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Craft , were toe of the reasons adduced tcf ^ me why it would be better for the Brethren of the Justice Lq ^ eyih amalgamate with the English Brethren . There is hardly an IilsiMan amongst them ; the present W . M ., Bro . Aland , although blessed with much of that
brilliancy and readiness of repartee , and other sparkling conversational characteristics of the sister island , has no personal connexion with it . He is a Londoner , who has retired with the fruits of his industry , to enjoy the otium cum dignitate in Jersey . There is , therefore , no necessity for an Irish Lodge on these grounds , if other objections can be as satisfactorily encountered .
Having given an account of the Monday and Tuesday of the last week of my sojourn in Jersey , I must now come to the Wednesday ( September 27 ) . This day , with the ahle and cheerful assistance of several of the Brethren to whom I had spoken on the matter , I succeeded in getting fixed for the holding of the Mark Master Masons ' Lodge , with a view to my own initiation . Due notice having been
given , and a very large number of Brethren assembled , it was decidedly the most numerously attended , and in every way the most agreeable and satisfactory Masonic meeting during my visit ; and this is mainly attributable to the activity of some of the Brethren , who were so kind as to accede to my suggestions for an immediate meeting in that degree , and did their best to gratify my desire . So far from being myself the only candidate , as I had feared , and as
some of the less sanguine had at first prognosticated , there were no fewer than sixteen properly qualified Brethren arrayed beside me as candidates when we were called into the Lodge . We were initiated in a very solemn , impressive , and efficient manner by Bro . Aland , who filled the chair , with the able assistance of Bros . T . O . Lyte , Adams , Miller , Du Jardin , Blood , and . others . The Lodge being closed , we spent a most agreeable evening . *
In conclusion , I can only express my hopes- ^ r ^ , that every Brother who goes to Jersey will spend his " holiday" there as agreeably as I did ; and , secondly , that eyery " holiday" I may have , wherever I may wander , may be attended with , at least , an equal degree of pleasure and profit . Brethren , adieu . H . BisEBOROuan , S ., Nioenicc , ~ No . 202 .
* This Mark Degree , I may here remark , has of late become increasingly popular in the Craft , and many London Brethren would be happy to take it , while those who have taken it would rejoice in the formation of a Lodge under the G . L . of England , I am told , I know not with how much truth , that the G . L . has seriously discussed the propriety of recognising it , in its proper place , as a linfc between the Craft and the Arch ; those who know both are aware ( it is said ) fhat something has been lost , and those who have the Mark in addition to the Craft and Arch , can see ( it is also said ) very well where it supplies the vacancy .
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Craft , were toe of the reasons adduced tcf ^ me why it would be better for the Brethren of the Justice Lq ^ eyih amalgamate with the English Brethren . There is hardly an IilsiMan amongst them ; the present W . M ., Bro . Aland , although blessed with much of that
brilliancy and readiness of repartee , and other sparkling conversational characteristics of the sister island , has no personal connexion with it . He is a Londoner , who has retired with the fruits of his industry , to enjoy the otium cum dignitate in Jersey . There is , therefore , no necessity for an Irish Lodge on these grounds , if other objections can be as satisfactorily encountered .
Having given an account of the Monday and Tuesday of the last week of my sojourn in Jersey , I must now come to the Wednesday ( September 27 ) . This day , with the ahle and cheerful assistance of several of the Brethren to whom I had spoken on the matter , I succeeded in getting fixed for the holding of the Mark Master Masons ' Lodge , with a view to my own initiation . Due notice having been
given , and a very large number of Brethren assembled , it was decidedly the most numerously attended , and in every way the most agreeable and satisfactory Masonic meeting during my visit ; and this is mainly attributable to the activity of some of the Brethren , who were so kind as to accede to my suggestions for an immediate meeting in that degree , and did their best to gratify my desire . So far from being myself the only candidate , as I had feared , and as
some of the less sanguine had at first prognosticated , there were no fewer than sixteen properly qualified Brethren arrayed beside me as candidates when we were called into the Lodge . We were initiated in a very solemn , impressive , and efficient manner by Bro . Aland , who filled the chair , with the able assistance of Bros . T . O . Lyte , Adams , Miller , Du Jardin , Blood , and . others . The Lodge being closed , we spent a most agreeable evening . *
In conclusion , I can only express my hopes- ^ r ^ , that every Brother who goes to Jersey will spend his " holiday" there as agreeably as I did ; and , secondly , that eyery " holiday" I may have , wherever I may wander , may be attended with , at least , an equal degree of pleasure and profit . Brethren , adieu . H . BisEBOROuan , S ., Nioenicc , ~ No . 202 .
* This Mark Degree , I may here remark , has of late become increasingly popular in the Craft , and many London Brethren would be happy to take it , while those who have taken it would rejoice in the formation of a Lodge under the G . L . of England , I am told , I know not with how much truth , that the G . L . has seriously discussed the propriety of recognising it , in its proper place , as a linfc between the Craft and the Arch ; those who know both are aware ( it is said ) fhat something has been lost , and those who have the Mark in addition to the Craft and Arch , can see ( it is also said ) very well where it supplies the vacancy .