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Ireland.
do fail me , as it might be deemed flattery were I to express myself as T could wish in the presence of the individual himself . Fortunately he is too well known to require any eulogy from me ; and , so far as his exertions in the cause of Freemasonry are concerned , he has acquired a reputation not only in this , his mother country , not only throughout the United Kingdom , not only in the New AVorld , but also in tbe Old . Go to the shores of India , there the name of Grant is a passport ; go to the AVestern AVorld , there also is his name familiar ; and , as for his exertions in this our Maiden
City , is it not to him that Freemasonry is indebted for the advancement it hits made of late years 1 Is it not to him that we of Lodge 69 are mainly indebted for the temple we at present occupy and was it not in it that so many of us assembled round the festive board this evening have been admitted to the privileges we at present enjoy ? But , Brethren , before he brought matters to their present condition , has not our worthy Brother suffered much—from anxiety of mind—that is known only to himself—in a pecuniary point of view—and , what is more perceptible to our senses ( to
use rather an indelicate expression , yet a very correct one ) , oft-times a sweated brow ? I myself have seen him working like a common tradesman at his day's work . And what was all this for ? Solely for the cause of our Order ! AVould , Brethren , that we had many such members ! May we not then truly say , our worthy Brother has given his life as a Grant to Freemasonry . ( This sentiment was received with rapturous applause , after the subsidence of which ) , Bro . GRANT rose , amidst deafening bursts of applause , which lasted for a considerable time . He said—Brethren , when the contemplative mind turns to the painful consideration of the mutability of mini ' s natural existence—the joys and sorrows , the hopes and disappointments , the illusions and realities that beset his career—it is very meliorating to the heart to be
the recipient of such proofs of sincere and affectionate regard as you have shown towards me to-night ; and to know that we , as Masons , possess in the principles of our Order , an anodyne pre-eminently calculated to soothe , if not entirely to dissipate , the despondency arising from such reflections ; because . Brethren , those principles are not subject to the alloy of fallible nititability . ( Cheers , and applause . ) Look at Masonry in its universality , and that alone is enough to awe us into silent admiration of its vast and incomprehensible results . But , to go further , consider the groundwork of
our Order—faith in the Great Architect of heaven and earth—and may that faith be stereotyped on every Mason ' s heart , and then ignorance and superstition may in vain rear their hideous fronts to impede our onward progress . Slander , engendered by foul and base motives , may assail us ; false-hearted and foolish tyrants may endeavour to suppress our Order ; but Masonry defies the feeble fetters imposed by human agents . An immaculate principle of love , springing from a source divine , it has risen on the wings of the morning , aud spread like a flood of effulgent light over the
world . ( Immense cheering . ) Where is the clime , where the nation , in which Masonry does not exist , or has not existed ? In the dreary regions of the north , where reigns the long and desolate night of winter—in the fiery wastes of the desert , where fiercely glares the sun in the seared and burning wastes of sand—its principle of universal love glows in the heart of man ; and , responsive to that hallowed obligation , the chastened spirit hows in humble obedience to the faith of universal brotherhood . ( Rapturous aplause . ) Eastwestnorth and south—in factwhere reason holds
suffip , , , cient empire over man ' s heart to believe in the existence of the Deity—there is the Mason's banner unfurled , aud there is the olive branch of peace displayed . ( Bursts of applause . ) Our Order being co-existent with time , its footsteps may he traced in the most remote parts of the globe—on the snowy heights of the Scandinavian Alps , on the arid plains of India , and the desert sands of Egypt ; and while we see it irresistibly diffusing itself through
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Ireland.
do fail me , as it might be deemed flattery were I to express myself as T could wish in the presence of the individual himself . Fortunately he is too well known to require any eulogy from me ; and , so far as his exertions in the cause of Freemasonry are concerned , he has acquired a reputation not only in this , his mother country , not only throughout the United Kingdom , not only in the New AVorld , but also in tbe Old . Go to the shores of India , there the name of Grant is a passport ; go to the AVestern AVorld , there also is his name familiar ; and , as for his exertions in this our Maiden
City , is it not to him that Freemasonry is indebted for the advancement it hits made of late years 1 Is it not to him that we of Lodge 69 are mainly indebted for the temple we at present occupy and was it not in it that so many of us assembled round the festive board this evening have been admitted to the privileges we at present enjoy ? But , Brethren , before he brought matters to their present condition , has not our worthy Brother suffered much—from anxiety of mind—that is known only to himself—in a pecuniary point of view—and , what is more perceptible to our senses ( to
use rather an indelicate expression , yet a very correct one ) , oft-times a sweated brow ? I myself have seen him working like a common tradesman at his day's work . And what was all this for ? Solely for the cause of our Order ! AVould , Brethren , that we had many such members ! May we not then truly say , our worthy Brother has given his life as a Grant to Freemasonry . ( This sentiment was received with rapturous applause , after the subsidence of which ) , Bro . GRANT rose , amidst deafening bursts of applause , which lasted for a considerable time . He said—Brethren , when the contemplative mind turns to the painful consideration of the mutability of mini ' s natural existence—the joys and sorrows , the hopes and disappointments , the illusions and realities that beset his career—it is very meliorating to the heart to be
the recipient of such proofs of sincere and affectionate regard as you have shown towards me to-night ; and to know that we , as Masons , possess in the principles of our Order , an anodyne pre-eminently calculated to soothe , if not entirely to dissipate , the despondency arising from such reflections ; because . Brethren , those principles are not subject to the alloy of fallible nititability . ( Cheers , and applause . ) Look at Masonry in its universality , and that alone is enough to awe us into silent admiration of its vast and incomprehensible results . But , to go further , consider the groundwork of
our Order—faith in the Great Architect of heaven and earth—and may that faith be stereotyped on every Mason ' s heart , and then ignorance and superstition may in vain rear their hideous fronts to impede our onward progress . Slander , engendered by foul and base motives , may assail us ; false-hearted and foolish tyrants may endeavour to suppress our Order ; but Masonry defies the feeble fetters imposed by human agents . An immaculate principle of love , springing from a source divine , it has risen on the wings of the morning , aud spread like a flood of effulgent light over the
world . ( Immense cheering . ) Where is the clime , where the nation , in which Masonry does not exist , or has not existed ? In the dreary regions of the north , where reigns the long and desolate night of winter—in the fiery wastes of the desert , where fiercely glares the sun in the seared and burning wastes of sand—its principle of universal love glows in the heart of man ; and , responsive to that hallowed obligation , the chastened spirit hows in humble obedience to the faith of universal brotherhood . ( Rapturous aplause . ) Eastwestnorth and south—in factwhere reason holds
suffip , , , cient empire over man ' s heart to believe in the existence of the Deity—there is the Mason's banner unfurled , aud there is the olive branch of peace displayed . ( Bursts of applause . ) Our Order being co-existent with time , its footsteps may he traced in the most remote parts of the globe—on the snowy heights of the Scandinavian Alps , on the arid plains of India , and the desert sands of Egypt ; and while we see it irresistibly diffusing itself through