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experience in being the instrument of their will in thus acknowled ging your services as a good aud zealous member of the Lodge . During three years you ably and worthily presided over us , and we have each and all been witnesses of the anxiety felt by you to establish and preserve the honour and prosperity of our excellent Lodge , and the success which has attended your exertions . At great personal sacrifice you have laboured for . us honourably and unceasingly ; we are known far and' wide upon
this continent ; and I , with others more recently admitted membersby the kindness of the Brethren , can , and do , bear testimony , that your good name has long been coupled with that of the St . George ' s Lodge ] wherever the latter has been mentioned . ¦ . The ; honest gratification I know you will feel at this slight mark of the esteem of your Brethren , is not necessary to stimulate you in your future Masonic or private career ; for , borne up by what have already
caused you to be respected and regarded by us all , your own correct and honourable principles , no such collateral inducements are necessary ; but we trust that in thus evincing our esteem for a worthy man and Mason , we hold up a beacon-light to those who come after you , and that your good example , and our acknowledgment of it this day ] may serve as an encouragement to us here present , as well as to ' others , to enter upon such a course of honourable ambition as will gain us and them ; by steady perseverance in the path of duty , the good-will and esteem of our fellow-creatures . . : i '
-. We know that the intrinsic value of our present offering is not great , ' but we sincerel y hope that such as it is , it will , whenever looked upon by you , awaken feelings of pleasure , and always remind you . of the friendly bond by which you have been so long and so creditably united to us . You will recognize that bond in its mystical and blazing lustre ] when I assure you that—we greet you as a Brother ; we will support you in all laudable undertakings . In our ejaculations to the Most High , your welfare shall be remembered as our own : for , as you have so often
been called upon emphatically to declare , our prayers are certainl y required of one another . Your confidence shall never be betrayed , and " your good name shall be upheld in your absence as when youare present ; and when it shall please the Great Architect of the Universe'to summon you from this sublunary abode , may you and yours , ; and we and those belonging to . us , all meet in that Grand Lodge , where'the purest Freemasonry reigns and will reign throughout eternity . ' ; : , . ; •' . " , Before I conclude , let me convey to you my persona ! friendship : and
regard , and my sense of : your Masonic and private kindness to me , and : I only hope that I may fulfil the duties'which : the partiality of my ' Brethren have caused to devolve upon me , as worthily as you haye done . Allow me now , on behalf of the members of the St . George ' s Lodge , to ' present ' you this Past Master ' s jewel , and to request , that whenever arid wherever you-may be present in your Masonic capacity ] you will , wear it ; that it and the inscription engraven thereon may prove to all , that we appreciate worth , and have thus humbly , but sincerely , striven "
to express . our , sense of . it . . ... ... . ....... .. y ;' May health ] happiness , and prosperity , be uninterruptedly , continued to you and yours . . ., v . T . p . ^ VvJhch . Brp , ^^^ lyyyy ,. < i . j'Gi ) ijWonSHiip . ULfMisTERj-OFFicERs , AND BRETHRBN j ^ It isowith feel--ing ^ pfjpleasjireland ^ ratitude . that I rise to thankyou sincerely for 'the distinguished honour yon have this evening conferred upon me , by
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experience in being the instrument of their will in thus acknowled ging your services as a good aud zealous member of the Lodge . During three years you ably and worthily presided over us , and we have each and all been witnesses of the anxiety felt by you to establish and preserve the honour and prosperity of our excellent Lodge , and the success which has attended your exertions . At great personal sacrifice you have laboured for . us honourably and unceasingly ; we are known far and' wide upon
this continent ; and I , with others more recently admitted membersby the kindness of the Brethren , can , and do , bear testimony , that your good name has long been coupled with that of the St . George ' s Lodge ] wherever the latter has been mentioned . ¦ . The ; honest gratification I know you will feel at this slight mark of the esteem of your Brethren , is not necessary to stimulate you in your future Masonic or private career ; for , borne up by what have already
caused you to be respected and regarded by us all , your own correct and honourable principles , no such collateral inducements are necessary ; but we trust that in thus evincing our esteem for a worthy man and Mason , we hold up a beacon-light to those who come after you , and that your good example , and our acknowledgment of it this day ] may serve as an encouragement to us here present , as well as to ' others , to enter upon such a course of honourable ambition as will gain us and them ; by steady perseverance in the path of duty , the good-will and esteem of our fellow-creatures . . : i '
-. We know that the intrinsic value of our present offering is not great , ' but we sincerel y hope that such as it is , it will , whenever looked upon by you , awaken feelings of pleasure , and always remind you . of the friendly bond by which you have been so long and so creditably united to us . You will recognize that bond in its mystical and blazing lustre ] when I assure you that—we greet you as a Brother ; we will support you in all laudable undertakings . In our ejaculations to the Most High , your welfare shall be remembered as our own : for , as you have so often
been called upon emphatically to declare , our prayers are certainl y required of one another . Your confidence shall never be betrayed , and " your good name shall be upheld in your absence as when youare present ; and when it shall please the Great Architect of the Universe'to summon you from this sublunary abode , may you and yours , ; and we and those belonging to . us , all meet in that Grand Lodge , where'the purest Freemasonry reigns and will reign throughout eternity . ' ; : , . ; •' . " , Before I conclude , let me convey to you my persona ! friendship : and
regard , and my sense of : your Masonic and private kindness to me , and : I only hope that I may fulfil the duties'which : the partiality of my ' Brethren have caused to devolve upon me , as worthily as you haye done . Allow me now , on behalf of the members of the St . George ' s Lodge , to ' present ' you this Past Master ' s jewel , and to request , that whenever arid wherever you-may be present in your Masonic capacity ] you will , wear it ; that it and the inscription engraven thereon may prove to all , that we appreciate worth , and have thus humbly , but sincerely , striven "
to express . our , sense of . it . . ... ... . ....... .. y ;' May health ] happiness , and prosperity , be uninterruptedly , continued to you and yours . . ., v . T . p . ^ VvJhch . Brp , ^^^ lyyyy ,. < i . j'Gi ) ijWonSHiip . ULfMisTERj-OFFicERs , AND BRETHRBN j ^ It isowith feel--ing ^ pfjpleasjireland ^ ratitude . that I rise to thankyou sincerely for 'the distinguished honour yon have this evening conferred upon me , by