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The Late King Leopold And The Grand Orient Of Belgium.
" Yan Sohoor , _ senator of the kingdom , the ad interim Grand Master , " took the chair at seven in the evening precisely . He was supported by " deputations and visitors from innumerable foreign lodges , from the Grand " Orient of Italy ; _ from the Grand Lodge of Turin ; from English , Dutch , Ger" man , and American lodges . A very touching mark of foreign respect was "presented by a venerable deputation from la logo d ' esperance at Berne , from which the drew
" King his first masonic inspirations . As to Bel gian " masons their number was only limited by the restrictions - of room , " immense as is the grand saloon . The numbers were packed to the " doors , and hundreds had to go' away , not from want of hospitality , but " from absence of possible space . A member of the Belgian Chamber of " RepresentativesM . Deferemadethey tell mewhat be called the
, , , , may " funeral oration—a magnificent discourse , listened to in breathless attention . " In other places it would have drawn , down thunders of acclamation . The " sternness of the order obliged it to be received in solemn and unbroken " silence . A magnificent hymn , composed for the occasion by M . Hausscns , " and for which M . Briol wrote suitable words , was magnificently rendered , " and brought tears trickling down a furrowed cheekThe solosthe
many . , " choruses , and the instrumentation are said to have been perfect . Every "noted performer of the famous band of the opera volunteered his service " on this occasion . Here again the rules of the order and the character of " the assembly did not permit the usual a ] jplausive marks c £ appreciation , " but the Grand Master could not resist making himself the organ of the " meeting " , and thanking all concerned in the wonderful melody . He
thanked , at the same time , the distinguished painters , architects , and " decorators who had thrown such a halo of beauty and taste over the " chastely embellished scene . The great scul ptor , Geefs , was not forgotten , " and I am glad to mention the name of this illustrious man , who has " best shown his abounding taste in having taken an Irish wife—who " had executed for the occasion a copy of his grand statue of the late " King on foot . This statue appeared in the hallonldiffering from
, y " that which surmounts the Congress ' Column in Brussels b y ° being " represented as wearing the masonic collars and orders of Leopold the " First . On the symbolic tomb or catafalque , erected in the body of the " hall , rested the collar , sword , and gauntlet of the order worn by his " Majesty . It was alter ten o ' clock when the brethren assisting at this " great _ ceremonial took their departure . Is not all this very strange ? " But is it not more strange that whispers current that his
are present " Majesty , Catholic as he is and more than Catholic as he was once thought " to be , has expressed recently very kind feelings towards the masonic order , " and has even given some hopes of becoming a neoplryte at a future day , " when the present strong feeling of the head of the Church may change " or die away ? It will , however , be only following the example of his " subjects , who , fearless of Pope or poker , are rushing into this masonic " order in numbers incomprehensible . "—Extracted from The Irish Times of Monday , February 19 th , 1866 .
PRAT I ? OE AIL MEX . —We should not onl y pray for those who think and act as we do ourselves but should pray for all men . Certain of being ri" -ht in our own faith , Christian charity teaches us to wish our neia-hbour to be ° thc samethus whenever we see any one more violently opposed to " our opinions , than others ot his sect , let us not revile him but pray for him daily and earnestlv . C .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Late King Leopold And The Grand Orient Of Belgium.
" Yan Sohoor , _ senator of the kingdom , the ad interim Grand Master , " took the chair at seven in the evening precisely . He was supported by " deputations and visitors from innumerable foreign lodges , from the Grand " Orient of Italy ; _ from the Grand Lodge of Turin ; from English , Dutch , Ger" man , and American lodges . A very touching mark of foreign respect was "presented by a venerable deputation from la logo d ' esperance at Berne , from which the drew
" King his first masonic inspirations . As to Bel gian " masons their number was only limited by the restrictions - of room , " immense as is the grand saloon . The numbers were packed to the " doors , and hundreds had to go' away , not from want of hospitality , but " from absence of possible space . A member of the Belgian Chamber of " RepresentativesM . Deferemadethey tell mewhat be called the
, , , , may " funeral oration—a magnificent discourse , listened to in breathless attention . " In other places it would have drawn , down thunders of acclamation . The " sternness of the order obliged it to be received in solemn and unbroken " silence . A magnificent hymn , composed for the occasion by M . Hausscns , " and for which M . Briol wrote suitable words , was magnificently rendered , " and brought tears trickling down a furrowed cheekThe solosthe
many . , " choruses , and the instrumentation are said to have been perfect . Every "noted performer of the famous band of the opera volunteered his service " on this occasion . Here again the rules of the order and the character of " the assembly did not permit the usual a ] jplausive marks c £ appreciation , " but the Grand Master could not resist making himself the organ of the " meeting " , and thanking all concerned in the wonderful melody . He
thanked , at the same time , the distinguished painters , architects , and " decorators who had thrown such a halo of beauty and taste over the " chastely embellished scene . The great scul ptor , Geefs , was not forgotten , " and I am glad to mention the name of this illustrious man , who has " best shown his abounding taste in having taken an Irish wife—who " had executed for the occasion a copy of his grand statue of the late " King on foot . This statue appeared in the hallonldiffering from
, y " that which surmounts the Congress ' Column in Brussels b y ° being " represented as wearing the masonic collars and orders of Leopold the " First . On the symbolic tomb or catafalque , erected in the body of the " hall , rested the collar , sword , and gauntlet of the order worn by his " Majesty . It was alter ten o ' clock when the brethren assisting at this " great _ ceremonial took their departure . Is not all this very strange ? " But is it not more strange that whispers current that his
are present " Majesty , Catholic as he is and more than Catholic as he was once thought " to be , has expressed recently very kind feelings towards the masonic order , " and has even given some hopes of becoming a neoplryte at a future day , " when the present strong feeling of the head of the Church may change " or die away ? It will , however , be only following the example of his " subjects , who , fearless of Pope or poker , are rushing into this masonic " order in numbers incomprehensible . "—Extracted from The Irish Times of Monday , February 19 th , 1866 .
PRAT I ? OE AIL MEX . —We should not onl y pray for those who think and act as we do ourselves but should pray for all men . Certain of being ri" -ht in our own faith , Christian charity teaches us to wish our neia-hbour to be ° thc samethus whenever we see any one more violently opposed to " our opinions , than others ot his sect , let us not revile him but pray for him daily and earnestlv . C .