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Bro . KEY ( who has for some time back been in Whitehaven ' zealously instructing the younger brethren in the truths and mysteries of the Craft ) returned thanks . He gave an interestin" - account of the operations and admirable management of the Girls' School , of which he had been a life-governor , and his daug hter a life governess , for a number of years . He dwelt largely on the debt of gratitude they were all under to the fairer and weaker sex . "Man that is born of woman" is
watched over by her with the tenderest solicitude , the fondest love , through good report and through evil report , from the cradle to the grave . AVhen he comes into the world he is received in woman ' s arms ; he grows up under her watchful eye ; when he settles in life it is with her hy his side to double his joys , lighten his cares , and divide his sorrows by half ; and when he lies on the bed of death , again it is her hand that smooths his illow and closes his eyelids . AVhilstthereforethey did
p , , their fraternal duty to the boys , he trusted they would not fail in the like duty they owed the girls , especially as the number of pupils in the Girls' School was also about to he increased . Nor was Bro . Key ' s eloquence without its effect , for Bro . W . 13 . Clarke rose and volunteered his services as a Steward for the Girls' School festival in May next .
Bro . BINCKES proposed " Prosperity to Masonry in Cumber , land , " to which the D . Prov . G . M . responded . The D . Prov . G . M . proposed " The Prov . G . Treas ., Dr . Thompson , " who returned thanks in a neat and effective speech . The D . Prov . G . M . gave " The Prov . G . Organist . " Bro . COOPER returned thanks . Bro . DEES proposed " The Health of Bro , William B . Gibson , Prov . W . M . "
Bro . GIBSON made an effective reply . Bro . W . B . CEAEKE proposed " The Health of the Brethren " who , by their vocal talent , had so greatly contributed to the harmony of the festival . Bro . If . COOK acknowledged the compliment , and electrified the brethren with his spirited rendering of " La Marseillaise . " The hymn was encored , and Bro . Cook favoured the meeting with another .
The Parting Glee was then sung , after which , at an early hour ( between seven and eight o'clock ) , the fraternal assembly broke up . During the afternoon the volunteers' band , stationed in the corridor , played a great variety of airs . Considering that the greater number of them are amateurs , their performances were extremely creditable .
CARHSEE . —Union Lodge ( No . 3 S 9 ) . —A lodge of instruction was held on Tuesdav night , August 19 th , the officers for the night being Bros . Hayward , P . M . ; L . M . Milbourne , AV . M . ; hlacklock , S . W . ; Pulford , J . W . ; Pratchell , S . D , ; Pickring , J . D . ; Hodgson , I . G . ; and Story , Tyler . The AV . M . opened the lodge in the first degree , when every necessary point was duly tested and accurately investigated . It was then opened in the Fellow-craft , when every care and attention was given
to the most minute points ; and a short time was spent in reciprocation of both the above-named degrees . The lodge was then closed down according to ancient custom . P . M . Hayward passed a high eulogium on Bro . Milbourne , the W . M ., for the very efficient manner in which he had performed his Masonic duties ; he must have applied himself very assiduously to Masonry ; and he , the P . M ., hoped that the whole of the younger brethren would still continue to perseverein order to
, become proficient . The evening was spent in harmonious mutual improvement . A committee of nine held two meetings during the week , to revise the bye-laws . Tho names of the brethren composing the committee are : —Bros . Sherrington , Hayward , Hitson , Murray , Blaeklock , Howe , Hodgson , Fowthian , and Fisher .
DORSETSHIRE . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . A Provincial Grand Lodge of Masons was held in the Masonic Hall , AVeymouth , on Thursday , August 21 , for the transaction ° f the annual business of the province , and was very numerously attended by brethren of the Order . Among those present were the Bros . Joseph Sundry ( High Sheriff of Dorset ) , V . AA . Prov . 1
-M . ; Thomas Pearce , V . AV . D . Prov . G . M . ; R . Phillips , S . Prov . C 4 . AV . ; John Bosworth , J . Prov . G . AV . ; AVilliam Hannen , I rov . G . Treas . ; Thomas Coombs , Prov . G . See . ; C . Filliter , Irov . G . Reg . ; T . W . Saunders , S . Prov . G . Deacon ; George
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Frainpton , J . Prov . G . D . ; John Bugdeu , Prov . G . Superintendent of AVorks ; S . Pettet , Prov . G . Sword-bearer ; J . Maunders , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Thomas Patch , Prov . G . Org . ; H . J . Feltham , Prov . G . Pursuivant ; S . Besant , Chick , Keddle , Edwards , and John Baunton , Prov . G . Stewards ; J . Lundie , G . Standard-bearer ; and John Lovelace , G . Tyler . There were also present Bros . Cosens , P . Prov . G . J . W . ; Thomas Robinson , P . Prov . G . S . W . ; C . GroovesP . Prov . J . G . W . ; G . R . Crickmay
, , P . Prov . G . Superintendent- of Works ; C . R . Rowe , P . Prov . G . R . ; AV . Brvant , P . Prov . G . J . D . ; J . Sydenham , P . Prov . G . AV . ; D . Sydenham , P . Prov . G . J . D . ; AV . Maskell , Prov . G . S . B . ; J . Stone , P . Prov . G . S . W . ; M . Manley , P . Prov . G . R . ; J . Robertson , P . Prov . G . Reg . ; J . Jacob , P . Prov . J . W ., P . Prov . G . S . ; J . H . Harper , P . Prov . J . W . ; J . H . Boyt , AV . M ., of the Lodge of Amity , Poole , No . 160 , and eight other
brethren ; George Frampton , W . M ., of All Souls' Lodge , Weymouth , & e . The Lodge of Unity , Wareham , No . 542 , was represented by nine brethren ; the Lodge of Faith and Unanimity , Dorchester , No . 605 , by J . G . Gregory , AV . M ., and sixteen other hrethren ; the Lodge of Friendship and Sincerity , Shaftesbury , No . 694 , by ten brethren ; the lodge of St . Cuthberga , Wimborne , No . 905 , by J . Kerridge , AA . M ., and seven other brethren ; St . Mary's lod BridportNo . 1009 bFelthamW . M . and
ge , , , y , , sixteen other brethren ; and there were also twenty-eight visiting brethren , including Bro . Frederick Binckes , P . M ., Sec . for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . The lodge having been opened in due form , and some routine business having been transacted , the brethren fell into rank , and proceeded to St . John ' s Church . As the brethren entered church , the band , which during the
progress of the procession had performed a Masonic march ( the E . A . 's song ) , struck up the inspiring National Anthem , " God save the Queen , " and at the same time the fine-toned organ of the church pealed forth with solemn and appropriate grandeur . Evening prayer was read by the Rev . J . Stephenson , the esteemed incumbent of the church , and after the third collect the admirably trained choir sang the Masonic hymn " let there be light , " which was heartily joined in by the members of the fraternity . AVhen prayers were concluded , the hymn , "Almighty Sire , " was sung ; and then the Prov . G . Chap ., Bro . the Rev . J . Kingston
( rector of Cattistock ) , ascended the pulpit , and preached a most excellent and appropriate sermon from 1 Peter ii . 15—17 , " For so is the will of God , that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men ; as free , and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness , but as the servants of God . Honour all men . love the brotherhood . Fear God . Honour the King . " Manifold , indeed , said the Prov . G . Chap , were the trials through which the early Christians were passing when
these words were addressed to them . " Without were fightings , within were fears , " for charges the most gross and unfounded were alleged against them . If they refused to prostrate themselves before idols of wood and stone , they were charged with Atheism ; if they met together to partake of the Sacrament of the lord ' s Supper , they were accused of eating the flesh of a man whom they had previously put to death by untold cruelties j . and if they met together in secretthrough fear of their
nume-, rous and implacable enemies , to perforin the solemnities of their religion , it was commonly reported that it was for the purposes of chambering and wantonness that they thus held their private and midnight assemblies . Such was the condition of the early Christians who pursued their course unawed by persecution . Then turning to the prevalence of political and religious rancour in our own day , he contended that it was the
duty of modern Christians to put- to silence the ignorance of foolish men by the powerful and unanswerable logic of a good life . If , however , tbey were all bound thus to meet calumny , detraction , and persecution , surely the members of the institution , their love and adhesion to which they proclaimed to-day in the most solemn and public manner , had great necessity laid upon them deeply to drink in the precious and salutary words from the volume of sacred law which had just been react in their
ears . None , indeed , had passed through so much persecution as Freemasons . The Pharisee and Sadducee of the present day were as malignant in their attacks upon them as the Pharisee and Sadducee of Apostolic times were upon the Primitive Christians . To the Sadducee Freemasonry must ever be an object of hatred , because it required from those who seek admission to its lodges a solemn profession of faith in Almighty God , and because it exalts the AVord of God , charging tho newly-initiated brother to consider it as the unerring standard of truth and justice , and to regulate his actions hy tho divine precepts it contains . To
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Provincial.
Bro . KEY ( who has for some time back been in Whitehaven ' zealously instructing the younger brethren in the truths and mysteries of the Craft ) returned thanks . He gave an interestin" - account of the operations and admirable management of the Girls' School , of which he had been a life-governor , and his daug hter a life governess , for a number of years . He dwelt largely on the debt of gratitude they were all under to the fairer and weaker sex . "Man that is born of woman" is
watched over by her with the tenderest solicitude , the fondest love , through good report and through evil report , from the cradle to the grave . AVhen he comes into the world he is received in woman ' s arms ; he grows up under her watchful eye ; when he settles in life it is with her hy his side to double his joys , lighten his cares , and divide his sorrows by half ; and when he lies on the bed of death , again it is her hand that smooths his illow and closes his eyelids . AVhilstthereforethey did
p , , their fraternal duty to the boys , he trusted they would not fail in the like duty they owed the girls , especially as the number of pupils in the Girls' School was also about to he increased . Nor was Bro . Key ' s eloquence without its effect , for Bro . W . 13 . Clarke rose and volunteered his services as a Steward for the Girls' School festival in May next .
Bro . BINCKES proposed " Prosperity to Masonry in Cumber , land , " to which the D . Prov . G . M . responded . The D . Prov . G . M . proposed " The Prov . G . Treas ., Dr . Thompson , " who returned thanks in a neat and effective speech . The D . Prov . G . M . gave " The Prov . G . Organist . " Bro . COOPER returned thanks . Bro . DEES proposed " The Health of Bro , William B . Gibson , Prov . W . M . "
Bro . GIBSON made an effective reply . Bro . W . B . CEAEKE proposed " The Health of the Brethren " who , by their vocal talent , had so greatly contributed to the harmony of the festival . Bro . If . COOK acknowledged the compliment , and electrified the brethren with his spirited rendering of " La Marseillaise . " The hymn was encored , and Bro . Cook favoured the meeting with another .
The Parting Glee was then sung , after which , at an early hour ( between seven and eight o'clock ) , the fraternal assembly broke up . During the afternoon the volunteers' band , stationed in the corridor , played a great variety of airs . Considering that the greater number of them are amateurs , their performances were extremely creditable .
CARHSEE . —Union Lodge ( No . 3 S 9 ) . —A lodge of instruction was held on Tuesdav night , August 19 th , the officers for the night being Bros . Hayward , P . M . ; L . M . Milbourne , AV . M . ; hlacklock , S . W . ; Pulford , J . W . ; Pratchell , S . D , ; Pickring , J . D . ; Hodgson , I . G . ; and Story , Tyler . The AV . M . opened the lodge in the first degree , when every necessary point was duly tested and accurately investigated . It was then opened in the Fellow-craft , when every care and attention was given
to the most minute points ; and a short time was spent in reciprocation of both the above-named degrees . The lodge was then closed down according to ancient custom . P . M . Hayward passed a high eulogium on Bro . Milbourne , the W . M ., for the very efficient manner in which he had performed his Masonic duties ; he must have applied himself very assiduously to Masonry ; and he , the P . M ., hoped that the whole of the younger brethren would still continue to perseverein order to
, become proficient . The evening was spent in harmonious mutual improvement . A committee of nine held two meetings during the week , to revise the bye-laws . Tho names of the brethren composing the committee are : —Bros . Sherrington , Hayward , Hitson , Murray , Blaeklock , Howe , Hodgson , Fowthian , and Fisher .
DORSETSHIRE . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . A Provincial Grand Lodge of Masons was held in the Masonic Hall , AVeymouth , on Thursday , August 21 , for the transaction ° f the annual business of the province , and was very numerously attended by brethren of the Order . Among those present were the Bros . Joseph Sundry ( High Sheriff of Dorset ) , V . AA . Prov . 1
-M . ; Thomas Pearce , V . AV . D . Prov . G . M . ; R . Phillips , S . Prov . C 4 . AV . ; John Bosworth , J . Prov . G . AV . ; AVilliam Hannen , I rov . G . Treas . ; Thomas Coombs , Prov . G . See . ; C . Filliter , Irov . G . Reg . ; T . W . Saunders , S . Prov . G . Deacon ; George
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Frainpton , J . Prov . G . D . ; John Bugdeu , Prov . G . Superintendent of AVorks ; S . Pettet , Prov . G . Sword-bearer ; J . Maunders , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Thomas Patch , Prov . G . Org . ; H . J . Feltham , Prov . G . Pursuivant ; S . Besant , Chick , Keddle , Edwards , and John Baunton , Prov . G . Stewards ; J . Lundie , G . Standard-bearer ; and John Lovelace , G . Tyler . There were also present Bros . Cosens , P . Prov . G . J . W . ; Thomas Robinson , P . Prov . G . S . W . ; C . GroovesP . Prov . J . G . W . ; G . R . Crickmay
, , P . Prov . G . Superintendent- of Works ; C . R . Rowe , P . Prov . G . R . ; AV . Brvant , P . Prov . G . J . D . ; J . Sydenham , P . Prov . G . AV . ; D . Sydenham , P . Prov . G . J . D . ; AV . Maskell , Prov . G . S . B . ; J . Stone , P . Prov . G . S . W . ; M . Manley , P . Prov . G . R . ; J . Robertson , P . Prov . G . Reg . ; J . Jacob , P . Prov . J . W ., P . Prov . G . S . ; J . H . Harper , P . Prov . J . W . ; J . H . Boyt , AV . M ., of the Lodge of Amity , Poole , No . 160 , and eight other
brethren ; George Frampton , W . M ., of All Souls' Lodge , Weymouth , & e . The Lodge of Unity , Wareham , No . 542 , was represented by nine brethren ; the Lodge of Faith and Unanimity , Dorchester , No . 605 , by J . G . Gregory , AV . M ., and sixteen other hrethren ; the Lodge of Friendship and Sincerity , Shaftesbury , No . 694 , by ten brethren ; the lodge of St . Cuthberga , Wimborne , No . 905 , by J . Kerridge , AA . M ., and seven other brethren ; St . Mary's lod BridportNo . 1009 bFelthamW . M . and
ge , , , y , , sixteen other brethren ; and there were also twenty-eight visiting brethren , including Bro . Frederick Binckes , P . M ., Sec . for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . The lodge having been opened in due form , and some routine business having been transacted , the brethren fell into rank , and proceeded to St . John ' s Church . As the brethren entered church , the band , which during the
progress of the procession had performed a Masonic march ( the E . A . 's song ) , struck up the inspiring National Anthem , " God save the Queen , " and at the same time the fine-toned organ of the church pealed forth with solemn and appropriate grandeur . Evening prayer was read by the Rev . J . Stephenson , the esteemed incumbent of the church , and after the third collect the admirably trained choir sang the Masonic hymn " let there be light , " which was heartily joined in by the members of the fraternity . AVhen prayers were concluded , the hymn , "Almighty Sire , " was sung ; and then the Prov . G . Chap ., Bro . the Rev . J . Kingston
( rector of Cattistock ) , ascended the pulpit , and preached a most excellent and appropriate sermon from 1 Peter ii . 15—17 , " For so is the will of God , that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men ; as free , and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness , but as the servants of God . Honour all men . love the brotherhood . Fear God . Honour the King . " Manifold , indeed , said the Prov . G . Chap , were the trials through which the early Christians were passing when
these words were addressed to them . " Without were fightings , within were fears , " for charges the most gross and unfounded were alleged against them . If they refused to prostrate themselves before idols of wood and stone , they were charged with Atheism ; if they met together to partake of the Sacrament of the lord ' s Supper , they were accused of eating the flesh of a man whom they had previously put to death by untold cruelties j . and if they met together in secretthrough fear of their
nume-, rous and implacable enemies , to perforin the solemnities of their religion , it was commonly reported that it was for the purposes of chambering and wantonness that they thus held their private and midnight assemblies . Such was the condition of the early Christians who pursued their course unawed by persecution . Then turning to the prevalence of political and religious rancour in our own day , he contended that it was the
duty of modern Christians to put- to silence the ignorance of foolish men by the powerful and unanswerable logic of a good life . If , however , tbey were all bound thus to meet calumny , detraction , and persecution , surely the members of the institution , their love and adhesion to which they proclaimed to-day in the most solemn and public manner , had great necessity laid upon them deeply to drink in the precious and salutary words from the volume of sacred law which had just been react in their
ears . None , indeed , had passed through so much persecution as Freemasons . The Pharisee and Sadducee of the present day were as malignant in their attacks upon them as the Pharisee and Sadducee of Apostolic times were upon the Primitive Christians . To the Sadducee Freemasonry must ever be an object of hatred , because it required from those who seek admission to its lodges a solemn profession of faith in Almighty God , and because it exalts the AVord of God , charging tho newly-initiated brother to consider it as the unerring standard of truth and justice , and to regulate his actions hy tho divine precepts it contains . To