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Oh , no ! so that he in his friendship be true , Why should I seek that friendship to smother ? Be he Protestant , Catholic , Pagan , or Jew , Man to Man act as Brother to Brother . Were I wealthy as Croesus ; because he was poor , _
I would no fellow-creature be spurning--When he ask'd for relief should I fasten ray door , And contemptuously from him be turning ? No , f we are but the Stewards by Providence placed , And we all have descent from one mother ; So if Man would not be both accursed and disgraced ^ Let hini act towards the Poor as a Brother .
But mark me ! don't think I would level esach class , In this life each his place hath assign'd him ; As the ale ' s for the horn , and the wine ' s for the glass , So we Man in his station should find him , Bow with def ' rence to those higher placed on the scene , But still let rich and poor love each other ; Revere Institutions , e ' er honour the Queen ; And towards Man act as Brother to Brother .
DOMATIC LODOE ( No . 206 ) . —This Lodge met as usual , at the Falcon Tavern , Fetterdane , on Monday , April 13 , Bro . Garrod , W . M ,, presiding . Bro . Inman Was passed , and Bro . Wilson was raised by the W . M . in a most impressive and instructive manner . Upon the proposition of Bros . Smith and Marshall , P . Ms ., it was resolved to have the summer festival on the second Tuesday in July ; and on the motion of Bros . Hay don and Brett , the King ' s Head , at Chigwell , was the
chosen house . At the close of business , the Brethren sat down to a well-served banquet , provided by Bro . Ireland , and the evening was spent in a most harmonious way . Bro . Charles Sloman returned thanks on behalf of the visitors , and , in the course of the evening , greatly delighted the company by an improvised song , in which the more prominent persons and incidents of the evening were cleverly introduced .
Manchester Lodge ( No . 209 ) , —On Thursday , the 16 th of April , this excellent Lodge held its regular monthly meeting at Bro . Eackstraw ' s , Gun Tavern , Pimlico . The business consisted of one passing and two raisings , which were peidbrmed in very excellent style by the W . M ., Bro . M . Levinson . This being the last meeting for the season , it was unanimously resolved by the Brethren to have a summer banquet on the second Thursday in July next . After a proposition for anew member and other business , a very handsome P . M . ' s Jewel , of a new and chaste design , the voluntary gift of the members of this Lodge , was presented to Bro . B . Collard , a P . M . of the Lodge , in suitable and appropriate terms , by the W . M ., who commented in a very feeling manner upon the extraordinary zeal and ability displayed by the worthy Brother during his year of office as W . M . of the Lodge ( as inscribed on the Jewel ) . Bro . Collard , with considerable emotion , replied , as follows : ¦— " W . M . and Brethren , —I have had many difficulties to encounter during life ; but the present one is a task I little anticipated . I have sometimes heard the recipients of such gifts express themselves in terms of surprise , that they should be deemed worthy of such honour ; others , that they had strained their thoughts and imaginations to the utmost tension , in endeavouring to discover what they had done to merit such notice ; while others have entered into judgment with themselves , and declared they were utterly unworthy of such honour and esteem . Now , sir , while listening to such persons , I have sometimes had doubts of the sincerity and truth of all they have uttered . I wish to avoid anything Hko a feigned humility , and express to you the honest sentiments of a truthful heart . I acknowledge I did expect some mark of your approbation , and strove wjth all my might during my year of office as W . M . to merit it . And if I am to believe all the kind expressions and attention of the Brethren , and the
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Oh , no ! so that he in his friendship be true , Why should I seek that friendship to smother ? Be he Protestant , Catholic , Pagan , or Jew , Man to Man act as Brother to Brother . Were I wealthy as Croesus ; because he was poor , _
I would no fellow-creature be spurning--When he ask'd for relief should I fasten ray door , And contemptuously from him be turning ? No , f we are but the Stewards by Providence placed , And we all have descent from one mother ; So if Man would not be both accursed and disgraced ^ Let hini act towards the Poor as a Brother .
But mark me ! don't think I would level esach class , In this life each his place hath assign'd him ; As the ale ' s for the horn , and the wine ' s for the glass , So we Man in his station should find him , Bow with def ' rence to those higher placed on the scene , But still let rich and poor love each other ; Revere Institutions , e ' er honour the Queen ; And towards Man act as Brother to Brother .
DOMATIC LODOE ( No . 206 ) . —This Lodge met as usual , at the Falcon Tavern , Fetterdane , on Monday , April 13 , Bro . Garrod , W . M ,, presiding . Bro . Inman Was passed , and Bro . Wilson was raised by the W . M . in a most impressive and instructive manner . Upon the proposition of Bros . Smith and Marshall , P . Ms ., it was resolved to have the summer festival on the second Tuesday in July ; and on the motion of Bros . Hay don and Brett , the King ' s Head , at Chigwell , was the
chosen house . At the close of business , the Brethren sat down to a well-served banquet , provided by Bro . Ireland , and the evening was spent in a most harmonious way . Bro . Charles Sloman returned thanks on behalf of the visitors , and , in the course of the evening , greatly delighted the company by an improvised song , in which the more prominent persons and incidents of the evening were cleverly introduced .
Manchester Lodge ( No . 209 ) , —On Thursday , the 16 th of April , this excellent Lodge held its regular monthly meeting at Bro . Eackstraw ' s , Gun Tavern , Pimlico . The business consisted of one passing and two raisings , which were peidbrmed in very excellent style by the W . M ., Bro . M . Levinson . This being the last meeting for the season , it was unanimously resolved by the Brethren to have a summer banquet on the second Thursday in July next . After a proposition for anew member and other business , a very handsome P . M . ' s Jewel , of a new and chaste design , the voluntary gift of the members of this Lodge , was presented to Bro . B . Collard , a P . M . of the Lodge , in suitable and appropriate terms , by the W . M ., who commented in a very feeling manner upon the extraordinary zeal and ability displayed by the worthy Brother during his year of office as W . M . of the Lodge ( as inscribed on the Jewel ) . Bro . Collard , with considerable emotion , replied , as follows : ¦— " W . M . and Brethren , —I have had many difficulties to encounter during life ; but the present one is a task I little anticipated . I have sometimes heard the recipients of such gifts express themselves in terms of surprise , that they should be deemed worthy of such honour ; others , that they had strained their thoughts and imaginations to the utmost tension , in endeavouring to discover what they had done to merit such notice ; while others have entered into judgment with themselves , and declared they were utterly unworthy of such honour and esteem . Now , sir , while listening to such persons , I have sometimes had doubts of the sincerity and truth of all they have uttered . I wish to avoid anything Hko a feigned humility , and express to you the honest sentiments of a truthful heart . I acknowledge I did expect some mark of your approbation , and strove wjth all my might during my year of office as W . M . to merit it . And if I am to believe all the kind expressions and attention of the Brethren , and the