suffered in the lamented decease of our late beloved and revered Sovereign , Lady Queen Victoria .
Her late Majesty had endeared herself to all classes of her subjects by the uniform kindness and deep interest she ever evinced , in all that concerned the well being of her subjects and welfare of her Empire . To us , Freemasons her late Majesty was especially endeared by her kingly patronage of and contributions to our Charitable Institutions . We feel deeply the great loss that your Majesty the Nation , and our Fraternity have sustained , and we pray the Almighty Architect of the Universe , the Great Comforter in all sorrows , to strengthen and support your Majesty and all the members of your Royal House in your great bereavement , and we humbly beg to assure your Majesty of our devoted and continued loyalty to your person and Throne , and express the hope that your Majesty may long reign over a happy , prosperous , and loyal people . Given under the Seal of the
Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire [ P . G . L , SEAL . ] this first day of March , 1901 . ( Signed ) LEIGH , Prov . Grand Master .
Bro . GEORGE BEECH , D . P . G . M ., then moved the vote of condolence , which was seconded by Bro . A . E . FRIDLANDER . The Prov . Grand Chaplain , Bro . Rev . R . SPENCER ALDRIDGE , M . A ., then delivered the following address : Proverbs xxxi ., verse 28 .
" Her children arise and call her blessed . " Such is the verdict of this generation on our late Sovereign . We arise and call her blessed . And this , too , will be the verdict of generations to come . The late Queen was the mother of her people , her people were her children . You all know this well enough . And we as members ol the great Masonic Order , join in giving our testimony to the universal judgment . " We arise and
call her blessed . " And why can this be said by her people . Is it not because her people understood her ? They had the firm conviction that she loved them , understood them , was proud of them , sympathised in their triumphs and misfortunes as a mother would in her sons , and was ready in a moment to postpone herself to what she believed to be their best interests . When we think of her as Queen we call her blessed . As a Sovereign , she was in close touch and
sympathy with her people and all their interests . It was Lord Salisbury that bore witness that" Her Ministers of State could best learn from her what the heart of the nation felt and desired . " She was a great Queen because she loved and cared for her people , and found in that the secret of true government . And so under the influence of her steadfast character hostility to the throne was not to be found in her reign , as it has been in the rei gn of many a monarch
, Her monarchy was broad-based on a nation ' s love . She found ready obedience in her people , not by the terror of a despot ' s frown , but by the all compelling power of a pure and blameless life , and by an appealing heart which beat in unison with all and every particular one , however poor and lowly , of the many millions who owned her sway . Our late Queen kept before herself a high standard of life , and so herCourt becameby the penetratini ? influence nf her nn-wnm
such a blessing to the land as very few Courts have been . She was emphatically the ruler described in the 101 st Psalm , verses 6 and 7 : " Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land , that they may dwell with me ; he that walketh in a perfect way he shall serve me . He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house ; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight . " Thus our land had a ' Dure Court , and this was n hlpecinir „ ,: n , ... i .:. ! . .. __ .. r '
other blessings could be compared . For this " We arise and call her blessed . " This was the outcome of a high standard of the personal life of our late Sovereign . And so because of the stimulus which that life gave to all by whom she was surl rounded , and because of the power of the example , which made itself felt throughout the length and breadth of the land and outside our land , the world mourned when she passed away . Her influence was felt bvthe ™ mtlr . « mnitit .. /! .... ... u—
Providence had placed beneath her sceptre . Her rule , too , was a blessing to many who knew not from where the blessing flowed . Thousands upon thousands are leading better lives to-day , although they know not the reason—simply because there was such a Sovereign on the Throne of Great Britain . And yet great and good as was our lat j Queen as a monarch , her goodness was of a homely quality . For this " We rise and call her blessed . " It was the e-oodness of wife anH mnth » r th »
goodness of home ; it was that sort of goodness that opened her heart to all the English race with its characteristic love of home . It was out of this domestic homely goodness that flowed forth that rich tide of sympathy , so unfailing , which rejoiced with those that rejoiced in common joys and wept with ' those that wept in common grief . Think of her sympathy with our own Order , with which she had so many links of union . Her father was a Mason , her sons and her grandsons are Masons . She was
Patroness of our Charities . She loved to show her sympathy with such an Order as ours , because it tended for her people's good . Can any wonder that the nation as one individual mourned for our Queen ? I shall never forget the day of the funeral . I was in a crowded church at a memorial service , and as I looked down from the pulpit I saw row after row of black , broken only bv the t * le . imin < r
gold of the children's hair . There were the old and young and the ricn and the poor , all met to express a common sorrow . But you all have to acknowledge the late Queen ' s personality as something loftier than the accidents of exalted life . She had the love of purity itself , the loyalty to truth , the steadfast adherence to duty , and , above all , a conscious dependence on God . Yes a Conscious dependence on God—that was the secret of her life ' of