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Article THE EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT. ← Page 2 of 2 Article OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER. Page 1 of 7 →
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The Emulation Lodge Of Improvement.
as a means of advancement in knowledge---when the parent body , with a local habitation worthy of its name , shall encourage the study of those liberal arts which lie within its peculiar province . '
The applause with which this sentiment was greeted told how thoroughly it Was responded to by the Brethren present ; and the exposition of what might be done through the influence of a library and a museum , in which might be found side By side the memorials of the great and the good—a Wren and a Jones—a Sussex and a Moira—a . Gilkes and a Wilson—was no less cordially received . Truly did the Worshipful Master state that Masonry was never in a more
flourishing , state titan at present , and that nothing but dissension within could stay its progress , or lead to its clestruction . Of the latter we have no fear , for Masonry contains too much of good in itself—too much of charity and forbearance amongst its members—to lead to any such result ; nor even will its progress be stayed , for the dissensions which have for some time unhappily prevailed in G-rand Lodge have never entered , so far as we know , our private Lodges , and will , ere long , pass away like summer clouds , leaving the scene more fair than it was before they arose .
Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTEE .
The E . W . Brother , the Earl Eortescue , has appointed Bro . Samuel Gave , W . M ., No . 122 , Prov . Grand Superintendent of Works for the province of Devon . It is an important province , and will we trust profit by the zeal of Bro . Cave . In . the list which the FYee 7 ) iasons Magazine has published of officers for the province of Essex , we do not observe the name of the Prov , Grand Superintendent of Works . Unless the E . W . Bro . Bagshaw , M . P ., has felt himself precluded by his new resolution to appoint no metropolitan members to Provincial Grand ofiice , he ought to have a good list of architects from which to select . We should like to know the
name of the Prov . Grand Superintendent . We have already stated our intention to publish a list of the various Provincial Grand Superintendents of Works ; but we are glad to have to record something more than names , for we find Bro . J . 0 . Gill , Prov . Grand Supt . of Works for Yorkshire , very laudably engaged . The R . W . Bro . Dr . Pearnley , Deputy Prov . Grand Master ,
being desirous of giving a pledge of his regard for the Lodge of the Three Grand Principles at Dewsbury , considered that a carpet would be a suitable testimonial , and in order that it might be conformable to its destination , he requested Bro . Gill to furnish thp design—a proceeding equally judicious on the part of Bro . Fearnley and acceptable to Bro . Gill . It is too common in the furnishing of Lodges , to go to some commoii workmen aud order something hap-3 t 2
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The Emulation Lodge Of Improvement.
as a means of advancement in knowledge---when the parent body , with a local habitation worthy of its name , shall encourage the study of those liberal arts which lie within its peculiar province . '
The applause with which this sentiment was greeted told how thoroughly it Was responded to by the Brethren present ; and the exposition of what might be done through the influence of a library and a museum , in which might be found side By side the memorials of the great and the good—a Wren and a Jones—a Sussex and a Moira—a . Gilkes and a Wilson—was no less cordially received . Truly did the Worshipful Master state that Masonry was never in a more
flourishing , state titan at present , and that nothing but dissension within could stay its progress , or lead to its clestruction . Of the latter we have no fear , for Masonry contains too much of good in itself—too much of charity and forbearance amongst its members—to lead to any such result ; nor even will its progress be stayed , for the dissensions which have for some time unhappily prevailed in G-rand Lodge have never entered , so far as we know , our private Lodges , and will , ere long , pass away like summer clouds , leaving the scene more fair than it was before they arose .
Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTEE .
The E . W . Brother , the Earl Eortescue , has appointed Bro . Samuel Gave , W . M ., No . 122 , Prov . Grand Superintendent of Works for the province of Devon . It is an important province , and will we trust profit by the zeal of Bro . Cave . In . the list which the FYee 7 ) iasons Magazine has published of officers for the province of Essex , we do not observe the name of the Prov , Grand Superintendent of Works . Unless the E . W . Bro . Bagshaw , M . P ., has felt himself precluded by his new resolution to appoint no metropolitan members to Provincial Grand ofiice , he ought to have a good list of architects from which to select . We should like to know the
name of the Prov . Grand Superintendent . We have already stated our intention to publish a list of the various Provincial Grand Superintendents of Works ; but we are glad to have to record something more than names , for we find Bro . J . 0 . Gill , Prov . Grand Supt . of Works for Yorkshire , very laudably engaged . The R . W . Bro . Dr . Pearnley , Deputy Prov . Grand Master ,
being desirous of giving a pledge of his regard for the Lodge of the Three Grand Principles at Dewsbury , considered that a carpet would be a suitable testimonial , and in order that it might be conformable to its destination , he requested Bro . Gill to furnish thp design—a proceeding equally judicious on the part of Bro . Fearnley and acceptable to Bro . Gill . It is too common in the furnishing of Lodges , to go to some commoii workmen aud order something hap-3 t 2