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Cbmps . IJrquhart acte 4 ^ Which Vi ^ re ultimately ^ Companions to a late hour *
THE ROYAL ORDER
Thei Knights Companions ^ Lodge ( St . Da ^ ids '^^ P ^ Cfeprgp \ Arhot W Robert S \ sririburn 0 y of Mmu ^ S . 6 . 1 , ©» 3 Srd Degree ; John Archibald Campbell E sa ^ is ^^ $ f l ^ i
^ sbienjhly ^ r ^ nied ^ and the various lectures ably delivered by the 1 VI . W ; . Covernor and lM Grahcl i ^ uard hieeting : b ^ proceeded to elect
311 us . BrosX George Arnpt Walker Arhott ^ LL . D ., of Ajlary , D . G . M . and Governed in rboni of fc Brown ; John Whyte Melville , of Meaint M ^ Murray , 33 r &^ Donald Campbell 32 nd Begr
^ Degree > J . G * Q . ; John A Bro ^ n Dot G . Treas ;} ^ illianl . Laurie ; < r . Svvord-bearer ; William Dawson MacRitchie , G . Banner-bearer DG | janiesHu ^ ; . Mareschal ; James Richard Bfe Gaylpr , GL Stewards -William ^
After the meetings the Knights dined together in the Rainbow Hotel ; the MvWi Gpyernpr in the chair , supported by the W . G . S . W . and Colonel Hunter . George Murray , G . Treas ., occupied the yice-chair , supported by Samuel Sommerville , of Ampherlau , and John Browh Douglas , W . S ., G . Sec . Among the Sir Knights present we observed , exclusive of Office-bearers , James Lemon , jun ., from Belfast ; Jameson Nicholson , and - —Mackenzie , from Glasgow ; Thomas Elder MacRitchie , of Craigton , W . S . ; Thomas Drybrough * James Stewart ,
M . D >; Henry JM & eritie ) ^ 1 ) ., and Alex . James Stewart , W , S , A sumptuous repast was spread , which was done ample justice to by the gentlemen present . The arduous duties they had been performing during the day bad by no means damped their energies for social intercourse ; some excellent speeches were delivered appropriate to the Order , and some excellent songs sung , more par"ticularly Eershun ' s Road to the Highlands , " from the Bon Gaultier Ballads , sung by Mr . Charles Stuart Law with great spirit . After dinner , Thomas Elder
MacRitchie , of Craigton , paid a graceful tribute to the memory of their late G . S . W ., Archibald Douglas , whose remains had been consigned to the tomb that day , at three o'clock , the hour he was summoned to attend the meeting of the Order . The toast was drunk in solemn silence . So closed the Masonic career of one of the greatest Masons of his day . In the debates in the Grand Lodge , the Supreme Grand Chapter , the Grand Conclave , the Priory of
the Lothians , the Royal Order of Scotland , the Edinburgh Chapter , No . 1 , the Canongate Kilwinning Chapter , No . 56 , the Lodge St . David ' s , No . 36 , of which Lodge he held the office of P . M ., or in the Grand Committee , or any of the various Committees of which he was a member , he was seldom , if ever , absent from his post ; and in the meetings of the Benevolent Fund his voice was tie first raised for the fatherless and the widow ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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Cbmps . IJrquhart acte 4 ^ Which Vi ^ re ultimately ^ Companions to a late hour *
THE ROYAL ORDER
Thei Knights Companions ^ Lodge ( St . Da ^ ids '^^ P ^ Cfeprgp \ Arhot W Robert S \ sririburn 0 y of Mmu ^ S . 6 . 1 , ©» 3 Srd Degree ; John Archibald Campbell E sa ^ is ^^ $ f l ^ i
^ sbienjhly ^ r ^ nied ^ and the various lectures ably delivered by the 1 VI . W ; . Covernor and lM Grahcl i ^ uard hieeting : b ^ proceeded to elect
311 us . BrosX George Arnpt Walker Arhott ^ LL . D ., of Ajlary , D . G . M . and Governed in rboni of fc Brown ; John Whyte Melville , of Meaint M ^ Murray , 33 r &^ Donald Campbell 32 nd Begr
^ Degree > J . G * Q . ; John A Bro ^ n Dot G . Treas ;} ^ illianl . Laurie ; < r . Svvord-bearer ; William Dawson MacRitchie , G . Banner-bearer DG | janiesHu ^ ; . Mareschal ; James Richard Bfe Gaylpr , GL Stewards -William ^
After the meetings the Knights dined together in the Rainbow Hotel ; the MvWi Gpyernpr in the chair , supported by the W . G . S . W . and Colonel Hunter . George Murray , G . Treas ., occupied the yice-chair , supported by Samuel Sommerville , of Ampherlau , and John Browh Douglas , W . S ., G . Sec . Among the Sir Knights present we observed , exclusive of Office-bearers , James Lemon , jun ., from Belfast ; Jameson Nicholson , and - —Mackenzie , from Glasgow ; Thomas Elder MacRitchie , of Craigton , W . S . ; Thomas Drybrough * James Stewart ,
M . D >; Henry JM & eritie ) ^ 1 ) ., and Alex . James Stewart , W , S , A sumptuous repast was spread , which was done ample justice to by the gentlemen present . The arduous duties they had been performing during the day bad by no means damped their energies for social intercourse ; some excellent speeches were delivered appropriate to the Order , and some excellent songs sung , more par"ticularly Eershun ' s Road to the Highlands , " from the Bon Gaultier Ballads , sung by Mr . Charles Stuart Law with great spirit . After dinner , Thomas Elder
MacRitchie , of Craigton , paid a graceful tribute to the memory of their late G . S . W ., Archibald Douglas , whose remains had been consigned to the tomb that day , at three o'clock , the hour he was summoned to attend the meeting of the Order . The toast was drunk in solemn silence . So closed the Masonic career of one of the greatest Masons of his day . In the debates in the Grand Lodge , the Supreme Grand Chapter , the Grand Conclave , the Priory of
the Lothians , the Royal Order of Scotland , the Edinburgh Chapter , No . 1 , the Canongate Kilwinning Chapter , No . 56 , the Lodge St . David ' s , No . 36 , of which Lodge he held the office of P . M ., or in the Grand Committee , or any of the various Committees of which he was a member , he was seldom , if ever , absent from his post ; and in the meetings of the Benevolent Fund his voice was tie first raised for the fatherless and the widow ,