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America,
ina ^ Qnt h ^ country : fie was not only a brave man and a pure patrip ^ mSspn ^ and a Grand Master . Eighty-two years have passed aw ^ and instead of hii name fading from put * memories , It has grpvy ^ n brighter and brighter , until it sliines side by side w-itii Washington , the brightest names on our history ' s pages . /
On Wednesday , June ]! 7 , " 1857 , a vast pl ^ ude assembled on the spot where he fell to inaugurate ^ marble statue to his memory . It was an imposing sight . There were uhipny and more distinguished personages than were everbefore present on such ari occasionm our ( 5 % ^^ . The militai ^ cpntprismg twehty-m from Ne w Yprk ^ accompanied by fourteen bands of hiusic . The Masonic part of
the procession was composed of the Grand Lodges of Massiichusetts and New Hampshire ; Grand E Encampment of Knights Templar ; and twenty-four Lodges of Master Masons , ntin ^ erih ^ in ; all at lea were performed by the Girarid Lodge of Massaphusetts ( J \^ T . Beards 1 VL W . G . M ;) y
in ^ cbrdance m from a beautiful block of white marble , is seven feet high , exclusive of pedestal , aiici represehts General Warren in a citizen ' s dress > holding a sword in his right handy with his ; left in a position as if addressing some one , and his eyes' partially raised towards heaven ^ No hame disfigures the block , but upon the pedestal is to fee the siinpte ^ JournM . ,
India.
INDIA .
CAIiCUTTA . A farewell bariq [ uet was given by the Prov . G . M . ( Col . Ramsay ) , at the Freemasons' Hall , on the 19 th March . There was a sumptuous table , and a goodly gathering of Brethren . The following amongst other toasts were proposed : — " The Queen , the daughter and the niece of two Grand Masters of England , under whom , jointly , the union of the Modern and Ancient Masons was so happily effected in 1813 . " "The M . W . the Earl of Zetland , and the Grand Lodge of England . " ' " ¦ The M . W . the Duke of Athol , the M . W . the Duke of Leinster , and the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland . "
The R . W . Bro , Longueville Clarke gave " The Grand Orient of France , and our Brother and ally the Emperor of the French . " The R . W . Brother , having introduced the toast , drew from it an illustration of the attracting and cementing nature of Masonry . One of the greatest landmarks of the Institution , he said , was Brotherly Love . The more that principle was admitted into the bosoms of Masons , and cherished by them , the more would Masonry fulfil its purpose as one of the means for drawing together not only the various classes of society , but also the different nations of the world . In the instance before him , political
reasons had united the armies of France and of England ; but political reasons and political expediency would not cause the two nations to forget the animosities which had subsisted between them for centuries , or to act together without secret hatred . This would be a jarring element in the council and the camp . But now there was ; an under-current at work which would , in a great measure , counteract all such repelling influences . English Masons penetrated all grades of society , and no doubt leavened large circles with their opinions . They saw at the h « ad of the French nation one to whom they could hold out the right hand of VOL . III . 4 T
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
America,
ina ^ Qnt h ^ country : fie was not only a brave man and a pure patrip ^ mSspn ^ and a Grand Master . Eighty-two years have passed aw ^ and instead of hii name fading from put * memories , It has grpvy ^ n brighter and brighter , until it sliines side by side w-itii Washington , the brightest names on our history ' s pages . /
On Wednesday , June ]! 7 , " 1857 , a vast pl ^ ude assembled on the spot where he fell to inaugurate ^ marble statue to his memory . It was an imposing sight . There were uhipny and more distinguished personages than were everbefore present on such ari occasionm our ( 5 % ^^ . The militai ^ cpntprismg twehty-m from Ne w Yprk ^ accompanied by fourteen bands of hiusic . The Masonic part of
the procession was composed of the Grand Lodges of Massiichusetts and New Hampshire ; Grand E Encampment of Knights Templar ; and twenty-four Lodges of Master Masons , ntin ^ erih ^ in ; all at lea were performed by the Girarid Lodge of Massaphusetts ( J \^ T . Beards 1 VL W . G . M ;) y
in ^ cbrdance m from a beautiful block of white marble , is seven feet high , exclusive of pedestal , aiici represehts General Warren in a citizen ' s dress > holding a sword in his right handy with his ; left in a position as if addressing some one , and his eyes' partially raised towards heaven ^ No hame disfigures the block , but upon the pedestal is to fee the siinpte ^ JournM . ,
India.
INDIA .
CAIiCUTTA . A farewell bariq [ uet was given by the Prov . G . M . ( Col . Ramsay ) , at the Freemasons' Hall , on the 19 th March . There was a sumptuous table , and a goodly gathering of Brethren . The following amongst other toasts were proposed : — " The Queen , the daughter and the niece of two Grand Masters of England , under whom , jointly , the union of the Modern and Ancient Masons was so happily effected in 1813 . " "The M . W . the Earl of Zetland , and the Grand Lodge of England . " ' " ¦ The M . W . the Duke of Athol , the M . W . the Duke of Leinster , and the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland . "
The R . W . Bro , Longueville Clarke gave " The Grand Orient of France , and our Brother and ally the Emperor of the French . " The R . W . Brother , having introduced the toast , drew from it an illustration of the attracting and cementing nature of Masonry . One of the greatest landmarks of the Institution , he said , was Brotherly Love . The more that principle was admitted into the bosoms of Masons , and cherished by them , the more would Masonry fulfil its purpose as one of the means for drawing together not only the various classes of society , but also the different nations of the world . In the instance before him , political
reasons had united the armies of France and of England ; but political reasons and political expediency would not cause the two nations to forget the animosities which had subsisted between them for centuries , or to act together without secret hatred . This would be a jarring element in the council and the camp . But now there was ; an under-current at work which would , in a great measure , counteract all such repelling influences . English Masons penetrated all grades of society , and no doubt leavened large circles with their opinions . They saw at the h « ad of the French nation one to whom they could hold out the right hand of VOL . III . 4 T