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Consecration Of The John Carpenter Lodge, No. 1997.
CONSECRATION OF THE JOHN CARPENTER LODGE , No . 1997 .
This new civic lodge was consecrated at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , on Friday , the nth inst . The fact that Bro . H . E . Knight , the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , was the W . M . designated by the warrant , drew together a large number of distinguished members of the Craft , particularly as it was known that the Lord Mayor is not a Mason in name only , but has proved himself a scrupulously accurate worker in No . 34 , which is his mother lodge ,
The ceremony was most impressively performed by the Grand Secretary , Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , who was appointed for this duty by the Grand Master . Colonel Clerke entered the lodge room shortly before five o'clock , and appointed his assistant officers as follows : Bros . Sir John B . Monckton ( Town Clerk of the City of London ) , Chairman of the Grand
Lodge Board of General Purposes , acting S . W . ; Capt . Nathaniel Philips , P . G . D ., acting ] . W . ; the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chaplain , Chaplain ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., D . C ; Dr . Pigott , D . C . L ., P . G . A . D . C , I . G . Bros . H . Sadler , G . Tyler , and C . Thomas , Prov . G . Tyler Herts , also were in attendance .
The following brethren were present as visitors : Bros . General F . Wimburne Laurie , Grand Master , Nova Scotia ; Peter de Lande Long , P G . D .: Frank Green , P . G . D . ; Wm . Foster Shaw , 17 ° , Grand Orient of Brazil ; Edtrar Bowver , G . S . B . ; John L . Mather , P . P . G . D . C . Herts ; Brackstone Baker , P . G . D . ; I / H . T . Smith , P . P . G . Chap . ; R . S . Lindall , P . P . G . S . B . ; S . P . Norris , P . G . S . W . JHemeP . G . P . ; J . S . Cumberland , P . M . 1611 , York , * J . H . Batty ,
; . , P . M . 22 , 171 ; A . Clarke , P . M . 1227 ; H . A . Lovett , P . M . 179 , 1314 ; Bradshawe Brown , W . M . 1 ; W . J . Crutch , P . M . 127 S ; H . D . Stead , P . M . 1297 , 1763 ; Laidlaw Cross , VV . M . 90 ; A . W . Willis , M . C . 1491 * J- Darley , P . M . p 5 g ; T . F . Peacock , WM ! "i- H . J . Nell , J . W . 45 ; W . G . Hallows , P . M . S 61 ; J . W . Hallows , P . M . 16 G 2- James Willing * , " jun ., W . M . 19 S 7 , P . M . 177 , 1507 , 1744 , 1319 ; E . F . Storr , 65 Franklin
P . M . ' 22 , and 1679 ; VV . Kentish , I . P . M . 1293 ; C . E . Ferry , P . M . ; T . , P . M . 1662 ; Courtenay Wynne , W . M . 25 : Thos . Gurney , W . M . 1309 ; J . P . Tapley , P . M . 1076 ; J . D . E . Torr , I . G . 1293 ; S . H . Baker , S . D . 1260 ; J . R . Toll ' s , S . W . 11 S 5 ; J . W . Lacey , S . D . 172 ; W . Harris , 1260 ; C . H . Fisher , 1489 ; C . H . Clifford , 1365 ; H . F . Inman , 1662 ; Turle Lee , S . D . 1922 ; J . VV Chapman , S . VV . 1922 ; A . E . Campbell , S 59 ; H . Ashton , Robert Hilton , 1319 ; H . Parkin , 1319 ; Arthur Thompson , 1507 ; and E . C . Massey , P . M . 1297 ( Freemason ) .
Letters of regret were read from Lord Wolseley and Lord Alcester ( who were dining with the Dukeof Cambridge to meet the Prince and Princess of Wales ) , Major General Mervyn Drake , C . B ., Alderman Truscott , Alderman Ellis , J . W . Maclure , P . G . D . East Lancashire , and others . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , after having opened the lodge in the three
degrees , addressed the company as follows : — Brethren * . We are met together to-day for a purpose very interesting to all Freemasons , that is to consecrate and constitute one more lodge , to add one more to the vast array of lodges which are already existing , and are inscribed on the registry of the Grand Lodge of England . You are aware
that in the City of London there is an ancient and noble institution known as the City of London School , and that many of its former pupils have formed themselves into a club called . the "John Carpenter Club . " Among the members of this club are many members of our fraternity , who resolved that they would apply for a Warrant for a lodge , which would be for their use and for the use of other Masons who may have been pupils in that school
which I believe was founded by a predecessor of the distinguished Mason who sits opposite to me , and that that lodge should be called the John Carpenter Lodge . The G RAND MASTER had however exceeding difficulty in acceding to the petition , on account of the vast growth of Freemasonry in the Metropolis ; out of nearly 2000 lodges , I think there are over 320 in the metropolitan area ; still there were many reasons why the GRAND MASTER
should favourably view this particular application , and he has been pleased to grant the petition , as in considering who is to preside over them , the founders have made choice of a worthy brother , who occupies the proud position of chief magistrate of the first city in the world . Under these circumstances the Grand Master felt quite assured that in granting this warrant , he would be
entrusting it to a brother who would conduct the affairs of the Lodge on a constitutional basis , and see that everything was carried on with perfect propriety and regularity . It is with great pleasure therefore , that I am here as his humble delegate to constitute this Lodge in due form , and I will therefore at once commence proceedings by calling on the Chaplain for the
benefit of prayer . In the course of the ceremony the following oration was delivered by the Rev . (' . J . MARTYN : Worshipful Master and Brethren , it has been customary among Masons from time immemorial on occasions like the present to call upon the brother who for the moment occupies the position of Chaplain at a consecration ceremony , to address a few words to the brethren
present , and to dignify the address by the name of an oration on the nature and principles of the Craft . Knowing as I do the vast amount of work that has to be done during the ceremony of to-day , I think it will be convenient if I make my remarks as short , and I hope as practical as possible , and therefore I shall ask your indulgence for a few minutes only while I put before you one or two thoughts . There is no need to tell you what Freemasonry is . The
question " What is Freemasony ? " is asked of all Masons very early in their Masonic career , and the answer is well known to allof you . You have alsolearned that the three great principles on which the Order is founded are Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth . Now it is upon these three characteristics of the Order that I should like to say a word or two now . First , with regard to Brotherly Love . If there is any one thing entitling us to be proud of the Order to
which we belong it is the knowledge that that grand fact stands in the forefront of our profession ; next to our duty to God , there is no higher duty than this . We are taught in Holy Writ of our duty to God and love to the brotherhood ; that upon these two commands hang all the laws and the prophets . Our duty to God is inculcated in every part of our ceremonies and it is the peculiar province of Freemasonry to press upon its members the great doctrine of brotherly love . Oh , if we were always
Consecration Of The John Carpenter Lodge, No. 1997.
careful to carry out in our daily lives this great principle , and to live up to our profession how much bickering and heartburning would be spared us . Let it be our earnest endeavour to carry out that principle—to throw over the failings of a brother a veil of charity , and when that cannot always with propriety be done , at least to abstain from being his accusers . Our Masonry
teaches us to be kind and considerate to each other , and we shall best fulfil this by imagining ourselves placed in the same position as another , and asking ourselves how in that position we should like others to act towards us . Then as to relief that is a great duty taught to us by our religion , but still more strongly by our Masonic profession . Very , very early , in our Masonic
career a claim is made upon our benevolence , and perhaps there is no more striking mode in which the duty of dul y considering claims for relief when made upon us than that adopted in the ceremony to which I refer . You all know very well how that appeal is made and answered , and the lesson you are there taught is one of the most speaking and striking in all Freemasonry ,
and I may say that it is impossible for you to forget that peculiar moment during the whole after course of your life . Much as Masonry has been abused—much as people have said against it—the brethren know that they can point to their practical carrying out of the principles of relief as one of the brightest jewels in the Masonic crown . Look at those three Institutions ,
the Boys' School , the Girls' School , and the Benevolent Institution , where , I ask , through the whole length and breadth of England are three grander and better supported institutions to be found . Where can be found institutions where can be had more amply , not as mere charitable alms-giving but as brotherly love , the relief which is there afforded . Surely , too , the great
principle of our Order refers to relief not merel y by money , but by sympathy and friendship and brotherly feeling . Surely there are often cases where an offer of money would be an insult , in which the pressure of the hand is not only relief , but relief under circumstances when sympathy is the most pleasing form of consolation that can be offered . And then in regard
to truth . Is it nofc one of our boasts that when we say anything our word may be believed ? Upon the truth of a brother every man can surely rest , and I think that one of the proofs of this is the marvellous way in which the secrets of the Order have been kept by those who have entered it . And surely if the world is to go on , and we are to be out of the lodge what in it
we have been taught to be , a sacred regard for truth must be our watchword . With these few crude and hastily uttered remarks upon brotherly love , relief and truth , as principles of our duty both as men and as Masons
I U'llJ conclude , expressing the hope that the Great Architect of the Universe will be pleased to bless this new lodge , hoping and trusting that the great principles of Freemasonry may be transmitted through this lodge from generation to generation .
Upon the conclusion of the Chaplain ' s address the ceremony of consecration was proceeded with , the lodge board uncovered , and the Consecrating Officer scattered the elements ol consecration upon it . The lodge was then dedicated and duly constituted , and the Presiding Officer gave the final benediction . When the lodge had been resumed in the Second Degree , the
D . C . presented the Lord Mayor to the Installing Officer , by whom he was duly obligated ; after which a Board of Installed Masters was formed , in whose presence the W . M . elect was duly installed into the chair of K . S . The lodge was then resumed and the brethren readmitted , when the
newlyinstalled Master was proclaimed and saluted in the Three Degrees , the officers of the lodge appointed , and the ceremony brought to a close with the customary addresses by the Installing Officer to the W . M ., the Wardens , and the brethren .
The officers of the year are as follows : Bros . Henry E . Knight ( the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor ) , W . M . ; Ex-Sheriff C . W . C . Hutton , Treas . ; A . W . Stead , S . W . ; Thomas Noton , J . W . ; Edwin J . Honeychurch , S . D . ; Frank Tayler , J . D . ; James Pinder , Sec . ; C . J . Wilkinson , I . G . ; H .
Wilson , D . C ; Alfred Norris , W . S . ; and R . XV . Goddard , P . M . 65 , Tyler . At the conclusion of the business the lodge was closed in due form by the W . M . After the banquet which followed the installation the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed .
After the toasts of "The Queen and the Craft" and "The Grand Master " had been duly honoured ,
The LORD MAYOR rose and said : Brother Wardens and brethren , I have now to propose a toast for your acceptance which will perhaps require a word or two more from me than previous toasts , because those affected by it have come more immediately into connection with this new lodge . I wish to convey to all of them an expression of the regard in which they are
held , but there are some of them to whom we are specially indebted . We are favoured with the presence this evening of many Grand Officers , with that of Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , to whom I shall have to refer more particularly presently , though he must have a fair share of regard now . Bro . Sir John Monckton has not been able to remain with us ,
but we have here Bros . Green , G . D . ; Capt . Philips , P . G . D , ; De Lande Long , P . G . D . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D . ; and Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chaplain , I need scarcely remind you that weare very much indebted to Bro . Capt . Philips and to the other Grand Officers who assisted the Grand Secretary in the consecration ceremony . They have come amongst
us to say God speed to us , and we must never forget what we owe to the Grand Officers for their assistance in establishing this new lodge . In every lodge that I have been in we always paid regard to merit and to worth , and it is with this feeling that I propose a toast to the " Grand Officers
from this John Carpenter Lodge , " and I hope that feeling will prevail for all time , that we may always look up to those above us who have won their position by their integrity and earnestness in promoting the good of the Craft . I shall couple with this toast the name of the Past Grand Chaplain , and in doing so I wish to thank him for the beautiful address with which he
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Consecration Of The John Carpenter Lodge, No. 1997.
CONSECRATION OF THE JOHN CARPENTER LODGE , No . 1997 .
This new civic lodge was consecrated at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , on Friday , the nth inst . The fact that Bro . H . E . Knight , the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , was the W . M . designated by the warrant , drew together a large number of distinguished members of the Craft , particularly as it was known that the Lord Mayor is not a Mason in name only , but has proved himself a scrupulously accurate worker in No . 34 , which is his mother lodge ,
The ceremony was most impressively performed by the Grand Secretary , Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , who was appointed for this duty by the Grand Master . Colonel Clerke entered the lodge room shortly before five o'clock , and appointed his assistant officers as follows : Bros . Sir John B . Monckton ( Town Clerk of the City of London ) , Chairman of the Grand
Lodge Board of General Purposes , acting S . W . ; Capt . Nathaniel Philips , P . G . D ., acting ] . W . ; the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chaplain , Chaplain ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., D . C ; Dr . Pigott , D . C . L ., P . G . A . D . C , I . G . Bros . H . Sadler , G . Tyler , and C . Thomas , Prov . G . Tyler Herts , also were in attendance .
The following brethren were present as visitors : Bros . General F . Wimburne Laurie , Grand Master , Nova Scotia ; Peter de Lande Long , P G . D .: Frank Green , P . G . D . ; Wm . Foster Shaw , 17 ° , Grand Orient of Brazil ; Edtrar Bowver , G . S . B . ; John L . Mather , P . P . G . D . C . Herts ; Brackstone Baker , P . G . D . ; I / H . T . Smith , P . P . G . Chap . ; R . S . Lindall , P . P . G . S . B . ; S . P . Norris , P . G . S . W . JHemeP . G . P . ; J . S . Cumberland , P . M . 1611 , York , * J . H . Batty ,
; . , P . M . 22 , 171 ; A . Clarke , P . M . 1227 ; H . A . Lovett , P . M . 179 , 1314 ; Bradshawe Brown , W . M . 1 ; W . J . Crutch , P . M . 127 S ; H . D . Stead , P . M . 1297 , 1763 ; Laidlaw Cross , VV . M . 90 ; A . W . Willis , M . C . 1491 * J- Darley , P . M . p 5 g ; T . F . Peacock , WM ! "i- H . J . Nell , J . W . 45 ; W . G . Hallows , P . M . S 61 ; J . W . Hallows , P . M . 16 G 2- James Willing * , " jun ., W . M . 19 S 7 , P . M . 177 , 1507 , 1744 , 1319 ; E . F . Storr , 65 Franklin
P . M . ' 22 , and 1679 ; VV . Kentish , I . P . M . 1293 ; C . E . Ferry , P . M . ; T . , P . M . 1662 ; Courtenay Wynne , W . M . 25 : Thos . Gurney , W . M . 1309 ; J . P . Tapley , P . M . 1076 ; J . D . E . Torr , I . G . 1293 ; S . H . Baker , S . D . 1260 ; J . R . Toll ' s , S . W . 11 S 5 ; J . W . Lacey , S . D . 172 ; W . Harris , 1260 ; C . H . Fisher , 1489 ; C . H . Clifford , 1365 ; H . F . Inman , 1662 ; Turle Lee , S . D . 1922 ; J . VV Chapman , S . VV . 1922 ; A . E . Campbell , S 59 ; H . Ashton , Robert Hilton , 1319 ; H . Parkin , 1319 ; Arthur Thompson , 1507 ; and E . C . Massey , P . M . 1297 ( Freemason ) .
Letters of regret were read from Lord Wolseley and Lord Alcester ( who were dining with the Dukeof Cambridge to meet the Prince and Princess of Wales ) , Major General Mervyn Drake , C . B ., Alderman Truscott , Alderman Ellis , J . W . Maclure , P . G . D . East Lancashire , and others . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , after having opened the lodge in the three
degrees , addressed the company as follows : — Brethren * . We are met together to-day for a purpose very interesting to all Freemasons , that is to consecrate and constitute one more lodge , to add one more to the vast array of lodges which are already existing , and are inscribed on the registry of the Grand Lodge of England . You are aware
that in the City of London there is an ancient and noble institution known as the City of London School , and that many of its former pupils have formed themselves into a club called . the "John Carpenter Club . " Among the members of this club are many members of our fraternity , who resolved that they would apply for a Warrant for a lodge , which would be for their use and for the use of other Masons who may have been pupils in that school
which I believe was founded by a predecessor of the distinguished Mason who sits opposite to me , and that that lodge should be called the John Carpenter Lodge . The G RAND MASTER had however exceeding difficulty in acceding to the petition , on account of the vast growth of Freemasonry in the Metropolis ; out of nearly 2000 lodges , I think there are over 320 in the metropolitan area ; still there were many reasons why the GRAND MASTER
should favourably view this particular application , and he has been pleased to grant the petition , as in considering who is to preside over them , the founders have made choice of a worthy brother , who occupies the proud position of chief magistrate of the first city in the world . Under these circumstances the Grand Master felt quite assured that in granting this warrant , he would be
entrusting it to a brother who would conduct the affairs of the Lodge on a constitutional basis , and see that everything was carried on with perfect propriety and regularity . It is with great pleasure therefore , that I am here as his humble delegate to constitute this Lodge in due form , and I will therefore at once commence proceedings by calling on the Chaplain for the
benefit of prayer . In the course of the ceremony the following oration was delivered by the Rev . (' . J . MARTYN : Worshipful Master and Brethren , it has been customary among Masons from time immemorial on occasions like the present to call upon the brother who for the moment occupies the position of Chaplain at a consecration ceremony , to address a few words to the brethren
present , and to dignify the address by the name of an oration on the nature and principles of the Craft . Knowing as I do the vast amount of work that has to be done during the ceremony of to-day , I think it will be convenient if I make my remarks as short , and I hope as practical as possible , and therefore I shall ask your indulgence for a few minutes only while I put before you one or two thoughts . There is no need to tell you what Freemasonry is . The
question " What is Freemasony ? " is asked of all Masons very early in their Masonic career , and the answer is well known to allof you . You have alsolearned that the three great principles on which the Order is founded are Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth . Now it is upon these three characteristics of the Order that I should like to say a word or two now . First , with regard to Brotherly Love . If there is any one thing entitling us to be proud of the Order to
which we belong it is the knowledge that that grand fact stands in the forefront of our profession ; next to our duty to God , there is no higher duty than this . We are taught in Holy Writ of our duty to God and love to the brotherhood ; that upon these two commands hang all the laws and the prophets . Our duty to God is inculcated in every part of our ceremonies and it is the peculiar province of Freemasonry to press upon its members the great doctrine of brotherly love . Oh , if we were always
Consecration Of The John Carpenter Lodge, No. 1997.
careful to carry out in our daily lives this great principle , and to live up to our profession how much bickering and heartburning would be spared us . Let it be our earnest endeavour to carry out that principle—to throw over the failings of a brother a veil of charity , and when that cannot always with propriety be done , at least to abstain from being his accusers . Our Masonry
teaches us to be kind and considerate to each other , and we shall best fulfil this by imagining ourselves placed in the same position as another , and asking ourselves how in that position we should like others to act towards us . Then as to relief that is a great duty taught to us by our religion , but still more strongly by our Masonic profession . Very , very early , in our Masonic
career a claim is made upon our benevolence , and perhaps there is no more striking mode in which the duty of dul y considering claims for relief when made upon us than that adopted in the ceremony to which I refer . You all know very well how that appeal is made and answered , and the lesson you are there taught is one of the most speaking and striking in all Freemasonry ,
and I may say that it is impossible for you to forget that peculiar moment during the whole after course of your life . Much as Masonry has been abused—much as people have said against it—the brethren know that they can point to their practical carrying out of the principles of relief as one of the brightest jewels in the Masonic crown . Look at those three Institutions ,
the Boys' School , the Girls' School , and the Benevolent Institution , where , I ask , through the whole length and breadth of England are three grander and better supported institutions to be found . Where can be found institutions where can be had more amply , not as mere charitable alms-giving but as brotherly love , the relief which is there afforded . Surely , too , the great
principle of our Order refers to relief not merel y by money , but by sympathy and friendship and brotherly feeling . Surely there are often cases where an offer of money would be an insult , in which the pressure of the hand is not only relief , but relief under circumstances when sympathy is the most pleasing form of consolation that can be offered . And then in regard
to truth . Is it nofc one of our boasts that when we say anything our word may be believed ? Upon the truth of a brother every man can surely rest , and I think that one of the proofs of this is the marvellous way in which the secrets of the Order have been kept by those who have entered it . And surely if the world is to go on , and we are to be out of the lodge what in it
we have been taught to be , a sacred regard for truth must be our watchword . With these few crude and hastily uttered remarks upon brotherly love , relief and truth , as principles of our duty both as men and as Masons
I U'llJ conclude , expressing the hope that the Great Architect of the Universe will be pleased to bless this new lodge , hoping and trusting that the great principles of Freemasonry may be transmitted through this lodge from generation to generation .
Upon the conclusion of the Chaplain ' s address the ceremony of consecration was proceeded with , the lodge board uncovered , and the Consecrating Officer scattered the elements ol consecration upon it . The lodge was then dedicated and duly constituted , and the Presiding Officer gave the final benediction . When the lodge had been resumed in the Second Degree , the
D . C . presented the Lord Mayor to the Installing Officer , by whom he was duly obligated ; after which a Board of Installed Masters was formed , in whose presence the W . M . elect was duly installed into the chair of K . S . The lodge was then resumed and the brethren readmitted , when the
newlyinstalled Master was proclaimed and saluted in the Three Degrees , the officers of the lodge appointed , and the ceremony brought to a close with the customary addresses by the Installing Officer to the W . M ., the Wardens , and the brethren .
The officers of the year are as follows : Bros . Henry E . Knight ( the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor ) , W . M . ; Ex-Sheriff C . W . C . Hutton , Treas . ; A . W . Stead , S . W . ; Thomas Noton , J . W . ; Edwin J . Honeychurch , S . D . ; Frank Tayler , J . D . ; James Pinder , Sec . ; C . J . Wilkinson , I . G . ; H .
Wilson , D . C ; Alfred Norris , W . S . ; and R . XV . Goddard , P . M . 65 , Tyler . At the conclusion of the business the lodge was closed in due form by the W . M . After the banquet which followed the installation the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed .
After the toasts of "The Queen and the Craft" and "The Grand Master " had been duly honoured ,
The LORD MAYOR rose and said : Brother Wardens and brethren , I have now to propose a toast for your acceptance which will perhaps require a word or two more from me than previous toasts , because those affected by it have come more immediately into connection with this new lodge . I wish to convey to all of them an expression of the regard in which they are
held , but there are some of them to whom we are specially indebted . We are favoured with the presence this evening of many Grand Officers , with that of Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , to whom I shall have to refer more particularly presently , though he must have a fair share of regard now . Bro . Sir John Monckton has not been able to remain with us ,
but we have here Bros . Green , G . D . ; Capt . Philips , P . G . D , ; De Lande Long , P . G . D . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D . ; and Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chaplain , I need scarcely remind you that weare very much indebted to Bro . Capt . Philips and to the other Grand Officers who assisted the Grand Secretary in the consecration ceremony . They have come amongst
us to say God speed to us , and we must never forget what we owe to the Grand Officers for their assistance in establishing this new lodge . In every lodge that I have been in we always paid regard to merit and to worth , and it is with this feeling that I propose a toast to the " Grand Officers
from this John Carpenter Lodge , " and I hope that feeling will prevail for all time , that we may always look up to those above us who have won their position by their integrity and earnestness in promoting the good of the Craft . I shall couple with this toast the name of the Past Grand Chaplain , and in doing so I wish to thank him for the beautiful address with which he