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Supreme Grand Council Of The Thirty-Third Degree,
fraternal regard and affection , and expressive of the high estimation entertained of the very eminent services rendered the Fraternity of the State , and the institution at large . During the seventeen years he has held the office , the Order in this State has been assailed on all sides by factions—political , anti-Masonic , and rebellious—but , with unremitting assiduity , Bro . Herring battled the opposing tempests , and we are now enjoying the fruits of his labourszealand deep devotedness to the
, , cause . The festival of St . John the Baptist having been selected , at the appointed time the Brethren assembled at Bro . Stone ' s , Broadway , and in the room used by the Grand Loclge , which was appropriately decorated with Masonic banners and emblems , sat down to a sumptuous table loaded with the choicest viands and all the delicacies ofthe season . The R . AV . AVilliam WillisP . D . G . M . presidedandthe cloth
, , , , having been withdrawn , " Non Nobis Domine" was chaunted by Bros . A . Phillips , A . Kyle , and J . Massett , who , with Bro . J . Anderson , enlivened the banquet with cheerful songs : Bro . George Lover presiding at the pianoforte in his usual masterly style . Regular toasts , —1 st , " The day ancl all who honour it . " 2 nd , " The
Grand Lodges throughout the world . ' Previous to proposing the third toast , the R . AV . Bro . "Willis read the following letter from the M . W . the Hon . John D . Willard , G . AI ., State New York : — Troy , 22 nd Juno , 1846 . AV . BRETHREN , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter inviting me to attend the dinner to be given on the 24 th inst . to the lt . AA . James HerringPast Grand Secretary . There is no
, one who appreciates more justly than myself the ability and zeal with which the Past Grand Secretary has discharged the important duties of his office through so many years , and it would give me very great pleasure to be present at the dinner , both for the sake of uniting in the compliment to that distinguished Brother , and for the purpose also of meeting on a festive occasion the noble-hearted Freemasons of the city of New York . I have delayed an answer for two oi three daysin the
, hope that I might so arrange my business engagements as to be present ; but I fincl it impossible , and am compelled reluctantly to decline the invitation with which I have been honoured . Very respectfully and fraternally yours , JOHN D . WILLARD . W . Bros . F . G . Tisdall , W . W . Nexscn , Geo . Loder , Committee .
Third , " The M . AV . Grand Master and Grand Officers of the State of New York . " The R . AV . Deputy Grand Alaster , Bro . Isaac Phillips , responded as follows : —lt . AV . Brother , —In the absence of our M . AV . Grand Master , the very agreeable duty devolves upon me of returning the most grateful thanks in behalf of the officers of the Grand Lodge , for the good wishes and kind feelings intended to be conveyed in making mention of them at this interesting momentand for the cordialheartyancl
una-, , , nimous response which has been made to the compliment by so numerous ancl respectable an assemblage of our Brethren . May I trust that I am not over-estimating the kindness and partiality of those friends around me , with many of whom it is my pride to say I have been long and closely linked by the tender ties of fraternal intercourse , in feeling and believing that it is not alone to the office to which their attachment
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Supreme Grand Council Of The Thirty-Third Degree,
fraternal regard and affection , and expressive of the high estimation entertained of the very eminent services rendered the Fraternity of the State , and the institution at large . During the seventeen years he has held the office , the Order in this State has been assailed on all sides by factions—political , anti-Masonic , and rebellious—but , with unremitting assiduity , Bro . Herring battled the opposing tempests , and we are now enjoying the fruits of his labourszealand deep devotedness to the
, , cause . The festival of St . John the Baptist having been selected , at the appointed time the Brethren assembled at Bro . Stone ' s , Broadway , and in the room used by the Grand Loclge , which was appropriately decorated with Masonic banners and emblems , sat down to a sumptuous table loaded with the choicest viands and all the delicacies ofthe season . The R . AV . AVilliam WillisP . D . G . M . presidedandthe cloth
, , , , having been withdrawn , " Non Nobis Domine" was chaunted by Bros . A . Phillips , A . Kyle , and J . Massett , who , with Bro . J . Anderson , enlivened the banquet with cheerful songs : Bro . George Lover presiding at the pianoforte in his usual masterly style . Regular toasts , —1 st , " The day ancl all who honour it . " 2 nd , " The
Grand Lodges throughout the world . ' Previous to proposing the third toast , the R . AV . Bro . "Willis read the following letter from the M . W . the Hon . John D . Willard , G . AI ., State New York : — Troy , 22 nd Juno , 1846 . AV . BRETHREN , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter inviting me to attend the dinner to be given on the 24 th inst . to the lt . AA . James HerringPast Grand Secretary . There is no
, one who appreciates more justly than myself the ability and zeal with which the Past Grand Secretary has discharged the important duties of his office through so many years , and it would give me very great pleasure to be present at the dinner , both for the sake of uniting in the compliment to that distinguished Brother , and for the purpose also of meeting on a festive occasion the noble-hearted Freemasons of the city of New York . I have delayed an answer for two oi three daysin the
, hope that I might so arrange my business engagements as to be present ; but I fincl it impossible , and am compelled reluctantly to decline the invitation with which I have been honoured . Very respectfully and fraternally yours , JOHN D . WILLARD . W . Bros . F . G . Tisdall , W . W . Nexscn , Geo . Loder , Committee .
Third , " The M . AV . Grand Master and Grand Officers of the State of New York . " The R . AV . Deputy Grand Alaster , Bro . Isaac Phillips , responded as follows : —lt . AV . Brother , —In the absence of our M . AV . Grand Master , the very agreeable duty devolves upon me of returning the most grateful thanks in behalf of the officers of the Grand Lodge , for the good wishes and kind feelings intended to be conveyed in making mention of them at this interesting momentand for the cordialheartyancl
una-, , , nimous response which has been made to the compliment by so numerous ancl respectable an assemblage of our Brethren . May I trust that I am not over-estimating the kindness and partiality of those friends around me , with many of whom it is my pride to say I have been long and closely linked by the tender ties of fraternal intercourse , in feeling and believing that it is not alone to the office to which their attachment