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    Article PROVINCIAL LODGES. ← Page 8 of 18 →
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Provincial Lodges.

Junior Deacon . Senior Deacon . Director of Ceremonies . Tracing Board of the third degree . Salver ( with corn , wine , oil , and salt ) , born by a M . M „ ( or a Son of a M . M . ) Secretary , Avith Book of Constitution . Treasurer , with coins to be deposited Junior Warden , Avith the Senior Warden with the Plumb-rule . Level .

Banner of Silurian Lodge . P . G . Tyler . P . G . Pursuivant . Banner of P . G . Lodge . P . G . Organist . P . G . Superintendent of Works . P . G . Director of Ceremonies . P . Asst . G . Director of Ceremonies . Past P . G . Deacons . P . G . Deacons .

P . G . Secretary . P . G . Registrar . P . G . Treasurer . P . G . Steward . P . G . Chaplains . P . G . Steward . Past P . G . Wardens . P . G . Wardens ( with Le \ 'el and Plumb-rule ) . Past P . G . Masters .

P . G . Steward , with 1 „„ , , „„ „ , f P . G . Steward , with Wand . / Deputy P . G . Masters . j Wmd ; Flag of Deputy P . G . Master . Master of Silurian Lodge , with the Square . P . G . Sword Bearer . Stewardwithl

P . G . , v ,, ,, , ., f P . G . Steward , with Wand . J I . G . JUastei . j W ( md Flag of the P . G . Lodge . The Mayor ancl Corporation . Operative Masons , one of whom carried a small portion of mortar ,

The procession being thus formed at the Town-hall , proceeded down Commercialstreet to St . Paul's Church ; on reaching which , the brethren fell back to the right and left , forming an avenue , through which tho P . G . M ., preceded by his SAVOI-CI Bearer , and followed by the W . M . of the Silurian Lodge , the D . P . G . M ., attended by two SteAvards , the P . G , Officers and the rest of the brethren , according to seniority and rank , passed to the church in inverted order , the band playing the " National Anthem . "

About a quarter to two o ' clock the procession arrived al ; the church , where a large congregation was assembled , ancl the service was at once proceeded Avith , the Rev . J . S _ Sidebotham , of Oxford , chaplain of the Silurian Lodge , reading the prayers and lessons . A most excellent choral selection , Avell executed , formed part of the service .

The Rev . G . ROBERTS , the Grand Chaplain , delivered a very eloquent address , from Prov . x . 25 , " The righteous is of everlasting foundation . " He said they had that day met together to lay the foundation-stone of a Masonic Lodge , where the peculiar duties of their Order lA'ere to be performed , Avhere they were to pursue the investigations of science , where they Avere to engage themselves in cultivating knowledge the most sublime—the knowledge of the Most High God and the knowledge of themselves— -the knowlege of the relation in which they stood one towards another

, and especially towards the brethren with whom they were united by a secret and singular bond of sympathy . And then the Lodge itself was an object of interest to the contemplative mind ; for , though based upon the earth , and formed of perishable materials , and circumscribed in its proportions , it had the elements which invested it with a character infinitely beyond that which its mere substantive form imparted , for

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UNIFORMITY OF RITUAL. Article 1
FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND. Article 4
MASONIC REMINISCENCES. Article 11
THE NEW CONSTITUTIONS OF THE FRENCH MASONS. Article 17
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 21
LONDON LODGES. Article 24
PROVINCIAL LODGES. Article 25
ROYAL ARCH. Article 42
SCOTLAND. Article 43
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 50
SUMMARY OF SMEWS FOR SEPTEMBER. Article 53
NOTICES. Article 59
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Provincial Lodges.

Junior Deacon . Senior Deacon . Director of Ceremonies . Tracing Board of the third degree . Salver ( with corn , wine , oil , and salt ) , born by a M . M „ ( or a Son of a M . M . ) Secretary , Avith Book of Constitution . Treasurer , with coins to be deposited Junior Warden , Avith the Senior Warden with the Plumb-rule . Level .

Banner of Silurian Lodge . P . G . Tyler . P . G . Pursuivant . Banner of P . G . Lodge . P . G . Organist . P . G . Superintendent of Works . P . G . Director of Ceremonies . P . Asst . G . Director of Ceremonies . Past P . G . Deacons . P . G . Deacons .

P . G . Secretary . P . G . Registrar . P . G . Treasurer . P . G . Steward . P . G . Chaplains . P . G . Steward . Past P . G . Wardens . P . G . Wardens ( with Le \ 'el and Plumb-rule ) . Past P . G . Masters .

P . G . Steward , with 1 „„ , , „„ „ , f P . G . Steward , with Wand . / Deputy P . G . Masters . j Wmd ; Flag of Deputy P . G . Master . Master of Silurian Lodge , with the Square . P . G . Sword Bearer . Stewardwithl

P . G . , v ,, ,, , ., f P . G . Steward , with Wand . J I . G . JUastei . j W ( md Flag of the P . G . Lodge . The Mayor ancl Corporation . Operative Masons , one of whom carried a small portion of mortar ,

The procession being thus formed at the Town-hall , proceeded down Commercialstreet to St . Paul's Church ; on reaching which , the brethren fell back to the right and left , forming an avenue , through which tho P . G . M ., preceded by his SAVOI-CI Bearer , and followed by the W . M . of the Silurian Lodge , the D . P . G . M ., attended by two SteAvards , the P . G , Officers and the rest of the brethren , according to seniority and rank , passed to the church in inverted order , the band playing the " National Anthem . "

About a quarter to two o ' clock the procession arrived al ; the church , where a large congregation was assembled , ancl the service was at once proceeded Avith , the Rev . J . S _ Sidebotham , of Oxford , chaplain of the Silurian Lodge , reading the prayers and lessons . A most excellent choral selection , Avell executed , formed part of the service .

The Rev . G . ROBERTS , the Grand Chaplain , delivered a very eloquent address , from Prov . x . 25 , " The righteous is of everlasting foundation . " He said they had that day met together to lay the foundation-stone of a Masonic Lodge , where the peculiar duties of their Order lA'ere to be performed , Avhere they were to pursue the investigations of science , where they Avere to engage themselves in cultivating knowledge the most sublime—the knowledge of the Most High God and the knowledge of themselves— -the knowlege of the relation in which they stood one towards another

, and especially towards the brethren with whom they were united by a secret and singular bond of sympathy . And then the Lodge itself was an object of interest to the contemplative mind ; for , though based upon the earth , and formed of perishable materials , and circumscribed in its proportions , it had the elements which invested it with a character infinitely beyond that which its mere substantive form imparted , for

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