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of superior degree ; ancl his induction to the Chair of the Lodge was attended with peculiar circumstances of felicitation . The male branches of his family are all Freemasons of old standing , and it imparted indescribable feeling to the event of the day by its being graced and indeed solemnised by the presence of his venerable father , General Vernon , who has not been in Lodge for many years , accompanied by his two other sons , the eldest , and his youngest brother , Captain Vernon , of Her Majesty ' s 68 th foot . Bro . Vernon , the now W . M . of St . Peter ' s Lodge , is himself a captain of the Coldstream Guards . A brighter epoch in the prosperity of this Lodge could not have dawned upon its
career . Dr . Slade had inspired into its decaying frame fresh life and vigour , ancl there is now every reasonable expectation that St . Peter ' s Lodge , 607 , under the rule of Bro . G . A . Vernon , will entitle itself to the motto of his regimental standard , nulli secundus in the province . To signalise the occasion , the W . Bro . H . C . Vernon , Past P . G . S . W ., who has been many years a member of St . Peter ' s Lodge , presented a set of new collars for the several officers , ancl clothing for the Tyler . The solemn ceremony of Installation was conducted by Bro . Lloyd ,
P . G . Treasurer . The attendance of the Brethren was very gratifying , and among the visitors we recognised Bros . W . Kettle , P . M ., 51 , De Loude , F . Dee , P . G . S ., J . H . Davis , R . Kettle , barrister , Gordon , P . M ., & c . & c . The Lodge opened at three o ' clock at the Assembly Rooms , and was adjourned to Bro . Law ' s , at the Star and Garter Plotel , for dinner . After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts from the chair , Dr . SLADE rose and proposed thehealthof theW . M . Bro . G . A . Vernon .
He said be knew of no Brother within the province more gifted with Masonic virtues than he whom the Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge had delighted to honour . Bro . Vernon had a status loci in society which would give an impulse to the progress of their esoteric principles , added to which the real respect his family was held in throughout the neighbourhood , could not fail to recommend those principles , as essentially conservative of the Throne , the Altar , and the Commonwealth . What can be a more hallowed aspect than the one in which we contemplate
the genial and benign spirit of Masonry at this moment ? We behold around our board elements of the different grades of our artificial state of society . Let me ( said the doctor ) tell those children of darkness that while Masonry teaches Christianity , their Christianity does not
teach Masonry . While we teach the rights of lawful sovereigns , and inculcate obedience to states , we do not forget the claims of citizens to the privileges of freeborn men . Prudence , temperence , fortitude , and justice are among our leading maxims , but we do not recognize in our code of laws any claim as teachers of mental and moral light to enslave the mind with superstitious fears , and , through the dogmas of a particular institution , attempt to accomplish the sinister ends of tyranny and oppression . For this reason Freemasonry has always been persecuted
by a priesthood that pretends to infallibility of opinion and universality of religious dominion ; and is looked upon with a jealous eye by all who dread that the emancipation of the human intellect should deprive bigotry and fanaticism of its influence and gains . Bro . Slade continued , — What scene could more beautifully display the spirit of Masonry than the one before them ? A gallant officer of a most distinguished corps occupied the seat of an instructor in a peculiar system of morality ; he had laid aside the sword to handle the square and com-
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Provincial.
of superior degree ; ancl his induction to the Chair of the Lodge was attended with peculiar circumstances of felicitation . The male branches of his family are all Freemasons of old standing , and it imparted indescribable feeling to the event of the day by its being graced and indeed solemnised by the presence of his venerable father , General Vernon , who has not been in Lodge for many years , accompanied by his two other sons , the eldest , and his youngest brother , Captain Vernon , of Her Majesty ' s 68 th foot . Bro . Vernon , the now W . M . of St . Peter ' s Lodge , is himself a captain of the Coldstream Guards . A brighter epoch in the prosperity of this Lodge could not have dawned upon its
career . Dr . Slade had inspired into its decaying frame fresh life and vigour , ancl there is now every reasonable expectation that St . Peter ' s Lodge , 607 , under the rule of Bro . G . A . Vernon , will entitle itself to the motto of his regimental standard , nulli secundus in the province . To signalise the occasion , the W . Bro . H . C . Vernon , Past P . G . S . W ., who has been many years a member of St . Peter ' s Lodge , presented a set of new collars for the several officers , ancl clothing for the Tyler . The solemn ceremony of Installation was conducted by Bro . Lloyd ,
P . G . Treasurer . The attendance of the Brethren was very gratifying , and among the visitors we recognised Bros . W . Kettle , P . M ., 51 , De Loude , F . Dee , P . G . S ., J . H . Davis , R . Kettle , barrister , Gordon , P . M ., & c . & c . The Lodge opened at three o ' clock at the Assembly Rooms , and was adjourned to Bro . Law ' s , at the Star and Garter Plotel , for dinner . After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts from the chair , Dr . SLADE rose and proposed thehealthof theW . M . Bro . G . A . Vernon .
He said be knew of no Brother within the province more gifted with Masonic virtues than he whom the Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge had delighted to honour . Bro . Vernon had a status loci in society which would give an impulse to the progress of their esoteric principles , added to which the real respect his family was held in throughout the neighbourhood , could not fail to recommend those principles , as essentially conservative of the Throne , the Altar , and the Commonwealth . What can be a more hallowed aspect than the one in which we contemplate
the genial and benign spirit of Masonry at this moment ? We behold around our board elements of the different grades of our artificial state of society . Let me ( said the doctor ) tell those children of darkness that while Masonry teaches Christianity , their Christianity does not
teach Masonry . While we teach the rights of lawful sovereigns , and inculcate obedience to states , we do not forget the claims of citizens to the privileges of freeborn men . Prudence , temperence , fortitude , and justice are among our leading maxims , but we do not recognize in our code of laws any claim as teachers of mental and moral light to enslave the mind with superstitious fears , and , through the dogmas of a particular institution , attempt to accomplish the sinister ends of tyranny and oppression . For this reason Freemasonry has always been persecuted
by a priesthood that pretends to infallibility of opinion and universality of religious dominion ; and is looked upon with a jealous eye by all who dread that the emancipation of the human intellect should deprive bigotry and fanaticism of its influence and gains . Bro . Slade continued , — What scene could more beautifully display the spirit of Masonry than the one before them ? A gallant officer of a most distinguished corps occupied the seat of an instructor in a peculiar system of morality ; he had laid aside the sword to handle the square and com-