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stated that he was willing to continue at his post as honorary secretary for another year . Bro . Hunt was warmly cheered throughout his speech , and at its conclusion handed Bro . Lambert a case , containing * a splendid gold watch and massive chain and seal . On the outer case was engraved one of the Masonic emblems , and inside ' were inscribed the words— " Presented to Bro . J . B . Lambert , P . M ., hy the Brethren of the Lodge of Unity , No . 889 , as a token of esteem for his Masonic abilities and character . Jan . 4 th , 1856 . "
Bro . P . M . Lambert , in receiving the testimonial , and acknowledging the toast in a brief but comprehensive speech , expressed his gratitude to the subscribers . He assured them , when he first heard that it was intended to present him with some acknowledgment for his services , he merely expected some Masonic jewel , and he certainly never anticipated being the recipient of such a handsome and
costly present . On looking at its dial it would always remind him of the hours he had devoted to his Masonic duties , and he was determined to go on , as he had done before , in working for the welfare of the Lodge . He should have great pleasure in rendering any assistance to the W . M . elect in the discharge of his duties , and he trusted they should continue to work together in harmony and good-will .
Bro . Bichard Johnson then proposed " The Health of the Treasurer , congratulating the Lodge that there was corn in Egypt still . Bro . Hunt responded in a good-humoured address . " The Officers of the Lodge " was next proposed , and responded to by Bros . J . Bichardson , Pidduck , and Pickering . Several excellent songs were sung , and the remainder of the evening was very pleasantly spent .
LINCOLNSHIRE . Boston . —Lodge of Harmony ( No . 339 ) . —At the monthly communication on Tuesday , the 12 th February , Bro . Geo . Jackson , W . M ., in the chair . ^ Bro . Pocklington read the first of a series of papers on the Second Degree , which he prefaced by stating he had adopted the ideas of writers who had written on the same subject , as all must necessarily do , to some extent , who dealt with subjects relating to the ethnology of the world in its infancy . After giving from Dr . Oliver ' s " History of Initiation " an epitome of the mysteries practised
by the ancient Egyptians , and contrasting them with the learned Preston ' s definition of Freemasonry , he remarked that the Bosetta stone , discovered at Bosetta , in Egypt , in 1799 ( which is a block of black basalt , bearing three inscriptions ; one in hieroglyphics , another in the writing of the people , and the third in ancient Greek ) , was the key to Egyptian hieroglyphics ; and when Young and Cha , mpollion discovered the use and importance Of that key , the scholar was enabled to read the hieroglyphical and other inscriptions which everywhere there abound , and thereby became conversant with the history of that country ages previous to
the patriarch Abraham . Egyptian art was next glanced at , showing it to be the parent of every other ; that the oldest buildings ( the Pyramids and the great Sphinx ) , were yet the largest ; that the Egyptian columns were centuries older than those of Greece ; and that the hieroglyphical writing at the time of the erection of the Pyramids was as perfect as at any after period . The Hall of Columns at Karnac was briefly explained , and attention directed to the reduced models of those astounding columns at the Sydenham Palace . The colossi of the Bamsain , the obelisks and sculpture of Egypt , were also referred to as existing
evidences of how wonderfully art in that country was the expression of its symbolical mythology ; whilst the inscriptions prove that the faith of those initiated in the hierophantic mysteries of that misunderstood people was Monotheism , or a belief in the G . A . O . T . U ., in the immortality of the soul , and a resurrection . A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Bro . Pocklington for his instructive papers , and the Lodge was adjourned to the 28 th February . The Brethren on this occasion appeared with black crape covering their decorations as a mark ot esteem for their late Bro . Howell , I . G .
Spalding . —llwnxlrcxl of Elloe Lodge ( No . 090 ) . —On the 24 th January Bro . Fids well , P . M . of the Lodge , and P . G . S . B ., raised a Brother to the Sublime VOL . IT . ° 2 15
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stated that he was willing to continue at his post as honorary secretary for another year . Bro . Hunt was warmly cheered throughout his speech , and at its conclusion handed Bro . Lambert a case , containing * a splendid gold watch and massive chain and seal . On the outer case was engraved one of the Masonic emblems , and inside ' were inscribed the words— " Presented to Bro . J . B . Lambert , P . M ., hy the Brethren of the Lodge of Unity , No . 889 , as a token of esteem for his Masonic abilities and character . Jan . 4 th , 1856 . "
Bro . P . M . Lambert , in receiving the testimonial , and acknowledging the toast in a brief but comprehensive speech , expressed his gratitude to the subscribers . He assured them , when he first heard that it was intended to present him with some acknowledgment for his services , he merely expected some Masonic jewel , and he certainly never anticipated being the recipient of such a handsome and
costly present . On looking at its dial it would always remind him of the hours he had devoted to his Masonic duties , and he was determined to go on , as he had done before , in working for the welfare of the Lodge . He should have great pleasure in rendering any assistance to the W . M . elect in the discharge of his duties , and he trusted they should continue to work together in harmony and good-will .
Bro . Bichard Johnson then proposed " The Health of the Treasurer , congratulating the Lodge that there was corn in Egypt still . Bro . Hunt responded in a good-humoured address . " The Officers of the Lodge " was next proposed , and responded to by Bros . J . Bichardson , Pidduck , and Pickering . Several excellent songs were sung , and the remainder of the evening was very pleasantly spent .
LINCOLNSHIRE . Boston . —Lodge of Harmony ( No . 339 ) . —At the monthly communication on Tuesday , the 12 th February , Bro . Geo . Jackson , W . M ., in the chair . ^ Bro . Pocklington read the first of a series of papers on the Second Degree , which he prefaced by stating he had adopted the ideas of writers who had written on the same subject , as all must necessarily do , to some extent , who dealt with subjects relating to the ethnology of the world in its infancy . After giving from Dr . Oliver ' s " History of Initiation " an epitome of the mysteries practised
by the ancient Egyptians , and contrasting them with the learned Preston ' s definition of Freemasonry , he remarked that the Bosetta stone , discovered at Bosetta , in Egypt , in 1799 ( which is a block of black basalt , bearing three inscriptions ; one in hieroglyphics , another in the writing of the people , and the third in ancient Greek ) , was the key to Egyptian hieroglyphics ; and when Young and Cha , mpollion discovered the use and importance Of that key , the scholar was enabled to read the hieroglyphical and other inscriptions which everywhere there abound , and thereby became conversant with the history of that country ages previous to
the patriarch Abraham . Egyptian art was next glanced at , showing it to be the parent of every other ; that the oldest buildings ( the Pyramids and the great Sphinx ) , were yet the largest ; that the Egyptian columns were centuries older than those of Greece ; and that the hieroglyphical writing at the time of the erection of the Pyramids was as perfect as at any after period . The Hall of Columns at Karnac was briefly explained , and attention directed to the reduced models of those astounding columns at the Sydenham Palace . The colossi of the Bamsain , the obelisks and sculpture of Egypt , were also referred to as existing
evidences of how wonderfully art in that country was the expression of its symbolical mythology ; whilst the inscriptions prove that the faith of those initiated in the hierophantic mysteries of that misunderstood people was Monotheism , or a belief in the G . A . O . T . U ., in the immortality of the soul , and a resurrection . A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Bro . Pocklington for his instructive papers , and the Lodge was adjourned to the 28 th February . The Brethren on this occasion appeared with black crape covering their decorations as a mark ot esteem for their late Bro . Howell , I . G .
Spalding . —llwnxlrcxl of Elloe Lodge ( No . 090 ) . —On the 24 th January Bro . Fids well , P . M . of the Lodge , and P . G . S . B ., raised a Brother to the Sublime VOL . IT . ° 2 15