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Freemasonry m the Universal Lod ge ( then No . 300 ) August 20 , 1812 , of which he was a P . M . ; exalted to the Royal Arch in the Caledonian Chapter , at the Horn Tavern , Doctor ' s Commons , April 10 , 1813 ; inf , , o , o ^ , n templar in the Mount Carmel Encampment , April I ™ ¦ i _ lnstalled a NT e Plus Ultra , and Rosa-Crucian in the Cross ot Christ Encampment , at the Crown Tavern , Clerkenwell Green April 16 , 1813 ; joined the Lodge of Honor and Generosity , No . 194 ( then No 274 ) 1817 in which '
. January , , Lodge he served theoffice of W M he afterwards joined the Mount Sinai Chapter , of ivhich he was many years a subscribing member ; he also joined the Chapter of Fidelity , and the Mount Sum Chapter , of each of which he was a Past Principal and was a member at his decease ; he was collector , and a subscriber to the 1 ' reemasons Charity for Female Children , and subscriber to the A ° -ed Mason s Asylum ; he was W . M . of the Strong Man Lod ge at the time of his deceaseand had
, previousl y served the office in 1835 ; he was presented many years since with a written testimonial from the Lodge of Honor and Generosity , recording the grateful thanks of the Brethren for his valuable and disinterested services ; they also presented him with a valuable last Master s jewel , he having six times served the office of Master of that Lodge ; and so well satisfied were the Companions of the Mount Sion Chapter with his constant and indefatigable attention to the interests of that Chapter that they unanimously presented him with
a most splendid Past First Principal ' s jewel , when he quitted the chair , with ^ a vote of thanks for his services . ? i , We I ' in addition t 0 tlle foregoing testimony of general service , that Brother Canham was Tyler to several Lodges ; he was honourably known as " Canham the T yler . " Our first Introduction to him was when officiating as such in the Bank of England Lodge—circumstances afterwards occurred to cement our acquaintance beyond the observance of
common such qualification ; we do not hesitate to acknowledge that we were useful to each other . Brother Canham had been a close observer of the Craft , and when he chose could communicate upon subjects of interest to such as sought for information and we say conscienciously with Bro . Turner , " in regard to his moral character no one can say aught against it ; he was prudent , virtuous , discreet , and temperate-a kind father , a tender husband , a firm and constant . " ! - f " ™ ults were none > in comparison , and arose from the seeming difficulty of position—a member of some Lodses . and the Tvler of
others , his peculiarities ( and have not all such ) often underwent a severe scrutiny ; but never to his dishonour—few indeed could have brouoht before a board to decide upon a question of character such a host of testimonials as did the subject of our remarks—he had been opposed as unfit to be the collector of the Girls' School—the Alderman ofhis ward , the Common Council , and upwards of one hundred of the leading merchants and principal inhabitants had si gned a recommendation to the Common Council in his
favor ; his landlord , and the tax collector deposed to his integrity ; and the Master of every Lodge of which he was 1 yler felt happy m testif ying to his Masonic worth . " No one act of our own repays us with more grateful recollection than the part we took upon the occasion . Brother Canham was afflicted with a chronic asthma and had been ailing for the last twelve months , the recent epidemic therefore the more fatally attacked him ; three days before his death we called upon him and found him prepared for the great change ; Canham was no longer the T yler ; his thought and speech were of the future -
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
Freemasonry m the Universal Lod ge ( then No . 300 ) August 20 , 1812 , of which he was a P . M . ; exalted to the Royal Arch in the Caledonian Chapter , at the Horn Tavern , Doctor ' s Commons , April 10 , 1813 ; inf , , o , o ^ , n templar in the Mount Carmel Encampment , April I ™ ¦ i _ lnstalled a NT e Plus Ultra , and Rosa-Crucian in the Cross ot Christ Encampment , at the Crown Tavern , Clerkenwell Green April 16 , 1813 ; joined the Lodge of Honor and Generosity , No . 194 ( then No 274 ) 1817 in which '
. January , , Lodge he served theoffice of W M he afterwards joined the Mount Sinai Chapter , of ivhich he was many years a subscribing member ; he also joined the Chapter of Fidelity , and the Mount Sum Chapter , of each of which he was a Past Principal and was a member at his decease ; he was collector , and a subscriber to the 1 ' reemasons Charity for Female Children , and subscriber to the A ° -ed Mason s Asylum ; he was W . M . of the Strong Man Lod ge at the time of his deceaseand had
, previousl y served the office in 1835 ; he was presented many years since with a written testimonial from the Lodge of Honor and Generosity , recording the grateful thanks of the Brethren for his valuable and disinterested services ; they also presented him with a valuable last Master s jewel , he having six times served the office of Master of that Lodge ; and so well satisfied were the Companions of the Mount Sion Chapter with his constant and indefatigable attention to the interests of that Chapter that they unanimously presented him with
a most splendid Past First Principal ' s jewel , when he quitted the chair , with ^ a vote of thanks for his services . ? i , We I ' in addition t 0 tlle foregoing testimony of general service , that Brother Canham was Tyler to several Lodges ; he was honourably known as " Canham the T yler . " Our first Introduction to him was when officiating as such in the Bank of England Lodge—circumstances afterwards occurred to cement our acquaintance beyond the observance of
common such qualification ; we do not hesitate to acknowledge that we were useful to each other . Brother Canham had been a close observer of the Craft , and when he chose could communicate upon subjects of interest to such as sought for information and we say conscienciously with Bro . Turner , " in regard to his moral character no one can say aught against it ; he was prudent , virtuous , discreet , and temperate-a kind father , a tender husband , a firm and constant . " ! - f " ™ ults were none > in comparison , and arose from the seeming difficulty of position—a member of some Lodses . and the Tvler of
others , his peculiarities ( and have not all such ) often underwent a severe scrutiny ; but never to his dishonour—few indeed could have brouoht before a board to decide upon a question of character such a host of testimonials as did the subject of our remarks—he had been opposed as unfit to be the collector of the Girls' School—the Alderman ofhis ward , the Common Council , and upwards of one hundred of the leading merchants and principal inhabitants had si gned a recommendation to the Common Council in his
favor ; his landlord , and the tax collector deposed to his integrity ; and the Master of every Lodge of which he was 1 yler felt happy m testif ying to his Masonic worth . " No one act of our own repays us with more grateful recollection than the part we took upon the occasion . Brother Canham was afflicted with a chronic asthma and had been ailing for the last twelve months , the recent epidemic therefore the more fatally attacked him ; three days before his death we called upon him and found him prepared for the great change ; Canham was no longer the T yler ; his thought and speech were of the future -