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To The Masons Of England.
the vapours of savoury dishes , to be reflected back from hosts of decantered spirits . Surel y the enthusiasts are not to blame for looking for the fruits of Masonry among its members . They have a right to expect to find them , and are justified in their condemnation of abuses , which they perceive make the Masonic havest meagre and profitless . The grand desideratum is to weed the tares from the wheat , without vumiiig both
. Happily the Masonic tares have legs , and if the goodly dishes and their accompaniments were removed , the tares would quietl y disappear . A Lodge of emergency , without a banquet , generally shows how matters stand . In a Lodge of seventy or eighty members you may perhaps muster nine or ten , which number may be considered as the real working Masons : and what can such a minority effect in the way of reform ? Let the enthusiasts league together , ancl endeavour to open
three or four lodges , with the determination to carry out the true principles of the Order—Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth . Let them not be discouraged by the paucity of their numbers . A dozen such can and will do more good than many Lodges a hundred strong , as at present conducted . Let not their boast be , that they have initiated so many in the year ; but that they have , to the utmost of their power , fulfilled their obligation , and shown to the world that the term " Masonry " is but another name for virtue . These are the . aspirations of the enthusiasts , and I am certain all good men will cry " God speed them . " CATO .
Address Of Major-General Cooke
ADDRESS OF MAJOR-GENERAL COOKE
AT THE BANQUET TENDERED HIM AT BLAOKWALL , JULY 20 , 1847 , BY THE MEMBERS OF ST . PAUL ' S LODGE , NO . 229 . Brethren , —Embarrassed , as I may be , by the position in which I am placed , how best to reciprocate the handsome compliment presented this day to my notice , and to convey a perfect sense of what I feel on the occasionI am nevertheless encouraged ban assurance that all those who
, y support me on the right as well as on the left , will , while giving feeble utterance to an humble expression of my thankfulness , be as indulgent as they have been at all times courteous . I have met you this clay , not however without due reflection and mature deliberation , to receive a re-assurance of your esteem and respect ; not because I have not been already satisfied of your fraternal sympathies towards a stranger among strangers , but , though adverse to
demonstrations like the present one , manifesting what I have long since known you have both felt and intended , because it was from your own introduction that I here first entered the field of Masonry ; the kind manner of that introduction , coupled with the excellent precepts imbibed on that occasion , that first conveyed to my - ' mind any clear practical idea of usefulness , especially in this peculiar sphere , and because 1 felt it was but an act of common justice as well as of common gratitude
thatwaiv-, ing all other secular engagements , I should not deny you that pleasure which to-day I trust you fully and satisfactorily realize . Having , therefore , fixed upon your own time to receive me once more among you , prior to my return to my trans-atlantic home , and to express , what I am pleased to hear , that you appreciate my humble VOL . v . ri N
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Masons Of England.
the vapours of savoury dishes , to be reflected back from hosts of decantered spirits . Surel y the enthusiasts are not to blame for looking for the fruits of Masonry among its members . They have a right to expect to find them , and are justified in their condemnation of abuses , which they perceive make the Masonic havest meagre and profitless . The grand desideratum is to weed the tares from the wheat , without vumiiig both
. Happily the Masonic tares have legs , and if the goodly dishes and their accompaniments were removed , the tares would quietl y disappear . A Lodge of emergency , without a banquet , generally shows how matters stand . In a Lodge of seventy or eighty members you may perhaps muster nine or ten , which number may be considered as the real working Masons : and what can such a minority effect in the way of reform ? Let the enthusiasts league together , ancl endeavour to open
three or four lodges , with the determination to carry out the true principles of the Order—Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth . Let them not be discouraged by the paucity of their numbers . A dozen such can and will do more good than many Lodges a hundred strong , as at present conducted . Let not their boast be , that they have initiated so many in the year ; but that they have , to the utmost of their power , fulfilled their obligation , and shown to the world that the term " Masonry " is but another name for virtue . These are the . aspirations of the enthusiasts , and I am certain all good men will cry " God speed them . " CATO .
Address Of Major-General Cooke
ADDRESS OF MAJOR-GENERAL COOKE
AT THE BANQUET TENDERED HIM AT BLAOKWALL , JULY 20 , 1847 , BY THE MEMBERS OF ST . PAUL ' S LODGE , NO . 229 . Brethren , —Embarrassed , as I may be , by the position in which I am placed , how best to reciprocate the handsome compliment presented this day to my notice , and to convey a perfect sense of what I feel on the occasionI am nevertheless encouraged ban assurance that all those who
, y support me on the right as well as on the left , will , while giving feeble utterance to an humble expression of my thankfulness , be as indulgent as they have been at all times courteous . I have met you this clay , not however without due reflection and mature deliberation , to receive a re-assurance of your esteem and respect ; not because I have not been already satisfied of your fraternal sympathies towards a stranger among strangers , but , though adverse to
demonstrations like the present one , manifesting what I have long since known you have both felt and intended , because it was from your own introduction that I here first entered the field of Masonry ; the kind manner of that introduction , coupled with the excellent precepts imbibed on that occasion , that first conveyed to my - ' mind any clear practical idea of usefulness , especially in this peculiar sphere , and because 1 felt it was but an act of common justice as well as of common gratitude
thatwaiv-, ing all other secular engagements , I should not deny you that pleasure which to-day I trust you fully and satisfactorily realize . Having , therefore , fixed upon your own time to receive me once more among you , prior to my return to my trans-atlantic home , and to express , what I am pleased to hear , that you appreciate my humble VOL . v . ri N