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Article THE MASONIC MIRROR. ← Page 7 of 7 Article PROVINCIAL. Page 1 of 9 →
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The Masonic Mirror.
Masonic Annuity Funds were doing immense good , and at the recent festival the amount subscribed was ; 62100 ; £ 1200 of which had been paid into the bankers , and £ 150 more collected since . This support in behalf of the aged and widows had enabled the committee at their last meeting to recommend for election twenty male annuitants aud six widows , and proved that Masonry was something more than a convivial society . He would not press tho matter of subscription of the Royal Alfred Lodgebecause he felt every young Lodge wanted time to establish
, itself , and he was sure that when their body was fid ly established they would warmly support the charities , for Bro . Smith ' s heart was iu the right place , and he would never let them flag . The W . M . next propo ' sed the health of Bro . Matthew Cooke , the honorary music-master to tho Girls' School , to whom they were all under an obligation for his coming forward and giving his valuable services , and Bro . Farnfield begged to add to the W . M . 's remarks , that it was greatly to tho credit of Bro . Cooke , who , as a young Mason , save his time , and when the committee offered him
a sum of money to defray his travelling expenses , declined to accept of more than one half of the amount , as that would cover his cash out of pocket . Bro . Matthew Cooke , in reply , begged to return his thanks , but hardly thought his services required such a recognition , as he held that it was the bounden duty of every Mason to contribute towards the charities , aud said , if they could not do it in meal they ought to do so in malt ; he pleaded his own inability to give money , and he was obliged to offer only money's worth , his time . He also suggested , that as self-denial was a duty among Masonsthat those who found it somewhat inconvenient to subscribe
, , should deny themselves some little indulgence , for a glass of wine less , or a few cigars , daily , would give them the means of befriending the charities ; and he hoped that every Mason would either subscribe his money more freely , or reduce his superfluity of expense , and at the end of the year they would find they could bo donors of a much larger amount than they expected . The Tyler ' s toast closed , about eleven o'clock , a very happy and Masonic evening , which was much enhanced by the musical exertions of Bro . Matthew Cooke . Among the brethren present ,
we recognized—Bro . Farnfield , Asst . G . Sec . ; Bros . Wcnham , No . 3 ; Levinson , No . 19 ; Farmer , No . 25 ; Baker , No . 206 ; Doust , No . 725 W . M . s : Bros . Cant , No . 9 ; " Todd , No . 29 ; Carter , No . 165 ; Slater , No . 166 ; Blackburn , No . 769 : Nicholson , No . 201 ; Brett and Elmes , No . 206 ; Norman aud Collard , No . 209 ; Gurton , No . 211 ; Bromley , No . 276 ; Walkley , No . 367 ; J . S . Cooke and Pratchell , No . 745 ; Daley , No . 752 : P . M . s Dun-ant , No . 752 ; Enson , No . 955 : J . A . Piatt , No . 16 S ; Barnshaw , No . 752 : Matthew Cooke , No . 29 ; Berry and Foord , No . 168 ;
Elliot , No . 201 ; Wilcox and Dans , No . 206 ; Luunow and Brown , No . 219 ; Clarke , No . 7-io ; and P . H , Jones , No . 752 .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
BERKSHIRE . CONSECRATION OP THE CASTLE LODGE . WINDSOII . —Castle Lodge ( No . 1073 ) . —The interesting ceremony of consecration of this newly formed Lodge , took place at the Castle Hotel , on Wednesday , the 16 th February . Bro . Stephen Barton Wilson , P . J . G . D ., had been announced to perform the consecrationbut in consequence of his absenceBro . CotterellW . M .
, , , , No . 219 , presided ; and the ceremonial was conducted in a very impressive manner by the Rev . Bro . J . K . Paul , of Eton College , Prov . G . Chaplain for Berks and Bucks . After the consecration , Bro . Madigan was installed W . M . by Bro . Cotterell , in the absence of Bro . J . B . Gibson , by whom it was expected this ceremony would have been performed . It is but just towards Bro . Cotterell to state , that the
installation was gone through iii such a perfect maimer , as to elicit the warm
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Masonic Mirror.
Masonic Annuity Funds were doing immense good , and at the recent festival the amount subscribed was ; 62100 ; £ 1200 of which had been paid into the bankers , and £ 150 more collected since . This support in behalf of the aged and widows had enabled the committee at their last meeting to recommend for election twenty male annuitants aud six widows , and proved that Masonry was something more than a convivial society . He would not press tho matter of subscription of the Royal Alfred Lodgebecause he felt every young Lodge wanted time to establish
, itself , and he was sure that when their body was fid ly established they would warmly support the charities , for Bro . Smith ' s heart was iu the right place , and he would never let them flag . The W . M . next propo ' sed the health of Bro . Matthew Cooke , the honorary music-master to tho Girls' School , to whom they were all under an obligation for his coming forward and giving his valuable services , and Bro . Farnfield begged to add to the W . M . 's remarks , that it was greatly to tho credit of Bro . Cooke , who , as a young Mason , save his time , and when the committee offered him
a sum of money to defray his travelling expenses , declined to accept of more than one half of the amount , as that would cover his cash out of pocket . Bro . Matthew Cooke , in reply , begged to return his thanks , but hardly thought his services required such a recognition , as he held that it was the bounden duty of every Mason to contribute towards the charities , aud said , if they could not do it in meal they ought to do so in malt ; he pleaded his own inability to give money , and he was obliged to offer only money's worth , his time . He also suggested , that as self-denial was a duty among Masonsthat those who found it somewhat inconvenient to subscribe
, , should deny themselves some little indulgence , for a glass of wine less , or a few cigars , daily , would give them the means of befriending the charities ; and he hoped that every Mason would either subscribe his money more freely , or reduce his superfluity of expense , and at the end of the year they would find they could bo donors of a much larger amount than they expected . The Tyler ' s toast closed , about eleven o'clock , a very happy and Masonic evening , which was much enhanced by the musical exertions of Bro . Matthew Cooke . Among the brethren present ,
we recognized—Bro . Farnfield , Asst . G . Sec . ; Bros . Wcnham , No . 3 ; Levinson , No . 19 ; Farmer , No . 25 ; Baker , No . 206 ; Doust , No . 725 W . M . s : Bros . Cant , No . 9 ; " Todd , No . 29 ; Carter , No . 165 ; Slater , No . 166 ; Blackburn , No . 769 : Nicholson , No . 201 ; Brett and Elmes , No . 206 ; Norman aud Collard , No . 209 ; Gurton , No . 211 ; Bromley , No . 276 ; Walkley , No . 367 ; J . S . Cooke and Pratchell , No . 745 ; Daley , No . 752 : P . M . s Dun-ant , No . 752 ; Enson , No . 955 : J . A . Piatt , No . 16 S ; Barnshaw , No . 752 : Matthew Cooke , No . 29 ; Berry and Foord , No . 168 ;
Elliot , No . 201 ; Wilcox and Dans , No . 206 ; Luunow and Brown , No . 219 ; Clarke , No . 7-io ; and P . H , Jones , No . 752 .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
BERKSHIRE . CONSECRATION OP THE CASTLE LODGE . WINDSOII . —Castle Lodge ( No . 1073 ) . —The interesting ceremony of consecration of this newly formed Lodge , took place at the Castle Hotel , on Wednesday , the 16 th February . Bro . Stephen Barton Wilson , P . J . G . D ., had been announced to perform the consecrationbut in consequence of his absenceBro . CotterellW . M .
, , , , No . 219 , presided ; and the ceremonial was conducted in a very impressive manner by the Rev . Bro . J . K . Paul , of Eton College , Prov . G . Chaplain for Berks and Bucks . After the consecration , Bro . Madigan was installed W . M . by Bro . Cotterell , in the absence of Bro . J . B . Gibson , by whom it was expected this ceremony would have been performed . It is but just towards Bro . Cotterell to state , that the
installation was gone through iii such a perfect maimer , as to elicit the warm