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lain , the other , the Rev . Bro . Maturin , who had come from a neignbouring province to render his assistance , and had in the morning given them one of the most impressive sermons he had heard since he had been a member of the Craft . The Rev . B . MATURIN said he had been requested by his friend and Bro . Parr , who in his absence had acknowledged the vote of the Lodge in the morningnow to acknowledge tbe compliment just paid to them .
, No man appreciated the honour conferred on him more than did he ( Bro . Maturin ) . He had long been attached to Masonry ; he loved to meet Brother Masons in his own province or out of it , and this he was not ashamed to publicly express that morning in his place in church . He thought it well became every man to join'in such a body as that , the grand principles of which are peace , charity , brotherly love . He loved to meet those then around him ; there was something in Masonry that
drew forth the feelings of one ' s nature , that drew them together heart to heart ; cemented as human nature was , they were gathered together heart and hand , soul and sympathy . They might long live in parts of the country not far removed from each other , and yet be entirely unknown to each other , were it . not occasionally for such assemblages as the present . He repeated that he was not ashamed of Masonry ; on the contrary , he gloried in the name of a Mason . Masonry could be traced
up even from the most remote antiquity , as a chain which connected the great men of one age with those of another . Masonry is a sublime science ; it looks among the stars above , it contemplates the glorious hemisphere by which we are surrounded , rises through nature ' s works to nature ' s God , and ascribes all glory to the Great Architect of the Universe ; it comes down tbe stream of time laden with honours ; it is an institution which should be encouraged by every man who has the welfare of the human race at heart . Viewing Masonry in its social
aspect , he would again say he was not ashamed of it . God has ordained that men should be brought together for social intercourse . He had not made him a solitary being ; He had given him the good things of this world rightly to enjoy ; to use not to abuse . The R . W . P . G . M . gave as the next toast , " the Present and Past Officers of the province of Dorset . " Bro . N . HIGHMORE , as a Past Provincial Officer , and a member of the
fraternity of thirty years' standing , returned thanks for the toast . The toast was also acknowledged by Bros . Melmoth , Hare , and Stone . Captain HELSHAM proposed the healths of the Grand Masters of Ireland and Scotland . He had been a Mason for nearly twenty-six years , and being an Irishman , he considered he should be a disgrace to his country if he forgot his duty so far as not to propose the health of his Grand Master . He would couple with this , the health of the Grand Master of Scotland .
After several other toasts had been proposed and drunk , the Brethren broke up their meeting in peace , harmony , and brotherly love . ESSEX . —CHELMSFORD , Aug . 18 . —The Essex Chapter , No . 343 , met at the Black Boy Inn , for the purpose of installing Comp . Wilson into the third chair . Comp . Read of the Chapter of Fidelity , No . 3 , who has been appointed First Principal of a Chapter attached to the Lodge Zetland in the East ( Singapore , East Indies , No . 74 . 8 , the warrant of which was granted at the last Grand Chapter ) was by dispensation installed into the three Chairs respectively previously to his departure for that country . A fine
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Provincial.
lain , the other , the Rev . Bro . Maturin , who had come from a neignbouring province to render his assistance , and had in the morning given them one of the most impressive sermons he had heard since he had been a member of the Craft . The Rev . B . MATURIN said he had been requested by his friend and Bro . Parr , who in his absence had acknowledged the vote of the Lodge in the morningnow to acknowledge tbe compliment just paid to them .
, No man appreciated the honour conferred on him more than did he ( Bro . Maturin ) . He had long been attached to Masonry ; he loved to meet Brother Masons in his own province or out of it , and this he was not ashamed to publicly express that morning in his place in church . He thought it well became every man to join'in such a body as that , the grand principles of which are peace , charity , brotherly love . He loved to meet those then around him ; there was something in Masonry that
drew forth the feelings of one ' s nature , that drew them together heart to heart ; cemented as human nature was , they were gathered together heart and hand , soul and sympathy . They might long live in parts of the country not far removed from each other , and yet be entirely unknown to each other , were it . not occasionally for such assemblages as the present . He repeated that he was not ashamed of Masonry ; on the contrary , he gloried in the name of a Mason . Masonry could be traced
up even from the most remote antiquity , as a chain which connected the great men of one age with those of another . Masonry is a sublime science ; it looks among the stars above , it contemplates the glorious hemisphere by which we are surrounded , rises through nature ' s works to nature ' s God , and ascribes all glory to the Great Architect of the Universe ; it comes down tbe stream of time laden with honours ; it is an institution which should be encouraged by every man who has the welfare of the human race at heart . Viewing Masonry in its social
aspect , he would again say he was not ashamed of it . God has ordained that men should be brought together for social intercourse . He had not made him a solitary being ; He had given him the good things of this world rightly to enjoy ; to use not to abuse . The R . W . P . G . M . gave as the next toast , " the Present and Past Officers of the province of Dorset . " Bro . N . HIGHMORE , as a Past Provincial Officer , and a member of the
fraternity of thirty years' standing , returned thanks for the toast . The toast was also acknowledged by Bros . Melmoth , Hare , and Stone . Captain HELSHAM proposed the healths of the Grand Masters of Ireland and Scotland . He had been a Mason for nearly twenty-six years , and being an Irishman , he considered he should be a disgrace to his country if he forgot his duty so far as not to propose the health of his Grand Master . He would couple with this , the health of the Grand Master of Scotland .
After several other toasts had been proposed and drunk , the Brethren broke up their meeting in peace , harmony , and brotherly love . ESSEX . —CHELMSFORD , Aug . 18 . —The Essex Chapter , No . 343 , met at the Black Boy Inn , for the purpose of installing Comp . Wilson into the third chair . Comp . Read of the Chapter of Fidelity , No . 3 , who has been appointed First Principal of a Chapter attached to the Lodge Zetland in the East ( Singapore , East Indies , No . 74 . 8 , the warrant of which was granted at the last Grand Chapter ) was by dispensation installed into the three Chairs respectively previously to his departure for that country . A fine