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India.
( Freedom with Fraternity ) are requested to appear in jiroper costume . No clothing beyond that of a Craft Mason is admissable , but the jewels of the respective Orders may be worn . — Prom the Agra Ukhbar , June , 17 , 1837 . NEEMUCII , June 24 , 1837 . —This being the anniversary of St . John Baptist ' s Day , the Brethren of the Sussex Lodge , No . 629 , ivorking at to form
this place , assembled in Lodge . Being too few in number a procession , they met at the Lodge-rooms in a private manner . Divine service appropriate to the day was performed by the AV . M . Brother Captain Macvitre , after which / a Masonic Discourse composed for the occasion , was delivered by Brother Major Macdonald , J . AV . pro tem . ; and the Brethren adjourned to a breakfast at his house . The ciiajjlain of the garrison had been solicited on a previous occasion
to perform Divine service on tbe last festival day , which he declined , on the ground that not being himself a Freemason , he could not undertake to preach a sermon on a subject of which he was ignorant . A text was offered him—he still declined , and the duty was necessarily assigned to a layman , which ivould otherwise have been more jiroperly performed by one in holy orders . MEERUT , 597 . The latest accounts are very satisfactory .
Review Of Literature.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE .
Masonic Sermon . By the Rev . H . Grylls , A . M . Ellis , lahnouth . This eloquent discourse was preached by our reverend Brother at Falmouth , on the eleventh of July last , before the Provincial Grand Lodge . The death of the Sovereign Brother , King AVilliam tbe Fourth , furnished materials of a mournful nature—but they have , in the hands of our reverend friend , been made available for the best of purposesexamination into the great thought of E TERNITYand of resignation to
, the DIVINE AVILL ; and so ajipropriate , emphatic , and convincing was the discourse , that tbe congregation requested permission to publish it ; and thus many in the distance may peruse the word of comfort and consolation . The text is chosen from 1 Cor . x . 31 . Whatsover ye do , do all to the Glory of God . , After a pleasing exordium upon the principles of Freemasonry , which human the attention is
embrace within their folds the whole race , forcibly impressed with many beautiful passages of deep interest . Take the following : ,., _ _ - " These continued prodigies , which so clearly evince the being of a God , constitute the very essence of Masonic research . - ' - ' Ancl thus Masonry and Religion , two amiable daughters of Light , go hand in hand ; nor can they ever be separated , but by the violation of every
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India.
( Freedom with Fraternity ) are requested to appear in jiroper costume . No clothing beyond that of a Craft Mason is admissable , but the jewels of the respective Orders may be worn . — Prom the Agra Ukhbar , June , 17 , 1837 . NEEMUCII , June 24 , 1837 . —This being the anniversary of St . John Baptist ' s Day , the Brethren of the Sussex Lodge , No . 629 , ivorking at to form
this place , assembled in Lodge . Being too few in number a procession , they met at the Lodge-rooms in a private manner . Divine service appropriate to the day was performed by the AV . M . Brother Captain Macvitre , after which / a Masonic Discourse composed for the occasion , was delivered by Brother Major Macdonald , J . AV . pro tem . ; and the Brethren adjourned to a breakfast at his house . The ciiajjlain of the garrison had been solicited on a previous occasion
to perform Divine service on tbe last festival day , which he declined , on the ground that not being himself a Freemason , he could not undertake to preach a sermon on a subject of which he was ignorant . A text was offered him—he still declined , and the duty was necessarily assigned to a layman , which ivould otherwise have been more jiroperly performed by one in holy orders . MEERUT , 597 . The latest accounts are very satisfactory .
Review Of Literature.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE .
Masonic Sermon . By the Rev . H . Grylls , A . M . Ellis , lahnouth . This eloquent discourse was preached by our reverend Brother at Falmouth , on the eleventh of July last , before the Provincial Grand Lodge . The death of the Sovereign Brother , King AVilliam tbe Fourth , furnished materials of a mournful nature—but they have , in the hands of our reverend friend , been made available for the best of purposesexamination into the great thought of E TERNITYand of resignation to
, the DIVINE AVILL ; and so ajipropriate , emphatic , and convincing was the discourse , that tbe congregation requested permission to publish it ; and thus many in the distance may peruse the word of comfort and consolation . The text is chosen from 1 Cor . x . 31 . Whatsover ye do , do all to the Glory of God . , After a pleasing exordium upon the principles of Freemasonry , which human the attention is
embrace within their folds the whole race , forcibly impressed with many beautiful passages of deep interest . Take the following : ,., _ _ - " These continued prodigies , which so clearly evince the being of a God , constitute the very essence of Masonic research . - ' - ' Ancl thus Masonry and Religion , two amiable daughters of Light , go hand in hand ; nor can they ever be separated , but by the violation of every