THE LATE DR SMITH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3630, 12 November 1890, Page 2

THE LATE DR SMITH.

A Lodgo of Sorrow.

(From Our Own Correspondent. About fifty Freemaaons,ineluding a number from Masterton, met at St Mark's Lodge, Carterton, on Sunday evening to hanour the memory of the late Df Smith by holding a Lodge of Sorrow.; There were none present from Groytown,."wbere Dr Smith was 60 well known, ffhioh was singular, unless tho fact of the Grey town Lodge still belonging to the English Constitution was considered to preclude its members from taking part in a ceremony conducted by a New Zealand Constitution Lodge. The Hall was respectfully draped in blaok and exhibited in front of the W .M.'s (M m the portrait of tho brother whose loss was mourned, which he had not so very long ago presen ted the lodge with. In the centre of the lodge room was a catafalque, covered by a pall, and surrounded by littapers, Bro Thomas Proctor (violiucello) conducted, the musical accompaniments, and was assisted by Bfe. W Moore (organ), Lpndcjvisi* (yi'ol'iti), and T i Weston ('ooinet); iiVo' lIJ Williams, of Wellington, f Jily and Grand Director of Ceremonies, was present and recited a fow incidents ,of the life history of the several brethren eulogised'hismrtifesi The late Dr Smith, it seems,Jjasbeien a Mason.. since. 1877—for thirteen years. He was one of tho founders nf St Mark's Lodge, Carterton, was a past master, ami 'ZI so M of the Grey town Lodge. The principal p|ceiE fij:eßeu|9ii Sundajrev?ning were

•Bro3 A Booth, WM; W P Allen, J. Bairstoiv, J. W., Brother N. Grace, Pi M., and aoting chaplain, and Bro.: W. J, Lindop, ; secretary. There were also there the following past masters from Mastdrton, Bros. L, J. Hooper, Galloway, T. E. Price, and ■ Aitkeu. JJro. J. L. Kimbell,.P. M,, formerly a member of the Hawera Lodge, Bpoke oi the late Dr Smith's twoyeara' sojourn in Hawera. Among the visitors was one from the Waterloo Lodge,. Wellington. The service consisted of recitative odes, or choruses,'' and chants, which interspersed the.beautiful wording o£ the addresses delivered by the chief officers, as specially set apart for use at a Lodge. of Sorrow. The Dead ... March in Saul ■- was played as a voluntary on the organ by Bro. W. Moore, and throughout the dignified and impressive ritual, the'processions and bestowal !of wreaths of! chaste flowers on the catalogue, the" sweeL harmony of the odes and oMnfl constituted an iiKjwring feeling W roverence for theXnomory of the departed it was intended to'venerate. '' tw/