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Masonic Testimonial To Brother Robert Thomas Crucefix , M.D.
Sermons and Orations , his Theocratic Philosophy of Freemasonry , his Star in the East , and his History of Freemasonry , formed the standard works of modern Masons . Long might he live to perform the important services , ancl enjoy the honour of being their Masonic Historian!—( repeated cheers ) . Perfect in all Masonic points , their Chairman presided over them in the presence of two sons—( hear , hear ) . A Mason of forty years' standinghe miht be likenedwith his familyto the
, g , , noble oak of the forest : himself the stately trunk—his venerable father the goodly root—his worthy sons the vigorous branches —( loud cheers ) . And , should the Divine Aichitect of the Universe spare them to each other but for three or four years longer , a dispensation from the Grand Master might add promising Masonic fruit to one of those branches at least—( cheers ) . The acorn—the Masonic Lewis—was there , and awaited but concentrated '' Light" to be visible to the whole Fraternity
—( cheers ) . Not longer to detain the Brethren , he would crave their assistance in drinking and honouring the toast of their Very Worshipful and Reverend—he wished he could say Right Reverend—Chairman—( loud cheers ) . But if not , as his virtues ancl talents befitted him , entitled to a seat on the episcopal bench , he was at all events a Right Reverend in Freemasonry—he was enthroned in the warmest affections of every Masonic heart —( repeated cheers ) .
The Chairman ' s health was then drunk , ivith full honours , and in the most enthusiastic manner . The RIGHT WORSHIPFUL CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment which had been paid to him with great feeling and effect . He was most grateful to the Brethren who had invited him to preside on this occasion
for having given him an opportunity of becoming acquainted with so many of the most zealous Masons in the metropolis—of those who gave a tone to practical Freemasonry throughout the whole world —( cheers ) . He was glad to be among those -who were foremost in the cause of charity , and were not content until the glorious triad of that eminently Masonic virtue was complete —( cheers ) . Of bis literary labours he feared too much had been said ; but , however immoderately valued , he could emphaticalldeclarethat they had been performed in the humble and very
y , sincere hope that they might be serviceable to the Craft—that they might promote still deeper examination into those hidden mysteries of nature and of science , of which Freemasonry was the connecting link , and the unfolding key —( loud cheers ) . The Worshipful Brother who had proposed his health , ancl to whom he felt peculiarly indebted , had alluded to the Masonic erudition of his ( Dr . Oliver ' s ) venerable parent . As far as regarded a comparison with his son , it was strictly true ; and
it would be a pleasing duty to him to inform one , who absent from them in body was still present in spirit , that his name had met with such honourable mention —( hear , hear ) . Need he say , that in a family as united as any in the world , who were , as Bro . Stevens hacl metaphorically designated , hereditary Masons , the gratification of adding a fourth to the three generations would be proportionately great —( cheers ) . He congratulated the Craft on the highly creditable proceedings ivhich that
day had successfully crowned . He had entered upon the duties of chairman with some diffidence , although feelings of the most pleasurable kind predominated , for it was his first meeting of such a nature in the metropolis . But there had been exhibited such an unanimity of opinion , so much Masonic regularity , such propriety of expression , in fact , such an entire absence of any thing to annoy , and such a perfect appliance
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Testimonial To Brother Robert Thomas Crucefix , M.D.
Sermons and Orations , his Theocratic Philosophy of Freemasonry , his Star in the East , and his History of Freemasonry , formed the standard works of modern Masons . Long might he live to perform the important services , ancl enjoy the honour of being their Masonic Historian!—( repeated cheers ) . Perfect in all Masonic points , their Chairman presided over them in the presence of two sons—( hear , hear ) . A Mason of forty years' standinghe miht be likenedwith his familyto the
, g , , noble oak of the forest : himself the stately trunk—his venerable father the goodly root—his worthy sons the vigorous branches —( loud cheers ) . And , should the Divine Aichitect of the Universe spare them to each other but for three or four years longer , a dispensation from the Grand Master might add promising Masonic fruit to one of those branches at least—( cheers ) . The acorn—the Masonic Lewis—was there , and awaited but concentrated '' Light" to be visible to the whole Fraternity
—( cheers ) . Not longer to detain the Brethren , he would crave their assistance in drinking and honouring the toast of their Very Worshipful and Reverend—he wished he could say Right Reverend—Chairman—( loud cheers ) . But if not , as his virtues ancl talents befitted him , entitled to a seat on the episcopal bench , he was at all events a Right Reverend in Freemasonry—he was enthroned in the warmest affections of every Masonic heart —( repeated cheers ) .
The Chairman ' s health was then drunk , ivith full honours , and in the most enthusiastic manner . The RIGHT WORSHIPFUL CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment which had been paid to him with great feeling and effect . He was most grateful to the Brethren who had invited him to preside on this occasion
for having given him an opportunity of becoming acquainted with so many of the most zealous Masons in the metropolis—of those who gave a tone to practical Freemasonry throughout the whole world —( cheers ) . He was glad to be among those -who were foremost in the cause of charity , and were not content until the glorious triad of that eminently Masonic virtue was complete —( cheers ) . Of bis literary labours he feared too much had been said ; but , however immoderately valued , he could emphaticalldeclarethat they had been performed in the humble and very
y , sincere hope that they might be serviceable to the Craft—that they might promote still deeper examination into those hidden mysteries of nature and of science , of which Freemasonry was the connecting link , and the unfolding key —( loud cheers ) . The Worshipful Brother who had proposed his health , ancl to whom he felt peculiarly indebted , had alluded to the Masonic erudition of his ( Dr . Oliver ' s ) venerable parent . As far as regarded a comparison with his son , it was strictly true ; and
it would be a pleasing duty to him to inform one , who absent from them in body was still present in spirit , that his name had met with such honourable mention —( hear , hear ) . Need he say , that in a family as united as any in the world , who were , as Bro . Stevens hacl metaphorically designated , hereditary Masons , the gratification of adding a fourth to the three generations would be proportionately great —( cheers ) . He congratulated the Craft on the highly creditable proceedings ivhich that
day had successfully crowned . He had entered upon the duties of chairman with some diffidence , although feelings of the most pleasurable kind predominated , for it was his first meeting of such a nature in the metropolis . But there had been exhibited such an unanimity of opinion , so much Masonic regularity , such propriety of expression , in fact , such an entire absence of any thing to annoy , and such a perfect appliance