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Provincial.
" I cannot presume to attempt to follow its classically beautiful style , but in plainer language I beg you officially , as Deputy Provincial Grand Master , to express to the members of the various Lodges , the deep sense I entertain of the sympathy and condolence they so kindly offer me on my severe affliction and irreparable loss . " Reason and religion teach me to acknowledge ( with them ) that all the dispensations of Providence are ordained for the wisest and best of
purposes , and I bow with humble submission and resignation to the Divine will . But notwithstanding these ancl similar consolatory reflections , the blow , although long impending and expected , has fallen with dreadful certainty ancl severity . " The first consolation that offers itself to me is , that she ( whose loss I must ever deplore , whilst life and reason are spared to me ) has been released from extreme and incurable sufferings in this worldto reap the
, reward of her many virtues , and of her exemplary , well-spent , ancl blameless life ; and that her pure departed spirit has found grace and glory in the presence of the God she ivith unaffected piety adored , and the Saviour upon whose merits and intercession she relied for redemption with unshaken faith .
" 1 he next source of consolation in affliction is the sympathy of friends . " Never could it be offered in a more gratif ying manner to the afflicted survivor than by paying that honour to the memory of the departed , ivhich has been so elegantly expressed in the Address ; but , in acknowledging ivhich , I can find no language of my own adequate to do justice to her merits , or to describe my bereavement . " I have too often received the sympathy and support of my Brethren
at Bath , not to appreciate most fully the sincerity of their sympathy ancl kind feeling towards me ; I beg you , therefore , to offer them my best thanks , with the assurance that this fresh mark of their continued esteem and consideration has made an impression upon my heart and mind which can never be obliterated ; and that it is a great source of comfoit for me to know that I still retain that friendship ivith which they have for so many years honoured me , and ivhich it will ever be my study and endeavour to deserve .
" I beg my fraternal and affectionate regards to them ; and have the honour to remain their and your most grateful ancl faithful Friend ancl Brother , "C . K . K . TYNTE , P . G . M . " Somerset . " On Monday , the 13 th inst ., the R . AV . P . G . M . paid his respects to the Brethren in Lodgeancl was received by the AV . M . ' sOfficersand
, , , Brethren of the three Lodges , with Masonic honours , in numbers , and with an enthusiasm indicative of fraternal regard not to be mistaken . The R . AV . D . P . G . M ., Brother Maddison , presided , and delivered , at considerable length , a most able lecture on the ori gin , progress , ancl objects of Masonry , with the spiritual applications of the emblems .
NORTHAMPTON , May 26 . —Ceremony of laying the Foundation Stone of the Northampton General Lunatic Asylum . —This interesting ceremony has at length taken place , much to the gratification of thousands who , at tlie time the Northampton General Lunatic Asylum was first proposed , could not have contemplated so great a delay . It was made generally known that it ivould take place on Thursday last , ancl that the Brethren of the Pomfret Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons , accompanied b y Lodges of the adjoining counties , would attend the ceremony
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
" I cannot presume to attempt to follow its classically beautiful style , but in plainer language I beg you officially , as Deputy Provincial Grand Master , to express to the members of the various Lodges , the deep sense I entertain of the sympathy and condolence they so kindly offer me on my severe affliction and irreparable loss . " Reason and religion teach me to acknowledge ( with them ) that all the dispensations of Providence are ordained for the wisest and best of
purposes , and I bow with humble submission and resignation to the Divine will . But notwithstanding these ancl similar consolatory reflections , the blow , although long impending and expected , has fallen with dreadful certainty ancl severity . " The first consolation that offers itself to me is , that she ( whose loss I must ever deplore , whilst life and reason are spared to me ) has been released from extreme and incurable sufferings in this worldto reap the
, reward of her many virtues , and of her exemplary , well-spent , ancl blameless life ; and that her pure departed spirit has found grace and glory in the presence of the God she ivith unaffected piety adored , and the Saviour upon whose merits and intercession she relied for redemption with unshaken faith .
" 1 he next source of consolation in affliction is the sympathy of friends . " Never could it be offered in a more gratif ying manner to the afflicted survivor than by paying that honour to the memory of the departed , ivhich has been so elegantly expressed in the Address ; but , in acknowledging ivhich , I can find no language of my own adequate to do justice to her merits , or to describe my bereavement . " I have too often received the sympathy and support of my Brethren
at Bath , not to appreciate most fully the sincerity of their sympathy ancl kind feeling towards me ; I beg you , therefore , to offer them my best thanks , with the assurance that this fresh mark of their continued esteem and consideration has made an impression upon my heart and mind which can never be obliterated ; and that it is a great source of comfoit for me to know that I still retain that friendship ivith which they have for so many years honoured me , and ivhich it will ever be my study and endeavour to deserve .
" I beg my fraternal and affectionate regards to them ; and have the honour to remain their and your most grateful ancl faithful Friend ancl Brother , "C . K . K . TYNTE , P . G . M . " Somerset . " On Monday , the 13 th inst ., the R . AV . P . G . M . paid his respects to the Brethren in Lodgeancl was received by the AV . M . ' sOfficersand
, , , Brethren of the three Lodges , with Masonic honours , in numbers , and with an enthusiasm indicative of fraternal regard not to be mistaken . The R . AV . D . P . G . M ., Brother Maddison , presided , and delivered , at considerable length , a most able lecture on the ori gin , progress , ancl objects of Masonry , with the spiritual applications of the emblems .
NORTHAMPTON , May 26 . —Ceremony of laying the Foundation Stone of the Northampton General Lunatic Asylum . —This interesting ceremony has at length taken place , much to the gratification of thousands who , at tlie time the Northampton General Lunatic Asylum was first proposed , could not have contemplated so great a delay . It was made generally known that it ivould take place on Thursday last , ancl that the Brethren of the Pomfret Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons , accompanied b y Lodges of the adjoining counties , would attend the ceremony