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To Brother William Henry White, Grand Secretary
TO BROTHER WILLIAM HENRY WHITE , GRAND SECRETARY
OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE 01 * FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF ENGLAND . » VEBY WORSHIPFUL SIB AND BBOTHEE , Standing alone , as you now do , the sole representative of certain
" time-honored" circumstances , there is no one to whom this Supplementary Number of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review—devoted to the exclusive publication of a lamented occurrence , that has no less afflicted the English Fraternity than it has the whole world of Freemasons—could be more appropriately dedicated . The God of Mercy lias summoned our Grand Master to the judgment-seat ; and , as we
devoutly hope , to be there Free and Accepted at the Throne of Grace ! What sensations attend these aspirations ! — the thoughts that engender them have the seal and impress of the heart ; the soul that sanctifies them proves its devotion—next to the Great Architect—to Freemasonry ; but the pen that records them trembles at its duty .
However we may differ on matters worldly and unimportant , on . one grand essential point we must agree—that to the tomb should be consigned , in perfect oblivion , many things past ; but the remembrance of virtue should continue to partake of the brightness of the morning sun .
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To Brother William Henry White, Grand Secretary
TO BROTHER WILLIAM HENRY WHITE , GRAND SECRETARY
OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE 01 * FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF ENGLAND . » VEBY WORSHIPFUL SIB AND BBOTHEE , Standing alone , as you now do , the sole representative of certain
" time-honored" circumstances , there is no one to whom this Supplementary Number of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review—devoted to the exclusive publication of a lamented occurrence , that has no less afflicted the English Fraternity than it has the whole world of Freemasons—could be more appropriately dedicated . The God of Mercy lias summoned our Grand Master to the judgment-seat ; and , as we
devoutly hope , to be there Free and Accepted at the Throne of Grace ! What sensations attend these aspirations ! — the thoughts that engender them have the seal and impress of the heart ; the soul that sanctifies them proves its devotion—next to the Great Architect—to Freemasonry ; but the pen that records them trembles at its duty .
However we may differ on matters worldly and unimportant , on . one grand essential point we must agree—that to the tomb should be consigned , in perfect oblivion , many things past ; but the remembrance of virtue should continue to partake of the brightness of the morning sun .