Without the early minutes it is difficult today to pinpoint the exact date of the first occurrence of the Lodge’s Latin motto NISI FRUSTRA DOMINUS, but thanks again to the Provincial Librarian, W.Bro Ian Brown for locating a bound collection of our early summonses. Our One Hundred year history mentions that the exact date of the change is not recorded in the minutes nor is the intended translation, but we now know it was first used on the summons of December 11th 1897.
The Lodge banner with the crest and the Latin motto was unfurled on Monday 15th October 1900 which you can read more about here.
Summons for December 1897 showing the first use of our Latin motto.
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