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The Loss Of The " London."

real friend . He believed that this Avas felt everywhere , but in no place more than in the bonds of the Order . In his capacity as Provincial Grand Chaplain of the English Constitution of the Order , Bro . Woolley , as had already been intimated , had

always done his duty ; a notable example of his integrity , in this direction , being his conduct on the occasion of the funeral of their respected Bro . Robert Campbell . It was a duty they owed to themselves and to the Craft thoroughly to carry

out the proposition set forth in the resolution , and he did not doubt but that they Avould accomplish that duty . If they did not fulfil that duty what Avas it that would be said by the enemies of the Order ? It would be said that their professions were

unsubstantial and shadoAvy—that there Avas no reality in their vaunted principles . He urged them to remember this , and for every other consideration that could possibly affect them , he begged to recommend the resolution he had read to the

brethren . Bro . Moss Israel , P . M . 655 seconded the resolution , and regretted the comparatively small number of the attendance , through the inclemency of the weather . He trusted that those AVIIO had

not come would be found working yet harder than those who had not stopped away . They , as Masons , Avere bound to do all that lay iu their power for the family of Bro . Woolley ; for Bro . Woolley had always done battle for them ancl for

their Order . Why should they not ? They all fixed their faith upon the same sacred volume ; and upon the truths they learned therefrom they were all instructed to depend . It ivas to that sacred book , Avhich all Masons had in reverence , that those Avho died in the London had recourse

in their last hour of desolation and agony . I rom that Book ( read and prayed over in that sinkingship ) the Christian and the Jew might at all times draw instruction ancl consolation . The Jewish woman—for there was one of that ancient race on

board—had read , they Avere told , the Bible Avith her Christian sisters before they went down together—before they appeared in the presence of that Great Being , AVIIO , for His own Avise purposes , permitted this sad catastrophe . Might they be

at all times as ready and Avilling to combat all error and ill-feeling as had been their departed brother , who had been lost in the foundering of the London . He was happy to know that the Graud Lodge had already liberally taken the initiative in the good work that Avas before them , and did not doubt but

that considerable sums Avould likeAvise be voted by the metropolitan and different country lodges ; not to speak of AA'hat Avould also be raised by the . individual efforts of Freemasons . The memorial must be made worthy of the memory of the man

for whom they mourned . The resolution was' put and carried as before . Bro . J . A . Bird , W . M . No . 655 , moved the third resolution , which was as folloAVS : — " That the W . M ., P . M ., and Wardens of the different lodges

in Sydney under the E . G ., be a committee to receive general subscriptions ; ancl that the W . M ., P . M ., and Wardens of the several lodges in the province be a sub-committee to receive subscriptions from their members /' ' In ' speaking to this

resolution , Bro . Bird remarked that so much had been said , and so well said already , that he did not intend to detain them by any leng-thened observations . He should only say that the movement Avas one which obtained his warmest

sympathy—his most cordial co-operation . It Avas their first duty as Masons to give a substantial expression to their sympathy Avith the AvidoAV and the children of their deceased brother , a brother taken from them not by any lingering illness , or

by one of the more ordinary forms of death , but snatched away by a sudden and appalling calamity . It behoved them to meet the exigency Avith more than ordinary exertions . Bro . Dr . Brown , P . M . No . 817 , seconded the resolution , Avhicli Avas put and earned as before .

After some observations from the Prov . G . M . relative to the mode in Avhich it Avas proposed to carry out the contributions from the different lodges , Bro . J . M . May , P . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ., in an

eloquent ancl effective speech , moved the fourth resolution , which AA as as folloAVS : — " That copies of the previous resolutions be transmitted to all the country lodges under the English Constitution in the province of NBAV South Wales , and their

hearty co-operation solicited . " Bro . Bennett , P . M ., seconded the resolution , which was put and carried as before . Bro . W . Wilkins , Prov . G . Supt . of Works , moved the last resolution , which was as follows : —

" That a Treasurer be appointed hy this meeting to act in conjunction with the Provincial Grand Treasurer . " Bro . Bohrsman , W . M ., Lodge Germania , seconded the resolution , which was put and carried , as were those previously agreed to .

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Untitled Article 1
Untitled Article 2
ADDRESS TO OUR READERS. Article 3
INDEX. Article 5
THE LOSS OF THE " LONDON." Article 9
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LODGE OF FREEMASONS AT THORNHILL. Article 11
"I AM TOO OLD." Article 13
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 14
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 15
ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND THEIR WIDOWS. Article 15
METROPOLITAN. Article 15
Untitled Article 15
PROVINCIAL. Article 15
ROYAL ARCH. Article 23
SCOTLAND. Article 23
IRELAND. Article 24
CHANNEL ISLANDS. Article 24
NORTH AMERICA. Article 24
Obituary. Article 26
REVIEWS. Article 26
THE WEEK. Article 26
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 28
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The Loss Of The " London."

real friend . He believed that this Avas felt everywhere , but in no place more than in the bonds of the Order . In his capacity as Provincial Grand Chaplain of the English Constitution of the Order , Bro . Woolley , as had already been intimated , had

always done his duty ; a notable example of his integrity , in this direction , being his conduct on the occasion of the funeral of their respected Bro . Robert Campbell . It was a duty they owed to themselves and to the Craft thoroughly to carry

out the proposition set forth in the resolution , and he did not doubt but that they Avould accomplish that duty . If they did not fulfil that duty what Avas it that would be said by the enemies of the Order ? It would be said that their professions were

unsubstantial and shadoAvy—that there Avas no reality in their vaunted principles . He urged them to remember this , and for every other consideration that could possibly affect them , he begged to recommend the resolution he had read to the

brethren . Bro . Moss Israel , P . M . 655 seconded the resolution , and regretted the comparatively small number of the attendance , through the inclemency of the weather . He trusted that those AVIIO had

not come would be found working yet harder than those who had not stopped away . They , as Masons , Avere bound to do all that lay iu their power for the family of Bro . Woolley ; for Bro . Woolley had always done battle for them ancl for

their Order . Why should they not ? They all fixed their faith upon the same sacred volume ; and upon the truths they learned therefrom they were all instructed to depend . It ivas to that sacred book , Avhich all Masons had in reverence , that those Avho died in the London had recourse

in their last hour of desolation and agony . I rom that Book ( read and prayed over in that sinkingship ) the Christian and the Jew might at all times draw instruction ancl consolation . The Jewish woman—for there was one of that ancient race on

board—had read , they Avere told , the Bible Avith her Christian sisters before they went down together—before they appeared in the presence of that Great Being , AVIIO , for His own Avise purposes , permitted this sad catastrophe . Might they be

at all times as ready and Avilling to combat all error and ill-feeling as had been their departed brother , who had been lost in the foundering of the London . He was happy to know that the Graud Lodge had already liberally taken the initiative in the good work that Avas before them , and did not doubt but

that considerable sums Avould likeAvise be voted by the metropolitan and different country lodges ; not to speak of AA'hat Avould also be raised by the . individual efforts of Freemasons . The memorial must be made worthy of the memory of the man

for whom they mourned . The resolution was' put and carried as before . Bro . J . A . Bird , W . M . No . 655 , moved the third resolution , which was as folloAVS : — " That the W . M ., P . M ., and Wardens of the different lodges

in Sydney under the E . G ., be a committee to receive general subscriptions ; ancl that the W . M ., P . M ., and Wardens of the several lodges in the province be a sub-committee to receive subscriptions from their members /' ' In ' speaking to this

resolution , Bro . Bird remarked that so much had been said , and so well said already , that he did not intend to detain them by any leng-thened observations . He should only say that the movement Avas one which obtained his warmest

sympathy—his most cordial co-operation . It Avas their first duty as Masons to give a substantial expression to their sympathy Avith the AvidoAV and the children of their deceased brother , a brother taken from them not by any lingering illness , or

by one of the more ordinary forms of death , but snatched away by a sudden and appalling calamity . It behoved them to meet the exigency Avith more than ordinary exertions . Bro . Dr . Brown , P . M . No . 817 , seconded the resolution , Avhicli Avas put and earned as before .

After some observations from the Prov . G . M . relative to the mode in Avhich it Avas proposed to carry out the contributions from the different lodges , Bro . J . M . May , P . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ., in an

eloquent ancl effective speech , moved the fourth resolution , which AA as as folloAVS : — " That copies of the previous resolutions be transmitted to all the country lodges under the English Constitution in the province of NBAV South Wales , and their

hearty co-operation solicited . " Bro . Bennett , P . M ., seconded the resolution , which was put and carried as before . Bro . W . Wilkins , Prov . G . Supt . of Works , moved the last resolution , which was as follows : —

" That a Treasurer be appointed hy this meeting to act in conjunction with the Provincial Grand Treasurer . " Bro . Bohrsman , W . M ., Lodge Germania , seconded the resolution , which was put and carried , as were those previously agreed to .

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