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Article A MASONIC HALL CONVERTED INTO AN EPISCOPAL CHAPEL. ← Page 4 of 4 Article TO THE EDITOR. Page 1 of 2 →
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A Masonic Hall Converted Into An Episcopal Chapel.
THE DUKE OF SUSSEX afterwards successively gave , " The wooden walls of Old England "— " May the honest heart never know distress ""The wives , sisters , and daughters of Masons over the globe , and those of Bath in particular " - — "May the rose , thistle , and shamrock long entwine around the oak of Old England "— " Our Deputy Grand Master , Lord Duhdas "— " The present and past Provincial Grand Masters , ( for this last toast Sir C . W . Bamflde returned thanks )"— " The Grand Lod
y ge of Scotland "—and a concluding toast , " A long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether . "—After which the Duke of Sussex retired amid the enthusiastic greetings of the Brethren . THE DUKE OF LEINSTER , on taking the chair , said he should , on his return to Ireland , make an acknowledgment to his Grand Lodge of his reception here ; he then proposed the health of the Duke of Sussex in his private character , which was cordially welcomed ; his grace retired
soon after , when Brother Thomas Whitney , Prov . S . G-W ., Bath , was called to the chair . The company did not separate until a late hour . The vocal harmony was rendered complete by the arrangements of Brothers Loder , Nathan , and others .
The Earl Manvers was mainly instrumental in accomplishing this great Masonic object , aided by the zeal and exertions of various Brethren , among whom Brother Thomas Whitney was most prominent . On Friday , the 24 th , a Masonic Concert and Ball was given at the Kingston Assembl y Rooms , under the direction of Sir George Smart and Mr . John Loder , which was graced by the presence of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , and the nobility and gentry in Bath . ET SIC TRANSIT !
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
THE REMOVAL OF DR . OLIVER ! DEAR SIR . —Those who deplore the untoward , if not ominous , circumstance , of a Masonic patriarch being subjected , by authority , to endure the " wrongs of the oppressed , " will naturally inquire—Can " proud contumely" find no other field for its baneful growth than that which was originally designed for the cultivation of the lovely flowerets of peaceand the heaven-born fruits of universal charity and love ?
Hap-, pily , Sir , for Masonry , these demonstrations of uncharitable feeling , on the part of those invested with authority , are of very rare occurrence ; and in this—an isolated case—punishment—ah ! I may say , undeserved punishment—has wantonly been inflicted , if not in contravention of the strict letter , certainly in direct opposition to the SPIRIT of the ancient Charges of our Order . It has , consequently , produced no other effect than that of rendering the faithful among the initiated still more
faithfully attached to what they cannot but consider the cause of the injured and the oppressed . Dr . Oliver , who has already sacrificed so much for the disci ples of Masonry , has now , in his turn , become its sacrifice ; but the P . G . M . for Lincolnshire will find that the mental as well as the numerical strength of the Craft , is arrayed against him , and that its members not
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Masonic Hall Converted Into An Episcopal Chapel.
THE DUKE OF SUSSEX afterwards successively gave , " The wooden walls of Old England "— " May the honest heart never know distress ""The wives , sisters , and daughters of Masons over the globe , and those of Bath in particular " - — "May the rose , thistle , and shamrock long entwine around the oak of Old England "— " Our Deputy Grand Master , Lord Duhdas "— " The present and past Provincial Grand Masters , ( for this last toast Sir C . W . Bamflde returned thanks )"— " The Grand Lod
y ge of Scotland "—and a concluding toast , " A long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether . "—After which the Duke of Sussex retired amid the enthusiastic greetings of the Brethren . THE DUKE OF LEINSTER , on taking the chair , said he should , on his return to Ireland , make an acknowledgment to his Grand Lodge of his reception here ; he then proposed the health of the Duke of Sussex in his private character , which was cordially welcomed ; his grace retired
soon after , when Brother Thomas Whitney , Prov . S . G-W ., Bath , was called to the chair . The company did not separate until a late hour . The vocal harmony was rendered complete by the arrangements of Brothers Loder , Nathan , and others .
The Earl Manvers was mainly instrumental in accomplishing this great Masonic object , aided by the zeal and exertions of various Brethren , among whom Brother Thomas Whitney was most prominent . On Friday , the 24 th , a Masonic Concert and Ball was given at the Kingston Assembl y Rooms , under the direction of Sir George Smart and Mr . John Loder , which was graced by the presence of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , and the nobility and gentry in Bath . ET SIC TRANSIT !
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
THE REMOVAL OF DR . OLIVER ! DEAR SIR . —Those who deplore the untoward , if not ominous , circumstance , of a Masonic patriarch being subjected , by authority , to endure the " wrongs of the oppressed , " will naturally inquire—Can " proud contumely" find no other field for its baneful growth than that which was originally designed for the cultivation of the lovely flowerets of peaceand the heaven-born fruits of universal charity and love ?
Hap-, pily , Sir , for Masonry , these demonstrations of uncharitable feeling , on the part of those invested with authority , are of very rare occurrence ; and in this—an isolated case—punishment—ah ! I may say , undeserved punishment—has wantonly been inflicted , if not in contravention of the strict letter , certainly in direct opposition to the SPIRIT of the ancient Charges of our Order . It has , consequently , produced no other effect than that of rendering the faithful among the initiated still more
faithfully attached to what they cannot but consider the cause of the injured and the oppressed . Dr . Oliver , who has already sacrificed so much for the disci ples of Masonry , has now , in his turn , become its sacrifice ; but the P . G . M . for Lincolnshire will find that the mental as well as the numerical strength of the Craft , is arrayed against him , and that its members not