D Eath Of The Rev. Canon Tristram, Ll.D., D.D., F.R.S.

Death of the Rev . Canon Tristram , LL . D ., D . D ., F . R . S .

IT is our melancholy duty to repot t the death , on the 8 th March , of the Rev . Canon Tristram , Past Grand Chaplain , and for many years Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Durham in the Craft , Grand Superintendent in the Royal Arch , and Provincial Grand Master of Mark Masonry for the Province of Durham . It is only during the present year that

our venerable brother has resigned , on account of advancing years , the two latter offices , indeed , it was only on October 21 st last that he presided at the annual Convocation of the

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Provincial Grand Chapter , at which he announced his resignation , and installed as his successor the Provincial Grand Master , Lord Barnard . His valedictory address on that occasion possesses a melancholy interest . " Advancing years , " he said , " behoved him to resign some of the many

offices he had held through the goodwill of the brethren in connection with Masonry . He felt it was quite impossible for him to pay that attention to the many departments of Masonry which he should like to do , and , in his opinion , there was nothing that looked more senile than in clinging to

office when one was too old for it . If he had been in a Government situation he would have been superannuated long ago . He was the more willing to resign the position because he was conscious that he was handing the oflice to a successor ( Lord Barnard ) who was far his superior in

Masonry , and who would carry out his duties with ability . " " Sub . equently the newly-installed Grand Superintendent paid a lilting tribute to the retiring ruler , and said that it was only from a feeling that it would be ungracious to keep in olhce one who had devoted so much tine and energy to his duties after his expressed desire to be relieved .

Canon Tristram , although active during a long life in ecclesiastical and literary pin suits , has devoted much time and energy to Freemasonry , and the debt of gratitude

which the Craft owes to such a man cannot be overestimated . Canon Tristram was born in May , 1822 , and had , therefore , attained his 83 rd year . He was educated at Durham School and at Lincoln College , Oxford . He has been a great traveller , and has recorded his experiences in the many works that have issued from his prolific pen , notably " The

Great Sahara , " " Land of Israel , " " Natural History of the Bible , " " Scenes in the East , " " Daughters of Syria , " " Seven Golden Candlesticks , " " Bible Places of Palestine , " " Land of Moab , " " Fauna and Flora of Palestine , " '' Rambles in Japan , " besides contributions to many of the

reviews and to " Smith ' s Dictionary of the Bible "—altogether a life full of usefulness and energetic action , always in the direction of sound and cultured teaching and a manly exposition of the Christian virtues .