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the Lodge "l'Astre cle 1 'Orient , " who , acknowledging thc tie of brotherhood , immediately claimed the body , and conveyed it to their Lodge room , where it lay some days . After suffering the usual period to elapse , they formed in Masonic procession , to pay the last tribute of respect to the remains of one , who , "though a stranger , and unknown to them in life , " was , nevertheless , as the certificate informed them , a Brother Mason ; and , as such , they interred him , with all honours .
Such an event , Mr . Editor , speaks , trumpet-tongued , of the value of Free Masonry , which man y people , ignorantly , regard as a useless institution . And I am quite satisfied , if the many similar advantages arising from association in its ranks were made known , much idle prejudice would he removed , ancl the vast benefits of the Order would become more widely diffused . With this view , and also with a view of doing justice to the zeal of our Continental Brethren , I am induced to
seek its publication in your pages , ivhich not only ivill confer a favour on Lodge No . 8 , but , I trust , a benefit on our Order . I have the honour to be , Mr . Editor , fraternally yours , J OHN L LOYD ,
Secretary , Lodge No . 8 . TUB EOLLOWINfl IS A COPY OP TIIE LETTER REFERRED TO . The Master , Wardens , and / Members ofthe Lodge , "I'Astrc de l Orient , " at /' 'lushing , Netherlands , to their honourable Brethren the Master , Wardens , and Members of the Lodge No . S , at Cork , Ireland . — "W . S . B . " WORTH ** BRETHREN , , —We regret to inform you , that on the 6 th of
November last , we received intelligence of the death of John Holliday , captain of the English barque ——— , then laying in the Eoads of Flushing ; at the same time receiving , through his agent in this place ( also a member of our Lodge ) , the certificate of the said John Holliday , having been duly initiated in our sacred Order , in your honourable Temple . " We hardly need assure you , worthy Brethren , that on that intelligence your Brethren of this Lodge could not for one moment hesitate to fulfit the sacred duties devolved upon usin regard to the mortal remains of a Brother Mason
, , who , according to the inscrutable designs of the Great Architect of the Universe , was cut off in the midst of health and strength , far from his home and friends , in thc land of strangers . " We duly appreciated that , although our said Brother , as a private individual , was in reality a stranger to us , yet he was a member of that society of Brethren , who , under the unassuming name of Freemasons , are found diffused over the whole known world . As a member of that fraternity , death found him in the midst of Brethren , differing with him in country and manners , but impressed with the
spirit of the same Order . " As such we claimed the mortal remains of our deceased Brother ; and , until their final interment , deposited them within the walls of our Temple . " On Monday , the 11 th of November last , at twelve o ' clock at noon , the Brethren , members of this Lodge , and a considerable number of Brethren , Freemasons , residing in this place , assembled together in ' Funeral Lodge , ' from whence they proceeded in stately procession , to the public burial-ground , at some little distance from the townwhere the coffin was taken from the funeral carriage
, by the requisite number of Brethren , and by them carried to its final place 1 > f rest , and followed by the whole procession . -Whereupon our Bro ., D . Fagg , an officer of this Lodge , briefly addressed the private friends , acquaintances , and shipmates of the deceased , in their mother language , directing their attention to that particular instance of human frailty , tho uncertainty of life , and the vanity of all human pursuits ; alluded to tho sincerity of our attachments to the principles
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To The Editor.
the Lodge "l'Astre cle 1 'Orient , " who , acknowledging thc tie of brotherhood , immediately claimed the body , and conveyed it to their Lodge room , where it lay some days . After suffering the usual period to elapse , they formed in Masonic procession , to pay the last tribute of respect to the remains of one , who , "though a stranger , and unknown to them in life , " was , nevertheless , as the certificate informed them , a Brother Mason ; and , as such , they interred him , with all honours .
Such an event , Mr . Editor , speaks , trumpet-tongued , of the value of Free Masonry , which man y people , ignorantly , regard as a useless institution . And I am quite satisfied , if the many similar advantages arising from association in its ranks were made known , much idle prejudice would he removed , ancl the vast benefits of the Order would become more widely diffused . With this view , and also with a view of doing justice to the zeal of our Continental Brethren , I am induced to
seek its publication in your pages , ivhich not only ivill confer a favour on Lodge No . 8 , but , I trust , a benefit on our Order . I have the honour to be , Mr . Editor , fraternally yours , J OHN L LOYD ,
Secretary , Lodge No . 8 . TUB EOLLOWINfl IS A COPY OP TIIE LETTER REFERRED TO . The Master , Wardens , and / Members ofthe Lodge , "I'Astrc de l Orient , " at /' 'lushing , Netherlands , to their honourable Brethren the Master , Wardens , and Members of the Lodge No . S , at Cork , Ireland . — "W . S . B . " WORTH ** BRETHREN , , —We regret to inform you , that on the 6 th of
November last , we received intelligence of the death of John Holliday , captain of the English barque ——— , then laying in the Eoads of Flushing ; at the same time receiving , through his agent in this place ( also a member of our Lodge ) , the certificate of the said John Holliday , having been duly initiated in our sacred Order , in your honourable Temple . " We hardly need assure you , worthy Brethren , that on that intelligence your Brethren of this Lodge could not for one moment hesitate to fulfit the sacred duties devolved upon usin regard to the mortal remains of a Brother Mason
, , who , according to the inscrutable designs of the Great Architect of the Universe , was cut off in the midst of health and strength , far from his home and friends , in thc land of strangers . " We duly appreciated that , although our said Brother , as a private individual , was in reality a stranger to us , yet he was a member of that society of Brethren , who , under the unassuming name of Freemasons , are found diffused over the whole known world . As a member of that fraternity , death found him in the midst of Brethren , differing with him in country and manners , but impressed with the
spirit of the same Order . " As such we claimed the mortal remains of our deceased Brother ; and , until their final interment , deposited them within the walls of our Temple . " On Monday , the 11 th of November last , at twelve o ' clock at noon , the Brethren , members of this Lodge , and a considerable number of Brethren , Freemasons , residing in this place , assembled together in ' Funeral Lodge , ' from whence they proceeded in stately procession , to the public burial-ground , at some little distance from the townwhere the coffin was taken from the funeral carriage
, by the requisite number of Brethren , and by them carried to its final place 1 > f rest , and followed by the whole procession . -Whereupon our Bro ., D . Fagg , an officer of this Lodge , briefly addressed the private friends , acquaintances , and shipmates of the deceased , in their mother language , directing their attention to that particular instance of human frailty , tho uncertainty of life , and the vanity of all human pursuits ; alluded to tho sincerity of our attachments to the principles