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Obituary.
friend , Bro . 'Acklam was loved and esteemed . Asa nei ghbour lie Was highly respected ; all parochial offices , to those of churchwarden and commissioner on the different boards , he had passed in the most creditable manner . To the poor he was consistently kind and benevolent . As a Mason , he was eminent for the graces of independence and worthiness . There was no littleness about him ; and although he felt keenly sensible of the insult annually passed on him by seeing Brethren
his juniors in years , and far his inferiors in mental power and Masonic qualification , promoted to the Purple , yet his feelings did not endanger his loyalty to Freemasonry . To the last he was the true and faithful John Philip Acklam . As a proof of his anxiety for the Order , one of his last injunctions was to renew the Masters and Past Masters CJub , and to limit the office of Grand Master to three , or at most five years . Was he prophetic ? we shall see . AVould that his spirit could animate others . Peace to his soul ! Every Masonic body with which he was associated ( the Grand Lodge accepted ) , have assumed Masonic mourning .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
BEDFORD . —Siuart Lodge , Nov . 24 . —A consecration took place at the , Swan . Hotel . The Earl of Zetland , Grand Master , deputed Wm . Stuart , Esq ., of Aldenham Abbey , Prov . Grand Master for Herts , to perform the ceremony . The Prov . Grand Master , accompanied by the several Grand Officers of his province , arrived at Bedford by two o ' clock , when , the , beautiful consecration service was most impressivel y given by tlie . Rev . Stephen Lea Wilson , the Prov . Grand Chaplain . Bro . Laurence
Tiibnapso ' n , kindly officiated as master of the ceremonies . A sumptuous hahquetfpllowed , and after the Queen ' s health , the national anthem was sung , by , Bros . Nunn , Kemble , and Ransford . The new Lodge is styled "; . tJie , Stuai-t Lodge" in compliment to Henry Stuart , Esq ., M . P ., its first blaster ; and its members were highly gratified by a very numerous attendance , of Brethren from the neighbouring counties ; among whom we . ' observed . Bros . H . H . BurchellHigh Sheriff of Herts ; the
, , , Key , F . Qrme , the Rev . J . W . Downes , and others from the Pomfret Lodge Northampton , the AA atford Lodge , the Luton Lodge , the Kettering .. Lodge , the Berkhampstead Lodge , the Hertford Lodge , & c . The officers , at present named in the Stuart Lodge are , H . Stuart , Esq ., Jti ^ XW . M . ; Bros , the Rev . E . I . Lockwood , S . W . ; Rev . Charles Breretpp , J . W \ : Thomas Riley , S . D ., and Secretary ; John Trapp , J ' . ' D ., jAV . Woodroffe , I . G . ; and John Nunn , Grand Organist ; and
we think , they ' , may congratulate each other upon the very favourable auspices ^ nder which they enter upon their duties . Several gentlemen of j the . town and neighbourhood signified a desire to join the fraternity , and ^ ve , ' calculate ' upon seeing a first-rate superstructure raised upon the foulujatipn thus so happily laid in Bedford . - , 'iiOxEOitn . —Apollo University Lodge , Nov . 10 . —The Brethren assembled / ifoivtlfe first time this term , when a liberal contribution was
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
friend , Bro . 'Acklam was loved and esteemed . Asa nei ghbour lie Was highly respected ; all parochial offices , to those of churchwarden and commissioner on the different boards , he had passed in the most creditable manner . To the poor he was consistently kind and benevolent . As a Mason , he was eminent for the graces of independence and worthiness . There was no littleness about him ; and although he felt keenly sensible of the insult annually passed on him by seeing Brethren
his juniors in years , and far his inferiors in mental power and Masonic qualification , promoted to the Purple , yet his feelings did not endanger his loyalty to Freemasonry . To the last he was the true and faithful John Philip Acklam . As a proof of his anxiety for the Order , one of his last injunctions was to renew the Masters and Past Masters CJub , and to limit the office of Grand Master to three , or at most five years . Was he prophetic ? we shall see . AVould that his spirit could animate others . Peace to his soul ! Every Masonic body with which he was associated ( the Grand Lodge accepted ) , have assumed Masonic mourning .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
BEDFORD . —Siuart Lodge , Nov . 24 . —A consecration took place at the , Swan . Hotel . The Earl of Zetland , Grand Master , deputed Wm . Stuart , Esq ., of Aldenham Abbey , Prov . Grand Master for Herts , to perform the ceremony . The Prov . Grand Master , accompanied by the several Grand Officers of his province , arrived at Bedford by two o ' clock , when , the , beautiful consecration service was most impressivel y given by tlie . Rev . Stephen Lea Wilson , the Prov . Grand Chaplain . Bro . Laurence
Tiibnapso ' n , kindly officiated as master of the ceremonies . A sumptuous hahquetfpllowed , and after the Queen ' s health , the national anthem was sung , by , Bros . Nunn , Kemble , and Ransford . The new Lodge is styled "; . tJie , Stuai-t Lodge" in compliment to Henry Stuart , Esq ., M . P ., its first blaster ; and its members were highly gratified by a very numerous attendance , of Brethren from the neighbouring counties ; among whom we . ' observed . Bros . H . H . BurchellHigh Sheriff of Herts ; the
, , , Key , F . Qrme , the Rev . J . W . Downes , and others from the Pomfret Lodge Northampton , the AA atford Lodge , the Luton Lodge , the Kettering .. Lodge , the Berkhampstead Lodge , the Hertford Lodge , & c . The officers , at present named in the Stuart Lodge are , H . Stuart , Esq ., Jti ^ XW . M . ; Bros , the Rev . E . I . Lockwood , S . W . ; Rev . Charles Breretpp , J . W \ : Thomas Riley , S . D ., and Secretary ; John Trapp , J ' . ' D ., jAV . Woodroffe , I . G . ; and John Nunn , Grand Organist ; and
we think , they ' , may congratulate each other upon the very favourable auspices ^ nder which they enter upon their duties . Several gentlemen of j the . town and neighbourhood signified a desire to join the fraternity , and ^ ve , ' calculate ' upon seeing a first-rate superstructure raised upon the foulujatipn thus so happily laid in Bedford . - , 'iiOxEOitn . —Apollo University Lodge , Nov . 10 . —The Brethren assembled / ifoivtlfe first time this term , when a liberal contribution was