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Obituary.
. Although the tenant of n sick chamber , my attention is naturally drawn to the . season of the year , when tho world is , as it were , almost morally directed to the enjoyment of Christmas , and the prospect of a happy new year . You will be pleased to learn that the sympathy of the most distant correspondents—even from the East and West Indies—has poured in its rays of kindness that have diffused peace and comfort to a most grateful invalid . " Ever truly yours , R . T . CRUCEFIX . "
In his last and closing address to the Fraternity , the Doctor speaks thus cheerfully , although the sand was running low in the g - aaa : — « Should a merciful Father ivill my restoration , these are moments that will indeed become endeared in memory . The prince of poets and of men , Virgil , sings sweetly— ' Hae dim meminisse juvabit : What a volume in a sentence ! But our common Father
may not pass a decree in my favour ; and my trust and hope is , that as my mind has been permitted to range over the physical powers during life , that the soul , in parting from the body , may wing its grateful flight , and find mercy and forgiveness at the throne of grace . "Vale ! vale ! vale !"
He is gone ; and we may now speak of his character and motives w ' thout offence . He was intelligent , active , and indefatigable . No difficulty deterred him from the performance of his duty—no opposition could make him swerve from a line of conduct which his conscience pronounced to be right . Ho was eloquent by nature , and his aspirations were all on the side of tho divine science ; and
whatever might be the consequence , he determined to use his utmost energies in its behalf . In a letter to the Author , dated June 25 , 1848 , he says— "The ides of March will be an important epoch in the Grand Lodge of England . Some public act must be passed , or we shall realize the seemingness entertained by the popular world , that we have onlthe name of a high-minded calling . My mind is
y made up to act in the most uncompromising manner . There will be a strong meeting , but n'importe , thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just . I am for Freemasonry ; and if I can only stand , will hie me to the battle scene . The harness is never off my back , yet
I wince not . " Dr . Crucefix did not pretend to infallibility ; and like all other public men , he might be sometimes wrong ; but his errors were not from the heart , and always leaned to the side of virtue ancl beneficence . He toiled incessantly for the benefit of his brethren , and was anxious that all inestimable blessings should be conveyed by Masonry on mankind . In sickness or in health he was ever found at his post , and his sympathy was the most active in behalf of the destitute brother , the widow , and the orphan . His perseverance never flagged for a moment : and ho acted as though he-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
. Although the tenant of n sick chamber , my attention is naturally drawn to the . season of the year , when tho world is , as it were , almost morally directed to the enjoyment of Christmas , and the prospect of a happy new year . You will be pleased to learn that the sympathy of the most distant correspondents—even from the East and West Indies—has poured in its rays of kindness that have diffused peace and comfort to a most grateful invalid . " Ever truly yours , R . T . CRUCEFIX . "
In his last and closing address to the Fraternity , the Doctor speaks thus cheerfully , although the sand was running low in the g - aaa : — « Should a merciful Father ivill my restoration , these are moments that will indeed become endeared in memory . The prince of poets and of men , Virgil , sings sweetly— ' Hae dim meminisse juvabit : What a volume in a sentence ! But our common Father
may not pass a decree in my favour ; and my trust and hope is , that as my mind has been permitted to range over the physical powers during life , that the soul , in parting from the body , may wing its grateful flight , and find mercy and forgiveness at the throne of grace . "Vale ! vale ! vale !"
He is gone ; and we may now speak of his character and motives w ' thout offence . He was intelligent , active , and indefatigable . No difficulty deterred him from the performance of his duty—no opposition could make him swerve from a line of conduct which his conscience pronounced to be right . Ho was eloquent by nature , and his aspirations were all on the side of tho divine science ; and
whatever might be the consequence , he determined to use his utmost energies in its behalf . In a letter to the Author , dated June 25 , 1848 , he says— "The ides of March will be an important epoch in the Grand Lodge of England . Some public act must be passed , or we shall realize the seemingness entertained by the popular world , that we have onlthe name of a high-minded calling . My mind is
y made up to act in the most uncompromising manner . There will be a strong meeting , but n'importe , thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just . I am for Freemasonry ; and if I can only stand , will hie me to the battle scene . The harness is never off my back , yet
I wince not . " Dr . Crucefix did not pretend to infallibility ; and like all other public men , he might be sometimes wrong ; but his errors were not from the heart , and always leaned to the side of virtue ancl beneficence . He toiled incessantly for the benefit of his brethren , and was anxious that all inestimable blessings should be conveyed by Masonry on mankind . In sickness or in health he was ever found at his post , and his sympathy was the most active in behalf of the destitute brother , the widow , and the orphan . His perseverance never flagged for a moment : and ho acted as though he-