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that I look on as the real advancement of Masonry ; it is this alone that will enable our Institution to regain its ancient proud position , which in importance in nobility of character , as tlie inculcator of Virtue and Morality , and in universality , has been second to that of Christianity alone . It is this which every Member of our Society , understanding its principles and loving it as it deserves to he loved , will endeavour to promote . It was my aim to make our Lodge a fountain of such knowledge . That it
will become so under the watchful superintendence of one who so eminently possesses the capacity and the will to raise the veil which still partially excludes tbe light from it , is my sincere , hope , and from the spirit which experience has shown me to pervade the minds of the Brethren composing it , my firm expectation . To yourself , your Colleagues , and the rest of the Brethren of Lodge No . 407 . I again beg to offer my warm thanks and kind wishes , Believe me worshipful and dear Sir , Your sincere friend and Brother , AVlI . LIAJI BltOWNE . To Brother M . S . Persse , W . M . of P . M . of Loclge No . 407-Lodge No . 407 , Ramelton .
Colonial.
COLONIAL .
LAUNCESTON VAN DIEMEN ' LAND . —Tuesday , Oct . 1 G . 1849 , being the day fixed for laying the foundation stone of the new Scotch church by his Excellency the Lieutenant Governor , Sir W . T . Denison , according to arrangement , the members of the Masonic body , at one o ' clock , left the Lodge for the kirk , where a short service was conducted by the Rev . R . K . Ewing . The Brethren then proceeded to the Cornwall Hotel , where they were joined by his excellency , and the procession
then marched to the site of the new building . On arriving at the ground , which was crowded with spectators , the following , written on parchment , was read by the Rev . J . Little , and then enclosed in a glass phial deposited in the foundation stone : — " This building is erected as a place in which the Lord shall be worshipped according to the Presbyterian form of the Church of Scotland , and the doctrines of the Gospel preached as set forth in the Westminster Confession of Faith . " The foundation stone is laid in due form by his excellency Sir William
Thomas Denison , Knight , Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Van Diemen ' s Land anil its dependencies , on tbe sixteenth day of October , in tbe year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine , being the twelfth year of the reign of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , the forty-sixth year of the colony , and the third year of the administration of his excellency the Lieutenant Governor . " After the dinner , which followed this interesting ceremonial , the ChairmanDr . Grantin adverting to the proceedings of the daywhich
, , , had passed so satisfactorily , ancl had beeu productive of so much pleasure to all engaged in them , stated that its effect had been much increased by the appearance of the highly respectable Masonic body of Launceston , who accepted the invitation of the building committee of the new church to be present on the occasion of laying the foundation stone ; and he would therefore propose " prosperity to the Masonic Lodge of Launceston . "
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that I look on as the real advancement of Masonry ; it is this alone that will enable our Institution to regain its ancient proud position , which in importance in nobility of character , as tlie inculcator of Virtue and Morality , and in universality , has been second to that of Christianity alone . It is this which every Member of our Society , understanding its principles and loving it as it deserves to he loved , will endeavour to promote . It was my aim to make our Lodge a fountain of such knowledge . That it
will become so under the watchful superintendence of one who so eminently possesses the capacity and the will to raise the veil which still partially excludes tbe light from it , is my sincere , hope , and from the spirit which experience has shown me to pervade the minds of the Brethren composing it , my firm expectation . To yourself , your Colleagues , and the rest of the Brethren of Lodge No . 407 . I again beg to offer my warm thanks and kind wishes , Believe me worshipful and dear Sir , Your sincere friend and Brother , AVlI . LIAJI BltOWNE . To Brother M . S . Persse , W . M . of P . M . of Loclge No . 407-Lodge No . 407 , Ramelton .
Colonial.
COLONIAL .
LAUNCESTON VAN DIEMEN ' LAND . —Tuesday , Oct . 1 G . 1849 , being the day fixed for laying the foundation stone of the new Scotch church by his Excellency the Lieutenant Governor , Sir W . T . Denison , according to arrangement , the members of the Masonic body , at one o ' clock , left the Lodge for the kirk , where a short service was conducted by the Rev . R . K . Ewing . The Brethren then proceeded to the Cornwall Hotel , where they were joined by his excellency , and the procession
then marched to the site of the new building . On arriving at the ground , which was crowded with spectators , the following , written on parchment , was read by the Rev . J . Little , and then enclosed in a glass phial deposited in the foundation stone : — " This building is erected as a place in which the Lord shall be worshipped according to the Presbyterian form of the Church of Scotland , and the doctrines of the Gospel preached as set forth in the Westminster Confession of Faith . " The foundation stone is laid in due form by his excellency Sir William
Thomas Denison , Knight , Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Van Diemen ' s Land anil its dependencies , on tbe sixteenth day of October , in tbe year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine , being the twelfth year of the reign of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , the forty-sixth year of the colony , and the third year of the administration of his excellency the Lieutenant Governor . " After the dinner , which followed this interesting ceremonial , the ChairmanDr . Grantin adverting to the proceedings of the daywhich
, , , had passed so satisfactorily , ancl had beeu productive of so much pleasure to all engaged in them , stated that its effect had been much increased by the appearance of the highly respectable Masonic body of Launceston , who accepted the invitation of the building committee of the new church to be present on the occasion of laying the foundation stone ; and he would therefore propose " prosperity to the Masonic Lodge of Launceston . "