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'' Death id the dark trance between time and eternity . " THE FAMILY BuniAl . GROUND —Yet . after nil , do you know , that I would rather sleep in thesouthern corner of a little country churchyard than in the tomb of theCapulc's . I should like , however , that my dust should mingle with kindred dust . The good old expression"the family burying ground' *— has something pleasing in it , at least to me . —Edm . Burlce .
DEATH . —There is but . tiiis difference between the death of old men and young men ; old men go to death , and death comes to young men . —Bacon . On a black slab in East Church , Isle of Sheppy , under the effigies of Gabriel Linsey , in the centre of the monument , between the kneeling figure of Michael and the recumbent effigy of his son Robert , is the following , in Roman capitals : — " Stay , passenger , and marke before thov passe . Thine owne condition in death's looking-glass
; Thov yt dost read these lines shalt lye among Wormes , bones , and rotten earkesses er long ; Thenn thousands yt are full of life to-day Shall by tomorrow's tyme sleep in clay , L V freind , for ovght yt any mortall kuowes , Thov maist be marked ovt for one of thos . Let therfor lhc . se dead lyues remember thee , How wel prepare d lliow hast need to be ; So thov ; shalt gaine by looking on ys tomb A better life than from thy mother's wombe . "
Dec . 25 , 1848 . —At Aberdeen , Bro . ALEXANDER BAILLIE , aged 45 . By his death the Craft have lost a most zealous , active , upright , and enthusiastic brother , while his widow has to deplore the loss of a kind and faithful husband , and his family a most industrious and indulgent parent . Although in humble circumstances , he was most respectably connected , his mother being the daughter of Sir John Swallow , of Glasgow . He was raised in St . George ' s Lod No . 190 and was a Companion of
ge , , St . George ' s Royal Arch Chapter , No . 21 , and a Sir Knight of the St . George ' s Aboyne K . T . Encampment , Aberdeen . His remains were followed to the grave by a number of the Sir Knights , on St . John ' s Day ; and to mark the respect and esteem in which he was held by them , at the first meeting of the encampment , the regular business was postponed , and a solemn and deeply impressive service conducted .
Dee . 28 , 1848 . —SIR AUGUSTUS FREDERIC D'ESTE , son of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , by Lady Augusta Murray , daughter of the Earl of Dunmore , to whom his royal highness was married at Rome , 1793 . Upon the death of the duke , in 1843 , Sir Augustus Frederic preferred his claim to succeed to the titles and honours of his father , and the claim was heard by the House of Lords in that year , when , after proof was given of the marriage of his father and mother ,
and of the birth of Sir Augustus Frederic in 1794 i , a question was submitted to the judges upon the effect of the Royal Marriage Act , 12 George III . The judges pronounced their opinion to be that that statute had incapacitated the descendants of George II . from contracting a legal marriage without the consent of the crown , either within the British dominions or elsewhere , whereupon the House of Lords resolved that Sir Augustus Frederic had not established his claim . The deceased held the rank of Past Senior Grand Warden in the United Grand Lodge of England .
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'' Death id the dark trance between time and eternity . " THE FAMILY BuniAl . GROUND —Yet . after nil , do you know , that I would rather sleep in thesouthern corner of a little country churchyard than in the tomb of theCapulc's . I should like , however , that my dust should mingle with kindred dust . The good old expression"the family burying ground' *— has something pleasing in it , at least to me . —Edm . Burlce .
DEATH . —There is but . tiiis difference between the death of old men and young men ; old men go to death , and death comes to young men . —Bacon . On a black slab in East Church , Isle of Sheppy , under the effigies of Gabriel Linsey , in the centre of the monument , between the kneeling figure of Michael and the recumbent effigy of his son Robert , is the following , in Roman capitals : — " Stay , passenger , and marke before thov passe . Thine owne condition in death's looking-glass
; Thov yt dost read these lines shalt lye among Wormes , bones , and rotten earkesses er long ; Thenn thousands yt are full of life to-day Shall by tomorrow's tyme sleep in clay , L V freind , for ovght yt any mortall kuowes , Thov maist be marked ovt for one of thos . Let therfor lhc . se dead lyues remember thee , How wel prepare d lliow hast need to be ; So thov ; shalt gaine by looking on ys tomb A better life than from thy mother's wombe . "
Dec . 25 , 1848 . —At Aberdeen , Bro . ALEXANDER BAILLIE , aged 45 . By his death the Craft have lost a most zealous , active , upright , and enthusiastic brother , while his widow has to deplore the loss of a kind and faithful husband , and his family a most industrious and indulgent parent . Although in humble circumstances , he was most respectably connected , his mother being the daughter of Sir John Swallow , of Glasgow . He was raised in St . George ' s Lod No . 190 and was a Companion of
ge , , St . George ' s Royal Arch Chapter , No . 21 , and a Sir Knight of the St . George ' s Aboyne K . T . Encampment , Aberdeen . His remains were followed to the grave by a number of the Sir Knights , on St . John ' s Day ; and to mark the respect and esteem in which he was held by them , at the first meeting of the encampment , the regular business was postponed , and a solemn and deeply impressive service conducted .
Dee . 28 , 1848 . —SIR AUGUSTUS FREDERIC D'ESTE , son of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , by Lady Augusta Murray , daughter of the Earl of Dunmore , to whom his royal highness was married at Rome , 1793 . Upon the death of the duke , in 1843 , Sir Augustus Frederic preferred his claim to succeed to the titles and honours of his father , and the claim was heard by the House of Lords in that year , when , after proof was given of the marriage of his father and mother ,
and of the birth of Sir Augustus Frederic in 1794 i , a question was submitted to the judges upon the effect of the Royal Marriage Act , 12 George III . The judges pronounced their opinion to be that that statute had incapacitated the descendants of George II . from contracting a legal marriage without the consent of the crown , either within the British dominions or elsewhere , whereupon the House of Lords resolved that Sir Augustus Frederic had not established his claim . The deceased held the rank of Past Senior Grand Warden in the United Grand Lodge of England .