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To The Editor.
TO TIIE EDITOR . Sin . —Considering the criticism on one of the Figures which ornament the Vase presented to the P . G . Master for Somerset to be altogether misplaced , will you permit me to ask what emblem you would attach to a female figure to constitute it that of " Faith ? " Encore—why is " Faith " so represented on many of our Masonic devices ?—Surel y it is cross to find fault here , where our worth y Brother Abrahams merits so rich a liment
comp . Yours "HOPE . " [ As ^ a Christian emblem assuredly " Faith" is correctly represented ; hut why " Faith" is so represented on many Masonic devices it may not be easy to answer . - —but this we venture to intimate , that another device should be adopted . Our criticism pointed at the regret we felt that a copy of the A Warwick Vase should have superseded some more appropriate Masonic illustration ; but Brother Abrahams is certainly entitled to the rich compliment which the merits of the Vase deserve as a copy . —En . ' ]
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
HERTFORD . —The AVATFORD LODGE held their monthly meetin " December 23 , 1836 , when Brother P . M . AVard officiated for the R . W . M . Brother Majoribanks , M . P ., whose attendance was prevented hy the recent death of a near relative . Several of the Brethren were advanced in the mysteries according to their various degrees ; the . business of the day being over , the Brethren retired at six ' o ' clock to their new hall , where dinner was served up in Brother Barnard ' s usual style . Brother Stuartlate for the
, M . P . county of Beds , and Deputy Provincial Grand Master for the county of Herts , ably sustained the Chair . Upon the cloth being removed , " The King , the srand patron of the Order , " was given with the usual Masonic honours ' , after ivhich " God save the King '' was sung by Brother AV ylde in his very best style . " The Duke of Sussex , M . AV . G . Master , " followed next , and a collection was entered into for the proposed votive tribute to his Royal Hin-hness , and the sum of twenty guineas was immediatel y subscribed . After some other Masonic toasts being given , Brother Stuart oronosed tho
" Health of Brother Secretary Goldsmith , " and passed a warm encomium upon his conduct , and on the very efficient services during the several years he had acted as Secretary , at the same time presenting him , in the name of the Lodge , with a massive silver salver , weighing upwards of eighty ounces , of the value of fifty guineas , and bearing the following inscription .- " Presented hy the Brethren of the AVatford Lodge , No- 580 , to Brother G eorge Goldsmith , in testimony of their fraternal and acknowled
regard gment of the unwearied exertions and zeal with which he has , during several years , discharged the important duties of Secretary to the Lodge , and of the urbanity of manners and unceasing kindness evinced to his Brethren on all occasions , whereby the interests of the AVatford Lodge have been greatl y promoted , and its present high character m the fraternity materially advanced . A . L . 5840 , A . D . 1836 . " Various other toasts succeeded , and the evening was spent with that good feeling which is ever thc characteristic of a Masonic meeting .
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To The Editor.
TO TIIE EDITOR . Sin . —Considering the criticism on one of the Figures which ornament the Vase presented to the P . G . Master for Somerset to be altogether misplaced , will you permit me to ask what emblem you would attach to a female figure to constitute it that of " Faith ? " Encore—why is " Faith " so represented on many of our Masonic devices ?—Surel y it is cross to find fault here , where our worth y Brother Abrahams merits so rich a liment
comp . Yours "HOPE . " [ As ^ a Christian emblem assuredly " Faith" is correctly represented ; hut why " Faith" is so represented on many Masonic devices it may not be easy to answer . - —but this we venture to intimate , that another device should be adopted . Our criticism pointed at the regret we felt that a copy of the A Warwick Vase should have superseded some more appropriate Masonic illustration ; but Brother Abrahams is certainly entitled to the rich compliment which the merits of the Vase deserve as a copy . —En . ' ]
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
HERTFORD . —The AVATFORD LODGE held their monthly meetin " December 23 , 1836 , when Brother P . M . AVard officiated for the R . W . M . Brother Majoribanks , M . P ., whose attendance was prevented hy the recent death of a near relative . Several of the Brethren were advanced in the mysteries according to their various degrees ; the . business of the day being over , the Brethren retired at six ' o ' clock to their new hall , where dinner was served up in Brother Barnard ' s usual style . Brother Stuartlate for the
, M . P . county of Beds , and Deputy Provincial Grand Master for the county of Herts , ably sustained the Chair . Upon the cloth being removed , " The King , the srand patron of the Order , " was given with the usual Masonic honours ' , after ivhich " God save the King '' was sung by Brother AV ylde in his very best style . " The Duke of Sussex , M . AV . G . Master , " followed next , and a collection was entered into for the proposed votive tribute to his Royal Hin-hness , and the sum of twenty guineas was immediatel y subscribed . After some other Masonic toasts being given , Brother Stuart oronosed tho
" Health of Brother Secretary Goldsmith , " and passed a warm encomium upon his conduct , and on the very efficient services during the several years he had acted as Secretary , at the same time presenting him , in the name of the Lodge , with a massive silver salver , weighing upwards of eighty ounces , of the value of fifty guineas , and bearing the following inscription .- " Presented hy the Brethren of the AVatford Lodge , No- 580 , to Brother G eorge Goldsmith , in testimony of their fraternal and acknowled
regard gment of the unwearied exertions and zeal with which he has , during several years , discharged the important duties of Secretary to the Lodge , and of the urbanity of manners and unceasing kindness evinced to his Brethren on all occasions , whereby the interests of the AVatford Lodge have been greatl y promoted , and its present high character m the fraternity materially advanced . A . L . 5840 , A . D . 1836 . " Various other toasts succeeded , and the evening was spent with that good feeling which is ever thc characteristic of a Masonic meeting .