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sudden and unexpected death could not fail of being very seriously felt . The toast was drunk in solemn silence , the announcement of the death of Bro . Evans having from the commencement of the proceedings thrown a gloom over the Brethren .
STRONG MATT LODGE ( NO . 53 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge met for the last time this season on Thursday the 27 th , at the Masonic Hall , Fetter-lane ; Bro . LeAvis , P . M ., in the absence of the W . M ., very ably went through the ceremony of initiation . The Lodge was in good working order , and is in a very prosperous condition . The business being concluded , and the Lodge closed , the Brethren adjourned to the GreyhoundDulwichto celebrate their annual
, , summer banquet , the arrangements of which were complete and satisfactory . The Brethren , after having spent the greater portion of the day in various amusements , sat down to dinner , under the presidency of the W . M ., Bro . S . M . Axtell , supported by eight of the P . M . ' s of the Lodge . After the usual toasts , the Brethren separated .
LODGE OE REGULARITY ( NO . 10 S ) . — -The Brethren of this Lodge assembled together in great force at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Thursday the 13 th , when Bro . W . Johnson , P . M ., the brother of the W . M ., Bro . J . H . Johnson , passed a Brother to the second degree , and afterwards explained the tracing board in a very able and satisfactory manner . Some alterations Avere then made in the bye-laws , and the Masonic business brought to a most harmonious close . The
Lodge was upon this occasion honoured by the presence of Bro . H . L . Crohn , the Grand Sec . for German correspondence , Bro . Dr . Rowe , P . P . D . G . M . for Essex , Bro . Banks , & c , the latter of whom , during the evening , made the following remarks : —
" As a visitor , he was highly gratified at the kind reception he had met with , and at the happy and social manner , in which the Brethren had passed their time since the closing of the Lodge . It had been said , that Masonic banquets were undesirable , and that the festal enjoyments of the Lodges militated against the progress of benevolence . This was a superficial opinion . He contended that the social system of England , which brought out the best feelings of our nature , was based upon the practice of dining together . What man could . boast of the friendship of another , who had not had the pleasure of dining with him ? This argument
might be pursued to an unlimited extent . The comforts of this life were sent for our use , and he was sure that the members of the Craft would never abuse the good gifts of Providence . Bro . Dr . Howe , who had just spoken , had given the Lodge a disquisition upon the etymology of the word Masonry , which he had traced to the time of the Chaldeans . He ( Bro . Banks ) would also give them a precedent for a Masonic banquet of an ancient date . There was one Pythagoras , a Freemason , who in the joy of his heart ( on finding the solution of a problem dear to every Past Master ) sacrificed a hundred oxen . Were they scattered to
the winds , or given to the carnivorous beasts of the forests , or birds of the air ? No , in all probability this was a great feast , where the poor and the needy were fed to their hearts' content . He had been a Mason nearly thirty years , and in daily contact with the members of the Craft during the whole of that time and his knowledge of a Mason was , that he had a tear for pity and a hand open as day for melting charity . "
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Metropolitan.
sudden and unexpected death could not fail of being very seriously felt . The toast was drunk in solemn silence , the announcement of the death of Bro . Evans having from the commencement of the proceedings thrown a gloom over the Brethren .
STRONG MATT LODGE ( NO . 53 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge met for the last time this season on Thursday the 27 th , at the Masonic Hall , Fetter-lane ; Bro . LeAvis , P . M ., in the absence of the W . M ., very ably went through the ceremony of initiation . The Lodge was in good working order , and is in a very prosperous condition . The business being concluded , and the Lodge closed , the Brethren adjourned to the GreyhoundDulwichto celebrate their annual
, , summer banquet , the arrangements of which were complete and satisfactory . The Brethren , after having spent the greater portion of the day in various amusements , sat down to dinner , under the presidency of the W . M ., Bro . S . M . Axtell , supported by eight of the P . M . ' s of the Lodge . After the usual toasts , the Brethren separated .
LODGE OE REGULARITY ( NO . 10 S ) . — -The Brethren of this Lodge assembled together in great force at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Thursday the 13 th , when Bro . W . Johnson , P . M ., the brother of the W . M ., Bro . J . H . Johnson , passed a Brother to the second degree , and afterwards explained the tracing board in a very able and satisfactory manner . Some alterations Avere then made in the bye-laws , and the Masonic business brought to a most harmonious close . The
Lodge was upon this occasion honoured by the presence of Bro . H . L . Crohn , the Grand Sec . for German correspondence , Bro . Dr . Rowe , P . P . D . G . M . for Essex , Bro . Banks , & c , the latter of whom , during the evening , made the following remarks : —
" As a visitor , he was highly gratified at the kind reception he had met with , and at the happy and social manner , in which the Brethren had passed their time since the closing of the Lodge . It had been said , that Masonic banquets were undesirable , and that the festal enjoyments of the Lodges militated against the progress of benevolence . This was a superficial opinion . He contended that the social system of England , which brought out the best feelings of our nature , was based upon the practice of dining together . What man could . boast of the friendship of another , who had not had the pleasure of dining with him ? This argument
might be pursued to an unlimited extent . The comforts of this life were sent for our use , and he was sure that the members of the Craft would never abuse the good gifts of Providence . Bro . Dr . Howe , who had just spoken , had given the Lodge a disquisition upon the etymology of the word Masonry , which he had traced to the time of the Chaldeans . He ( Bro . Banks ) would also give them a precedent for a Masonic banquet of an ancient date . There was one Pythagoras , a Freemason , who in the joy of his heart ( on finding the solution of a problem dear to every Past Master ) sacrificed a hundred oxen . Were they scattered to
the winds , or given to the carnivorous beasts of the forests , or birds of the air ? No , in all probability this was a great feast , where the poor and the needy were fed to their hearts' content . He had been a Mason nearly thirty years , and in daily contact with the members of the Craft during the whole of that time and his knowledge of a Mason was , that he had a tear for pity and a hand open as day for melting charity . "