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your acceptance of the accompanying Past Master ' s Jewel , as a small testimonial of our respect , gratitude , and affection . Though not possessing much intrinsic value , they and I trust it will prove to you how highly we appreciate your unwearied exertions for the welfare of the Craft in general , and of this Lodge in particular . Your able services while in the Chair , your lucid and well-conveyed explanations of the working and other ceremonials of the Order , as well as your anxious and constant endeavours to promote that harmony and
Brotherly love , which Masons above all other men know how to value , have secured you a place in our hearts , from which neither time nor separation can remove you . Any observations I could offer would be quite inadequate to express the deep debt of gratitude we owe you , and the respect we feel for you ; and this we believe to he the sentiment entertained towards you by all the members of the Craft who have the advantage of your acquaintance . I shall not by any further remarks of mine , weaken the effect of the
inscription on the Jewel , which I trust will ever testify to you , how high a position you hold in the estimation of the members of No . 407 , the Lodge of your native place . It is a cause of regiet to us that your unavoidable absence , will deprive us of the gratification of formally investing you with it , but I now transmit it with the fervent wish that , as a man and a Mason , you may through life continue to maintain the same high character in our ancient and honourable Society . Believe me to be , Right AVorshipful Sir and Brother , AVith much affection and respect , fraternally yours ,
MEURICX SHAWE PEKSSE , To Right Worshipful Bro . W . Browne , M . D , Master of Lodge , No . 4117 . Prov . J . G . W ., P . M . of Lodge , No . 407 . On the Jewel was this inscription : — " Presented hy the Brethren of Ramelton Lodge , No . 407 , to Right Worshipful Bro . William Biowne , 31 . D ., Prov . J . G . AV ., their late most efficient Worshipful Master , as a testimony of respect , gratitude , and affection , 1849 . " The following is Bro . Browne ' s characteristic reply : —
AVorshipful and dear Sir , — Such a flattering and generous demonstration of kind feeling on the part of yourself and the Brethren of our Lodge , deserves a more eloquent reply than I am capable of conveying . I can onl y assure you that it has given me very great gratification . Your handsome ancl valuable gift will be worn with pride in whatever part of the world it may please Providence to cast my lot . It and your address will be a testimony in my favour , carrying with it a moral wei ght , such as could have been conveyed by none hut the Brethren of my native
place . My anxiety to promote the welfare of the Craft , you have not overstated , but your partiality has made you estimate my ability to do so , much above its real value . It has indeed been my endeavour although imperfect to inculcate the spirit of Masonry as well as its letter ; to show that however desirable if . may be to preserve our ceremonials in their ancient uniformity , it is equally necessary that they should be understood in their extended and hicroglyphical sense—every emblem as merely a type every form a symbol—every legend as containing an allegoryand
, every ceremony pregnant with meaning even to its minute details . Herein is the hig her and better mystery of our Order , and from the true and clear appreciation of this mystery , we can alone expect that perfection of our system , of which Harmony and Brotherly Love form but a small portion of the Grand Result . It is the general development of this knowledge among the Brethren and the perception and adoption of the spirit accompanying it ,
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your acceptance of the accompanying Past Master ' s Jewel , as a small testimonial of our respect , gratitude , and affection . Though not possessing much intrinsic value , they and I trust it will prove to you how highly we appreciate your unwearied exertions for the welfare of the Craft in general , and of this Lodge in particular . Your able services while in the Chair , your lucid and well-conveyed explanations of the working and other ceremonials of the Order , as well as your anxious and constant endeavours to promote that harmony and
Brotherly love , which Masons above all other men know how to value , have secured you a place in our hearts , from which neither time nor separation can remove you . Any observations I could offer would be quite inadequate to express the deep debt of gratitude we owe you , and the respect we feel for you ; and this we believe to he the sentiment entertained towards you by all the members of the Craft who have the advantage of your acquaintance . I shall not by any further remarks of mine , weaken the effect of the
inscription on the Jewel , which I trust will ever testify to you , how high a position you hold in the estimation of the members of No . 407 , the Lodge of your native place . It is a cause of regiet to us that your unavoidable absence , will deprive us of the gratification of formally investing you with it , but I now transmit it with the fervent wish that , as a man and a Mason , you may through life continue to maintain the same high character in our ancient and honourable Society . Believe me to be , Right AVorshipful Sir and Brother , AVith much affection and respect , fraternally yours ,
MEURICX SHAWE PEKSSE , To Right Worshipful Bro . W . Browne , M . D , Master of Lodge , No . 4117 . Prov . J . G . W ., P . M . of Lodge , No . 407 . On the Jewel was this inscription : — " Presented hy the Brethren of Ramelton Lodge , No . 407 , to Right Worshipful Bro . William Biowne , 31 . D ., Prov . J . G . AV ., their late most efficient Worshipful Master , as a testimony of respect , gratitude , and affection , 1849 . " The following is Bro . Browne ' s characteristic reply : —
AVorshipful and dear Sir , — Such a flattering and generous demonstration of kind feeling on the part of yourself and the Brethren of our Lodge , deserves a more eloquent reply than I am capable of conveying . I can onl y assure you that it has given me very great gratification . Your handsome ancl valuable gift will be worn with pride in whatever part of the world it may please Providence to cast my lot . It and your address will be a testimony in my favour , carrying with it a moral wei ght , such as could have been conveyed by none hut the Brethren of my native
place . My anxiety to promote the welfare of the Craft , you have not overstated , but your partiality has made you estimate my ability to do so , much above its real value . It has indeed been my endeavour although imperfect to inculcate the spirit of Masonry as well as its letter ; to show that however desirable if . may be to preserve our ceremonials in their ancient uniformity , it is equally necessary that they should be understood in their extended and hicroglyphical sense—every emblem as merely a type every form a symbol—every legend as containing an allegoryand
, every ceremony pregnant with meaning even to its minute details . Herein is the hig her and better mystery of our Order , and from the true and clear appreciation of this mystery , we can alone expect that perfection of our system , of which Harmony and Brotherly Love form but a small portion of the Grand Result . It is the general development of this knowledge among the Brethren and the perception and adoption of the spirit accompanying it ,