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Provincial.
G . Assist . Dir . of Cers . 223 ; P . F . Luke , 144 ; C . Hooper , 14-1 ' E . Elford , 970 ; F . Golden . 710 ; A . B . Niner , J . AV . 710 ; J . Lakeman , P . J . D . 156 ; G . P . AVard , P . M ., P . G . P . 303 ; A . Daily , J . W . 444 ; AV . Shephard , 39 ; B . W . Fulford , 129 , P . Prov . G . Reg , ; J . E . Shanks , S . AV . ISO and 1 , 025 ; J . I . Orchard , 104 ; AV . H . Geachsias , P . M . 39 , P . Prov . G . S ., P . G . D . ; H . Bartlett , P . S . W . 710 , P . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; A . Soper Hexter , P . M . 112 P . Prov . G . OrgAVGodolhiu 710 GEvansSAV
, . ; . p , ; . , .. 1181 ; G . Gkmilfield , AA . M . 328 , P . Prov . G . S . D . ; J . Strapp , P . M . S 3 , P . G . S . ; W . Easton , P . M . 39 . P . G . S . ; J . Clench , P . M . 444 ; AV . L . Quick , P . G . AA . 39 ; J . Stephens , juu „ I . G . 710 ; James Northam , S . AV . 710 ; S . Blacking , 710 ; C . ' T . Force , P . M . 444 ; Thomas Chudleigb , 710 ; H . M . Bartlett , P . M . 304 ; P . O . Gidley , S . D . 112 ; St . Lecrer Lousada , 164 ; AV . Furze , 39 ; J . CrockerTyler 710 W . PeamePGS 421 EFurzeAA M
, ; . ... ; . , .. 421 ; T . Davey , S . G . W . Devonshire ; E . Blight , 189 ; AV . D . Moore , P . D . Prov . G . M . 112 ; H . B . Stark , P . Prov . G . Org . ; R . Red way , P . M . ; S . V . Narrin , 109 ; AA . T . Blake , 106 ; J . Spettigue , P . M . 106 ; AV . Sherwin , J . D . 106 ; J P . Heath . 39 ; J . Melhuish , 106 ; II . Scott , S . AV ., 372 ; AV . E . Gilford , 106 ; J . P . Melhuish , 106 ; h . C . Home , 100 ; J . Foster , 106 ; C . Adams , S . D . 39 ; G . Bishop 106 Shrimpton 106 GGMitchellPM 20 aud
, ; , ; . . , .. , 1 , 247 , P . Prov . G . Org . ; J . Bristow , P . G . M . 416 ; G . Heath , P . M . 710 ; Thomas Gardner , P . M . 39 ; G . Tweed , S . AA . 847 ; F . Horspcol , J-D . 1 , 254 ; N . T . J . Haydon , S . AA . 1 , 138 ; A . L . Luke , 39 ; T . Higgs , 106 ; H . Hopkins , P . Prov . S . G . W . ; P . AV . J . Warwickshire , P . M . 43 aud 958 ; O . Lauedon , 1 , 254 ; AV . Knott , J . D ., 372 ; L . D . AVestcott , AA . M . SoT S . Hodder , Steward 1 , 284 ; AVE . Williams , J . D , 1 , 125 ; AV . H . Stafford ,
S . D . 710 ; J . Stroud Short , 303 ; S . AVilllams , 302 ; E . Brice , 39 ; R . AV . Head , AA . M . 112 ; G . H . S . Yates , Prov . J . G . AA „ 1 , 138 ; H . Manier , 53 , Bath ; J . Page , P . M . 372 ; R . C . J . Stoeker , 122 ; R . L . Lloyd , 1 , 133 ; T . B . Gibbs , 252 ; J . N . Martin , 611 ; A . Bodley , 39 ; Henry AA'illey , 112 ; W . Lamble , 1 , 138 ; John Moass Lee , 39 , J . W . 1 , 284 ; James Stile , S . D . 1 , 254 , I . G . 1 , 284 ; John AVay , AV . M . 39 ; J . Hawton , P . M . 1 , 091 , W . M . 954 , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; W . Dymond , 39 ; W . Cann , P . G . T . The lodge was opened in the first degree , and the Prov . G . , Secretary . announced to the Prov . G . Master ( Rev . J . Huyshe ) that it desired to bo duly constituted and consecrated iu ancient
form . The warrant from the M . AV . the Grand Master having been read , the brethren of the new lodge signified their assent to the officers named in that document . The Prov . G . Master then pledged the AV . M . ( Col . Brent ) and officers to obey the constitutions , & c , and then declared the Brent Lodge to be regularly and duly constituted . After the usual formalities , the Prov . G . Chap . ( Rev . AV . L . Pope , B . D . ) delivered the opening invocationaud afterwards read a portion of HolScriptures
, y . The Prov . G . Master next delivered an invocation , and afterwards offered a prayer . The Dep . Prov . G . Master , Bro . L . P . Meth . iin , P . G . D . of England , afterwards delivered the following oration on Masonry : — "Right AA orshipful Sir ancl Brethren . —Could our ancient brethren , that small and happy band of brothers , who fust taught and practised Freemasonry , look upon the noble and
majestic tree which , iu tbe lapse of ages , lias grown from the little seed they sowed with so much confidence , and tended with so much care ; could they drink again of the refreshing waters -of that little rill they guided and protected until it has swollen into a mighty river , making the arid desert laugh , with varied plenty crowned , they would sec with delight that their works had followed them . They would have felt that the unselfish
and noble institution they founded had progressed aud matured as only human institutions can progress and mature which have their foundations laid deeply and solidly in correct principles . Could they have accompanied us to-day into the House of Prayer , they would have seen , as they would have desired to see , that while the brotherhood profess no more than that theirs is a peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by
symbols , yet it is not that false morality which professes to be independent of all reli gious convictions , but rather that pure and simple morality which is the willing handmaid of the most exalted conceptions of the deity . From that book from which the preacher must draw his inspiration , ancl which is ahvays open in our lodges , Masons learn a lesson of daily admonition , instructionand also of encouragementNearl
, . y fifty generations of men passed away while the bible was ' being written , Legislators , kings , priests , generals , judges and shepherds were its authors . Iu poverty , in wealth , iu conflict unci in peace , in the palace or in exile , each in turn raised his voice as he was thiccted hy holy inspiration : in words as varied as their rank
and age they all bent their energies to compose that wondrous epic . They never faltered iu their hope or expectation , even iu adversity , imprisonment , or the flames , or in the den of lions , that a new Jerusalem would bo founded , in which Jew and Gentile , Scythian and Barbarian , bound and free , should claim an equal heritage . No other writing can be shown which , composed through so many successive ages , points ever to one definite end and object . AAlthout seeking for a moment to raise
moral perception to the same level as spiritual inspiration , wo may claim that our ancient brethren in like manner never faltered in a steadfast belief in tbe solemn integrity of their mission to create a common bond of brotherhood which should banish division aud strife , narrowness and sectarianism , and teach men to live together in that " charity which is the bond of perfectness . " Their motto , "MulUe terricolis lingua ) , maceonic una . "
They looked down the long vista of coming ages from the time when , instead of man being arrayed against man in national and private strife , the words of our poet brother should be realised , aud
"Man to man the world o'er Shall brothers be , and a' that . " And none , I think , who look at the signs of the times ; none who r & d history aright , can fail to sec that every hour adds to the conviction that humanity will some day throw oil' much of its baser attributes , ancl approach nearer ancl nearer to its Divine model . Aud that time will advance more rapidly if Masons are true to themselves and to their Order . None could have
witnessed the magnificent spectacle displayed by Grand Lodge but a few days ago , when the Grand Master and his Deputy were installed , without tho conviction forcing itself on his mind that if the representatives who were there from every rank in life , from the Prince next to the throne down to the nrtizan from tho workshop , would themselves lead the lives of true Masons , and both by precept ancl example disseminate the godlike principles of our Order , there would be seen , perhaps even in our own
generation , the lever ivhich shall morally move the world . AVorshipful Master and brethren of the Brent Lodge , I would exhort you , in the name ofthe Craft , so to demean yourselves both within and without the lodge , which has to-day been consecrated for your use , that you may add an impulse ancl a weight to this progress . The AA . Bro . concluded by reading an address delivered at the dedication of a church in Calcutta , by Keshub Chunder Sen , the great Indian reformer . Tho . usual Masonic service , was aff . pvwavds e-ouo . Uwnuodv in
which Bro . Hexter acted as Org ., and the following as vocalists : —Bros . Godolphiu and Horspool ( alto ) , Cross , Long , Furze ( tenor ) , House , Shears , and AA arc . After the formalities had been gone through , a procession was formed , which , headed by two bands of music , proceeded through the principal street of Topsham , and returned to the parish church , where Divine Service was held . There was a very large congregation , including man } ' who did not belong to the Masonic Order . The
sermon was preached by the Rev . Bro . J . Dickenson , of Tiverton , who selected for his discourse tho hit-tor part 37 th verse 10 th chapter St . Luke— "Then said Jesus unto him , go ancl do thou likewise . " Tho sermon was a very appropriate one , the preacher pointing out tho duty of one man to his neighbour . He remarked that they were that day met to open a lodge in that town , where would be carried out the grand work' of Freemasonry , by the principles of ivhich they were united in a bond of affection
By their principles they drew together men of the most distant countries , so that in every nation it might be truly said Masonry would find a friend , ancl in every clime a home . There was , he reminded his congregation , no strife or animosity allowed to exist in a Masonic Lodge , for all were bound together by the tie of brotherly love and frendsliip . At the conclusion of the sermon , the usual collection was made , and the procession returned to the Lodge . In the afternoon the brethren dined together iu a large room on the premises of Messrs . Holman , shipbuilders . Upwards of ISO brethren were present .
ISLE OF MAN . AiitOLE LODGE ( NO . 1 , 004 ) . —On Tuesday , the 24 th ult ., a special emergency was held of this lodge , under the presidency of Bros . R . Tutou , W . M ., S . AVebb , S . AV ., aud AV . Harris , J . AV ., for the purpose of initiating Mr . J . J . Quine and Mr . AV . Cole , which ceremony was respectively performed by the AV . M ., and Bro . G . M . Lofthouse , P . M ., after which , at the request of the AV . M ., Bro . James Hamer , P . M ., assisted by Bros .
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Provincial.
G . Assist . Dir . of Cers . 223 ; P . F . Luke , 144 ; C . Hooper , 14-1 ' E . Elford , 970 ; F . Golden . 710 ; A . B . Niner , J . AV . 710 ; J . Lakeman , P . J . D . 156 ; G . P . AVard , P . M ., P . G . P . 303 ; A . Daily , J . W . 444 ; AV . Shephard , 39 ; B . W . Fulford , 129 , P . Prov . G . Reg , ; J . E . Shanks , S . AV . ISO and 1 , 025 ; J . I . Orchard , 104 ; AV . H . Geachsias , P . M . 39 , P . Prov . G . S ., P . G . D . ; H . Bartlett , P . S . W . 710 , P . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; A . Soper Hexter , P . M . 112 P . Prov . G . OrgAVGodolhiu 710 GEvansSAV
, . ; . p , ; . , .. 1181 ; G . Gkmilfield , AA . M . 328 , P . Prov . G . S . D . ; J . Strapp , P . M . S 3 , P . G . S . ; W . Easton , P . M . 39 . P . G . S . ; J . Clench , P . M . 444 ; AV . L . Quick , P . G . AA . 39 ; J . Stephens , juu „ I . G . 710 ; James Northam , S . AV . 710 ; S . Blacking , 710 ; C . ' T . Force , P . M . 444 ; Thomas Chudleigb , 710 ; H . M . Bartlett , P . M . 304 ; P . O . Gidley , S . D . 112 ; St . Lecrer Lousada , 164 ; AV . Furze , 39 ; J . CrockerTyler 710 W . PeamePGS 421 EFurzeAA M
, ; . ... ; . , .. 421 ; T . Davey , S . G . W . Devonshire ; E . Blight , 189 ; AV . D . Moore , P . D . Prov . G . M . 112 ; H . B . Stark , P . Prov . G . Org . ; R . Red way , P . M . ; S . V . Narrin , 109 ; AA . T . Blake , 106 ; J . Spettigue , P . M . 106 ; AV . Sherwin , J . D . 106 ; J P . Heath . 39 ; J . Melhuish , 106 ; II . Scott , S . AV ., 372 ; AV . E . Gilford , 106 ; J . P . Melhuish , 106 ; h . C . Home , 100 ; J . Foster , 106 ; C . Adams , S . D . 39 ; G . Bishop 106 Shrimpton 106 GGMitchellPM 20 aud
, ; , ; . . , .. , 1 , 247 , P . Prov . G . Org . ; J . Bristow , P . G . M . 416 ; G . Heath , P . M . 710 ; Thomas Gardner , P . M . 39 ; G . Tweed , S . AA . 847 ; F . Horspcol , J-D . 1 , 254 ; N . T . J . Haydon , S . AA . 1 , 138 ; A . L . Luke , 39 ; T . Higgs , 106 ; H . Hopkins , P . Prov . S . G . W . ; P . AV . J . Warwickshire , P . M . 43 aud 958 ; O . Lauedon , 1 , 254 ; AV . Knott , J . D ., 372 ; L . D . AVestcott , AA . M . SoT S . Hodder , Steward 1 , 284 ; AVE . Williams , J . D , 1 , 125 ; AV . H . Stafford ,
S . D . 710 ; J . Stroud Short , 303 ; S . AVilllams , 302 ; E . Brice , 39 ; R . AV . Head , AA . M . 112 ; G . H . S . Yates , Prov . J . G . AA „ 1 , 138 ; H . Manier , 53 , Bath ; J . Page , P . M . 372 ; R . C . J . Stoeker , 122 ; R . L . Lloyd , 1 , 133 ; T . B . Gibbs , 252 ; J . N . Martin , 611 ; A . Bodley , 39 ; Henry AA'illey , 112 ; W . Lamble , 1 , 138 ; John Moass Lee , 39 , J . W . 1 , 284 ; James Stile , S . D . 1 , 254 , I . G . 1 , 284 ; John AVay , AV . M . 39 ; J . Hawton , P . M . 1 , 091 , W . M . 954 , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; W . Dymond , 39 ; W . Cann , P . G . T . The lodge was opened in the first degree , and the Prov . G . , Secretary . announced to the Prov . G . Master ( Rev . J . Huyshe ) that it desired to bo duly constituted and consecrated iu ancient
form . The warrant from the M . AV . the Grand Master having been read , the brethren of the new lodge signified their assent to the officers named in that document . The Prov . G . Master then pledged the AV . M . ( Col . Brent ) and officers to obey the constitutions , & c , and then declared the Brent Lodge to be regularly and duly constituted . After the usual formalities , the Prov . G . Chap . ( Rev . AV . L . Pope , B . D . ) delivered the opening invocationaud afterwards read a portion of HolScriptures
, y . The Prov . G . Master next delivered an invocation , and afterwards offered a prayer . The Dep . Prov . G . Master , Bro . L . P . Meth . iin , P . G . D . of England , afterwards delivered the following oration on Masonry : — "Right AA orshipful Sir ancl Brethren . —Could our ancient brethren , that small and happy band of brothers , who fust taught and practised Freemasonry , look upon the noble and
majestic tree which , iu tbe lapse of ages , lias grown from the little seed they sowed with so much confidence , and tended with so much care ; could they drink again of the refreshing waters -of that little rill they guided and protected until it has swollen into a mighty river , making the arid desert laugh , with varied plenty crowned , they would sec with delight that their works had followed them . They would have felt that the unselfish
and noble institution they founded had progressed aud matured as only human institutions can progress and mature which have their foundations laid deeply and solidly in correct principles . Could they have accompanied us to-day into the House of Prayer , they would have seen , as they would have desired to see , that while the brotherhood profess no more than that theirs is a peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by
symbols , yet it is not that false morality which professes to be independent of all reli gious convictions , but rather that pure and simple morality which is the willing handmaid of the most exalted conceptions of the deity . From that book from which the preacher must draw his inspiration , ancl which is ahvays open in our lodges , Masons learn a lesson of daily admonition , instructionand also of encouragementNearl
, . y fifty generations of men passed away while the bible was ' being written , Legislators , kings , priests , generals , judges and shepherds were its authors . Iu poverty , in wealth , iu conflict unci in peace , in the palace or in exile , each in turn raised his voice as he was thiccted hy holy inspiration : in words as varied as their rank
and age they all bent their energies to compose that wondrous epic . They never faltered iu their hope or expectation , even iu adversity , imprisonment , or the flames , or in the den of lions , that a new Jerusalem would bo founded , in which Jew and Gentile , Scythian and Barbarian , bound and free , should claim an equal heritage . No other writing can be shown which , composed through so many successive ages , points ever to one definite end and object . AAlthout seeking for a moment to raise
moral perception to the same level as spiritual inspiration , wo may claim that our ancient brethren in like manner never faltered in a steadfast belief in tbe solemn integrity of their mission to create a common bond of brotherhood which should banish division aud strife , narrowness and sectarianism , and teach men to live together in that " charity which is the bond of perfectness . " Their motto , "MulUe terricolis lingua ) , maceonic una . "
They looked down the long vista of coming ages from the time when , instead of man being arrayed against man in national and private strife , the words of our poet brother should be realised , aud
"Man to man the world o'er Shall brothers be , and a' that . " And none , I think , who look at the signs of the times ; none who r & d history aright , can fail to sec that every hour adds to the conviction that humanity will some day throw oil' much of its baser attributes , ancl approach nearer ancl nearer to its Divine model . Aud that time will advance more rapidly if Masons are true to themselves and to their Order . None could have
witnessed the magnificent spectacle displayed by Grand Lodge but a few days ago , when the Grand Master and his Deputy were installed , without tho conviction forcing itself on his mind that if the representatives who were there from every rank in life , from the Prince next to the throne down to the nrtizan from tho workshop , would themselves lead the lives of true Masons , and both by precept ancl example disseminate the godlike principles of our Order , there would be seen , perhaps even in our own
generation , the lever ivhich shall morally move the world . AVorshipful Master and brethren of the Brent Lodge , I would exhort you , in the name ofthe Craft , so to demean yourselves both within and without the lodge , which has to-day been consecrated for your use , that you may add an impulse ancl a weight to this progress . The AA . Bro . concluded by reading an address delivered at the dedication of a church in Calcutta , by Keshub Chunder Sen , the great Indian reformer . Tho . usual Masonic service , was aff . pvwavds e-ouo . Uwnuodv in
which Bro . Hexter acted as Org ., and the following as vocalists : —Bros . Godolphiu and Horspool ( alto ) , Cross , Long , Furze ( tenor ) , House , Shears , and AA arc . After the formalities had been gone through , a procession was formed , which , headed by two bands of music , proceeded through the principal street of Topsham , and returned to the parish church , where Divine Service was held . There was a very large congregation , including man } ' who did not belong to the Masonic Order . The
sermon was preached by the Rev . Bro . J . Dickenson , of Tiverton , who selected for his discourse tho hit-tor part 37 th verse 10 th chapter St . Luke— "Then said Jesus unto him , go ancl do thou likewise . " Tho sermon was a very appropriate one , the preacher pointing out tho duty of one man to his neighbour . He remarked that they were that day met to open a lodge in that town , where would be carried out the grand work' of Freemasonry , by the principles of ivhich they were united in a bond of affection
By their principles they drew together men of the most distant countries , so that in every nation it might be truly said Masonry would find a friend , ancl in every clime a home . There was , he reminded his congregation , no strife or animosity allowed to exist in a Masonic Lodge , for all were bound together by the tie of brotherly love and frendsliip . At the conclusion of the sermon , the usual collection was made , and the procession returned to the Lodge . In the afternoon the brethren dined together iu a large room on the premises of Messrs . Holman , shipbuilders . Upwards of ISO brethren were present .
ISLE OF MAN . AiitOLE LODGE ( NO . 1 , 004 ) . —On Tuesday , the 24 th ult ., a special emergency was held of this lodge , under the presidency of Bros . R . Tutou , W . M ., S . AVebb , S . AV ., aud AV . Harris , J . AV ., for the purpose of initiating Mr . J . J . Quine and Mr . AV . Cole , which ceremony was respectively performed by the AV . M ., and Bro . G . M . Lofthouse , P . M ., after which , at the request of the AV . M ., Bro . James Hamer , P . M ., assisted by Bros .