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by urging on the Brethren the support , of the charities . There was nothing so glorious as charity ; it was the oil that calmed the troubled waters of life ; ' twas like the gentle dew from heaven that makes green the desert . He could not but think of the many thousands that were squandered on dress and dinners ; but how many could say that they expended five pounds a year in charity ! Bro . Stebbing concluded by proposing " Health and many years of happiness to Bro . Slade . "
Bro . Slade , in a brief and feeling reply , expressed his gratitude for the kind reception of his name . The Prov . G . M . then , acknowledging the great assistance he had received for so many years from Bro . Stebbing , proposed his health . Bro . Stebbing said , he rose with a verj 7 * grateful heart to thank his supezior for the kind manner in which he had introduced his name . Their Prov . G . M . was in an elevated position of society , whilst he ( Bro . Stebbing ) was a hewer of wood and
drawer of water , always ready to obey the commands of their kind Grand Master ; and those services he should be ready again to afford if required . He was quite satisfied that in * Bro . Firmin they had an officer equally zealous and efficient . Since he first entered upon the office of Secretary there had been great accession of strength , both in Lodges and their rriembers ; and under the mild and gentle rule of Sir Lucius , aided as it had been by that excellent and energetic Mason , his effective deputy , Bro . Deacon ( cheers ) , Freemasonry had prospered in
Hampshire . The teaching and principles of Masonry—promulgated as they were by such large meetings as the one of that day , by maldng known its wide-spreading charities and its Fund of Benevolence—had done much good in Hampshire . By fulfilling all its precepts , and by practising all the great duties of life which it enforced , men would be enabled to see that Freemasonry was something more than
a name , and prove to the world that it had done something to promote the happiness of mankind . Bro . J . Gait very prettily and practically proposed "The Ladies . " And now as the evening was wearing late , the Prov . G . M . left the chair . Bro . Snary contributed to the pleasures of the evening by a few songs .
ISLE OF WIGHT . Yentnor . — Yavborough Lodge ( No . 809 ) . —The usual " meeting of this Lodge was held on Wednesday , the 7 th of October , Bro . J , Briant , W . M ., when some routine business was transacted . The Brethren , before they separated , collected the sum of seven guineas in aid of the Indian Belief Fund .
KENT . Erith . —St . John and St . Paid Lodge ( No . 898 ) . —The first regular meeting of this Lodge ( and the last for the season ) took place on Saturday , the 3 rd October , at the Pier Hotel , when Bro . Luis Artus , the W . M . elect , P . M . of the Mount Moriah Lodge , No . 40 , and Sec . to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , No . 318 , was regularly installed in the chair , by Bro . Charles Purton Cooper , Q . O ., B . W . Prov . G . M ., assisted by Bro . Stephen Barton Wilson , J . G . I ) , of England , the immediate P . M . of this Lodge .
Bro . Wilson , on being invested with the insignia of his office , said : " W . M ., it is customary among Freemasons to invest every officer in the Lodge with a particular Jewel , which designates the situation he holds , and symbolizes the peculiar duties of his office . I bive had the honour on many previous occasions , in different Lodges , of being placed in the distinguished position I now hold in this Lodge ; it may therefore be fairly supposed that I am conversant with the duties which
necessarily devolve on every P . M .. in the Craft ; and in order to show to the B . W . Prov . G . M . that I fully understand the importance of my position , I will , with your permission , make a few observations on the Jewel with which you have just been pleased to invest me . " The W . Brother then proceeded to explain the 47 th Proposition in the first book of " Euclid ' s Elements of Geometry , " which he dilated on , showing it various properties , and its high importance to the science ;
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by urging on the Brethren the support , of the charities . There was nothing so glorious as charity ; it was the oil that calmed the troubled waters of life ; ' twas like the gentle dew from heaven that makes green the desert . He could not but think of the many thousands that were squandered on dress and dinners ; but how many could say that they expended five pounds a year in charity ! Bro . Stebbing concluded by proposing " Health and many years of happiness to Bro . Slade . "
Bro . Slade , in a brief and feeling reply , expressed his gratitude for the kind reception of his name . The Prov . G . M . then , acknowledging the great assistance he had received for so many years from Bro . Stebbing , proposed his health . Bro . Stebbing said , he rose with a verj 7 * grateful heart to thank his supezior for the kind manner in which he had introduced his name . Their Prov . G . M . was in an elevated position of society , whilst he ( Bro . Stebbing ) was a hewer of wood and
drawer of water , always ready to obey the commands of their kind Grand Master ; and those services he should be ready again to afford if required . He was quite satisfied that in * Bro . Firmin they had an officer equally zealous and efficient . Since he first entered upon the office of Secretary there had been great accession of strength , both in Lodges and their rriembers ; and under the mild and gentle rule of Sir Lucius , aided as it had been by that excellent and energetic Mason , his effective deputy , Bro . Deacon ( cheers ) , Freemasonry had prospered in
Hampshire . The teaching and principles of Masonry—promulgated as they were by such large meetings as the one of that day , by maldng known its wide-spreading charities and its Fund of Benevolence—had done much good in Hampshire . By fulfilling all its precepts , and by practising all the great duties of life which it enforced , men would be enabled to see that Freemasonry was something more than
a name , and prove to the world that it had done something to promote the happiness of mankind . Bro . J . Gait very prettily and practically proposed "The Ladies . " And now as the evening was wearing late , the Prov . G . M . left the chair . Bro . Snary contributed to the pleasures of the evening by a few songs .
ISLE OF WIGHT . Yentnor . — Yavborough Lodge ( No . 809 ) . —The usual " meeting of this Lodge was held on Wednesday , the 7 th of October , Bro . J , Briant , W . M ., when some routine business was transacted . The Brethren , before they separated , collected the sum of seven guineas in aid of the Indian Belief Fund .
KENT . Erith . —St . John and St . Paid Lodge ( No . 898 ) . —The first regular meeting of this Lodge ( and the last for the season ) took place on Saturday , the 3 rd October , at the Pier Hotel , when Bro . Luis Artus , the W . M . elect , P . M . of the Mount Moriah Lodge , No . 40 , and Sec . to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , No . 318 , was regularly installed in the chair , by Bro . Charles Purton Cooper , Q . O ., B . W . Prov . G . M ., assisted by Bro . Stephen Barton Wilson , J . G . I ) , of England , the immediate P . M . of this Lodge .
Bro . Wilson , on being invested with the insignia of his office , said : " W . M ., it is customary among Freemasons to invest every officer in the Lodge with a particular Jewel , which designates the situation he holds , and symbolizes the peculiar duties of his office . I bive had the honour on many previous occasions , in different Lodges , of being placed in the distinguished position I now hold in this Lodge ; it may therefore be fairly supposed that I am conversant with the duties which
necessarily devolve on every P . M .. in the Craft ; and in order to show to the B . W . Prov . G . M . that I fully understand the importance of my position , I will , with your permission , make a few observations on the Jewel with which you have just been pleased to invest me . " The W . Brother then proceeded to explain the 47 th Proposition in the first book of " Euclid ' s Elements of Geometry , " which he dilated on , showing it various properties , and its high importance to the science ;