Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . RICHARD LANE . By the death of Bro . Richard Lane , storekeeper in the service of the Burton Brewery Company , a veteran worker in the firm ' s interest , and a conspicuouswe might say an almost unique—figure in local Freemasonry passes away . Deceased , who was 7 6 years of age , went to Burton 48 years ago , and during the whole of that time occupied the position stated above , residing in a house adjoining the brewery in High-street until the premises were converted into

shops to enable brewery extensions to be carried out at the rear . Bro . Lane was the oldest member of the Abbey Lodge , No . 624 , and was the second to be installed , the first member being Bro . Stone , of Derby , a director of the Burton Brewery Company . This was in the days when the iodge was held in the company ' s board room . He was initiated on January nth , 1854 , and was made Tyler the same year—a position he occupied at the time of his death . This means that when in January last he was invested with the collar of his office he had submitted

to the ceremony for the 46 th time . It was in 1896 that he was invested by Bro . the Earl of Dartmouth , Prov . G . Master of Staffordshire , as Prov . G . Tyler , in recognition of his long service in the province , and on this occasion he met H . R . H . the Prince of Wales at Trentham . About the same time his brethren of the Abbey Lodge , sensible of the honour which had been bestowed upon one of their number , testified their own appreciation of his worth by presenting him

with his purple clothing and a purse containing £$ 0 . On June 29 th , 18 S 4 , he was exalted in the Royal Arch Chapter , together with Bros . Lord Burton , Col . J . A . Bindley , and W . J . Drewry . In the same year he was invested as Janitor , and continued as such until his decease . It will thus be seen that he died in office , both in lodge and chapter , and devoted almost half a century in the service of Freemasonry—surely an unparalleled circumstance locally , and rare in the history of the Craft generally .

BRO . A . W . DE JAUSSERAND . On the 2 nd inst ., the funeral of the late Bro . De Jausserand took place from the Masonic Temple , Le Marchant-street , Guernsey , to which the deceased ' s friends and relatives , and his brethren in Freemasonry had been bidden . Previous to this the body of the deceased had been conveyed to the Temple and deposited in the lower hall , where the friends , & c , of the deceased assembled . Here all the deceased ' s brethren were handed a piece of acacia , whose meaning is

understood alone by members of the Craft . Shortly after three o'clock , there being about 150 persons present , the first part of the funeral service was conducted by the Rev . Allan Rothery . The hymn , " Days and moments quickly flying , " having been sung , the Rev . A . Rothery read the appointed lesson . This was followed by the hymn commencing " On the Resurrection morning . " The Rev . A . Rothery then gave a most eloquent and touching address , in which he bore testimony to the worth of the deceased , who , moreover , was a very charitable man , and who never

paraded his charity , but gave quietly and unostentatiously ; a genuine appeal never being unheeded by him . After this , the funeral procession was marshalled by Bro . W . Courtenay , P . M ., in the following order : Members of St . Sampson ' s Lodge , No . 2508 j Fidelis , No . 1809 ; Loyalty , No . 243 , * Mariners , No . 168 ; Doyle ' s , No . 84 ; and Prov . Grand Lodge ; the body , mourners , relations and friends . The coffin , which was placed in a glass hearse , was covered with wreaths ,

Amongst these was a magnificent one , to which purple and gold ribbons were attached , from the Prov . Grand Lodge , of which deceased was a member ; one from Mariners' Lodge , No . 168 , in which he had been initiated more than 20 years ago j and another from the Mark Lodge and Ark Mariners' Lodge , of which he was one of the founders , and in which he was bearing office at the time of his decease . The cartlge proceeded by way of Ann ' s-place and Candle to the New

Obituary.

Cemetery , the roads being lined with hundreds of spectators . Arrived at the cemetery upper gate the bretbren opened out , the coffin being borne between their ranks . They then fell in behind and followed the mourners into the cemetery . Immediately on arrival the coffin was lowered into the grave . The committal prayers were then recited by the Rev . A . Rothery . When these were concluded

the brethren advanced , and one after another took a last look at the coffin , upon which they threw their sprigs of acacia . This concluded the sad ceremony , the cortege dispersing soon afterwards . The Masonic portion of the funeral , which was admirably carried out , was entirely undertaken by Bro . T . B . Nickolls , P . M .. Prov . G . S .

Re-Opening Of St. James's , Clerkenwell.

RE-OPENING OF ST . JAMES'S , CLERKENWELL .

BRO . ARCHDEACON SINCLAIR'S TRIBUTE TO THE CITY .

After extensive alteration and restorat ' on , the parish church of St . James ' s , Clerkenwell , was re-opened for Divine service on Wednesday . The Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Treloar , and Bro . Sheriff . Bevan attended in State , and there was a large congregation , the capacious

building being crowded in every part . A guard of honour of the 21 st Middlesex Rifles—commanded by Major W . M . Davis , Lieutenant Lowther Clarke , and Lieutenant Rolfe—and the band of the regiment attended outside the church , and the arrival and departure of the civic dignitaries were witnessed by a large assemblage .

Following the reading of the lessons , the " Magnificat" and " Nunc Dimittis " were sung to Gadsby in C . The anthem was " Glorious is Th y Name " ( Mozart ) , and a good rendering was given of th 2 solo , " O for the wings " ( Mendelssohn ) . The sermon was preached by Bro . Archdeacon SINCLAIR , who took as his text Revelations xxi ., 24 , "The kings of the earth bring their glory

into it . " After dwelling at some length on the description given of the Heavenly Jerusalem , the Archdeacon said we were nearest to Heaven in those sanctuaries where we met to - worship God , to hear His word , to receive His pardon , and to learn His ways . The noble and capacious building in which they had met represented a smaller and more ancient church which was destroyed by fire and partly

by decay . Clerkenwell was once in the country , and it possessed a specia interest partly by the association with it of St . John of Jerusalem , and partly by its famous well , at which a miracle play was annually performed . The first stone of the new church was laid in 1788 , and the building was consecrated four years afterwards by the learned Dr . Fortius , the founder of the Fortius V . orary in Lambeth Palace . The present restoration had cost

£ 1500 , and a large proportion of the sum had still to be raised . The congregation now had the coveted privilege of selecting their own rector , and they should , therefore , be all the more desirous of doing all they could on its behalf . They had with them that afternoon the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs , the kines of the i ? reat civic community that was so close at hanrL

Their influence for good was simply enormous , and during the past year it had been used nobly . Their influence was frequently used at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on behalf of philanthropy , and the cause of humanity was often pleaded at the Mansion House . They had abundant reason to anticipate the same tribute of kindliness and goodness in the future . He prayed that God woul d bless the heads of the great City during the coming year . At the close of the sermon an offeitory was taken for the restoration fund .

The Protective Potency.

THE PROTECTIVE POTENCY .

WHY do cows and horses so generally avoid the poisonous herbs -which grow in pastures ? " Instinct , " yon say . What is that ? It is an «! for something nobody understands . Lucky though , for the dumb beasts that they have ifc . Bar tho trait called " instinct " and the poor creatures would be at the

mercy of luck and their appetites . And it ' s right along this lino that we come in—we human animals , I mean . If there were nothing to stop us doing just

what we should like , where do you fancy most of us- would fetch up ? A five-barred gate across the road is a fearful nusiancc when a fellow is in a breakneck hurry ; bufc better that than a spill into a washout just on the further side of it

Here , on this old pino table of mine , is a lot of letters—all from people who were pretty bad in years agonc , bufc aro well now . Thank the Lord for the latter fact , say I , with a sincere upward roll of my eyes ; and they aro a heap more thankful for themselves than I am for them .

The point I want to bring out—and I do seem to be a tid y while at it—is this : that in nearly all those letters 1 spoke of the writers say onc thing with verbal variations , aud say it sadly , p laintively , as if it were one of the most dangerous and melancholy experiences recorded outside of Fox ' s Book of Martyrs .

" My appetite was poor ' ; " I had little or no appetite " ; "I had lost all relish for food "; "I sat at the table , but couldn't swallow a morsel" ; " They tried to tempt me with daint y dishes , but it was no use—I couldn ' t stand even a taste of the best of

them . " And so forth and so on ; all theso dear good souls complaining over the loss of love for mthig , as they might lament the loss of a life ' s savings through tho customary " inexplicable defalcation of this trusted officer of the bank . "

But ivas the cessation ot appetite under the circumstances a loss at all ? No , I say . It was a fortunate and providential occurrence ; it was the five-barred gate that kept them from tumbling pell-mell into the washout , or into an excavation in the

The Protective Potency.

parish churchyard—which comes to the same thing .. Hear a witness or two : — " For years , " testifies ono , " I havo been a great sufferer from indigestion and weakness I was never properly wellalways weak and low . I had no relish for food , and after meals

( scanty and light though they wero ) I had weight and pain at my chest and back . None of tho medicines I took helped me a particle . At length I read about how Mother Seigel ' s Syrup had cured persons suffering in this way , and started to try it . The lirst bottle relieved me ; my appetite soon returned , and mv

ability to digest food corresponded with my enjoyment of it . A little later and tho ailment was driven away , and I was stronger and healthier than I had been since I was firsfc attacked lone

years before . For so great a deliverance I havo reason to appreciate the merits of Mother Seigel ' s Syrup—and I do . " Signed Mrs . Mary Anu Wood , 91 , Salisbury Street , Ilkeston Road , Nottingham , March 1 , 1899 .

'' I can hardly remember" testifies another "when ifc was that I began to suffer from indigestion . My story is , of course , the same as thafc of thousands . My appetite fell off and remained feeble and poor ; after enting I always had distress and pain . Then I commenced to realise that the disease was telling upon

me . I got so weak I could hardly creep about . At this time I first heard of Mother Seigel ' s Syrup , and began to use it . This remedy quickly relieved mo , aud in a reasonable time worked a

complete cure . What I think of it and how heartil y I commend it you may infer from this fact . I now have a good appetite , and can satisfy it without fear of bad results . " Signed J . D . Williams , Mara / Jon , near Penzance , March 23 , 1899 .

What would happen , think you , if a keen appetite walked hand in hand with a torpid digestion ? Turn over the idea of thafc deadly combination in your mind . No ; when the mill-stones get clogged , Nature will let you pour no more corn in the hopper . She shuts off the appetite till she can make repairs . And to make fchem , the tool she uses is Mother Seigel ' s Syrup