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Consecration Of The Saint Michael's Chapter, No. 1273.
equally dear to the hearts of the other companions present ; but it gave him the greatest pleasure to be present on such an occasion as this , and he hoped there svould be many such in future , for there svere still gaps to be filled up in Arch Masonry in the province . Whenever they met he hoped they should never meet svith less success or a less hearty greeting than they had in St . Michael ' s Chapter . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . )
The M . E . Z . next gave " The Second and 1 hird Grand Principals of the Province , Comps . J . S . Eastes , and C . Holttum . " It is an excellent thing to be a good chief , but it svas also an excellent thing for the chief to have good assistants , and Lord Holmesdale svas singularly fortunate in this respect . Whenever any information svas \ s-anted it svas always granted , and while they had such officers the success of the Royal Arch Masonry in
the province svas assured . Comp . J . S . EASTES , Prov . H ., in reply , said he had no doubt Comp . Holttum like himself felt it a very great honour to be a Provincial Grand Officer under Lord Holmesdale , and it svas a high and laudable desire to svish to be so , and the companions knesv as svell « is he did hosv splendid a thing it svas to serve under so admirable a chief . They hadsvorked together in the province svell , and it svas due to the truly hearty Masonic feeling of the
Superintendent . He ( Comp . Eastes ) most heartily rejoiced to be present at the Consecration of another chapter in the province . The St . Michael's svas the 15 th in the province . It svas scarcely possible to have a chapter to every lodge , because it svas most desirable if they had a chapter it should be strong , and they could not possibly have , as far as his observation in the province went , more than one chapter to three lodges . The real reason was that many of the brethren in a lodge did not feel disposed to go on to the Royal
Arch Degree or higher in Masonry than the Craft . Some svere satisfied svith that , others on the contrary svere not satisfied , but desired to go on . Therefore , as he said the previous Thursday , they got the cream of Freemasonry in the Royal Arch , and such he hoped it svould always be in the Province of Kent . He thanked the companions for having that day enrolled him as one of the members of the chapter , and he should feel himself identified with St . Michael ' s Chapter for the future .
Comp . HOLTTUM said he had had the honour of being promoted by his lordship to office in Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Kent . He had been over 30 years a Mason , and he only svished he had been one long before . He svas sure that Masonry made them all better men , and he hoped that all who joined this chapter svould feel very grateful that it had been established .
The M . E . Z . next gave " The other Grand Officers of Prov . Grand Chapter , " and coupled svith the toast the name of Comp . Spears , who had been a member of Prov . Grand Chapter as long as it had been in existence . Comp . SPEARS in reply said he svas very grateful that he had been so long a member of Prov . Grand Chapter of Kent . Itwas one of the proudest days of his Masonic life when the Grand Superintendent gave him office . It ss'as
an honour given to him as svell as to his chapter , svhich svas one of the oldest in the province , No . 158 . He had been within a fesv months of 20 years a Mason , and he only regretted , as Comp . Holttum did , that he had not been one before . He enjoyed Masonry svhen he entered into it , and he went heart and soul into it . The night he svas initiated he thought as Lord Brougham did when he left Edinburgh , " Nosv for the svoolsack , " "Nosv for the chair . "
He svould say to all his Masonic friends , young Masons and young companions , " There ' s naught but ss'hat ' s good to be understood by a Free and an Accepted Mason . " They had always found it so . A good Mason svas a good and practical man , a good citizen , a good father , and a good member of society . Hc svas proud to be able again to meet the companions and he congratulated the M . E . Z . on the consecration of this nesv chapter , which
added one more to the list in the province of Kent . As Comp . Eastes had said it svas not necessary that every lodge should have a chapter attached , because they found a great many brethren that belonged to lodges joined chapters which belonged to other lodges , and he thought it added to the bond of friendship in Masonry of members of several lodges belonging to one chapter .
The M . E . Z . in giving "The Health of Comp . Robinson " said the brethren svould all agree with him that the ceremony of consecration and the ceremonies of installation had been splendidly performed . For himself he was a little confused because he had so many things to pass through ; but he thought a great deal of it , and he never heard a ceremony better performed . It surprised him hosv Comp . Robinson could remember so much
and keep on talking for so long a time . He must have begun very early so that it got set into his bones and sinesvs . The svay in which Comp . Robinson did the svork regularly struck it into the companions . He hoped Comp . Robinson would excuse him for not saying all he svished to say , but he could not help adding that every svord svas most expressive and there svas not one word superfluous or one svord that svas omitted .
Comp . the Rev . T . ROBINSON , G . A . S . ( svho svas received svith cheers ) , said they were told on very good authority that there was a time for all things , a time to be serious and a time to be merry . The time to be serious svas over . They were at the banquet , and svhatever toasts they had they should enjoy merriment and jollity nosv . It svas true in the ceremony he had the honour of being the principal officer , in that the character of that service was
highly serious , and svas not simply by reason of his cloth , but by being an old Mason , that he had thrown any spirit into the ceremony svhich he had rendered , and ^ if he had met svith the companions' approbation he svas most heartily glad . More especially svas he glad to hear the svords svhich had fallen from the M . E . Z ., because after all he was the first person to have felt these things , as he svas the Principal of the chapter , and on him , at
all events for one year , but in all probability for many years , a great deal svould depend . For it svas most important that the Principal by his character outside the chapter and in it should set an example to the companions of the chapter and to the outside svorld that it was not mere tomfoolery , not mere nonsense , not the mere knife and fork degree that svas going on , but as people knesv there svas a bible
to be seen and they sometimes heard it svas open in the lodge , so the services svere svith the open unveiled pedestal in the chapter as they svere svith the open volume in the lodge ; it svas not to be trifled with . There was a time for all things . Let them be serious at such a time . And nosv , having spoken enough of himself , let him give thc toast svhich after all svas the toast of the day , and he svould give it in a svay in svhich he hoped it svould be given year after year . Year after year he hoped they svould have
their festivals as other chapters had and svould look with gratification on the Principals they had had , and losing one svould find another to carry on the traditions of the chapter till the final goal was ss on , not perhaps on earth , but in another svhere they svould meet their resvard and be accepted by the Great Judge of heas'en and earth . And it was of great importance to remember that the chapter svas the climax of Freemasonry , for , as Comp . Eastes had said , if Masonry svas the milk of human nature the Royal Arch
Consecration Of The Saint Michael's Chapter, No. 1273.
chapter svas really the cream of Masonry . If some men came into Masonry with feelings of levity , some for position , or for something to gain , some looking on it as a social club—if any of those hearty good fellosvs as they wero called , to use a common phrase in their town , and excellent social companions , if they did not catch the spirit and imbibe the true principles of Masonry , there they svould stop ; but those who had the true spirit of Masonry
svould go higher and higher , and they svould find that it svas the Great Father of us all that is our svorship , svhatever thc climate , svhatever the politics , whatever the nationality , yet sve svere still creatures of one Great Creator ^ and it was our duty to communicate happiness to our fellosv creatures and not to let the light svhich svas not ours by our osvn merit , but svhich was given by a Great Posver above , be hidden svithin our bosoms from any absurd ideas of selfishness
, but let it be communicated to all . Therefore in the great Order to svhich they belonged , to svhich thc Royal Arch svas a great addition , it was a great thing that thc Principals of the chapter should set an example themselves and communicate light and impart instruction to others . It svas a great thing that in every succeeding year Masons should look forward svith pleasure to the future , and on this great occasion svhen
they drank the health of the Principals , svhich he svas about to call upon them to do , and to join svith it another svhich would never again be -riven in the chapter , '' Prosperity to St . Michael ' s Chapter and long life and happiness to the Principals svho svere to preside over it , " he trusted they svould drink it svith all sincerity and heartiness , and svish the Principals a happy and prosperous year of office .
Ihe M . b . Z . on behalf of himself and Comps . Burley and Black thanked the companions for the toast . And before the companions left he svished to go a little into the history of the chapter . There svas a death among the petitioners after the petition was granted which put them ratherin a fix and on their beam ends ; but they svere fortunate enough to get Major Moore to consent to become ist Principal . His name , hosvever , not being on the petition he could not be Then it
accepted . svas put to him ( Comp . Goldfinch ) , but from his Masonic modesty he did not svish to take it . At last it svas put to him as a duty and he accepted it . That svas svhy he svas placed in thc first chair , and he should endeavour to do his duty in it . He knesv he should be svell supported by his officers right and left , and that they would assist him as much as lay in their posver . They did not expect to be perfect at first . That shosved the of
importance going into Masonry in tlieir young days , as Comp . Holttum had said . He ( Comp . Goldfinch ) svas old ; but there svas lifc in the old dog yet , and as long as he lived he should try to do his duty . He hoped svhen thc Grand Officers came on future occasions they svould be able to say that the officers of the St . Michael ' s Chapter did not want assistance from outside their chapter . What Comp . Stears had quoted from Lord
Brougham svas equally true of him ( Comp . Goldfinch ) . When he first entered Masonry he intended to get to the top , and this he should endeavour to do if they did not trip him up . The M . E . Z . in proposing "The Visitors " said those svho gave the invitations were more the debtors than they svho accepted them . Most of those that day had come from a long distance , and had sacrified a great amount of time .
Comp . T . S . WARNE , Prov . G . S . E ., in replying said it svas svith great pleasure that the companions , svith their Grand Superintendent at their head , received the invitation ; it svas a great pleasure to see the ceremony so ably performed , it svas another great pleasure to see the Three Principals placed in the chair , and the chairs so svorthily filled , and it had been a source of great pleasure to receive the hospitality of the chapter at the banquet table . They hoped , as they knew , that St . Michael ' s Chanter
svould have an excellent career , and the visitors , they knesv , svould alsvays receive an hospitable welcome . It svould be at all times a great pleasure to visit the chapter of svhich he had the distinction that afternoon to be elected an honorary member . If circumstances svould allosv he should from time to time come and see hosv they svere svorking , and he expressed the hope that St . Michael s Chapter svould add lustre to the Province and be a most distinguished chapter .
Comp . PENFOLD also replied , and said he felt a double interest in the chapter because he svas one of the petitioners for the St . Michael ' s Lodge , and its second W . M . He svas delighted to find it had attained such growth and that it had a chapter granted to it . The other toasts svere given before the company broke up . The chapter was furnished by Comp . George Kenning , Little Britain , London .
Consecration Of The Mawddach Lodge, No. 1988, North Wales.
CONSECRATION OF THE MAWDDACH LODGE , No . 1988 , NORTH WALES .
Ihe M . W . G . M ., his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , having ?> ^ ™ a D war c- lnMor - ^ "ew l ° dgeto beheld at Barmouth , the Deputy , ,, V ? , ' , ,. lteman ' Bart " " * absence through ill-health of Bro . Sir Watkin W . Wynne , Bart ., M . P ., the P . G . M ., recently held a Provincial Grand Lodge at St . Ann ' s-buildings , Barmouth , for the purpose of consecrating the new lod ge . The attendance svas large , and included
many brethren from distant parts of the province . After the consecration the Deputy Provincial Grand Master installed Bro . Lovegrove as VV M Bro . W . R . Davies svas invested S . VV . and Bro . Jones as J . W Before the lodge closed a number of members joined and several were proposed for initiation . e A banquet svas subsequently held at the Cors-y-Gedol Hotel , at which , about 40 brethren attended . After the usual Masonic toasts Bro . LOVEGROVE , in returning thanks for his health , took thc opportunity of thanking Sir Ollley Wakcman for his attendance there to perform the ceremonies of consecration and installation .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
Our readers will learn with regret , that Miss Davis , the head governess of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , to svhom the school osves so much and to svhose ability and indefatigable exertions is due its present high standard of efficiency , is suffering from serious illness , and it is feared many weeks must elapse before she will be sufficientlrestored to
y health to resume her duties . It is , hosvever , satisfactory to know , that to so perfect a condition of efficiency has Miss Davis brought the system of teaching and discipline , that her temporary absence will but serve to show hosv svell those trained and educated b y her are able to undertake the duties and responsibilites attaching to the important post she holds
. We understand that Miss Redgrave , svho has for some years acted as Miss Davis s first assistant , has been formally deputed by the House Committer to undertake the duties of head governess during the absence of Miss Davis which sve , and sve are sure all our readers , trust may be of short duration /
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Consecration Of The Saint Michael's Chapter, No. 1273.
equally dear to the hearts of the other companions present ; but it gave him the greatest pleasure to be present on such an occasion as this , and he hoped there svould be many such in future , for there svere still gaps to be filled up in Arch Masonry in the province . Whenever they met he hoped they should never meet svith less success or a less hearty greeting than they had in St . Michael ' s Chapter . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . )
The M . E . Z . next gave " The Second and 1 hird Grand Principals of the Province , Comps . J . S . Eastes , and C . Holttum . " It is an excellent thing to be a good chief , but it svas also an excellent thing for the chief to have good assistants , and Lord Holmesdale svas singularly fortunate in this respect . Whenever any information svas \ s-anted it svas always granted , and while they had such officers the success of the Royal Arch Masonry in
the province svas assured . Comp . J . S . EASTES , Prov . H ., in reply , said he had no doubt Comp . Holttum like himself felt it a very great honour to be a Provincial Grand Officer under Lord Holmesdale , and it svas a high and laudable desire to svish to be so , and the companions knesv as svell « is he did hosv splendid a thing it svas to serve under so admirable a chief . They hadsvorked together in the province svell , and it svas due to the truly hearty Masonic feeling of the
Superintendent . He ( Comp . Eastes ) most heartily rejoiced to be present at the Consecration of another chapter in the province . The St . Michael's svas the 15 th in the province . It svas scarcely possible to have a chapter to every lodge , because it svas most desirable if they had a chapter it should be strong , and they could not possibly have , as far as his observation in the province went , more than one chapter to three lodges . The real reason was that many of the brethren in a lodge did not feel disposed to go on to the Royal
Arch Degree or higher in Masonry than the Craft . Some svere satisfied svith that , others on the contrary svere not satisfied , but desired to go on . Therefore , as he said the previous Thursday , they got the cream of Freemasonry in the Royal Arch , and such he hoped it svould always be in the Province of Kent . He thanked the companions for having that day enrolled him as one of the members of the chapter , and he should feel himself identified with St . Michael ' s Chapter for the future .
Comp . HOLTTUM said he had had the honour of being promoted by his lordship to office in Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Kent . He had been over 30 years a Mason , and he only svished he had been one long before . He svas sure that Masonry made them all better men , and he hoped that all who joined this chapter svould feel very grateful that it had been established .
The M . E . Z . next gave " The other Grand Officers of Prov . Grand Chapter , " and coupled svith the toast the name of Comp . Spears , who had been a member of Prov . Grand Chapter as long as it had been in existence . Comp . SPEARS in reply said he svas very grateful that he had been so long a member of Prov . Grand Chapter of Kent . Itwas one of the proudest days of his Masonic life when the Grand Superintendent gave him office . It ss'as
an honour given to him as svell as to his chapter , svhich svas one of the oldest in the province , No . 158 . He had been within a fesv months of 20 years a Mason , and he only regretted , as Comp . Holttum did , that he had not been one before . He enjoyed Masonry svhen he entered into it , and he went heart and soul into it . The night he svas initiated he thought as Lord Brougham did when he left Edinburgh , " Nosv for the svoolsack , " "Nosv for the chair . "
He svould say to all his Masonic friends , young Masons and young companions , " There ' s naught but ss'hat ' s good to be understood by a Free and an Accepted Mason . " They had always found it so . A good Mason svas a good and practical man , a good citizen , a good father , and a good member of society . Hc svas proud to be able again to meet the companions and he congratulated the M . E . Z . on the consecration of this nesv chapter , which
added one more to the list in the province of Kent . As Comp . Eastes had said it svas not necessary that every lodge should have a chapter attached , because they found a great many brethren that belonged to lodges joined chapters which belonged to other lodges , and he thought it added to the bond of friendship in Masonry of members of several lodges belonging to one chapter .
The M . E . Z . in giving "The Health of Comp . Robinson " said the brethren svould all agree with him that the ceremony of consecration and the ceremonies of installation had been splendidly performed . For himself he was a little confused because he had so many things to pass through ; but he thought a great deal of it , and he never heard a ceremony better performed . It surprised him hosv Comp . Robinson could remember so much
and keep on talking for so long a time . He must have begun very early so that it got set into his bones and sinesvs . The svay in which Comp . Robinson did the svork regularly struck it into the companions . He hoped Comp . Robinson would excuse him for not saying all he svished to say , but he could not help adding that every svord svas most expressive and there svas not one word superfluous or one svord that svas omitted .
Comp . the Rev . T . ROBINSON , G . A . S . ( svho svas received svith cheers ) , said they were told on very good authority that there was a time for all things , a time to be serious and a time to be merry . The time to be serious svas over . They were at the banquet , and svhatever toasts they had they should enjoy merriment and jollity nosv . It svas true in the ceremony he had the honour of being the principal officer , in that the character of that service was
highly serious , and svas not simply by reason of his cloth , but by being an old Mason , that he had thrown any spirit into the ceremony svhich he had rendered , and ^ if he had met svith the companions' approbation he svas most heartily glad . More especially svas he glad to hear the svords svhich had fallen from the M . E . Z ., because after all he was the first person to have felt these things , as he svas the Principal of the chapter , and on him , at
all events for one year , but in all probability for many years , a great deal svould depend . For it svas most important that the Principal by his character outside the chapter and in it should set an example to the companions of the chapter and to the outside svorld that it was not mere tomfoolery , not mere nonsense , not the mere knife and fork degree that svas going on , but as people knesv there svas a bible
to be seen and they sometimes heard it svas open in the lodge , so the services svere svith the open unveiled pedestal in the chapter as they svere svith the open volume in the lodge ; it svas not to be trifled with . There was a time for all things . Let them be serious at such a time . And nosv , having spoken enough of himself , let him give thc toast svhich after all svas the toast of the day , and he svould give it in a svay in svhich he hoped it svould be given year after year . Year after year he hoped they svould have
their festivals as other chapters had and svould look with gratification on the Principals they had had , and losing one svould find another to carry on the traditions of the chapter till the final goal was ss on , not perhaps on earth , but in another svhere they svould meet their resvard and be accepted by the Great Judge of heas'en and earth . And it was of great importance to remember that the chapter svas the climax of Freemasonry , for , as Comp . Eastes had said , if Masonry svas the milk of human nature the Royal Arch
Consecration Of The Saint Michael's Chapter, No. 1273.
chapter svas really the cream of Masonry . If some men came into Masonry with feelings of levity , some for position , or for something to gain , some looking on it as a social club—if any of those hearty good fellosvs as they wero called , to use a common phrase in their town , and excellent social companions , if they did not catch the spirit and imbibe the true principles of Masonry , there they svould stop ; but those who had the true spirit of Masonry
svould go higher and higher , and they svould find that it svas the Great Father of us all that is our svorship , svhatever thc climate , svhatever the politics , whatever the nationality , yet sve svere still creatures of one Great Creator ^ and it was our duty to communicate happiness to our fellosv creatures and not to let the light svhich svas not ours by our osvn merit , but svhich was given by a Great Posver above , be hidden svithin our bosoms from any absurd ideas of selfishness
, but let it be communicated to all . Therefore in the great Order to svhich they belonged , to svhich thc Royal Arch svas a great addition , it was a great thing that thc Principals of the chapter should set an example themselves and communicate light and impart instruction to others . It svas a great thing that in every succeeding year Masons should look forward svith pleasure to the future , and on this great occasion svhen
they drank the health of the Principals , svhich he svas about to call upon them to do , and to join svith it another svhich would never again be -riven in the chapter , '' Prosperity to St . Michael ' s Chapter and long life and happiness to the Principals svho svere to preside over it , " he trusted they svould drink it svith all sincerity and heartiness , and svish the Principals a happy and prosperous year of office .
Ihe M . b . Z . on behalf of himself and Comps . Burley and Black thanked the companions for the toast . And before the companions left he svished to go a little into the history of the chapter . There svas a death among the petitioners after the petition was granted which put them ratherin a fix and on their beam ends ; but they svere fortunate enough to get Major Moore to consent to become ist Principal . His name , hosvever , not being on the petition he could not be Then it
accepted . svas put to him ( Comp . Goldfinch ) , but from his Masonic modesty he did not svish to take it . At last it svas put to him as a duty and he accepted it . That svas svhy he svas placed in thc first chair , and he should endeavour to do his duty in it . He knesv he should be svell supported by his officers right and left , and that they would assist him as much as lay in their posver . They did not expect to be perfect at first . That shosved the of
importance going into Masonry in tlieir young days , as Comp . Holttum had said . He ( Comp . Goldfinch ) svas old ; but there svas lifc in the old dog yet , and as long as he lived he should try to do his duty . He hoped svhen thc Grand Officers came on future occasions they svould be able to say that the officers of the St . Michael ' s Chapter did not want assistance from outside their chapter . What Comp . Stears had quoted from Lord
Brougham svas equally true of him ( Comp . Goldfinch ) . When he first entered Masonry he intended to get to the top , and this he should endeavour to do if they did not trip him up . The M . E . Z . in proposing "The Visitors " said those svho gave the invitations were more the debtors than they svho accepted them . Most of those that day had come from a long distance , and had sacrified a great amount of time .
Comp . T . S . WARNE , Prov . G . S . E ., in replying said it svas svith great pleasure that the companions , svith their Grand Superintendent at their head , received the invitation ; it svas a great pleasure to see the ceremony so ably performed , it svas another great pleasure to see the Three Principals placed in the chair , and the chairs so svorthily filled , and it had been a source of great pleasure to receive the hospitality of the chapter at the banquet table . They hoped , as they knew , that St . Michael ' s Chanter
svould have an excellent career , and the visitors , they knesv , svould alsvays receive an hospitable welcome . It svould be at all times a great pleasure to visit the chapter of svhich he had the distinction that afternoon to be elected an honorary member . If circumstances svould allosv he should from time to time come and see hosv they svere svorking , and he expressed the hope that St . Michael s Chapter svould add lustre to the Province and be a most distinguished chapter .
Comp . PENFOLD also replied , and said he felt a double interest in the chapter because he svas one of the petitioners for the St . Michael ' s Lodge , and its second W . M . He svas delighted to find it had attained such growth and that it had a chapter granted to it . The other toasts svere given before the company broke up . The chapter was furnished by Comp . George Kenning , Little Britain , London .
Consecration Of The Mawddach Lodge, No. 1988, North Wales.
CONSECRATION OF THE MAWDDACH LODGE , No . 1988 , NORTH WALES .
Ihe M . W . G . M ., his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , having ?> ^ ™ a D war c- lnMor - ^ "ew l ° dgeto beheld at Barmouth , the Deputy , ,, V ? , ' , ,. lteman ' Bart " " * absence through ill-health of Bro . Sir Watkin W . Wynne , Bart ., M . P ., the P . G . M ., recently held a Provincial Grand Lodge at St . Ann ' s-buildings , Barmouth , for the purpose of consecrating the new lod ge . The attendance svas large , and included
many brethren from distant parts of the province . After the consecration the Deputy Provincial Grand Master installed Bro . Lovegrove as VV M Bro . W . R . Davies svas invested S . VV . and Bro . Jones as J . W Before the lodge closed a number of members joined and several were proposed for initiation . e A banquet svas subsequently held at the Cors-y-Gedol Hotel , at which , about 40 brethren attended . After the usual Masonic toasts Bro . LOVEGROVE , in returning thanks for his health , took thc opportunity of thanking Sir Ollley Wakcman for his attendance there to perform the ceremonies of consecration and installation .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
Our readers will learn with regret , that Miss Davis , the head governess of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , to svhom the school osves so much and to svhose ability and indefatigable exertions is due its present high standard of efficiency , is suffering from serious illness , and it is feared many weeks must elapse before she will be sufficientlrestored to
y health to resume her duties . It is , hosvever , satisfactory to know , that to so perfect a condition of efficiency has Miss Davis brought the system of teaching and discipline , that her temporary absence will but serve to show hosv svell those trained and educated b y her are able to undertake the duties and responsibilites attaching to the important post she holds
. We understand that Miss Redgrave , svho has for some years acted as Miss Davis s first assistant , has been formally deputed by the House Committer to undertake the duties of head governess during the absence of Miss Davis which sve , and sve are sure all our readers , trust may be of short duration /