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and our inviolable attachment to the principles of our Order . With proper respect to the established customs of the country in which we live , with due deference to our superiors , and with unlimited goodwill to all men , we here appear clothed as Masons , and crave leave to express our submission to peace and good government , and our wish to serve the interest of mankind . Invested with the badges of innocence , we humbly bow to the Universal Parent , and implore His blessing on every zealous endeavour to promote peace and goodwill , and we pray for a blessing on our perseverance in these principles of piety and virtue .
Answer . — "So mote it be , now , from henceforth , and forever . " The Master then called upon the Chaplain-for the concluding ceremony , which the rev . Brother gave in the following words : — " In conformity with an ancient usage , and at the request of several of our Brethren , who sympathise in common with us at the demise of our lamented Brother , whose memory we revere , and whose loss we now deeply deplore , and whose body is consigned to its mother earth , whence it came , —we have assembled in the character of free and accepted Masons , to offer up to his -memory : the last tribute of our affections , thereby demonstrating the sincerity of our past esteem ,
" The G-reat Creator having been pleased out of His mercy to remove our esteemed Brother Henry Lyons from the cares and troubles of a transitory life to a state of eternal duration , and thereby to weaken the chain by which we are united man to man , —may we , who survive him , anticipate our approaching dissolution , and be more strongly cemented in the ties of union and friendship ; that during the short space allotted for our present existence , we may wisely and usefully employ our time , and in the reciprocal course of fond and friendly acts , mutually promote th e welfare and happiness of each other . " Unto the grave hath been consigned the mortal remains of our nruch-respeeted
Brother , there to remain until the general resurrection , in favourable expectation that his immortal soul may then partake of joys which have been prepared for the righteous from the beginning of the world . And may Almighty God , of His infinite goodness , extend His mercy towards him and all of us , and crown our hope with everlasting bliss in the expanding realms of a boundless eternity ! This we beg for the honour of His name , to whom be glory , now and for ever . Amen . "
The grand honours were again given , followed by the annexed verses : —• < c Man ' s days are as grass , as the flower of the field so he flourisheth ; the wind passeth over it and it is gone , and its place shall not be known again . < c As a dream he flieth away and is not found ; yea , he is chased as a vision of the night . " ¦ Man born of woman , few of days , full of trouble , like a flower cometh forth and is cut off , flieth away like a shadow and continueth not . " What is man , that he should be deemed pure : the born of woman , that he shall be accounted righteous ?
" What is man , that Thou takest note of him : the son of man , that Thou regardest him ! Man is like unto vanity , his days as the passing shadow . " The Lord hath given , and the Lord hath taken away , blessed be the name of the Lord . " Glory be to God on high ; on earth peace , goodwill towards men ! " At the conclusion of tiiese verses , the grand honours were repeated , and the Lodge closed with solemn prayer .
Panmuub Lodcik ( No . 1 , 022 ) . —A Lodge of emergency was held on Monday , the 15 th instant . The W . M ., Bro . J . T . Warren , presided , and after initiating two gentlemen into Freemasonry , passed Bros . George Wardle and Green to the Degree of Fellow Craft . Several Brethren were proposed as joining members ; after which the Brethren adjourned to banquet , and the remainder of the evening was passed with the utmost harmony . The visitors present were Bros . J . C . Evans , No . 05 ; Piatt , Nos . 168 and 21 !) ; and Bros . Atkins and Huffam , of Lodge No . 190 , Cork .
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Metropolitaf.
and our inviolable attachment to the principles of our Order . With proper respect to the established customs of the country in which we live , with due deference to our superiors , and with unlimited goodwill to all men , we here appear clothed as Masons , and crave leave to express our submission to peace and good government , and our wish to serve the interest of mankind . Invested with the badges of innocence , we humbly bow to the Universal Parent , and implore His blessing on every zealous endeavour to promote peace and goodwill , and we pray for a blessing on our perseverance in these principles of piety and virtue .
Answer . — "So mote it be , now , from henceforth , and forever . " The Master then called upon the Chaplain-for the concluding ceremony , which the rev . Brother gave in the following words : — " In conformity with an ancient usage , and at the request of several of our Brethren , who sympathise in common with us at the demise of our lamented Brother , whose memory we revere , and whose loss we now deeply deplore , and whose body is consigned to its mother earth , whence it came , —we have assembled in the character of free and accepted Masons , to offer up to his -memory : the last tribute of our affections , thereby demonstrating the sincerity of our past esteem ,
" The G-reat Creator having been pleased out of His mercy to remove our esteemed Brother Henry Lyons from the cares and troubles of a transitory life to a state of eternal duration , and thereby to weaken the chain by which we are united man to man , —may we , who survive him , anticipate our approaching dissolution , and be more strongly cemented in the ties of union and friendship ; that during the short space allotted for our present existence , we may wisely and usefully employ our time , and in the reciprocal course of fond and friendly acts , mutually promote th e welfare and happiness of each other . " Unto the grave hath been consigned the mortal remains of our nruch-respeeted
Brother , there to remain until the general resurrection , in favourable expectation that his immortal soul may then partake of joys which have been prepared for the righteous from the beginning of the world . And may Almighty God , of His infinite goodness , extend His mercy towards him and all of us , and crown our hope with everlasting bliss in the expanding realms of a boundless eternity ! This we beg for the honour of His name , to whom be glory , now and for ever . Amen . "
The grand honours were again given , followed by the annexed verses : —• < c Man ' s days are as grass , as the flower of the field so he flourisheth ; the wind passeth over it and it is gone , and its place shall not be known again . < c As a dream he flieth away and is not found ; yea , he is chased as a vision of the night . " ¦ Man born of woman , few of days , full of trouble , like a flower cometh forth and is cut off , flieth away like a shadow and continueth not . " What is man , that he should be deemed pure : the born of woman , that he shall be accounted righteous ?
" What is man , that Thou takest note of him : the son of man , that Thou regardest him ! Man is like unto vanity , his days as the passing shadow . " The Lord hath given , and the Lord hath taken away , blessed be the name of the Lord . " Glory be to God on high ; on earth peace , goodwill towards men ! " At the conclusion of tiiese verses , the grand honours were repeated , and the Lodge closed with solemn prayer .
Panmuub Lodcik ( No . 1 , 022 ) . —A Lodge of emergency was held on Monday , the 15 th instant . The W . M ., Bro . J . T . Warren , presided , and after initiating two gentlemen into Freemasonry , passed Bros . George Wardle and Green to the Degree of Fellow Craft . Several Brethren were proposed as joining members ; after which the Brethren adjourned to banquet , and the remainder of the evening was passed with the utmost harmony . The visitors present were Bros . J . C . Evans , No . 05 ; Piatt , Nos . 168 and 21 !) ; and Bros . Atkins and Huffam , of Lodge No . 190 , Cork .
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