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Article MASONIC EXTRACT FROM A TOUR IN SCOTLAND. ← Page 2 of 2 Article TO THE PROPRIETOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Page 1 of 1 Article FUNERAL ORATION Page 1 of 4 →
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Masonic Extract From A Tour In Scotland.
men ; almost as incredible as that they should have no secret to divulge . You , who are not a Freemason , should be informed , that , in the foregoing allusions , no existing ceremonies of the order are meant to be shadowed forth , - nothing more is intended than to express , allegoricallythe progress of the brethren , from one degree of perfection to
, another , till they become worthy of the ultimate Arcana of the Institution : and no subject seemed to furnish terms so profoundly respectful to the order , as the probationary progress of the Levites in tho Temple of Solomon , the Fraternity ' s great object of veneration .
To The Proprietor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
TO THE PROPRIETOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
SIR AND BROTHER , I ^ HE following little piece ( if I am not mistaken ) is the production of a bookseller in Newberne , one who seems to be an eminent brother , and makes Masonry a part of his study , as every good and faithful brother ought to do . I beg leave to recommend it to your readersas well worthy their attention .
, With the warmest wishes for the success and extensive circulation of the Freemasons' Magazine , which promises to be so very useful to the Craft , I am , Sir , Your grateful Brother and sincere well-wisher , - JAMES SOMERV 1 LLE , S . ccxn . Edinburgh , Oct . 17 , 570 c .
Funeral Oration
FUNERAL ORATION
OS THE MOST U-ortSIIIFFUI . AND HONOURABLE . MAJOR-GENERAL RICHARD CASWELL , GRAND MASTER of the MASONS of NORTH' CAROLINA .
BY FRANCIS XAVIER MARTIN . "And all Jttdea and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah . " CHRON \ b . i . v . 24 , WORSHIPFUL SIRS AND WORTHY BI . 3 . TUI . EV , BEREFT of him who conducted our works , we are met to
discharge the tribute of a tear due to his memory . How deeply the rest of the community sympathises with us , on this melanchol y occasion , the attendance of a respectable number of our iej . low-citizenj fully testifies . '" - •* . . . Shall our griefs terminate in sterile tears ? Shall this "'' cLJjgepurse , sacred to the memory of the Most Worshipful and Honourable ^ Miijor-General RICHARD CASWELL , Grand-Master of the Masons of North - Carolina , be , like the song ofthe untutored savage , the mere rehear- '
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Masonic Extract From A Tour In Scotland.
men ; almost as incredible as that they should have no secret to divulge . You , who are not a Freemason , should be informed , that , in the foregoing allusions , no existing ceremonies of the order are meant to be shadowed forth , - nothing more is intended than to express , allegoricallythe progress of the brethren , from one degree of perfection to
, another , till they become worthy of the ultimate Arcana of the Institution : and no subject seemed to furnish terms so profoundly respectful to the order , as the probationary progress of the Levites in tho Temple of Solomon , the Fraternity ' s great object of veneration .
To The Proprietor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
TO THE PROPRIETOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
SIR AND BROTHER , I ^ HE following little piece ( if I am not mistaken ) is the production of a bookseller in Newberne , one who seems to be an eminent brother , and makes Masonry a part of his study , as every good and faithful brother ought to do . I beg leave to recommend it to your readersas well worthy their attention .
, With the warmest wishes for the success and extensive circulation of the Freemasons' Magazine , which promises to be so very useful to the Craft , I am , Sir , Your grateful Brother and sincere well-wisher , - JAMES SOMERV 1 LLE , S . ccxn . Edinburgh , Oct . 17 , 570 c .
Funeral Oration
FUNERAL ORATION
OS THE MOST U-ortSIIIFFUI . AND HONOURABLE . MAJOR-GENERAL RICHARD CASWELL , GRAND MASTER of the MASONS of NORTH' CAROLINA .
BY FRANCIS XAVIER MARTIN . "And all Jttdea and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah . " CHRON \ b . i . v . 24 , WORSHIPFUL SIRS AND WORTHY BI . 3 . TUI . EV , BEREFT of him who conducted our works , we are met to
discharge the tribute of a tear due to his memory . How deeply the rest of the community sympathises with us , on this melanchol y occasion , the attendance of a respectable number of our iej . low-citizenj fully testifies . '" - •* . . . Shall our griefs terminate in sterile tears ? Shall this "'' cLJjgepurse , sacred to the memory of the Most Worshipful and Honourable ^ Miijor-General RICHARD CASWELL , Grand-Master of the Masons of North - Carolina , be , like the song ofthe untutored savage , the mere rehear- '