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Provincial.
associated . Sir , I have to thank you , en behalf of the Brethren of the province , for your kindness in allowing your likeness to be taken , for the purpose of being placed in our Hall ; and , on the part of the Committee , I have to thank the Brethren , who so cheerfully responded to our call for pecuniary assistance . Sir , it will be in the recollection of many who are now present , that on your appointment to the high important office of Grand Superintendanta Committee was appointed to consider the
, most appropriate method of testifying our esteem and regard for you , and we at once determined on endeavouring to obtain a likeness , which should be considered worthy of being placed near the portrait of our late much esteemed R . AV . P . G . M ., Bro . AVilliam AAllliams . AVith the assistance of Bro . Gray—whose talents , as an artist require no eulogium from me , and to whom we are much indebted for his exertions , and for his honourable and independent conduct—we venture to hope that our
labours have been crowned with success , and that the Brethren will approve of the painting which is now submitted to their view . It is , sir , to me personally , a source of the highest gratification , to have been selected thus publicly , to announce the completion of the labours of the Committee , although I feel myself inadequate to the task ; and to express an anxious hope , that the likeness now before us , will be viewed with delight by your children ' s children , and long remain as a
memento of our regard and esteem . I might here enlarge on the value of your public services as a man , and the debt of gratitude which we owe you as a Mason . I might also speak with pleasure of those virtues which adorn your private life , and so justly endear you to your family and friends , but I forbear . AVould that they could be transferred to the canvass , as faithfully as your external features are there represented , for in the progress of his work , the artist might well have adopted the language of the Roman poet , and have
said—Oh utinara mores , animumque eflingere possim , Pulchrior in terris , nulla Tahella foret . To which the R . AV . P . G . M . replied" My dear Brethren , —It is indeed difficult for me to express , adequately my feelings towards you , when I reflect on the many tokens which 1 have received of your approbation and esteem ; and the late request with which you honoured methat of sitting for my portraitthrough which
, , your affectionate attachment to me will be handed down to posterity , calls forth more particularl y my gratitude , and renders my present attempt still more difficult . But you know me well ; and you will believe that this public testimonial , presented in a , manner the most flattering and welcome to me , is received with . the warmest and most grateful feelings towards you , who have been pleased to distinguish me so highly . At the commencement of my Masonic career , I laid
down for myself a course in accordance with the fundamental principles of our Institution ; and , inspired with an anxious wish to promote the best interests of Freemasonry , I have to the present hour , striven to pursue that course without deviation . My greatest stimulus has been the desire to do my duty in every situation in which I have been placed , with zeal , fidelity , and impartiality ; and the reward of which I was most covetous , I have again and again received , my dear Brethren ,
at your hands , in your unqualified approbation of my conduct , your zealous co-operation on all occasions , and your evincing towards me your brotherly affection , so often and so unreservedly . I can , therefore , but reiterate my warmest thanks for the hi ghly flattering man-
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Provincial.
associated . Sir , I have to thank you , en behalf of the Brethren of the province , for your kindness in allowing your likeness to be taken , for the purpose of being placed in our Hall ; and , on the part of the Committee , I have to thank the Brethren , who so cheerfully responded to our call for pecuniary assistance . Sir , it will be in the recollection of many who are now present , that on your appointment to the high important office of Grand Superintendanta Committee was appointed to consider the
, most appropriate method of testifying our esteem and regard for you , and we at once determined on endeavouring to obtain a likeness , which should be considered worthy of being placed near the portrait of our late much esteemed R . AV . P . G . M ., Bro . AVilliam AAllliams . AVith the assistance of Bro . Gray—whose talents , as an artist require no eulogium from me , and to whom we are much indebted for his exertions , and for his honourable and independent conduct—we venture to hope that our
labours have been crowned with success , and that the Brethren will approve of the painting which is now submitted to their view . It is , sir , to me personally , a source of the highest gratification , to have been selected thus publicly , to announce the completion of the labours of the Committee , although I feel myself inadequate to the task ; and to express an anxious hope , that the likeness now before us , will be viewed with delight by your children ' s children , and long remain as a
memento of our regard and esteem . I might here enlarge on the value of your public services as a man , and the debt of gratitude which we owe you as a Mason . I might also speak with pleasure of those virtues which adorn your private life , and so justly endear you to your family and friends , but I forbear . AVould that they could be transferred to the canvass , as faithfully as your external features are there represented , for in the progress of his work , the artist might well have adopted the language of the Roman poet , and have
said—Oh utinara mores , animumque eflingere possim , Pulchrior in terris , nulla Tahella foret . To which the R . AV . P . G . M . replied" My dear Brethren , —It is indeed difficult for me to express , adequately my feelings towards you , when I reflect on the many tokens which 1 have received of your approbation and esteem ; and the late request with which you honoured methat of sitting for my portraitthrough which
, , your affectionate attachment to me will be handed down to posterity , calls forth more particularl y my gratitude , and renders my present attempt still more difficult . But you know me well ; and you will believe that this public testimonial , presented in a , manner the most flattering and welcome to me , is received with . the warmest and most grateful feelings towards you , who have been pleased to distinguish me so highly . At the commencement of my Masonic career , I laid
down for myself a course in accordance with the fundamental principles of our Institution ; and , inspired with an anxious wish to promote the best interests of Freemasonry , I have to the present hour , striven to pursue that course without deviation . My greatest stimulus has been the desire to do my duty in every situation in which I have been placed , with zeal , fidelity , and impartiality ; and the reward of which I was most covetous , I have again and again received , my dear Brethren ,
at your hands , in your unqualified approbation of my conduct , your zealous co-operation on all occasions , and your evincing towards me your brotherly affection , so often and so unreservedly . I can , therefore , but reiterate my warmest thanks for the hi ghly flattering man-