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Masonic Offering To The Rev. Geo. Oliver, D.D.
MASONIC OFFERING TO THE REV . GEO . OLIVER , D . D .
¦ Aamiralile ! How the . urnce . Speaks liis own stainliug ! ll'tiar -I ' liu-nt-it power This eye shoots forth ! How big ini ; i {* ii ! , iuou Moves on this li ; i ! 'l ' o tlie dumbness of tlie gesture One might interpret ~ There is , i k inci of ch-ivactcr in tliv life , Tiial to 11 , ' observer doth this history lully ui'fold .
I ' Ninth of May 1 S 44 , , will stand as a red letter clay in the Alasonic Annals of the Ancient City of Lincofn , ivhen the several Lodges of the Province of Lincolnshire sent their delegates to an assembly of Afasons ivho were summoned to pay the homage of the heart to the reverend and distinguished Brother who has devoted a youth of manliness , a maturity of thought , and the dignity of age , to the service of his Church , society at large , and the Masonic fraternity to ivhich he is attached equallbprincile and blove .
y y p y The bells rung merrily , and there was joy in the faces of all , the Brethren felt the moment to be a holy-day , and even the denizens of the ancient city , hoivever they envied them the enjoyment of the clay , still it ivas so far from an ungracious sentiment , for the occasion was Aielcomed by a unanimous feeling of satisfaction , that , Doctor Oliver , so well known , and so much respected by every class of society , was about to receive a public mark of Alasonic gratitude .
Having in various numbers given the several accounts of the meetings , in reference to this "Masonic Offering / ' it is only needed here to enter into some more immediate explanation of a few material points connected with a matter of such interest anel importance . In the month of January , 1842 , Dr . Crucefix addressed a letter to
Bro . W . A . Nicholson , Prov . G . Sup . W . for Lincolnshire , on the propriety of presenting a Masonic Offering to Dr . Oliver , from which letter ive have been permitted to select the following passage : — " On my return from Grantham , now more than two years since , where for the first time I exchanged personal relations with ouv justly esteemed and venerated Brother , Dr . Oliver , I seriously determined to plan , aye , and to execute ( D . V . ) a design which I had long contemplated , viz .,
that of causing io be presentee ! to him in the name of Freemasonry , some proper tribute as an acknowledgement of his general excellence . I only waited to see him—much subject matter of deep reflection passes through the alembic of the " mind ' s eye" in a few minutes conversation , that years of correspondence , hoivever unreserved , often fail to develop During to me a most eventful period , our beloved Dr . Oliver encouraged and sustained me , and by his presence in London on
the 24 th of last November , he closeel a series of kindnesses , but only to renew them with added fervour . I allude to these particulars , to shew that intensely affected as my spirits have been , they could not earlier permit me to enter on the desirable project I am aware that the Witham Lodge has paid our friend a compliment , but I am morally assured that an expression of the universal esteem in which he is held b y the world of Alasons will be regarded by him ivith feelings of jus-VOL . II . g
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Masonic Offering To The Rev. Geo. Oliver, D.D.
MASONIC OFFERING TO THE REV . GEO . OLIVER , D . D .
¦ Aamiralile ! How the . urnce . Speaks liis own stainliug ! ll'tiar -I ' liu-nt-it power This eye shoots forth ! How big ini ; i {* ii ! , iuou Moves on this li ; i ! 'l ' o tlie dumbness of tlie gesture One might interpret ~ There is , i k inci of ch-ivactcr in tliv life , Tiial to 11 , ' observer doth this history lully ui'fold .
I ' Ninth of May 1 S 44 , , will stand as a red letter clay in the Alasonic Annals of the Ancient City of Lincofn , ivhen the several Lodges of the Province of Lincolnshire sent their delegates to an assembly of Afasons ivho were summoned to pay the homage of the heart to the reverend and distinguished Brother who has devoted a youth of manliness , a maturity of thought , and the dignity of age , to the service of his Church , society at large , and the Masonic fraternity to ivhich he is attached equallbprincile and blove .
y y p y The bells rung merrily , and there was joy in the faces of all , the Brethren felt the moment to be a holy-day , and even the denizens of the ancient city , hoivever they envied them the enjoyment of the clay , still it ivas so far from an ungracious sentiment , for the occasion was Aielcomed by a unanimous feeling of satisfaction , that , Doctor Oliver , so well known , and so much respected by every class of society , was about to receive a public mark of Alasonic gratitude .
Having in various numbers given the several accounts of the meetings , in reference to this "Masonic Offering / ' it is only needed here to enter into some more immediate explanation of a few material points connected with a matter of such interest anel importance . In the month of January , 1842 , Dr . Crucefix addressed a letter to
Bro . W . A . Nicholson , Prov . G . Sup . W . for Lincolnshire , on the propriety of presenting a Masonic Offering to Dr . Oliver , from which letter ive have been permitted to select the following passage : — " On my return from Grantham , now more than two years since , where for the first time I exchanged personal relations with ouv justly esteemed and venerated Brother , Dr . Oliver , I seriously determined to plan , aye , and to execute ( D . V . ) a design which I had long contemplated , viz .,
that of causing io be presentee ! to him in the name of Freemasonry , some proper tribute as an acknowledgement of his general excellence . I only waited to see him—much subject matter of deep reflection passes through the alembic of the " mind ' s eye" in a few minutes conversation , that years of correspondence , hoivever unreserved , often fail to develop During to me a most eventful period , our beloved Dr . Oliver encouraged and sustained me , and by his presence in London on
the 24 th of last November , he closeel a series of kindnesses , but only to renew them with added fervour . I allude to these particulars , to shew that intensely affected as my spirits have been , they could not earlier permit me to enter on the desirable project I am aware that the Witham Lodge has paid our friend a compliment , but I am morally assured that an expression of the universal esteem in which he is held b y the world of Alasons will be regarded by him ivith feelings of jus-VOL . II . g