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Colonial.
by half-past six in the evening , after a most delightful and pleasant excursion , the felicity of which was heightened not only by the benevolent object they had compassed , but by tbe hearty co-operation and aid afforded by his Excellency the naval commander-in-chief , and the gallant commander of the Fury , [ By reference to the report of the last meeting of Grand Chapter in this number of the " Freemasons' QuarterlMagazine and Review"
y , p . 395 , it will be seen that a warrant for holding a Royal Arch Chapter had been granted to the Lodge Zetland in the East , No . 748 ; and in the provincial report of the Royal Arch Chapter , 348 , held at Chelmsford , Aug . 13 th , it will further be found that M . E . Comp . Read , of the Chapter of Fidelity , No . 3 , has been nominated as the first M . E . Z . We gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity to express our sanguine expectations of the good results which must follow from this
appointment . Royal Arch Masonry could not by any possibility have been introduced to the Brethren of Singapore by a more indefatigable or worthy Brother than Comp . Read , who in every relationship of life maintains an inestimable character , and a character sans peur , et sans reprduche . ]—ED .
America.
AMERICA .
ADDRESS BY COM . WILLIAM HUNTEB . The following address , delivered on St . John ' s Day , 1849 , before the Sabine Lodge , at Fort Jessup , U . S ., which has not previously been published in this country , contains so many truly appropriate and
excellent remarks upon the value of Freemasonry , that we most willingly give insertion to them , with the confidence that they will be duly appreciated , and tend to the most useful purposes : — " Ladies and Gentlemen , and you my Brethren of the Masonic Order , —It is with much diffidence I am about to offer you some remarks on the Order of Freemasonry . I have no pretensions to
oratory . To elucidate some of the intrinsic merits of the institution , show what are its principles , and leave you , my hearers , to judge of its utility , is all that will be aimed at . I shall offer no apology for the mode of my address , the custom of reading lectures being common . There is so much of fabulous narrative associated with , the early history of Freemasonry , that it is exceedingly difficult to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion in reference to its origin . Notwith-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Colonial.
by half-past six in the evening , after a most delightful and pleasant excursion , the felicity of which was heightened not only by the benevolent object they had compassed , but by tbe hearty co-operation and aid afforded by his Excellency the naval commander-in-chief , and the gallant commander of the Fury , [ By reference to the report of the last meeting of Grand Chapter in this number of the " Freemasons' QuarterlMagazine and Review"
y , p . 395 , it will be seen that a warrant for holding a Royal Arch Chapter had been granted to the Lodge Zetland in the East , No . 748 ; and in the provincial report of the Royal Arch Chapter , 348 , held at Chelmsford , Aug . 13 th , it will further be found that M . E . Comp . Read , of the Chapter of Fidelity , No . 3 , has been nominated as the first M . E . Z . We gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity to express our sanguine expectations of the good results which must follow from this
appointment . Royal Arch Masonry could not by any possibility have been introduced to the Brethren of Singapore by a more indefatigable or worthy Brother than Comp . Read , who in every relationship of life maintains an inestimable character , and a character sans peur , et sans reprduche . ]—ED .
America.
AMERICA .
ADDRESS BY COM . WILLIAM HUNTEB . The following address , delivered on St . John ' s Day , 1849 , before the Sabine Lodge , at Fort Jessup , U . S ., which has not previously been published in this country , contains so many truly appropriate and
excellent remarks upon the value of Freemasonry , that we most willingly give insertion to them , with the confidence that they will be duly appreciated , and tend to the most useful purposes : — " Ladies and Gentlemen , and you my Brethren of the Masonic Order , —It is with much diffidence I am about to offer you some remarks on the Order of Freemasonry . I have no pretensions to
oratory . To elucidate some of the intrinsic merits of the institution , show what are its principles , and leave you , my hearers , to judge of its utility , is all that will be aimed at . I shall offer no apology for the mode of my address , the custom of reading lectures being common . There is so much of fabulous narrative associated with , the early history of Freemasonry , that it is exceedingly difficult to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion in reference to its origin . Notwith-