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Anniversary Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
The CHAIRMAN , in proposing the next toast of " The Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . M ., the Earl of Lathom , Deputy G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " said he should not say very much on this subject , as there was a great deal of good music to be heard in the
Temple , to which every brother would like to give good ear , especially as ladies were waiting there for them . They all knew the Earl of Carnarvon , at least most of the London brethren knew him well ; and the Earl of Lathom was also known well ; in fact both of these brethren were well-known for their work , and he therefore called upon the brethren to drink their health .
Col . Sir FRANCIS B URDETT , Prov . G . M . for Middlesex , in responding said he assured the brethren after such a very enthusiastic response as had been made to the toast that had been already given by the Chairman , he felt very considerable difficulty in responding to it as he should like to do . There were several of the Grand Officers present , but of course responding for such well-known Masons as the Earl of Carnarvon and the Earl of
Lathom and other well-known Grand Officers he had considerable difficulty . They all performed their duty in such a Masonic and thorough manner , and he was sure every one present wonld have pleasure in drinking their health . Although he was anxious to follow the example of the Chairman , and make speeches short , he could not help making a little remark which was that , he was very happy to find that he was supported on this occasion by a
representative of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , Bro . Dr . Galbraith , Grand Chaplain of Ireland . It gave him great pleasure on this occasion to be associated with Bro . Galbraith . But he had another duty now to perform ; he wished to say something about the Chairman . Sir Walter Burrell had , at considerable inconvenience to himself , come up and attended this meetin" -. They knew he had the interest of the Institution at heart , just as
much as any other brother who was present . Sir Walter Burrell had been to the Institution and seen it , and he believed he had admired it—as every brother must have admired it—as one of the grandest Institutions Masons had . Sir Walter Burrell was always esteemed by the brethren of his own province , but by all others beyond his province who had the pleasure of
his acquaintance . He was one of those genial , kind brethren who , wherever they were , and had the opportunity of doing any good or assisting any brother who could do any good for Masonry in general would be always quite ready to do it , and support any good Masonic work that was to be done . He would conclude by proposing " The Health of the Chairman , Sir Walter Burrell , Prov . G . M . of Sussex . "
Bro . SAMUEL Pom being invited to propose " Success to the other Masonic Charities—the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution—said : Very early in my Masonic education , I was taught that obedience and charity are the two cardinal Masonic virtues . ( Hear , hear . ) I obey the call of the chair , and I invite you to wish success , shall I say equal success lo the other Masonic Charities . ( Cheers . ) Charity ,
brethren , is a noble virtue , but individual charity is but powerless . Organisation of charity is essential to its utility . I think it must have touched the heart of every Freemason present to find that the affectionate attachment to his province of our Chairman to-night has resulted in a contribution so magnificent to the funds of this Institution —( cheers)—that attachment has been a matter familiar to all of us who are not members of
that province , and I know of one fault only which our Chairman possesses . I wish lie were younger . ( Hear , hear . ) He claims exemption from some of the duties which may at times have compelled him to listen to my voice . But speaking as a Mason I wish such Masons had a perennial youth . But now I ask you brethren to drink prosperity to the other Masonic Charities . ( Hear , hear . ) We have already done what we can for the Royal Masonic
Institution for Girls . Do not let us forget that in a short time the Institution for Boys and the Benevolent Institution will equally claim our support and enthusiasm . ( Hear , hear . ) I believe in truth as soon as in the course of my Masonic career I became entitled to investigate the proceedings of our Masonic Charities , I became convinced that there are no Institutions throughout the length and breadth of this kingdom are deserving better of
the support of those who sympathise with their objects than are the Masonic Institutions . ( Cheers . ) Our craft , held together it may be by a somewhat slender thread , yet binds together in one bond , an amount of charity and goodwill , which must make that craft permanent and respected ; and it is because our Institutions are administered with a due regard to the interests of those for whom they are established that we are able to induce our friends
to support them with such liberality as you have heard to-night . ( Hear , hear . )! can only say I hope it may be my privilege to attend at the festivals of the other Masonic Institutions , and to hear that they have subscription lists as large , as enthusiastic , and as heartily given as the subscription list we have heard to-night . ( Hear , hear . ) Let me ask you brethren now to pass on , to open your hearts , to open your pockets , to support , and to wish prosperity to the other Masonic Institutions .
Bro . BINCKES , in reply , said : I am exceedingly pleased to have the opportunity of being here this evening and responding to the toast of " Success to the other Masonic Institutions , " which has been so admirably , so energetical ) )' , so warmly , proposed by our distinguished Bro . Samuel Pope . ( Hear , hear . ) It is only one of those practices congenial to Freemasonry , that while wc are establishing or celebrating a success in one
direction , we have the largest hearts in wishing success to others of a kindred nature . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Our own ceremonies tell you that while we are happy ourselves , one of the highest duties devolving upon us—and which we thoroughly realise—next is to communicate happiness to others . With reference to the other Institutions , the Benevolent Institution Festival was celebrated in February last , as you know , with an enormous
amount of success . The Institution under whose auspices we have met this evening , has had a glorious success . Do not we all congratulate every one who is bound together in promoting this good work on the great achievements of these Institutions . Now , I come before you as the representative of the neglected Institution —( laughter ) , —coming last , obliged to be content with the crumbs that fall from the table of the rich . ( Laughter . )
Our enthusiastic friend , in proposing this toast , has asked you to do what you can to promote the success of the Boys' School , What have we done in the past—and I can look back on my career when the School was in its infancy—what have we done ? Biought it up from 50 boys to something like 215 , and in obedience to your call now we are laying out something like . £ 15 , 000 to accommodate some 15 sons of Freemasons . ( Hear , hear . ) Are
you going to allow sentiment to operate , whether on the part of the aged , or the attractive children the girls , and to militate against whatever success there should be of what I have called , and shall continue to call , the cause of muscular Freemasonry ? Are we to meet with something like the success which has been achieved by the Festivals of these two Institutions ' i I do not hesitate to state that I am now labouring under an enormous amount of anxiety—justifiable anxiety—with a much smaller amount of Stewards
Anniversary Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
than we have yet had—I positively shake and quiver with anxiet y ( laughter)—as to what will be the result of the Festival . Is it a matter of joke , or is it serious ? I tell you it is serious ; and , as you are insisting on our enlarging our borders , so I must insist that you shall enlarge your liberality . ( Cheers . ) Congratula . ling those who are connected with the two other Institutions on the success
of the Benevolent Institution in February last and the Girls' to-night , may I hope—may I indulge in the earnest hope— -that the Boys' Festival in June , to be presided over by the Marquis of Harrington , Prov . Grand Master of Derbyshire , shall not only be not neglected , but shall be supported as liberally as the other Institutions ? In my youthful days I was always exceptional . I have worked , I have laboured , hardly and conscientiousl y ;
in the decline of life do not neglect me ; but do support me as you did when I first came before you and tried , not unsuccessfully , to stimulate your efforts not only on behalf of the one Institution with which I am closely connected , but also on behalf of viccess for the other Institutions . I appreciate the kindness which my poor efforts have invariabl y received , and , while thanking you heartily for what you have done , I ask you to support me largel y in my present efforts .
Bro . TERRY , who was also called upon to respond , said : After the exhaustive and appealing speech which has been made to you by my colleague of the Boys' School , whose Festival has yet to take place , permit me , in a few words , to express my gratitude for favours which you have conferred upon the Institution with which I am most intimately associated , and to congratulate the executive of this Institution upon the splendid result
achieved this evening . ( Hear , hear . ) I can but congratulate also the Right Worshipful Grand Master and the brethren of his province on the handsome sum of £ 1850 brought in on behalf of this Institution by the Province of Sussex . In such a meeting as this , and with brethren who ate supporting all our Institutions , it does not require very much appeal to be made on behalf of any one in particular . I am certain that when the time
comes round with each of us making our successive annual appeals , they will always be responded to as liberally in the future as they have been in the past . I can but again thank the brethren for the noble response given to the Benevolent Institution in February last , and , while saying that the £ i j , Soo brought in then was no insignificant sum , it is a grand proof of the sincerity of our belief in our Craft , that , within three months afterwards , the sum of over £ 14 , 000 should again be collected for the Girls' School .
( Cheers . ) I hope , however much my good friend and colleague , Bro . Binckes , may quiver now , that when the Festival of the Boys' School comes round he will find it very fully anointed with the golden anointment which has has fallen upon Bro . Hedges and myself . I thank you for the compliment you have paid us . and I thank Bro . Sam ! . Pope for the kindly way in which he wished success to our Institutions , giving him notice that I shall enrol his name as a Steward for the Festival of the Benevolent Institution :
and that I shall look forward to him as representing the Parliamentary Bar , to come forward as the champion of the Old People . ( Cheers . ) The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Stewards of the Day , coupled with the toast the name of VV . Bro . Lieut .-General C . W . Randolph , Prov . G . S . W . Sussex , " thanking them for their services , and also congratulating the brethren on having among them so distinguished a man and Mason as the Rev . Dr . Galbraith , Grand Chaplain of Ireland .
Lieut .-General RANDOLPH , in reply , said he could assure the brethren he should have risen on this occasion to respond with a great deal of difficulty ; but on the contrary when he rose to return thanks on behalf of 200 or 300 Stewards he felt very diffident , but for the result of those lists they had heard read out , from which it appeared that upwards of £ 14 , 000 had been collected for the Institution whose ( estiva ! they were celebrating that
evening . He must say he felt very proud of being president of those Stewards . He wished to say that he was grateful to Sir Walter Burrell for placing him in the position he now held in the Province of Sussex , and though his speech was not one of eloquence he could tell the brethren that there was something more practical—that the Stewards of Sussex were
not satisfied with having brought up £ isoo , and therefore had made a whip that evening to make it up to £ 2000 . ( Cheers . ) Having divested himself of these remarks , he would simply say he thought that Sussex , or , if he might be pedantic , the Sub-Saxon county , had done its duty that night . ( Cheers , and hear , hear . )
The Rev . Dr . GALBRAITH said he thanked the brethren very heartily for conferring the honour of responding on him , of not only allowing him to be present on that interesting occasion , but calling upon him to address a few words to such a distinguished company as he saw around him , and particularly that his humble name should be associated with the Stewards of the English Constitution—men whose duties had been performed , not
this year only , but in former years , in such a " manner that their praise had resounded , not only through our country , but through the others , as he could witness . All he could regret was that in Ireland they had not established in their system such a body of men as these admirable Stewards , for he fairly believed that if they succeeded in doing so—and this nig ht ' s experience encouraged him to hope that they would do so—they would
greatly augment their resources in Ireland in practical and active benevolence . Benevolence , as the word was , merely meant to wish well ; but _ to wish well required action to be worth anything ; to wish well , or to desire something good , was not an act . To wish or desire that they read ol in the fairy tales , was all they had to do ; but the wish or desire of benevolence must be generous and active ; they must persevere in their endeavours in
order to do good to their fellow creatures . Benevolence might be shown in many ways , as Masons knew , but he did not know any more agreeable , any more amiable , any more noble way in which they could display benevolence than in succouring the children of the brethren who had departed and left them dependent on the hands of the living brethren . In Ireland certainly , they had a Masonic Girls' School , as some of the brethren who had travelled
could testify . It was a very fine Institution , but though they had not in it as many girls as the English Institution had , it must be remembered that Masons were not so numerous a body in Ireland as they were in Eng land . It had , nevertheless , 60 girls , or a quarter of what the English School had ; and these 60 girls were well maintained , and well educated ; and the two principal teachers had been taken from the English School . ( Cheers . )
The Rev . R . J . SIMPSON , P . G . C , proposed "The Ladies , " to whicli toast Bro . J . H . MATTHEWS , P . G . Std . Br ., responded , and the company then adjourned to the Temple , where a charming concert was given , under the able management of Bro . T . Lawler , in which the following artists took part : Miss Jose Sherrington , Miss Jessie Royd , Miss Frances Hipwell , and Miss Mary McClean ; Bro . E . Dalzell , Bro . Sidney Tower , Bro . Robert Hilton , and Bro . T . Lawler , jun . ; Miss Nettie Carpenter ( violin ); Bro . F . Meen ( solo pianoforte and organ ); and Bros . F . Meen and Lawler , jun .
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Anniversary Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
The CHAIRMAN , in proposing the next toast of " The Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . M ., the Earl of Lathom , Deputy G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " said he should not say very much on this subject , as there was a great deal of good music to be heard in the
Temple , to which every brother would like to give good ear , especially as ladies were waiting there for them . They all knew the Earl of Carnarvon , at least most of the London brethren knew him well ; and the Earl of Lathom was also known well ; in fact both of these brethren were well-known for their work , and he therefore called upon the brethren to drink their health .
Col . Sir FRANCIS B URDETT , Prov . G . M . for Middlesex , in responding said he assured the brethren after such a very enthusiastic response as had been made to the toast that had been already given by the Chairman , he felt very considerable difficulty in responding to it as he should like to do . There were several of the Grand Officers present , but of course responding for such well-known Masons as the Earl of Carnarvon and the Earl of
Lathom and other well-known Grand Officers he had considerable difficulty . They all performed their duty in such a Masonic and thorough manner , and he was sure every one present wonld have pleasure in drinking their health . Although he was anxious to follow the example of the Chairman , and make speeches short , he could not help making a little remark which was that , he was very happy to find that he was supported on this occasion by a
representative of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , Bro . Dr . Galbraith , Grand Chaplain of Ireland . It gave him great pleasure on this occasion to be associated with Bro . Galbraith . But he had another duty now to perform ; he wished to say something about the Chairman . Sir Walter Burrell had , at considerable inconvenience to himself , come up and attended this meetin" -. They knew he had the interest of the Institution at heart , just as
much as any other brother who was present . Sir Walter Burrell had been to the Institution and seen it , and he believed he had admired it—as every brother must have admired it—as one of the grandest Institutions Masons had . Sir Walter Burrell was always esteemed by the brethren of his own province , but by all others beyond his province who had the pleasure of
his acquaintance . He was one of those genial , kind brethren who , wherever they were , and had the opportunity of doing any good or assisting any brother who could do any good for Masonry in general would be always quite ready to do it , and support any good Masonic work that was to be done . He would conclude by proposing " The Health of the Chairman , Sir Walter Burrell , Prov . G . M . of Sussex . "
Bro . SAMUEL Pom being invited to propose " Success to the other Masonic Charities—the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution—said : Very early in my Masonic education , I was taught that obedience and charity are the two cardinal Masonic virtues . ( Hear , hear . ) I obey the call of the chair , and I invite you to wish success , shall I say equal success lo the other Masonic Charities . ( Cheers . ) Charity ,
brethren , is a noble virtue , but individual charity is but powerless . Organisation of charity is essential to its utility . I think it must have touched the heart of every Freemason present to find that the affectionate attachment to his province of our Chairman to-night has resulted in a contribution so magnificent to the funds of this Institution —( cheers)—that attachment has been a matter familiar to all of us who are not members of
that province , and I know of one fault only which our Chairman possesses . I wish lie were younger . ( Hear , hear . ) He claims exemption from some of the duties which may at times have compelled him to listen to my voice . But speaking as a Mason I wish such Masons had a perennial youth . But now I ask you brethren to drink prosperity to the other Masonic Charities . ( Hear , hear . ) We have already done what we can for the Royal Masonic
Institution for Girls . Do not let us forget that in a short time the Institution for Boys and the Benevolent Institution will equally claim our support and enthusiasm . ( Hear , hear . ) I believe in truth as soon as in the course of my Masonic career I became entitled to investigate the proceedings of our Masonic Charities , I became convinced that there are no Institutions throughout the length and breadth of this kingdom are deserving better of
the support of those who sympathise with their objects than are the Masonic Institutions . ( Cheers . ) Our craft , held together it may be by a somewhat slender thread , yet binds together in one bond , an amount of charity and goodwill , which must make that craft permanent and respected ; and it is because our Institutions are administered with a due regard to the interests of those for whom they are established that we are able to induce our friends
to support them with such liberality as you have heard to-night . ( Hear , hear . )! can only say I hope it may be my privilege to attend at the festivals of the other Masonic Institutions , and to hear that they have subscription lists as large , as enthusiastic , and as heartily given as the subscription list we have heard to-night . ( Hear , hear . ) Let me ask you brethren now to pass on , to open your hearts , to open your pockets , to support , and to wish prosperity to the other Masonic Institutions .
Bro . BINCKES , in reply , said : I am exceedingly pleased to have the opportunity of being here this evening and responding to the toast of " Success to the other Masonic Institutions , " which has been so admirably , so energetical ) )' , so warmly , proposed by our distinguished Bro . Samuel Pope . ( Hear , hear . ) It is only one of those practices congenial to Freemasonry , that while wc are establishing or celebrating a success in one
direction , we have the largest hearts in wishing success to others of a kindred nature . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Our own ceremonies tell you that while we are happy ourselves , one of the highest duties devolving upon us—and which we thoroughly realise—next is to communicate happiness to others . With reference to the other Institutions , the Benevolent Institution Festival was celebrated in February last , as you know , with an enormous
amount of success . The Institution under whose auspices we have met this evening , has had a glorious success . Do not we all congratulate every one who is bound together in promoting this good work on the great achievements of these Institutions . Now , I come before you as the representative of the neglected Institution —( laughter ) , —coming last , obliged to be content with the crumbs that fall from the table of the rich . ( Laughter . )
Our enthusiastic friend , in proposing this toast , has asked you to do what you can to promote the success of the Boys' School , What have we done in the past—and I can look back on my career when the School was in its infancy—what have we done ? Biought it up from 50 boys to something like 215 , and in obedience to your call now we are laying out something like . £ 15 , 000 to accommodate some 15 sons of Freemasons . ( Hear , hear . ) Are
you going to allow sentiment to operate , whether on the part of the aged , or the attractive children the girls , and to militate against whatever success there should be of what I have called , and shall continue to call , the cause of muscular Freemasonry ? Are we to meet with something like the success which has been achieved by the Festivals of these two Institutions ' i I do not hesitate to state that I am now labouring under an enormous amount of anxiety—justifiable anxiety—with a much smaller amount of Stewards
Anniversary Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
than we have yet had—I positively shake and quiver with anxiet y ( laughter)—as to what will be the result of the Festival . Is it a matter of joke , or is it serious ? I tell you it is serious ; and , as you are insisting on our enlarging our borders , so I must insist that you shall enlarge your liberality . ( Cheers . ) Congratula . ling those who are connected with the two other Institutions on the success
of the Benevolent Institution in February last and the Girls' to-night , may I hope—may I indulge in the earnest hope— -that the Boys' Festival in June , to be presided over by the Marquis of Harrington , Prov . Grand Master of Derbyshire , shall not only be not neglected , but shall be supported as liberally as the other Institutions ? In my youthful days I was always exceptional . I have worked , I have laboured , hardly and conscientiousl y ;
in the decline of life do not neglect me ; but do support me as you did when I first came before you and tried , not unsuccessfully , to stimulate your efforts not only on behalf of the one Institution with which I am closely connected , but also on behalf of viccess for the other Institutions . I appreciate the kindness which my poor efforts have invariabl y received , and , while thanking you heartily for what you have done , I ask you to support me largel y in my present efforts .
Bro . TERRY , who was also called upon to respond , said : After the exhaustive and appealing speech which has been made to you by my colleague of the Boys' School , whose Festival has yet to take place , permit me , in a few words , to express my gratitude for favours which you have conferred upon the Institution with which I am most intimately associated , and to congratulate the executive of this Institution upon the splendid result
achieved this evening . ( Hear , hear . ) I can but congratulate also the Right Worshipful Grand Master and the brethren of his province on the handsome sum of £ 1850 brought in on behalf of this Institution by the Province of Sussex . In such a meeting as this , and with brethren who ate supporting all our Institutions , it does not require very much appeal to be made on behalf of any one in particular . I am certain that when the time
comes round with each of us making our successive annual appeals , they will always be responded to as liberally in the future as they have been in the past . I can but again thank the brethren for the noble response given to the Benevolent Institution in February last , and , while saying that the £ i j , Soo brought in then was no insignificant sum , it is a grand proof of the sincerity of our belief in our Craft , that , within three months afterwards , the sum of over £ 14 , 000 should again be collected for the Girls' School .
( Cheers . ) I hope , however much my good friend and colleague , Bro . Binckes , may quiver now , that when the Festival of the Boys' School comes round he will find it very fully anointed with the golden anointment which has has fallen upon Bro . Hedges and myself . I thank you for the compliment you have paid us . and I thank Bro . Sam ! . Pope for the kindly way in which he wished success to our Institutions , giving him notice that I shall enrol his name as a Steward for the Festival of the Benevolent Institution :
and that I shall look forward to him as representing the Parliamentary Bar , to come forward as the champion of the Old People . ( Cheers . ) The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Stewards of the Day , coupled with the toast the name of VV . Bro . Lieut .-General C . W . Randolph , Prov . G . S . W . Sussex , " thanking them for their services , and also congratulating the brethren on having among them so distinguished a man and Mason as the Rev . Dr . Galbraith , Grand Chaplain of Ireland .
Lieut .-General RANDOLPH , in reply , said he could assure the brethren he should have risen on this occasion to respond with a great deal of difficulty ; but on the contrary when he rose to return thanks on behalf of 200 or 300 Stewards he felt very diffident , but for the result of those lists they had heard read out , from which it appeared that upwards of £ 14 , 000 had been collected for the Institution whose ( estiva ! they were celebrating that
evening . He must say he felt very proud of being president of those Stewards . He wished to say that he was grateful to Sir Walter Burrell for placing him in the position he now held in the Province of Sussex , and though his speech was not one of eloquence he could tell the brethren that there was something more practical—that the Stewards of Sussex were
not satisfied with having brought up £ isoo , and therefore had made a whip that evening to make it up to £ 2000 . ( Cheers . ) Having divested himself of these remarks , he would simply say he thought that Sussex , or , if he might be pedantic , the Sub-Saxon county , had done its duty that night . ( Cheers , and hear , hear . )
The Rev . Dr . GALBRAITH said he thanked the brethren very heartily for conferring the honour of responding on him , of not only allowing him to be present on that interesting occasion , but calling upon him to address a few words to such a distinguished company as he saw around him , and particularly that his humble name should be associated with the Stewards of the English Constitution—men whose duties had been performed , not
this year only , but in former years , in such a " manner that their praise had resounded , not only through our country , but through the others , as he could witness . All he could regret was that in Ireland they had not established in their system such a body of men as these admirable Stewards , for he fairly believed that if they succeeded in doing so—and this nig ht ' s experience encouraged him to hope that they would do so—they would
greatly augment their resources in Ireland in practical and active benevolence . Benevolence , as the word was , merely meant to wish well ; but _ to wish well required action to be worth anything ; to wish well , or to desire something good , was not an act . To wish or desire that they read ol in the fairy tales , was all they had to do ; but the wish or desire of benevolence must be generous and active ; they must persevere in their endeavours in
order to do good to their fellow creatures . Benevolence might be shown in many ways , as Masons knew , but he did not know any more agreeable , any more amiable , any more noble way in which they could display benevolence than in succouring the children of the brethren who had departed and left them dependent on the hands of the living brethren . In Ireland certainly , they had a Masonic Girls' School , as some of the brethren who had travelled
could testify . It was a very fine Institution , but though they had not in it as many girls as the English Institution had , it must be remembered that Masons were not so numerous a body in Ireland as they were in Eng land . It had , nevertheless , 60 girls , or a quarter of what the English School had ; and these 60 girls were well maintained , and well educated ; and the two principal teachers had been taken from the English School . ( Cheers . )
The Rev . R . J . SIMPSON , P . G . C , proposed "The Ladies , " to whicli toast Bro . J . H . MATTHEWS , P . G . Std . Br ., responded , and the company then adjourned to the Temple , where a charming concert was given , under the able management of Bro . T . Lawler , in which the following artists took part : Miss Jose Sherrington , Miss Jessie Royd , Miss Frances Hipwell , and Miss Mary McClean ; Bro . E . Dalzell , Bro . Sidney Tower , Bro . Robert Hilton , and Bro . T . Lawler , jun . ; Miss Nettie Carpenter ( violin ); Bro . F . Meen ( solo pianoforte and organ ); and Bros . F . Meen and Lawler , jun .