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of an improved edition of the laws of the R . A . Chapter , coming from the S . G . C . The Taunton Chapter is properly sensible of the services rendered by Companion II . Leig h during the promulgation of the Grancl Chapter , and also for bis continuous exertions to renovate it . May 20 , ( 329 ) . —The Loclge met numerously , and the supper was well attended . The health of Col . Tynte was received with the usual approbation ; ancl the health of Dr . Crucefix , ancl success to him , was welcomed with enthusiasm .
BARNSTAPLE , May I 3 .-TheRev . Dr . Carwithen , Deputy Provincial Grand Master for the county of Devon , ( in the absence of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , the Provincial Grancl Master , ) held the annual meeting of the Order at the Barnstaple Loyal Lodge , 312 . The occasion attracted a very large concourse of persons . On the preceding evening , ancl before nine o ' clock in the morning , the Loclge was thrown open to the public , ancl hundreds gratified themselves with a sight of the advertised for eleven
furniture ancl decorations . The procession was o ' clock ; but the anxious crowds ( amounting to some thousands ) were kept in waiting until nearly one , when the Brethren walked in order through Cross Street , High Street , Joy Street , Boutport Street , and Paternoster Row , to tbe church . Arrived at the church , the Masonic hymn was chaunted in fine style by professional singers from Exeter . The church was well filled by a most respectable audience . The devotional service was performed by the Rev . Wm . Carwithen , rector of Challacombe , and son of the Deputy
Grand Master . The devotional service being concluded , the P . G . Chaplain of Devon , the Rev . John Russell , preached an eloquent sermon , selecting for his text the 2 nd verse of the 6 th chapter of the Epistle to the Galatians : — " Bear ye one another ' s burden , and so fulfil the law of Christ . " The discourse was appropriate ancl exceedingly well delivered , replete with good moral sentiment , clothed in choice ancl beautiful language ; interspersed with laudatory allusions to the Order . He noticed first the
evidence by which the divine orig in of the gospel was supported ; the benevolence of its design , and its adaptation to the necessities of man : was he guilty ? the gospel presented an all-sufficient atonement . AVas he a moral agent , yet lapsed ancl degenerate ? the gospel revealed to him a divine influence , whence he derived both the will and the power
to perform its precepts . And as a social being , tne gospel intormecl mm how best he mig ht contribute to the happiness of his kind . If tlie influence of tne gospel were paramount and universal , earth would be paradise restored : natural evil might , indeed , exist ; but , in the total absence of moral evil , —turbulent passions , inordinate desires , conscious o-uilt , —each would feel his brother ' s care , and all would study to alleviate ' the ills which flesh is heir to . Some might imagine the picture only a dream of fancy ; but it was far more ; it was a blessed reality in to itancl the of its
the distant prospect ; prophecy clearly pointed , era fulfilment was hastening . Akin to this happy state of things was the Order of Masonry : the precepts of the gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry . So far from containing aught that was inconsistent with the gospel , the love of the brotherhood , the fear of God , and the honour of the Queen , were three of the brightest jewels of Masonry —three of its richest ornaments - three of its first and leading principles . In apostolic clays , all were not Israel who were of Israel , neither VOL . VII . K K
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Provincial.
of an improved edition of the laws of the R . A . Chapter , coming from the S . G . C . The Taunton Chapter is properly sensible of the services rendered by Companion II . Leig h during the promulgation of the Grancl Chapter , and also for bis continuous exertions to renovate it . May 20 , ( 329 ) . —The Loclge met numerously , and the supper was well attended . The health of Col . Tynte was received with the usual approbation ; ancl the health of Dr . Crucefix , ancl success to him , was welcomed with enthusiasm .
BARNSTAPLE , May I 3 .-TheRev . Dr . Carwithen , Deputy Provincial Grand Master for the county of Devon , ( in the absence of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , the Provincial Grancl Master , ) held the annual meeting of the Order at the Barnstaple Loyal Lodge , 312 . The occasion attracted a very large concourse of persons . On the preceding evening , ancl before nine o ' clock in the morning , the Loclge was thrown open to the public , ancl hundreds gratified themselves with a sight of the advertised for eleven
furniture ancl decorations . The procession was o ' clock ; but the anxious crowds ( amounting to some thousands ) were kept in waiting until nearly one , when the Brethren walked in order through Cross Street , High Street , Joy Street , Boutport Street , and Paternoster Row , to tbe church . Arrived at the church , the Masonic hymn was chaunted in fine style by professional singers from Exeter . The church was well filled by a most respectable audience . The devotional service was performed by the Rev . Wm . Carwithen , rector of Challacombe , and son of the Deputy
Grand Master . The devotional service being concluded , the P . G . Chaplain of Devon , the Rev . John Russell , preached an eloquent sermon , selecting for his text the 2 nd verse of the 6 th chapter of the Epistle to the Galatians : — " Bear ye one another ' s burden , and so fulfil the law of Christ . " The discourse was appropriate ancl exceedingly well delivered , replete with good moral sentiment , clothed in choice ancl beautiful language ; interspersed with laudatory allusions to the Order . He noticed first the
evidence by which the divine orig in of the gospel was supported ; the benevolence of its design , and its adaptation to the necessities of man : was he guilty ? the gospel presented an all-sufficient atonement . AVas he a moral agent , yet lapsed ancl degenerate ? the gospel revealed to him a divine influence , whence he derived both the will and the power
to perform its precepts . And as a social being , tne gospel intormecl mm how best he mig ht contribute to the happiness of his kind . If tlie influence of tne gospel were paramount and universal , earth would be paradise restored : natural evil might , indeed , exist ; but , in the total absence of moral evil , —turbulent passions , inordinate desires , conscious o-uilt , —each would feel his brother ' s care , and all would study to alleviate ' the ills which flesh is heir to . Some might imagine the picture only a dream of fancy ; but it was far more ; it was a blessed reality in to itancl the of its
the distant prospect ; prophecy clearly pointed , era fulfilment was hastening . Akin to this happy state of things was the Order of Masonry : the precepts of the gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry . So far from containing aught that was inconsistent with the gospel , the love of the brotherhood , the fear of God , and the honour of the Queen , were three of the brightest jewels of Masonry —three of its richest ornaments - three of its first and leading principles . In apostolic clays , all were not Israel who were of Israel , neither VOL . VII . K K