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meeting was concluded . The evening was greatly enlivened by Bro . Genge , who volunteered some of his delightful melodies ; Bro . Spencer , who never lacks in his desire to please ; Bro . Evans' " Father Paul , " Bro . Smyth ' s " Robinson Crusoe ; " Bro . Hawkins and others also added their efforts in the general amount of vocal entertainment . It was altogether an intellectual treat , and concluded by half-past eleven o ' clock .
GRAND STEWARDS' LODGE—Public Night—March 15 . —In consequence of the unpropitious state of the weather , the attendance of visitors ¦ was not so numerous as upon former occasions ; this is the more to be regretted as the working was excellent , and gave great delight to those who were present ; more especially to the junior portion of the assembly , many of whom had probably never heard the lecture worked until this occasion . The ceremony of the evening was the first lecture , and was ably gone throughin sectionsby the following brethrenviz . Bros .
Hodg-, , , , kinson , Gibbins , Forman , Emly , Cox , Udall , ancl Norris . Where all were excellent , it would be invidious to particularize , but should we be asked to single out one , we should unhesitatingly say that the fourth section , by Bro . Emly , was the master-piece . Bro . tlie Rev . J . E . Cox , in a brief , but eloquent speech , expressed the thanks of the visitors ; and which were very kindly acknowledged by our talented friend , Bro . Shaw , the much-esteemed Master of the Lodge .
OAK LODGE , Feb . 16 . —That indefatigable Mason , Bro . Pryer , this day performed an " allotted task , " with more than exemplary powerit should be recorded , viz ., three initiations , two passings , two raisings , and a lecture on Egyptian Hieroglyphics , Masons' Marks , and the origin of Punic , Greek , Coptic , and Oriental alphabets . How brief the record , but how wondrous the text !
LODGE OF FIDELITY , No . 3 . —March . —This lodge was visited by a distinguished member of the Craft , the Reverend Elie W . Stokes , a gentleman of colour , engaged on a mission from America , who addressed the lodge , stating that he was a Master Mason of the Union , No . 10 , Pawtucket , and rector of Christ Church , Rhode Island , that he was very proud of the reception he had met with in England , where he had an opportunity of proving that , among Masons , fraternity meant something more than its common acceptation ; and concluded by
trusting that so long as men inhabit this earth , the brethren will continue to meet and to inculcate principles of morality and wisdom . He was surprised to hear from Bro . Goldsworthy that he believed nearly as many lodges held their meetings at the Freemasons' Tavern , London , as there were in the whole of America * Bro . Sullivan remarked that the distinguished visit just made , and the ideas resulting therefrom , proved the value and correctness of the science of Freemasonry , which was not
confined to any age , clime , or people—whose influence was as boundless as the sea and direct as the sun . Although his organ of veneration was not pre-eminentl y large , he had nevertheless a veneration and an adoration for a science which hacl stood the test of continuous ages . Freemasonry was the earliest science on record , and had passed unsullied and unscathed through the tests and ordeals to which men and time hacl subjected it ; ancl had proved by ils continued success that " age cannot wither , nor custom stale its infinite variety . " And then came the re-
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The Reporter.
meeting was concluded . The evening was greatly enlivened by Bro . Genge , who volunteered some of his delightful melodies ; Bro . Spencer , who never lacks in his desire to please ; Bro . Evans' " Father Paul , " Bro . Smyth ' s " Robinson Crusoe ; " Bro . Hawkins and others also added their efforts in the general amount of vocal entertainment . It was altogether an intellectual treat , and concluded by half-past eleven o ' clock .
GRAND STEWARDS' LODGE—Public Night—March 15 . —In consequence of the unpropitious state of the weather , the attendance of visitors ¦ was not so numerous as upon former occasions ; this is the more to be regretted as the working was excellent , and gave great delight to those who were present ; more especially to the junior portion of the assembly , many of whom had probably never heard the lecture worked until this occasion . The ceremony of the evening was the first lecture , and was ably gone throughin sectionsby the following brethrenviz . Bros .
Hodg-, , , , kinson , Gibbins , Forman , Emly , Cox , Udall , ancl Norris . Where all were excellent , it would be invidious to particularize , but should we be asked to single out one , we should unhesitatingly say that the fourth section , by Bro . Emly , was the master-piece . Bro . tlie Rev . J . E . Cox , in a brief , but eloquent speech , expressed the thanks of the visitors ; and which were very kindly acknowledged by our talented friend , Bro . Shaw , the much-esteemed Master of the Lodge .
OAK LODGE , Feb . 16 . —That indefatigable Mason , Bro . Pryer , this day performed an " allotted task , " with more than exemplary powerit should be recorded , viz ., three initiations , two passings , two raisings , and a lecture on Egyptian Hieroglyphics , Masons' Marks , and the origin of Punic , Greek , Coptic , and Oriental alphabets . How brief the record , but how wondrous the text !
LODGE OF FIDELITY , No . 3 . —March . —This lodge was visited by a distinguished member of the Craft , the Reverend Elie W . Stokes , a gentleman of colour , engaged on a mission from America , who addressed the lodge , stating that he was a Master Mason of the Union , No . 10 , Pawtucket , and rector of Christ Church , Rhode Island , that he was very proud of the reception he had met with in England , where he had an opportunity of proving that , among Masons , fraternity meant something more than its common acceptation ; and concluded by
trusting that so long as men inhabit this earth , the brethren will continue to meet and to inculcate principles of morality and wisdom . He was surprised to hear from Bro . Goldsworthy that he believed nearly as many lodges held their meetings at the Freemasons' Tavern , London , as there were in the whole of America * Bro . Sullivan remarked that the distinguished visit just made , and the ideas resulting therefrom , proved the value and correctness of the science of Freemasonry , which was not
confined to any age , clime , or people—whose influence was as boundless as the sea and direct as the sun . Although his organ of veneration was not pre-eminentl y large , he had nevertheless a veneration and an adoration for a science which hacl stood the test of continuous ages . Freemasonry was the earliest science on record , and had passed unsullied and unscathed through the tests and ordeals to which men and time hacl subjected it ; ancl had proved by ils continued success that " age cannot wither , nor custom stale its infinite variety . " And then came the re-