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'and may W .IHW'UUUW,
each one
fortitutle,
that when
summons '
valley of the shadOlv of death we
fro!p. the tomb of transgression
in ' the Graud Lodge above." ,
A 'rnIBUTE OF LOVE AND E!3'PEEM.
Bro. F. H . Lewis, the W.M. of Greyfriars'
Lodge, l No'. 1101, t1leu aildresse<\ the Provo Grand
Mas te~ of Berkshire, ' saying it was his duty and ,
als9 hIS privileEe to ask. him to unveil the window ' ~I'ected by many ~sonic brethren ' and
fritlnd~ of Ed,Yara M~rA'l'ett. It ' was ' felt - that- tt
wo'uld 1 00 a great misfortiin __indeed , almost I
~lamity-for hi., life ~ go , by withQut some
l'trmanent memorial ereCten whollv by' Masonic
means! and so he asked' the. Provo G.Y. to u:Dveil
that· small, and simple ' token of the. gi'eat ,
regard)" and 'este"lm in .w hich · they held .
The window, Mr.1 Lewis added,
an
ingly representative one, hav
•.." ..,;'''"~.l
to by I many Lodges in the
and donations ' had come from
from ~he ' Board of Manallement of the
school, to wbich Mr . Margl'ett gave so '
fi~::lt~f,e~:~~~~.deI~~~1~h:1 years of bis life:' I . , "
,
tA"C/l,iina
The R.W. Bro. John' TllOrnlHll Modand
(Eng.)-, Provinci;{l Gmnu Master of Berk!lhire~1
then- nnveiled the window aud l'Armr' ...".
tees of tbe church to accept
Masonic friendS of W. Bro.
he took it to he a compliment
invitcj1 to take- part in thei dedication
memorial to one who was so much respected
oJl]Y
the Greyfriars' I,ou~e and Masons '
Readip S', but by Masons in the Province '
largo. i,
,
MI'. ,S. Brain said that on behaU of the
~e~ Q~ 'l'rinity -Congregational Church ' he
cepted very gratefully the very , beautiful
morial window, -He eXfressed on , behalf
members of the genera congregation of h~'~f~~il
their deep ial?prcciation of the kindly i:
'Which prompted that generous gift, as a
morial to one who closely associ a ted himself
many years with that place of worship, and
held in respect and affection by a n tho cO:D.glre-"~1
gation. The window would remain as
the ,church remained as a memorial to
, was 'for long a faithful son of that church .

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l.'he Rev . Percy N. Hnrri'soD i B :D., offered

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The mayor pr.:>posed , ..
Sutton fQr distributing , the
addr...... It WBS th06e who
who would re .. p' the
8acrifi~8 which our
DOW making, and th'lrefol~e
/!Teat responsIbility ' of
Jive8 for the 8 ..k8 of
to the new building, his
bad put back a num~r o,f
view, but .tJle plans h"d now
had been approved by the
wou\(} like .t~ express his /l.lllll/ec;,atio'l
Work wbich ,MlflB Pl'obble IIU'U,'. "''',
doing: it did Ithem gtieat
dimcult buiJdir~" the schoo
sDch exceUIjI\kprogre6B.
, ' Mi88. ,RunA\lI~ ...sec.?l,I~ed
kindly , off~r.ed ~ 1.8lve II;
A cordi ..l vot.e'lof th!l.jlks
mavor, on the l.motion ' of
~eoonded by., Alderman
HEAD "'T"",'I>1l'!~j;!'!~ 1
Th'e Head ' Mi~tre5s, in
that looking back over
covered she felt that it
and rcadjUjltme:n;t to
.averal changll/l on
lllCl'enSe in \ numbers.!
hau regretfully to bid
who had been
la ~t 14 year., ·
Qlilr k. who
anll a lso to
]OWlDg a course
College for Women.,
They had '
bers of the
j'''~pi;i;P;~
ford GE!Og~~l)hi 'CI"'~.

closing prayer and pronounced the Blessing.
The: .. indow, in thl) north wall of tl,e churcb
is one of ...'e nes of five, anll completes the
tral series at ~'the Three Gl'aces." Its ',,"hl",r.C '
is "~ith," thll ooutre one (put up Jil or
, a~o by the !!'~ .Mr. MarlIrett to the memo,l"V
hIS w!te_depl'lting "Hope,.' -and the
was unveiled last January to the memory of
ll\te Mr • . lAaron' Mobbs; "Charity."
An
spl,.!lndid examples in design and
weIe 'e xecuted in the studio of .M!essrs._ -".ea,to'"
Hutler , and Bayne, of ' Garri~k
insc'i-iption oil the window read. :"This Window was Erected as a
Esteem by his Brothel' '} 'r\lCmasens in
of
I
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,
EDWARD "MARGRETT, ,

,
Who died April 22nd, I9a."
It )ha.y be noted- that
the wesiern wall
~hur,ch "is, a fille double-lig!l.t ~jndo~ '!,'.""l'~l!~
the la,lte :Mr. Margrett to the memQI'Y of
Mr' l homas, Margrett, who tlied in ]886~
In the ' absence fl( tbe church organi st
,Good nough) the o':gan was played by ¥r_
R. Scr ivener, F.~.C29., th? orga~i"t cif , St. '

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