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eleven the Brethren proceeded to church in the following order , pre ceded by the band of the 1 st dragoon guards , which , by the kind per mission of Col . Sir Geo . Teesdale , attended on the occasion : — Two Tylers—Visiting Brethren—The Lodges of the Province , viz . Faith and Unanimity . . Dorchester . Unity Wareham .
Benevolence Sherborne . Honour and Friendship . Blandford . All Souls Weymouth . Amity Poole .
P . G . J . D . ( Br . Commins , All Souls ) , P . S . D . ( Br . Hi ghmore , Benevolence ) , P . G . J . XV . ( Br . Oakley , Honour and Friendship ) , Standard of the Prov . Grand Lodge . P . G . S . W . ( Br . Sydenham ' , Amity ) . Volume of the Sacred Law , borne by two Brethren .
P . G . Chaplain ( the Rev . Br . Burgess , of Upway ) , Standard of the Prov . G . M . P . G . Wardens of Somerset and Wilts . P . Prov . G . Wardens . D . Prov . G . M . ( XV . Elliot , Esq . ) Two Prov . Grand Stewards—Prov . G . Tyler .
On arriving at St . Peters church the procession halted , and the Brethren formed in two lines , through which tbe D . P . G . M . and his officers passed into the church followed by the several Lodges in inverted order . Divine service was impressively read by the Rev . J . M . Colson , and a very suitable and excellent sermon was preached by the Rev . Br . Burgess , from Acts , ch . xx . v . 31 , " And now , brethren , I
commend you to God , and to the word of Ms grace , which is able to build you up , and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified . " The reverend gentleman , after noticing the antiquity of Masonry , observed , that the institution was strictly a religious one ; that it was in accordance with the Old and New Testament . He then dwelt on the virtues wMch , he said , were studied and enforced by the
Masonic body : —Faith , Hope , and Charity form the keystone to that fabric , whose builder and maker is G OD . He urged the importance of admitting SUCH PERSONS ONLY INTO THE ORDER , WHOSE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS OHAR ( VOTERS WOULD BEAR THE STRICTEST SCRUTINY , and concluded with some excellent remarks on the general tendency of the Craft . After the sermon , the Brethren formed in the same order , and
returned to the county hall , when the business of the Craft was resumed , and the D . P . G . M . appointed his officers for the ensuing year , viz .
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Provincial.
eleven the Brethren proceeded to church in the following order , pre ceded by the band of the 1 st dragoon guards , which , by the kind per mission of Col . Sir Geo . Teesdale , attended on the occasion : — Two Tylers—Visiting Brethren—The Lodges of the Province , viz . Faith and Unanimity . . Dorchester . Unity Wareham .
Benevolence Sherborne . Honour and Friendship . Blandford . All Souls Weymouth . Amity Poole .
P . G . J . D . ( Br . Commins , All Souls ) , P . S . D . ( Br . Hi ghmore , Benevolence ) , P . G . J . XV . ( Br . Oakley , Honour and Friendship ) , Standard of the Prov . Grand Lodge . P . G . S . W . ( Br . Sydenham ' , Amity ) . Volume of the Sacred Law , borne by two Brethren .
P . G . Chaplain ( the Rev . Br . Burgess , of Upway ) , Standard of the Prov . G . M . P . G . Wardens of Somerset and Wilts . P . Prov . G . Wardens . D . Prov . G . M . ( XV . Elliot , Esq . ) Two Prov . Grand Stewards—Prov . G . Tyler .
On arriving at St . Peters church the procession halted , and the Brethren formed in two lines , through which tbe D . P . G . M . and his officers passed into the church followed by the several Lodges in inverted order . Divine service was impressively read by the Rev . J . M . Colson , and a very suitable and excellent sermon was preached by the Rev . Br . Burgess , from Acts , ch . xx . v . 31 , " And now , brethren , I
commend you to God , and to the word of Ms grace , which is able to build you up , and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified . " The reverend gentleman , after noticing the antiquity of Masonry , observed , that the institution was strictly a religious one ; that it was in accordance with the Old and New Testament . He then dwelt on the virtues wMch , he said , were studied and enforced by the
Masonic body : —Faith , Hope , and Charity form the keystone to that fabric , whose builder and maker is G OD . He urged the importance of admitting SUCH PERSONS ONLY INTO THE ORDER , WHOSE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS OHAR ( VOTERS WOULD BEAR THE STRICTEST SCRUTINY , and concluded with some excellent remarks on the general tendency of the Craft . After the sermon , the Brethren formed in the same order , and
returned to the county hall , when the business of the Craft was resumed , and the D . P . G . M . appointed his officers for the ensuing year , viz .