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them to the editor , or to use them by transcript . So that , my dear doctor , I have merely vacated a post of honour that I may be , if possible , of still more use to Masonry . You kindly allude to Christmas and my wife—we never passed a duller time—but there is hope in the change , and we look forward to the new year in contrast with that which is just gone by . AVith a grateful sense of your friendship and support , & c , & c . R . T . CRUCEFIX .
( To be continued . ' ) NOTE . —Dr . Oliver would be obliged to any Brother who would favour him with the loan of " Preston's State of Facts , 1778 , " for a few weeks . It may be forwarded either to him direct , or to Bro . Spencer , 314 , High Holborn .
BRO . JOHN LANE , D . C . L ., Died October 25 , Aged 37 years . Bro . Lane was initiated into Freemasonry in the Alfred Lodge , Np . 425 , March 5 , 1833 , and served the office of Inner Guard , in 1834 . He joined the Apollo Lodge , No . 460 , in 1841 . He also assisted in the re-establishment ofthe Prov . G . Lodge of Oxfordshire , on the appointment of Lord John Churchill , in 1841 , to the office of Prov . G . M . ; the Prov . G . Lodge having lain dormant
since the death of Lord Saye and Sele . At this time Dr . Lane was appointed Prov . J . G . Deacon . In 1841 , in conjunction with Bros . Rev . VV . H . Cox , Rev . G . F . Thomas , VV . Lane Fox , Ralph Fawcitt , AVm . Thompson , and others , he founded the Churchill Lodge , No . 702 , at Henly-on-Thames , Oxon ., and served the office of W . M . He was exalted in the Alfred Chapter , No . 425 , and served all the
offices , including that of First Principal , and rendered much service to it . He was a member of the Mount Moriah , and other Lodges , in London , and served the office of W . M . in the Mount Moriah . He was a member of Queen ' s College , in the University of Oxford and proceeded to the degree of D . C . L . It is with no ordinary grief that we record the death of Bro . Dr .
Lane . Although he had been but little occupied with the duties and claims of the Order during the last two or three years , he yet continued to admire its precepts to the last hour of his life . He commenced his career with bright hopes , and brilliant prospects . Alas ! they were suddenly overcast , and , as with many others of the human race , misfortune had such an effect upon a too sensitive mind , that he sunk under a weight which hastened him to an early and premature grave . AVe had
hoped for his assistance and exertions in carrying out this publication . Ill health prevented the accomplishment of his wishes and our own . He has now passed this "life ' s fitful fever ; " but though his presence is no longer with us , he will be long remembered as one , who took an active part in the proceedings of Grand Lodge , and sought , not always wisely , but invariably with good intentions , to promote the welfare of the Order . VOL . I . % T
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them to the editor , or to use them by transcript . So that , my dear doctor , I have merely vacated a post of honour that I may be , if possible , of still more use to Masonry . You kindly allude to Christmas and my wife—we never passed a duller time—but there is hope in the change , and we look forward to the new year in contrast with that which is just gone by . AVith a grateful sense of your friendship and support , & c , & c . R . T . CRUCEFIX .
( To be continued . ' ) NOTE . —Dr . Oliver would be obliged to any Brother who would favour him with the loan of " Preston's State of Facts , 1778 , " for a few weeks . It may be forwarded either to him direct , or to Bro . Spencer , 314 , High Holborn .
BRO . JOHN LANE , D . C . L ., Died October 25 , Aged 37 years . Bro . Lane was initiated into Freemasonry in the Alfred Lodge , Np . 425 , March 5 , 1833 , and served the office of Inner Guard , in 1834 . He joined the Apollo Lodge , No . 460 , in 1841 . He also assisted in the re-establishment ofthe Prov . G . Lodge of Oxfordshire , on the appointment of Lord John Churchill , in 1841 , to the office of Prov . G . M . ; the Prov . G . Lodge having lain dormant
since the death of Lord Saye and Sele . At this time Dr . Lane was appointed Prov . J . G . Deacon . In 1841 , in conjunction with Bros . Rev . VV . H . Cox , Rev . G . F . Thomas , VV . Lane Fox , Ralph Fawcitt , AVm . Thompson , and others , he founded the Churchill Lodge , No . 702 , at Henly-on-Thames , Oxon ., and served the office of W . M . He was exalted in the Alfred Chapter , No . 425 , and served all the
offices , including that of First Principal , and rendered much service to it . He was a member of the Mount Moriah , and other Lodges , in London , and served the office of W . M . in the Mount Moriah . He was a member of Queen ' s College , in the University of Oxford and proceeded to the degree of D . C . L . It is with no ordinary grief that we record the death of Bro . Dr .
Lane . Although he had been but little occupied with the duties and claims of the Order during the last two or three years , he yet continued to admire its precepts to the last hour of his life . He commenced his career with bright hopes , and brilliant prospects . Alas ! they were suddenly overcast , and , as with many others of the human race , misfortune had such an effect upon a too sensitive mind , that he sunk under a weight which hastened him to an early and premature grave . AVe had
hoped for his assistance and exertions in carrying out this publication . Ill health prevented the accomplishment of his wishes and our own . He has now passed this "life ' s fitful fever ; " but though his presence is no longer with us , he will be long remembered as one , who took an active part in the proceedings of Grand Lodge , and sought , not always wisely , but invariably with good intentions , to promote the welfare of the Order . VOL . I . % T