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circumstance that the subscribers , who represented all shades of polities , were two hundred and thirtyfive in number . The presentation was made by Mr . V .. P . Price , Jf . P ., and what was said by him on tqat occasion will well bear repetition here on this . " We meet sometimes , " said Mr . Price , " with men upon vrhose shouldersthrough special fitness with which
, Providence has blessed them , or the special opportunit y by which they are surrounded , an unusual measure of unrequited toil is cast , and who , with the generous impulse of a loyal and obedient will , most cheerfull y discharge their duties . It is just such an instance that we have before us nowin him we have
, assembled this evening to honour . In his case we look "upon a life which has been devoted to public work . If we look back and measure off our own past existence the number of years he has devoted to the municipal service of this city , we shall bring to the test of our own experience the value of the time which he has
consecrated to its use . The reflection will be an interesting one , but it will also be a humiliating one . It is interesting for us to feel that the rich exeprience which he has gathered , the accumulated stores of local and travelling knowledge which he has treasured up , the judgment which he has ripened , and the wisdom he has matured are still obedientto his call , and are therefore
, still within our reach . But it must , in some respects , be humiliating for us to feel that to uo one of us can it be given to fill the large space which he has done in the annals of the community amongst which we live . His name has been written upon every page of the records of this city during the past forty years
It is only last year , 1856 , thae we find him for the first time ceasing to take part in the deliberations of that Chamber to which he had been summoned nearly forty years before . " In the course of his reply , Bro . Walker said " For the short space of time remaining to me upon this earththis testimonial will be at once an
, encouragement and a warning ,- an encouragement to persevere in the same course I have hitherto taken , in the more limited sphere of action to which my public services will henceforth be confined ; and a warning carefully to avoid doing anything by word or deed that shall occasion in the breast of any one individual who
has contributed to this testimonial the least feeling of regret on his part at having doue so . " How earnestly and faithfull y Bro . Walker pursued the path which he here marked out the old city with which he has been so long , so usefully , and so honourably connected affectionately testifies by the mouths equally of its richest
and its poorest residents . The inscription on the pedestal of the vase , tells its own tale briefly but significantly;—" Presented , With other articles , To David Mowbray WalkerEsq .
, , In recognition of his public services As a Citizen and Magistrate of Gloucester During a period of 40 years , Uth May , 1871 . "
BRO . CHESTJEE . The remains of Bro . Chester , a member of the New Concord Lodge , No . 813 , were interred at Abney-park Cemetery . He ¦ was followed to his last resting-place by his sorrowing widow and family in three mourning coaches . Several members of the
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Cratt also attended the funeral . His mother lodge wns represented by Bro . T . Bartlett , I . P . M . ; Bros . "W . H . Main , P . M . and Sec ., Salisbury , S . W ., Brustlin , King , Harriss , and Smee ; and also Bro . T . Sheppard , WM ., of the Egyptian Lodge , No . 27 . The late Bro . Chester was highly respected , not only by the brethren of his Lodge , but also by a numerous circle of friends , and deeply regretted . He ivas a liberal supporter of the Masonic and other Charities , and a member of the East London Masonic Charitable Association . His loss will be deeply felt .
The Mark Degree In England.
THE MARK DEGREE IN ENGLAND .
{ Continued from page 80 ) . Bro . Kerr : I am perfectly aware of that . But from the unwillingness of members of the Old Lodges to commit anything in writing it is difficult to find direct evidence . However , under date 1559 , on the sill of one of the windows of the choir of Glasgow Cathedra ] ive find the square and compass engraved ; the All-seeing Eye above ; the ladder with three steps ; the sun ,
moon and stars ; and a finger pointing to the three steps . In those times when the secrets of the Craft were very much looked to and presvered with jealous care , you cannot expect very much explanation of the system then practised ; hut you can see by those symbols that at that time Speculative Masonry did exist . There are also Lodges which state distinctly that they follow out those signs and symbols which had been transmitted to them from time immemorial . In the 1707 a Lodge of
year Operative Masons , styled the JEdinburgh Journeymen Masons , to which I belong , separated from the parent stock Mary's Chapel . They had a dispute about a Benevolent Fund , and the matter came before the Supreme Courts . By that proceeding- ive have it recorded that the Lodge made Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts ; but I believe no other Degree of Masonry except tbe Mark Master , who was Master of the Lodge . In the judgment
which was given-by the Supreme Courts they not only gave power for this Lodge Journeymen to exist , and to give the Masonic word , to receive dues therefore , but also to sue theLodge Mary's Chapel for such further portions of Masonry which they had not then possession of . Twenty years after , it is recorded that the Lodge Journeymen received the third Degree from the parent Lodge . Bro . Binckes : Then , you say the Overseer was the Chief Officer .
Bro . Kerr : Tes ; because a large portion of the Lodges were Fellow Craft ; Lodges . Bro . Binckes : You are combating for the antiquity of the Mark Degree . Our object is to find , that there may be no dispute about the matter afterwards , whether Operative or Speculative Masonry were practised in the Lodges at that time . Do your investigations enable you to say whether-what was done in those Lodges at that time wns Speculative as well as Operative ' These which mentioned found in
Bro . Kerr : symbols I as Glasgow Cathedral led to that supposition . Bro . Portal : On whom was the Master Degree conferred ? Bro . Kerr : "Upon men who designed and planned work for those employed under them to execute . These were men of intelligence , who instructed others through symbolical teaching and otherwise . The subordinate Lodges were composed of workmen who were taught in the LodgesYet Masters
. may even be reduced from that position to a Fellow Craft . In the Regulations referred to as having been adopted at the meeting in Holyrood Palace , in 1598 , it is stated : — "That all Masters undertaking work be very careful to see their scaffolds and foot gangs securely set and placed , to the effect that through the negligence aud sloth no hurt or injury come to any persi ' r employed at the work , under the pain of discharging them thereafter to work as Masters having charge of work ; but shall
ever be subject all the rest of their days to work under , or with another principal Master , having charge of the work . Earl Percy : Are you speaking of the Master of Lodges , or of what we know as JMasfcer Masons ? Bro . Portal : Our English Constitutions tell us that there are three Degrees , the Entered Apprentice , the Fellow Craft , and the Master Mason . According to you the Master Mason meant the Master of a Lodge . Bro . Binckes : Was the term "Overseer"' synonymous with that of " Master ? "
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Obituary.
circumstance that the subscribers , who represented all shades of polities , were two hundred and thirtyfive in number . The presentation was made by Mr . V .. P . Price , Jf . P ., and what was said by him on tqat occasion will well bear repetition here on this . " We meet sometimes , " said Mr . Price , " with men upon vrhose shouldersthrough special fitness with which
, Providence has blessed them , or the special opportunit y by which they are surrounded , an unusual measure of unrequited toil is cast , and who , with the generous impulse of a loyal and obedient will , most cheerfull y discharge their duties . It is just such an instance that we have before us nowin him we have
, assembled this evening to honour . In his case we look "upon a life which has been devoted to public work . If we look back and measure off our own past existence the number of years he has devoted to the municipal service of this city , we shall bring to the test of our own experience the value of the time which he has
consecrated to its use . The reflection will be an interesting one , but it will also be a humiliating one . It is interesting for us to feel that the rich exeprience which he has gathered , the accumulated stores of local and travelling knowledge which he has treasured up , the judgment which he has ripened , and the wisdom he has matured are still obedientto his call , and are therefore
, still within our reach . But it must , in some respects , be humiliating for us to feel that to uo one of us can it be given to fill the large space which he has done in the annals of the community amongst which we live . His name has been written upon every page of the records of this city during the past forty years
It is only last year , 1856 , thae we find him for the first time ceasing to take part in the deliberations of that Chamber to which he had been summoned nearly forty years before . " In the course of his reply , Bro . Walker said " For the short space of time remaining to me upon this earththis testimonial will be at once an
, encouragement and a warning ,- an encouragement to persevere in the same course I have hitherto taken , in the more limited sphere of action to which my public services will henceforth be confined ; and a warning carefully to avoid doing anything by word or deed that shall occasion in the breast of any one individual who
has contributed to this testimonial the least feeling of regret on his part at having doue so . " How earnestly and faithfull y Bro . Walker pursued the path which he here marked out the old city with which he has been so long , so usefully , and so honourably connected affectionately testifies by the mouths equally of its richest
and its poorest residents . The inscription on the pedestal of the vase , tells its own tale briefly but significantly;—" Presented , With other articles , To David Mowbray WalkerEsq .
, , In recognition of his public services As a Citizen and Magistrate of Gloucester During a period of 40 years , Uth May , 1871 . "
BRO . CHESTJEE . The remains of Bro . Chester , a member of the New Concord Lodge , No . 813 , were interred at Abney-park Cemetery . He ¦ was followed to his last resting-place by his sorrowing widow and family in three mourning coaches . Several members of the
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Cratt also attended the funeral . His mother lodge wns represented by Bro . T . Bartlett , I . P . M . ; Bros . "W . H . Main , P . M . and Sec ., Salisbury , S . W ., Brustlin , King , Harriss , and Smee ; and also Bro . T . Sheppard , WM ., of the Egyptian Lodge , No . 27 . The late Bro . Chester was highly respected , not only by the brethren of his Lodge , but also by a numerous circle of friends , and deeply regretted . He ivas a liberal supporter of the Masonic and other Charities , and a member of the East London Masonic Charitable Association . His loss will be deeply felt .
The Mark Degree In England.
THE MARK DEGREE IN ENGLAND .
{ Continued from page 80 ) . Bro . Kerr : I am perfectly aware of that . But from the unwillingness of members of the Old Lodges to commit anything in writing it is difficult to find direct evidence . However , under date 1559 , on the sill of one of the windows of the choir of Glasgow Cathedra ] ive find the square and compass engraved ; the All-seeing Eye above ; the ladder with three steps ; the sun ,
moon and stars ; and a finger pointing to the three steps . In those times when the secrets of the Craft were very much looked to and presvered with jealous care , you cannot expect very much explanation of the system then practised ; hut you can see by those symbols that at that time Speculative Masonry did exist . There are also Lodges which state distinctly that they follow out those signs and symbols which had been transmitted to them from time immemorial . In the 1707 a Lodge of
year Operative Masons , styled the JEdinburgh Journeymen Masons , to which I belong , separated from the parent stock Mary's Chapel . They had a dispute about a Benevolent Fund , and the matter came before the Supreme Courts . By that proceeding- ive have it recorded that the Lodge made Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts ; but I believe no other Degree of Masonry except tbe Mark Master , who was Master of the Lodge . In the judgment
which was given-by the Supreme Courts they not only gave power for this Lodge Journeymen to exist , and to give the Masonic word , to receive dues therefore , but also to sue theLodge Mary's Chapel for such further portions of Masonry which they had not then possession of . Twenty years after , it is recorded that the Lodge Journeymen received the third Degree from the parent Lodge . Bro . Binckes : Then , you say the Overseer was the Chief Officer .
Bro . Kerr : Tes ; because a large portion of the Lodges were Fellow Craft ; Lodges . Bro . Binckes : You are combating for the antiquity of the Mark Degree . Our object is to find , that there may be no dispute about the matter afterwards , whether Operative or Speculative Masonry were practised in the Lodges at that time . Do your investigations enable you to say whether-what was done in those Lodges at that time wns Speculative as well as Operative ' These which mentioned found in
Bro . Kerr : symbols I as Glasgow Cathedral led to that supposition . Bro . Portal : On whom was the Master Degree conferred ? Bro . Kerr : "Upon men who designed and planned work for those employed under them to execute . These were men of intelligence , who instructed others through symbolical teaching and otherwise . The subordinate Lodges were composed of workmen who were taught in the LodgesYet Masters
. may even be reduced from that position to a Fellow Craft . In the Regulations referred to as having been adopted at the meeting in Holyrood Palace , in 1598 , it is stated : — "That all Masters undertaking work be very careful to see their scaffolds and foot gangs securely set and placed , to the effect that through the negligence aud sloth no hurt or injury come to any persi ' r employed at the work , under the pain of discharging them thereafter to work as Masters having charge of work ; but shall
ever be subject all the rest of their days to work under , or with another principal Master , having charge of the work . Earl Percy : Are you speaking of the Master of Lodges , or of what we know as JMasfcer Masons ? Bro . Portal : Our English Constitutions tell us that there are three Degrees , the Entered Apprentice , the Fellow Craft , and the Master Mason . According to you the Master Mason meant the Master of a Lodge . Bro . Binckes : Was the term "Overseer"' synonymous with that of " Master ? "