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East Indies.
The above important business having been concluded , and the usual congratulations given , forty-five Brethren sat down to their annual banquet at half-past six , p . m . The duties of the evening were ably conducted by the AV . M . and his Officers , and some more than usually good speeches were made on the occasion . —Straus Times , Dec . 31 , 1850 .
West Indies.
WEST INDIES .
BERMUDA . —Celebration of the Festival of Saint John the Evangelist , and Dedication of the Masons' Hall , Hamilton . —On Friday , Dec . 27 , according to annual custom , the Freemasons of these Islands celebrated the Festival of St . John the Evangelist , the Atlantic Phoenix Lodge , on this occasion , inviting the co-operation and assistance ofthe three sister Lodges of Bermuda : and , at the same time , to dedicate their new and beautiful edifice to the purposes of Masonry ; which latter highly interesting
ceremony was performed under the auspices of the Bight Worshipful tbe Provincial Grand Lodge of Scotland . The Town Hall liaving been engaged for the reception of the Prov . G . L . the Brethren assembled at eleven o'clock and opened it in clue form . A procession was then formed and marched to the Masonic Hall , where they were joined by the members of the various Lodges . The VV . M . of Atlantic Plicenix Lodge , No . 271 , Bro . S . P . Watson , then addressed the P . G . M . as follows : —Right AVorshipful , the Brethren of the
Atlantic Phoenix Lodge , No . 271 , being animated with a desire of promoting the honour and interests of the Craft , bave , at great pains and expense , erected this Masonic Hall for their convenience and accommodation . They are desirous that the same should be examined by the R . AV . Prov . G . L ., and if it should meet their approbation , that it should be solemnly dedicatee , to Masonic purposes , agreeably to ancient form . The Right AVorshipful P . G . M . then replied . A table was placed in the room , covered ivith crimson velvet , on which were placed the Holy Bible , Square and Compasses , the Charter of tbe
J ^ odge , the Constitution and Bye-Laws , and all of the various implements of Masonry ; and tbe ceremony having been completed , the R . AV . P . G . M . delivered the following interesting and appropriate oration : — AVorshipful Master and Brethren—In conformity to an ancient custom of the Fraternity , imposing on the Officer presiding at the performance of public Masonic ceremonies , tbe duty of addressing those assembled , I shall avail myself of the opportunity now afforded , to give a condensed history of the origin of Freemasonry , and of its probable moral influence on society in
general ; and in so doing , I would more particularly solicit the attention of the junior Masonic Brethren , and of those persons who , uninfluenced by other than the purest of motives , are about offering themselves as candidates for admission into that honourable and ancient Society . One of the first objects of man in a rude state , is to screen himself and his family from the heat of the tropic sun , from the inclemency of the polar regions , or from the sudden changes of the more temperate climates . If he lias arrived at such a degree of improvement as to live under the dominion of
a superior and under the influence of religious belief , the palace of his king and the temple of his God will be reared in tbe most magnificent style which his skill can devise and his industry accomplish , and decked with those ornaments which naturally catch the eye of unpolished man . From that principle which impels the lower orders to imitate the-magnificence and
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East Indies.
The above important business having been concluded , and the usual congratulations given , forty-five Brethren sat down to their annual banquet at half-past six , p . m . The duties of the evening were ably conducted by the AV . M . and his Officers , and some more than usually good speeches were made on the occasion . —Straus Times , Dec . 31 , 1850 .
West Indies.
WEST INDIES .
BERMUDA . —Celebration of the Festival of Saint John the Evangelist , and Dedication of the Masons' Hall , Hamilton . —On Friday , Dec . 27 , according to annual custom , the Freemasons of these Islands celebrated the Festival of St . John the Evangelist , the Atlantic Phoenix Lodge , on this occasion , inviting the co-operation and assistance ofthe three sister Lodges of Bermuda : and , at the same time , to dedicate their new and beautiful edifice to the purposes of Masonry ; which latter highly interesting
ceremony was performed under the auspices of the Bight Worshipful tbe Provincial Grand Lodge of Scotland . The Town Hall liaving been engaged for the reception of the Prov . G . L . the Brethren assembled at eleven o'clock and opened it in clue form . A procession was then formed and marched to the Masonic Hall , where they were joined by the members of the various Lodges . The VV . M . of Atlantic Plicenix Lodge , No . 271 , Bro . S . P . Watson , then addressed the P . G . M . as follows : —Right AVorshipful , the Brethren of the
Atlantic Phoenix Lodge , No . 271 , being animated with a desire of promoting the honour and interests of the Craft , bave , at great pains and expense , erected this Masonic Hall for their convenience and accommodation . They are desirous that the same should be examined by the R . AV . Prov . G . L ., and if it should meet their approbation , that it should be solemnly dedicatee , to Masonic purposes , agreeably to ancient form . The Right AVorshipful P . G . M . then replied . A table was placed in the room , covered ivith crimson velvet , on which were placed the Holy Bible , Square and Compasses , the Charter of tbe
J ^ odge , the Constitution and Bye-Laws , and all of the various implements of Masonry ; and tbe ceremony having been completed , the R . AV . P . G . M . delivered the following interesting and appropriate oration : — AVorshipful Master and Brethren—In conformity to an ancient custom of the Fraternity , imposing on the Officer presiding at the performance of public Masonic ceremonies , tbe duty of addressing those assembled , I shall avail myself of the opportunity now afforded , to give a condensed history of the origin of Freemasonry , and of its probable moral influence on society in
general ; and in so doing , I would more particularly solicit the attention of the junior Masonic Brethren , and of those persons who , uninfluenced by other than the purest of motives , are about offering themselves as candidates for admission into that honourable and ancient Society . One of the first objects of man in a rude state , is to screen himself and his family from the heat of the tropic sun , from the inclemency of the polar regions , or from the sudden changes of the more temperate climates . If he lias arrived at such a degree of improvement as to live under the dominion of
a superior and under the influence of religious belief , the palace of his king and the temple of his God will be reared in tbe most magnificent style which his skill can devise and his industry accomplish , and decked with those ornaments which naturally catch the eye of unpolished man . From that principle which impels the lower orders to imitate the-magnificence and