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The Annalist.
Bro . Rowland Holt on the 17 th February visited the Lodge , and invited the members to visit the Loclge of Friendship , No . 3 . 16 th March , 1708 . This was a grand clay for the Lodge ; the most noble the Duke of Beaufort , M . AV . G . M ., visited the Lodge in great state , accompanied by Bro . Uunckerley , and other grand officers , the AV . M . of the Friendship and his officers ; a great number of visitors were also present . The duke occupied the thronewhile the W . M .
, directed the work . The pioceedings were of a most interesting nature . His grace attended the banquet , and remained until one o ' clock . The Lodge of Friendship appears to have cultivated a very intimate acquaintance with this French Loclge , for on the 20 th April , a particular minute states that No . 3 have agreed to receive regularly the Brethren of L'lmmortalite de I'Ordre , on payment of the same nightly clues as their own members , namely , five shillings each ; and finally the
Brethren of the two Lodges were considered as partaking of' the advantages of membershi p in both . The Treasurer ' s account finall y shows as paid by . that officer 205 11 2 Furniture , &* c . of the Lodge , valued at . . . . 176 5 2 Debt . . 29 6 0 [ It has been our fortune to inspect the minute books of many Lod
ges , but certainly for accuracy of detail , regularity of minutes , clearness of penmanship , ancl , above all , for a most copious and explanatory index , the minute book of this French Lodge exceeds any we have seen ; and we regret much our inability to give any other account than the two year ' s transactions which are therein contained . —En . ~|
Popular Lecture On Freemasonry.
POPULAR LECTURE ON FREEMASONRY .
On Tuesday , 25 th February , Brother Charles Mackie delivered an interesting lecture on the Origin of the Arts and Sciences , and the Antiquity of Freemasonry , at Crosby Hall , Bishopsgate-street . He was assisted on the occasion by Mr . Jeffreys and Miss Townsend , who sung several songs in illustration of the subject . The lecture was given for the benefit of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . The National Anthem having been MrMackie
comsung , . menced by saying : " That of all the curious ancl interesting prospects which history opens to our view , the progressive advancement of the human mind in the improvement of its faculties , was decidedly the most delightful . The exploits of conquerors might dazzle at first sight , but the labours of the artist ancl the mechanic , although they did not shine with so conspicuous a light , diversified the picture of human life with milder and more beautiful colours . It was a curious factthat in all
, classes of the lower animals , the creature advanced from infancy to maturity , ancl attained , in the compass of a single life , to all the perfection their natures could reach . But with man , the species hacl a progress as well as the individual . He built , in every subsequent age , upon foundations formerly laid ; ancl , in a succession of years , could only approximate to perfection in the application of his faculties , based on the labour and experience of former generations .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Annalist.
Bro . Rowland Holt on the 17 th February visited the Lodge , and invited the members to visit the Loclge of Friendship , No . 3 . 16 th March , 1708 . This was a grand clay for the Lodge ; the most noble the Duke of Beaufort , M . AV . G . M ., visited the Lodge in great state , accompanied by Bro . Uunckerley , and other grand officers , the AV . M . of the Friendship and his officers ; a great number of visitors were also present . The duke occupied the thronewhile the W . M .
, directed the work . The pioceedings were of a most interesting nature . His grace attended the banquet , and remained until one o ' clock . The Lodge of Friendship appears to have cultivated a very intimate acquaintance with this French Loclge , for on the 20 th April , a particular minute states that No . 3 have agreed to receive regularly the Brethren of L'lmmortalite de I'Ordre , on payment of the same nightly clues as their own members , namely , five shillings each ; and finally the
Brethren of the two Lodges were considered as partaking of' the advantages of membershi p in both . The Treasurer ' s account finall y shows as paid by . that officer 205 11 2 Furniture , &* c . of the Lodge , valued at . . . . 176 5 2 Debt . . 29 6 0 [ It has been our fortune to inspect the minute books of many Lod
ges , but certainly for accuracy of detail , regularity of minutes , clearness of penmanship , ancl , above all , for a most copious and explanatory index , the minute book of this French Lodge exceeds any we have seen ; and we regret much our inability to give any other account than the two year ' s transactions which are therein contained . —En . ~|
Popular Lecture On Freemasonry.
POPULAR LECTURE ON FREEMASONRY .
On Tuesday , 25 th February , Brother Charles Mackie delivered an interesting lecture on the Origin of the Arts and Sciences , and the Antiquity of Freemasonry , at Crosby Hall , Bishopsgate-street . He was assisted on the occasion by Mr . Jeffreys and Miss Townsend , who sung several songs in illustration of the subject . The lecture was given for the benefit of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . The National Anthem having been MrMackie
comsung , . menced by saying : " That of all the curious ancl interesting prospects which history opens to our view , the progressive advancement of the human mind in the improvement of its faculties , was decidedly the most delightful . The exploits of conquerors might dazzle at first sight , but the labours of the artist ancl the mechanic , although they did not shine with so conspicuous a light , diversified the picture of human life with milder and more beautiful colours . It was a curious factthat in all
, classes of the lower animals , the creature advanced from infancy to maturity , ancl attained , in the compass of a single life , to all the perfection their natures could reach . But with man , the species hacl a progress as well as the individual . He built , in every subsequent age , upon foundations formerly laid ; ancl , in a succession of years , could only approximate to perfection in the application of his faculties , based on the labour and experience of former generations .