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Some Memorials Of The Globe Lodge, No. 23, And Of The "Red Apron."
expressed his admiration of the jewel and the appropriateness of the design , which he had no doubt was due to one of their former members , as , at the time permission was given to wear it , the Lodges applying for a Centenary Warrant were expected to submit a design for the Grand Master ' s approval . He assured the brethren that he , personally , considered the Globe Lodge Jewel a very valuable acquisition to the Grand Lodge collection , and for
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SUMMONS OF THE GLOBE LODGE , No . 211 .
this reason , out of the 2500 Lodges on the Register of the Grand Lodge of England , about 235 had Centenary Warrants , but only 42 of these were legally entitled to Special Centenary Jewels . Of this number he had had the good fortune to acquire , either by the liberality of the various Lodges or by purchase , for the Grand Lodge Museum , 29 , and this would make the 30 th . He hoped by the exercise of a little patience and perseverance to eventually make the series complete .
It had become the fashion amongst certain brethren to decorate their persons with various unauthorized Jewels , a practice which , in his opinion , was to be deprecated , although it materially enhanced the value of those that wcrc authorized . At all events he quite believed these Special Jewels attracted more attention than any other jewels in the collection , for no two were alike , although they were all , more or less , appropriate to their respective Lodges .
At a subsequent period of the evening , on being requested to respond to the toast of the Grand Officers , Bro . Sacller said he was sure the W . Master would not desire that he should dilate at any great length upon a theme with which they were all to some extent familiar . However , he might assure the brethren that the Grand Officers , both collectively and individually , fully appreciated the value and the services of those venerable Lodges , of which the Globe Lodge was
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Some Memorials Of The Globe Lodge, No. 23, And Of The "Red Apron."
expressed his admiration of the jewel and the appropriateness of the design , which he had no doubt was due to one of their former members , as , at the time permission was given to wear it , the Lodges applying for a Centenary Warrant were expected to submit a design for the Grand Master ' s approval . He assured the brethren that he , personally , considered the Globe Lodge Jewel a very valuable acquisition to the Grand Lodge collection , and for
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SUMMONS OF THE GLOBE LODGE , No . 211 .
this reason , out of the 2500 Lodges on the Register of the Grand Lodge of England , about 235 had Centenary Warrants , but only 42 of these were legally entitled to Special Centenary Jewels . Of this number he had had the good fortune to acquire , either by the liberality of the various Lodges or by purchase , for the Grand Lodge Museum , 29 , and this would make the 30 th . He hoped by the exercise of a little patience and perseverance to eventually make the series complete .
It had become the fashion amongst certain brethren to decorate their persons with various unauthorized Jewels , a practice which , in his opinion , was to be deprecated , although it materially enhanced the value of those that wcrc authorized . At all events he quite believed these Special Jewels attracted more attention than any other jewels in the collection , for no two were alike , although they were all , more or less , appropriate to their respective Lodges .
At a subsequent period of the evening , on being requested to respond to the toast of the Grand Officers , Bro . Sacller said he was sure the W . Master would not desire that he should dilate at any great length upon a theme with which they were all to some extent familiar . However , he might assure the brethren that the Grand Officers , both collectively and individually , fully appreciated the value and the services of those venerable Lodges , of which the Globe Lodge was