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Article MASONIC TESTIMONIAL TO BROTHER ROBERT THOMAS CRUCEFIX , M.D. ← Page 29 of 29 Article THE INSCRIPTION. Page 1 of 1
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Masonic Testimonial To Brother Robert Thomas Crucefix , M.D.
Aged and Decayed Freemasons , and Trustee , with the Earl of Durham ancl Brother W . W . Prescott—Honorary member of the Trinosophes , Paris—Grand Procurator from the Grand Conclave of Scotland . 1836 . —Honorary member of Lodges No . 4 , 50 , and 100 , Ireland—Junior Graud Deacon of England—Grand Standard Bearer , Royal Arch—Vice President ofthe Board of General Purposes
—Chairman at the first Asylum Festival , and at the first meeting of the " Masonic Offering to the Grand Master "E . Commander of the Cross of Christ . 1837 . —Constituted St . Peter ' s Lodge , Peterborough—Honorary member of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , Edinburgh—Reappointed by tbe Grand Master on both the Boards , ancl reelected Vice President . 1838 . —Not re-appointed by the Grand Master on the Boards , but re-elected by the Grand Lodge , vice Brother Lythgoe , deceased .
1839 . —Honorary member of several provincial Lodges—Mark Mason , Dublin . 1840 . —Suspended by Grand Lodge , on charges by information—Appeal refused on a technical informality—Re-elected on the House and Audit Committee of the Girls' School—Tried by Grand Lodge on a question of expulsion ; amendment in his favour carried by a great majority .
1841 . —Public Festival , Nov . 24—Dr . Crucefix has resigned the membership with the Peace and Harmony , Unions , and Grand Stewards' Lodges ; the Grand Officers ' , and Masters' and Past Masters' Clubs ; as also the Editorship of the Freemasons ' Quarterly Review , to the latter of which , however , he is a constant contributor , and for which he is an acknowledged and confidential receiver of all articles and communications , ivhich his personal friends and correspondents may entrust to him for examination and opinion .
This hasty sketch shoivs to what length the services of Brother Crucefix have extended ; there are many important subjects that ought to be dwelt on , but that is impossible ; we cannot omit , however , to observe that the Masonic calendar was rescued from untimely death by his exertions ; and that the unseemly , but public detractor of Freemasonry , found in him a prompt and energetic conqueror .
The Inscription.
THE INSCRIPTION .
Presented to the Worshipful Brother , Robert Thomas Crucefix , M . D ., Past Grand Deacon , Past Z ., Past E C . A Life-Governor ofthe Masonic Schools for Girls and Boys ; and Treasurer to the Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons , of which he tous one of the most active founders , by his admiring Brethren in each quarter of the globe , as a grateful Testimonial of his eminent services in Freemasonry , and as a mark of their personal esteem for his private worth . November 24 A . L . 5841 . A . D . 1841 .
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Masonic Testimonial To Brother Robert Thomas Crucefix , M.D.
Aged and Decayed Freemasons , and Trustee , with the Earl of Durham ancl Brother W . W . Prescott—Honorary member of the Trinosophes , Paris—Grand Procurator from the Grand Conclave of Scotland . 1836 . —Honorary member of Lodges No . 4 , 50 , and 100 , Ireland—Junior Graud Deacon of England—Grand Standard Bearer , Royal Arch—Vice President ofthe Board of General Purposes
—Chairman at the first Asylum Festival , and at the first meeting of the " Masonic Offering to the Grand Master "E . Commander of the Cross of Christ . 1837 . —Constituted St . Peter ' s Lodge , Peterborough—Honorary member of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , Edinburgh—Reappointed by tbe Grand Master on both the Boards , ancl reelected Vice President . 1838 . —Not re-appointed by the Grand Master on the Boards , but re-elected by the Grand Lodge , vice Brother Lythgoe , deceased .
1839 . —Honorary member of several provincial Lodges—Mark Mason , Dublin . 1840 . —Suspended by Grand Lodge , on charges by information—Appeal refused on a technical informality—Re-elected on the House and Audit Committee of the Girls' School—Tried by Grand Lodge on a question of expulsion ; amendment in his favour carried by a great majority .
1841 . —Public Festival , Nov . 24—Dr . Crucefix has resigned the membership with the Peace and Harmony , Unions , and Grand Stewards' Lodges ; the Grand Officers ' , and Masters' and Past Masters' Clubs ; as also the Editorship of the Freemasons ' Quarterly Review , to the latter of which , however , he is a constant contributor , and for which he is an acknowledged and confidential receiver of all articles and communications , ivhich his personal friends and correspondents may entrust to him for examination and opinion .
This hasty sketch shoivs to what length the services of Brother Crucefix have extended ; there are many important subjects that ought to be dwelt on , but that is impossible ; we cannot omit , however , to observe that the Masonic calendar was rescued from untimely death by his exertions ; and that the unseemly , but public detractor of Freemasonry , found in him a prompt and energetic conqueror .
The Inscription.
THE INSCRIPTION .
Presented to the Worshipful Brother , Robert Thomas Crucefix , M . D ., Past Grand Deacon , Past Z ., Past E C . A Life-Governor ofthe Masonic Schools for Girls and Boys ; and Treasurer to the Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons , of which he tous one of the most active founders , by his admiring Brethren in each quarter of the globe , as a grateful Testimonial of his eminent services in Freemasonry , and as a mark of their personal esteem for his private worth . November 24 A . L . 5841 . A . D . 1841 .