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It is interesting to note in connection with the recent meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire . at Tewkesbury , that according to " The Worcester Times , " there lies the dust of a Grand Master who held his high -oflice in the year 1272 . Whether our contemporary is justified in asserting , therefore , that there are Masonic associations with the Abbey Church other than the obviously ¦ operative , we must leave our readers to judge .
© © © There can be no doubt , however , that Freemasonry has placed its mark in later days upon this as upon other old buildings , in preserving and restoring the handiwork of its ancient progenitors . At the restoration of the great Abbey
Church , which marked the later ' seventies of the last century , the Gloucestershire lodges undertook to restore to the use of the church the 13 th century chapel adjoining the north transept , which , after having been used for some 250 years as a Grammar School , built off from the main building ,
had been allowed to fall into a ruinous condition . Provincial Grand Lodge contributed about . £ 500 , and the brethren of St . George ' s Lodge ( Tewkesbury ) a further sum of ^ 200 , whilst the generosity of the late Bro . T . Collins , under whose hands the restoration was carried out , added much loving ¦ work beyond that covered by the lodge gifts .
© © © When the Abbey was re-opened in the autumn of 1879 , one of the octave of days devoted to the celebration was allotted to the Freemasons , and on Thursday , September 25 th , Provincial Grand Lodge was convened at Tewkesbury
to set the Masonic mark of approval upon the work and to re-dedicate and restore the Chapel to its ancient use . It was an appropriate incident of the concluding proceedings of Provincial Grand Lodge that Bro . Collins received the appointment of Grand Superintendent of Works at his lordship ' s hands , in recognition of the excellent work he had done , truly as a labour of love .
© «» Nine years later , in 18 9 8 , Provincial Grand Lodge again met at Tewkesbury , for the first time under Sir Michael Hicks-Beach ' s Mastership , with the result that interest was revivedif revival was necessary , in the old Abbey ; and ,
, though the costly undertaking of the province in the cloisters at the Cathedral had only then been recently completed , it was decided to initiate further work in the Abbey . The south wall of the nave , which contains remains of the tracery of the once beautiful 15 th century cloisters , was
taken in hand . Bro . Collins had shortly before , re-opened and repaired the beautiful doorway , and was re-building one bay of the cloisters as a porch , at very great cost ; and to him again was entrusted the carrying out of the Masonic undertaking . This side of the building has now been put
in a satisfactory condition , and the highest encomium that can be passed upon the work , and this can be fairly given to it , is that the greater part of it shows , no external traces of restoration or repair .
Some perturbation would seem to have been created among the stricter Freemasons in England by reports that a kind of feminine Masonry is taking root across the Tweed . They have been especially troubled to read in a Glasgow newspaper of " the Worthy Matron of Laura Chapter of the
Order of the Eastern Star , whose husband , it is averred , is " popular in Masonic circles ; " and they are not likely to be soothed by the information now forthcoming that there are thirteen such " chapters'' under "the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland , " having a " Grand Matron " at its head . This development , it may be explained , had its origin , like so
many other semi-Masonic offshoots , in the United States , where the Order of the Eastern Star was founded in 1868 . The society is composed entirely of Masons in good and regular standing and their wives , mothers , sisters , and daughters , and the widows of Masons ; and its object is
declared on this side to be " the diffusion of the principles of morality and friendship , the amelioration of the sufferings of the destitute and helpless , and the relief of the distressed through the help of the Masonic tie . " In America there are at least a couple of dozen " Grand Chapters" covering as
, many States ; and the membership in New York alone is over 10 , 000 , its principal officers including not only a Grand Matron and a Grand Patron but a Grand Conductress , a Grand Adah , a Grand Ruth , a Grand Esher , a Grand Martha , and a Grand Electa . As yet it seems to have no following
in England , and if it makes its appearance here the opinion of Grand Lodge may be invoked concerning such members of the Craft as join it . But the eld story of Miss St . Leger , " the only Lady Freemason , " as for nearly a century and a half that Irish girl has been described , will be revived by this singular development . — " Westminster Gazette . "
At a meeting of the Lodge Himalayan Brotherhood , held at Simla on June Sth , Lord Kitchener , in responding to the toast of " The District Grand Master of the Punjab , " expressed the great pleasure he felt at being present at the installation and banquet . He congratulated the lodge on their choice of a Master , and paid high tribute to the services
of the Past Master , who had left the lodge in a thoroughly sound condition . The number of members had not only increased in Lodge Himalayan Brotherhood , but also in Lodge Kitchener , and Simla was only typical of the advance of Masonry in other parts of the Punjab . He regretted that
duty had removed Colonel Lyons Montgomery from the Punjab , but his valuable services in tlie province would not easily be forgotten ; and he was glad to have secured as his successor in the post of Deputy Grand Master , Sir David Masson . Lord Kitchener concluded his speech with an allusion to Masonic aid to the earthquake sufferers in Dharmsala , resuming his seat amid applause .
© © © The Provincial Grand Superintendent of the Roval Arch Chapter of Durham ( The Rev . Canon Tristram , D . D ., F . R . S . ) has recently appointed Comp . J . C . Moor , P . P . G . H . > P . A . G . D . C . Eng ., as Provincial G . S . E ., the oflice having become vacant by the lamented death of Comp . Robert Hudson of Tynemouth .
© © © An important lodge , to be called the " Guildhall Lodge , " is shortly to be established in the City under the first mastership of Bro . Alderman Vaughan Morgan , Past Grand Treasurer , the coming Lord Mayor . Bro . Sir Joseph
Dimsdale , M . P ., P . G . W ., Bro . Sir Homewood Crawford , P . G . D ., and other prominent City craftsmen , are among the promoters .
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At The Sign Of The Perfect Ashlar.
It is interesting to note in connection with the recent meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire . at Tewkesbury , that according to " The Worcester Times , " there lies the dust of a Grand Master who held his high -oflice in the year 1272 . Whether our contemporary is justified in asserting , therefore , that there are Masonic associations with the Abbey Church other than the obviously ¦ operative , we must leave our readers to judge .
© © © There can be no doubt , however , that Freemasonry has placed its mark in later days upon this as upon other old buildings , in preserving and restoring the handiwork of its ancient progenitors . At the restoration of the great Abbey
Church , which marked the later ' seventies of the last century , the Gloucestershire lodges undertook to restore to the use of the church the 13 th century chapel adjoining the north transept , which , after having been used for some 250 years as a Grammar School , built off from the main building ,
had been allowed to fall into a ruinous condition . Provincial Grand Lodge contributed about . £ 500 , and the brethren of St . George ' s Lodge ( Tewkesbury ) a further sum of ^ 200 , whilst the generosity of the late Bro . T . Collins , under whose hands the restoration was carried out , added much loving ¦ work beyond that covered by the lodge gifts .
© © © When the Abbey was re-opened in the autumn of 1879 , one of the octave of days devoted to the celebration was allotted to the Freemasons , and on Thursday , September 25 th , Provincial Grand Lodge was convened at Tewkesbury
to set the Masonic mark of approval upon the work and to re-dedicate and restore the Chapel to its ancient use . It was an appropriate incident of the concluding proceedings of Provincial Grand Lodge that Bro . Collins received the appointment of Grand Superintendent of Works at his lordship ' s hands , in recognition of the excellent work he had done , truly as a labour of love .
© «» Nine years later , in 18 9 8 , Provincial Grand Lodge again met at Tewkesbury , for the first time under Sir Michael Hicks-Beach ' s Mastership , with the result that interest was revivedif revival was necessary , in the old Abbey ; and ,
, though the costly undertaking of the province in the cloisters at the Cathedral had only then been recently completed , it was decided to initiate further work in the Abbey . The south wall of the nave , which contains remains of the tracery of the once beautiful 15 th century cloisters , was
taken in hand . Bro . Collins had shortly before , re-opened and repaired the beautiful doorway , and was re-building one bay of the cloisters as a porch , at very great cost ; and to him again was entrusted the carrying out of the Masonic undertaking . This side of the building has now been put
in a satisfactory condition , and the highest encomium that can be passed upon the work , and this can be fairly given to it , is that the greater part of it shows , no external traces of restoration or repair .
Some perturbation would seem to have been created among the stricter Freemasons in England by reports that a kind of feminine Masonry is taking root across the Tweed . They have been especially troubled to read in a Glasgow newspaper of " the Worthy Matron of Laura Chapter of the
Order of the Eastern Star , whose husband , it is averred , is " popular in Masonic circles ; " and they are not likely to be soothed by the information now forthcoming that there are thirteen such " chapters'' under "the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland , " having a " Grand Matron " at its head . This development , it may be explained , had its origin , like so
many other semi-Masonic offshoots , in the United States , where the Order of the Eastern Star was founded in 1868 . The society is composed entirely of Masons in good and regular standing and their wives , mothers , sisters , and daughters , and the widows of Masons ; and its object is
declared on this side to be " the diffusion of the principles of morality and friendship , the amelioration of the sufferings of the destitute and helpless , and the relief of the distressed through the help of the Masonic tie . " In America there are at least a couple of dozen " Grand Chapters" covering as
, many States ; and the membership in New York alone is over 10 , 000 , its principal officers including not only a Grand Matron and a Grand Patron but a Grand Conductress , a Grand Adah , a Grand Ruth , a Grand Esher , a Grand Martha , and a Grand Electa . As yet it seems to have no following
in England , and if it makes its appearance here the opinion of Grand Lodge may be invoked concerning such members of the Craft as join it . But the eld story of Miss St . Leger , " the only Lady Freemason , " as for nearly a century and a half that Irish girl has been described , will be revived by this singular development . — " Westminster Gazette . "
At a meeting of the Lodge Himalayan Brotherhood , held at Simla on June Sth , Lord Kitchener , in responding to the toast of " The District Grand Master of the Punjab , " expressed the great pleasure he felt at being present at the installation and banquet . He congratulated the lodge on their choice of a Master , and paid high tribute to the services
of the Past Master , who had left the lodge in a thoroughly sound condition . The number of members had not only increased in Lodge Himalayan Brotherhood , but also in Lodge Kitchener , and Simla was only typical of the advance of Masonry in other parts of the Punjab . He regretted that
duty had removed Colonel Lyons Montgomery from the Punjab , but his valuable services in tlie province would not easily be forgotten ; and he was glad to have secured as his successor in the post of Deputy Grand Master , Sir David Masson . Lord Kitchener concluded his speech with an allusion to Masonic aid to the earthquake sufferers in Dharmsala , resuming his seat amid applause .
© © © The Provincial Grand Superintendent of the Roval Arch Chapter of Durham ( The Rev . Canon Tristram , D . D ., F . R . S . ) has recently appointed Comp . J . C . Moor , P . P . G . H . > P . A . G . D . C . Eng ., as Provincial G . S . E ., the oflice having become vacant by the lamented death of Comp . Robert Hudson of Tynemouth .
© © © An important lodge , to be called the " Guildhall Lodge , " is shortly to be established in the City under the first mastership of Bro . Alderman Vaughan Morgan , Past Grand Treasurer , the coming Lord Mayor . Bro . Sir Joseph
Dimsdale , M . P ., P . G . W ., Bro . Sir Homewood Crawford , P . G . D ., and other prominent City craftsmen , are among the promoters .
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niMimzMJMLJKjmxmi"" "a"mn n=¦iifl&ji'MMiA *n x & . A ROYAL WARRANT ^| HP HTH M ^ W * ¦ M M A Light , C risp . I nvlgoraiing Watei ; U M ||| L ^ | f L j || ° 91 H ^ III1 I natural gas M fl ' ?^^ W ^^^ APPOINTMENT » A jLM 111|M I , The Ideal Water for Whisky , H U v ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Q ) . ° iar ^ ^ fS ^ ^^^ mk Invaluab ' e in cases of Gout , and W W ' » W %£ * gM & fcS & H . M . The KING . M ¦> ~ the Uric Acid Habit generally . M U _ L ~ JH ^ . FBFHEH NATURAL SPARKLING TABLE-WATER . y