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Masonic Intelligence.
they originally belonged most remote from ono another , and that His great unerring law was , that when He brought them together , He incorporated them ,, coincided them , and made them into one body . Even tho granite , of winch the solid ribs of the earth ( if I may so express myself ) are composed , is a compound body . Union—God teaches us in the very foundation of the earth—union is strength . ( Cheers . ) AVell , then , if union is strengthcombination is utibty . ( Cheers . ) Combination is the hihest
de-, g gree of prudence . Now , are ive to leave these things just as ive found them ? Do you Masons leave an assembly of this kind just as you found it ? I do not believe it -, I believe that you are desirous of carrying forward your work to the brotherly cementing of all ranks and all orders of society . Shall ive not apply this rule to such a town as our own ? We are apparently in one of those situations , morally and socially , in which the elements of which the world was formed were at one time . Here we have substances
brought together—I mean living creatures—from every portion of the British isles . The continent of Europe supplies us with many ; the far western world sends in its portion also . Must we not apply God's law ? Shall we not endeavour to cement them , to unite them all , the one to tho other ? Shall we not do our best to fill up any gaps there may be between the grades of society ? And if no other event follow from laying the foundation-stone of this grancl structure than the bringing one ofthe aristocracy
—so seldom seen in the streets of our own town—into the midst of our dusty , sooty operatives , and letting them see that he is a man like themselves ( cheers ) , is not this a result at ivhich every benevolent and philanthropic heart would rejoice ? ( Hear . ) Ours is destined to he a town in a singular position ; it is testified that this town has grown probably more
rapidly than any town in England in the interval between one census and another . AA e are become a giant in body : what will become of that body lhat does not grow in mind ? ( Hear , hear . ) Shall we leave it to become an unwieldy , unsightly idiot , or a frantic , injurious madman ? ( Hear , hear . ) The work in which we have beon this day engaged is a grand step in the right direction . Gentlemen , under the blessing of Gocl Almighty , your perseverance , your mercantile ambition ( if you will allow the expression ) , your industry , your talentis attracting great multitudes to your town ; may
, the same God grant that your benevolence , your liberality , your Christian principles may lead you to make the necessary moral accommodation for the people . This town is not growing in the old fashion , ancl your institutions must not rise in the old fashion . They must not be slow , few and far between , but if it is your desire to discharge your duty in your generation ; if it is your desire to hand down prosperity , comfort ancl security , temporal—nayperhaps eternal blessingsto your sons ancl to your sons '
, , sons , you will lake care that the institutions of your town keep pace with the growth of the x > eoplo . ( Hoar , hear . ) If there be one thing that could add to the gratification of this day , unsullied by a single stain—and may it continue so to the last!—a clay without one single chord of discord to vibrate in it—a day , I trust , holding forth the prospect , of the harmonious sounds which ive shall hear at tho inauguration of this mighty edifice- —if anything could add to this feeling of gratificationit would be the extreme
, propriety that seems to have accompanied the arrangements of the day . I think it has been in the propriety of good taste that your ancient Crafthas been asked to inaugurate the proceedings of this clay ( hear , hear ); to your ready and kind response we are indebted for the honour wc have this day received in the company of the Karl of Zetland and many of your highest officers from distant quarters . ( Hoar , hear . ) I cannot conceive VOL , n . 3 A
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Masonic Intelligence.
they originally belonged most remote from ono another , and that His great unerring law was , that when He brought them together , He incorporated them ,, coincided them , and made them into one body . Even tho granite , of winch the solid ribs of the earth ( if I may so express myself ) are composed , is a compound body . Union—God teaches us in the very foundation of the earth—union is strength . ( Cheers . ) AVell , then , if union is strengthcombination is utibty . ( Cheers . ) Combination is the hihest
de-, g gree of prudence . Now , are ive to leave these things just as ive found them ? Do you Masons leave an assembly of this kind just as you found it ? I do not believe it -, I believe that you are desirous of carrying forward your work to the brotherly cementing of all ranks and all orders of society . Shall ive not apply this rule to such a town as our own ? We are apparently in one of those situations , morally and socially , in which the elements of which the world was formed were at one time . Here we have substances
brought together—I mean living creatures—from every portion of the British isles . The continent of Europe supplies us with many ; the far western world sends in its portion also . Must we not apply God's law ? Shall we not endeavour to cement them , to unite them all , the one to tho other ? Shall we not do our best to fill up any gaps there may be between the grades of society ? And if no other event follow from laying the foundation-stone of this grancl structure than the bringing one ofthe aristocracy
—so seldom seen in the streets of our own town—into the midst of our dusty , sooty operatives , and letting them see that he is a man like themselves ( cheers ) , is not this a result at ivhich every benevolent and philanthropic heart would rejoice ? ( Hear . ) Ours is destined to he a town in a singular position ; it is testified that this town has grown probably more
rapidly than any town in England in the interval between one census and another . AA e are become a giant in body : what will become of that body lhat does not grow in mind ? ( Hear , hear . ) Shall we leave it to become an unwieldy , unsightly idiot , or a frantic , injurious madman ? ( Hear , hear . ) The work in which we have beon this day engaged is a grand step in the right direction . Gentlemen , under the blessing of Gocl Almighty , your perseverance , your mercantile ambition ( if you will allow the expression ) , your industry , your talentis attracting great multitudes to your town ; may
, the same God grant that your benevolence , your liberality , your Christian principles may lead you to make the necessary moral accommodation for the people . This town is not growing in the old fashion , ancl your institutions must not rise in the old fashion . They must not be slow , few and far between , but if it is your desire to discharge your duty in your generation ; if it is your desire to hand down prosperity , comfort ancl security , temporal—nayperhaps eternal blessingsto your sons ancl to your sons '
, , sons , you will lake care that the institutions of your town keep pace with the growth of the x > eoplo . ( Hoar , hear . ) If there be one thing that could add to the gratification of this day , unsullied by a single stain—and may it continue so to the last!—a clay without one single chord of discord to vibrate in it—a day , I trust , holding forth the prospect , of the harmonious sounds which ive shall hear at tho inauguration of this mighty edifice- —if anything could add to this feeling of gratificationit would be the extreme
, propriety that seems to have accompanied the arrangements of the day . I think it has been in the propriety of good taste that your ancient Crafthas been asked to inaugurate the proceedings of this clay ( hear , hear ); to your ready and kind response we are indebted for the honour wc have this day received in the company of the Karl of Zetland and many of your highest officers from distant quarters . ( Hoar , hear . ) I cannot conceive VOL , n . 3 A