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Article THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. ← Page 4 of 4 Article MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Page 1 of 1
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The Freemasons' Repository.
a candid and unprejudiced mind , that the Members of the Societies of Freemasons in this kingdom are capable of a design so base and unworthy , as to conspire against its Government , its Liberty or its Religion . [/ TO BE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT . J
Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .
A QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION of this Lodge was held on Feb . 6 , 1 798 : present , Capt . John Clerk , of the ist . Batt . of the 2 d . Regt . of Royal Edinburgh Volunteers , S . G . W . as G . M . William Campbell , Esq , of Fairfield , Prov . G . M . for the Southern District of Scotland ; and a number of brethren of distinction . The public business of the meeting was that of granting a Charter of
Constitution and Ereftion for a new Lodge at Muirkirk of K j de , Ayrshire , ' by the name , stile , and title of St . Thomas ' s Lodge . ' May 6 , 179 8 . THE Grand Lodge of Scotland held a Quarterly Communication this evening , but no public business came before the meeting ; therefore , after ordering the charity-petitions to be paid , the Lodge was shut . .
KENT ANNIVERSARY . Graveseni , May 29 , 1798 . VESTERDAY the Masonic Anniversary Festival for the County of - " - Kent , by order of William Perfect , Esq . Provincial Grand Master , was held at this town , and afforded one of the grandest spectacles
ever exhibited here . The procession , which was numerous , genteel , and respectable , preceded by an excellent band of ' music , formed from the Falcon Tavern , and in the most completeorderand regularity proceeded to the church ; where the Provincial Officers , Masters of the respective Lodges , and Members belonging thereunto , being seated , the prayers of the day were read by the Rev . Jethro Inwood , who afterwards preached an excellent sermon from the 10 th verse of the , p d chapter of Job , which did the highest honour to the taste and judgment of the preacher . After service the procession returned .
in the same order as before , to the Falcon , and from thence to the Town-Hall , where an elegant dinner was provided , after which many loyal , masonic , and patriotic toasts were drank : and the Provincial Grand Master delivered a feeling , scientific , and interesting charge and address , of very considerable length , replete with strength of figure , brilliancy of metaphorancl sublimity of sentimentwhich
, , very deservedly received the fervent approbation and repeated plaudits of the whole assembly ; at the pressing request of whom both the sermon and oration are to be printed : the profits of which are to be appropriated to the use of that excellent institution , ' The Royal Cumberland Freemasons' School , '
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The Freemasons' Repository.
a candid and unprejudiced mind , that the Members of the Societies of Freemasons in this kingdom are capable of a design so base and unworthy , as to conspire against its Government , its Liberty or its Religion . [/ TO BE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT . J
Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .
A QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION of this Lodge was held on Feb . 6 , 1 798 : present , Capt . John Clerk , of the ist . Batt . of the 2 d . Regt . of Royal Edinburgh Volunteers , S . G . W . as G . M . William Campbell , Esq , of Fairfield , Prov . G . M . for the Southern District of Scotland ; and a number of brethren of distinction . The public business of the meeting was that of granting a Charter of
Constitution and Ereftion for a new Lodge at Muirkirk of K j de , Ayrshire , ' by the name , stile , and title of St . Thomas ' s Lodge . ' May 6 , 179 8 . THE Grand Lodge of Scotland held a Quarterly Communication this evening , but no public business came before the meeting ; therefore , after ordering the charity-petitions to be paid , the Lodge was shut . .
KENT ANNIVERSARY . Graveseni , May 29 , 1798 . VESTERDAY the Masonic Anniversary Festival for the County of - " - Kent , by order of William Perfect , Esq . Provincial Grand Master , was held at this town , and afforded one of the grandest spectacles
ever exhibited here . The procession , which was numerous , genteel , and respectable , preceded by an excellent band of ' music , formed from the Falcon Tavern , and in the most completeorderand regularity proceeded to the church ; where the Provincial Officers , Masters of the respective Lodges , and Members belonging thereunto , being seated , the prayers of the day were read by the Rev . Jethro Inwood , who afterwards preached an excellent sermon from the 10 th verse of the , p d chapter of Job , which did the highest honour to the taste and judgment of the preacher . After service the procession returned .
in the same order as before , to the Falcon , and from thence to the Town-Hall , where an elegant dinner was provided , after which many loyal , masonic , and patriotic toasts were drank : and the Provincial Grand Master delivered a feeling , scientific , and interesting charge and address , of very considerable length , replete with strength of figure , brilliancy of metaphorancl sublimity of sentimentwhich
, , very deservedly received the fervent approbation and repeated plaudits of the whole assembly ; at the pressing request of whom both the sermon and oration are to be printed : the profits of which are to be appropriated to the use of that excellent institution , ' The Royal Cumberland Freemasons' School , '