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Article PROCEEDINGS OF A CAPTIVE LODGE. ← Page 8 of 8 Article IN PERILOUS WATERS. Page 1 of 1
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Proceedings Of A Captive Lodge.
Few minute-books of regimental lodges are available for examination . I think , if records of the kind were more numerous , we should find , in the generality of instances , the honour , reputation , and well-being of each lodge to have been mainly dependent upon the enthusiasm and assiduity of one or two prominent non-commissioned officers . Bro . Edward Butler seems to have been the " mainstay " of the 9 th Regimental Lodgeand it fell to pieces directly this
, worthy sergeant obtained his discharge from the service . The only history of a British Military Lodge , so far written , was compiled by Sergeant-Major John Clarke , 20 th Regiment , in 1849 . The " Minden " Lodge , No . 63 on the Registry of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , was established in this distinguished regiment in 1748 , Lord George Sackville , its then Colonel being the R . W . M . *
Bro . Clarke ' s " History" is a most readable one , though he falls into a few errors of quotation , and cites as evidence of the Lodge ' s vitality in 1772 , a printed copy of bye-laws of that year ( in the archives ) , bearing the signature of " William Dickey , " Grand Secretary of one of the then Grand Lodges of England . In conclusion , it may be stated that the 9 th Regiment of Foot was raised in 1685 , in the south-west of England . According to my friend
Captain Trimen ( author of " Regiments of the British Army " ) it captured the colours of the " 2 nd Hampshire Regiment , " at Fort Anne , U . S . A ., in 1777 , and during the Peninsular War obtained the sobriquet of ' The Holy Boys , " from a habit indulged in by the " rank and file , " of selling their Bibles in order to procure the means of quenching a somewhat unruly thirst .
In Perilous Waters.
IN PERILOUS WATERS .
5 T > OUT shi p ! 0 brother mariners ! -L * 'Tis needful we should flee ; For p leasure spreads her luring net Beneath this hungry sea . 'Twere death to us did we but pass Yon ridge of creamy foam ;
There , in a sea-cave fathoms deep , The siren makes her home . O ' er lucent waves of golden green Soft breezes bear along ; To ears that will not be beguil'd The wanton ' s dulcet song ;
We scorn the glamour on her face , A flame with hot desire ; No charm lies in that baleful look Of eyes that scorch like fire . Her kisses pall , her love is false—So quick to seaward sail ;
For kinder is the stress of waves—Less cruel is the gale . The haven of our hope doth lie Hard by a brighter shore ; There may we strike our tatter'd sails And rest us evermore !"
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Proceedings Of A Captive Lodge.
Few minute-books of regimental lodges are available for examination . I think , if records of the kind were more numerous , we should find , in the generality of instances , the honour , reputation , and well-being of each lodge to have been mainly dependent upon the enthusiasm and assiduity of one or two prominent non-commissioned officers . Bro . Edward Butler seems to have been the " mainstay " of the 9 th Regimental Lodgeand it fell to pieces directly this
, worthy sergeant obtained his discharge from the service . The only history of a British Military Lodge , so far written , was compiled by Sergeant-Major John Clarke , 20 th Regiment , in 1849 . The " Minden " Lodge , No . 63 on the Registry of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , was established in this distinguished regiment in 1748 , Lord George Sackville , its then Colonel being the R . W . M . *
Bro . Clarke ' s " History" is a most readable one , though he falls into a few errors of quotation , and cites as evidence of the Lodge ' s vitality in 1772 , a printed copy of bye-laws of that year ( in the archives ) , bearing the signature of " William Dickey , " Grand Secretary of one of the then Grand Lodges of England . In conclusion , it may be stated that the 9 th Regiment of Foot was raised in 1685 , in the south-west of England . According to my friend
Captain Trimen ( author of " Regiments of the British Army " ) it captured the colours of the " 2 nd Hampshire Regiment , " at Fort Anne , U . S . A ., in 1777 , and during the Peninsular War obtained the sobriquet of ' The Holy Boys , " from a habit indulged in by the " rank and file , " of selling their Bibles in order to procure the means of quenching a somewhat unruly thirst .
In Perilous Waters.
IN PERILOUS WATERS .
5 T > OUT shi p ! 0 brother mariners ! -L * 'Tis needful we should flee ; For p leasure spreads her luring net Beneath this hungry sea . 'Twere death to us did we but pass Yon ridge of creamy foam ;
There , in a sea-cave fathoms deep , The siren makes her home . O ' er lucent waves of golden green Soft breezes bear along ; To ears that will not be beguil'd The wanton ' s dulcet song ;
We scorn the glamour on her face , A flame with hot desire ; No charm lies in that baleful look Of eyes that scorch like fire . Her kisses pall , her love is false—So quick to seaward sail ;
For kinder is the stress of waves—Less cruel is the gale . The haven of our hope doth lie Hard by a brighter shore ; There may we strike our tatter'd sails And rest us evermore !"