The Province Of Essex. Dedication Of A Masonic Hall At Colchester,

promote the glory of the Most High and the welfare of their fellow men . The ceremony of dedication was then performed by the Provincial Grand Master , the solemn proceedings being watched with keen interest by the brethren , who joined

heartily in the musical portions , conducted with great ability by the Provincial Grand Organist , Bro . W . H . Stevenson , of Southend-on-Sea . In concluding , Bro . Colonel Lockwood solemnly dedicated the Temple to " Freemasonry , Virtue , and Universal Benevolence . " The proceedings ended with

the Patriarchal Benediction , pronounced by the Bishop of Barking . At the conclusion of the dedication ceremony , the Provincial Grand Master and Provincial Grand Officers who had assisted vacated their respective chairs , and the members of the Angel Lodge , No . 51 , proceeded to celebrate the 167 th

anniversary of their lodge , the chief business of which was the installation of Bro . Arthur Turner , S . W ., as Worshi p ful Master for the year ensuing . Special interest was attached to the ceremony from the fact that the Installing Officer was the father of the Worshipful Master elect , Bro . John J . C .

Turner , P . P . S . G . W ., who for twenty-two years has been a Past Master of the lodge . He was assisted by Bros . H . G . Elliott , P . M ., Prov . G . D ., as S . W . ; Harild Francis , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., as J . W . ; the Right Rev . the Bishop of Barking , P . G . Chap ., as Chaplain ; T . J . Railing , Prov . G . Secretary ;

F . Railing , P . M ., as I . G . ; and H . Haward , Ives , as D . C . At its conclusion the new Worshipful Master appointed and inves . ed his officers for the ensuing year . Bro . Charles Cobb , P . M ., P . P . G . S . of Works , was unanimously elected as representative of the lodge on the Essex Provincial Charity Committee , in the room of Bro . Joseph

Grimes , deceased . Votes of thanks were passed to Colonel Lockwood for his attendance to dedicate the hall ; to Bro . J . J . C . Turner for his able performance of the installation ceremony ; to Bros . Ives , Railing , and Moss , Mr . E . B . Bucks , and to several

members of the lodge for various gifts , both to the Angel Lodge and to the Hall ; and to the Bishop for his able address . Bro . the Rev . C . C . Naters , I . P . M ., asked to be allowed to address the lodge . He said that through illness and

absence from home he had been unable to attend to the duties of his high office in the way he should have liked , and he was greatly indebted to Bro . J . E . Cheese for the kind and efficient way in which he had carried on the ceremonial duties in his ( Bro . Naters' ) absence . Bro . Cheese ' s services ,

he knew , had been most acceptable to the lodge , and he desired personally to acknowledge those services by presenting to Bro . Cheese a Past Master ' s jewel , which he now asked the Worshipful Master to pin on his breast .

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