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The Province Of Durham.—(Continued.)
1 'HU'NJX MASONIC HALL ( WEST VIEW )
another , the St . Paul , of the " Ancients , " of 1812 , only kept on the roll to 1828 , and finally No . 618 , the Wear , of 18 35 , ceased its labours in 186 4 at Chester-le-Street . For such a long period , however , the lodges that have been erased under the Province of Durham are exceptionally few in number , but one or two are much to be regretted .
The illustrations for this article have chiefly been kindly supplied by Bros . Hudson and Logan , and add much to the interest and value of the text . The photograph of the first Earl of Durham , Pro Grand Master of England and Provincial Grand Master of the
county , is from an oil-painting by Philip Reinagle from original by Sir Thomas Lawrence , and hangs in the Freemasons' Hall of the city . The portrait in oil of Canon Tristram , LL . D ., is by T . E .
Macklin , of Newcastle-on-Tyne , and was presented about ten years ago to that worthy brother as Provincial Grand Master of the Mark Province of Durham and Northumberland . Photogravures were taken , and from one of these the photo was produced . At the west end of the Phoenix Masonic Hall , Sunderland ,
is an organ built by Nicholson , of Newcastle-on-Tyne , in 1785 , at a cost of £ 85 . I think the other illustrations speak for themselves . A regretable error occured in the July number of THE MASONIC ILLUSTRATED in respect to Bro . Logan ' s rank in the
Province of Durham . It should have been Past Provincial Grand Registrar . For some years also he was a most efficient Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies . W . T . HUGHAN .
Consecration Of The Royal Thames Lodge, No. 2966.
Consecration of the Royal Thames Lodge , No . 2966 .
H" -rlE above lodge , the meetings of which are to be held I at the Manor House , Datchet , was consecrated at the Masonic Hall , Slough , on Wednesday , June 17 th , and the beautiful ceremony was impresssivel y rendered by Bro . John Evan Boweu , P . G . D ., Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Buckinghamshire , in the unavoidable absence of Lord
Addington , the Provincial Grand Master . The other Consecrating Officers , were Bros . G . H . Charsley , P . P . G . Registrar , as S . W . ; A . Turner , P . P . S . G . W ., as J . W . ; the Rev . C . E . Roberts , P . P . G . C , Prov . Grand Secretary , as Chaplain ; J . C . F . Tower , P . D . G . D . C , as Director of
Ceremonies , and G . E . Harris , Prov . G . P ., as I . G . During the ceremony , an impressive oration on the nature and principles of Freemasonry was given by Bro . the Rev . C . E . Roberts , as Chaplain . The phenomenal growth of Freemasonry , he thought , was one of the wonders of the present clay , and was no more amply illustrated than in the province of Bucks . When the province parted
company with her twin sister of Berkshire , and entered upon a separate and independent existence in 1890 , it had a membership of twelve lodges , and now , in the year 1903 , they had exactly double that number , and were that day consecrating their twenty-fourth lodge . They might fairly congratulate themselves on their vigorous growth . With
regard lo the latest addition to their muster roll , the names of the founders , no less than the objects they had had in view in forming it , were a sufficient guarantee that the Royal Thames Lodge would add prestige and lustre to the province , and prove itself a worthy representative of the principles and
tenets of the Craft , but they must remember that the higher they rose in importance as an institution the more serious became their responsibilities , and the more necessary was it that they should be able to give an answer to those who sought for a reason for our devotion to the great Fraternity which absorbed so much of our time , our energies , and our money . One of the commonest questions which they , as
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The Province Of Durham.—(Continued.)
1 'HU'NJX MASONIC HALL ( WEST VIEW )
another , the St . Paul , of the " Ancients , " of 1812 , only kept on the roll to 1828 , and finally No . 618 , the Wear , of 18 35 , ceased its labours in 186 4 at Chester-le-Street . For such a long period , however , the lodges that have been erased under the Province of Durham are exceptionally few in number , but one or two are much to be regretted .
The illustrations for this article have chiefly been kindly supplied by Bros . Hudson and Logan , and add much to the interest and value of the text . The photograph of the first Earl of Durham , Pro Grand Master of England and Provincial Grand Master of the
county , is from an oil-painting by Philip Reinagle from original by Sir Thomas Lawrence , and hangs in the Freemasons' Hall of the city . The portrait in oil of Canon Tristram , LL . D ., is by T . E .
Macklin , of Newcastle-on-Tyne , and was presented about ten years ago to that worthy brother as Provincial Grand Master of the Mark Province of Durham and Northumberland . Photogravures were taken , and from one of these the photo was produced . At the west end of the Phoenix Masonic Hall , Sunderland ,
is an organ built by Nicholson , of Newcastle-on-Tyne , in 1785 , at a cost of £ 85 . I think the other illustrations speak for themselves . A regretable error occured in the July number of THE MASONIC ILLUSTRATED in respect to Bro . Logan ' s rank in the
Province of Durham . It should have been Past Provincial Grand Registrar . For some years also he was a most efficient Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies . W . T . HUGHAN .
Consecration Of The Royal Thames Lodge, No. 2966.
Consecration of the Royal Thames Lodge , No . 2966 .
H" -rlE above lodge , the meetings of which are to be held I at the Manor House , Datchet , was consecrated at the Masonic Hall , Slough , on Wednesday , June 17 th , and the beautiful ceremony was impresssivel y rendered by Bro . John Evan Boweu , P . G . D ., Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Buckinghamshire , in the unavoidable absence of Lord
Addington , the Provincial Grand Master . The other Consecrating Officers , were Bros . G . H . Charsley , P . P . G . Registrar , as S . W . ; A . Turner , P . P . S . G . W ., as J . W . ; the Rev . C . E . Roberts , P . P . G . C , Prov . Grand Secretary , as Chaplain ; J . C . F . Tower , P . D . G . D . C , as Director of
Ceremonies , and G . E . Harris , Prov . G . P ., as I . G . During the ceremony , an impressive oration on the nature and principles of Freemasonry was given by Bro . the Rev . C . E . Roberts , as Chaplain . The phenomenal growth of Freemasonry , he thought , was one of the wonders of the present clay , and was no more amply illustrated than in the province of Bucks . When the province parted
company with her twin sister of Berkshire , and entered upon a separate and independent existence in 1890 , it had a membership of twelve lodges , and now , in the year 1903 , they had exactly double that number , and were that day consecrating their twenty-fourth lodge . They might fairly congratulate themselves on their vigorous growth . With
regard lo the latest addition to their muster roll , the names of the founders , no less than the objects they had had in view in forming it , were a sufficient guarantee that the Royal Thames Lodge would add prestige and lustre to the province , and prove itself a worthy representative of the principles and
tenets of the Craft , but they must remember that the higher they rose in importance as an institution the more serious became their responsibilities , and the more necessary was it that they should be able to give an answer to those who sought for a reason for our devotion to the great Fraternity which absorbed so much of our time , our energies , and our money . One of the commonest questions which they , as