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Scotland.
INSCRIPTION INSIDE TIIE BIBLE . " The Grand Master readily complies with the request made to him , by his R . W . and valued Brother Burnes , to inscribe his name on this page . In doing so , he avails himself of the opportunity to congratulate the Lodge St . Peter ' s , Montrose , on selecting as their Master , a Brother so distinguished for his unwearied zeal and Masonic ardour . The Grand Master has learned with peculiar leasurefrom the in
p , - scription on this volume , the long connexion ivhich has subsisted between the family of that worth y Brother and St . Peter ' s Lodge ; and he trusts that the tie may long remain unbroken . For himself , ' the third' Grand Master in descent of his name and family , he knows and can appreciate the feeling of increased interest and mutual affection , which so prolonged a connexion is calculated to produce . " The Grand Master cannot on this occasion lay down his pen , without
conveying to the Lodge St . Peter ' s his sincere good wishes for their future welfare and prosperity ; and he believes that the Brethren of that Lodge will not value this expression of good ivill the less , that it comes from the grandson of the Grand Master , whose name stands upon their Charter of Constitution . " RAMSAY , Grand Master . " " Edinburgh , Dec . 2 , A . L . 5836 . "
INSCRIPTION OUTSIDE THE BIBLE . " From the R . AV . Brother James Burnes , the Third Master in descent , of that name and famil y , of St . Peter ' s Lodge , Montrose , as a token of affection to his Brethren , A . D . 1836 . A . L . 5836 . " At the meeting of St . Peter ' s Lodge , Montrose , 7 th January , 1837 , it was proposed and resolved unanimousl y , that the sincere and cordial thanks of the Brethren be respectfully offered to the Ri ght Honourable Lord Most AVorshi
Ramsay , pful Grand Master of Scotland , for his Lordship ' s kindness and condescension , in appending his autograph inscription to the splendid Bible lately presented to the Lodge by the lit . AAr orshipful Brother Dr . James Burnes ; and , while they highly estimate the honour which his Lordship has been pleased to confer upon them by doing so , the Brethren are more particularly sensible of the flattering sentiments expressed b y his Lordship towards Brother Burnes himself , and to the members of this his Mother Lodge .
INSCRIPTION ON THE SNUFF BOX . "Presented b y the Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge , Montrose , to theRt . Worshipful James Burnes , L . L . D . F . R . S ., Provincial Grand Master for the AVestern Provinces of India , as a token of their affection , and as a record of the high estimation in ivhich his Mother Lodge holds his distinguished services in the cause of Freemasonry . " 9 th January , A . D . 1837 . A . L . 5837 . "
The foregoing paternal testimonials sufficiently mark how highly esteemed by his fellow Masons , is the Brother who is the object of so much enviable approbation . We say enviable ; for surely envy cannot be at all times an unworthy or unjustifiable feeling : nay , rather is it not often the very primum mobile of honest emulation and improvement ? But the whole conduct of Brother Burnes , during the comparatively short period that he has sojourned among us , has been such as strikingly to exemplify what the activity and abilities of one
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Scotland.
INSCRIPTION INSIDE TIIE BIBLE . " The Grand Master readily complies with the request made to him , by his R . W . and valued Brother Burnes , to inscribe his name on this page . In doing so , he avails himself of the opportunity to congratulate the Lodge St . Peter ' s , Montrose , on selecting as their Master , a Brother so distinguished for his unwearied zeal and Masonic ardour . The Grand Master has learned with peculiar leasurefrom the in
p , - scription on this volume , the long connexion ivhich has subsisted between the family of that worth y Brother and St . Peter ' s Lodge ; and he trusts that the tie may long remain unbroken . For himself , ' the third' Grand Master in descent of his name and family , he knows and can appreciate the feeling of increased interest and mutual affection , which so prolonged a connexion is calculated to produce . " The Grand Master cannot on this occasion lay down his pen , without
conveying to the Lodge St . Peter ' s his sincere good wishes for their future welfare and prosperity ; and he believes that the Brethren of that Lodge will not value this expression of good ivill the less , that it comes from the grandson of the Grand Master , whose name stands upon their Charter of Constitution . " RAMSAY , Grand Master . " " Edinburgh , Dec . 2 , A . L . 5836 . "
INSCRIPTION OUTSIDE THE BIBLE . " From the R . AV . Brother James Burnes , the Third Master in descent , of that name and famil y , of St . Peter ' s Lodge , Montrose , as a token of affection to his Brethren , A . D . 1836 . A . L . 5836 . " At the meeting of St . Peter ' s Lodge , Montrose , 7 th January , 1837 , it was proposed and resolved unanimousl y , that the sincere and cordial thanks of the Brethren be respectfully offered to the Ri ght Honourable Lord Most AVorshi
Ramsay , pful Grand Master of Scotland , for his Lordship ' s kindness and condescension , in appending his autograph inscription to the splendid Bible lately presented to the Lodge by the lit . AAr orshipful Brother Dr . James Burnes ; and , while they highly estimate the honour which his Lordship has been pleased to confer upon them by doing so , the Brethren are more particularly sensible of the flattering sentiments expressed b y his Lordship towards Brother Burnes himself , and to the members of this his Mother Lodge .
INSCRIPTION ON THE SNUFF BOX . "Presented b y the Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge , Montrose , to theRt . Worshipful James Burnes , L . L . D . F . R . S ., Provincial Grand Master for the AVestern Provinces of India , as a token of their affection , and as a record of the high estimation in ivhich his Mother Lodge holds his distinguished services in the cause of Freemasonry . " 9 th January , A . D . 1837 . A . L . 5837 . "
The foregoing paternal testimonials sufficiently mark how highly esteemed by his fellow Masons , is the Brother who is the object of so much enviable approbation . We say enviable ; for surely envy cannot be at all times an unworthy or unjustifiable feeling : nay , rather is it not often the very primum mobile of honest emulation and improvement ? But the whole conduct of Brother Burnes , during the comparatively short period that he has sojourned among us , has been such as strikingly to exemplify what the activity and abilities of one