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under the Grand Lodge of England , ancl that it be an instruction to the W . Master of each Lodge to read these Resolutions at the first meeting of his Lodge after tlie reception thereof , and to direct that they shall be entered upon the Minutes . London , 22 nd February , 1878 .
At the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , holden at Freemasons' Hall , London , on Wednesday , the 6 th of March , 1878 , The Right Hon , the Earl of Carnarvon , M . W ., Pro Grand Master , on the Throne , It AA'as moved by the Most Worshiful Pro Grand Masterand seconded by
p , the Right Hon . Lord Sherborne , the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master for Gloucestershire , "That the foregoing Report , and the Resolutions therein contained , be received , adopted , and entered on the Minutes , " Avhich was carried unanimousty .
JOHN HEKATLY , G . S . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 6 th March , 1878 .
Sonnet.
SONNET .
On the late melancholy development of the Atheistic principle in the " Grand Orient of France , " as declared in September , 1877 . BY BRO . KEV . M . GOKDON .
As Avhen the setting ray , at eve's decline—Its orient grandeur fled—dies cloudily , So dies in Gallic hearts true Masonry , Which is not Atheism—nay , more diviue , Becausein the Grand Lodge aboveno shrine
, , John saw disclos'd , save one—ev'n Deity—Himself its shrine—there the sole temple He , Where patently ancl palpably cloth shine Inscrib'd on ev ' ry radiant forehead there , In brightest characters of heav ' nly flame , The Architect ' s great universal Same .
Nor have they , Avho there worship , any share With those who set aside or disrespect The Name of the Almighty Architect . *
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under the Grand Lodge of England , ancl that it be an instruction to the W . Master of each Lodge to read these Resolutions at the first meeting of his Lodge after tlie reception thereof , and to direct that they shall be entered upon the Minutes . London , 22 nd February , 1878 .
At the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , holden at Freemasons' Hall , London , on Wednesday , the 6 th of March , 1878 , The Right Hon , the Earl of Carnarvon , M . W ., Pro Grand Master , on the Throne , It AA'as moved by the Most Worshiful Pro Grand Masterand seconded by
p , the Right Hon . Lord Sherborne , the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master for Gloucestershire , "That the foregoing Report , and the Resolutions therein contained , be received , adopted , and entered on the Minutes , " Avhich was carried unanimousty .
JOHN HEKATLY , G . S . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 6 th March , 1878 .
Sonnet.
SONNET .
On the late melancholy development of the Atheistic principle in the " Grand Orient of France , " as declared in September , 1877 . BY BRO . KEV . M . GOKDON .
As Avhen the setting ray , at eve's decline—Its orient grandeur fled—dies cloudily , So dies in Gallic hearts true Masonry , Which is not Atheism—nay , more diviue , Becausein the Grand Lodge aboveno shrine
, , John saw disclos'd , save one—ev'n Deity—Himself its shrine—there the sole temple He , Where patently ancl palpably cloth shine Inscrib'd on ev ' ry radiant forehead there , In brightest characters of heav ' nly flame , The Architect ' s great universal Same .
Nor have they , Avho there worship , any share With those who set aside or disrespect The Name of the Almighty Architect . *