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have gained , and tl ^ e honours you hav e earned . I now call upon you , Brothers , to join meini drinking health and jprosperity to the ^ Il 6 nours . - ( Loudapplause . ) Bro . Pocklington said , the high encomiums passed upon him by the W . M , were more than he merited , but he believed that they were uttered from the heart of their kind-hearted W . M . If the manner in which he had worked the
two Lodges over which he had the honour to preside during the two preceding years had met with the approval of the Brethren of those Lodges , he was amply compensated for any labour he might have undergone ; and the beautiful present just made him was a visible " symbol " of that approval , and a memento of their kindness towards himselL The work was an invaluable record of that land so dear to Masons , inasmuch as it was descriptive of scenes and places so prominently brought before them in the ritual and lectures . It described those mountains
where God descended ; those deserts where the angels pointed out -to Hagar the hidden spring from which to reanimate her poor famished child Ishmael that land , where the angels wete seen by Jacob to descend from and ascend ; the holy ground ^ here Moses was commas off his shoes ; the Vall ey of Jehosaphat , where the early Masons arid Christian w terrible scene of the last Judgment ; the ground upon which Abraham was about to ofier his son Isaac ; upon which David oflerecl his mediatorial sacrifice , and Bang { Solomon his costly burnt offerings on the completion of that Temple , which far ^ eclipsed the magnificence 6 f ^
ttoiethe union of operative find Speculative ^ and implements used : in its construction , with many of its most important details , were consecrated to the veneration of God , and the re ^ served in their Lodges . Bro . Pocklington , having in feeling terrns thanked the Bretrirenfor their kindness in making him so costly a present , sat down amidst the plaudits of the company . Jl variety of toasts and sentiments were given during the evening" by the Brethren present , and some excellent songs were sung , and altogether the evening passed off in unalloyed peace , harmony , and brotherly love .
mALm $ Gc . ~ -ffimdred oj-Elloe ( KTo . 690 ) .- ^ -At tmonthly communication of this Lodge , holden on Thursday , the 8 th of April , two gentlemen were proposed and > ceepted , and one of them , in a most impressive manner , initiated into the Qv $ n by Bro . Bidgway , the W . M . of the Lodge .
NORFOLK . Appointments . —Lodge , —Monday , May 3 rd , Friendship ( U 7 ) , Dice ' s Head , Great Yar mouth .
NORTHUMBERLAND . Appointments , —Lodges . —Monday , May 3 rd , Northern Counties ( 586 ) , Freemasons' ftall , N ewgate-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , at 7 ; St , George ' s ( 624 ) , Cominerpial Hotel , ISorth Shields , at 8 '( ( ; Tuesday , 4 th , St . Davids 554 ) , Salmon Inn , Berwick j Northumberland 985 ) , Central Exchange , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , at 7 > ( , Thursday , 6 th , Newcastle 24 ) , Freemasons * Hall , Blacketfc-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , at 7 .
SHROPSHIRE . Anointments . wrlodge . r— Friday , May 7 th , St , John ' s ( 875 ) , Bull ' s Hear ] , Wellington , at 4 . SOMERSETSHIRE . ArroiNTMENTS . ^ -Lorfge ^ i . —Monday , May 3 rd , Royal Sussex (< 5 i ) , Amery ' s Hotel , Bath , at 7 i i Wednesday , 5 th , Sincerity ( 327 ) , Taunton , at 7-, Thursday , 6 th , Royal Cumberland ( 46 ) , Masonic Hall , £ ath , afc $ - ( , Benevolent 053 ) , Town Hall , Wells , at 7 .
STAFFORDSHIRE . A ? yoiNi ? MENTs —Lodges . —Monday , May 3 rd , St , James ' s ( 705 ) , New Inn , Handsworth , at 1 ) Thursday , 6 th , St , Martin ' s ( n 5 ) , Freemasons Arms , Burslem , at G ¦ St . Peter ' s ( 607 ) , Star and Garter , Wolverhampton , at 7 . SUFFOLK . A ? JPpiNTMBNTs , ^ i , o ^ , ^ Wedne 3 () ay , May 6 * th , Doric ( ofi ) , Private Roorn , Wopflbrito ,
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have gained , and tl ^ e honours you hav e earned . I now call upon you , Brothers , to join meini drinking health and jprosperity to the ^ Il 6 nours . - ( Loudapplause . ) Bro . Pocklington said , the high encomiums passed upon him by the W . M , were more than he merited , but he believed that they were uttered from the heart of their kind-hearted W . M . If the manner in which he had worked the
two Lodges over which he had the honour to preside during the two preceding years had met with the approval of the Brethren of those Lodges , he was amply compensated for any labour he might have undergone ; and the beautiful present just made him was a visible " symbol " of that approval , and a memento of their kindness towards himselL The work was an invaluable record of that land so dear to Masons , inasmuch as it was descriptive of scenes and places so prominently brought before them in the ritual and lectures . It described those mountains
where God descended ; those deserts where the angels pointed out -to Hagar the hidden spring from which to reanimate her poor famished child Ishmael that land , where the angels wete seen by Jacob to descend from and ascend ; the holy ground ^ here Moses was commas off his shoes ; the Vall ey of Jehosaphat , where the early Masons arid Christian w terrible scene of the last Judgment ; the ground upon which Abraham was about to ofier his son Isaac ; upon which David oflerecl his mediatorial sacrifice , and Bang { Solomon his costly burnt offerings on the completion of that Temple , which far ^ eclipsed the magnificence 6 f ^
ttoiethe union of operative find Speculative ^ and implements used : in its construction , with many of its most important details , were consecrated to the veneration of God , and the re ^ served in their Lodges . Bro . Pocklington , having in feeling terrns thanked the Bretrirenfor their kindness in making him so costly a present , sat down amidst the plaudits of the company . Jl variety of toasts and sentiments were given during the evening" by the Brethren present , and some excellent songs were sung , and altogether the evening passed off in unalloyed peace , harmony , and brotherly love .
mALm $ Gc . ~ -ffimdred oj-Elloe ( KTo . 690 ) .- ^ -At tmonthly communication of this Lodge , holden on Thursday , the 8 th of April , two gentlemen were proposed and > ceepted , and one of them , in a most impressive manner , initiated into the Qv $ n by Bro . Bidgway , the W . M . of the Lodge .
NORFOLK . Appointments . —Lodge , —Monday , May 3 rd , Friendship ( U 7 ) , Dice ' s Head , Great Yar mouth .
NORTHUMBERLAND . Appointments , —Lodges . —Monday , May 3 rd , Northern Counties ( 586 ) , Freemasons' ftall , N ewgate-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , at 7 ; St , George ' s ( 624 ) , Cominerpial Hotel , ISorth Shields , at 8 '( ( ; Tuesday , 4 th , St . Davids 554 ) , Salmon Inn , Berwick j Northumberland 985 ) , Central Exchange , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , at 7 > ( , Thursday , 6 th , Newcastle 24 ) , Freemasons * Hall , Blacketfc-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , at 7 .
SHROPSHIRE . Anointments . wrlodge . r— Friday , May 7 th , St , John ' s ( 875 ) , Bull ' s Hear ] , Wellington , at 4 . SOMERSETSHIRE . ArroiNTMENTS . ^ -Lorfge ^ i . —Monday , May 3 rd , Royal Sussex (< 5 i ) , Amery ' s Hotel , Bath , at 7 i i Wednesday , 5 th , Sincerity ( 327 ) , Taunton , at 7-, Thursday , 6 th , Royal Cumberland ( 46 ) , Masonic Hall , £ ath , afc $ - ( , Benevolent 053 ) , Town Hall , Wells , at 7 .
STAFFORDSHIRE . A ? yoiNi ? MENTs —Lodges . —Monday , May 3 rd , St , James ' s ( 705 ) , New Inn , Handsworth , at 1 ) Thursday , 6 th , St , Martin ' s ( n 5 ) , Freemasons Arms , Burslem , at G ¦ St . Peter ' s ( 607 ) , Star and Garter , Wolverhampton , at 7 . SUFFOLK . A ? JPpiNTMBNTs , ^ i , o ^ , ^ Wedne 3 () ay , May 6 * th , Doric ( ofi ) , Private Roorn , Wopflbrito ,