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Metropolitan.
After the address of Bro . Muggeridge , which was very cordially received , Bro . R . Cr . ALSTON proposed the health of " tbe Chairman . " In doing this , be spoke very highly of the splendid talents of Bro . Havers ; and expressed bis gratification at having , through Masonry , been enabled to enrol him amongst the number of his friends . Bro . HAVERS returned thanks with feeling and eloquence , bearing testimony to Bro . Alston's remark that Masonryif it had no other meritmight
, , at least boast of bringing together in social and benevolent intercourse , the goed , the great , and the titled of the land ; and concluded by proposing the health of " the Brethren who have worked the Sections , " expressing bis en fire satisfaction at ihe correct manner in ivhich they bad performed their several parts , a subject on which be felt competent to give an opinion , having himself formerly assisted on similar occasions . Bro . li . H . TOWNENDtbe S . AV ., rose to replyand spoke in tbe following
, , terms : —On behalf of the Brethren who have had the honour to work the Sections this evening , whose names you have brought so prominently before tbe Brethren , I beg to offer my most sincere thanks . Some of them have bad the pleasure to arjpear before this Lodge on former occasions . In prosecuting the duties with which we have been intrusted , we have invariably found it to be , as Bro . Alston lias stated , that an attentive study of the pi-in ciples of Freemasonry brings with it its own reward ; and we ourselves
know of instances , more than one or two , which have come under our own immediate notice , in which tbe inculcation of those very principles have been acted out in the life , and have been made the means of restraining the pernicious habits of intemperance and vice . AVc have been reminded this evening of the severe loss we have sustained during the past year , a loss
we bad at one time considered to be irreparable , but we rejoice to know that the mantle of the former Instructor has fallen on tbe shoulders of another , and though Bro . Peter Thomson has been removed from tbe sphere of bis labours on earth , we believe Bro . Henry Muggeridge , who bas been called to fill bis place , will be found to be an equally efficient , willing , and competent Instructor . The Great Architect of the Universe has thought fit to call away Bro . Peter Thomson and Bro . Pryer , but the structure of ivhich we form a partis not like the idol temple of Dagon in Pbilistia of old ; it
, depends not for its support on two pillars alone , however solid or stately . Death , like Sampson , may grasp Jachin and Boaz , tbe one with his right band , the other with his left ; be may bow himself with all bis might , and lay both pillars in the dust , yet the foundation of Freemasonry reniaineth , and so long as that foundation is fixed on the Volume of the Sacred Laiv , and tbe key or cape-stone of tbe building is that pure disinterested charity , which forms the brightest gem in the system of Freemasonry , the
superstructure can never fail ; and we pledge ourselves to uphold this Lodge of Instruction to the utmost of our abiUty , as a means of carrying out and supporting that system so time-honoured and so noble , in which we delight , and which we are satisfied is so well calculated to benefit the world at large . It is not to be supposed that any Brother can know anything of the beauties of Masonry by merely listening to tbe ceremonies ; it is only by a close study and acquaintance with the lecturesof ivhich you have heard a small part
, this evening , that its various beauties can be understood and enjoyed . The speech of Bro . Townend , of which the above report is but an imperfect outline , made a great impression on those who beard it , and will doubtless serve as a stimulus to increase their exertions in behalf of a society , which possesses the many valuable qualities , upon wbieh the Brother dilated so feelingly and . appropriately .
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Metropolitan.
After the address of Bro . Muggeridge , which was very cordially received , Bro . R . Cr . ALSTON proposed the health of " tbe Chairman . " In doing this , be spoke very highly of the splendid talents of Bro . Havers ; and expressed bis gratification at having , through Masonry , been enabled to enrol him amongst the number of his friends . Bro . HAVERS returned thanks with feeling and eloquence , bearing testimony to Bro . Alston's remark that Masonryif it had no other meritmight
, , at least boast of bringing together in social and benevolent intercourse , the goed , the great , and the titled of the land ; and concluded by proposing the health of " the Brethren who have worked the Sections , " expressing bis en fire satisfaction at ihe correct manner in ivhich they bad performed their several parts , a subject on which be felt competent to give an opinion , having himself formerly assisted on similar occasions . Bro . li . H . TOWNENDtbe S . AV ., rose to replyand spoke in tbe following
, , terms : —On behalf of the Brethren who have had the honour to work the Sections this evening , whose names you have brought so prominently before tbe Brethren , I beg to offer my most sincere thanks . Some of them have bad the pleasure to arjpear before this Lodge on former occasions . In prosecuting the duties with which we have been intrusted , we have invariably found it to be , as Bro . Alston lias stated , that an attentive study of the pi-in ciples of Freemasonry brings with it its own reward ; and we ourselves
know of instances , more than one or two , which have come under our own immediate notice , in which tbe inculcation of those very principles have been acted out in the life , and have been made the means of restraining the pernicious habits of intemperance and vice . AVc have been reminded this evening of the severe loss we have sustained during the past year , a loss
we bad at one time considered to be irreparable , but we rejoice to know that the mantle of the former Instructor has fallen on tbe shoulders of another , and though Bro . Peter Thomson has been removed from tbe sphere of bis labours on earth , we believe Bro . Henry Muggeridge , who bas been called to fill bis place , will be found to be an equally efficient , willing , and competent Instructor . The Great Architect of the Universe has thought fit to call away Bro . Peter Thomson and Bro . Pryer , but the structure of ivhich we form a partis not like the idol temple of Dagon in Pbilistia of old ; it
, depends not for its support on two pillars alone , however solid or stately . Death , like Sampson , may grasp Jachin and Boaz , tbe one with his right band , the other with his left ; be may bow himself with all bis might , and lay both pillars in the dust , yet the foundation of Freemasonry reniaineth , and so long as that foundation is fixed on the Volume of the Sacred Laiv , and tbe key or cape-stone of tbe building is that pure disinterested charity , which forms the brightest gem in the system of Freemasonry , the
superstructure can never fail ; and we pledge ourselves to uphold this Lodge of Instruction to the utmost of our abiUty , as a means of carrying out and supporting that system so time-honoured and so noble , in which we delight , and which we are satisfied is so well calculated to benefit the world at large . It is not to be supposed that any Brother can know anything of the beauties of Masonry by merely listening to tbe ceremonies ; it is only by a close study and acquaintance with the lecturesof ivhich you have heard a small part
, this evening , that its various beauties can be understood and enjoyed . The speech of Bro . Townend , of which the above report is but an imperfect outline , made a great impression on those who beard it , and will doubtless serve as a stimulus to increase their exertions in behalf of a society , which possesses the many valuable qualities , upon wbieh the Brother dilated so feelingly and . appropriately .