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the manner is ( y' is to say ) if he hath Mould Stones in his place , or else he shall refresh him with money to Carry him to the next Lodge . EIGHTEENTH , That every Mason shall truely serve the LORD for his pay ; And every Master shall truely make an END of his work ; be it Task or Journey—If he have his Demand , and all he ought to have .

THESE Charges that we have now Rehearsed unto you and all other that belong to Masons Yea shall keep—So Help you GOD , and the Itallidom . FINIS .

Extracts From Newspapers Respecting Sir Christopher Wren.

EXTRACTS FROM NEWSPAPERS RESPECTING SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN .

BY THE EDITOR . IT has been thought well to pat together some " extracts" relative to Sir Christopher Wren , hoping they may educe others , in some form or other , as we do not at all suppose that these are complete , or exhaust the " mine" which we have only just begun to work . Far from it . There are many newspapers , not in the British Museum , which , if brethren will kindly search from 1717 to 1723 , they may find therein other extracts interesting to the Masonic student , and valuable to Masonic writers .

The Weekly Journal or Saturday ' s Post , December 22 nd , 1722 . —We hear that Sir Christopher Wren has made an offer to the Sons of the Clergy , if they will purchase a piece of ground , to build them an house at his own expence for their Anniversary Meeting . The Post Boy , No . 5243 , from Tuesday , February 26 th to 28 th , 1723 . —On Monday last died Sir Christopher Wren , aged 92 . He was formerl y

Surveyor-General of the King ' s Works ; he rebuilt St . Paul's Church , and all the rest of the Churches that were burnt down in the great conflagration ; he was deservedly reckoned one of the best and greatest Architects in Europe , and was lately elected Vice-President of the Corporation of Clergvmen ' s Sons . The Post Boy , No . 5244 , from Thursday , February 28 th " to March 3 rd , 1723 . —Monday lastin the 91 st year of his agedied Sir Christopher Wren . He was

, , the onl y son of Dr . Christopher Wren , Dean of Windsor and Wolverhampton , register of the Garter , younger brother of Dr . Matthew Wren , Lord Bishop of Ely , a branch of the ancient famil y of the Wrens of Winchester , in the Bishopric of Durham . In the year 1653 he was elected from Waclham College , into a fellowship of All Soul ' s College , Oxon . In 1657 was chosen Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College , London , and in 1660 Savilian Professor of

Astronomy in Oxford . In 1661 was created Doctor of Civil Law at Oxford , and some time after at Cambridge . After the great fire of London in 1666 he was constituted Surveyor-General for rebuilding the Cathedral Church of St . Paul , the Parochial Churches , aud all other Public Buildings of this City , all which he lived to finish . In 1669 he was constituted Surveyor-General of all the royal Workswhich

, office he held till April 26 th , 1718 , by letters patents during pleasure , under the great Seals of K . Charles 2 , K . James 2 , King William and Queen Mary , Queen Anne , and his present Majest y K . George . In 1680 he was elected President of the Royal Societ y , of which he had been one of the first promoters . In 1698 he was constituted Surveyor-General and Sub-Commissioner