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Address Of Bro. W. Tucker.
been our case , and I trust never will ; and , on this account , I will venture most boldly to predict the permanent stability of this our Lodge . I have spoken by way of caution ; I have laid before you the possible effects of this most common but still most mean and detestable vice . We are free and unsullied , consequently we are happy , we are flourishing ; may the Most High assist us in our endeavours ever to remain so ! Let us now turn to the fair side of the picture , and look on
a Lodge living and working together in Brotherly love and harmony , let us consider of what this is an humble emblem ; and shall we not at once see that it is a foreshadowing of our future happiness , a model of the Grand Lodge above , where the world's Great Architect himself reigns and rules in glory ? Such a reflection must , I feel convinced , animate tbe minds of us all , to strive ever to remain as such . The formation of a Lodge , the appointment of the various officers , must always put . us in
mind of the duties and requirements of our most sacred Christian religion . Our lodge is holy , sacred , and universal , for reasons which have been often explained and impressed on you . Our officers are appointed by threes , which must constantly imprint on our minds the sublime doctrine of the Triune Jehovah . Our eyes are as continually directed to the point which is placed in the centre , in the third degree , the initial letter G in the second , and the blazing star in the first ; these as forcibly point out to us the Divine doctrine of the Unity ; and these
two combined teach us the truth , which as Christians we hold most sacred , that the " Trinity in Unity and Unity in Trinity is to be worshipped . " But we still have remaining another and a most important point , and this is in the Star which illumines the Master ' s Chair , in the third degree ; where our blessed Saviour is alluded to in plain and direct terms , such as cannot be mistaken or evaded . Happy have I always felt in seeing around me Brethren in this Lodge , who have never attempted to fritter or lain these most self-evident conclusions .
exp away We have chosen for a name Virtue and Honour , let us continue to act virtuously and honourably ; the Masonic definition of both virtue and honour is well worthy our study as well as practice , and then we shall be able to maintain that which is also most valuable , " the tongue of good report , " which will teach us to speak equally well of a brother in his absence as iu his presence , and , should it be unfortunately the case that we can say nothing good of him , to maintain the peculiar maxim
of our Order—silence . Brethren , I have somewhat diverged from my original intention , in going thus far into the principles of our Order , but I feel I have not done wrong , even on the present occasion ; our principles cannot be too often explained , cannot be too often impressed on you . Allow me again to thank you for your constant marks of affection and esteem ; and particularly for the one this day shewn ; and at the same time to express a hope that , as years roll on , we may be even still more closely cemented together in all Masonic affection and the bonds of brotherly love , "
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Address Of Bro. W. Tucker.
been our case , and I trust never will ; and , on this account , I will venture most boldly to predict the permanent stability of this our Lodge . I have spoken by way of caution ; I have laid before you the possible effects of this most common but still most mean and detestable vice . We are free and unsullied , consequently we are happy , we are flourishing ; may the Most High assist us in our endeavours ever to remain so ! Let us now turn to the fair side of the picture , and look on
a Lodge living and working together in Brotherly love and harmony , let us consider of what this is an humble emblem ; and shall we not at once see that it is a foreshadowing of our future happiness , a model of the Grand Lodge above , where the world's Great Architect himself reigns and rules in glory ? Such a reflection must , I feel convinced , animate tbe minds of us all , to strive ever to remain as such . The formation of a Lodge , the appointment of the various officers , must always put . us in
mind of the duties and requirements of our most sacred Christian religion . Our lodge is holy , sacred , and universal , for reasons which have been often explained and impressed on you . Our officers are appointed by threes , which must constantly imprint on our minds the sublime doctrine of the Triune Jehovah . Our eyes are as continually directed to the point which is placed in the centre , in the third degree , the initial letter G in the second , and the blazing star in the first ; these as forcibly point out to us the Divine doctrine of the Unity ; and these
two combined teach us the truth , which as Christians we hold most sacred , that the " Trinity in Unity and Unity in Trinity is to be worshipped . " But we still have remaining another and a most important point , and this is in the Star which illumines the Master ' s Chair , in the third degree ; where our blessed Saviour is alluded to in plain and direct terms , such as cannot be mistaken or evaded . Happy have I always felt in seeing around me Brethren in this Lodge , who have never attempted to fritter or lain these most self-evident conclusions .
exp away We have chosen for a name Virtue and Honour , let us continue to act virtuously and honourably ; the Masonic definition of both virtue and honour is well worthy our study as well as practice , and then we shall be able to maintain that which is also most valuable , " the tongue of good report , " which will teach us to speak equally well of a brother in his absence as iu his presence , and , should it be unfortunately the case that we can say nothing good of him , to maintain the peculiar maxim
of our Order—silence . Brethren , I have somewhat diverged from my original intention , in going thus far into the principles of our Order , but I feel I have not done wrong , even on the present occasion ; our principles cannot be too often explained , cannot be too often impressed on you . Allow me again to thank you for your constant marks of affection and esteem ; and particularly for the one this day shewn ; and at the same time to express a hope that , as years roll on , we may be even still more closely cemented together in all Masonic affection and the bonds of brotherly love , "