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presented with the sincerest wishes for your temporal and eternal welfare . The fervent prayer of your Brethren is , that , wherever you may be , or in whatever you undertake , you may be under the guidance and protection of the Great Architect of all , and that he may alway ' prosper your handy-work !'—( Masonic cheering . ) The jewel was beautifully executed by Bro . Acklam , of London , and bore the following inscription : —
" Presented to Brother James Sharp , by the Brethren and Visitors of the Shakspeare Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons , No . 356 , as a 'Testimonial of fraternal regard , admiration of his Masonic attainments , and sincere approbation of his unwearied zeal in promoting the general interests of Freemasonry ; especially in presiding , with great ability , as W . M ., at the Jubilee Festival of the Shakspeare Lodge , held at the Court Housein Warwickon the 16 th of August 1841 . "
, , , Letters were read from the Rev . Dr . Oliver , Dr . Crucefix , and from several provincial officers of Warwickshire , Staffordshire , and Leicestershire , regretting their unavoidable absence from the meeting . Bro . SHARP addressed the company in the following terms : — " Worshipful Master , and Brethren , —There have been but few occasions , during the period of my connection with the Shakspeare Lodge , on which I have found it either difficult or embarrassing to give utterance
to the sentiments which I have entertained upon a variety of Masonic topics , or to the feelings of gratitude which your oft-repeated acts of kindness have called into operation . It may , therefore , appear something like affectation , if I now declare that I rise with considerable diffidence to respond to this renewed assurance of your fraternal respect aud
approbation . It is , indeed , beyond my power to convey , in other than very imperfect terms , the feelings of a heart overflowing with gratitude , kindness , and good-will , to those now assembled in the tiled recesses of my Mother Lodge . It were useless in me attempting to enlarge upon the delicacy of feeling that would induce me to say that this jewelso elegant , so sincere a tribute of Brotherly love—is somewhat misapplied ; for my power of memory cannot bring to view any circumstance —any official act of minethat would render such an extraordinary
dis-, play of your approval either necessary or deserved . I am , nevertheless , willing to take to myself all the praise which has been so generously heaped upon me , in the hope that , when the proceedings of this day shall have passed among the countless events ' adown the gulph of time , ' it may act as an incentive to our successors , in the Shakspeare Lodge , actively to emulate each other in sowing the seeds of Science , and Morality—Knowledge and Benevolence ;—and also to regard us , as we have
regarded the memory of our predecessors , with the gratitude of hearts and minds prompted . and enriched by the sacred principles of the Science of Light . When I am asked to accept this gift for efficiency and sound Masonic acquirements , I am free to confess that every succeeding day convinces me , more and more , that I am , as yet , a mere novice in the Royal Art ; but if it be awarded me as a mark of friendship and goodwillI am equallfree to confessthat I receive it with prideand shall
, y , , preserve it with veneration . The only return I can hope to make for such a tribute as this , and for the flattering encomiums I have received , —derived , too , from so pure and honorable a source , —is to pledge myself , for the future , to promulgate , with increased toil and zeal , those fundamental principles of our Order which are so closely interwoven with the practice of Religion . The redemption of that pledge will ,
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Provincial.
presented with the sincerest wishes for your temporal and eternal welfare . The fervent prayer of your Brethren is , that , wherever you may be , or in whatever you undertake , you may be under the guidance and protection of the Great Architect of all , and that he may alway ' prosper your handy-work !'—( Masonic cheering . ) The jewel was beautifully executed by Bro . Acklam , of London , and bore the following inscription : —
" Presented to Brother James Sharp , by the Brethren and Visitors of the Shakspeare Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons , No . 356 , as a 'Testimonial of fraternal regard , admiration of his Masonic attainments , and sincere approbation of his unwearied zeal in promoting the general interests of Freemasonry ; especially in presiding , with great ability , as W . M ., at the Jubilee Festival of the Shakspeare Lodge , held at the Court Housein Warwickon the 16 th of August 1841 . "
, , , Letters were read from the Rev . Dr . Oliver , Dr . Crucefix , and from several provincial officers of Warwickshire , Staffordshire , and Leicestershire , regretting their unavoidable absence from the meeting . Bro . SHARP addressed the company in the following terms : — " Worshipful Master , and Brethren , —There have been but few occasions , during the period of my connection with the Shakspeare Lodge , on which I have found it either difficult or embarrassing to give utterance
to the sentiments which I have entertained upon a variety of Masonic topics , or to the feelings of gratitude which your oft-repeated acts of kindness have called into operation . It may , therefore , appear something like affectation , if I now declare that I rise with considerable diffidence to respond to this renewed assurance of your fraternal respect aud
approbation . It is , indeed , beyond my power to convey , in other than very imperfect terms , the feelings of a heart overflowing with gratitude , kindness , and good-will , to those now assembled in the tiled recesses of my Mother Lodge . It were useless in me attempting to enlarge upon the delicacy of feeling that would induce me to say that this jewelso elegant , so sincere a tribute of Brotherly love—is somewhat misapplied ; for my power of memory cannot bring to view any circumstance —any official act of minethat would render such an extraordinary
dis-, play of your approval either necessary or deserved . I am , nevertheless , willing to take to myself all the praise which has been so generously heaped upon me , in the hope that , when the proceedings of this day shall have passed among the countless events ' adown the gulph of time , ' it may act as an incentive to our successors , in the Shakspeare Lodge , actively to emulate each other in sowing the seeds of Science , and Morality—Knowledge and Benevolence ;—and also to regard us , as we have
regarded the memory of our predecessors , with the gratitude of hearts and minds prompted . and enriched by the sacred principles of the Science of Light . When I am asked to accept this gift for efficiency and sound Masonic acquirements , I am free to confess that every succeeding day convinces me , more and more , that I am , as yet , a mere novice in the Royal Art ; but if it be awarded me as a mark of friendship and goodwillI am equallfree to confessthat I receive it with prideand shall
, y , , preserve it with veneration . The only return I can hope to make for such a tribute as this , and for the flattering encomiums I have received , —derived , too , from so pure and honorable a source , —is to pledge myself , for the future , to promulgate , with increased toil and zeal , those fundamental principles of our Order which are so closely interwoven with the practice of Religion . The redemption of that pledge will ,