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India.
Most Hi gh , in the shape of mural tablet , ornamented with the All-seeing Eye at the top , and the square ancl compasses at the bottom—with the following inscription : — r To the memory of Robert Livinhoe , late master of Lodge , St . John ' s , No . 1715 , of Calcutta . This tablet is erected by Ins sorrowing Urelhren , m token of their all ' ectionate regard in the Friend aud Bro : hcr , whom living they loved , and whose loss they deplor ** . ¦_ Etat- _ 7 . 0 _ > mi 7 _ hFeIi . 45 . Butoh for pride ancl ignorancethis was rejected bthe
Arch-, , y deacon , as unfitted for the walls of a Christian Church , —emblems bearing a reference to the Alost High , and in a moral sense tending to turn mankind from darkness to light , which no one has yet been hardy enough to deny , are not " fitted for the walls of a Christian Church "and thus , a man looked upon as a Alinister of Christ , refuses ( ou what authority ) the erection of emblems of divinity ancl universal benevolence , while within the same sacred walls are trophies of bloodshed and
desolating war commemorating the vain glorious achievements of men , called , perhaps , into the presence of their God , at the moment when , perhaps , exulting in blood spilt , and the amount of slaughter of their fellow men . Did the Archdeacon , when refusing the erection of emblems of a directly opposite character , think of this ? we fear not . AVhen we contemplate this act of haughty ignorance , we are moved to pray the
Almighty not to deprive us of the assistance of the meek and benignant spirit of charity our Order so forcibly inculcates — without it we should , perhaps , be inclined to attribute to the refusal , motives which bore the stamp of the world ' s sordid views ; but no , we will not so view it , but humbly—hope he " knew not what he did . " The Archdeacon at last consented to allow the tablet to be erected , but stripped of its masonic devices , and the following inserted after the number of the lodge : —
" AA'ho endeavoured to walk humbly as a Christian , and was as such respected . " It will be perceived in this the evident wish to suppress the mason . This man pretends to the greatest piety , and best theological research ! A chapter of Rose-croix Alasons was held on Good Friday , at which Brothers King , Hoff , Anley and Frith , were exalted to that most christian degree .
The death of poor Brother Livinhoe caused a vacancy in the office of Grand Registrar ; Brother Samuel Smith has been appointed , and the choice could not have fallen on a more worthy Brother , sincere and kind in his intercourse with mankind , and unchangeable as a Mason , he is respected by all . We regret to observe that our excellent ancl respected D . G . M . Brother , Robert Neave , has been compelled to visit the Cape , on account of ill health .
BOMBAY . —Lodge Rising Star of Western India . —May 10 . —The members mustered pretty freely ; among them was Bro . Manockjee Cursetjee ; who , however , deeply distressed by the very recent loss of his excellent and revered parent , Cursetjee Manockjee , who died on the 7 th instant , ' at the advanced age of eighty-three , made an attempt to meet the Lodge , from a high sense of public duty . The R . W . Bro . Dr . Burnes presided , and passed a very appropriate eulogium ou the
character of his deceased friend ; who , although not a Freemason by name , practised intuitively its principles ; and , as the father of a distinguished Brother in the Craft , was deeply regretted . The R . AV . Bro . Burnes proposed , and the motion was carried by
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India.
Most Hi gh , in the shape of mural tablet , ornamented with the All-seeing Eye at the top , and the square ancl compasses at the bottom—with the following inscription : — r To the memory of Robert Livinhoe , late master of Lodge , St . John ' s , No . 1715 , of Calcutta . This tablet is erected by Ins sorrowing Urelhren , m token of their all ' ectionate regard in the Friend aud Bro : hcr , whom living they loved , and whose loss they deplor ** . ¦_ Etat- _ 7 . 0 _ > mi 7 _ hFeIi . 45 . Butoh for pride ancl ignorancethis was rejected bthe
Arch-, , y deacon , as unfitted for the walls of a Christian Church , —emblems bearing a reference to the Alost High , and in a moral sense tending to turn mankind from darkness to light , which no one has yet been hardy enough to deny , are not " fitted for the walls of a Christian Church "and thus , a man looked upon as a Alinister of Christ , refuses ( ou what authority ) the erection of emblems of divinity ancl universal benevolence , while within the same sacred walls are trophies of bloodshed and
desolating war commemorating the vain glorious achievements of men , called , perhaps , into the presence of their God , at the moment when , perhaps , exulting in blood spilt , and the amount of slaughter of their fellow men . Did the Archdeacon , when refusing the erection of emblems of a directly opposite character , think of this ? we fear not . AVhen we contemplate this act of haughty ignorance , we are moved to pray the
Almighty not to deprive us of the assistance of the meek and benignant spirit of charity our Order so forcibly inculcates — without it we should , perhaps , be inclined to attribute to the refusal , motives which bore the stamp of the world ' s sordid views ; but no , we will not so view it , but humbly—hope he " knew not what he did . " The Archdeacon at last consented to allow the tablet to be erected , but stripped of its masonic devices , and the following inserted after the number of the lodge : —
" AA'ho endeavoured to walk humbly as a Christian , and was as such respected . " It will be perceived in this the evident wish to suppress the mason . This man pretends to the greatest piety , and best theological research ! A chapter of Rose-croix Alasons was held on Good Friday , at which Brothers King , Hoff , Anley and Frith , were exalted to that most christian degree .
The death of poor Brother Livinhoe caused a vacancy in the office of Grand Registrar ; Brother Samuel Smith has been appointed , and the choice could not have fallen on a more worthy Brother , sincere and kind in his intercourse with mankind , and unchangeable as a Mason , he is respected by all . We regret to observe that our excellent ancl respected D . G . M . Brother , Robert Neave , has been compelled to visit the Cape , on account of ill health .
BOMBAY . —Lodge Rising Star of Western India . —May 10 . —The members mustered pretty freely ; among them was Bro . Manockjee Cursetjee ; who , however , deeply distressed by the very recent loss of his excellent and revered parent , Cursetjee Manockjee , who died on the 7 th instant , ' at the advanced age of eighty-three , made an attempt to meet the Lodge , from a high sense of public duty . The R . W . Bro . Dr . Burnes presided , and passed a very appropriate eulogium ou the
character of his deceased friend ; who , although not a Freemason by name , practised intuitively its principles ; and , as the father of a distinguished Brother in the Craft , was deeply regretted . The R . AV . Bro . Burnes proposed , and the motion was carried by