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have placed it in the hands of those who would have performed it in a more efficient manner , no one could have executed it with more zeal to its object . Bro . Moses replied : — " Worshipful Master , Officers , and Brethren , — It needed not this token of your regard to remind me of the vast debt of gratitude I owe you for the continued indulgence and valuable assistance I have received at your hands during the period I have had the honour
of presiding as Master of your Lodge , by which means alone have I been enabled to carry out those grand principles upon which our venerated institution is founded , viz . —Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth , with pleasure to myself , and I hope and trust have been enabled to maintain the high character which I am proud to say cur Lodge not only bears in the estimation of the Provincial Grand Lodge , but also among the neighbouring Lodges in this province ; and when I look around and see
the rising ' talent with which 1 am surrounded , I feel a heartfelt satisfaction in the assurance that not only will that high character be maintained , but that additional lustre will be shed upon the Lodge of Peace and Harmony . " Brethren , I have read— ' from the fulness of the heart the tongue speaketh ; ' I cannot in my person vouch for the accuracy of this adage , for never did I wish for a command of language , of fit and appropriate language , never less able to express the grateful feelings which almost overpower me . Allow me , therefore , to conclude by again requesting you to accept my best and grateful thanks , and to wish you every blessing
this world can afford , and when it shall please the Grand Geometrician of the Universe to remove you from this sublunary world , may you ascend to the Grand Lodge above , where there is Peace , Love , and Life everlasting . * IPSWICH . —There is a spirit of emulation , a striving for Masonic pre-eminence , stirring the different Lodges of this town , which cannot fail to advance the science of Masonry in the province . The Perfect Friendship LodgeNo . 522 idlincreases the number of its
, , rapy members , and unquestionably assumes an imposing aspect , while the British Union , No . 131 , although not numerous , includes among its members some of the first talent and respectability in the county . It is a small band , closely knit together by the strongest threads of " the mystic tie . " The members held their regular Lodge on Friday evening , May 31 st , when Brother Martin , the W . M . having declared it " duly open , " proceeded to present Honorary Jewels to the Past and
Present Secretaries , Brothers Deck and Grirasey , and accompanied the delivery of these most gratif ying tributes of brotherly affection with the following addresses : — " Brother Deck , Masonic Lodges , like nations and empires , rise and fall , flourish and decay , —of this fact you as an old , a tried , and faithful member of the British Union Lodge , have had both painful and pleasurable experience ; for upwards of twenty years you have with attachment to
undeviating her interests , trodden the chequered pavement of her fortunes , rejoicing in her prosperity , in her adversity ever foremost to extend the read y hand of assistance and support . F ' or services so valuable , and I may add , at one time so essential to the pre-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
have placed it in the hands of those who would have performed it in a more efficient manner , no one could have executed it with more zeal to its object . Bro . Moses replied : — " Worshipful Master , Officers , and Brethren , — It needed not this token of your regard to remind me of the vast debt of gratitude I owe you for the continued indulgence and valuable assistance I have received at your hands during the period I have had the honour
of presiding as Master of your Lodge , by which means alone have I been enabled to carry out those grand principles upon which our venerated institution is founded , viz . —Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth , with pleasure to myself , and I hope and trust have been enabled to maintain the high character which I am proud to say cur Lodge not only bears in the estimation of the Provincial Grand Lodge , but also among the neighbouring Lodges in this province ; and when I look around and see
the rising ' talent with which 1 am surrounded , I feel a heartfelt satisfaction in the assurance that not only will that high character be maintained , but that additional lustre will be shed upon the Lodge of Peace and Harmony . " Brethren , I have read— ' from the fulness of the heart the tongue speaketh ; ' I cannot in my person vouch for the accuracy of this adage , for never did I wish for a command of language , of fit and appropriate language , never less able to express the grateful feelings which almost overpower me . Allow me , therefore , to conclude by again requesting you to accept my best and grateful thanks , and to wish you every blessing
this world can afford , and when it shall please the Grand Geometrician of the Universe to remove you from this sublunary world , may you ascend to the Grand Lodge above , where there is Peace , Love , and Life everlasting . * IPSWICH . —There is a spirit of emulation , a striving for Masonic pre-eminence , stirring the different Lodges of this town , which cannot fail to advance the science of Masonry in the province . The Perfect Friendship LodgeNo . 522 idlincreases the number of its
, , rapy members , and unquestionably assumes an imposing aspect , while the British Union , No . 131 , although not numerous , includes among its members some of the first talent and respectability in the county . It is a small band , closely knit together by the strongest threads of " the mystic tie . " The members held their regular Lodge on Friday evening , May 31 st , when Brother Martin , the W . M . having declared it " duly open , " proceeded to present Honorary Jewels to the Past and
Present Secretaries , Brothers Deck and Grirasey , and accompanied the delivery of these most gratif ying tributes of brotherly affection with the following addresses : — " Brother Deck , Masonic Lodges , like nations and empires , rise and fall , flourish and decay , —of this fact you as an old , a tried , and faithful member of the British Union Lodge , have had both painful and pleasurable experience ; for upwards of twenty years you have with attachment to
undeviating her interests , trodden the chequered pavement of her fortunes , rejoicing in her prosperity , in her adversity ever foremost to extend the read y hand of assistance and support . F ' or services so valuable , and I may add , at one time so essential to the pre-