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represeritijig fifty ^ oiir Lodges . Nearly every Lodge under its jurisdiction WW represented , which , considering that the meeting was not a stated one , but called for the purpose of considering terms of union s gave evidence of a s ^ it ex e ditahl e to the occasion . Sir Allan ] ST . MaQh ^ b , Grand Master , presided on t ^
by Right Worshipful Bros . J . G . Ridout and Thomas Douglas Harington . Th . e Grand Lodge being 6 pm form and ceremony , a . nd the Hon . Rob Morris , Deputy Grand Master of K-eiitucky , received and welcomed in form / the business for which , the assembly had been summQried was discussedr with all the gravity proper to so important a theme .
The surroundings were magnificent and sublime . Sublime- —yes — -it is sublime to witness humanity divesting itself of all that can pander to pride of opinion , and prepared to sacrifice fooling , interest , prejudice , all save honour , on the altar of duty * Jn the centre ofthe large hall----one of tlie most capacious in the prbyince- ^ and upon the
magnificent chandelier , were displayed in alternate ranks , the mottos that speak so loudly of Masoriic duties ; Brotherly love ^—relief— - truth < -- ^ emper lux , < fec ., & c . j while arxnihd the apartment were large tracing boards , upon winch appeared designs of sucli a Divine character a & to bespeak the wisdom of Providence in their origin . L
In the east the venerable form of the baron ot conspicuous . None who looked updri that dignijied countenance glowing with the impress of Masonic feeling , and witnessed his unconcealed anxiety to accomplish a union equally honourable to his own and the opposing party , could turn away unmoved , or avoid whispering in his heart a genuine " God bless him ! " Upon his right was the substantial form of R . W .
Bro . Ridout , the Deputy Grand Master , whose fame as a wise and skilful Mason is the common property of the entire Canadian Craft ; on his left the chairman of the committee of reconciliation , R . W . Bro . Harington . The labours of this industrious brother in addressing letters to the leading Masons of England , and circulars and letters to the fraternity throughout Canada , and in frequent and
eloquent oral appeals to the Lodges of his own party , had been almost without parallel . Upon his face was seen , on the present occasion , the earnestness that bespeaks success . His manner , impetuous but not ungraceful , his ready memory , and , above all , his unflinching boldness , made him ^ as they should , the Ajax Telamon ofthe peace party ; and it would not be too much to say , that without his great and selfsacrificing efforts , the union could not have been accomplished .
The basis of reconciliation which had been adopted by the Grand Lodge , was now adopted by the Antient Grand Lodge , with but three dissentients ; and a committee was immediately sent to the Grand Lodge to inform that body that the Antient Grand Lodge ,
having dissolved itself into its original elements , was now prepared , agreeably to the terms of the " basis , " to be amalgamated into the Grand Lodge of Canada , z 2
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.. The) Ibegei
represeritijig fifty ^ oiir Lodges . Nearly every Lodge under its jurisdiction WW represented , which , considering that the meeting was not a stated one , but called for the purpose of considering terms of union s gave evidence of a s ^ it ex e ditahl e to the occasion . Sir Allan ] ST . MaQh ^ b , Grand Master , presided on t ^
by Right Worshipful Bros . J . G . Ridout and Thomas Douglas Harington . Th . e Grand Lodge being 6 pm form and ceremony , a . nd the Hon . Rob Morris , Deputy Grand Master of K-eiitucky , received and welcomed in form / the business for which , the assembly had been summQried was discussedr with all the gravity proper to so important a theme .
The surroundings were magnificent and sublime . Sublime- —yes — -it is sublime to witness humanity divesting itself of all that can pander to pride of opinion , and prepared to sacrifice fooling , interest , prejudice , all save honour , on the altar of duty * Jn the centre ofthe large hall----one of tlie most capacious in the prbyince- ^ and upon the
magnificent chandelier , were displayed in alternate ranks , the mottos that speak so loudly of Masoriic duties ; Brotherly love ^—relief— - truth < -- ^ emper lux , < fec ., & c . j while arxnihd the apartment were large tracing boards , upon winch appeared designs of sucli a Divine character a & to bespeak the wisdom of Providence in their origin . L
In the east the venerable form of the baron ot conspicuous . None who looked updri that dignijied countenance glowing with the impress of Masonic feeling , and witnessed his unconcealed anxiety to accomplish a union equally honourable to his own and the opposing party , could turn away unmoved , or avoid whispering in his heart a genuine " God bless him ! " Upon his right was the substantial form of R . W .
Bro . Ridout , the Deputy Grand Master , whose fame as a wise and skilful Mason is the common property of the entire Canadian Craft ; on his left the chairman of the committee of reconciliation , R . W . Bro . Harington . The labours of this industrious brother in addressing letters to the leading Masons of England , and circulars and letters to the fraternity throughout Canada , and in frequent and
eloquent oral appeals to the Lodges of his own party , had been almost without parallel . Upon his face was seen , on the present occasion , the earnestness that bespeaks success . His manner , impetuous but not ungraceful , his ready memory , and , above all , his unflinching boldness , made him ^ as they should , the Ajax Telamon ofthe peace party ; and it would not be too much to say , that without his great and selfsacrificing efforts , the union could not have been accomplished .
The basis of reconciliation which had been adopted by the Grand Lodge , was now adopted by the Antient Grand Lodge , with but three dissentients ; and a committee was immediately sent to the Grand Lodge to inform that body that the Antient Grand Lodge ,
having dissolved itself into its original elements , was now prepared , agreeably to the terms of the " basis , " to be amalgamated into the Grand Lodge of Canada , z 2