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Article FREEMASONRY IN GIBRALTAR. ← Page 5 of 5
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Freemasonry In Gibraltar.
affixes its true and permanent value to the plate : ' Lux nostra et amicitia fiant sempiternal . " May the light , the spiritual light of our Order , to which the eyes of most of our Brethren here present have been fully opened—may that liqht of which tbe material glories of the sun are but a comparatively obscure type , a faint and feeble emblem , be continually shed on us and on our Brethren , wherever the great luminary shines m his meridian which gives its to private
splendour!—may the friendship , name our Lod » e , and stretches out the right hand of fellowship , with brotherly love ° relief , and protection , wherever the Master ' s mallet is heard to impose obedience on Free and Accepted Masons , be always cultivated , cherished , and exemplified in our mutual intercourse ! " May that combination of Light and Friendship , which inclines us to all holy antl virtuous affections , to all generous and charitable acts , be ancl of happiness to member
ever the boast of our Lodge , a source every who shall he admitted into it!—And may the joint influence of Masonic Light and Friendship , with all their intellectual and moral attributes , be no less quickening and enduring in this and every other province under tbe British constitution , than are the powers and qualities of that life-giving and invigorating light , which was concentrated at the dawn creationand bthe fiat of the Great Architect and Grand
Geomeof , y trician of the universe , in the vast lamp which beams with majestic regularity over the heads of the human race , and which shall never be extinguished till its first destiny , to ' rule the day , ' is finaUy accomp lished—when time itself , as concerns this bttle planet , shall be no more !"
On one of the candlesticks , supporting three lights each , and of the Corinthian order , on a tripedal base , was engraved tbe signet of the Lodge ; and on the other , this inscription—^ Jresmiteti to THE REV . E . J . BURROW , D . D ., F . R . S .
R . W . P . G . M . FOR ANDALUSIA ; AND M . E . Z . CALPEAN , R . A . CHAPTER , BY THIS OFEICERS AND BRETHREN OE THE LODGE OE FRIENDSHIP , IN THE TOWN AND GARRISON OE GIBRALTAR , ON CANDLEMAS DAY ,
A . L . 5841 . I . U : T XOSTI 1 A UT AMICITIA FIANT SEMMTMUM 5 .
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Freemasonry In Gibraltar.
affixes its true and permanent value to the plate : ' Lux nostra et amicitia fiant sempiternal . " May the light , the spiritual light of our Order , to which the eyes of most of our Brethren here present have been fully opened—may that liqht of which tbe material glories of the sun are but a comparatively obscure type , a faint and feeble emblem , be continually shed on us and on our Brethren , wherever the great luminary shines m his meridian which gives its to private
splendour!—may the friendship , name our Lod » e , and stretches out the right hand of fellowship , with brotherly love ° relief , and protection , wherever the Master ' s mallet is heard to impose obedience on Free and Accepted Masons , be always cultivated , cherished , and exemplified in our mutual intercourse ! " May that combination of Light and Friendship , which inclines us to all holy antl virtuous affections , to all generous and charitable acts , be ancl of happiness to member
ever the boast of our Lodge , a source every who shall he admitted into it!—And may the joint influence of Masonic Light and Friendship , with all their intellectual and moral attributes , be no less quickening and enduring in this and every other province under tbe British constitution , than are the powers and qualities of that life-giving and invigorating light , which was concentrated at the dawn creationand bthe fiat of the Great Architect and Grand
Geomeof , y trician of the universe , in the vast lamp which beams with majestic regularity over the heads of the human race , and which shall never be extinguished till its first destiny , to ' rule the day , ' is finaUy accomp lished—when time itself , as concerns this bttle planet , shall be no more !"
On one of the candlesticks , supporting three lights each , and of the Corinthian order , on a tripedal base , was engraved tbe signet of the Lodge ; and on the other , this inscription—^ Jresmiteti to THE REV . E . J . BURROW , D . D ., F . R . S .
R . W . P . G . M . FOR ANDALUSIA ; AND M . E . Z . CALPEAN , R . A . CHAPTER , BY THIS OFEICERS AND BRETHREN OE THE LODGE OE FRIENDSHIP , IN THE TOWN AND GARRISON OE GIBRALTAR , ON CANDLEMAS DAY ,
A . L . 5841 . I . U : T XOSTI 1 A UT AMICITIA FIANT SEMMTMUM 5 .