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Masonic Intelligence.
merce will be promoted , ready intercourse afforded , the benighted weary traveller pass the rapid stream with ease and safety , and the lives ofthe people will be saved . Of all the inventions of human art , there are few , if any , of so great utility aud benefit to mankind , asthat of bridges : we have reason , therefore , to presume , that men had very early some construction or contrivance of this nature ; and
yet we do not find , among the monuments of the most distant antiquity , any vestige or memorial of such constructions ; but , in the age we now live in , men have not only found out , the very best methods of erecting bridges , but it likewise redounds greatly to the honour and happiness of this ancient kingdom of Scotland , that so many of our noblemen , gentlemen , and indeed all ranks of the people , do generously contribute to so many and great undertakings of this kind .
i rom bridges , my Brethren , an excellent moral lesson is taught us , and that is , that human society cannot subsist without concord and mutual good offices ; for , like the working of an arch-stone , it would fall to the ground , if one p iece did not depend upon , and properly support another . ' All that now remains is , that I , for myself , and in name of the whole fraternity of Free and Accepted Masonsshouldas I now do
, , , take this opportunity of returning our sincere thanks to all the noblemen , gentlemen , and all persons , who have so generously contributed to this laudable undertaking ; and , in a particular manner to those gentlemen who first projected , and have , in the most remarkable manner , promoted this useful , necessary work , and who still continuewith unwearied applicationto exert themselves
to-, , wards its finishing . May health and affluence ever attend all the contributors while here on earth , and may Heaven be their final reward !' The inscription on the stone was IN DEI NOMINE ,
MONTEBO BAY , JAMAICA , APRIL 22 , 1797 . LAST Monday the St . James ' s and Union Lodges , joined by the Hanover Lodge , and a respectable number of visiting Brethren , commemorated the Festival of St . John the Baptist . At eleven a
procession was formed in the usual order , preceded by the band of the 83 d regiment from the Court-house to the church , where prayers were read by the Reverend Brother Little , and an excellent discourse delivered by Brother Ricard . After divine service , the Brethren returned in form to the Court-house , and adjourned till half past threewhen they sat down to an elegant entertainmentmade a
, , collection for the poor , and passed the . day in convivial friendship and perfect harmony . During dinner , and at different intervals in the afternoon and evening , the band ofthe 8 3 d regiment played several agreeable interludes , which gave great satisfaction , and diffused a spit rit of gaiety oyer the whole company ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Intelligence.
merce will be promoted , ready intercourse afforded , the benighted weary traveller pass the rapid stream with ease and safety , and the lives ofthe people will be saved . Of all the inventions of human art , there are few , if any , of so great utility aud benefit to mankind , asthat of bridges : we have reason , therefore , to presume , that men had very early some construction or contrivance of this nature ; and
yet we do not find , among the monuments of the most distant antiquity , any vestige or memorial of such constructions ; but , in the age we now live in , men have not only found out , the very best methods of erecting bridges , but it likewise redounds greatly to the honour and happiness of this ancient kingdom of Scotland , that so many of our noblemen , gentlemen , and indeed all ranks of the people , do generously contribute to so many and great undertakings of this kind .
i rom bridges , my Brethren , an excellent moral lesson is taught us , and that is , that human society cannot subsist without concord and mutual good offices ; for , like the working of an arch-stone , it would fall to the ground , if one p iece did not depend upon , and properly support another . ' All that now remains is , that I , for myself , and in name of the whole fraternity of Free and Accepted Masonsshouldas I now do
, , , take this opportunity of returning our sincere thanks to all the noblemen , gentlemen , and all persons , who have so generously contributed to this laudable undertaking ; and , in a particular manner to those gentlemen who first projected , and have , in the most remarkable manner , promoted this useful , necessary work , and who still continuewith unwearied applicationto exert themselves
to-, , wards its finishing . May health and affluence ever attend all the contributors while here on earth , and may Heaven be their final reward !' The inscription on the stone was IN DEI NOMINE ,
MONTEBO BAY , JAMAICA , APRIL 22 , 1797 . LAST Monday the St . James ' s and Union Lodges , joined by the Hanover Lodge , and a respectable number of visiting Brethren , commemorated the Festival of St . John the Baptist . At eleven a
procession was formed in the usual order , preceded by the band of the 83 d regiment from the Court-house to the church , where prayers were read by the Reverend Brother Little , and an excellent discourse delivered by Brother Ricard . After divine service , the Brethren returned in form to the Court-house , and adjourned till half past threewhen they sat down to an elegant entertainmentmade a
, , collection for the poor , and passed the . day in convivial friendship and perfect harmony . During dinner , and at different intervals in the afternoon and evening , the band ofthe 8 3 d regiment played several agreeable interludes , which gave great satisfaction , and diffused a spit rit of gaiety oyer the whole company ,