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Masonic Missions.
and the thirtieth in the scale of the London Lodges ., To this Lodge many eminent men have belonged , and it has done its share of work in its day . Can we afford to lose an ancient Lodge ? Ought we to lose it ; or rather , ought we not to take especial care for its preservation 1
With a last return made less than ten years ago , there must he brethren of the Lodge now remaining , and its Masonic succession not being lost , measures can the better be taken for its revival . There are many means of doing this , if the Board of General Purposes will take the matter in hand , but once erased it is lost for ever . One mode of doing this is to allow some junior London Lodge to continue
the succession . An old Lodgo should not be admitted to the competition , because then an old Lodge would be missing from the list ; a fair way would be to take a Lodge elating after December , 1849 , then such a Lodge as the Panmure , for instance , No . 1022 , the Westbourne , No . 1035 , or the Belgrave , No . 1051 , might be allowed to make application , but the concession should not be made gratuitously . First . All old members of No . 49 should be admitted as honorary members and allowed to come in as subscribing members at ordinary rates without arrears .
Second . A sum should be paid to the Board of Benevolence . Another way is for the Board of General Purposes to be authorized to restore the Lodge by receiving all brethren who may volunteer to become members of No . 49 , and to take from them a joining fee . ' Wo may observe that tho Koyal Arch Chapter No . 49 , is the Mount Sinai Chapter , which meets at Anderton ' s Hotel . Cannot
the Mount Sinai Chapter do something for the salvation from perdition of Lodge No . 49 ? There is no other London Lodge in the . coiidenuied list . "No . 64 , Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love , Arundel . Date of last returns , March 1836 . " Doomed . Its erasure will get rid of a Lodge dating from 1736 ,
having celebrated its centenary , having had a Eoyal Arch Chapter attached to it ; and deprive Sussex of its third oldest Lodge . Why was the Lodge so named ? After a Duke of Norfolk , one of the earliest Grand Masters in the last century , who in 1731 made presents to Grand Lodge which are commemorated in the calendar ; but this tribute to his Masonic zeal , this Lodge which he founded in his own
domain—because the present duke cares nothing for it , is to be abandoned . We consider it imperative on Grand Lodge to make some efforts for its preservation .
The Lodge at Arundel must have been lost by the negligence of
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Masonic Missions.
and the thirtieth in the scale of the London Lodges ., To this Lodge many eminent men have belonged , and it has done its share of work in its day . Can we afford to lose an ancient Lodge ? Ought we to lose it ; or rather , ought we not to take especial care for its preservation 1
With a last return made less than ten years ago , there must he brethren of the Lodge now remaining , and its Masonic succession not being lost , measures can the better be taken for its revival . There are many means of doing this , if the Board of General Purposes will take the matter in hand , but once erased it is lost for ever . One mode of doing this is to allow some junior London Lodge to continue
the succession . An old Lodgo should not be admitted to the competition , because then an old Lodge would be missing from the list ; a fair way would be to take a Lodge elating after December , 1849 , then such a Lodge as the Panmure , for instance , No . 1022 , the Westbourne , No . 1035 , or the Belgrave , No . 1051 , might be allowed to make application , but the concession should not be made gratuitously . First . All old members of No . 49 should be admitted as honorary members and allowed to come in as subscribing members at ordinary rates without arrears .
Second . A sum should be paid to the Board of Benevolence . Another way is for the Board of General Purposes to be authorized to restore the Lodge by receiving all brethren who may volunteer to become members of No . 49 , and to take from them a joining fee . ' Wo may observe that tho Koyal Arch Chapter No . 49 , is the Mount Sinai Chapter , which meets at Anderton ' s Hotel . Cannot
the Mount Sinai Chapter do something for the salvation from perdition of Lodge No . 49 ? There is no other London Lodge in the . coiidenuied list . "No . 64 , Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love , Arundel . Date of last returns , March 1836 . " Doomed . Its erasure will get rid of a Lodge dating from 1736 ,
having celebrated its centenary , having had a Eoyal Arch Chapter attached to it ; and deprive Sussex of its third oldest Lodge . Why was the Lodge so named ? After a Duke of Norfolk , one of the earliest Grand Masters in the last century , who in 1731 made presents to Grand Lodge which are commemorated in the calendar ; but this tribute to his Masonic zeal , this Lodge which he founded in his own
domain—because the present duke cares nothing for it , is to be abandoned . We consider it imperative on Grand Lodge to make some efforts for its preservation .
The Lodge at Arundel must have been lost by the negligence of