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Article TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. ← Page 2 of 2 Article MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Page 1 of 3 →
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
characters , while they amuse they at the same time convey mostuseful instruction . With a view , therefore , in some measure topromote that part of . your valuable publication , I have sent you the . following anecdote , which I hope you will insert in your first Number . . Soon after the appointment of Sir WILLIAM FORBES , Bark to be GRAND MASTER Musouof ScotlandI had the honour to be in
com-. , pany with his Excellency Sir JAMES ADOIPHUS OUGHTON , Commander in Chief for North Britain , who five years . before had also filled the honourable office of GRAND MASTEH . He asked me if Sir William visited the Lodges , and if in the course of these visits he gave Charges , and was well received by the Brethren ? I with leasure answeredin the affirmative ; to which he replied"It could
p , , not otherwise be , for I have known him long , and take him as a man , a Christian , a Mason , or a citizen , he has not his equal in Scotland ! " Such a compliment from a person of so distinguished a rank , taste , and abilities , pleased me much , and the more so as the worthy baronet complimented was not only then , but even still is , deservedly esteemedas a man of uncommon tastegentle manners ,
, , humane , and benevolent . As a Christian , pious , charitable , and exemplary ; as a Mason , knowing in the science , zealous to preserve its original purity , and a pattern of its amiable virtues ; as a citizen , pointed in business , upri g ht in his transactions , public-spirited , peaceful in his demeanor , and liberal to the poor . . With warmest wishes for the success and extensive circulation of
the FREEMASON ' MAGAZINE , I am , Sir , Yours most sincerely , Edinburgh , W . MASON , Sth Oct . 1794 . Secretary to the Grand Lodge of Scotland ,
Mr. Tasker's Letters
MR . TASKER'S LETTERS
CONTINUED . ,. , ' . LETTER THE FIFTH . THE DEATH . WO UNDS OF SARP . EDON AND HECTOR .
MR . EDITOR , % Y , J ERE you an undertaker instead of an Editor , I would endea-W vour to treat you with a rich repast , no less than the funerals of two heroes—a- son of Jove , and the godlike Hector . Jupiter is said to have honoured the death of his son with some prodig ies . ; and Home / - , following the example of his supreme deity , has rendered the death somewhat wonderful , though all within the verge of poetical probability ; but his translator has rendered it miraculous .
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
characters , while they amuse they at the same time convey mostuseful instruction . With a view , therefore , in some measure topromote that part of . your valuable publication , I have sent you the . following anecdote , which I hope you will insert in your first Number . . Soon after the appointment of Sir WILLIAM FORBES , Bark to be GRAND MASTER Musouof ScotlandI had the honour to be in
com-. , pany with his Excellency Sir JAMES ADOIPHUS OUGHTON , Commander in Chief for North Britain , who five years . before had also filled the honourable office of GRAND MASTEH . He asked me if Sir William visited the Lodges , and if in the course of these visits he gave Charges , and was well received by the Brethren ? I with leasure answeredin the affirmative ; to which he replied"It could
p , , not otherwise be , for I have known him long , and take him as a man , a Christian , a Mason , or a citizen , he has not his equal in Scotland ! " Such a compliment from a person of so distinguished a rank , taste , and abilities , pleased me much , and the more so as the worthy baronet complimented was not only then , but even still is , deservedly esteemedas a man of uncommon tastegentle manners ,
, , humane , and benevolent . As a Christian , pious , charitable , and exemplary ; as a Mason , knowing in the science , zealous to preserve its original purity , and a pattern of its amiable virtues ; as a citizen , pointed in business , upri g ht in his transactions , public-spirited , peaceful in his demeanor , and liberal to the poor . . With warmest wishes for the success and extensive circulation of
the FREEMASON ' MAGAZINE , I am , Sir , Yours most sincerely , Edinburgh , W . MASON , Sth Oct . 1794 . Secretary to the Grand Lodge of Scotland ,
Mr. Tasker's Letters
MR . TASKER'S LETTERS
CONTINUED . ,. , ' . LETTER THE FIFTH . THE DEATH . WO UNDS OF SARP . EDON AND HECTOR .
MR . EDITOR , % Y , J ERE you an undertaker instead of an Editor , I would endea-W vour to treat you with a rich repast , no less than the funerals of two heroes—a- son of Jove , and the godlike Hector . Jupiter is said to have honoured the death of his son with some prodig ies . ; and Home / - , following the example of his supreme deity , has rendered the death somewhat wonderful , though all within the verge of poetical probability ; but his translator has rendered it miraculous .