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lanty of their attendance antl the purity of their practice . To Bro . - Nicholson they feel themselves indebted for all these advantages , and to him therefore , they have determined to express their gratitude by the presentation of a jewel , which may serve to convince him of their sincerity , ancl to remind him , whenever he places it on his breast , that the Brethren of the AVitham Lodge are impressed with a lively sense of the obligations he had conferred upon them .
Bro . NICHOLSON replied , that the honour which they had conferred upon him was too flattering to his feelings to be regarded without pride . He was afraid they had overrated his services . When he took the Chan-of the Lodge in 1838 , the old Members , who had seceded in consequence of irregularities in management which they found it impossible-to _ sanction by a continuance in the Society , were all impressed , equally with himselfwith the necessity of and improved
, new measures ; and were ready to lend a helping hand to forward designs which had a tendency to re-establish the AVitham Lodge on its ancient footing as the Mother Lodge of the Province . AVhat he had clone was from a pure love of Masonry , and a conscientious desire to see it nlaced in a
commanding position , correlative with its merits . The jewel , which had been presented to him , he should ever value most highly , as a memento of the regard of an assembly of Brethren , whose esteem he was proud of , because , as men of talent and judgment , he was sure it would not have been so admirabl y expressed had it not been sincere . I he jewel was superb—it was costly—and he was afraid they had taxed themselves too severely in the warmth of affectionate feeling . But it not account of its
was on intrinsic value that he should prize it so highly , but as a visible link of the sacred bond by which he was united to the Brethren of the AA itham Lodge . He would take the liberty of cautioning them , however , against the error of accumulating expenses . He was aware-for he remembered the time when he himself was young in Masonry—that the junior Brethren , in their praiseworthy zealwere inclined to disregard a few additional pounds expended for
, the honour of the Craft ; but he would remind them that the zenith of prosperity would be past , so soon as they had rendered Freemasonry too expensive . He again thanked them for the honour they had conferred upon him , and sat down amidst the loud plaudits of the Brethren .
The jewel is an oval with blue enamel set in gold ; charged with the 47 th proposition of Euclid , and inscribed— ' AVilliam Adams Nicholson , Esq . ; presented by thirty Brethren of the Witham Lodge , Lincoln , initiated or joined during his two years as AV . M ., ancl a third as P . M ., June 24 , 1841 . " Arrangements are progressing , by which we hope to render a good report of Royal Arch Masonry in this city at no distant period .
BOSTON , Sept . 9 th . —The annual assembly of the various Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons in Lincolnshire , was held on Thursday last , at Boston . The 11 . VV . Provincial Grand Master , C . T . d'Eyncourt , ' M . P . arrived the previous evening from the metropolis , in order to preside at the meeting , and there was a numerous muster of the Fraternity from all parts of the country , with the exception of the more Northern Lodges , the extreme distance causing their attendance to be but slack . It is sixteen years since a previous provincial meeting was held in
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Provincial.
lanty of their attendance antl the purity of their practice . To Bro . - Nicholson they feel themselves indebted for all these advantages , and to him therefore , they have determined to express their gratitude by the presentation of a jewel , which may serve to convince him of their sincerity , ancl to remind him , whenever he places it on his breast , that the Brethren of the AVitham Lodge are impressed with a lively sense of the obligations he had conferred upon them .
Bro . NICHOLSON replied , that the honour which they had conferred upon him was too flattering to his feelings to be regarded without pride . He was afraid they had overrated his services . When he took the Chan-of the Lodge in 1838 , the old Members , who had seceded in consequence of irregularities in management which they found it impossible-to _ sanction by a continuance in the Society , were all impressed , equally with himselfwith the necessity of and improved
, new measures ; and were ready to lend a helping hand to forward designs which had a tendency to re-establish the AVitham Lodge on its ancient footing as the Mother Lodge of the Province . AVhat he had clone was from a pure love of Masonry , and a conscientious desire to see it nlaced in a
commanding position , correlative with its merits . The jewel , which had been presented to him , he should ever value most highly , as a memento of the regard of an assembly of Brethren , whose esteem he was proud of , because , as men of talent and judgment , he was sure it would not have been so admirabl y expressed had it not been sincere . I he jewel was superb—it was costly—and he was afraid they had taxed themselves too severely in the warmth of affectionate feeling . But it not account of its
was on intrinsic value that he should prize it so highly , but as a visible link of the sacred bond by which he was united to the Brethren of the AA itham Lodge . He would take the liberty of cautioning them , however , against the error of accumulating expenses . He was aware-for he remembered the time when he himself was young in Masonry—that the junior Brethren , in their praiseworthy zealwere inclined to disregard a few additional pounds expended for
, the honour of the Craft ; but he would remind them that the zenith of prosperity would be past , so soon as they had rendered Freemasonry too expensive . He again thanked them for the honour they had conferred upon him , and sat down amidst the loud plaudits of the Brethren .
The jewel is an oval with blue enamel set in gold ; charged with the 47 th proposition of Euclid , and inscribed— ' AVilliam Adams Nicholson , Esq . ; presented by thirty Brethren of the Witham Lodge , Lincoln , initiated or joined during his two years as AV . M ., ancl a third as P . M ., June 24 , 1841 . " Arrangements are progressing , by which we hope to render a good report of Royal Arch Masonry in this city at no distant period .
BOSTON , Sept . 9 th . —The annual assembly of the various Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons in Lincolnshire , was held on Thursday last , at Boston . The 11 . VV . Provincial Grand Master , C . T . d'Eyncourt , ' M . P . arrived the previous evening from the metropolis , in order to preside at the meeting , and there was a numerous muster of the Fraternity from all parts of the country , with the exception of the more Northern Lodges , the extreme distance causing their attendance to be but slack . It is sixteen years since a previous provincial meeting was held in