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FORMATION OF THE PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF HOLY ROYAL ARCH FREEMASONS FOR GRENADA , AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS . '"'January 1 . —On Wednesday last , the first instant , the Companions of the Royal Arch Degree of Freemasonry , eligible to hold office in the Prov . G . Chapter assembled at the Caledonia Lodge Room , pursuant to summonses issued for that purpose , and M . E . Companion and Brother the Hon . W . Stephenson having produced his warrant on commission , appointing him Prov . G . Sup . for Grenada and the adjacent islands , the same was read and its authenticity duly acknowledged , when he proceeded to nominate and appoint the following Companions as first office bearers :
Peter Guthrie , 2 nd Prov . G . Principal H . ; E . C . Harmer , Srd Prov . G . Principal J . ; W . Crawford , Prov . G . Scribe E . ; John M . Aird , Prov . G . Scribe N . ; James Gilchrist , Prov . G . Principal Sojr . ; Matthew G . Stephenson , Prov . G . First Assistant Sojr . ; Richard . Gibbs , Prov . G . Second Assistant Sojr . ; David R . Guthrie , Prov . G . Treasurer ; Samuel Begg , Prov . G . Secretary and Recorder ; Giles Hanwell , Prov . G . Bible Bearer ; Robert M'Burnie , Prov . G . Standard Bearer ; Samuel
Cockburn , Prov . G . Organist ; David W . Gibbs , Prov . G . Sword Bearer ; Tobias Harrold , Prov . G . Poursuivant . t \ Prov . G . Chapter was then , according to ancient form , duly opened with an appropriate prayer by the M . E . Prov . G . H . P . ; and all the office bearers present , who hacl been nominated and appointed , were duly installed into their respective offices , when an address was delivered by the M . E . Prov . G . Sup . The following benediction was then pronounced
by him : — " Almighty and supreme High Priest of heaven and earth ! Who is there in heaven but Thee ? and who upon earth can stand in competition with Thee ? Thy Omniscient mind brings all things in review-past , present , and to come ; Thine Omnipotent arm directs the movements of the vast creation ; and Thy Omnipresent eye pervades the secret recesses
of every heart I Thy boundless beneficence supplies us with every comfort and enjoyment ; and Thine unspeakable perfection and glory surpass all understanding J Heavenly Father , we invoke Thy blessing upon the purpose of our present assembly . Let this Provincial Grand Chapter be established to Thine honour and glory . Let the office-bearers be endowed with wisdom to discern , and fidelity to preserve its true interests . Let its Members be ever mindful of the duty they owe to their tiod , the
obedience they owe to their superiors , the love they owe to their equals , and the good will they owe to all mankind . " — ( Response—So mote it be , & c . ) A procession was then formed , and the three presiding Chiefs were saluted in the usual form , and with the grand signs of Royal Arch Masons . A Royal Arch ode , composed and arranged expressly for the occasion by the Prov . G . Organistwas then . The M . E . Prov . G
, sung . Sup . then proceeded to the dedication of the Provincial Grand Chapter in the following manner : " Let this Provincial Grand Chapter be detlicated and consecrated to Thy glory by the name , style , and title of the ' Provincial Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Grenada and the adjacent islands ; ' and may its Members ever exemplify their reverence and love to God by their beneficence to man . To our M . E . Patron Z . we now , therefore , solemnly dedicate
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Foreign.
FORMATION OF THE PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF HOLY ROYAL ARCH FREEMASONS FOR GRENADA , AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS . '"'January 1 . —On Wednesday last , the first instant , the Companions of the Royal Arch Degree of Freemasonry , eligible to hold office in the Prov . G . Chapter assembled at the Caledonia Lodge Room , pursuant to summonses issued for that purpose , and M . E . Companion and Brother the Hon . W . Stephenson having produced his warrant on commission , appointing him Prov . G . Sup . for Grenada and the adjacent islands , the same was read and its authenticity duly acknowledged , when he proceeded to nominate and appoint the following Companions as first office bearers :
Peter Guthrie , 2 nd Prov . G . Principal H . ; E . C . Harmer , Srd Prov . G . Principal J . ; W . Crawford , Prov . G . Scribe E . ; John M . Aird , Prov . G . Scribe N . ; James Gilchrist , Prov . G . Principal Sojr . ; Matthew G . Stephenson , Prov . G . First Assistant Sojr . ; Richard . Gibbs , Prov . G . Second Assistant Sojr . ; David R . Guthrie , Prov . G . Treasurer ; Samuel Begg , Prov . G . Secretary and Recorder ; Giles Hanwell , Prov . G . Bible Bearer ; Robert M'Burnie , Prov . G . Standard Bearer ; Samuel
Cockburn , Prov . G . Organist ; David W . Gibbs , Prov . G . Sword Bearer ; Tobias Harrold , Prov . G . Poursuivant . t \ Prov . G . Chapter was then , according to ancient form , duly opened with an appropriate prayer by the M . E . Prov . G . H . P . ; and all the office bearers present , who hacl been nominated and appointed , were duly installed into their respective offices , when an address was delivered by the M . E . Prov . G . Sup . The following benediction was then pronounced
by him : — " Almighty and supreme High Priest of heaven and earth ! Who is there in heaven but Thee ? and who upon earth can stand in competition with Thee ? Thy Omniscient mind brings all things in review-past , present , and to come ; Thine Omnipotent arm directs the movements of the vast creation ; and Thy Omnipresent eye pervades the secret recesses
of every heart I Thy boundless beneficence supplies us with every comfort and enjoyment ; and Thine unspeakable perfection and glory surpass all understanding J Heavenly Father , we invoke Thy blessing upon the purpose of our present assembly . Let this Provincial Grand Chapter be established to Thine honour and glory . Let the office-bearers be endowed with wisdom to discern , and fidelity to preserve its true interests . Let its Members be ever mindful of the duty they owe to their tiod , the
obedience they owe to their superiors , the love they owe to their equals , and the good will they owe to all mankind . " — ( Response—So mote it be , & c . ) A procession was then formed , and the three presiding Chiefs were saluted in the usual form , and with the grand signs of Royal Arch Masons . A Royal Arch ode , composed and arranged expressly for the occasion by the Prov . G . Organistwas then . The M . E . Prov . G
, sung . Sup . then proceeded to the dedication of the Provincial Grand Chapter in the following manner : " Let this Provincial Grand Chapter be detlicated and consecrated to Thy glory by the name , style , and title of the ' Provincial Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Grenada and the adjacent islands ; ' and may its Members ever exemplify their reverence and love to God by their beneficence to man . To our M . E . Patron Z . we now , therefore , solemnly dedicate