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The Mason's Last Request.—A Sketch Of The Battle-Field .

widow's son was safe , for the sword which would have slain was now a shield—the foe whose arm had just been raised was now a brother , whose extended hand was ready to lift him who lay upon the earth in such distress . But ah ! fatal pause ! that generous bosom , so full of fraternal love , which did not forget duty even there , amid the wild carnage of battle , was pierced by a bullet ; and the

brave Carroll sank , dying , by the side of him who had called for help and had not been refused . Washington ' s eyes were on him—he kneAv Avho and what he was , for he had sat with him in a place where light abounded ; but he could not Avait—the enemy are flying and must be pursued . " On ! " cried the ding hero to his men . " Forward !"

y he shouted to his boys . "We are victorious , and I am content . " The battle was over . The British had been swept back over the gory field Avhich they had taken , and night had drawn its njantle over the horrors which the day had exposed . And by Major Carrol's side knelt the only one of his race that was left to life—his youngest born . His two oldest

sons had fallen on the dear-bought field—like himself contented that they died for their country , and fell in the hour when victory Avas theirs . "Father , Avhat can I do for yon ? " said the boy-hero , as he grasped his dying sire by the hand , and sustained his head ripon his breast . " Be a manand do duty to country firstand to

, your your , your mother next . And lad , save my Masonic regalia . He , our nation' s father , invested me Avith it ! Save it , and act so worthily , that when you are of full age yon may become entitled to wear it . It is my last request ! And soon the noble spirit of that brave , good , man , left his body , and went to dwell with the Great Architect of the Universe .

And , years after , when peace smiled on our land , the son fulfilled the father ' s request , and that cherished regalia is yet in the possession of his descendants . —Masonic Casket ( Collinsville , U . S . )

Architecture And Archæology.

ARCHITECTURE AND ARCH ? OLOGY .

GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE . A memorial windoAV has been put up in the nave of Lincoln Cathedral , by the Revs . A . and F . Sutton . The AA'indoAV contains twelve subjects from the life of Joshua , and is the companion Avindow to that recently put up , containing scenes from the life of Moses ; the two being a

memorial to the late Sir Eichard Sutton , Bart ., and Lady Sutton . Beneath , the AA'indoAV is a small mural tablet in brass , with the inscription . The work of restoration in Wellingborough Church commenced in 1850 , under the advice and direction of Messrs . G . G . Scott and E . E . LaAV , and the chancel and chancel aisles were then reseated with oak seats : the oak

open screen , and the stone work of the pillars , arches , and windows Avere restored , and two unsightly galleries were removed from the aisles , at a cost of about £ 1 , 250 , the whole of Avhich was defrayed . Last year it Avas resolved to finish the work so commenced . The restoration of the nave and aisles is UOAV completed . The plaster ceiling of the naA-e has been replaced by a neAV panelled roof : two galleries at

the Avest end of the nave have been removed ; the whole nave and aisles reseated with oak to correspond Avith the chancel ; the tower arch throvra open and restored ; the woodAvork of the western Avheel-Avindow replaced by stone tracery and filled with stained glass ; all the other windoAvs restored and re-glazed ; and many other improvements made . The works have been executed at a cost of about

£ 1 , 500 , of Avhich about £ 600 remains as a debt . The neAV Wesleyan chapel at Hampton has been formall y opened for divine worship . The chapel ( erected from the designs of Mr . M . P . Manning ) , is in the Gothic style . It is about 50 ft . in length , and 25 ft . wide , and is capable of accommodating above 200 people . At present a portion of

Architecture And Archæology.

the chapel is used as a school-room , but it is intended , as funds accrue , to complete the gallery and add the staircase turret , increasing the number of sittings to betAveen 300 and 400 . Holy Trinity Church , TroAvbridge , Avhich has been closed for some months past , for the purpose of undergoing repairs and renovationhas been re-ened by the Bishop of

, op Salisbury . The church , Avhich is Early English in style , has been renoA-ated in the interior . The organ has been freshly stained , and the pipes adorned Avith gold and blue . The pulpit is new , and of Bath stone . A carved oak lectem has been presented to the incumbent , the Rev . Digby Walsh , M . A ., by the Rev . Edwin Palmer , Fellow of Baliol College , Oxford . The church provides sittings for 1033

persons . Lady Huntingdon's Connection Chapel , Basingstoke , has ; been opened for divine service . The new pews , which are of an ecclesiastical design , are deal , stained and varnished . The Avhole of the interior has been altered to accord withthe pews . The Bochym aisle of Gury Church , Cornwall , has been

lately decorated Avith two painted Gothic windoAvs , at the expense of Mr . S . Davey . A feAv members of the Independent denomination , Avith the assistance of friends , have purchased a site at the corner of Noi-Avood Grove , and West Derby-road , Liverpool , and are about to erect upon it a chapel and schools , AA'hich are estimated to cost , with the land , about £ 7 , 000 . It is expected that the foundation-stone will be laid early in tho

coming spring . St . Mary's Church , Lowton-common , Manchester , has ' been consecrated by the Bishop of Chester . The want of a church havin ' g been much felt , Miss Leigh , of Hale , gave £ 1 , 000 tOAvai-ds a building and endowment fund , and Mr . W . J . Legh , M . P ., and Mr . T . Brideoak , gave the land . Thechurch cost about £ 2 , 000 .

A memorial windoAV has just been placed in the church of St . Thomas , Winchester , by Miss Lavie . It consists of two lights : the subjects being the Good Samaritan ancl Abraham entertaining the three angels ; the inscription beneath being as follows : — " Be not forgetful to entertain strangers , for thereby some have entertained angels unawares . " Beneath the subjects are panels containing tracery and foliage on a

highly-coloured ground . At the base of the memorial is thetext , " ' Be ye doers of the word , and not hearers only . " The quatrefoil in the head of the windoAV contains a cross surrounded with grapes and vine-leaves . A brass plate runs along the base of this and the next Avindow , AA'hich was put up in 1858 , and bears the inscription : ¦ — "In memory of ' Augustus Lavie , who departed this life January , 8 , 1861 . "

Beneath the adjoining Avindow , put in about three years back , a brass label bears the folioAving words : — " In memory of Elizabeth Lavie , who departed this life December , 29 ,. 1857 . "

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

THE DOCTKINE OF P YTHAGOJIAS . Can you give an account of Pythagoras's doctrines , and oblige . —W . W , ?—[ The following , translated from Lenning ' s Cyclopcedia of Freemasonry , will no doubt answer our querist ' s purpose : — " It were sad , indeed , if nature , in obliging us to tattle with such innumerable evilshad not alsoin her motherllapprepared for

, , y , us consolation , comfort , and the means of defense , Fortunately , however , for us , she has not only laid in death the germ of life , but also in corruption the germ of purification . Even the civilization of man , the unfolding of his social disposition , ancl inclinations , the refining and multiplying of his needs , exhausting enjoyments which Aveaten his race , deprive him of health and strength and contentednessof his Mood

, courage , , pure and of his truth , which will reduce him to a cowardly tenderling ,, a sickly weakling , and to a degraded egotist ; even these unfold in him impulses ancl capabilities which no one Avould expect to havefound there . Tyranny brought forwards-avers of their country j oppression , noble redeemers ; and increasing vice , friends of virtue

“The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine: 1861-12-14, Page 3” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 30 March 2023, masonicperiodicals.org/periodicals/mmr/issues/mmr_14121861/page/3/.
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HONORARY GRAND OFFICERS. Article 1
A SUSPENSION IN INDIA. Article 1
THE MASON'S LAST REQUEST.—A SKETCH OF THE BATTLE-FIELD . Article 2
ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHÆOLOGY. Article 3
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 3
Literature. Article 5
Mr. Beeton's Publications. Article 6
GRATIFYING TESTIMONIALS. Article 7
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 7
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 8
EAST LANCASHIRE. Article 9
GRAND CONOLAVE AND THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. Article 9
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 10
METROPOLITAN. Article 10
PROVINCIAL. Article 11
SCOTLAND. Article 12
INDIA. Article 13
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 17
MASONIC FESTIVITIES. Article 19
Obituary. Article 19
THE WEEK. Article 19
SPECIAL NOTICE. Article 20
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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The Mason's Last Request.—A Sketch Of The Battle-Field .

widow's son was safe , for the sword which would have slain was now a shield—the foe whose arm had just been raised was now a brother , whose extended hand was ready to lift him who lay upon the earth in such distress . But ah ! fatal pause ! that generous bosom , so full of fraternal love , which did not forget duty even there , amid the wild carnage of battle , was pierced by a bullet ; and the

brave Carroll sank , dying , by the side of him who had called for help and had not been refused . Washington ' s eyes were on him—he kneAv Avho and what he was , for he had sat with him in a place where light abounded ; but he could not Avait—the enemy are flying and must be pursued . " On ! " cried the ding hero to his men . " Forward !"

y he shouted to his boys . "We are victorious , and I am content . " The battle was over . The British had been swept back over the gory field Avhich they had taken , and night had drawn its njantle over the horrors which the day had exposed . And by Major Carrol's side knelt the only one of his race that was left to life—his youngest born . His two oldest

sons had fallen on the dear-bought field—like himself contented that they died for their country , and fell in the hour when victory Avas theirs . "Father , Avhat can I do for yon ? " said the boy-hero , as he grasped his dying sire by the hand , and sustained his head ripon his breast . " Be a manand do duty to country firstand to

, your your , your mother next . And lad , save my Masonic regalia . He , our nation' s father , invested me Avith it ! Save it , and act so worthily , that when you are of full age yon may become entitled to wear it . It is my last request ! And soon the noble spirit of that brave , good , man , left his body , and went to dwell with the Great Architect of the Universe .

And , years after , when peace smiled on our land , the son fulfilled the father ' s request , and that cherished regalia is yet in the possession of his descendants . —Masonic Casket ( Collinsville , U . S . )

Architecture And Archæology.

ARCHITECTURE AND ARCH ? OLOGY .

GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE . A memorial windoAV has been put up in the nave of Lincoln Cathedral , by the Revs . A . and F . Sutton . The AA'indoAV contains twelve subjects from the life of Joshua , and is the companion Avindow to that recently put up , containing scenes from the life of Moses ; the two being a

memorial to the late Sir Eichard Sutton , Bart ., and Lady Sutton . Beneath , the AA'indoAV is a small mural tablet in brass , with the inscription . The work of restoration in Wellingborough Church commenced in 1850 , under the advice and direction of Messrs . G . G . Scott and E . E . LaAV , and the chancel and chancel aisles were then reseated with oak seats : the oak

open screen , and the stone work of the pillars , arches , and windows Avere restored , and two unsightly galleries were removed from the aisles , at a cost of about £ 1 , 250 , the whole of Avhich was defrayed . Last year it Avas resolved to finish the work so commenced . The restoration of the nave and aisles is UOAV completed . The plaster ceiling of the naA-e has been replaced by a neAV panelled roof : two galleries at

the Avest end of the nave have been removed ; the whole nave and aisles reseated with oak to correspond Avith the chancel ; the tower arch throvra open and restored ; the woodAvork of the western Avheel-Avindow replaced by stone tracery and filled with stained glass ; all the other windoAvs restored and re-glazed ; and many other improvements made . The works have been executed at a cost of about

£ 1 , 500 , of Avhich about £ 600 remains as a debt . The neAV Wesleyan chapel at Hampton has been formall y opened for divine worship . The chapel ( erected from the designs of Mr . M . P . Manning ) , is in the Gothic style . It is about 50 ft . in length , and 25 ft . wide , and is capable of accommodating above 200 people . At present a portion of

Architecture And Archæology.

the chapel is used as a school-room , but it is intended , as funds accrue , to complete the gallery and add the staircase turret , increasing the number of sittings to betAveen 300 and 400 . Holy Trinity Church , TroAvbridge , Avhich has been closed for some months past , for the purpose of undergoing repairs and renovationhas been re-ened by the Bishop of

, op Salisbury . The church , Avhich is Early English in style , has been renoA-ated in the interior . The organ has been freshly stained , and the pipes adorned Avith gold and blue . The pulpit is new , and of Bath stone . A carved oak lectem has been presented to the incumbent , the Rev . Digby Walsh , M . A ., by the Rev . Edwin Palmer , Fellow of Baliol College , Oxford . The church provides sittings for 1033

persons . Lady Huntingdon's Connection Chapel , Basingstoke , has ; been opened for divine service . The new pews , which are of an ecclesiastical design , are deal , stained and varnished . The Avhole of the interior has been altered to accord withthe pews . The Bochym aisle of Gury Church , Cornwall , has been

lately decorated Avith two painted Gothic windoAvs , at the expense of Mr . S . Davey . A feAv members of the Independent denomination , Avith the assistance of friends , have purchased a site at the corner of Noi-Avood Grove , and West Derby-road , Liverpool , and are about to erect upon it a chapel and schools , AA'hich are estimated to cost , with the land , about £ 7 , 000 . It is expected that the foundation-stone will be laid early in tho

coming spring . St . Mary's Church , Lowton-common , Manchester , has ' been consecrated by the Bishop of Chester . The want of a church havin ' g been much felt , Miss Leigh , of Hale , gave £ 1 , 000 tOAvai-ds a building and endowment fund , and Mr . W . J . Legh , M . P ., and Mr . T . Brideoak , gave the land . Thechurch cost about £ 2 , 000 .

A memorial windoAV has just been placed in the church of St . Thomas , Winchester , by Miss Lavie . It consists of two lights : the subjects being the Good Samaritan ancl Abraham entertaining the three angels ; the inscription beneath being as follows : — " Be not forgetful to entertain strangers , for thereby some have entertained angels unawares . " Beneath the subjects are panels containing tracery and foliage on a

highly-coloured ground . At the base of the memorial is thetext , " ' Be ye doers of the word , and not hearers only . " The quatrefoil in the head of the windoAV contains a cross surrounded with grapes and vine-leaves . A brass plate runs along the base of this and the next Avindow , AA'hich was put up in 1858 , and bears the inscription : ¦ — "In memory of ' Augustus Lavie , who departed this life January , 8 , 1861 . "

Beneath the adjoining Avindow , put in about three years back , a brass label bears the folioAving words : — " In memory of Elizabeth Lavie , who departed this life December , 29 ,. 1857 . "

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

THE DOCTKINE OF P YTHAGOJIAS . Can you give an account of Pythagoras's doctrines , and oblige . —W . W , ?—[ The following , translated from Lenning ' s Cyclopcedia of Freemasonry , will no doubt answer our querist ' s purpose : — " It were sad , indeed , if nature , in obliging us to tattle with such innumerable evilshad not alsoin her motherllapprepared for

, , y , us consolation , comfort , and the means of defense , Fortunately , however , for us , she has not only laid in death the germ of life , but also in corruption the germ of purification . Even the civilization of man , the unfolding of his social disposition , ancl inclinations , the refining and multiplying of his needs , exhausting enjoyments which Aveaten his race , deprive him of health and strength and contentednessof his Mood

, courage , , pure and of his truth , which will reduce him to a cowardly tenderling ,, a sickly weakling , and to a degraded egotist ; even these unfold in him impulses ancl capabilities which no one Avould expect to havefound there . Tyranny brought forwards-avers of their country j oppression , noble redeemers ; and increasing vice , friends of virtue

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