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Consecration Of The Lodge Of Obedience, No. 1753.
A noticeable feature in the decoration of the schoolroom and in the procession was the beautiful hand-worked silk banner , belonging to Semper Fidelis Lodge , Exeter , which was g iven by Bro . J . Horswell . The banquet was held at the White Hart Hotel , the
Provincial Grand Master presiding , and there were about I 2 o brethren present . The catering of Bro . John Ball was perfect in every way , and give entire satisfaction . The tables were adorned with roses and other flowers , kindly sent by Mr . James Walters , of the Mount Radford Nursery .
Consecration Of Faithfull Lodge Of Mark Master Masons.
CONSECRATION OF FAITHFULL LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS .
The Faithfull Lodge , No . 229 , of Mark Master Masons , making the seventh in the province of Cumberland and Westmorland , was duly consecrated and dedicated by Colonel Whitwell , M . P ., R . W . Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Past Grand Warden of England , in the Masonic Hall , Station-street , Cockermouth , on Friday evening , the 23 rd
inst . The visiting brethren , of whom there were quite a numerous and brilliant party from tbe neighbouring lodges , were as follows-. —Bros . Col . Whitwell , M . P ., R . W . Deputy Prov . Grand Master ; G . J . M'Kay , W . M . 195 , P . G . S . W ., P . G . Steward England ; Jas . Gardner , P . M . 151 , P . G . J . W . ; 1 . Nicholson , P . M . and Treas . 15 1 , P . P . G . S . W . ; T . Mandle , P . M . ISI , P . G . J . D . ; T . Usher , P . M . 147 . P . P . G . S . O . ; P .
dcE . Collin , P . M . 151 , P . G . Sec ; G . Dalrymple , W . M . 216 , P . G . J . D . ; W . Lamonby , 147 , P . G . St . Br . ; J . R . Banks , 151 , P . G . Steward ; James Harper , P . M . 216 ; D . Crowden , J . D ., 147 ; J . W . Robinson , S . O . 151 ; R . Brown and T . Weatherston , Lodge 151 ; J . J . Robinson , R . Wilson , W . Tremble , VV . Kennedy , J . Ramsay , and F . Whittle , Lodge 216 . The lodge having been
opened by Bro . Gardiner , assisted by other officers , pro . tern ., the R . W . Consecrating Officer was announced , and , on entering , was received with grand honours . Having taken the chair , the petitioning brethren of Faithful lodge , No . 229 , were arranged in order , as follows : —Bros . W . F . Lamonby , Chaplain 151 , P . P . G . A . D . C . ( Freemason ) , W . M . designate ; R . Robinson , 147 , S . VV . designate ; VV .
H . Leuthwaite , 151 , J . W . designate ; Capt . F . R . Sewell , Reg . Marks 151 ; R . Bailey , Lodge 147 , and H . Peacock , Lodge 151 . The three officers designate are all Past Masters of Skiddaw ( Craft ) Lodge , No . 1002 . The ceremony of consecration was then proceeded with , down to the oration , which was delivered by Bro , VV . F . Lamonby , as Chaplain of Lodge 151 , as follows :
Right Worshipful Sir , W . Master , Past Masters , Wardens , and Brethren—In delivering what is popularly denominated an oration , at the dedication and consecration of all Masonic edifices , though in my case but a humble attempt at an address , it is first my duty to explain the why and wherefore our Mark Master Masons at Cuckcimouth conceived the idea to inaugurate a lodge appertaining to that honourable
degree in Masonry , a degree that everyone who has been advanced to , is ready to admit has few rivals , in beauty of conception or simplicity of purpose , As you are aware , there arc several Mark Masons in the town , members of lodges at a distance , it will scarcely be expected that those members could attend to the duties of their lodges , or obey summonses , in as regular a
manner as in the case of there being a longe at a convenient distance from their dwellings . With the nucleus I have already referred to , and the promises of biethren not as yet members of the honourable degree , we are led to anticipate that Faitlifull Lodge , No . 229 , will this evening be launched on a prosperous voyage . Let me also explain the origin of of the title of our new lodge . It is named in memory
of a departed Craftsman , one to whom , it will be , in the recollection of most of you , Masonry at Cockermouth , at least , owes a debt that can scarcely ever be paid , and one also who was the first Mark Mason in Cockermouth he being a member of Cumberland Lodge , No . 60 , at Carlisle . You will therefore readily perceive that our nomenclature is most apropos . In glancing cursorily at
the history of this honourable degree , it is claimed by Oliver and the great majority of our Masonic writers that the Degrees of Mark Man and Mark Master Mason were instituted by King Solomon , at tbe erection of the temple , for the principal purpose of detecting impostors . Each operative was required to inscribe his own mark upon his handiwork , and , by that means each man ' s mark being
known to the principals—it was easy to discover who weic imperfect and false workmen , and reward or punish them accordingly . Quite recently 1 had the rare opportunity to look to one , of theearliest editions of the Craft Constitutions of England , as compiled by Anderson and Entick , and published in the year 1767 . In the chapter devoted to the " State of Masonry from the Foundation lo the Consecration of
the Temple , " one cannot but be struck with the remarkable application of some of its passages to our English Mark system of the present day . We read that upon the death of King David , and the succession of King Solomon to the throne , the affection Hiram , King of Tyre , had ever maintained for the father prompted him to send a congtatualtory cmbassv to the son , expressing great joy to find the
regality continued in the family . When these ambassadors returned we are told that King Solomon sent a letter to King Hiram in these teims : " King Solomon to King Hiram , greeting . Be it known unto thee , O King , that my father David had it a long time in his mind to erect a temple to the Lord , but being perpetually in war , and under a necessity of clearing his lands of his enemies , and
make them all his tributaries before he could attend to this great and holy work , he hath left it to me in time of peace , both to begin and to finish it , according to direction as well as the prediction of Almighty Gcd . Blessed bc His great Name for the present tianquillity of my dominions ! and , by His gracious assistance , I shall now dedicate the best improvements of this liberty and leisure to his honour and worship . Wherefore 1 make it my request that you will
Consecration Of Faithfull Lodge Of Mark Master Masons.
let some of your people go along with some servants of mine to Mount Lebanon , to assist them in cutting down materials to mend this building , forthe Sidonians understand it much better than we do . As for the workmen ' s reward or wages , whatever you think reasonable shall be punctually paid them . " Hiram , we are told , was highly pleased with this letter , and returned the following answer :
" Nothing could have been more welcome to me than to understand that the government of your blessed father is devolved by God ' s Providence into the hands of so excellent , so wise , and so virtuous a successor . His Holy Name be praised for it . That which you write for shall be done with all care and goo . lwill ; for I will give order to cut down and export such quantities of the fairest cedars and
cypress trees as you shall have occasion for . My people shall bring them to the seaside for you , and from thence ship them away to what port you pirate , where they may be ready for your own men to transport them to Jerusalem . It would be a great obligation , after aU this , to allow us such a provision of corn in exchange as may stand with your convenience , for that is the commodity we islanders
want most . " King Solomon is said to have been much gratified with this answer of the Tyrian king , and , in return for his generous offers , ordered him a yearly present of 20 , 000 measures of wheat , and 20 , 000 measures of fine oil for his household ; besides the same quantity of barley , wheat , wine , and oil , which he engaged to give Hiram ' s Masons , who were to bc employed in the intended
work of the Temple . Hiram was to send the cedars , firs , and other woods upon floats to Joppa , there to be delivered to whom Solomon should direct , in order to be carried to Jerusalem . He sent him also a man of his own name , a Tyrian by birth , but of Israelitish descent , who was a second Bezaleel , and honoured by his king with the title ol father , and in the Second Book of Chronicles ,
chapter second , ver . 13 , is called Haram or Hiram Ab'ff , the most accomplished designer and operator upon earth , who in Solomon ' s absence filled the chair of Deputy Giand Master , and in his presence was the Senior Grand Warden , or Piincipal Surveyor and Master of the work , and general Overseer of all artists , as well of those whom David had formerly procured from Tyre and Sidon , as of those
Hiram should now send . Thus did Hiram , King of 'Tyre , send to King Solomon the cunning workman called HirJm Abiff . Leaving the Scriptural ages , we find ample evidence , if any were needed , that Mark Masonry was coeval with operative Craft Masonry . No better proof of that could be produced than in a visit to the magnificent piles ofthe architects' genius , so abundantly scattered over
this kingdom of ours ; for who has not seen the Masons ' marks on the crumbling stones of the Abbeys of Melrose , Jedburgh , Kelso , Roslin Chapel , and other imperishable monuments of the Masons' craft ? 'Turning to Mark Masonry , iu a speculative sense , the Grand Loilge of England and Walts anil the Colonies , organised so recently as tbe year 18 5 6 , has progressed to
a remarkable extent , as there are now no fewer than 230 lodges under ihe banner of Grand Lodge , and , what is better , those numerous lodges , many of them what are called "Time Immemorial , " originally worked under Scotch auspices , are , with one or two solitary exceptions , all united and cemented into a solid and compact whole —the regime of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons
of England , Wales , and the Colonies . An evidence of the value of consolidation is nowhere better proved than in the history of the Provincial Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland . The Grand Lodge in this province was opened at Carlisle in 186 3 , and for nine years was alone , till , on the opening of a lodge at Keswick , and the formation of a Provincial Grand Lodge in 1872 , when lodges
sprang intoexistenceat Maryport and Kendal , followed , this year , by others at Whitehaven and Fiizington , and to-day is consecrated the Faithfull Lodge , making the respectable total of seven in our hippy little province . The Mark Grand Lodge of England , therefore , having assumed an importance inferior to no other , but , in fact , superior to all others of what sceptics delight to style " side degrees , "
I am led to re-echo the sentiments so ably expressed in this province only two months ago by an eminent brother of the Order , that it is high time the Grand Craft Lodge and Supreme Grand Chapter of England acknowledged the Mark Degree . Our beautiful ritual—indeed , the whole teaching of Mark Masonry—is as totally separate from sectarianism as Craft Masonry or the Royal Arch . In
conclusion , brethren , may the all-seeing eye of the G . A . O . T . U . look down with His divine favour on this new temple , now about to be consecrated and dedicated to His service . May the great moral virtues of Faith , Hope , and Charity be indelibly impressed on our minds and engraven on our hearts—that faith in the G . A . O . T . U . which shall lead us to confidently entertain the hope of ascending into His
heavenly temple , after a life well spent in the exercise of benevolent and charitable actions to our suffering fellow creatures . May we endeavour to improve our remaining space of life so that , when summoned hence to receive our wages , we may take our situation in those blessed regions where all is eternal bliss and light , and then , with the firm but humble confidence that inspired the Craftsman of old
, we can fearlessly exclaim , "Thanks be to God , I have morked well . " The beautiful ceremony , most ably and impressivel y performed , was then continued unto the close , when the Consecrating Officer declared tbe new lodge dedicated to the purposes of Mark Masonry . Colonel Whitwell , M . P . was assisted by several of the W . M . ' s and P . M . ' s present
and the incidental music was under the direction of Bro . Lewthwaitc , J . W . designate , P . G . Org . ( Craft ) Cumberland and Westmorland . Col . Whitwell , in congratulating the brethren of Faithfull Lodge , augured for them a prosperous career , and he expressed his entire concurrence in the title chosen , it being the name of a late brother , who , not only in Cockermouth , but throughout the province , was well and promi-
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ently known as a good and hardworking Mason at heart . He also assured them of the pleasure it had given him to be present on the interesting occasion of consecrating the seventh Mark Lodge in Cumberland and Wcs-tmorland . Bro . J . Gardiner next , in first-class s ' . yle , installed the W . M . designate into the chair of A ., and he also advanced the following six brethren to the degree of Mark Master
Mason , with telling effect , the veteran Bro . Jos . Nicholson acting his well-known role of S . D .: Bros . W . Shilton , P . M . 1002 ; J . Black , W . M . 1002 ; T . C . Robinson , Sec . 1002 ; J . Hcwson , Tyler 1002 ; R . W . Robinson , 1002 ; and F . Jackson , Greta Lodge , No . 1073 . After the completion of the advancement ceremony , Bro . Jimcs Black was elected Treasurer of the new lotlge , and Bro . Hcwson ,
Tyler . The investment of officers was made as follows : Bros . R . Robinson , S . W . ; W . H . Lewthwaitc , J . W . ; Capt . Sewell , M . O . ; R . W . Robinson , S . O . ; T . C . Robinson , J . O . ; J . Black , Treas ., Sec , and Reg . M . ; H . Peacock , S . D . ; R . Bailey , J . D . ; W . Shilton , I . G . ; F . Jackson , Steward ; J . Hewson , Tyler . r The R . W . Deputy Provincial Grand Master was , oh the
proposition of the W . M ., elected an honorary member of Faithfull Lodge , as were also Bros . Gardiner and Nicholson , in recognition of their kind and valuable services in the proceedings of the evening . Col . Whitwell having replied , followed by the other brethers named , the R . W . Deputy Prov . Grand Master and Officers retired from the lodge room , with grand honours .
Hearty good wishes" were tendered from Lodges 147 , 151 , 195 , and 216 , and letters of apology were also received from Bros . F . W . Hayward , P . M . 60 , Carlisle , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . S . D . Eng . ; G . Noakes , W . M . 60 , and others . The lodge was then closed in form at half-past nine , after a sitting of close upon three hours . Subsequently the brethien had supper , at the Rampant
Bull . Bro . W . F . Lamonby presided , supported right and left by Colonel Whitwell , M . P ., Bros . Jos . Nicholson , G . J . M'Kay , G . Dalrymple , P . de E . Collin , and other . ? . Bro . Capt . Sewell was in the vice-chair . The usual loyal toasts , and those appertaining to Mark Masonry , were duly honoured , and the two hours' space devoted to the feast of reason and flow of soul came to a conclusion at
a few minutes before midnight , when the Tyler was called upon to give the last toast , thus warning the great majority of the visiting brethren that the hour had approached when "Tarn maun tide . " A number of visiting brethren also had a distance of fourteen miles to drive , over a horrid road , with rain falling , and therefore , to quote Bro . Robert
Burns , " sic a night as ne ' er poor sinner was abroad in . " This speaks volumes for the devotion of brethren to Masonry in the high latitudes of Cumberland . We may mention that Faithfull Lodge meets on the second Wednesday in every month , anil from present appearances there is every prospect of it becoming one of the most flourishing Mark lodges in the province .
The Late Mr. Martin And Mr. Tomkins.
THE LATE MR . MARTIN AND MR . TOMKINS .
In the course of his sermon at St . Mary Woolnoth on Sunday morning , the curate , the Rev . J . E Fownes , thus referred to the recent death of the above named gentlemen ; During the last month we have been again put in mind of the transitoriness of all things around us . Our tolling bell
has twice reminded Lombard-street of the departure of two of those most respected among us—the treasurer of our Church Restoration Fund , and one of the kindest and readiest of all the kind and ready supporters of that successful effort to restore the sacred Mouse of God in which we worship . Both have come to their time , like the " shock of wheat in full season . " One , probably the elder , was
the head of the honoured house of Martin and Company . He was pleased , as he called to mind , and mentioned it to he rector , that he was baptized in St . Mary Woolnoth some seventy years ago ; and in his childhood ( when the bankers were not all non-resident ) , he was in the habit of coming here to worship . He warmly greeted tbe attempt so successfully made three years ago to put this church into its
present state of substantial repair . We are wont in this place to bring to the thoughts of survivors the names and examples of those who aie called away in their usefulness . It would be ungrateful if we did not give God thanks for such as these , who ( we trust ) rest now in peace , —Mr . Tomkins , our treasurer , and Mr . Martin , our friend from the first , and one of the most liberal , even when no
longer able as a resident to worship here . In St . Mary Woolnoth , this central parish church , we must never fail to record the worthies oi the City , and especially our own of Lombard-street , and trust that they who follow them may emulate their charity and attain at last their Christian peace and hope . —City Press , Aug . 28 th . [ The Mr . Tomkins alluded to is our late lamented Grind Treasurer . ]
KILLED ON THE RAILWAY . —On Monday morning as Mr . Wm . Hopkinson , of the Corn Exchange , was endeavouring to cross the line at Addlestone Station , the buffer of the engine of the 8 . 39 train to Waterloo caught his left arm and threw him down on the rails .
The engine and one of the carriages passed over his body , causing , of course , instantaneous death . Mr . Hopkinson lately lost his wife , and leaves four children . He held a policy against accidents , for , f loco , of the Railway Passengers' Assurance Company , 64 , Cornhiil , E . C .
HOLLOWAY s OINTMENT AMI 1 ' n . i . s . —IJiscaaes of the Bowels . — A remedy , which has been tested and proved in a thousand ditl ' ere-nt ways , capable of eradicating poisonous taints lrom ulcers and healing them up , merits a trial of its capacity for extracting the intcnal corruptions trom the bowels . On rubbing Holloway ' s Ointment repeatedly on the abdomen a rash npoears , and as it thickens tlie alvine subsides derivative
irritability . Acting as a , this unguent draws to the suiface , releases the tender intestines from all acrid matters , and prevents inflammation , dyser . tcrv , and piles , for which blistering was the- o . d-lashioncd , though successful treatment , now fiom its painfulness fallen into disuse , Hie discovery ot this Ointment having proclaimed a r- medy possessing equally derivative , yet , perfectly painless powers —Anvr .
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Consecration Of The Lodge Of Obedience, No. 1753.
A noticeable feature in the decoration of the schoolroom and in the procession was the beautiful hand-worked silk banner , belonging to Semper Fidelis Lodge , Exeter , which was g iven by Bro . J . Horswell . The banquet was held at the White Hart Hotel , the
Provincial Grand Master presiding , and there were about I 2 o brethren present . The catering of Bro . John Ball was perfect in every way , and give entire satisfaction . The tables were adorned with roses and other flowers , kindly sent by Mr . James Walters , of the Mount Radford Nursery .
Consecration Of Faithfull Lodge Of Mark Master Masons.
CONSECRATION OF FAITHFULL LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS .
The Faithfull Lodge , No . 229 , of Mark Master Masons , making the seventh in the province of Cumberland and Westmorland , was duly consecrated and dedicated by Colonel Whitwell , M . P ., R . W . Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Past Grand Warden of England , in the Masonic Hall , Station-street , Cockermouth , on Friday evening , the 23 rd
inst . The visiting brethren , of whom there were quite a numerous and brilliant party from tbe neighbouring lodges , were as follows-. —Bros . Col . Whitwell , M . P ., R . W . Deputy Prov . Grand Master ; G . J . M'Kay , W . M . 195 , P . G . S . W ., P . G . Steward England ; Jas . Gardner , P . M . 151 , P . G . J . W . ; 1 . Nicholson , P . M . and Treas . 15 1 , P . P . G . S . W . ; T . Mandle , P . M . ISI , P . G . J . D . ; T . Usher , P . M . 147 . P . P . G . S . O . ; P .
dcE . Collin , P . M . 151 , P . G . Sec ; G . Dalrymple , W . M . 216 , P . G . J . D . ; W . Lamonby , 147 , P . G . St . Br . ; J . R . Banks , 151 , P . G . Steward ; James Harper , P . M . 216 ; D . Crowden , J . D ., 147 ; J . W . Robinson , S . O . 151 ; R . Brown and T . Weatherston , Lodge 151 ; J . J . Robinson , R . Wilson , W . Tremble , VV . Kennedy , J . Ramsay , and F . Whittle , Lodge 216 . The lodge having been
opened by Bro . Gardiner , assisted by other officers , pro . tern ., the R . W . Consecrating Officer was announced , and , on entering , was received with grand honours . Having taken the chair , the petitioning brethren of Faithful lodge , No . 229 , were arranged in order , as follows : —Bros . W . F . Lamonby , Chaplain 151 , P . P . G . A . D . C . ( Freemason ) , W . M . designate ; R . Robinson , 147 , S . VV . designate ; VV .
H . Leuthwaite , 151 , J . W . designate ; Capt . F . R . Sewell , Reg . Marks 151 ; R . Bailey , Lodge 147 , and H . Peacock , Lodge 151 . The three officers designate are all Past Masters of Skiddaw ( Craft ) Lodge , No . 1002 . The ceremony of consecration was then proceeded with , down to the oration , which was delivered by Bro , VV . F . Lamonby , as Chaplain of Lodge 151 , as follows :
Right Worshipful Sir , W . Master , Past Masters , Wardens , and Brethren—In delivering what is popularly denominated an oration , at the dedication and consecration of all Masonic edifices , though in my case but a humble attempt at an address , it is first my duty to explain the why and wherefore our Mark Master Masons at Cuckcimouth conceived the idea to inaugurate a lodge appertaining to that honourable
degree in Masonry , a degree that everyone who has been advanced to , is ready to admit has few rivals , in beauty of conception or simplicity of purpose , As you are aware , there arc several Mark Masons in the town , members of lodges at a distance , it will scarcely be expected that those members could attend to the duties of their lodges , or obey summonses , in as regular a
manner as in the case of there being a longe at a convenient distance from their dwellings . With the nucleus I have already referred to , and the promises of biethren not as yet members of the honourable degree , we are led to anticipate that Faitlifull Lodge , No . 229 , will this evening be launched on a prosperous voyage . Let me also explain the origin of of the title of our new lodge . It is named in memory
of a departed Craftsman , one to whom , it will be , in the recollection of most of you , Masonry at Cockermouth , at least , owes a debt that can scarcely ever be paid , and one also who was the first Mark Mason in Cockermouth he being a member of Cumberland Lodge , No . 60 , at Carlisle . You will therefore readily perceive that our nomenclature is most apropos . In glancing cursorily at
the history of this honourable degree , it is claimed by Oliver and the great majority of our Masonic writers that the Degrees of Mark Man and Mark Master Mason were instituted by King Solomon , at tbe erection of the temple , for the principal purpose of detecting impostors . Each operative was required to inscribe his own mark upon his handiwork , and , by that means each man ' s mark being
known to the principals—it was easy to discover who weic imperfect and false workmen , and reward or punish them accordingly . Quite recently 1 had the rare opportunity to look to one , of theearliest editions of the Craft Constitutions of England , as compiled by Anderson and Entick , and published in the year 1767 . In the chapter devoted to the " State of Masonry from the Foundation lo the Consecration of
the Temple , " one cannot but be struck with the remarkable application of some of its passages to our English Mark system of the present day . We read that upon the death of King David , and the succession of King Solomon to the throne , the affection Hiram , King of Tyre , had ever maintained for the father prompted him to send a congtatualtory cmbassv to the son , expressing great joy to find the
regality continued in the family . When these ambassadors returned we are told that King Solomon sent a letter to King Hiram in these teims : " King Solomon to King Hiram , greeting . Be it known unto thee , O King , that my father David had it a long time in his mind to erect a temple to the Lord , but being perpetually in war , and under a necessity of clearing his lands of his enemies , and
make them all his tributaries before he could attend to this great and holy work , he hath left it to me in time of peace , both to begin and to finish it , according to direction as well as the prediction of Almighty Gcd . Blessed bc His great Name for the present tianquillity of my dominions ! and , by His gracious assistance , I shall now dedicate the best improvements of this liberty and leisure to his honour and worship . Wherefore 1 make it my request that you will
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let some of your people go along with some servants of mine to Mount Lebanon , to assist them in cutting down materials to mend this building , forthe Sidonians understand it much better than we do . As for the workmen ' s reward or wages , whatever you think reasonable shall be punctually paid them . " Hiram , we are told , was highly pleased with this letter , and returned the following answer :
" Nothing could have been more welcome to me than to understand that the government of your blessed father is devolved by God ' s Providence into the hands of so excellent , so wise , and so virtuous a successor . His Holy Name be praised for it . That which you write for shall be done with all care and goo . lwill ; for I will give order to cut down and export such quantities of the fairest cedars and
cypress trees as you shall have occasion for . My people shall bring them to the seaside for you , and from thence ship them away to what port you pirate , where they may be ready for your own men to transport them to Jerusalem . It would be a great obligation , after aU this , to allow us such a provision of corn in exchange as may stand with your convenience , for that is the commodity we islanders
want most . " King Solomon is said to have been much gratified with this answer of the Tyrian king , and , in return for his generous offers , ordered him a yearly present of 20 , 000 measures of wheat , and 20 , 000 measures of fine oil for his household ; besides the same quantity of barley , wheat , wine , and oil , which he engaged to give Hiram ' s Masons , who were to bc employed in the intended
work of the Temple . Hiram was to send the cedars , firs , and other woods upon floats to Joppa , there to be delivered to whom Solomon should direct , in order to be carried to Jerusalem . He sent him also a man of his own name , a Tyrian by birth , but of Israelitish descent , who was a second Bezaleel , and honoured by his king with the title ol father , and in the Second Book of Chronicles ,
chapter second , ver . 13 , is called Haram or Hiram Ab'ff , the most accomplished designer and operator upon earth , who in Solomon ' s absence filled the chair of Deputy Giand Master , and in his presence was the Senior Grand Warden , or Piincipal Surveyor and Master of the work , and general Overseer of all artists , as well of those whom David had formerly procured from Tyre and Sidon , as of those
Hiram should now send . Thus did Hiram , King of 'Tyre , send to King Solomon the cunning workman called HirJm Abiff . Leaving the Scriptural ages , we find ample evidence , if any were needed , that Mark Masonry was coeval with operative Craft Masonry . No better proof of that could be produced than in a visit to the magnificent piles ofthe architects' genius , so abundantly scattered over
this kingdom of ours ; for who has not seen the Masons ' marks on the crumbling stones of the Abbeys of Melrose , Jedburgh , Kelso , Roslin Chapel , and other imperishable monuments of the Masons' craft ? 'Turning to Mark Masonry , iu a speculative sense , the Grand Loilge of England and Walts anil the Colonies , organised so recently as tbe year 18 5 6 , has progressed to
a remarkable extent , as there are now no fewer than 230 lodges under ihe banner of Grand Lodge , and , what is better , those numerous lodges , many of them what are called "Time Immemorial , " originally worked under Scotch auspices , are , with one or two solitary exceptions , all united and cemented into a solid and compact whole —the regime of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons
of England , Wales , and the Colonies . An evidence of the value of consolidation is nowhere better proved than in the history of the Provincial Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland . The Grand Lodge in this province was opened at Carlisle in 186 3 , and for nine years was alone , till , on the opening of a lodge at Keswick , and the formation of a Provincial Grand Lodge in 1872 , when lodges
sprang intoexistenceat Maryport and Kendal , followed , this year , by others at Whitehaven and Fiizington , and to-day is consecrated the Faithfull Lodge , making the respectable total of seven in our hippy little province . The Mark Grand Lodge of England , therefore , having assumed an importance inferior to no other , but , in fact , superior to all others of what sceptics delight to style " side degrees , "
I am led to re-echo the sentiments so ably expressed in this province only two months ago by an eminent brother of the Order , that it is high time the Grand Craft Lodge and Supreme Grand Chapter of England acknowledged the Mark Degree . Our beautiful ritual—indeed , the whole teaching of Mark Masonry—is as totally separate from sectarianism as Craft Masonry or the Royal Arch . In
conclusion , brethren , may the all-seeing eye of the G . A . O . T . U . look down with His divine favour on this new temple , now about to be consecrated and dedicated to His service . May the great moral virtues of Faith , Hope , and Charity be indelibly impressed on our minds and engraven on our hearts—that faith in the G . A . O . T . U . which shall lead us to confidently entertain the hope of ascending into His
heavenly temple , after a life well spent in the exercise of benevolent and charitable actions to our suffering fellow creatures . May we endeavour to improve our remaining space of life so that , when summoned hence to receive our wages , we may take our situation in those blessed regions where all is eternal bliss and light , and then , with the firm but humble confidence that inspired the Craftsman of old
, we can fearlessly exclaim , "Thanks be to God , I have morked well . " The beautiful ceremony , most ably and impressivel y performed , was then continued unto the close , when the Consecrating Officer declared tbe new lodge dedicated to the purposes of Mark Masonry . Colonel Whitwell , M . P . was assisted by several of the W . M . ' s and P . M . ' s present
and the incidental music was under the direction of Bro . Lewthwaitc , J . W . designate , P . G . Org . ( Craft ) Cumberland and Westmorland . Col . Whitwell , in congratulating the brethren of Faithfull Lodge , augured for them a prosperous career , and he expressed his entire concurrence in the title chosen , it being the name of a late brother , who , not only in Cockermouth , but throughout the province , was well and promi-
Consecration Of Faithfull Lodge Of Mark Master Masons.
ently known as a good and hardworking Mason at heart . He also assured them of the pleasure it had given him to be present on the interesting occasion of consecrating the seventh Mark Lodge in Cumberland and Wcs-tmorland . Bro . J . Gardiner next , in first-class s ' . yle , installed the W . M . designate into the chair of A ., and he also advanced the following six brethren to the degree of Mark Master
Mason , with telling effect , the veteran Bro . Jos . Nicholson acting his well-known role of S . D .: Bros . W . Shilton , P . M . 1002 ; J . Black , W . M . 1002 ; T . C . Robinson , Sec . 1002 ; J . Hcwson , Tyler 1002 ; R . W . Robinson , 1002 ; and F . Jackson , Greta Lodge , No . 1073 . After the completion of the advancement ceremony , Bro . Jimcs Black was elected Treasurer of the new lotlge , and Bro . Hcwson ,
Tyler . The investment of officers was made as follows : Bros . R . Robinson , S . W . ; W . H . Lewthwaitc , J . W . ; Capt . Sewell , M . O . ; R . W . Robinson , S . O . ; T . C . Robinson , J . O . ; J . Black , Treas ., Sec , and Reg . M . ; H . Peacock , S . D . ; R . Bailey , J . D . ; W . Shilton , I . G . ; F . Jackson , Steward ; J . Hewson , Tyler . r The R . W . Deputy Provincial Grand Master was , oh the
proposition of the W . M ., elected an honorary member of Faithfull Lodge , as were also Bros . Gardiner and Nicholson , in recognition of their kind and valuable services in the proceedings of the evening . Col . Whitwell having replied , followed by the other brethers named , the R . W . Deputy Prov . Grand Master and Officers retired from the lodge room , with grand honours .
Hearty good wishes" were tendered from Lodges 147 , 151 , 195 , and 216 , and letters of apology were also received from Bros . F . W . Hayward , P . M . 60 , Carlisle , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . S . D . Eng . ; G . Noakes , W . M . 60 , and others . The lodge was then closed in form at half-past nine , after a sitting of close upon three hours . Subsequently the brethien had supper , at the Rampant
Bull . Bro . W . F . Lamonby presided , supported right and left by Colonel Whitwell , M . P ., Bros . Jos . Nicholson , G . J . M'Kay , G . Dalrymple , P . de E . Collin , and other . ? . Bro . Capt . Sewell was in the vice-chair . The usual loyal toasts , and those appertaining to Mark Masonry , were duly honoured , and the two hours' space devoted to the feast of reason and flow of soul came to a conclusion at
a few minutes before midnight , when the Tyler was called upon to give the last toast , thus warning the great majority of the visiting brethren that the hour had approached when "Tarn maun tide . " A number of visiting brethren also had a distance of fourteen miles to drive , over a horrid road , with rain falling , and therefore , to quote Bro . Robert
Burns , " sic a night as ne ' er poor sinner was abroad in . " This speaks volumes for the devotion of brethren to Masonry in the high latitudes of Cumberland . We may mention that Faithfull Lodge meets on the second Wednesday in every month , anil from present appearances there is every prospect of it becoming one of the most flourishing Mark lodges in the province .
The Late Mr. Martin And Mr. Tomkins.
THE LATE MR . MARTIN AND MR . TOMKINS .
In the course of his sermon at St . Mary Woolnoth on Sunday morning , the curate , the Rev . J . E Fownes , thus referred to the recent death of the above named gentlemen ; During the last month we have been again put in mind of the transitoriness of all things around us . Our tolling bell
has twice reminded Lombard-street of the departure of two of those most respected among us—the treasurer of our Church Restoration Fund , and one of the kindest and readiest of all the kind and ready supporters of that successful effort to restore the sacred Mouse of God in which we worship . Both have come to their time , like the " shock of wheat in full season . " One , probably the elder , was
the head of the honoured house of Martin and Company . He was pleased , as he called to mind , and mentioned it to he rector , that he was baptized in St . Mary Woolnoth some seventy years ago ; and in his childhood ( when the bankers were not all non-resident ) , he was in the habit of coming here to worship . He warmly greeted tbe attempt so successfully made three years ago to put this church into its
present state of substantial repair . We are wont in this place to bring to the thoughts of survivors the names and examples of those who aie called away in their usefulness . It would be ungrateful if we did not give God thanks for such as these , who ( we trust ) rest now in peace , —Mr . Tomkins , our treasurer , and Mr . Martin , our friend from the first , and one of the most liberal , even when no
longer able as a resident to worship here . In St . Mary Woolnoth , this central parish church , we must never fail to record the worthies oi the City , and especially our own of Lombard-street , and trust that they who follow them may emulate their charity and attain at last their Christian peace and hope . —City Press , Aug . 28 th . [ The Mr . Tomkins alluded to is our late lamented Grind Treasurer . ]
KILLED ON THE RAILWAY . —On Monday morning as Mr . Wm . Hopkinson , of the Corn Exchange , was endeavouring to cross the line at Addlestone Station , the buffer of the engine of the 8 . 39 train to Waterloo caught his left arm and threw him down on the rails .
The engine and one of the carriages passed over his body , causing , of course , instantaneous death . Mr . Hopkinson lately lost his wife , and leaves four children . He held a policy against accidents , for , f loco , of the Railway Passengers' Assurance Company , 64 , Cornhiil , E . C .
HOLLOWAY s OINTMENT AMI 1 ' n . i . s . —IJiscaaes of the Bowels . — A remedy , which has been tested and proved in a thousand ditl ' ere-nt ways , capable of eradicating poisonous taints lrom ulcers and healing them up , merits a trial of its capacity for extracting the intcnal corruptions trom the bowels . On rubbing Holloway ' s Ointment repeatedly on the abdomen a rash npoears , and as it thickens tlie alvine subsides derivative
irritability . Acting as a , this unguent draws to the suiface , releases the tender intestines from all acrid matters , and prevents inflammation , dyser . tcrv , and piles , for which blistering was the- o . d-lashioncd , though successful treatment , now fiom its painfulness fallen into disuse , Hie discovery ot this Ointment having proclaimed a r- medy possessing equally derivative , yet , perfectly painless powers —Anvr .