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Provincial.
and respected family of our R . W . Prov . G . M . by the sudden death of that distinguished gentleman , Mr . Tremuyne , who is so generally lamented , and which has deprived us this day of the great pleasure of Sir Charles ' s presence , and placed in my hands difficult duties , which I trust you will all aid me in performing . Brethren , the impressions of my youth on entering this institution , now upwards of forty years since , the bonds with the Brotherhood which I have since contracted , the remembrance which I have
preserved of those Brethren who devoted so many years to cement the Order with every moral and social virtue , the study of the ancient arcana which the archives of the Order enable me to investigate , and the lessons imbibed from the oral communications of my worthy contemporaries , taught me to love and respect the society , ( as it will all , who do not confine themselves to external glare , but search deeply into its otherwise hidden mysteries ) and make me feel both pride and pleasure in having the honourso
, , little merited , of bearing the distinguished offices with which I have been invested . I apprehend , in these assemblies , we do not commemorate an isolated fact which may have been glorious or useful to its members in this country only , for though time , suspicion , envy and ( its natural concomitant ) persecution , have long since so deeply obscured both the origin and intention of the founders of our noble science , that the very name of a Mason seems to be generally misapplied and but little understoodexcept by some few .
, amongst the Craft themselves , still its societies are to be found scattered throughout the globe ; wherever intelligence and art and science are to be met with , there the members of the Order recognize each other . We are met at the same time to transact the usual business and perform the usual ceremonies ; to listen to those sentiments of Brotherly love , of charity , and
truth , the grand principles of the Order , so often before inculcated by our Rev . Bro . Grylls and other chaplains of the Order ; to enjoy the pleasures resulting from interchange of fraternal feelings ; to recoguize in strangers we have never before seen , Brethren and friends , coming , perhaps , from communities and states newly formed , where but recently man's footsteps were just imprinted on the soil , and wild nature yet to be conquered to his use . If the progress of civilization exhibited in the various productions of all nationsfor the first time gathered in our own metropolis in one vast
, and magnificent building under the auspices of our revered prince , tends to show the progress of civilization ; the history of this institution actually furnishes the same result , and teaches us how much may be obtained by union . Whatever may be said in praise of that stupendous spectacle ( the Great Exhibition ) which no nation in ancient or modern times ever paralleled , the true Freemason must feel that in looking back through the long vista of antiquity , this most ancient society must have held the first rank in
the establishment of at least one most important art , the practical operation of which comprehends almost every other , which has been founded and preserved by them , through the lapse of ages , its origin being time immemorial , and preserved not only from desolation , but from decay to the present moment . As time has advanced so has Freemasonry progressed ; and the Order increased to the time of Charles the Second , who was initiatedbefore he ascended the throne in 10 G 0 . It is trueindeedas was
, , , set forth in an address by Sir C . lemon , our Prov . G . M ., at one of our meetings , and lately by another eminent Prov . G . M . — " That having ceased to be practical Masons , we can no longer rear those stupendous material structures , which were the glory of their own age , and continue to be the admiration of ours , but if animated by that true spirit of Masonry which inspired the patriarchs , when they erected altars to the Lord , we can
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Provincial.
and respected family of our R . W . Prov . G . M . by the sudden death of that distinguished gentleman , Mr . Tremuyne , who is so generally lamented , and which has deprived us this day of the great pleasure of Sir Charles ' s presence , and placed in my hands difficult duties , which I trust you will all aid me in performing . Brethren , the impressions of my youth on entering this institution , now upwards of forty years since , the bonds with the Brotherhood which I have since contracted , the remembrance which I have
preserved of those Brethren who devoted so many years to cement the Order with every moral and social virtue , the study of the ancient arcana which the archives of the Order enable me to investigate , and the lessons imbibed from the oral communications of my worthy contemporaries , taught me to love and respect the society , ( as it will all , who do not confine themselves to external glare , but search deeply into its otherwise hidden mysteries ) and make me feel both pride and pleasure in having the honourso
, , little merited , of bearing the distinguished offices with which I have been invested . I apprehend , in these assemblies , we do not commemorate an isolated fact which may have been glorious or useful to its members in this country only , for though time , suspicion , envy and ( its natural concomitant ) persecution , have long since so deeply obscured both the origin and intention of the founders of our noble science , that the very name of a Mason seems to be generally misapplied and but little understoodexcept by some few .
, amongst the Craft themselves , still its societies are to be found scattered throughout the globe ; wherever intelligence and art and science are to be met with , there the members of the Order recognize each other . We are met at the same time to transact the usual business and perform the usual ceremonies ; to listen to those sentiments of Brotherly love , of charity , and
truth , the grand principles of the Order , so often before inculcated by our Rev . Bro . Grylls and other chaplains of the Order ; to enjoy the pleasures resulting from interchange of fraternal feelings ; to recoguize in strangers we have never before seen , Brethren and friends , coming , perhaps , from communities and states newly formed , where but recently man's footsteps were just imprinted on the soil , and wild nature yet to be conquered to his use . If the progress of civilization exhibited in the various productions of all nationsfor the first time gathered in our own metropolis in one vast
, and magnificent building under the auspices of our revered prince , tends to show the progress of civilization ; the history of this institution actually furnishes the same result , and teaches us how much may be obtained by union . Whatever may be said in praise of that stupendous spectacle ( the Great Exhibition ) which no nation in ancient or modern times ever paralleled , the true Freemason must feel that in looking back through the long vista of antiquity , this most ancient society must have held the first rank in
the establishment of at least one most important art , the practical operation of which comprehends almost every other , which has been founded and preserved by them , through the lapse of ages , its origin being time immemorial , and preserved not only from desolation , but from decay to the present moment . As time has advanced so has Freemasonry progressed ; and the Order increased to the time of Charles the Second , who was initiatedbefore he ascended the throne in 10 G 0 . It is trueindeedas was
, , , set forth in an address by Sir C . lemon , our Prov . G . M ., at one of our meetings , and lately by another eminent Prov . G . M . — " That having ceased to be practical Masons , we can no longer rear those stupendous material structures , which were the glory of their own age , and continue to be the admiration of ours , but if animated by that true spirit of Masonry which inspired the patriarchs , when they erected altars to the Lord , we can