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The Reporter.
of honest and faithful Masons ready , at any rate , to do their duty , even at the hazard of health , perhaps of life . * He may be proud of the effort made , and will remember—it is not in mortals to command success . The Treasurer and Secretary , Brothers Key and R . L Wilson , were unanimously re-elected . CROSS OP CHRIST E NCAMPMENT , July 17 . —Councils of Rose Croix and of Ne plus ultra were held this day , for the purpose of conferring
degrees on Sir Knights the Marquis of Kildare , J . L . Stevens , W . F . Hope , V . Collin , and A . Anderson . The ceremonies were most admirably conducted by Sir Knight Goldsworthy , assisted by Sir Knight Crucefix . There were present several visitors , among them Sir Knights W , E . Fiott , of Leige , and Ellis , of Dublin . At the banquet Sir Knight Crucefix , who presided in the absence of the ESir Kniht RLWilsonafter alluded impressively to the
. g . . , grace , solemnities of the day , which precluded other enjoyment than conversational topics on the orders , a suggestion of which the Knights availed themselves , and much interesting matter was elicited . The Chairman having disposed of the more usual toasts , gave the health of the Duke of Leinster , not only as the patron and president of the Council of Rites but the honoured among the Brotherhood , the Marquis of Kildare , and the newly elected members , and the visitors , which was acknowledged
by them . Sir Knig ht Ellis expressed himself most desirous to promote Brotherly love and the extensive construction of charity as well as a more perfect union in the mode of working the degrees , and trusted that a correspondence and conference should take place between the Dublin and London councils , and entered into an explanation of some difficulties , the removal of which by untiring perseverance would confer lasting benefits on the orders .
Sir Knig ht FIOTT expressed himself in nearly the following terms : — " I cannot exactly report my opinion as those who have preceded me , but as a Christian Mason , whose life has been preserved at the very moment when an unholy sentence had doomed me to all eternity , when no earthly appeal could save me , I am bound to express my gratitude to God for so disposing the heart of a pirate executioner with mercy , as that my fife was saved . I express my gratitude with the more vivid
determination to support every Mason whose position may appear doubtful . My own life was given back to me , ( for I had mentally ceased to live ) by the sign—which averted the axe from the headsman ' s blow . Need I say more than to express a hope , that the charity displayed by the executioner may enlig hten the mind of the Prince , and deal to the honest Mason such a measure of justice , as may enable him to continue his services to London , the provinces , and the world . " The healths of the E . C . Sir Knight Wilson ancl of Sir Knight Goldsworthy were most warmly received , as was that of the Past E .
Commanders . Sir Knight CRUCEFIX , in acknowledging a similar mark of kindness , took a rapid g lance at his own peculiar position , ancl drew a moral contrast , with much energy ; he concluded by stating , that the case was more a public than a private one , and expressed his determination to meet his difficulties with the utmost possible humility , consistent with Masonic dignity , and that he relied with confidence upon the members ofthe Order to support him under his unexampled difficulty .
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The Reporter.
of honest and faithful Masons ready , at any rate , to do their duty , even at the hazard of health , perhaps of life . * He may be proud of the effort made , and will remember—it is not in mortals to command success . The Treasurer and Secretary , Brothers Key and R . L Wilson , were unanimously re-elected . CROSS OP CHRIST E NCAMPMENT , July 17 . —Councils of Rose Croix and of Ne plus ultra were held this day , for the purpose of conferring
degrees on Sir Knights the Marquis of Kildare , J . L . Stevens , W . F . Hope , V . Collin , and A . Anderson . The ceremonies were most admirably conducted by Sir Knight Goldsworthy , assisted by Sir Knight Crucefix . There were present several visitors , among them Sir Knights W , E . Fiott , of Leige , and Ellis , of Dublin . At the banquet Sir Knight Crucefix , who presided in the absence of the ESir Kniht RLWilsonafter alluded impressively to the
. g . . , grace , solemnities of the day , which precluded other enjoyment than conversational topics on the orders , a suggestion of which the Knights availed themselves , and much interesting matter was elicited . The Chairman having disposed of the more usual toasts , gave the health of the Duke of Leinster , not only as the patron and president of the Council of Rites but the honoured among the Brotherhood , the Marquis of Kildare , and the newly elected members , and the visitors , which was acknowledged
by them . Sir Knig ht Ellis expressed himself most desirous to promote Brotherly love and the extensive construction of charity as well as a more perfect union in the mode of working the degrees , and trusted that a correspondence and conference should take place between the Dublin and London councils , and entered into an explanation of some difficulties , the removal of which by untiring perseverance would confer lasting benefits on the orders .
Sir Knig ht FIOTT expressed himself in nearly the following terms : — " I cannot exactly report my opinion as those who have preceded me , but as a Christian Mason , whose life has been preserved at the very moment when an unholy sentence had doomed me to all eternity , when no earthly appeal could save me , I am bound to express my gratitude to God for so disposing the heart of a pirate executioner with mercy , as that my fife was saved . I express my gratitude with the more vivid
determination to support every Mason whose position may appear doubtful . My own life was given back to me , ( for I had mentally ceased to live ) by the sign—which averted the axe from the headsman ' s blow . Need I say more than to express a hope , that the charity displayed by the executioner may enlig hten the mind of the Prince , and deal to the honest Mason such a measure of justice , as may enable him to continue his services to London , the provinces , and the world . " The healths of the E . C . Sir Knight Wilson ancl of Sir Knight Goldsworthy were most warmly received , as was that of the Past E .
Commanders . Sir Knight CRUCEFIX , in acknowledging a similar mark of kindness , took a rapid g lance at his own peculiar position , ancl drew a moral contrast , with much energy ; he concluded by stating , that the case was more a public than a private one , and expressed his determination to meet his difficulties with the utmost possible humility , consistent with Masonic dignity , and that he relied with confidence upon the members ofthe Order to support him under his unexampled difficulty .