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had made up his mind to live and to die in obedience to tho calls of duty . He was very much indisposed in the month of March , 1842 , and yet he wroto as follows : — " It has been found needful to cup me on the loins to relieve the spinal nerves , and to place me under the gentle influence of mercury to aid the digestive powers . This brief report of my state will show to what straits I have been
and am reduced . Still I am able to do something ; and I have a fearful task to-nig ht at the Board of Benevolence : to support—1 , the petition of a surgeon who served his articles with the same practitioner that I did ; 2 , the petition of one of the best men I ever knew , who was made in the Burlington a month previous to my own initiation ; 3 , that of a Mason formerly in enviable
circumstances , and now much reduced , with a wife and seven children ; 4 , a Sicilian noble , whoso abject state cannot be described ; and lastly , a Dane of high literary attainments , who has been the Clarkson of his day , and one of those silent yet successful abettors of slave emancipation , whose true value—as man may never know —will probably never be appreciated . My dear wife threatens me
with her displeasure ; but duty is duty , ancl I have much faith that even to attempt kindness is not lost time . " Such a career of active benevolence marks the character of the man . He did not rest in frothy promises , but realized his kindness by actual performances ; and if it ; should so happen—which is very unlikely—that the approbation of fallible man should be withheld , they ivill , it is confidently hoped , find acceptance and reward at the hands of an infallible God .
BRO . PETER THOMSON . Died , February 2 nd , Bro . Peter Thomson , P . S . G . D , _ aged 72 . This distinguished Brother was one of those men who have done so much for the advancement of Freemasonry , that more is due to his memory than a mere passing notice of his decease ; as no better narrative of his eventful life can by any possibility be given than is contained in the eloquent speech of Bro . Haversin Grand Lodgeon March 9 th
very , , , when , proposing a Resolution , to the effect that a memorial of the high estimation in which he was held by the Craft at large should be recorded on the Minutes , * we have great pleasure in being able to give its substance , as a faithful record of the invaluable services of our late highly esteemed Brother . In rising to speak , Bro . Havers was , for a short time , interrupted by the abrupt departure of many Brethren from the Lodge . When silence
was obtained , he spoke to the following effect , — RIGHT WORSHIPFUL SIR , — I regret that tbe first remark I feel called upon to make should be upon tbe disgraceful exhibition we have twice this evening witnessed , —conduct as unbecoming to Masons themselves , as it is unjust to those who sent them here . Brethren should bear in mind that
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had made up his mind to live and to die in obedience to tho calls of duty . He was very much indisposed in the month of March , 1842 , and yet he wroto as follows : — " It has been found needful to cup me on the loins to relieve the spinal nerves , and to place me under the gentle influence of mercury to aid the digestive powers . This brief report of my state will show to what straits I have been
and am reduced . Still I am able to do something ; and I have a fearful task to-nig ht at the Board of Benevolence : to support—1 , the petition of a surgeon who served his articles with the same practitioner that I did ; 2 , the petition of one of the best men I ever knew , who was made in the Burlington a month previous to my own initiation ; 3 , that of a Mason formerly in enviable
circumstances , and now much reduced , with a wife and seven children ; 4 , a Sicilian noble , whoso abject state cannot be described ; and lastly , a Dane of high literary attainments , who has been the Clarkson of his day , and one of those silent yet successful abettors of slave emancipation , whose true value—as man may never know —will probably never be appreciated . My dear wife threatens me
with her displeasure ; but duty is duty , ancl I have much faith that even to attempt kindness is not lost time . " Such a career of active benevolence marks the character of the man . He did not rest in frothy promises , but realized his kindness by actual performances ; and if it ; should so happen—which is very unlikely—that the approbation of fallible man should be withheld , they ivill , it is confidently hoped , find acceptance and reward at the hands of an infallible God .
BRO . PETER THOMSON . Died , February 2 nd , Bro . Peter Thomson , P . S . G . D , _ aged 72 . This distinguished Brother was one of those men who have done so much for the advancement of Freemasonry , that more is due to his memory than a mere passing notice of his decease ; as no better narrative of his eventful life can by any possibility be given than is contained in the eloquent speech of Bro . Haversin Grand Lodgeon March 9 th
very , , , when , proposing a Resolution , to the effect that a memorial of the high estimation in which he was held by the Craft at large should be recorded on the Minutes , * we have great pleasure in being able to give its substance , as a faithful record of the invaluable services of our late highly esteemed Brother . In rising to speak , Bro . Havers was , for a short time , interrupted by the abrupt departure of many Brethren from the Lodge . When silence
was obtained , he spoke to the following effect , — RIGHT WORSHIPFUL SIR , — I regret that tbe first remark I feel called upon to make should be upon tbe disgraceful exhibition we have twice this evening witnessed , —conduct as unbecoming to Masons themselves , as it is unjust to those who sent them here . Brethren should bear in mind that