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Metropolitan.
he has been a member of the Craft . * The officers a ; pointed we sincerely hope will , in their respective offices , prove their regard for the AV . Master by attention to their present duties , and by treading iu his steps in their Masonic career .
The BURLINGTON LODGE , NO . 113 , continues its meetings , though it has hacl to deplore the absence of its Father ancl Treasurer Dr . Crucefix , caused by continued indisposition . Bro . Fauelel has been elected Treasurer and Secretary . The death of Bro . Crucefix having been reported , at tbe last meeting of the Lodge , Bro . Phillips eloquently moved— " That a letter of condolence should be sent to Mrs . Crucefix , " ivhich was unanimously carried . The following is a copy : —
" We , the Masters , Wardens , ancl Members of the Burlington ZLodge , unanimously desire to express to Mrs . Crucefix our unfeigned sympathy ancl condolence under recent severe affliction . " We well know how feeble is the power of words to mitigate the distress of the heart" To that Gracious Being , who alone can raise up the sorrowful and comfort the afflicted , we commend her in her present trial , trusting , in His mercy , to lighten the burden of her woe ; hut we are most anxious to testify to her the
affectionate regard and deep respect with which we associate the memory of our much lamented Friend and Brother ; and to assure her , that whilst she has lost a kind aud faithful husband , and the Charitable Institutions—more especially the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons—its founder , and a firm and liberal friend , this lodgo has to lament in its late Past Master , a zealous and upright Brother , ivhose many virtues it may he he hi the poiver of his successors to emulate , but never to excel . C . W . C . HUTTOX , W . M . "
Burlington Lod ^ 'e , Piazza Coffee House , Starch 1850 . SHAKESPEAR LODGE , No . 116 . —We feel more difficulty in commencing an account of this great and useful community , than of any of which we have written ; not that it does not present to us enough to eulogise , hut because we know not ivhere to commence our praise , nor how long it would be before the theme were concluded . It would
seem to us that all the merits of Freemasonry should be presented at ouce to our view , in order that we might select the most admirable for our portraiture . If the work "in Lodge" be the object of our selection , we must go to the Shakespear Lodge to find it , if Brotherly Love should be required , it will be discovered in the Shakespear Lodge . If we need evidence of the most unbounded hospitality , still we may go to the Shakespear Loclge , and there it will be found . If that which is
more noble , more enduring , than all—Charity , shall present itself as it ought , and be selected as it should be , it is to be found clothed in all themajesty of loveliness in the ShakespearLodge . AA ehad the pleasure of witnessing the installation of the AV . Master , Bro . Melville , by that excellent Mason , Bro . G . Soames , and those onl y who have witnessed Bro . Soames's working , can duly estimate the excellent manner of its accomplishment . Every word breathed knowledge of the subject treated upon , every action evinced the clearness of the AV . Brother ' s intellect and comprehension ; the working of the excellent and AV . Brother has ever elicited our warmest admiration , and not a portion of it was lost
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Metropolitan.
he has been a member of the Craft . * The officers a ; pointed we sincerely hope will , in their respective offices , prove their regard for the AV . Master by attention to their present duties , and by treading iu his steps in their Masonic career .
The BURLINGTON LODGE , NO . 113 , continues its meetings , though it has hacl to deplore the absence of its Father ancl Treasurer Dr . Crucefix , caused by continued indisposition . Bro . Fauelel has been elected Treasurer and Secretary . The death of Bro . Crucefix having been reported , at tbe last meeting of the Lodge , Bro . Phillips eloquently moved— " That a letter of condolence should be sent to Mrs . Crucefix , " ivhich was unanimously carried . The following is a copy : —
" We , the Masters , Wardens , ancl Members of the Burlington ZLodge , unanimously desire to express to Mrs . Crucefix our unfeigned sympathy ancl condolence under recent severe affliction . " We well know how feeble is the power of words to mitigate the distress of the heart" To that Gracious Being , who alone can raise up the sorrowful and comfort the afflicted , we commend her in her present trial , trusting , in His mercy , to lighten the burden of her woe ; hut we are most anxious to testify to her the
affectionate regard and deep respect with which we associate the memory of our much lamented Friend and Brother ; and to assure her , that whilst she has lost a kind aud faithful husband , and the Charitable Institutions—more especially the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons—its founder , and a firm and liberal friend , this lodgo has to lament in its late Past Master , a zealous and upright Brother , ivhose many virtues it may he he hi the poiver of his successors to emulate , but never to excel . C . W . C . HUTTOX , W . M . "
Burlington Lod ^ 'e , Piazza Coffee House , Starch 1850 . SHAKESPEAR LODGE , No . 116 . —We feel more difficulty in commencing an account of this great and useful community , than of any of which we have written ; not that it does not present to us enough to eulogise , hut because we know not ivhere to commence our praise , nor how long it would be before the theme were concluded . It would
seem to us that all the merits of Freemasonry should be presented at ouce to our view , in order that we might select the most admirable for our portraiture . If the work "in Lodge" be the object of our selection , we must go to the Shakespear Lodge to find it , if Brotherly Love should be required , it will be discovered in the Shakespear Lodge . If we need evidence of the most unbounded hospitality , still we may go to the Shakespear Loclge , and there it will be found . If that which is
more noble , more enduring , than all—Charity , shall present itself as it ought , and be selected as it should be , it is to be found clothed in all themajesty of loveliness in the ShakespearLodge . AA ehad the pleasure of witnessing the installation of the AV . Master , Bro . Melville , by that excellent Mason , Bro . G . Soames , and those onl y who have witnessed Bro . Soames's working , can duly estimate the excellent manner of its accomplishment . Every word breathed knowledge of the subject treated upon , every action evinced the clearness of the AV . Brother ' s intellect and comprehension ; the working of the excellent and AV . Brother has ever elicited our warmest admiration , and not a portion of it was lost