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Provincial.
Wc observed among * the assembled brethren , Bros . Sir John Pole , AV . Tucker ( Prov . G . M . for Dorset ) , Stradling , Maher , Hayman , Rev . AV . R . Crotch , Rev . T . Llcwellin , J . AV . Street , Eales Wbi'e , Trover , Browne , Rae , Bridges , AVaghorn , Francis , Axford , Muriis , Diuham ( W . M . ) , Herniman , Abraham , Kingsbury , Jacobs , AVilliams , Hunt , Gould , Butler , and other eminent Masons . They jutlicioHslv proceeded round Castle Green to Bath Placewhere the body of their deceased
, brother ivas brought out and placed in the rear ofthe procession . On the coffin were placed tbe various clothing antl insignia of the departed brother , the bearers being tbe companions in arms of the deceased " Sergeant Davey ; " the recruiting sergeants and party also of the Guards , the 40 th ( Somerset Regiment ) , ancl Artillery , evincing a very proper feeling by following with the families and mourners . Tbe procession advanced to the gorgeous church of St . Mary Magdalene
, ivhere ihe body was received by Bro . VV . R . Crotch , A . M ., Chaplain to ihe lodge , and by whom the service was performed with siuu-ular solemnity and effect , which seemed much to move the immense congregation assembled on the occasion . The choir of St . Mary Magdalene sung Dr . Blake's beautiful anthem , " I have set God always before ine , " iu a manner ivhich will nut readily be forgotten . Tlie corpse was then accompanied to the grave by the Chaplain , the brethren
surrounding it , aud the Lodge of Unanimity aud Sincerity , Taunton , to which the deceased belonged , taking- their station at tlie head . On the Chaplain's concluding , the P . G . Secretary broke his wand , and the Wor . Master also breaking the sword of the deceased Tyler , casting the same into the grave , with the customary exclamation on such occasion of "Alas , our brother ! " then delivered the followiuo- oration the commanding appearance of the Rt . Wor . Brother , together-with his fine voice , adding * much to the effect ofthe well-time J and eloquent address : —
" From time immemorial , it has been a custom among tbe fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , at . lite request of a brother on his death bed * to accompany his reuiains to tlie place of interment , and there tocleposit his body with the usual formalities . In conformity with this usage ami at the special request of our deceased brother , whose memory ive revere , ancl whose loss we deplore , we have assembled in the character of Masons to resign his body to the earth , whence it came , and to oiler up to his memory , before the world , that last tribute of our affections ; thereby demonstrating " the sincerity of esteem and inviolable attachment to the
our past our principles of our Order . Here ive view a striking instance of the uncertainly of life , and the vanity of all human pursuits . The last offices paid to the dead are only uselul as lectures to the living ; from tbem , we are to derive instruction and to consider every solemnity of this kind as a summons to prepare for our approaching dissolution . " Notwithstanding the various mementos of mortality ivitli which ive daily meet ; notwithstanding Death has established his empire over all the orks
w of nature ; yet , through some unaccountable infatuation , ive forget that we are born to die—ive go on from one design to another , add hope to hope , lav out plans for tbe employment of liiuuy years , till we are suddenly alarmed by the approach of death , when we least expect , it , and at an hour which we probably were led to expect might be the most pleasant of our lives . " What are all the externals of majesty , the pride of wealth , or the charms
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Provincial.
Wc observed among * the assembled brethren , Bros . Sir John Pole , AV . Tucker ( Prov . G . M . for Dorset ) , Stradling , Maher , Hayman , Rev . AV . R . Crotch , Rev . T . Llcwellin , J . AV . Street , Eales Wbi'e , Trover , Browne , Rae , Bridges , AVaghorn , Francis , Axford , Muriis , Diuham ( W . M . ) , Herniman , Abraham , Kingsbury , Jacobs , AVilliams , Hunt , Gould , Butler , and other eminent Masons . They jutlicioHslv proceeded round Castle Green to Bath Placewhere the body of their deceased
, brother ivas brought out and placed in the rear ofthe procession . On the coffin were placed tbe various clothing antl insignia of the departed brother , the bearers being tbe companions in arms of the deceased " Sergeant Davey ; " the recruiting sergeants and party also of the Guards , the 40 th ( Somerset Regiment ) , ancl Artillery , evincing a very proper feeling by following with the families and mourners . Tbe procession advanced to the gorgeous church of St . Mary Magdalene
, ivhere ihe body was received by Bro . VV . R . Crotch , A . M ., Chaplain to ihe lodge , and by whom the service was performed with siuu-ular solemnity and effect , which seemed much to move the immense congregation assembled on the occasion . The choir of St . Mary Magdalene sung Dr . Blake's beautiful anthem , " I have set God always before ine , " iu a manner ivhich will nut readily be forgotten . Tlie corpse was then accompanied to the grave by the Chaplain , the brethren
surrounding it , aud the Lodge of Unanimity aud Sincerity , Taunton , to which the deceased belonged , taking- their station at tlie head . On the Chaplain's concluding , the P . G . Secretary broke his wand , and the Wor . Master also breaking the sword of the deceased Tyler , casting the same into the grave , with the customary exclamation on such occasion of "Alas , our brother ! " then delivered the followiuo- oration the commanding appearance of the Rt . Wor . Brother , together-with his fine voice , adding * much to the effect ofthe well-time J and eloquent address : —
" From time immemorial , it has been a custom among tbe fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , at . lite request of a brother on his death bed * to accompany his reuiains to tlie place of interment , and there tocleposit his body with the usual formalities . In conformity with this usage ami at the special request of our deceased brother , whose memory ive revere , ancl whose loss we deplore , we have assembled in the character of Masons to resign his body to the earth , whence it came , and to oiler up to his memory , before the world , that last tribute of our affections ; thereby demonstrating " the sincerity of esteem and inviolable attachment to the
our past our principles of our Order . Here ive view a striking instance of the uncertainly of life , and the vanity of all human pursuits . The last offices paid to the dead are only uselul as lectures to the living ; from tbem , we are to derive instruction and to consider every solemnity of this kind as a summons to prepare for our approaching dissolution . " Notwithstanding the various mementos of mortality ivitli which ive daily meet ; notwithstanding Death has established his empire over all the orks
w of nature ; yet , through some unaccountable infatuation , ive forget that we are born to die—ive go on from one design to another , add hope to hope , lav out plans for tbe employment of liiuuy years , till we are suddenly alarmed by the approach of death , when we least expect , it , and at an hour which we probably were led to expect might be the most pleasant of our lives . " What are all the externals of majesty , the pride of wealth , or the charms