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Masoney In The Isle Of Wight

hospitable , but that after the Lodge business was completed , the Brethren had the prerogative of inviting their friends of the fair sex to dine with them in the magnificent orangery , prepared specially and exquisitely adorned for the purpose . The Turkish Masons allow their female relatives , unveiled ( the only instance known ) , to share the entertainments of the Craft , and our Isle of Wight Brethren would not be behind the Turks in courtesy . Wives and sisters had

man of high position , though not a Mason , Mr . Hamborough , of Steephill Castle , near Ventnor , threw open his grounds to a grand entertainment given by the Provincial Grand Lodge , under the Presidency of our excellent and E . W . Bro . Fleming , the Prov . G . M . We learn that Bro . Colonel Boileau allowed the band of his regiment to play in the grounds , and that not only was the reception most

thus the opportunity of participating and of giving zest to reunions wherein , perhaps tempered by their presence , they learned from some most able speeches by Bros . Fleming , Maturin , and others , that Masonry was not merely an eating and drinking association , which kept husbands from their homes , and sacrificed domestic prudence and purity to extravagant self-indulgence , but a system of charity , knowledge , temperance , and honour , wherein motives were enunciated

which tend to the social amelioration of man , by a sacred obligation of the protection due to woman . After the dinner the company enjoyed themselves in the grounds , with gaiety and grateful appreciation of the hospitality of the owner : his property was scrupulously left uninjured , not a flower was touched , no police , no staves , no intoxication , no disorder disturbed the amicable beauty of the scene . It was , as might be expected from those who have hearts attuned by true Masonic conduct , a spot hallowed by the virtues , whence care

was banished , and degraded passion fled ! We do not wonder that several ladies , who had before expressed their doubts as to the benefits of our Order , became converts to the practical good resulting to the world from it . Lest , however , this hearty and spontaneous attestation by them of its excellence

be deemed merely a festive effusion , we will allude to the causes which have afforded throughout the island the highest stimulus to public approbation of Masonry upon intellectual and moral grounds . Having ourselves visited the province , we were struck with , we are ashamed to confess , the somewhat remarkable circumstance ot

finding its Masons not alone " up " in the mere verbiage belonging to their several Lodge positions , but able to recite the lectures and to deliver the grander portions of the ceremonial in a manner as admirable as it was there almost universal . We have traced this , alas ! almost singular precision , in respect of other neighbourhoods ,

to the incessant energy and application of the Provincial Grand Master , who is in the habit of making constant " progresses " through the island , and to the scientific knowledge and Masonic information of his unrivalled Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Hyde Pull en , of Kyde . Not content with keeping alive eyery

“The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine: 1856-08-01, Page 2” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 5 July 2025, django:8000/periodicals/mmr/issues/frm_01081856/page/2/.
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MASONEY IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT Article 1
WOMAN. Article 3
ON THE MYSTERIES OF THE EARLY AGES AS CONNECTED WITH EWLIGION. Article 4
THE PRACTICAL OF MASONRY. Article 9
SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE. * Article 10
THE TRUE PLEASURES OF A MASON. Article 16
BEVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 17
SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Article 18
music. Article 20
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 22
SYMPATHY. Article 24
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 25
METROPOLITAN. Article 30
PROVINCIAL. Article 34
ROYAL ARCH. Article 52
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 53
MARK MASONRY; Article 53
SCOTLAND. Article 53
IRELAND. Article 54
COLONIAL. Article 55
INDIA, Article 57
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR JULY. Article 58
Obituary. Article 62
NOTICE. Article 62
TO CO-RESPONDENTS. Article 62
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Masoney In The Isle Of Wight

hospitable , but that after the Lodge business was completed , the Brethren had the prerogative of inviting their friends of the fair sex to dine with them in the magnificent orangery , prepared specially and exquisitely adorned for the purpose . The Turkish Masons allow their female relatives , unveiled ( the only instance known ) , to share the entertainments of the Craft , and our Isle of Wight Brethren would not be behind the Turks in courtesy . Wives and sisters had

man of high position , though not a Mason , Mr . Hamborough , of Steephill Castle , near Ventnor , threw open his grounds to a grand entertainment given by the Provincial Grand Lodge , under the Presidency of our excellent and E . W . Bro . Fleming , the Prov . G . M . We learn that Bro . Colonel Boileau allowed the band of his regiment to play in the grounds , and that not only was the reception most

thus the opportunity of participating and of giving zest to reunions wherein , perhaps tempered by their presence , they learned from some most able speeches by Bros . Fleming , Maturin , and others , that Masonry was not merely an eating and drinking association , which kept husbands from their homes , and sacrificed domestic prudence and purity to extravagant self-indulgence , but a system of charity , knowledge , temperance , and honour , wherein motives were enunciated

which tend to the social amelioration of man , by a sacred obligation of the protection due to woman . After the dinner the company enjoyed themselves in the grounds , with gaiety and grateful appreciation of the hospitality of the owner : his property was scrupulously left uninjured , not a flower was touched , no police , no staves , no intoxication , no disorder disturbed the amicable beauty of the scene . It was , as might be expected from those who have hearts attuned by true Masonic conduct , a spot hallowed by the virtues , whence care

was banished , and degraded passion fled ! We do not wonder that several ladies , who had before expressed their doubts as to the benefits of our Order , became converts to the practical good resulting to the world from it . Lest , however , this hearty and spontaneous attestation by them of its excellence

be deemed merely a festive effusion , we will allude to the causes which have afforded throughout the island the highest stimulus to public approbation of Masonry upon intellectual and moral grounds . Having ourselves visited the province , we were struck with , we are ashamed to confess , the somewhat remarkable circumstance ot

finding its Masons not alone " up " in the mere verbiage belonging to their several Lodge positions , but able to recite the lectures and to deliver the grander portions of the ceremonial in a manner as admirable as it was there almost universal . We have traced this , alas ! almost singular precision , in respect of other neighbourhoods ,

to the incessant energy and application of the Provincial Grand Master , who is in the habit of making constant " progresses " through the island , and to the scientific knowledge and Masonic information of his unrivalled Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Hyde Pull en , of Kyde . Not content with keeping alive eyery

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