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Obituary.
He ivas initiated in April 1835 , in Lodge No . 610 , and continued a zealous member to his death , at which time he was W . M , His loss is deeply regretted by the Members of his Lodge . Jan . 17 . —ROSALIND , Aged 2 a , third daughter of Brother James Savage , of Essex Street , Strand . Jan . 20 . —BROTHER GEIIVAISE MARGERISON ; he was initiated in
No . 364 , Leeds , Lodge of Fidelity , 27 th January 1820 . Joined the Royal Athelstan , No . 19 , London , September 1820 , and continued a Member eighteen months . Exalted in the Chapter of Prudence , No . 12 , London , April 16 , 1821 ; served the office of J . in 1824 , and Z . in 1826 and 1827 ; a subscribing Member at the time of decease . Joined the Constitutional Lodge , 63 , London , February 15 , 1822 . Served the office of W . M . in 1822 , 1825 , and 1827 , and as steward for the Duke ' s birthday . Bros . Margerison , and Smyth , whose decease is also recorded in the present obituary , were intimate associates for many years ; they are now more closely united by death .
BROTHER JOHN SMYTH , Jan . 31 st . a _ t . 60 ; it is said of a decline and general dropsy , —it might be of a broken heart . He has left a widow and a young family to lament his loss . In many cases of destitution there is a too evident proof of the sad void which the removal of a poor man makes in a family ; the daily bread no longer supplied , the scanty comforts removed with the means that produced them , penury ancl desolation stand out the prominent contrast of the rich man ' s departure , when
the pomp and vanity of the marshalled emblazonments of heraldic splendour , ancl the ill-suppressed because not altogether unnatural feelings of gratification consequent on the accession of wealth , —shew in death as in life , that stern moral lesson , the equality of man . The rich and the poor , equal in the sight of God , withdrawn from the scene of this life where their lot has been unequally cast , are now candidates for the Grand Lod abovethe one lamented with tears of unfeigned sorrow
ge , , because with his protection and exertion came the means of subsistence , which have passed away fi om the wife and children of his bosom ; the other not , perhaps , unregretted ; but the void is supplied , the estates remain , the possessor only changed . The dread of death , and the light of mortality creates a shuddering , which passes in due time ; the sable emblems of mourning are removed , ancl the first change of fashion conquers the recollection of the dead . Oh , life !
Brother John Smyth was , in his day , the friend and contemporary ot Peter Gilkes , whom he rivalled in the correctness of his Masonic acquirements . He was not learned , but business like ; his memory was good , his manners pleasing , occasionally perhaps somewhat dictatorial ; arising from his consciousness of superiority over many who professed , but did NOT practice our tenets . He was formerly a member of the Burlington , St . James ' s Union , ancl other Lodges . He became unfortunate , and with misfortune came those certain a misunderstanding
consequences with friends . He was relieved by Grand Lodge in 1839 . Our duty is now with the dead , and we hope the Board of Benevolence will deal bountifully with the widow of a Brother , —who whatever faults he had , —inaction in the cause of Masonry cannot be reckoned among them . The jewel presented to him by the Burlington Lodge , with his Masonic papers , were g iven at his last request to Dr . Crucefix , by his widow . VOL . VTT . J '
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
He ivas initiated in April 1835 , in Lodge No . 610 , and continued a zealous member to his death , at which time he was W . M , His loss is deeply regretted by the Members of his Lodge . Jan . 17 . —ROSALIND , Aged 2 a , third daughter of Brother James Savage , of Essex Street , Strand . Jan . 20 . —BROTHER GEIIVAISE MARGERISON ; he was initiated in
No . 364 , Leeds , Lodge of Fidelity , 27 th January 1820 . Joined the Royal Athelstan , No . 19 , London , September 1820 , and continued a Member eighteen months . Exalted in the Chapter of Prudence , No . 12 , London , April 16 , 1821 ; served the office of J . in 1824 , and Z . in 1826 and 1827 ; a subscribing Member at the time of decease . Joined the Constitutional Lodge , 63 , London , February 15 , 1822 . Served the office of W . M . in 1822 , 1825 , and 1827 , and as steward for the Duke ' s birthday . Bros . Margerison , and Smyth , whose decease is also recorded in the present obituary , were intimate associates for many years ; they are now more closely united by death .
BROTHER JOHN SMYTH , Jan . 31 st . a _ t . 60 ; it is said of a decline and general dropsy , —it might be of a broken heart . He has left a widow and a young family to lament his loss . In many cases of destitution there is a too evident proof of the sad void which the removal of a poor man makes in a family ; the daily bread no longer supplied , the scanty comforts removed with the means that produced them , penury ancl desolation stand out the prominent contrast of the rich man ' s departure , when
the pomp and vanity of the marshalled emblazonments of heraldic splendour , ancl the ill-suppressed because not altogether unnatural feelings of gratification consequent on the accession of wealth , —shew in death as in life , that stern moral lesson , the equality of man . The rich and the poor , equal in the sight of God , withdrawn from the scene of this life where their lot has been unequally cast , are now candidates for the Grand Lod abovethe one lamented with tears of unfeigned sorrow
ge , , because with his protection and exertion came the means of subsistence , which have passed away fi om the wife and children of his bosom ; the other not , perhaps , unregretted ; but the void is supplied , the estates remain , the possessor only changed . The dread of death , and the light of mortality creates a shuddering , which passes in due time ; the sable emblems of mourning are removed , ancl the first change of fashion conquers the recollection of the dead . Oh , life !
Brother John Smyth was , in his day , the friend and contemporary ot Peter Gilkes , whom he rivalled in the correctness of his Masonic acquirements . He was not learned , but business like ; his memory was good , his manners pleasing , occasionally perhaps somewhat dictatorial ; arising from his consciousness of superiority over many who professed , but did NOT practice our tenets . He was formerly a member of the Burlington , St . James ' s Union , ancl other Lodges . He became unfortunate , and with misfortune came those certain a misunderstanding
consequences with friends . He was relieved by Grand Lodge in 1839 . Our duty is now with the dead , and we hope the Board of Benevolence will deal bountifully with the widow of a Brother , —who whatever faults he had , —inaction in the cause of Masonry cannot be reckoned among them . The jewel presented to him by the Burlington Lodge , with his Masonic papers , were g iven at his last request to Dr . Crucefix , by his widow . VOL . VTT . J '