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Article MASONIC MISSIONS. ← Page 6 of 6 Article A MASONIC FUNERAL ORATION. Page 1 of 4 →
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Masonic Missions.
We will now make a comparison ofthe three provinces . Population . Loclge Towns . Lodges . B . A . Halls . Derby ... 296 , 048 7 8 2 0 Notts . ... 270 , 437 2 4 10 Leicester 230 , 308 2 3 2 1 . The contrast between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire is very
striking , and yet the difference of the population is only about ten percent . What these provinces ought to be , may now be shown : — Lodge Towns . Lodges . R . A . Halls . Derby 16 18 0 16 Notts 10 15 7 10
Leicester 8 12 4 8 The estimate we have made of the requirements of these provinces is very moderate , and yet we show that thirty Lodges ought to be founded , and thirty-five halls , and this can be clone , and weJuwe-jyill be done . //^^^
A Masonic Funeral Oration.
A MASONIC FUNERAL ORATION .
By the kindness of an esteemed Jersey correspondent we are favoured with a copy of the oration delivered over the grave of the late Dr . Cuquemelle by Bro . F . Gustave R , atier , Orator of the Lodge La Cesaree . The translation from the ori ginal French has been purposely made as literal as possible . For what purpose do we sec assembled around this tomb these Freemasonsj
bearing in their dress the peculiar marks and decorations of the Order , ancl publicly displaying then- banners to the gaze of the multitude ? To what end is this crowd collected , earnestly intent on our proceedings ? All of us , either as brethren or as friends , are met together to commit to the earth the mortal remains of a member of the great family of Freemasons . l es , my brethren , Freemasonry has lost one of its most devoted children , and the Loclge La Cesaree one of its most accomplished aud useful
members . To all of us , it is a source of the deepest grief . Let us give free course to our sorrow ; but after having prostrated ourselves at his tomb , after having shed a tear of sympathy on the soil which is about to cover his remains , let us revive our drooping courage ; let us again become firm and undaunted as he was in his last moments ; ancl , as Masons , let us glory in his death as in his life . Louis Francois Benjamin Cuquemelle was born at Monteburgin the
, nrrondissemeiit of Valogne , department of La Manche , on the 24 th Messidor , third year of the Republic , ( 12 th July , 1795 ) . He commenced his studies at the College of Valogne , but soon after , seized with the martial fever which was then drying up the best blood of France , though scarcely fourteen years of age , lie joined the regiment of the Pupils of the Guard , * to
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Masonic Missions.
We will now make a comparison ofthe three provinces . Population . Loclge Towns . Lodges . B . A . Halls . Derby ... 296 , 048 7 8 2 0 Notts . ... 270 , 437 2 4 10 Leicester 230 , 308 2 3 2 1 . The contrast between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire is very
striking , and yet the difference of the population is only about ten percent . What these provinces ought to be , may now be shown : — Lodge Towns . Lodges . R . A . Halls . Derby 16 18 0 16 Notts 10 15 7 10
Leicester 8 12 4 8 The estimate we have made of the requirements of these provinces is very moderate , and yet we show that thirty Lodges ought to be founded , and thirty-five halls , and this can be clone , and weJuwe-jyill be done . //^^^
A Masonic Funeral Oration.
A MASONIC FUNERAL ORATION .
By the kindness of an esteemed Jersey correspondent we are favoured with a copy of the oration delivered over the grave of the late Dr . Cuquemelle by Bro . F . Gustave R , atier , Orator of the Lodge La Cesaree . The translation from the ori ginal French has been purposely made as literal as possible . For what purpose do we sec assembled around this tomb these Freemasonsj
bearing in their dress the peculiar marks and decorations of the Order , ancl publicly displaying then- banners to the gaze of the multitude ? To what end is this crowd collected , earnestly intent on our proceedings ? All of us , either as brethren or as friends , are met together to commit to the earth the mortal remains of a member of the great family of Freemasons . l es , my brethren , Freemasonry has lost one of its most devoted children , and the Loclge La Cesaree one of its most accomplished aud useful
members . To all of us , it is a source of the deepest grief . Let us give free course to our sorrow ; but after having prostrated ourselves at his tomb , after having shed a tear of sympathy on the soil which is about to cover his remains , let us revive our drooping courage ; let us again become firm and undaunted as he was in his last moments ; ancl , as Masons , let us glory in his death as in his life . Louis Francois Benjamin Cuquemelle was born at Monteburgin the
, nrrondissemeiit of Valogne , department of La Manche , on the 24 th Messidor , third year of the Republic , ( 12 th July , 1795 ) . He commenced his studies at the College of Valogne , but soon after , seized with the martial fever which was then drying up the best blood of France , though scarcely fourteen years of age , lie joined the regiment of the Pupils of the Guard , * to