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Ireland.
objections made on account of the lives of individuals not corresponding with the professed purity of their principles , this argument would hold equally good against all religion . He exhorted the Brethren to live and walk as Christians , and gave , as the description of a true Mason , the words of St . Peter , 2 d Epistle , verse 4 to 7 . The conclusion was a powerful appeal in behalf of a debt contracted on account of St . John ' s School , which we understand was very successful , the collection amounting to nearly 30 / .
Feb . 27 . —The Ancient Union Lodge , No . 13 , entertained their R . W . M ., Michael Furnell , as devoted a professor of the Order of Love , Peace , and Harmony as ever governed a Lodge . Forty-seven Brethren , the elite of the province , sat down to a dinner of Swinburn ' s best . In the absence of the senior P . M ., whose illness was sincerel y lamented , that super-excellent Mason , AV . S . Tracy , P . M ., presided , and with a grace peculiar to himself , shed a halo of pleasure all around . Several
Brethren , the most brilliant of the Munster bar , attended , and infused a spirit of Masonic enthusiasm in strains of eloquence most thrilling to the soul . The juvenile band—a convincing proof of the rising taste of Limerick—under their talented leader , Brother Neagle , played many Loyal and Masonic airs with enchanting effect . The usual toasts were rapturously responded to , and the happy fraternal party separated at twelve o ' clockfull of that delihtful sentiment and universal
benevo-, g lence , the attribute of the ( irder , and with peace , love , and harmony , closed their meeting with a glass of mulled claret , from the celebrated silver vase , to the memory of Captain Louis Mariencourt , of the French Privateer , Le Puree , voted by the Lodge to that noble Brother in testimony of his Masonic virtue .
It is most cheering to state that this highly respectable Lodge , which , after some years of abeyance , was revived but two months back with only thirteen members at the installation of its present officers , now musters over fifty Brethren of first station ancl character in our county and city , bidding fair to attain quickly its pristine splendour . AVe understand it is in contemplation to give a fancy ancl dress ball , and found a Masonic Orphan School in this city .
The following toasts and sentiments were given during the evening : " The Queen—God bless her . "—Air , God save the Queen . " The Grand Masters of England , Ireland , and Scotland . "—Come let us prepare . " The Right Worshipful Master of Thirteen , M . Furnell , the guest of the night . —Garryowen . " May Freemasonry flourish all over the world , and its true principles be understood and appreciated . "—Air , When the Sun from the East .
" The visiting Brethren , according to the respective numbers of their Lodges . " " The memory of Brother Louis Mariencourt , Captain of the French Privateer , Le Puree . " CALEDON . —Phoenix Lodge , No . 210 . St . John ' s Day falling on Sunday , the Brethren postponed the celebration until the following Monday , when they met at Brother Klenaus , Caledon Arms , Caledon , at four o ' clock in the afternoon . It proceeded to the dedication of the apartment in which their future meetings are to be held . The Master , Brother M . Johnston , read the permission ofthe G . L . of Ireland , avttho-
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Ireland.
objections made on account of the lives of individuals not corresponding with the professed purity of their principles , this argument would hold equally good against all religion . He exhorted the Brethren to live and walk as Christians , and gave , as the description of a true Mason , the words of St . Peter , 2 d Epistle , verse 4 to 7 . The conclusion was a powerful appeal in behalf of a debt contracted on account of St . John ' s School , which we understand was very successful , the collection amounting to nearly 30 / .
Feb . 27 . —The Ancient Union Lodge , No . 13 , entertained their R . W . M ., Michael Furnell , as devoted a professor of the Order of Love , Peace , and Harmony as ever governed a Lodge . Forty-seven Brethren , the elite of the province , sat down to a dinner of Swinburn ' s best . In the absence of the senior P . M ., whose illness was sincerel y lamented , that super-excellent Mason , AV . S . Tracy , P . M ., presided , and with a grace peculiar to himself , shed a halo of pleasure all around . Several
Brethren , the most brilliant of the Munster bar , attended , and infused a spirit of Masonic enthusiasm in strains of eloquence most thrilling to the soul . The juvenile band—a convincing proof of the rising taste of Limerick—under their talented leader , Brother Neagle , played many Loyal and Masonic airs with enchanting effect . The usual toasts were rapturously responded to , and the happy fraternal party separated at twelve o ' clockfull of that delihtful sentiment and universal
benevo-, g lence , the attribute of the ( irder , and with peace , love , and harmony , closed their meeting with a glass of mulled claret , from the celebrated silver vase , to the memory of Captain Louis Mariencourt , of the French Privateer , Le Puree , voted by the Lodge to that noble Brother in testimony of his Masonic virtue .
It is most cheering to state that this highly respectable Lodge , which , after some years of abeyance , was revived but two months back with only thirteen members at the installation of its present officers , now musters over fifty Brethren of first station ancl character in our county and city , bidding fair to attain quickly its pristine splendour . AVe understand it is in contemplation to give a fancy ancl dress ball , and found a Masonic Orphan School in this city .
The following toasts and sentiments were given during the evening : " The Queen—God bless her . "—Air , God save the Queen . " The Grand Masters of England , Ireland , and Scotland . "—Come let us prepare . " The Right Worshipful Master of Thirteen , M . Furnell , the guest of the night . —Garryowen . " May Freemasonry flourish all over the world , and its true principles be understood and appreciated . "—Air , When the Sun from the East .
" The visiting Brethren , according to the respective numbers of their Lodges . " " The memory of Brother Louis Mariencourt , Captain of the French Privateer , Le Puree . " CALEDON . —Phoenix Lodge , No . 210 . St . John ' s Day falling on Sunday , the Brethren postponed the celebration until the following Monday , when they met at Brother Klenaus , Caledon Arms , Caledon , at four o ' clock in the afternoon . It proceeded to the dedication of the apartment in which their future meetings are to be held . The Master , Brother M . Johnston , read the permission ofthe G . L . of Ireland , avttho-