A Masonic Address.

offbo , has made his presence known and felt amongst all Masons in this Presidency , and has direetsd and ruled the Craft Avith a fact and wisdom which must make his loss universally felt and deplored . But perhaps another finis and plaee will be mare appropriate for a tribute to the merits of our departed District Grand Master as a Eider of the Craft . It is Badge " Perfect Unanimity" which to-night laments the loss of a brother , and therefore it is upon our brother ' s character , as a brother and a Mason , I would wish to dwell to-night . A slight sketch of his Masonic career may not be out of

p lase . Initiated in November , 1860 , in this Lodge , he filled successively the offbes of Steward , J . D ., S . D ., J . W ., AA'hich latter office he filled during two years , 18 ;) 5 and 1805 , and finally was Master of his Lodge for two years in succession , 1836-67 . In District Grand Lodge he passed through the offices of D . G . E . D . G . S . W ., and lastly , in June 1875 , in compliance , I believe , Avith the unanimous Avish of the Masons of this Presidency , he Avas nominated by the Grand Master , H . E . TI . the Prince of Wales , District Grand Blaster .

In other branches ot Masonry , E . W . Bro . Miller Avas . equally indefatigable , and attained also to the highest rank : but of these there is now no time to speak in detail . In Lodge " Perfect Unanimity " he always took the deepest interest . Even after lie attained to his exalted position in the Graft he never forgot his mother Lodge , attended its meetings regularly , and took an active part in all business connected AA'ith it . In particular , you must all remember how much interest he took in our A'arious discussions as to the project of building a new Masonic Temple in lieu of that one on the beach

knit by the founders of "Perfect Unanimity , " but which was disposed of as uiisuited from its locality to the present Avants of the Craft , and how anxious he AA'as that immediate steps should be taken for the erection iu Madras of a Avorthy Temple , of Masonry . I would suggest that Avhen the question is discussed , as doubtless it will be before long , of some memorial to our late' District Grand Master , it will be a matter for consideration vchether the most fitting memorial will not be the erection of a building such

as he hoped to see , in which all the Lodges in Madras might find a proper habitation , and thus carry out one of the most cherished Avishes of his heart . Brethren , our brother has gone from amongst us . Iu life always a true and consistent Mason , he has received , as he AVOUICI certainly have wished , the last sad offbes at the hands of Masons . Masons placed his body in the coffin after performing

the appropriate rites around it . Masons bore him to his grave , and around that grave united in the mystic bonds of fraternity , aud now the members of his own-Lodge and a large number of other Lodges haA'e met to celebrate the Masonic Eeqtiiem for a brother departed . He is gone , bub has left us his example , by which he " being dead yet spsaketh . " Upon the inducements which his career holds out to all , of honours and offbes of trust in store for those AA'I IO pursue the Mvsonic vocation Avith zeal and

industry , I will not now dilate . I would rather dwell upon those moral qualities , as a man and as a Mason , of which our brother set us so bright an example . And I think the great feature of his character iu this respect was the way in Avhich he carried the princi ples of Masonry into ordinary life , Por many Misons leave these principles at the door of the Lodge , but not so with our departed brother , The seeds of those great princi ples of Masonry , Brotherly-love , Eslief ,- and Truth , falling upon a kindly and

genial nature , produced a crop of good deeds and generous actions , the full extent of which is probably known to but few . Most of us knoiv of many instances of his liberality to the poor and distressed , both within and Avithout the . Craft , in which his helping hand has preserved the unfortunate from ruin , or has enabled those to struggle on to SU 3 C 33 S in life AVIIO , but for him , might have sunk beneath the withering blight of poverty . In his loss , we deplore the loss of a friend and beiiefa 3 tor , Avhose ear was over open , and whose purse strings ever loose at the cry of suffji'ttig humanity .

Another great principle of Masonry was also , I think , carried out by our brother in a very hi gh degree . Ton all remember ' that noble principle of the Craft as to the duty which AVO owe to a brother ' s honour in his absence . This also , I think , you Avill all agree with 1113 , our brother cirriel into life and aeted upon , both as to lot-other Masons and the world at large . On the day of his death , a number of this Lod > -e said to me ,