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were present , and the visitors included the elite of the military , mercantile , and professional Brethren of the metropolis , a circumstance ivhich shows the value iu which Captain Baldwin ' s services are held by the entire Fraternity , it being understood that a valuable piece of plate was on this occasion to be presented to that indefatigable promoter of Masonry , good fellowship , and universal benevolence . The
newlyelected officers having been " installed , invested , and proclaimed /' according to the forms prescribed by the ancient Constitution of Masonry , the assembly adjourned from labour to refreshment , when a splendid dinner was served up in Bro . Radley ' s best style—Madeira , claret , champagne , and other wines in profusion . The cloth having been drawn , the Rev . George . Kelly , A . M ., Chaplain to Lotlge 50 ,
said grace , after which the Master gave the customary toasts— " The King , G . P . O ., " " The Queen , " " The Grand Masters of England , Scotland , and Ireland , " & c . Counsellor Tenison , P . M ., having obtained permission from the AV . M ., then rose and addressed the Brethren to the following effect . He said , that having held the honourable and responsible station of
Master of that Lodge , when a tribute to the merits and services of Bro . Baldwin had been unanimously and deservedly voted by the members of No . 50 , it then became his pleasing duty to present it , and
at tiie same time to propose his health . In Bro . Baldwin they had witnessed a rare devotedness and a singular attachment to the illustrious institution of Masonry , an institution whose ordinances and regulations , whose solemnities and ceremonies were in perfect accordance with those duties and virtues inculcated under the solemn sanction of religion and morality . He had known Bro . Baldwin to be eVer
ready to assist the distressed widow , and to relieve the impoverished orphan of his deceased Brother , and they had seen him as the promoter of " those kindling , benevolent sympathies which light the genial flame of charity in the heart , " and which he ( Bro . T . ) trusted were burning brightly in the besom of every Mason , because they taught him not only his duty towards himself and to his fellow man , bub
above all , they instructed him in his duty to the benign Architect of our creation . Every office in Lodge 50 , from the Junior Deacon to the dignity of Master , had been filled by Bro . Baldwin , who discharged the duties of each department with fidelity and firmness , moderation and brotherly love ; ever anxious to preserve the efficiency , the consistency , and dignity of the Craft , aud displaying , under a variety of
circumstances , considerable candour , competent knowledge , and those conciliating courtesies which characterise the gentleman . He , therefore , in the name of Lodge 50 , begged Captain Baldwin ' s acceptance of a piece of plate , which was presented to him as a small but sincere token of the gratitude of its members , for the indefatigable industry
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Ireland.
were present , and the visitors included the elite of the military , mercantile , and professional Brethren of the metropolis , a circumstance ivhich shows the value iu which Captain Baldwin ' s services are held by the entire Fraternity , it being understood that a valuable piece of plate was on this occasion to be presented to that indefatigable promoter of Masonry , good fellowship , and universal benevolence . The
newlyelected officers having been " installed , invested , and proclaimed /' according to the forms prescribed by the ancient Constitution of Masonry , the assembly adjourned from labour to refreshment , when a splendid dinner was served up in Bro . Radley ' s best style—Madeira , claret , champagne , and other wines in profusion . The cloth having been drawn , the Rev . George . Kelly , A . M ., Chaplain to Lotlge 50 ,
said grace , after which the Master gave the customary toasts— " The King , G . P . O ., " " The Queen , " " The Grand Masters of England , Scotland , and Ireland , " & c . Counsellor Tenison , P . M ., having obtained permission from the AV . M ., then rose and addressed the Brethren to the following effect . He said , that having held the honourable and responsible station of
Master of that Lodge , when a tribute to the merits and services of Bro . Baldwin had been unanimously and deservedly voted by the members of No . 50 , it then became his pleasing duty to present it , and
at tiie same time to propose his health . In Bro . Baldwin they had witnessed a rare devotedness and a singular attachment to the illustrious institution of Masonry , an institution whose ordinances and regulations , whose solemnities and ceremonies were in perfect accordance with those duties and virtues inculcated under the solemn sanction of religion and morality . He had known Bro . Baldwin to be eVer
ready to assist the distressed widow , and to relieve the impoverished orphan of his deceased Brother , and they had seen him as the promoter of " those kindling , benevolent sympathies which light the genial flame of charity in the heart , " and which he ( Bro . T . ) trusted were burning brightly in the besom of every Mason , because they taught him not only his duty towards himself and to his fellow man , bub
above all , they instructed him in his duty to the benign Architect of our creation . Every office in Lodge 50 , from the Junior Deacon to the dignity of Master , had been filled by Bro . Baldwin , who discharged the duties of each department with fidelity and firmness , moderation and brotherly love ; ever anxious to preserve the efficiency , the consistency , and dignity of the Craft , aud displaying , under a variety of
circumstances , considerable candour , competent knowledge , and those conciliating courtesies which characterise the gentleman . He , therefore , in the name of Lodge 50 , begged Captain Baldwin ' s acceptance of a piece of plate , which was presented to him as a small but sincere token of the gratitude of its members , for the indefatigable industry