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R. PERRY BUSH 1855-1926

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  • MM 1880, Palestine
  • Grand Chaplain, 1910-1926

MEMORIAL

From Proceedings, Page 1926-232:

Wor. and Rev. R. Perry Bush, D.D., Chaplain of this Grand Lodge since 1908, died April 2, 1926. Rev. Bro. Bush was born in Provincetown June 2, 1855. A descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrims through a line of seafaring ancestors he inherited the sturdy qualities characteristic of that stock. He became a member of Palestine Lodge in 1880 and served it as Chaplain for many years. He was installed as Grand Chaplain of this Grand Lodge at the Feast of St. John in 1908, and his service in that capacity was continuous and active from that time.

Bro. Bush spent his active life in the Ministry of the Universalist Church where a service of nearly forty years was divided between two Pastorates. In his Ministerial capacity he served much larger groups than any Parish could contain. The whole community in which he lived looked up to him as a friend and spiritual adviser. In 1923 he retired from the active work of the Ministry to take charge of the Library of the Grand Lodge. The great and important Lawrence collection had never been incorporated into the Grand Lodge Library. This incorporation involved the re-classification and re-cataloguing of both collections. Bro. Bush had nearly completed this task, and had left memoranda which will be of the greatest service to his successor.

His Masonic activities were very extensive. It the time of his death he was not only Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge, but also Grand Chaplain of the Grand Chapter and Grand Council, and Prelate of the Grand Commandery. His great services to the Craft were rewarded by the conferment upon him of the Henry Price Medal, and by Honorary Membership in the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite for the Northern Jurisdiction, although he had never held office in that Rite.

Bro. Bush was one of the best known and best loved Masons in this jurisdiction. A man of strong convictions, he had a remarkable power for making friends. His whole life was marked by broad sympathy of embracing charity and deep love for his fellow-men. He leaves a place in the hearts of his Brethren which can never be entirely filled.

Note: The list of Grand Chaplains in the Proceedings does not list Brother Bush for 1909.

SPEECHES

ADDRESS AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF STAR OF BETHLEHEM LODGE, NOVEMBER 1893


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