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The Best Of Friends Must Part.
at the same time , just sentence of their royal Master . After some moments of silence the king repeated the same words , but with more ^ calmness . The members still . kept the same silence ; then with tears in his eyes , his voice choked with emotion , the great king finished
with these words : — " As a brother Freemason , I have discharged my duty , but alas ! I perceive that even among this small number of Freemasons the Masonic obligation has no power ; that neither
oaths , sacred duties , vows of fidelity , nor gratitude due to our benefactors , are sufficiently strong to check the evil passions of men and prevent them doing injury to their fellows I now for ever close this Lodge and shall never resume the gavel . " Frederick then closed the Lodge in the usual manner ; and with the most touching sentiments , his head uncovered , he returned the Master ' s gavel to
the Grrand Orient . In the antechamber of the Lodge , the king , in going out , ordered "General Wallrave to surrender his sword ; he caused him to be arrested and delivered to justice . He was sentenced to thirty years close confinement , where he ^ died before the termination of his sentence .
One day Wallrave wrote from the prison to the king , imploring his mercy , and quoting the 88 th Psalm of David in support of his prayer . The king for his sole reply sent him the 101 st Psalm . f * We quote one or two verses of this Psalm , so full of grief and bitterness of soul : —
2 . 0 let my prayer enter into Thy presence , incline Thine ear unto my calling . 3 . For my soul is full of trouble ; and my life draweth nigh unto Hell . 8 . I am so fast in . prison , that I cannot get forth . 9 . My sight faileth for very trouble ; Lord , I have called daily upon Thee , I have stretched forth my hands unto Thee .
+ Read simply two verses of the 101 st , fierce and terrible as the wrath of God : — 4 . I will take no wicked thing in hand ; I hate the sins of unfaithfulness : there shall no such cleave unto me . 11 . I shall destroy all the ungodly that are in the land , that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the Lord .
Royal Arch Furniture , & c . —Through the courtesy of Mr . Fordred , of tha iirm of Ford red and Atkins , merchants and commission agents , 32 , New Broadstreet , we had the satisfaction of examining some of the most correct and beautiful Chapter Regalia that we have ever seen . It is intended for the Chapter of TJnited Brethren , Cape of Good Hope . The crown , mitre , and turban for the Principals , their cloaks , sceptres , & c , were of their kind especial works of art . The banners are beautifully painted , which we are sorry "we cannot say of the banners in many Chapters . In this case the man does look
like a man , tlie bull like a bull , and the other creatures life-like . Of the banners of the twelve tribes we cannot speak too highly ; many of them might have graced , a gallery . One of the shields represents a ship upon the sea most effectively this is a little gem , just the bit of marine description we like hung in our sanctum sanctorum —the sort of picture that in its truthfulness takes us " far , far upon the sea / ' and brings back , rustling like green leaves of yesterday / ' the old time , ere we devoted ourselves to metropolitan life . To return to our notice , we are informed that Bro . John Mott Thearle , the Masonic jeweller , of Fleet street , not only provided the whole of the regalia , but painted tlie banners , and they do him great credit .
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The Best Of Friends Must Part.
at the same time , just sentence of their royal Master . After some moments of silence the king repeated the same words , but with more ^ calmness . The members still . kept the same silence ; then with tears in his eyes , his voice choked with emotion , the great king finished
with these words : — " As a brother Freemason , I have discharged my duty , but alas ! I perceive that even among this small number of Freemasons the Masonic obligation has no power ; that neither
oaths , sacred duties , vows of fidelity , nor gratitude due to our benefactors , are sufficiently strong to check the evil passions of men and prevent them doing injury to their fellows I now for ever close this Lodge and shall never resume the gavel . " Frederick then closed the Lodge in the usual manner ; and with the most touching sentiments , his head uncovered , he returned the Master ' s gavel to
the Grrand Orient . In the antechamber of the Lodge , the king , in going out , ordered "General Wallrave to surrender his sword ; he caused him to be arrested and delivered to justice . He was sentenced to thirty years close confinement , where he ^ died before the termination of his sentence .
One day Wallrave wrote from the prison to the king , imploring his mercy , and quoting the 88 th Psalm of David in support of his prayer . The king for his sole reply sent him the 101 st Psalm . f * We quote one or two verses of this Psalm , so full of grief and bitterness of soul : —
2 . 0 let my prayer enter into Thy presence , incline Thine ear unto my calling . 3 . For my soul is full of trouble ; and my life draweth nigh unto Hell . 8 . I am so fast in . prison , that I cannot get forth . 9 . My sight faileth for very trouble ; Lord , I have called daily upon Thee , I have stretched forth my hands unto Thee .
+ Read simply two verses of the 101 st , fierce and terrible as the wrath of God : — 4 . I will take no wicked thing in hand ; I hate the sins of unfaithfulness : there shall no such cleave unto me . 11 . I shall destroy all the ungodly that are in the land , that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the Lord .
Royal Arch Furniture , & c . —Through the courtesy of Mr . Fordred , of tha iirm of Ford red and Atkins , merchants and commission agents , 32 , New Broadstreet , we had the satisfaction of examining some of the most correct and beautiful Chapter Regalia that we have ever seen . It is intended for the Chapter of TJnited Brethren , Cape of Good Hope . The crown , mitre , and turban for the Principals , their cloaks , sceptres , & c , were of their kind especial works of art . The banners are beautifully painted , which we are sorry "we cannot say of the banners in many Chapters . In this case the man does look
like a man , tlie bull like a bull , and the other creatures life-like . Of the banners of the twelve tribes we cannot speak too highly ; many of them might have graced , a gallery . One of the shields represents a ship upon the sea most effectively this is a little gem , just the bit of marine description we like hung in our sanctum sanctorum —the sort of picture that in its truthfulness takes us " far , far upon the sea / ' and brings back , rustling like green leaves of yesterday / ' the old time , ere we devoted ourselves to metropolitan life . To return to our notice , we are informed that Bro . John Mott Thearle , the Masonic jeweller , of Fleet street , not only provided the whole of the regalia , but painted tlie banners , and they do him great credit .