Consecration Of The University Of Durham Lodge, No. 3030.

humble worshipper at the shrine of St . Cuthbert , and as the senior of the " Sister" he gave " hearty good wishes" to the University of Durham . The W . M . next gave the toast of " The Consecrating Officers , " and said that he felt sure that all present must have been impressed at the manner in which the ceremony had

been performed , and he would couple with the toast the name of V . W . Bro . Sir Edward Letchworth . The Grand Secretary gracefully replied . The R . W . Bro . Lord Barnard , Prov . G . M . for Durham , in submitting the toast of " The Worshipful Master , " said he

could not adequately propose the toast , but that fact did not lessen the pleasure he felt in being called upon to do so . He was closely associated with the work of their University , although only in a humble way—as Chairman of the Agricultural Committee of the College of Science . He , was , however , still more interested as Grand Master of the province

in which their University was situated . He felt sure the lodge would prove of great benefit , as it induced men of superior intellectual capacity to take part in the Craft . He had had the honour of the acquaintance of the W . M . while resident in the North of England . He had great pleasure in asking them to drink the health of one who was not only

a good Mason , but one of the best citizens of Newcastle . He was certain that so long as he held the reins of office the lodge would prosper . Sir Alan Manby proposed the toast of " The Visitors , " to which the W . M ' s . of the Apollo University , Edinburgh

University , and the Universities Lodges , replied . The toast of " The Officers " was responded to by the S . W ., Bro . William Holding , and Bro . Dr . Spicer , the Secretary , to whom the best thanks of the lodge are due for his untiring energy in making the proceedings such a marked success .

Consecration Of The Kingsway Lodge, No. 3027.

Consecration of the Kingsway Lodge , No . 3027 .

IT has been our privilege to chronicle from time to time the consecration of a large number of lodges in the metropolis , designated as class lodges connected with many professions , societies , and provinces . It is now our pleasure to place before our readers a report of the consecration of a lodge composed entirely of total abstainers and advocates in the cause of temperance .

BRO . CHARLES W . COLE . The founders are thoroughly up-to-date , having named ( heir lodge after the magnificent new street now in course of construction , connecting Holborn and the Strand , to be called " The Kingsway , " in immediate proximity of ( heir future meeting place .

The consecration ceremony took place in the great hall at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen Street , on Monday , 25 th April . The ceremony was performed by V . Wor . Bro . Sir Edward Letchworth , F . S . A ., assisted by W . Bros . Thomas Proctor

Baptie , P . A . G . D . C , as S . W . ; Francis R . W . Hedges , P . G . Swd . Br ., as J . W . ; V . W . Bros , the Rev . Sir Borradaile Savory , Bart ., P . G . Chaplain , as Chaplain ; Frank Richardson , P . Dep . G . Reg ., as D . C . ; and W . Bro . Harry Tipper , P . A . G . Pursuivant , as I . G ., in the presence of a vast concourse of

visitors , many of whom were Grand Officers . In his brief opening address , the Consecrating Master said that they were met for the interesting ceremony of consecrating a lodge for those who cultivated a mode of living which would be well for many men , in all conditions

of life , to follow . He admired their principles and wished them success . An eloquent oration was delivered by V . Wor . Bro . the Rev . Sir Borradaile Savory , Bart ., P . G . Chaplain , in the course of which he said that he personally felt a deep and

particular interest in the solemn occasion of the consecration of a lodge devoted to those principles which were the true spirit of Freemasonry , and the founders were actuated by a loyal devotion in one of our most beautiful tenets , and had made it their guidance . The name they had chosen for their lodge , that of the new street , was an expression of the

loyalty to our beloved monarch . They had remembered that temperance chastens us , and had gone yet further , appreciating the fact that brotherly love would be better promoted by becoming total abstainers . Many of them had realized , in its fullest sense , the brotherhood of mankind .

They were not teetotalers to save money , or entirely for their health , but by their example to help others . They looked round and saw that the greatest evil in the world was intemperance , and had asked themselves the question , what can I do to elevate it more than be an example ?

Which is at all times better than persuasions . At the conclusion of the ceremony of consecration , Wor . Bro . Chas . W . Cole , P . M . and D . C . 2105 , P . M . and D . C 2453 , P . P . D . G . D . C . Middlesex , was installed Wor . Master by V . Wor . Bro . the Grand Secretary .