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During the two days no business was transacted except addresses by nine Past Grand Masters –
Most Worshipful Brothers Thomas Reed, Joseph Kuhn, Louis Ziegler, Nathan Porter, Edward
Hare, Archibald Frater, William Upton, Joseph Taylor – and Grand Master Arthur. It is said that
our Most Worshipful Brother presided in his happy, dignified way; and the addresses delivered
contained much valuable Masonic information. No doubt an event for the ages.

Among the many valuable literary productions of Brother Arthur, the following pertained to
Freemasonry: Masonry the Friend of Intellectual Liberty, Relation of the Master to the Lodge, The
Mission of Masonry, Wealth, Poverty and Happiness. These articles are of the highest grade of
literary excellence, and are printed in Volume Three of Brownell's "Gems from the Quarry."

Most Worshipful Brother John Arthur was one of the most generous, most kind-hearted, most
charitable, and most noble of men that ever lived in the tide of time.