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death , bed , disclosed the fact that he was a natural son of G-eorge IIV a fact which procured for him a pension of £ 800 a year . He now devoted himself to Masonry with renewed energy . He revised the lectures for the Military Degrees . He was P . Gr . M . for several counties , and was GLM . of the Templars and Bose Croix . He
visited the self-styled ancients , to see wherein they diifered from the lond fide ancients . He was the oracle of the Grand Lodge , and the recognised interpreter of its constitutions . He was , in fact , its leading spirit , and what he said was law . He revised and rearranged the lectures , and the influence of his name , in conjunction with that of the Duke of Clarence , was sufficient to bring his version into
general use , and to insure its cordial adoption . He also reconstructed the Boyal Arch , and introduced it ; the attempt was bold , but eminently successful . Bro . Dunckerley gave numerous Masonic parties at JEEampton Court , where he resided , to eminent Brethren in all classes of society ; and these reunions appear to have been of the most delightful description . At least , so the Square says , Bro . Dunckerley died at Portsmouth , ad . 1795 , aged seventy-one .
But to return to our story-teller—the Square . His Lodge had been weakened and laid waste by mismanagement , and was just , on the point of expiration , when the celebrated but unfortunate Dr . Dodd accepted the Mastership . His methodical arrangements , his punctuality , his firmness in the exercise of discipline , soon restored the Lodge to its pristine yigour . The Square now again , as is its
wont , having set matters right in bis own Lodge , casts around him and presents a graphic picture of the state of the Craft in general at the time of which he speaks . He relates a number of occurrences which are truly illustrative of the character of Masonry in all ages ; and which cannot be perused without profit , inasmuch as they will
constitute a healthf & l stimulus to others to " go and do likewise . " We may here remark , for the satisfaction of the reader , that the Eev . Dr . vouches for the accuracy of the facts stated , having drawn them from copious memoranda left by his father , who was himself an accomplished and enthusiastic member of our fraternity .
In the year 1776 , the Square comes down to the solemn dedication of Freemasons' Hall , of which ceremony an interesting account is given . Dr . Dodd was Gr . C , and this was the closing public act of that Clergyman ' s Masonic life . How his public career terminated is unfortunately but too widely known .
Preston succeeded Dr . Dodd in the Chair , and gave up a considerable portion of his leisure to the revision of the lectures , and to the promotion of a uniform working amongst the Lodges . The Square gives a sketch of Preston ' s Masonic career , and shows how a paltry misunderstanding led to the most inconvenient , and even serious
results in the Lodge of Antiquity , of which he was P . M . Quite a feud was kept up , and for a long time the Gr . L . and the L .-of A . defied each other , and Bro . Preston was deprived of all his honours and dignities . But under H . E . H . the Duke of Cumberland as G-. M ., he was restored , and the Lodge was again received into the
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death , bed , disclosed the fact that he was a natural son of G-eorge IIV a fact which procured for him a pension of £ 800 a year . He now devoted himself to Masonry with renewed energy . He revised the lectures for the Military Degrees . He was P . Gr . M . for several counties , and was GLM . of the Templars and Bose Croix . He
visited the self-styled ancients , to see wherein they diifered from the lond fide ancients . He was the oracle of the Grand Lodge , and the recognised interpreter of its constitutions . He was , in fact , its leading spirit , and what he said was law . He revised and rearranged the lectures , and the influence of his name , in conjunction with that of the Duke of Clarence , was sufficient to bring his version into
general use , and to insure its cordial adoption . He also reconstructed the Boyal Arch , and introduced it ; the attempt was bold , but eminently successful . Bro . Dunckerley gave numerous Masonic parties at JEEampton Court , where he resided , to eminent Brethren in all classes of society ; and these reunions appear to have been of the most delightful description . At least , so the Square says , Bro . Dunckerley died at Portsmouth , ad . 1795 , aged seventy-one .
But to return to our story-teller—the Square . His Lodge had been weakened and laid waste by mismanagement , and was just , on the point of expiration , when the celebrated but unfortunate Dr . Dodd accepted the Mastership . His methodical arrangements , his punctuality , his firmness in the exercise of discipline , soon restored the Lodge to its pristine yigour . The Square now again , as is its
wont , having set matters right in bis own Lodge , casts around him and presents a graphic picture of the state of the Craft in general at the time of which he speaks . He relates a number of occurrences which are truly illustrative of the character of Masonry in all ages ; and which cannot be perused without profit , inasmuch as they will
constitute a healthf & l stimulus to others to " go and do likewise . " We may here remark , for the satisfaction of the reader , that the Eev . Dr . vouches for the accuracy of the facts stated , having drawn them from copious memoranda left by his father , who was himself an accomplished and enthusiastic member of our fraternity .
In the year 1776 , the Square comes down to the solemn dedication of Freemasons' Hall , of which ceremony an interesting account is given . Dr . Dodd was Gr . C , and this was the closing public act of that Clergyman ' s Masonic life . How his public career terminated is unfortunately but too widely known .
Preston succeeded Dr . Dodd in the Chair , and gave up a considerable portion of his leisure to the revision of the lectures , and to the promotion of a uniform working amongst the Lodges . The Square gives a sketch of Preston ' s Masonic career , and shows how a paltry misunderstanding led to the most inconvenient , and even serious
results in the Lodge of Antiquity , of which he was P . M . Quite a feud was kept up , and for a long time the Gr . L . and the L .-of A . defied each other , and Bro . Preston was deprived of all his honours and dignities . But under H . E . H . the Duke of Cumberland as G-. M ., he was restored , and the Lodge was again received into the