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Sudden Death Of Bro. Frederick S. Schreiner, P.M.
Sudden Death of Bro . Frederick S . Schreiner , P . M .
THE meeting of the Royal Connaught Lodge , No . 2676 , at Eastbourne , on the 8 th May , was marked by one of those tragic occurrences which come as a shock to those present and create saddened memories in the future .
THE LATE BRO . F . S . SCHIiEIXEH— ( Pliolo F . A . Bonnie , Et ., H , o , tnir ) The meetings of the Royal Connaught Lodge are held at the Grand Hotel , Eastbourne . On the last occasion it was well attended , and the proceedings had only just commenced
when the W . M ., Bro . Schreiner , who up till then had seemed in his usual health , fell to the floor . It was thought at the moment that he had only fainted , but two medical brethren present , who went to his assistance , reported that the Worshipful Master was dead .
After an interval , in which Bro . the Rev . H . G . Jameson , I . P . M ., simply expressed the grief of the brethren , the lodge was broken up , the banquet with which the business would , under other circumstances , have been followed , being , of course , abandoned . Mr . H . D . Farnell , deceased ' s medical attendant , being able to certify the cause of death , an inquest was not deemed necessary .
Bro . Schreiner , who was sixty years of age , was a brother of the Hon . W . P . Schreiner , K . C ., C . M . G ., ex-Premier of Cape Colony , and of Miss Olive Schreiner ( Mrs . Cronwright ) and Mr . Theophilus Schreiner . He was a son of Gottlieb Schreiner , a German Missionary in Cape Colony , who
married an English lady , and the deceased was born in South Africa , where the early years of his life were passed . Coming to England , he was educated at the Wesleyan College , Taunton , and took his B . A . degree at the University of London . He held assistant masterships in Yorkshire and Northamptonshire , and came to Eastbourne nearly thirty years ago , opening a proprietary school at the St . Saviour's
end of Spencer Road . The great success attending it led toits removal , live years later , to the present New College premises adjoining Compton Place Road , where a few years , since it was acquired by a limited liability company . Retiring from the headmastership , Bro . Schreiner opened
the junior school at Wansfell , which he continued to carry on up to the time of his death . The funeral took place on Friday , May 10 th , and , in addition to the relatives of the deceased , there were present many representatives of public bodies , and a large gathering
of Freemasons , representing the Royal Connaught , Anderida Hartington , and Hadrian Lodges , and amongst the personal friends of the deceased present were Messrs . Roberts and Parson ( Masters of New College ) , Messrs . D . Herridge-Sultan ,. A . F . Bryan , and Arthur Smith ( old Masters of New College ) , Bro . T . Hutchinson , of Blackheath and London ,, and others .
At the close of the service , Bro . the Rev . H . G . Jameson said : My brethren in the Craft , I am permitted to say a fewwords to remind you of the peculiar and deep significance of this ceremony to all of us , and especially to us of the Royal Connaught Lodge . The death of our beloved and
Worshipful Master came with dreadful suddenness , and yet to us . especially , who have learnt something of the deep , mysterious lessons taught us in our Masonic law , the sad death is of solemn and real beauty . Many a man who exults in the joy of living wishes and prays that he may die in harness . Such ,,
we believe , was the wish and prayer of our brother , and to us what could be better than at the head of this lodge from the solemn recognition of , and homage to , the Divine-Architect , he should be called very suddenly to stand in thepresence of the Most High . How well prepared he was we
who knew him as a Mason , as a citizen , and as a man , can testify . May it be so when our time comes . Let us follow him and learn again from him the well-remembered lesson and bear in mind and act according to the laws of our Divine Creator , that when we shall be summoned from this ,
sublunary abode we may ascend to the Grand Lodge on High , where the world's Great Architect lives and reigns , for ever .
The brethren then slowly filed past the grave and reverently dropped their sprigs of acacia on the coffin . Deceased was a member of a family distinguished for their ability . One of his sisters ( Olive Schreiner ) is the authoress of " The Story of an African Farm "; and his .
brother ( the Hon . W . Schreiner ) was Premier of Cape Colony at the time the lamentable war now in progress took place . The late Bro . Schreiner , who took no part in political strife , was a patriot in the best and highest sense of the word . In regard to South Africa , it was his sincere and heartfelt
wish that the English and Dutch should live together in amity and peace . The most profound sympathy is felt for the widow ( Mrs . Schreiner ) , who has recently been ill , and who , only a few weeks ago , sustained a terrible bereavement in the death of her only son .
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Sudden Death Of Bro. Frederick S. Schreiner, P.M.
Sudden Death of Bro . Frederick S . Schreiner , P . M .
THE meeting of the Royal Connaught Lodge , No . 2676 , at Eastbourne , on the 8 th May , was marked by one of those tragic occurrences which come as a shock to those present and create saddened memories in the future .
THE LATE BRO . F . S . SCHIiEIXEH— ( Pliolo F . A . Bonnie , Et ., H , o , tnir ) The meetings of the Royal Connaught Lodge are held at the Grand Hotel , Eastbourne . On the last occasion it was well attended , and the proceedings had only just commenced
when the W . M ., Bro . Schreiner , who up till then had seemed in his usual health , fell to the floor . It was thought at the moment that he had only fainted , but two medical brethren present , who went to his assistance , reported that the Worshipful Master was dead .
After an interval , in which Bro . the Rev . H . G . Jameson , I . P . M ., simply expressed the grief of the brethren , the lodge was broken up , the banquet with which the business would , under other circumstances , have been followed , being , of course , abandoned . Mr . H . D . Farnell , deceased ' s medical attendant , being able to certify the cause of death , an inquest was not deemed necessary .
Bro . Schreiner , who was sixty years of age , was a brother of the Hon . W . P . Schreiner , K . C ., C . M . G ., ex-Premier of Cape Colony , and of Miss Olive Schreiner ( Mrs . Cronwright ) and Mr . Theophilus Schreiner . He was a son of Gottlieb Schreiner , a German Missionary in Cape Colony , who
married an English lady , and the deceased was born in South Africa , where the early years of his life were passed . Coming to England , he was educated at the Wesleyan College , Taunton , and took his B . A . degree at the University of London . He held assistant masterships in Yorkshire and Northamptonshire , and came to Eastbourne nearly thirty years ago , opening a proprietary school at the St . Saviour's
end of Spencer Road . The great success attending it led toits removal , live years later , to the present New College premises adjoining Compton Place Road , where a few years , since it was acquired by a limited liability company . Retiring from the headmastership , Bro . Schreiner opened
the junior school at Wansfell , which he continued to carry on up to the time of his death . The funeral took place on Friday , May 10 th , and , in addition to the relatives of the deceased , there were present many representatives of public bodies , and a large gathering
of Freemasons , representing the Royal Connaught , Anderida Hartington , and Hadrian Lodges , and amongst the personal friends of the deceased present were Messrs . Roberts and Parson ( Masters of New College ) , Messrs . D . Herridge-Sultan ,. A . F . Bryan , and Arthur Smith ( old Masters of New College ) , Bro . T . Hutchinson , of Blackheath and London ,, and others .
At the close of the service , Bro . the Rev . H . G . Jameson said : My brethren in the Craft , I am permitted to say a fewwords to remind you of the peculiar and deep significance of this ceremony to all of us , and especially to us of the Royal Connaught Lodge . The death of our beloved and
Worshipful Master came with dreadful suddenness , and yet to us . especially , who have learnt something of the deep , mysterious lessons taught us in our Masonic law , the sad death is of solemn and real beauty . Many a man who exults in the joy of living wishes and prays that he may die in harness . Such ,,
we believe , was the wish and prayer of our brother , and to us what could be better than at the head of this lodge from the solemn recognition of , and homage to , the Divine-Architect , he should be called very suddenly to stand in thepresence of the Most High . How well prepared he was we
who knew him as a Mason , as a citizen , and as a man , can testify . May it be so when our time comes . Let us follow him and learn again from him the well-remembered lesson and bear in mind and act according to the laws of our Divine Creator , that when we shall be summoned from this ,
sublunary abode we may ascend to the Grand Lodge on High , where the world's Great Architect lives and reigns , for ever .
The brethren then slowly filed past the grave and reverently dropped their sprigs of acacia on the coffin . Deceased was a member of a family distinguished for their ability . One of his sisters ( Olive Schreiner ) is the authoress of " The Story of an African Farm "; and his .
brother ( the Hon . W . Schreiner ) was Premier of Cape Colony at the time the lamentable war now in progress took place . The late Bro . Schreiner , who took no part in political strife , was a patriot in the best and highest sense of the word . In regard to South Africa , it was his sincere and heartfelt
wish that the English and Dutch should live together in amity and peace . The most profound sympathy is felt for the widow ( Mrs . Schreiner ) , who has recently been ill , and who , only a few weeks ago , sustained a terrible bereavement in the death of her only son .