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Presentation To The Grand Treasurer.
PRESENTATION TO THE GRAND TREASURER .
A NUMEROUS and distinguished gathering assembled on Saturday evening at the Holborn Restanrant , where a grand banquet was tjiven in honon ^ of the V . W . Bro . Horaeo Brooks Ma shall , CO ., P . M . 1919 , M . E . Z . 1777 . The occasion was ren < le > -ed all tho more important find interest-int , ' by the presentation to Bro . Marshall <> f a portrait of himself in oil , in acknowledgment of his services as Grand Treasurer , an office to which lie was elrcted under peculiar
circumstances , as an assertion of the rij . ' 1 'ts and tho indi'p"nden ( : p of tlio brethren of the Craft ; and also as a mark of U > i > esteem : > nd regard in which ho is held , and in recognition of tho munificent support he has given to the Ma « onie Charities . The circumstances nnder which Bro . Marshall was elected to the distinguished position of Grand Treasurer of England will ho fresh in the minds of every reader of
this journal ; and it is only necessary for ns to add that the compliment so deservedly and so spontnnfonslv paid to him last Saturday is bnt an echo of that which has b < en expressed towards onr worthy brother by all who have watched his career in Masonry . His spirited and unbounded liberality towards n't benevolent objects *; and especially the Institutions which aro tho pcenliar care of tlio Craft ,
has excited the highest admiration not only of the brethren of oni own Fraternity , bnt of tho large-hearted and philanthropic of all classes throughout the land ; and thus it was that tho promo t ers of the testimonial presented to him nnder suoh mntrnificenfc anspices on Saturday night were justified iu the anticipations wtveh were so abundantly realised , both as to the extent and enthusiasm of tho reunion . By Bro . Marshall's exnress desire tho testimonial
consisted , ns we have said , of a portrait of himself , which was finely painted in oil by Bro . B . S . Marks , and to nso a homely expression , the likeness is a " speaking " one . As it was unveiled the brethren cheered over and over a » ain , as much in appreciation of the artist ' s talent ns in fervent admiration of tho brother who bus , by in . domitnblo zeal and mnnificonco , so early worked his way to the very forefront of tho Craft . The portrait was enclosed in a massive gilt frame , on which was the inscription : — Presented to VERY WORSHIPFUL BRO . HORACE BROOKS MARSHALL , CO .,
W . M . 1745 , P . M . 1949 , M . E . Z . 1777 ; GRAND TREASURER OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE or ENGLAND , 1884-5 , "By a few Masonic friends , in testimony of their esteem and regard . the banquet was served in recherche style in the Venetian rcom of the well-known Restanrant in Holborn , the menu being of n most sumptuous character . The chair was occupied by Bro . Edgar
Bowyer Past Grand Standard Bearer , on whose right sat the hononred guest of the evening , amongst those present were Bros . Raynham W . Stewart P . G . D ., C . F . Matier P . G . W . Greece , J . S . Eastes P . G . D ., T . Cnbitt P . G . P ., G . Kenning P . P . G . D . Middlesex , W . Clarke P . G . P ., G . Lambert P . G . S . B ., C . Belton P . G . D . Surrey , A . M . Broadley P . D . G . M . Tunis , E . M . Lott Grand Organist , F . Binckes P . G . S .,
J . Terry P . P . J . W . Herts ; P . M . 's C . F . Hogard , C . Kompton . F . C . T . Keeble , P . A . Nairne , T . n . Miller , J . L . Mather , J . Willing , G . P . Britton , H . Cox , C . F . Martin , W . J . Crutch , T . Ha-ner , T . C . Walls . C . E . Ferry , J . S . Hawkins , H . Baldwin , II . J . Lardner , F . Adlard , N . Bridges , C . E . Soppet , T . W . C . Bush , Joyce Murray , S . B . Wilson . H . Unrker , G . Clarke inn ., and about a hundred other officers and
brethren . At the conclusion of an admirable repast , tho customary Loyal and Masonic toasts were given from the chair , and most enthusiastically received , the Grand Officers Past and Present boing responded to by Bros . Eastes , Raynham Stewart , and Clarke . Br . \ Binckes then proposed in felicitous terms tlio Army , Navy , and Reserve Forces , the toast being acknowledged by Bro . Captain
Lambert , of the Queen ' s Westminster Rifles , Captain Bowyer ( son of the Chairman ) , 1 st Middlesex Rifl ° s , and J . S . Hawkins and J . Terry of the Hon , Artillery Company . On rising to proposo the toast of the evening—Very Worshipful Bro . Horace Brooks Marshal ! , ( C . C . ) , Grand Treasnrer—the Chairman was received with loud and prolonged cheering . He wished the task had fallen to some brother moie able
than he felt himself to be to discharge it ; but he wonld say this—ho would yield to no one in paying hononr to their guest . He was assured that every word he uttered in that direction wonld be endorsed by the brethren present , who would give to R'o . Horaeo Brooks Marshall the most hearty and corJial reception . These observations elicited a fresh outburst of enthusiastic cheering .
They had all known Bro . Marshall as an eminently successful man of business ; as a prominent citizen ; and , above all , many of them had known him as a kind , warm-hearted private friend . His munificent support to almost every institution connected with the City of London was proverbial j whilst as a Freemason he had , since he had been enrolled as a member of the Craft , been a most liberal upholder
of their great Masonic Institutions . Many of those present wonld recollect that very soon after Bro . Marshall was initiated , indeed when ho was but an Entered Apprentice , ho gave a hundred guineas at a Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . It was not because a man chose to snbscribo largely that he shonld bo advanced to any particular office : but tho
circumstances under which Brother Marshall was put forward as a candidate for the Grand Treasurership were exceptional , and they were successful in electing him by a considerable majority . It occur red to sonic of them that they would like to ask his acceptance of some testimonial , not only to mark his office , Vjnt to testify their very great esteem and goodwill , and their appreciation of what he had done , not only for the Masonic Charities , but almost every
institution connected with the Metropolis . Having come to this resolution , Bro . Marshall ' s feelings were consulted , and he elected to be presented with his portrait , taken in his Masonic clothing as Grand Tieasnrer . That portrait was now to he presented to him , and he was suro that whenever their honoured gne 3 t of the evening looked upon it it would remi :: d him of the goodwill and esteem in which he was held during his term of r . lftce . There was mother
Presentation To The Grand Treasurer.
i present—Bro . Marshall ' s son—who wonld look npm the portrait in J tho same spirit of priil . ? anil satisfaction . IM tho namo of tho : ' subscribers ho no . v asked Bro . Marshall's acoptanco of the portrait , j and in doing so he wished him lone ; life , prosperity , and happinesF , I —sentiments which he felt would be endorser ! by all the brethren
| present and elsewhere . As the portrait was ui : veiled tho brethren I cheered again and u ^ ain in tho most enthusiastic fashion , and tho [ health of the guest of tho evening was received with musical honours . The cheers were repeated as Bro . Horaeo Brook . ) Marshal ! rose to acknowledge the compliment which hid been p aid to him . In the coarse of his reply he said he received with feelings of inexpressible
pleasure this splendfd testimonial , to be preserved by his dear wifo aid himself , and indue com so handed down to his son—and he hoped to his children ' s children—as a lasting memorial of their brotherly kir . dness . Ho should never forget tho graceful and gracious , and too flattering way , in which tho Chairman had alluded to his humble endeavours to follow his ( Bro . Edgar Bowyer ' s ) excellent example
m carrying out the great principles of tho Order . The enthusiastic manner in which they had received him that evening was the climax of that unfailing kindness which ho had always received since he entered tho legions of Masonio light . It was engraven on his memory that , s > x years ago , tho brethren of his mother Lodge , on the evening < f his initiation , entrusted to him the key of their
Treasurership , and ho had the unprecedented honour of serving his first Stewardship at a Masonic Festival in 1879 , in his Entered Apprentice ' s npron , wearing at the same time tho blue collar of tho Treasurership of his mother Lodgo . At each of the ei g hteen Festivals which he had had the privilege to servo as Steward since that time , his brother Stewards had invariably conferred upon their young brother an office
of distinction . Thoso veterans of the Craft who had won thoir spurs by indefatigable industry , and obtained their rank by sheer hard work , would doubtless hear with amazement and astonishment that lie had , within six years of his apprenticeship , passed through the chair of ono Lodge , was a present Master of another Lodge , and ho had reason to believe that three years in succession ho should pass
throngh the chair of King Solomon in threo separate Lodges . His progress in the Royal Arch had been still more extraordinary , for within six months of his exaltatiou he found himself M . E . Z . of the Chapter ; and to-night tho brethren commemorated , in his unworthy self , the signal victory obtained by tho Craft when in March last they so emphatically asserted and so energetically maintained their rights
and their privileges by conferring upon so young a Mason as himself—only then just qualified to enter the portals of Grand Lodge—the second highest position of hononr in the Craft that the brethren had it in their power to confer . Words failed him to express to the brethren the deep sense of his obligation , but he assured them from his heart that the one aim ,
the one object , the one desire of his Masonic life , would he to earnestly strive to be worthy of the exalted position in which , by their great generosity and their great magnanimity , ho had been placed . Bro . Marshall then resumed his seat amidst deafening cheers . The health of the Chairman was proposed in tho happiest vein by Brother F . Binckes , who referred to Bro . Bowyer's long connection with Masonry ,
the prominent and dignified position he occupied in the Craft . The genial regard in which he was held by his numerous friends eminently qualified him to preside on this important occasion . The toast was received with hearty cheering , and Bro . Bowyer briefly acknowledged the flattering encomiums which had been showered upon him by his excellent friend Bro . Binckes . Subsequently he gave , the
health of the Rfghfc Hon . the Lord Mayor and Corporation oftho City of London , in d ( inpr which he < x ;> ress"d the hope that the rights and privileges of the citizens wonl . l br » fully maintained , and congratnlated the company upon having several bi ethren present who belonged to the City Guild ? , their pri'cip'tl guest being a member of the Conrfc of Lientenanc . y . The toast was suitably acknowledged by Bros . Capt .
Limbert and F . T . Isitt . The toast of the Masonio Institutions was responded to by Bros . F . Binckes ( Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ) and Jamos Terry ( Secretary oftho Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution ) , who each spoke in eloquent terms , as usual , in behalf of their respective Charities . Bro . H . B . Marshall jun . replied on behalf of the Visitor ? , and the remaining toasts were the
Honorary Members of tho Testimonial Fund , acknowledged by Bro . Geo . Kenning ; the Honorary Secretary , by Bro . F . Binckes ; and tho Painter of the Portrait , by Bro . Marks . The interesting proceedings were varied with an abundance of vocal and instrumental music , and the evening was characterised by every element of amenity and enjoyment .
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BRO . J . A . COLLINGS , Organist 1693 , wonld be pleased to undertake the Musical Arrangements at Consecrations , Installation Meetings , Ac , & c . Term . ? , with Testimonial- ; ami n-mes of Avti-tes , furnished on application . Address J . A . COLHJTOS , It J Church Hoad , Islington , N . Orchestral Bands for Masonic Balls , Soirees , & c .
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MASONIC LECTURE , "KNOBS AND EXCRESCENCES . " BRO . JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z . is open to accept invitations for the delivery o £ this LECTTJKE in M . Btuorot . iT \! f or PROVINCIAL LODGES , orLo'xjES OF IifSTjjitcnoy . No Locturc foe travelling expenses only accepted . Address—Clapham S . W .
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Tho Revised Book of Constitutions ; Critically Considered nnd Compared with tho Old Edition . London : Simpkin , Marshall & Co ., 4 Stationers' Hall Court , E . C . Sent on receipt of stamps , Ono Shilling , by W . W . Morgan , Freemason ' s ' Chronicle Offico , Uolvidero Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville .
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Presentation To The Grand Treasurer.
PRESENTATION TO THE GRAND TREASURER .
A NUMEROUS and distinguished gathering assembled on Saturday evening at the Holborn Restanrant , where a grand banquet was tjiven in honon ^ of the V . W . Bro . Horaeo Brooks Ma shall , CO ., P . M . 1919 , M . E . Z . 1777 . The occasion was ren < le > -ed all tho more important find interest-int , ' by the presentation to Bro . Marshall <> f a portrait of himself in oil , in acknowledgment of his services as Grand Treasurer , an office to which lie was elrcted under peculiar
circumstances , as an assertion of the rij . ' 1 'ts and tho indi'p"nden ( : p of tlio brethren of the Craft ; and also as a mark of U > i > esteem : > nd regard in which ho is held , and in recognition of tho munificent support he has given to the Ma « onie Charities . The circumstances nnder which Bro . Marshall was elected to the distinguished position of Grand Treasurer of England will ho fresh in the minds of every reader of
this journal ; and it is only necessary for ns to add that the compliment so deservedly and so spontnnfonslv paid to him last Saturday is bnt an echo of that which has b < en expressed towards onr worthy brother by all who have watched his career in Masonry . His spirited and unbounded liberality towards n't benevolent objects *; and especially the Institutions which aro tho pcenliar care of tlio Craft ,
has excited the highest admiration not only of the brethren of oni own Fraternity , bnt of tho large-hearted and philanthropic of all classes throughout the land ; and thus it was that tho promo t ers of the testimonial presented to him nnder suoh mntrnificenfc anspices on Saturday night were justified iu the anticipations wtveh were so abundantly realised , both as to the extent and enthusiasm of tho reunion . By Bro . Marshall's exnress desire tho testimonial
consisted , ns we have said , of a portrait of himself , which was finely painted in oil by Bro . B . S . Marks , and to nso a homely expression , the likeness is a " speaking " one . As it was unveiled the brethren cheered over and over a » ain , as much in appreciation of the artist ' s talent ns in fervent admiration of tho brother who bus , by in . domitnblo zeal and mnnificonco , so early worked his way to the very forefront of tho Craft . The portrait was enclosed in a massive gilt frame , on which was the inscription : — Presented to VERY WORSHIPFUL BRO . HORACE BROOKS MARSHALL , CO .,
W . M . 1745 , P . M . 1949 , M . E . Z . 1777 ; GRAND TREASURER OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE or ENGLAND , 1884-5 , "By a few Masonic friends , in testimony of their esteem and regard . the banquet was served in recherche style in the Venetian rcom of the well-known Restanrant in Holborn , the menu being of n most sumptuous character . The chair was occupied by Bro . Edgar
Bowyer Past Grand Standard Bearer , on whose right sat the hononred guest of the evening , amongst those present were Bros . Raynham W . Stewart P . G . D ., C . F . Matier P . G . W . Greece , J . S . Eastes P . G . D ., T . Cnbitt P . G . P ., G . Kenning P . P . G . D . Middlesex , W . Clarke P . G . P ., G . Lambert P . G . S . B ., C . Belton P . G . D . Surrey , A . M . Broadley P . D . G . M . Tunis , E . M . Lott Grand Organist , F . Binckes P . G . S .,
J . Terry P . P . J . W . Herts ; P . M . 's C . F . Hogard , C . Kompton . F . C . T . Keeble , P . A . Nairne , T . n . Miller , J . L . Mather , J . Willing , G . P . Britton , H . Cox , C . F . Martin , W . J . Crutch , T . Ha-ner , T . C . Walls . C . E . Ferry , J . S . Hawkins , H . Baldwin , II . J . Lardner , F . Adlard , N . Bridges , C . E . Soppet , T . W . C . Bush , Joyce Murray , S . B . Wilson . H . Unrker , G . Clarke inn ., and about a hundred other officers and
brethren . At the conclusion of an admirable repast , tho customary Loyal and Masonic toasts were given from the chair , and most enthusiastically received , the Grand Officers Past and Present boing responded to by Bros . Eastes , Raynham Stewart , and Clarke . Br . \ Binckes then proposed in felicitous terms tlio Army , Navy , and Reserve Forces , the toast being acknowledged by Bro . Captain
Lambert , of the Queen ' s Westminster Rifles , Captain Bowyer ( son of the Chairman ) , 1 st Middlesex Rifl ° s , and J . S . Hawkins and J . Terry of the Hon , Artillery Company . On rising to proposo the toast of the evening—Very Worshipful Bro . Horace Brooks Marshal ! , ( C . C . ) , Grand Treasnrer—the Chairman was received with loud and prolonged cheering . He wished the task had fallen to some brother moie able
than he felt himself to be to discharge it ; but he wonld say this—ho would yield to no one in paying hononr to their guest . He was assured that every word he uttered in that direction wonld be endorsed by the brethren present , who would give to R'o . Horaeo Brooks Marshall the most hearty and corJial reception . These observations elicited a fresh outburst of enthusiastic cheering .
They had all known Bro . Marshall as an eminently successful man of business ; as a prominent citizen ; and , above all , many of them had known him as a kind , warm-hearted private friend . His munificent support to almost every institution connected with the City of London was proverbial j whilst as a Freemason he had , since he had been enrolled as a member of the Craft , been a most liberal upholder
of their great Masonic Institutions . Many of those present wonld recollect that very soon after Bro . Marshall was initiated , indeed when ho was but an Entered Apprentice , ho gave a hundred guineas at a Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . It was not because a man chose to snbscribo largely that he shonld bo advanced to any particular office : but tho
circumstances under which Brother Marshall was put forward as a candidate for the Grand Treasurership were exceptional , and they were successful in electing him by a considerable majority . It occur red to sonic of them that they would like to ask his acceptance of some testimonial , not only to mark his office , Vjnt to testify their very great esteem and goodwill , and their appreciation of what he had done , not only for the Masonic Charities , but almost every
institution connected with the Metropolis . Having come to this resolution , Bro . Marshall ' s feelings were consulted , and he elected to be presented with his portrait , taken in his Masonic clothing as Grand Tieasnrer . That portrait was now to he presented to him , and he was suro that whenever their honoured gne 3 t of the evening looked upon it it would remi :: d him of the goodwill and esteem in which he was held during his term of r . lftce . There was mother
Presentation To The Grand Treasurer.
i present—Bro . Marshall ' s son—who wonld look npm the portrait in J tho same spirit of priil . ? anil satisfaction . IM tho namo of tho : ' subscribers ho no . v asked Bro . Marshall's acoptanco of the portrait , j and in doing so he wished him lone ; life , prosperity , and happinesF , I —sentiments which he felt would be endorser ! by all the brethren
| present and elsewhere . As the portrait was ui : veiled tho brethren I cheered again and u ^ ain in tho most enthusiastic fashion , and tho [ health of the guest of tho evening was received with musical honours . The cheers were repeated as Bro . Horaeo Brook . ) Marshal ! rose to acknowledge the compliment which hid been p aid to him . In the coarse of his reply he said he received with feelings of inexpressible
pleasure this splendfd testimonial , to be preserved by his dear wifo aid himself , and indue com so handed down to his son—and he hoped to his children ' s children—as a lasting memorial of their brotherly kir . dness . Ho should never forget tho graceful and gracious , and too flattering way , in which tho Chairman had alluded to his humble endeavours to follow his ( Bro . Edgar Bowyer ' s ) excellent example
m carrying out the great principles of tho Order . The enthusiastic manner in which they had received him that evening was the climax of that unfailing kindness which ho had always received since he entered tho legions of Masonio light . It was engraven on his memory that , s > x years ago , tho brethren of his mother Lodge , on the evening < f his initiation , entrusted to him the key of their
Treasurership , and ho had the unprecedented honour of serving his first Stewardship at a Masonic Festival in 1879 , in his Entered Apprentice ' s npron , wearing at the same time tho blue collar of tho Treasurership of his mother Lodgo . At each of the ei g hteen Festivals which he had had the privilege to servo as Steward since that time , his brother Stewards had invariably conferred upon their young brother an office
of distinction . Thoso veterans of the Craft who had won thoir spurs by indefatigable industry , and obtained their rank by sheer hard work , would doubtless hear with amazement and astonishment that lie had , within six years of his apprenticeship , passed through the chair of ono Lodge , was a present Master of another Lodge , and ho had reason to believe that three years in succession ho should pass
throngh the chair of King Solomon in threo separate Lodges . His progress in the Royal Arch had been still more extraordinary , for within six months of his exaltatiou he found himself M . E . Z . of the Chapter ; and to-night tho brethren commemorated , in his unworthy self , the signal victory obtained by tho Craft when in March last they so emphatically asserted and so energetically maintained their rights
and their privileges by conferring upon so young a Mason as himself—only then just qualified to enter the portals of Grand Lodge—the second highest position of hononr in the Craft that the brethren had it in their power to confer . Words failed him to express to the brethren the deep sense of his obligation , but he assured them from his heart that the one aim ,
the one object , the one desire of his Masonic life , would he to earnestly strive to be worthy of the exalted position in which , by their great generosity and their great magnanimity , ho had been placed . Bro . Marshall then resumed his seat amidst deafening cheers . The health of the Chairman was proposed in tho happiest vein by Brother F . Binckes , who referred to Bro . Bowyer's long connection with Masonry ,
the prominent and dignified position he occupied in the Craft . The genial regard in which he was held by his numerous friends eminently qualified him to preside on this important occasion . The toast was received with hearty cheering , and Bro . Bowyer briefly acknowledged the flattering encomiums which had been showered upon him by his excellent friend Bro . Binckes . Subsequently he gave , the
health of the Rfghfc Hon . the Lord Mayor and Corporation oftho City of London , in d ( inpr which he < x ;> ress"d the hope that the rights and privileges of the citizens wonl . l br » fully maintained , and congratnlated the company upon having several bi ethren present who belonged to the City Guild ? , their pri'cip'tl guest being a member of the Conrfc of Lientenanc . y . The toast was suitably acknowledged by Bros . Capt .
Limbert and F . T . Isitt . The toast of the Masonio Institutions was responded to by Bros . F . Binckes ( Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ) and Jamos Terry ( Secretary oftho Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution ) , who each spoke in eloquent terms , as usual , in behalf of their respective Charities . Bro . H . B . Marshall jun . replied on behalf of the Visitor ? , and the remaining toasts were the
Honorary Members of tho Testimonial Fund , acknowledged by Bro . Geo . Kenning ; the Honorary Secretary , by Bro . F . Binckes ; and tho Painter of the Portrait , by Bro . Marks . The interesting proceedings were varied with an abundance of vocal and instrumental music , and the evening was characterised by every element of amenity and enjoyment .
Ad00703
BRO . J . A . COLLINGS , Organist 1693 , wonld be pleased to undertake the Musical Arrangements at Consecrations , Installation Meetings , Ac , & c . Term . ? , with Testimonial- ; ami n-mes of Avti-tes , furnished on application . Address J . A . COLHJTOS , It J Church Hoad , Islington , N . Orchestral Bands for Masonic Balls , Soirees , & c .
Ad00704
MASONIC LECTURE , "KNOBS AND EXCRESCENCES . " BRO . JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z . is open to accept invitations for the delivery o £ this LECTTJKE in M . Btuorot . iT \! f or PROVINCIAL LODGES , orLo'xjES OF IifSTjjitcnoy . No Locturc foe travelling expenses only accepted . Address—Clapham S . W .
Ar00702
Tho Revised Book of Constitutions ; Critically Considered nnd Compared with tho Old Edition . London : Simpkin , Marshall & Co ., 4 Stationers' Hall Court , E . C . Sent on receipt of stamps , Ono Shilling , by W . W . Morgan , Freemason ' s ' Chronicle Offico , Uolvidero Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville .