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To AVilliam one bumper we drank ; it was due From a people to whom his attachment was steady ; And where is the craven that will not drink two , To our Queen among Queens—among Ladies the Lady ? Then double the pleasure- —another fill up—Our devotion and gallantry equally proving—And drain the last drop from the twice-honour'd cup , To Alctoria !—the Queen of the Loyal and Loving !
The health of the Grand Master is , we are happy to state , completel y restored . His Royal Hi g hness , in spirit , person , and voice , absolutel y appears younger than we remember him for some years past ; this was evident at the Grand Lodge , on the 7 th instant , when he presided
with more than usual grace and power . It is scarcel y necessary to observe that His Royal Hi ghness was most enthusiasticall y welcomed ; and that , in the several addresses to the Brethren , he evinced the full development of mental vigour as well as of bodil y health . The subjects which the Grand Master explained were of
a hi g hl y important nature , embracing the most essential characteristics of the Order , —Charity with Justice : and it ¦ was with one accord agreed , that upon no previous occasion did even the Royal Mason himself , ever deliver a charge with greater impressiveness , or with a more ri g id examination into moral truth , than was conveyed in his illustration
of the manner in which he proposed to relieve the embarrassment of the Female Charity . His observations upon an investigation into the Book of Constitutions , were received with the most respectful attention . The Brethren were assured that His Royal Hi ghness has not only the heart of a Mason , but that the MASTER-MIND is at work , and that we shall not be much longer without additional proof of its activity .
THE GRAND LODGE . — "No Brother shall speak ticicc to the same question , unless in explanation , or the mover in icphj . "— See Constitutions , Art . 4 , p . 25 . Our attention has been called , in a forcible manner , by several correspondents , to this Article , which , in itself , is a clause very essential to the promotion of order ; and its violation , or even the evasion of its spirit , has an incon-
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To AVilliam one bumper we drank ; it was due From a people to whom his attachment was steady ; And where is the craven that will not drink two , To our Queen among Queens—among Ladies the Lady ? Then double the pleasure- —another fill up—Our devotion and gallantry equally proving—And drain the last drop from the twice-honour'd cup , To Alctoria !—the Queen of the Loyal and Loving !
The health of the Grand Master is , we are happy to state , completel y restored . His Royal Hi g hness , in spirit , person , and voice , absolutel y appears younger than we remember him for some years past ; this was evident at the Grand Lodge , on the 7 th instant , when he presided
with more than usual grace and power . It is scarcel y necessary to observe that His Royal Hi ghness was most enthusiasticall y welcomed ; and that , in the several addresses to the Brethren , he evinced the full development of mental vigour as well as of bodil y health . The subjects which the Grand Master explained were of
a hi g hl y important nature , embracing the most essential characteristics of the Order , —Charity with Justice : and it ¦ was with one accord agreed , that upon no previous occasion did even the Royal Mason himself , ever deliver a charge with greater impressiveness , or with a more ri g id examination into moral truth , than was conveyed in his illustration
of the manner in which he proposed to relieve the embarrassment of the Female Charity . His observations upon an investigation into the Book of Constitutions , were received with the most respectful attention . The Brethren were assured that His Royal Hi ghness has not only the heart of a Mason , but that the MASTER-MIND is at work , and that we shall not be much longer without additional proof of its activity .
THE GRAND LODGE . — "No Brother shall speak ticicc to the same question , unless in explanation , or the mover in icphj . "— See Constitutions , Art . 4 , p . 25 . Our attention has been called , in a forcible manner , by several correspondents , to this Article , which , in itself , is a clause very essential to the promotion of order ; and its violation , or even the evasion of its spirit , has an incon-