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PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS or MIDDLESEX AND SURREY THK K . W . HBO . SIR t'KANCIS UURDKTT , B . VRT ., PROV . li . MYSTKR . rilHE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OP MAUK MASTER I MASON'S of tlio Province of Middlesex anil Surrey will bo holden at the Greyhound Hotel , Hampton Court , on Tucsilav . 2 !) th June ISSt ) , wh >> n all Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers , together with the Worshipful Masters , Past Masters , and Actimr Wardens of Lodges in tho Province , aro hereby sumuioiied to attend , an ' ' all Mark Muster Masons are invited to be present . The PROVINCIAL G KAKD LODGE will ho opened « . t . Four o'clock . Tho Km MARK LODGK . NO . 176 . will ho opened at Three o'Clock , for ADVANCEMENT OF BKETHUEN . Brethren to appear iu full Mii'onic Costume of the Mark Degree , and lYovincial Grand Officers in tho clothing of their respective rank . By command of tho R . W . Prov . G . M . M ., TO . G . BRIGHTEN , P . M . P . Z ., & o ., ¦ 1 Bishopsgate-street-without , E . G . Provincial Grand Mark Secretary . 16 th Juno 1880 . Banquet at Six o'Clock . Tickets One Guinea each , including Wine . Brethren intending to bo present should no'ify their intention to the Provincial Grand Secretary on or bofore Friday , the 25 th June .
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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS . THK RIGHT HON . THE EARL 0 * ' LATHOM , M . W . G . M . M . ANNUAL FESTIVAL In aul of the MARK GRAND LODGE BENEVOLENT FUND , Wednesday , 7 th July 1880 . CRYSTAL PALAC E , SYDENHAM HILL . R . W . Bro . lieut .-Colonel SIR PRANCIS BURDETT , BART ., P . G . M . Middlesex and Surrey . Morning Dress—Murk Collars and Jewels . Tickets—Ladies 15 s , Gentlemen 21 s , inclusive of Wine . Tickets must be applied for on or before tho oth . July . OrtiCE os GBAJJD LODUE or MAKK MASTER MASO . NS , 2 Red Lion Square , Holborn , "W . C .
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ROYAL FOREST OF EPPINGk THE FOREST HOTEL , O H I N O P O B D , Close to Chingford Station—Thirty-five Minutes by frequent Trains from Liverpool Street , City , ami ail joining tho ancient Hunting Lodge of Queen Elizabeth . THIS picturesque and sumptuously appointed Hotel stands amid tne most beautiful scenery of Epping Forest , is easily accessible from London , and its Ioity and handsomely furnished Elizabethan Dining Hall is admirably adapted for Masonic banquets , whdo another room is appropriate for Lodgo meetings . The great Banqueting Hall will accommodate from fifty to eighty persons , while for small parties one of a suite of artistically appointed privato rooms will be specially reserved . In tho Tea Room , Table d'Hote , Luncheons and Dinners daily . Applications to Frank Jesse , Manager , Forest Hotel , Chingford , Essex .
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* r ^ a tJVmV * * V ^^^ Jf ^ Yji ^^ JVSJVVS ^ 'W \ S ^^ w ^^ IffiflftflM ^ JWwJf N ^^ 23 GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . C .
Annual Visit Of Stewards To The R.M.B.I.
ANNUAL VISIT OF STEWARDS TO THE R . M . B . I .
/ JN Wednesday , lGth inst ., those brethron who served as Stewards ^ for the recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution paid tlieir customary visit , to Croydon , where they experienced a hearty reception at the hands of Bro . Terry , tho indefatigable Secretary , and from Bro . Norn ' s the Warden , a / id Hiss Norris . Despite the continuous downpour of rain , several lurlie
.--graced tho meeting with their presence . Luncheon was served in tin-Hull , those brethren who arrived first making way for the successive ' arrivals , until the whole of the guests had been accommodated . Those active members of the House Committee Bros . Raynham W . Stewart and Thomas Cnbitt occupied tho chair and vice chair respectivel y , their dnties proving very arduous on account of the fresh
arrivals of gncsts . The nsual Loyal toasts were given from the chair . tK ^ he anfnll . y received , Bro . Stcwnrb remarking upon the lionom the ladies had done them by their presence . The toast of success tithe Benevolent Institution , " coupled with tho name of Bro . J . Terry , was m 0 st enthusiastically received . Bro . Terry , in thanking tlie ladies and the brethren for wishing the Institution success in sno ) .
a hearty manner , conld not but express his cordial thanks to the stewards of the last Festival , to whose exertions were due the < rratn success of a list amounting to £ 12 , 280 . This had enabled thr U'lumittee to elect fifteen additional annuitants . Bro . Tern reviewed the progress of the Institution , showing how that seven Years a go they wero enabled to spend but £ 3 , 800 , they now had charges
Annual Visit Of Stewards To The R.M.B.I.
upon them amounting to . t'll , 3 f > 0 . For this large increase , ho had to thank tho Stewards , who by their kin I labour had thns contributed co tho extension of tho htMwtUs of tho Institution . Concluding with a hearty expression ° f thanks to the ladies for attending thoro that day , and for tho kind interest taken by them in tho Institution iu being enrolled as Vico iVrous , Bro . Terry said , no doubt tho ladies
ot ten wondered what Freemasonry wis , and what there was in it to keep thoT hu-ibands four or tivo hours at their Lodge . Thoso present eonld find tin answer when thoy rell-icted that iu this and the two sifter Institutions £ 12 , 000 , was -uumdlv expen led toelothe , educi ' e , and support , 750 Boys , Girls , and aged Fro imasons and their wi l-nvs . After luncheon the Visitors dispersed to mako the acquaintance of the
aged initiates , who ntioaud all see nn I ch-orful , o inceucnd , ami haopy , and evidently hold Bro . Morris in tho highest esteem . Wo could u it but feel that had each of tho S'owards known tho vdtio of thfj annuity and hotn » , his advocacy of the Institution would havo boon still more powerful at the Festival in February last , and th « anviiint realised considerably larger . Among the various featnres of tho visit
was tho kindly mannor in which a subscription was starfce I by a few of the brethreu and la-lias to purchase a pianoforte , so that tho inmates who possess musical ability may be enabled to relieve th-i monotony of their neighbours by musical perform mces daring the long evenings . We wero pleased to find the old ladiVs wore busying themsp ! ¦ ¦ ia in furnishing articles for the approaching Bazaar in aid of the 11 > val Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund , and we are inform -d that a stall will
bo devoted to exhibits of the handy work of the inmates , of the Home at Croydon . Nor does this exhaust tho abilities of the inmates , for we had the pleasuro of seeing a capital model , tho work of widow Bonorandi , whioh is very skilfully done . In visiting the old ladies the guests discovered one who requested them to read a piece of poetry she had composed upon the Home , vvliich as it displays some ability we have much p lea , snre in re-producing for our readers .
Within this calm retreat , . Raised by Masonic love , Wo aged pilgrims come To rest our weary feet . With joyfnl stops we come , From toil and care set free , To our Masonic home , And nearer still to Thee .
Nearer to Thee , my God , Great Architect Divine ! Oh ! teach us so to live That we may all be Thiue . I love tho noble Craft , A woman though I be , Its steadfast faith in God , Its boundless charity .
Come then , Masonic friends , And join your prayers to mine , That God the Craft will bleS 3 In every age and clime . For thoy the footpath keep—The path onr Master trod , They soothe our orphans' cares , And teach the way to God .
And by their sacred bond , Their noble actions , too , They show , while here they dwell , What other men . should do . CHARLOTTE GAJIAUF .
Having spent a happy afternoon , the company gradually dispersed , with but one regret , —that no ray of sunshine had warned the scene , yet carrying with them the gratifying feeling so well expressed in our leetnres , that they had assisted those who had borne the heat and burden of the day , and had thus rendered the close of their days happy and comfortable . ^ k
Tbe following ladies and brethren were present : —Kaynham W . Stewart , Thomas Cnbitt , H . W . Linton , S . Godden and Mrs . Godden , Edgar Bowyer , A . H . Tattershall , C . A . Cottebrune , H . W . Ruff , A . McDowall , and Miss McDowall , G . H . Hunter , J . B . Poole , H . A . Moore , J . Qnifcmann , T . B . Hawkins , M . S . Larlbam , E . Farwig , R . Pearcy , J . Osborne , T . Briggs , E . M . Barry , E . M . Osborn , C H .
Webb , Miss Rugg , A . M . Hunter , A . J . Manning , J . Salmon , C . W . Seller , L . Hirsh , G . H . Stephens , E . Walter , E . C . Woodward , S . A . Allen , J . W . Simmonds , T . W . C . Bush , Mrs . H . W . Moore , E . F . Storr and J . Storr , Mrs . Parsons , Miss Parsons , Simnol Poynter , Miss Poynter , J . M . Denney , C . Bnckhurst , Miss E . Buckhnrst , E .
ffopwood and Mrs . Hopwood , H . J . Strong , M . D ., Hon . Sm-geon to tho Institution , J .- Newton , J . R . Gallant aud Mrs . Gallaut , C . W . F . » x and Mrs . Fox , T . Hallett , II . A . Lovett , W . J . Miller . H . C . l-ambert , S . H . Parkhouse and Mrs . Parkhouse , W . Hiuks and Mrs . Hinkhi , J . K . Coleman , J . Kench , II . S . Francis , & c , & c .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons > f Middlesex and Surrey will be held at tho Greyhound Motel , Hampton Oonrfc , on Tuesday next , tlie 29 th instant , rhe Prov . Grand Lodgo will be opened afc < l- p . m ., and it is ¦ xpected that Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., P . G . M . M ., will
preside , and will be numerously supported by his Grand Officers past and present , and the principal Officers and members of the various Lodges entitled to be present . We mny add that tbo Era Mark Lodge , No . 176 , will be opened at 8 p . m . for tho purpose of advancing brethren to the degrcj of Mink Master Mason .
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PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS or MIDDLESEX AND SURREY THK K . W . HBO . SIR t'KANCIS UURDKTT , B . VRT ., PROV . li . MYSTKR . rilHE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OP MAUK MASTER I MASON'S of tlio Province of Middlesex anil Surrey will bo holden at the Greyhound Hotel , Hampton Court , on Tucsilav . 2 !) th June ISSt ) , wh >> n all Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers , together with the Worshipful Masters , Past Masters , and Actimr Wardens of Lodges in tho Province , aro hereby sumuioiied to attend , an ' ' all Mark Muster Masons are invited to be present . The PROVINCIAL G KAKD LODGE will ho opened « . t . Four o'clock . Tho Km MARK LODGK . NO . 176 . will ho opened at Three o'Clock , for ADVANCEMENT OF BKETHUEN . Brethren to appear iu full Mii'onic Costume of the Mark Degree , and lYovincial Grand Officers in tho clothing of their respective rank . By command of tho R . W . Prov . G . M . M ., TO . G . BRIGHTEN , P . M . P . Z ., & o ., ¦ 1 Bishopsgate-street-without , E . G . Provincial Grand Mark Secretary . 16 th Juno 1880 . Banquet at Six o'Clock . Tickets One Guinea each , including Wine . Brethren intending to bo present should no'ify their intention to the Provincial Grand Secretary on or bofore Friday , the 25 th June .
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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS . THK RIGHT HON . THE EARL 0 * ' LATHOM , M . W . G . M . M . ANNUAL FESTIVAL In aul of the MARK GRAND LODGE BENEVOLENT FUND , Wednesday , 7 th July 1880 . CRYSTAL PALAC E , SYDENHAM HILL . R . W . Bro . lieut .-Colonel SIR PRANCIS BURDETT , BART ., P . G . M . Middlesex and Surrey . Morning Dress—Murk Collars and Jewels . Tickets—Ladies 15 s , Gentlemen 21 s , inclusive of Wine . Tickets must be applied for on or before tho oth . July . OrtiCE os GBAJJD LODUE or MAKK MASTER MASO . NS , 2 Red Lion Square , Holborn , "W . C .
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ROYAL FOREST OF EPPINGk THE FOREST HOTEL , O H I N O P O B D , Close to Chingford Station—Thirty-five Minutes by frequent Trains from Liverpool Street , City , ami ail joining tho ancient Hunting Lodge of Queen Elizabeth . THIS picturesque and sumptuously appointed Hotel stands amid tne most beautiful scenery of Epping Forest , is easily accessible from London , and its Ioity and handsomely furnished Elizabethan Dining Hall is admirably adapted for Masonic banquets , whdo another room is appropriate for Lodgo meetings . The great Banqueting Hall will accommodate from fifty to eighty persons , while for small parties one of a suite of artistically appointed privato rooms will be specially reserved . In tho Tea Room , Table d'Hote , Luncheons and Dinners daily . Applications to Frank Jesse , Manager , Forest Hotel , Chingford , Essex .
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* r ^ a tJVmV * * V ^^^ Jf ^ Yji ^^ JVSJVVS ^ 'W \ S ^^ w ^^ IffiflftflM ^ JWwJf N ^^ 23 GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . C .
Annual Visit Of Stewards To The R.M.B.I.
ANNUAL VISIT OF STEWARDS TO THE R . M . B . I .
/ JN Wednesday , lGth inst ., those brethron who served as Stewards ^ for the recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution paid tlieir customary visit , to Croydon , where they experienced a hearty reception at the hands of Bro . Terry , tho indefatigable Secretary , and from Bro . Norn ' s the Warden , a / id Hiss Norris . Despite the continuous downpour of rain , several lurlie
.--graced tho meeting with their presence . Luncheon was served in tin-Hull , those brethren who arrived first making way for the successive ' arrivals , until the whole of the guests had been accommodated . Those active members of the House Committee Bros . Raynham W . Stewart and Thomas Cnbitt occupied tho chair and vice chair respectivel y , their dnties proving very arduous on account of the fresh
arrivals of gncsts . The nsual Loyal toasts were given from the chair . tK ^ he anfnll . y received , Bro . Stcwnrb remarking upon the lionom the ladies had done them by their presence . The toast of success tithe Benevolent Institution , " coupled with tho name of Bro . J . Terry , was m 0 st enthusiastically received . Bro . Terry , in thanking tlie ladies and the brethren for wishing the Institution success in sno ) .
a hearty manner , conld not but express his cordial thanks to the stewards of the last Festival , to whose exertions were due the < rratn success of a list amounting to £ 12 , 280 . This had enabled thr U'lumittee to elect fifteen additional annuitants . Bro . Tern reviewed the progress of the Institution , showing how that seven Years a go they wero enabled to spend but £ 3 , 800 , they now had charges
Annual Visit Of Stewards To The R.M.B.I.
upon them amounting to . t'll , 3 f > 0 . For this large increase , ho had to thank tho Stewards , who by their kin I labour had thns contributed co tho extension of tho htMwtUs of tho Institution . Concluding with a hearty expression ° f thanks to the ladies for attending thoro that day , and for tho kind interest taken by them in tho Institution iu being enrolled as Vico iVrous , Bro . Terry said , no doubt tho ladies
ot ten wondered what Freemasonry wis , and what there was in it to keep thoT hu-ibands four or tivo hours at their Lodge . Thoso present eonld find tin answer when thoy rell-icted that iu this and the two sifter Institutions £ 12 , 000 , was -uumdlv expen led toelothe , educi ' e , and support , 750 Boys , Girls , and aged Fro imasons and their wi l-nvs . After luncheon the Visitors dispersed to mako the acquaintance of the
aged initiates , who ntioaud all see nn I ch-orful , o inceucnd , ami haopy , and evidently hold Bro . Morris in tho highest esteem . Wo could u it but feel that had each of tho S'owards known tho vdtio of thfj annuity and hotn » , his advocacy of the Institution would havo boon still more powerful at the Festival in February last , and th « anviiint realised considerably larger . Among the various featnres of tho visit
was tho kindly mannor in which a subscription was starfce I by a few of the brethreu and la-lias to purchase a pianoforte , so that tho inmates who possess musical ability may be enabled to relieve th-i monotony of their neighbours by musical perform mces daring the long evenings . We wero pleased to find the old ladiVs wore busying themsp ! ¦ ¦ ia in furnishing articles for the approaching Bazaar in aid of the 11 > val Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund , and we are inform -d that a stall will
bo devoted to exhibits of the handy work of the inmates , of the Home at Croydon . Nor does this exhaust tho abilities of the inmates , for we had the pleasuro of seeing a capital model , tho work of widow Bonorandi , whioh is very skilfully done . In visiting the old ladies the guests discovered one who requested them to read a piece of poetry she had composed upon the Home , vvliich as it displays some ability we have much p lea , snre in re-producing for our readers .
Within this calm retreat , . Raised by Masonic love , Wo aged pilgrims come To rest our weary feet . With joyfnl stops we come , From toil and care set free , To our Masonic home , And nearer still to Thee .
Nearer to Thee , my God , Great Architect Divine ! Oh ! teach us so to live That we may all be Thiue . I love tho noble Craft , A woman though I be , Its steadfast faith in God , Its boundless charity .
Come then , Masonic friends , And join your prayers to mine , That God the Craft will bleS 3 In every age and clime . For thoy the footpath keep—The path onr Master trod , They soothe our orphans' cares , And teach the way to God .
And by their sacred bond , Their noble actions , too , They show , while here they dwell , What other men . should do . CHARLOTTE GAJIAUF .
Having spent a happy afternoon , the company gradually dispersed , with but one regret , —that no ray of sunshine had warned the scene , yet carrying with them the gratifying feeling so well expressed in our leetnres , that they had assisted those who had borne the heat and burden of the day , and had thus rendered the close of their days happy and comfortable . ^ k
Tbe following ladies and brethren were present : —Kaynham W . Stewart , Thomas Cnbitt , H . W . Linton , S . Godden and Mrs . Godden , Edgar Bowyer , A . H . Tattershall , C . A . Cottebrune , H . W . Ruff , A . McDowall , and Miss McDowall , G . H . Hunter , J . B . Poole , H . A . Moore , J . Qnifcmann , T . B . Hawkins , M . S . Larlbam , E . Farwig , R . Pearcy , J . Osborne , T . Briggs , E . M . Barry , E . M . Osborn , C H .
Webb , Miss Rugg , A . M . Hunter , A . J . Manning , J . Salmon , C . W . Seller , L . Hirsh , G . H . Stephens , E . Walter , E . C . Woodward , S . A . Allen , J . W . Simmonds , T . W . C . Bush , Mrs . H . W . Moore , E . F . Storr and J . Storr , Mrs . Parsons , Miss Parsons , Simnol Poynter , Miss Poynter , J . M . Denney , C . Bnckhurst , Miss E . Buckhnrst , E .
ffopwood and Mrs . Hopwood , H . J . Strong , M . D ., Hon . Sm-geon to tho Institution , J .- Newton , J . R . Gallant aud Mrs . Gallaut , C . W . F . » x and Mrs . Fox , T . Hallett , II . A . Lovett , W . J . Miller . H . C . l-ambert , S . H . Parkhouse and Mrs . Parkhouse , W . Hiuks and Mrs . Hinkhi , J . K . Coleman , J . Kench , II . S . Francis , & c , & c .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons > f Middlesex and Surrey will be held at tho Greyhound Motel , Hampton Oonrfc , on Tuesday next , tlie 29 th instant , rhe Prov . Grand Lodgo will be opened afc < l- p . m ., and it is ¦ xpected that Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., P . G . M . M ., will
preside , and will be numerously supported by his Grand Officers past and present , and the principal Officers and members of the various Lodges entitled to be present . We mny add that tbo Era Mark Lodge , No . 176 , will be opened at 8 p . m . for tho purpose of advancing brethren to the degrcj of Mink Master Mason .