Presentation To Bro. W.M. Masefield, D. Prov. G. M. Worcestershire.

PRESENTATION TO BRO . W . M . MASEFIELD , D . PROV . G . M . WORCESTERSHIRE .

A lodge of emergency was held at the Dudley Arms Hotel , Dudley , on Tuesday evening , for the purpose of presenting the portrait ofthe Worship ful Brother William Masefield , P . M . and P . Z , 252 and 39 8 , Fast Provincial Senior Grand Treasurer , and now Deputy Provincial

Master of Worcestershire . The portrait is painted in oil , in full Masonic costume , by Mr H . T . Munns , the distinguished artist . Jof Birmingham , and is a most excellent likeness . It is to be hung in the lodge room of the Harmonic Lodge , at the Freemasons' Tavern , Dudley .

Amongst those assembled on the occasion were the R . W . Bro . A . H . Royds , Prov . Grand Master ; W . Bros . M . Dennison P . M . 252 , P . Prov S . G . W . ; Wm . Bristow jun ., P . M . 252 . P . Prov . S . G . W . and Prov . G . Sec . ; M . H . J ones , P . M '« 4 , P . JProv . J . G . W . ; Samuel Smith , P . MI

262 , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; B . Brooks , P . M . 564 , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; E . M . Wormington , P . M ., 489 , P , Prov . G . Registrar , - Geo . Baldwin , P . M . 0 o , P . Prov . G . Registrar ; W . M . Westwood , P . M . 252 and 564 , P . Prov . S . G . D . ; F . Holcroft , P . M . 252 , P . Prov . S . G . D . ; and Joseph Stokes , W . M . 2 C 2 .

The lodge having been opened in due form , the Worshipful Master , Bro . Joseph Stokes , rose , and in a feeling and appropriate speech referred to the invaluable services Brother Masefield had rendered to the Craft for 32 years past , and to the fact of his having been the first Senior

Grand Warden of the province , and of his having held the responsible position of Provincial Grand Treasurer for 20 years . He congratulated him on his having at length attained to his present high position of Deputy-Provincial Grand Master , his appointment to which office has given

universal satisfaction to ( he brethren of the province , and he hoped he would live many years to enjoy the honours he had so deservedly obtained . He felt it a high privilege to present to him , in the name of the brethren of the Har-- imon 5 c . Lodge , ? -- * --- ;_> .-trait , and he hoped he would

live many years to look upon it and continue to ; afford instruction and advice to his brethren , and when he ( Brother Masefield ) should be called from this sublunary abode , he hoped and prayed that he might ascend to that Grand Lodge above , where the World's Great Architect lived and

reigned for evermore . Brother Bristow , Prov . Grand Secretary , said the sentiment expressed by the W . M . would not only be endorsed by the members of the Harmonic Lodge , but by every brother ofthe province . He had known Brother Masefield for nearly

twenty-four years as a Mason , and his association •with him , which began in a Masonic Lodge , had ripened into a personal and dear friendship . He was pleased to witness the presentation that day , and he hoped the time was far distant when Bro . Masefield would be called away from

them , but in years to come , when those who came after them looked on that picture and asked who was Brother Masefield , those of them who might be there to answer would be able to say , " He was a man ; take him all in all , we shall never look upon his like again . "

Bro . A . H . Royds , Prov . G . M . of Worcestershire , expressed his satisfaction at being present to witness the recognition of Brother Masefield ' s valuable services . The observations he had heard made convinced him that in appointing Brother Masefield his Deputy Provincial

Grand Master , he had put the right man in the ri ght place . Bro . Masefield expressed his sense of the kind remarks which had fallen from the W . M . and brethren , and of the honour which had been paid to him in having his portrait painted . He

accepted it as an earnest of their fraternal feeling towards him , and requested that the portrait might be hung in the lodge room , and become the property of the Harmonic Lodge , and he assured them that his best services would be at their disposal in future , as they had been in time past .

_ At the close of the lodge the brethren adjourned to a banquet , provided by Bro . Clements , the host of the hotel . The usual toasts Were proposed , and in order to mark more full y

Presentation To Bro. W.M. Masefield, D. Prov. G. M. Worcestershire.

that of the Worshipful Deputy Prov . G . Master , the verses at foot , commemorative of the appointment and presentation they had met to celebrate , were sung by the writer at request of the Worshipful Master , and the evening was passed in harmony and brotherly love .

OUR DEPUTY GRAND MASTER . Let us greet our Deputy Grand Master With hearts all loyal and true , And in brotherly accord , On his gaining his reward ,

Rejoice that he now has his due 5 For long aud fully tried , As a sure and faithful guide

He ' s ready to respond to duty ' s call , He does the best he can , As a Mason and true , man , For the weal and for the welfare of us all .

CHORUS . Then honour'd be our Deputy-Grand Master ! All honour to our Deputy Grand Master ! With brotherly good-will , a bumper let us fill And drink to our Deputy Grand Master !

Highly skilled in the Science and its teachings , Our Craft he has loved right well , And of much good work well done ,

And a noble course well run The annals of our Lodges tell—Ever hearty , ever kind , Full of zeal in heart and wind ,

To observe our Landmarks and our Laws , He has many laurels gained , And has ev ' rywhere maintained The honour of our great and glorious cause

CHORUS . — Then honour d be our Deputy Grand Master , & c . Of a nature modest and retiring , He is stout and strong of heart ,

A helping hand to lend , Or a brother to defend , And to act a generous part ; For prompt by word and deed To aid in time of need ,

He is now , as he was in times of yore , Found ever in the van To befriend his fellow-man 5 So we honour and we love him more and

more . CHORUS . —Then honour'd be our Deputy Grand Master , & c . Then be sure this" Portrait of our Masefield , " Which so like life doth seem ,

Will now , and e ' er proclaim Good will , and honour'd name , As a token of true esteem ; And whene ' er the Lodge shall meet This shall move all hearts to greet

This ""Toast" with fullest honours due , And best wishes to extend To the Master , Brother , Friend , So much valued , so much loved by " 233 . " SAML . SMITH , P . Prov . J . G . Warden .

Funeral Lodge.

FUNERAL LODGE .

On Tuesday , 16 th inst , the Lodge Canongate and Leith , L . and C , No 5 , held a Funeral Lodge in memory of the late Brother James Gordon , Past Senior Warden , in their Hall , Constitution Street . Brother Jupp presided at the organ . There were on the platform the Rev .

W . H . Grey , D . D ., V . W . Grand Chaplain , Past Masters Mathieson and Green , Depute Master Hudson , Lieut . Maxwell , & c ; and brethren from Lodges Canongate Kilwinning , No 2 ; Journeymen , No 8 ; St . David ' s , No 36 ; Defensive Band , No . 151 ; Roman Eagle , No .

160 ; Trafalgar , No . 223 ; Portobello , No . 226 ; Rifle , No . 405 ; Dunblane , No . 9 ; Montgomerie Kilwinning , No . 103 ; Dunearn , Burntisland , No . 140 . Brother W . M . Bryce , Tyler of the Grand Lodge , was also present , and marshalled

the brethren . The R . W . Master , Bro . J , Laurie , haying ascended the throne , and the brethren being in their places , with insignia , jewels , and orders draped with crape , the lodge was duly opened and raised , after which prayer was offered

Funeral Lodge.

up by the Grand Chaplain , followed by selections on the organ from Mozart ' s Requiem : — Most Glorious God , Author of all good , and Giver of all mercy , pour down Thy blessings upon us , and strengthen all our solemn engagements with the ties of fraternal affection . Let

this striking instance of mortality remind us of our approaching fate , and so fit and prepare us for that awful period , whenever it may arrive , that after our departure hence , in peace and in Thy favour , we may be received into Thy Everlasting Kingdom . —Amen . The anthem ,

" Holy , holy , Lord God Almighty , Who was , and is , and is to come . " was then sung to a well composed setting of Bro . Jupp ' s by the choir ( Bros . Sey , Davidson , W . D . Johnson , P . M ., James Johnson , and Francis Law ) , which was rendered with much

pathos and devotional feeling . The Right Worshipful Master then proceeded with the service , the brethren responding : — Master : What man is he that liveth and shall not see death ? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of death ?

Brethren : Man walketh in a vain shadow , he heapeth up riches , and cannot tell who shall gather them . Master : When he dieth , he shall carry nothing away , his glory shall not descend after him .

Brethren : Naked we came into the world , and naked we must return . The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away , Blessed be the Name of the Lord . The tranquil beauty of the anthem which followed was deliciously brought out by the choir , who kept well together , and were

remarkably clear and distinct in enunciation : — Frail man ! how like the meteor ' s blaze , How evanescent are thy days : Protracted to its longest date , How short the time indulged by fate . No force death ' s potent arm can brave ; Nor wisdom ' s self elude the grave j Where ' er our various journeys tend .

± 0 tnis we soon or late descend : Service with responses having been chanted j O Lord , our Governor , O how excellent is Thy name in all the world . was gracefully given , the flowing harmony and symmetry of the parts being carefully and

touchingly translated . The R . W . Master then said—We are met this evening , brethren , to perform one of the most solemn services prescribed by the ritual of our Craft—to take , Masonically , a long farewell of a brother who has been summoned

suddenly from our midst to appear before the Grand Master Builder above : Death has entered our lodge , and passing by many whose years declared them ripe for eternity , has unexpectedly called away a young brother , whose career appeared only to have begun . But a few evenings past

and Bro . James Gordon , in health and strength , sat here in our midst and cheerfully obeyed the stroke of the gavel . This evening the Master has called the lodge together , but the once familiar face appears not—the Craftsman no longer shares our labours—he has laid down the

square and compasses on the tracing board for ever , and though young in years , his work is ended , and he has entered into his rest . Bro . James Gordon first saw the "light" of our mystic Craft in the Lodge Kirkliston Maitland , No . 482 , in the year 1870 , where he was highly

esteemed by the brethren as a most promising Member of the Order . On his removal to Leith he became an affiliated member of our lodge , and displayed so much earnestness and enthusiasm in his Masonic duties that he was chosen in 187 1 to fill the important ofRce

of Senior Warden , which he discharged with great credit to himsef and advantage to the lodge down to last December , when his term of office expired . Constant at his post , assiduous in the discharge of his duties and courteous to the brethren , he gained our esteem and affection ,

and his presence here was ever hailed with pleasure and satisfaction . His decease was very sudden and unexpected—he was present at our monthly meeting in May , but ere the present month's meeting we had stood around his grave —a few short hours between night and morning