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Banquet.
piling a new edition of Anderson ' s History of Masonry , to crown the pillar ; then , indeed , my clear friend and elder Brother in the bosom of your thought , you might say to yourself , " EXEGI MONUMENTUM ' . " May future years of peaceful serenity attend you in this life , and AA'hen the awful secret of the future is unfolded , may it ensure your eternal happiness in the Grand Lodge above . BrethrenI should have observedthat as our Masonic authors Avere
, , consigned to the tomb , there ivas a " lull " in the Masonie atmosphere . Por many years we did not advance ; indeed , I question whether the Union of the two English Societies , excellent as it was , produced a tithe of the expected advantages , for , with the exertions of each Society separately rivaling the other in Masonic interest , there was always a proportionate excitement ; but we nnd no improvement of importance until Dr . Oliver commenced hh labours , and the best proof of the value
of a Masonic Press , is , that since that powerful organ has been propitiated , it has , to use the words of the late lamented Earl of Durham , so mirrored the talent , energy , and principles of the order , as not only to hai'e restored it , but to have placed it more firmly on the record of Time . By pervading the universe , it realized the words of our immortal Bard , and made the " whole Masonic world akin . " Dr . Oliver has materially aided Freemasonry bdispelling the doubts of the Sceptic
y , and teaching its persecutors a moral lesson ; —let me not be misunderstood , — I allude to those opponents of our orcier who anathematise , what they lack a sense of justice to examine . I am reminded of a few words expressed by II . R . H ., our late Grand Master , many years since in the House of Lords , when advocating the claims of his Catholic
fellow subjects , which bear some analogy to my present subject . — "Here , " said IT . R . IT ., " Bigotry must skulk to the dark and loathsome recess of ignorance , presumption , obstinacy , and ill-nature , making , room for truth , knowledge , reason , and generosity . " I shall conclude by observing that our Brother is one of those " master spirits who stamp their name upon the age in which they live , " and he is also " one of those stars of our moral firmament , which , ' as in time must sink below the horizonwill rise in another hemisphere , as they set to us ; and the
, youth of other times will gaze on their lustre as he learns their names and marks them clustering into constellations which will recall some interesting event of their earthly existence . " Brethren , for the patience with which you have heard me , I am very grateful , but I am still more so , for having been permitted to join this meeting , to partake its mysteries , and to mingle my aspirations with yours in accordant sentiments of veneration and love for the distinguished Brother , whose learning , honour
and virtue , we have met to commemorate —( Continued Cheering . ) Permit me , Sir , before I sit down , to propose the next toast on the list , it is one that I can offer with great pleasure , and which you will receive with unmixed satisfaction ; it is the health of the worthy Treasurer to tbe Masonic Offering to Dr . Oliver , a resident medical practitioner well-known to you , and who is also the Worshipful Mayor of this Ancient City . —( Cheers )
In the presence of a gentleman whom I have met this clay for the first time , sincerity might prevent my doing him fair justice , but that having been in correspondence with him as a co-treasurer in this happy partnership , I have found such kindness and courtesy that I am glad of the opportunity to testify to both ; you Brethren who meet him iu the Lodge , the Council Chamber of Justice , and to whom as a profes-
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Banquet.
piling a new edition of Anderson ' s History of Masonry , to crown the pillar ; then , indeed , my clear friend and elder Brother in the bosom of your thought , you might say to yourself , " EXEGI MONUMENTUM ' . " May future years of peaceful serenity attend you in this life , and AA'hen the awful secret of the future is unfolded , may it ensure your eternal happiness in the Grand Lodge above . BrethrenI should have observedthat as our Masonic authors Avere
, , consigned to the tomb , there ivas a " lull " in the Masonie atmosphere . Por many years we did not advance ; indeed , I question whether the Union of the two English Societies , excellent as it was , produced a tithe of the expected advantages , for , with the exertions of each Society separately rivaling the other in Masonic interest , there was always a proportionate excitement ; but we nnd no improvement of importance until Dr . Oliver commenced hh labours , and the best proof of the value
of a Masonic Press , is , that since that powerful organ has been propitiated , it has , to use the words of the late lamented Earl of Durham , so mirrored the talent , energy , and principles of the order , as not only to hai'e restored it , but to have placed it more firmly on the record of Time . By pervading the universe , it realized the words of our immortal Bard , and made the " whole Masonic world akin . " Dr . Oliver has materially aided Freemasonry bdispelling the doubts of the Sceptic
y , and teaching its persecutors a moral lesson ; —let me not be misunderstood , — I allude to those opponents of our orcier who anathematise , what they lack a sense of justice to examine . I am reminded of a few words expressed by II . R . H ., our late Grand Master , many years since in the House of Lords , when advocating the claims of his Catholic
fellow subjects , which bear some analogy to my present subject . — "Here , " said IT . R . IT ., " Bigotry must skulk to the dark and loathsome recess of ignorance , presumption , obstinacy , and ill-nature , making , room for truth , knowledge , reason , and generosity . " I shall conclude by observing that our Brother is one of those " master spirits who stamp their name upon the age in which they live , " and he is also " one of those stars of our moral firmament , which , ' as in time must sink below the horizonwill rise in another hemisphere , as they set to us ; and the
, youth of other times will gaze on their lustre as he learns their names and marks them clustering into constellations which will recall some interesting event of their earthly existence . " Brethren , for the patience with which you have heard me , I am very grateful , but I am still more so , for having been permitted to join this meeting , to partake its mysteries , and to mingle my aspirations with yours in accordant sentiments of veneration and love for the distinguished Brother , whose learning , honour
and virtue , we have met to commemorate —( Continued Cheering . ) Permit me , Sir , before I sit down , to propose the next toast on the list , it is one that I can offer with great pleasure , and which you will receive with unmixed satisfaction ; it is the health of the worthy Treasurer to tbe Masonic Offering to Dr . Oliver , a resident medical practitioner well-known to you , and who is also the Worshipful Mayor of this Ancient City . —( Cheers )
In the presence of a gentleman whom I have met this clay for the first time , sincerity might prevent my doing him fair justice , but that having been in correspondence with him as a co-treasurer in this happy partnership , I have found such kindness and courtesy that I am glad of the opportunity to testify to both ; you Brethren who meet him iu the Lodge , the Council Chamber of Justice , and to whom as a profes-