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Article TREVILIAN ON FREEMASONRY. ← Page 21 of 34 →
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Trevilian On Freemasonry.
Let Maurice Ceely Trevilian determine for himself how far he can claim these attributes , and , on the other hand , I will tell him that if the difficulty of forgiveness be estimated by the injury suffered , the Masonic brotherhood will find but small exercise for their selfcontroul in extending to his literary productions and to himself , the fullest measure of oblivion .
THE LATE REV . DR . CARWITHEN AND FREEMASONRY .
To the Editor of the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette .
SIR , —My attention has been called to a letter , inserted as an advertisement in your paper of May 4 th , written by Mr . Trevilian , insinuating that a change had taken place in the Masonic principles of the late Rev . Dr . Carwithen ; and this , he would have it believed , his publication on " The Anti-Christian character of Freemasonry " had effected , — " having the satisfaction ( he states ) of knowing that it was read by Dr . Carwithen . " I can tell Mr . Trevilian more . IT
HAD BEEN READ BY HIM AND DESPISED . I should have been content to have left this letter of Mr . Trevilian's to the fate which the indelicacy of such ill-timed remarks would have ensured it , had I not thought it due to the Masonic body to give a direct contradiction to an imputation so utterly unfounded . I can with truth assert , that to the last my poor father was as strongly attached to Freemasonry as at any former period—as
when , sixteen years since , he himself initiated me into the Order ; and often , even of late , have I seen his eye brighten at Masonic reminiscences when the languor of disease was weighing heavily on his spirits . I will only add my conviction that nothing could have been more congenial to the feelings of him from whom we have been just separated , than that his remains were attended to the grave by some
members of that body with which he had been so long and intimately associated . It compensates in no small degree this unsought publicity , that I am afforded the opportunity of thus openly tendering my thanks to the Freemasons for their most kind and respectful sympathy , which I can assure them has been fully appreciated , and will ever be gratefully remembered . I am , Sir , you obedient servant , WILLIAM HENRY CARWITHEN , Past Prov . Grand Chaplain of Devon . Aylesbeare Vicarage , Qth May , 1850 .
[ We are reminded , by the above correspondence , of an error on our part , in stating that the late lamented Dr . Carwithen was privately buried in this city . The funeral took place at Manaton , and was attended by several of the brethren from different parts of the province , who appeared in white gloves , as a mark of Masonic respect . —ED . W . E . G ]
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Trevilian On Freemasonry.
Let Maurice Ceely Trevilian determine for himself how far he can claim these attributes , and , on the other hand , I will tell him that if the difficulty of forgiveness be estimated by the injury suffered , the Masonic brotherhood will find but small exercise for their selfcontroul in extending to his literary productions and to himself , the fullest measure of oblivion .
THE LATE REV . DR . CARWITHEN AND FREEMASONRY .
To the Editor of the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette .
SIR , —My attention has been called to a letter , inserted as an advertisement in your paper of May 4 th , written by Mr . Trevilian , insinuating that a change had taken place in the Masonic principles of the late Rev . Dr . Carwithen ; and this , he would have it believed , his publication on " The Anti-Christian character of Freemasonry " had effected , — " having the satisfaction ( he states ) of knowing that it was read by Dr . Carwithen . " I can tell Mr . Trevilian more . IT
HAD BEEN READ BY HIM AND DESPISED . I should have been content to have left this letter of Mr . Trevilian's to the fate which the indelicacy of such ill-timed remarks would have ensured it , had I not thought it due to the Masonic body to give a direct contradiction to an imputation so utterly unfounded . I can with truth assert , that to the last my poor father was as strongly attached to Freemasonry as at any former period—as
when , sixteen years since , he himself initiated me into the Order ; and often , even of late , have I seen his eye brighten at Masonic reminiscences when the languor of disease was weighing heavily on his spirits . I will only add my conviction that nothing could have been more congenial to the feelings of him from whom we have been just separated , than that his remains were attended to the grave by some
members of that body with which he had been so long and intimately associated . It compensates in no small degree this unsought publicity , that I am afforded the opportunity of thus openly tendering my thanks to the Freemasons for their most kind and respectful sympathy , which I can assure them has been fully appreciated , and will ever be gratefully remembered . I am , Sir , you obedient servant , WILLIAM HENRY CARWITHEN , Past Prov . Grand Chaplain of Devon . Aylesbeare Vicarage , Qth May , 1850 .
[ We are reminded , by the above correspondence , of an error on our part , in stating that the late lamented Dr . Carwithen was privately buried in this city . The funeral took place at Manaton , and was attended by several of the brethren from different parts of the province , who appeared in white gloves , as a mark of Masonic respect . —ED . W . E . G ]