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Scotland.
to it , a number of skeletons were discovered , lying cross-legged with their swords by their sides ; and a house of the Order at Newstead , in Roxburghshire , which was called Red-Abbey-stead . According to Camden , the Knights Templars were here succeeded by the Freemasons . — Vide Gough ' s edit . vol . 3 , p . 297 . MONTROSE , Dec . 27 , 1837 . —The Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge
celebrated the festival of St . John this day . Adam Burnes , Esq ., W . M ., in the Chair . On this occasion the Masonic medal was presented by the Brethren to their venerable and respected Chaplain , Brother James Nerval ; A . M . The following is a portion of the worthy Brother ' s eloquent address , which was listened to with great interest throughout . "Your Chaplain appreciates this honourable badge as the gift of brotherllove;—that love so beautifully illustratedand so pathetically
y , inculcated , by the sainted apostle whom we now commemorate;—that love , without which Masonry would be darkness , and Masons the children of darkness : —with which , Masonry is light , and Masons the sons of light;—without which the Lodge would be a club-room;—with which , it is a school of piety , morality , and the noblest virtues that adorn the human race . " It is a school of piety . The principle emblems are the teachers ;
The All-seeing Eye teaches the omnipresence of the Deity . Its lessons are delightful and awful;—delightful , while we remember that we are under its guardian care ; awful , when we forget that to it darkness is as the noon-day . The sun , moon , and stars demonstrate that ,
' The first Grand Master reared the globe , He spread the boundless sky ; He spoke—the sun , the moon arose , And all the worlds on high . ' " The Holy Volume expanded , invites us to peruse its sacred pages ; because in them , and in them only , are the words of eternal life . In them we learn that we are the children of Him who said' Let there be
, light , ancl there was light ; ' at whose fiat the universe arose , decked with every beauty , adorned with every perfection , proclaiming , amid the shouts of angelic hosts , its Creator ' s praise;—in them we learn that He is the source of all our comforts , the foundation of all our hopes;—in them we learn that we are not forgotten , nor neglected , amid the immensity of His works ; but that His mercies are new to us every morning ; His loving kindness every moment of our lives;—in them we
learn that the time will come , when all who have walked in wisdom ' s way shall walk the skies , contemplate their grandeur , dive deep in their economy divine , and join the angelic choir in eternal adoration . " The remaining symbols are instructors of morality , or of the mysteries of the Craft . " It is a school of the noblest virtues that adorn the human race . " It is a school of brotherl y love .
' Fraternal love cements each heart And joins each willing hand . ' " It is a school of patriotism . Not that pseudo patriotism which Dr . Johnson pronounced to be the last resource of every scoundrel ; but th at genuine amor patrice , so justly admired , so highly extolled , in every
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Scotland.
to it , a number of skeletons were discovered , lying cross-legged with their swords by their sides ; and a house of the Order at Newstead , in Roxburghshire , which was called Red-Abbey-stead . According to Camden , the Knights Templars were here succeeded by the Freemasons . — Vide Gough ' s edit . vol . 3 , p . 297 . MONTROSE , Dec . 27 , 1837 . —The Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge
celebrated the festival of St . John this day . Adam Burnes , Esq ., W . M ., in the Chair . On this occasion the Masonic medal was presented by the Brethren to their venerable and respected Chaplain , Brother James Nerval ; A . M . The following is a portion of the worthy Brother ' s eloquent address , which was listened to with great interest throughout . "Your Chaplain appreciates this honourable badge as the gift of brotherllove;—that love so beautifully illustratedand so pathetically
y , inculcated , by the sainted apostle whom we now commemorate;—that love , without which Masonry would be darkness , and Masons the children of darkness : —with which , Masonry is light , and Masons the sons of light;—without which the Lodge would be a club-room;—with which , it is a school of piety , morality , and the noblest virtues that adorn the human race . " It is a school of piety . The principle emblems are the teachers ;
The All-seeing Eye teaches the omnipresence of the Deity . Its lessons are delightful and awful;—delightful , while we remember that we are under its guardian care ; awful , when we forget that to it darkness is as the noon-day . The sun , moon , and stars demonstrate that ,
' The first Grand Master reared the globe , He spread the boundless sky ; He spoke—the sun , the moon arose , And all the worlds on high . ' " The Holy Volume expanded , invites us to peruse its sacred pages ; because in them , and in them only , are the words of eternal life . In them we learn that we are the children of Him who said' Let there be
, light , ancl there was light ; ' at whose fiat the universe arose , decked with every beauty , adorned with every perfection , proclaiming , amid the shouts of angelic hosts , its Creator ' s praise;—in them we learn that He is the source of all our comforts , the foundation of all our hopes;—in them we learn that we are not forgotten , nor neglected , amid the immensity of His works ; but that His mercies are new to us every morning ; His loving kindness every moment of our lives;—in them we
learn that the time will come , when all who have walked in wisdom ' s way shall walk the skies , contemplate their grandeur , dive deep in their economy divine , and join the angelic choir in eternal adoration . " The remaining symbols are instructors of morality , or of the mysteries of the Craft . " It is a school of the noblest virtues that adorn the human race . " It is a school of brotherl y love .
' Fraternal love cements each heart And joins each willing hand . ' " It is a school of patriotism . Not that pseudo patriotism which Dr . Johnson pronounced to be the last resource of every scoundrel ; but th at genuine amor patrice , so justly admired , so highly extolled , in every