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deserving members of the Craft , and in every relation of life to act as true Masons , remembering that tc Lives of great men all remind ns And , departing , leave behind us Pobtprints on thei sands of
time;' ^ Pootprints that perhaps another , Sailing o ' er life ' s solemn main , A forlorn and shipwrecked brother , Seeing , shall take heart again /* The last toast , " Our Distressed Brethren , " having been given and honoured , the Brethren dispersed at an early hour , much pleased with the evening ' s enjoyment . We may add that the glees sung by Bros . Branscombe , Kisdon > and Carpenter , afforded much pleasure , and the greatest concord and brotherly feeling characterized the proceedings .
SourHMOLTON . —Loyal Lodge of Industry ( No , 610 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge held theirusual monthly meeting on Tuesday , the 3 rd February , when Bro ; J \ 1 ^ elected a joining member , and , by permission of the W . M , } took the chair , and initiated Mr . Henry Tanner into the mysteries and privileges of ancient Freemasonry . All business being ended , the Lodge was closed , and the Brethren adjourned to refreshment .
GLOUCESTERSHIRE . GHEiiTENHAM . — -jRoi / aZ Union Lodge ( No . 307 ) . —At the regular meeting of this Lodge , held at the Masonic Hall , on Wednesday , 18 th February , there was a large assembly of the Brethren to assist at the initiation of Oapt . F . W . F . Berkeley , Royal Horse Guards , who had been regularly proposed and approved at a previous Lodge . Besides the members of the Royal Union , there were present Bro , the Hon . James Button , theSProv . G . M . of the Province ; Bros . Newmarch , Dep .
Prov . G . M . ; Frindu , Prov . G . Beg . ; Nash , Dep . Prov . G . M . of Bristol , and several other "Visiting Brethren . The ceremony of initiation was performed by the W . M . Bro . J . Brook Smith ( Bro . Alex , P . M ., acting as J . D ., P . T . ) in a most able and impressive manner , and the Lodge then proceeded to ballot for Messrs . W . Philpot Brookes , M . D .,. and W . S . Wallace , both of whom were approved , and afterwards initiated into the mysteries of the Craft , the lecture on the Tracing Board and the Charge being most admirably delivered to the newly initiated
Brethren by the W . M . The labours of the evening being ended , the Brethren adjourned to the Banqueting Hall of the Lodge , when an elegant supper was served , presided over by the W . M ., supported on his right by the P . G / M ,, D . P . G . M ., and P . G . E . of the Province , and the D . P . G . M . of Bristol . In the course of the evening the W . M . proposed the health of the Prov . G . M ., alluding to the fact of its being his first visit to the Royal Union Lodge , since his recent inauguration . In returning thanks , the Right Worshipful Brother took occasion
to compliment the W . M . and his Officers on the admirable working of the Lodge , which was echoed by the D . P . G . M . and the D . P . G . M . for Bristol . The healths of the newly-initiated Brethren having been proposed and duly honoured , Bro . Berkeley , after expressing his high sense of the honour conferred upon him by his admission to the Craft , said that he was desirous of presenting the Lodge with a set of Tracing Boards , which liberal offer was most warmly received and accepted . Bro . J . 0 . Smith presided over the musical arrangements , and with
several other Brethren added much to the pleasure of the evening by a number of excellent and appropriate songs , among which we must notice the beautiful one , so much admired at the Prov . G-. Lodge meeting ( for which it was written , by Bro . Douglas Thompson ) , " The Masons' True Jewels / ' After the final toast , " To all poor and distressed Masons / ' had been given by the Tyler , and the usual collection made on their behalf , the Brethren separated , highly delighted with the profit as well as pleasure of the evening .
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deserving members of the Craft , and in every relation of life to act as true Masons , remembering that tc Lives of great men all remind ns And , departing , leave behind us Pobtprints on thei sands of
time;' ^ Pootprints that perhaps another , Sailing o ' er life ' s solemn main , A forlorn and shipwrecked brother , Seeing , shall take heart again /* The last toast , " Our Distressed Brethren , " having been given and honoured , the Brethren dispersed at an early hour , much pleased with the evening ' s enjoyment . We may add that the glees sung by Bros . Branscombe , Kisdon > and Carpenter , afforded much pleasure , and the greatest concord and brotherly feeling characterized the proceedings .
SourHMOLTON . —Loyal Lodge of Industry ( No , 610 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge held theirusual monthly meeting on Tuesday , the 3 rd February , when Bro ; J \ 1 ^ elected a joining member , and , by permission of the W . M , } took the chair , and initiated Mr . Henry Tanner into the mysteries and privileges of ancient Freemasonry . All business being ended , the Lodge was closed , and the Brethren adjourned to refreshment .
GLOUCESTERSHIRE . GHEiiTENHAM . — -jRoi / aZ Union Lodge ( No . 307 ) . —At the regular meeting of this Lodge , held at the Masonic Hall , on Wednesday , 18 th February , there was a large assembly of the Brethren to assist at the initiation of Oapt . F . W . F . Berkeley , Royal Horse Guards , who had been regularly proposed and approved at a previous Lodge . Besides the members of the Royal Union , there were present Bro , the Hon . James Button , theSProv . G . M . of the Province ; Bros . Newmarch , Dep .
Prov . G . M . ; Frindu , Prov . G . Beg . ; Nash , Dep . Prov . G . M . of Bristol , and several other "Visiting Brethren . The ceremony of initiation was performed by the W . M . Bro . J . Brook Smith ( Bro . Alex , P . M ., acting as J . D ., P . T . ) in a most able and impressive manner , and the Lodge then proceeded to ballot for Messrs . W . Philpot Brookes , M . D .,. and W . S . Wallace , both of whom were approved , and afterwards initiated into the mysteries of the Craft , the lecture on the Tracing Board and the Charge being most admirably delivered to the newly initiated
Brethren by the W . M . The labours of the evening being ended , the Brethren adjourned to the Banqueting Hall of the Lodge , when an elegant supper was served , presided over by the W . M ., supported on his right by the P . G / M ,, D . P . G . M ., and P . G . E . of the Province , and the D . P . G . M . of Bristol . In the course of the evening the W . M . proposed the health of the Prov . G . M ., alluding to the fact of its being his first visit to the Royal Union Lodge , since his recent inauguration . In returning thanks , the Right Worshipful Brother took occasion
to compliment the W . M . and his Officers on the admirable working of the Lodge , which was echoed by the D . P . G . M . and the D . P . G . M . for Bristol . The healths of the newly-initiated Brethren having been proposed and duly honoured , Bro . Berkeley , after expressing his high sense of the honour conferred upon him by his admission to the Craft , said that he was desirous of presenting the Lodge with a set of Tracing Boards , which liberal offer was most warmly received and accepted . Bro . J . 0 . Smith presided over the musical arrangements , and with
several other Brethren added much to the pleasure of the evening by a number of excellent and appropriate songs , among which we must notice the beautiful one , so much admired at the Prov . G-. Lodge meeting ( for which it was written , by Bro . Douglas Thompson ) , " The Masons' True Jewels / ' After the final toast , " To all poor and distressed Masons / ' had been given by the Tyler , and the usual collection made on their behalf , the Brethren separated , highly delighted with the profit as well as pleasure of the evening .