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Article PROVINCIAL LODGES. ← Page 8 of 18 →
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Provincial Lodges.
Junior Deacon . Senior Deacon . Director of Ceremonies . Tracing Board of the third degree . Salver ( with corn , wine , oil , and salt ) , born by a M . M „ ( or a Son of a M . M . ) Secretary , Avith Book of Constitution . Treasurer , with coins to be deposited Junior Warden , Avith the Senior Warden with the Plumb-rule . Level .
Banner of Silurian Lodge . P . G . Tyler . P . G . Pursuivant . Banner of P . G . Lodge . P . G . Organist . P . G . Superintendent of Works . P . G . Director of Ceremonies . P . Asst . G . Director of Ceremonies . Past P . G . Deacons . P . G . Deacons .
P . G . Secretary . P . G . Registrar . P . G . Treasurer . P . G . Steward . P . G . Chaplains . P . G . Steward . Past P . G . Wardens . P . G . Wardens ( with Le \ 'el and Plumb-rule ) . Past P . G . Masters .
P . G . Steward , with 1 „„ , , „„ „ , f P . G . Steward , with Wand . / Deputy P . G . Masters . j Wmd ; Flag of Deputy P . G . Master . Master of Silurian Lodge , with the Square . P . G . Sword Bearer . Stewardwithl
P . G . , v ,, ,, , ., f P . G . Steward , with Wand . J I . G . JUastei . j W ( md Flag of the P . G . Lodge . The Mayor ancl Corporation . Operative Masons , one of whom carried a small portion of mortar ,
The procession being thus formed at the Town-hall , proceeded down Commercialstreet to St . Paul's Church ; on reaching which , the brethren fell back to the right and left , forming an avenue , through which tho P . G . M ., preceded by his SAVOI-CI Bearer , and followed by the W . M . of the Silurian Lodge , the D . P . G . M ., attended by two SteAvards , the P . G , Officers and the rest of the brethren , according to seniority and rank , passed to the church in inverted order , the band playing the " National Anthem . "
About a quarter to two o ' clock the procession arrived al ; the church , where a large congregation was assembled , ancl the service was at once proceeded Avith , the Rev . J . S _ Sidebotham , of Oxford , chaplain of the Silurian Lodge , reading the prayers and lessons . A most excellent choral selection , Avell executed , formed part of the service .
The Rev . G . ROBERTS , the Grand Chaplain , delivered a very eloquent address , from Prov . x . 25 , " The righteous is of everlasting foundation . " He said they had that day met together to lay the foundation-stone of a Masonic Lodge , where the peculiar duties of their Order lA'ere to be performed , Avhere they were to pursue the investigations of science , where they Avere to engage themselves in cultivating knowledge the most sublime—the knowledge of the Most High God and the knowledge of themselves— -the knowlege of the relation in which they stood one towards another
, and especially towards the brethren with whom they were united by a secret and singular bond of sympathy . And then the Lodge itself was an object of interest to the contemplative mind ; for , though based upon the earth , and formed of perishable materials , and circumscribed in its proportions , it had the elements which invested it with a character infinitely beyond that which its mere substantive form imparted , for
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial Lodges.
Junior Deacon . Senior Deacon . Director of Ceremonies . Tracing Board of the third degree . Salver ( with corn , wine , oil , and salt ) , born by a M . M „ ( or a Son of a M . M . ) Secretary , Avith Book of Constitution . Treasurer , with coins to be deposited Junior Warden , Avith the Senior Warden with the Plumb-rule . Level .
Banner of Silurian Lodge . P . G . Tyler . P . G . Pursuivant . Banner of P . G . Lodge . P . G . Organist . P . G . Superintendent of Works . P . G . Director of Ceremonies . P . Asst . G . Director of Ceremonies . Past P . G . Deacons . P . G . Deacons .
P . G . Secretary . P . G . Registrar . P . G . Treasurer . P . G . Steward . P . G . Chaplains . P . G . Steward . Past P . G . Wardens . P . G . Wardens ( with Le \ 'el and Plumb-rule ) . Past P . G . Masters .
P . G . Steward , with 1 „„ , , „„ „ , f P . G . Steward , with Wand . / Deputy P . G . Masters . j Wmd ; Flag of Deputy P . G . Master . Master of Silurian Lodge , with the Square . P . G . Sword Bearer . Stewardwithl
P . G . , v ,, ,, , ., f P . G . Steward , with Wand . J I . G . JUastei . j W ( md Flag of the P . G . Lodge . The Mayor ancl Corporation . Operative Masons , one of whom carried a small portion of mortar ,
The procession being thus formed at the Town-hall , proceeded down Commercialstreet to St . Paul's Church ; on reaching which , the brethren fell back to the right and left , forming an avenue , through which tho P . G . M ., preceded by his SAVOI-CI Bearer , and followed by the W . M . of the Silurian Lodge , the D . P . G . M ., attended by two SteAvards , the P . G , Officers and the rest of the brethren , according to seniority and rank , passed to the church in inverted order , the band playing the " National Anthem . "
About a quarter to two o ' clock the procession arrived al ; the church , where a large congregation was assembled , ancl the service was at once proceeded Avith , the Rev . J . S _ Sidebotham , of Oxford , chaplain of the Silurian Lodge , reading the prayers and lessons . A most excellent choral selection , Avell executed , formed part of the service .
The Rev . G . ROBERTS , the Grand Chaplain , delivered a very eloquent address , from Prov . x . 25 , " The righteous is of everlasting foundation . " He said they had that day met together to lay the foundation-stone of a Masonic Lodge , where the peculiar duties of their Order lA'ere to be performed , Avhere they were to pursue the investigations of science , where they Avere to engage themselves in cultivating knowledge the most sublime—the knowledge of the Most High God and the knowledge of themselves— -the knowlege of the relation in which they stood one towards another
, and especially towards the brethren with whom they were united by a secret and singular bond of sympathy . And then the Lodge itself was an object of interest to the contemplative mind ; for , though based upon the earth , and formed of perishable materials , and circumscribed in its proportions , it had the elements which invested it with a character infinitely beyond that which its mere substantive form imparted , for