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Supreme Council 33nn Degree For England And Wales.
b y those eminent friends who are associated with' riie in' the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General ; The Constitutions , ' as settled by Frederick the Great , determine that the office of Grand Coriimarider is for life . lam , as you know , not of immature age , butthe mind is not eternal , although the soul is—I have therefore to request of my dear and kind friends , that when they may perceive any evidence ; of decadence in the mental energies of their Grand Commanderthey Will
, use their privilege of dlie 'interference , ' and gently remonstrate ( for kind J . ness in such case will be much needed ) with one who has endeavoured to prove himself not altogether unworthy the designation of a Freemason ' . I say I hope . that in such case there will riot be wanting some one to warn rrie frorii the precipice , that by timely retirement my spirit may be ' permitted . to find repose under the protection of Friendship arid Gratitude . ? DR . LEESON , in a very animated address , took a range of the invaluable
services rendered to Freemasonry by the revered historian of the Order ^ the Rev . Dr . Oliver , but for whom he doubted if Masonry itself could have maintained its proud position , —so much were its principles mis- ' understood and neglected . Dr . Oliver had , by the great moral : force of his public writings , as well as by his private character , rendered himself sofjustly , pre-eminent that to say more were unnecessary . He ( Dr .: ; L /) should propose ; m ' e health of Dr . lOliver , with all thanks to hiiri for ' his disinterested " services to the Order . He would iriclude ' in the toast the
other afiseritrmeinbers of the Council . ' ; '''* ¦ '•'• 'i -o-jfcci " ' BRO . ' . EMLV , ^ availed himself of the permission to give the next toast ; aritlhe should imitate theexample of proposing the health of the-Brother next ih rank , viz ., Bro . H . Udall , of whose Masonic attaiririierits theyiwere all cognizant , and of whoiie competency to give them importance arid . value the Brethren present had that day such an opportunity of judg ing ; In the previous addresses , there had been such a departure from the too general terfns feulogyncl > tone of sincerity adoptedthat he' felt happy > in
p , ; _ , siriiply '' pfferirig ' tlie homage of the heart on the present occasibn- ^ and begged to offer * the health of Bro ; H . Udall . :: < : ¦ ::, - ' \ .-r ,-^ . - sn , ' - ' Bro , . H ^ UDALL , in reply , drew attention to the important point that iii * cultivating the revival of the higher degrees , there could be nointent tion to weaken ' the great prificiple of Craft-Masonry , whiehwas thepermanent 'basis ' of the higher degrees ; for that if suchbasiswere ' endangered ' , ' oh whatwoiild the magnificent arid lorious superstructure'have ^ to
; g support itself ?' . But it was clear to him'that mind could not'be : limited in its . examiriatiori ; arid further , that tracing ; as could : easily be done ; the original purity and the high authority of these degfees ,. emariating from rioless a Mason than Frederick the Great ,- he felt' -assuredpthat now these detrrees were in course of activity . ' their revival would hrinn »
many JBrethreri of Intellect as well as position to their considerations- >;'; Bro . WINS 6 R' felt grateful for the honour confided to him of * giving the next toast . Many of his earlier years had been passed in the intimate , society of a friend then present , whose character , whether looked at as a physician , a gentleman , or a Mason , stood forth proudlyasati example to others—Dr . Leeson , hiiriself no mean judge of tests ,- could . himself , stand the test ofthmost stringent examinationHe would corifirie
e . himself to two points . The Doctor ' s devotion to the present Order was evidenced by the happy results of that day ; he understood ; and could , believe it , that the arrangements of the magnificent scenes just witnessed : were mainly attributable to the Doctor ' s able superintendence ; . But he miist bring before the notice of the Grand Commander arid , tlie . Gb'incil the results of Dr . Leesori ' s mission to Paris , where ; 'b y his 'urbanity r aiid
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Supreme Council 33nn Degree For England And Wales.
b y those eminent friends who are associated with' riie in' the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General ; The Constitutions , ' as settled by Frederick the Great , determine that the office of Grand Coriimarider is for life . lam , as you know , not of immature age , butthe mind is not eternal , although the soul is—I have therefore to request of my dear and kind friends , that when they may perceive any evidence ; of decadence in the mental energies of their Grand Commanderthey Will
, use their privilege of dlie 'interference , ' and gently remonstrate ( for kind J . ness in such case will be much needed ) with one who has endeavoured to prove himself not altogether unworthy the designation of a Freemason ' . I say I hope . that in such case there will riot be wanting some one to warn rrie frorii the precipice , that by timely retirement my spirit may be ' permitted . to find repose under the protection of Friendship arid Gratitude . ? DR . LEESON , in a very animated address , took a range of the invaluable
services rendered to Freemasonry by the revered historian of the Order ^ the Rev . Dr . Oliver , but for whom he doubted if Masonry itself could have maintained its proud position , —so much were its principles mis- ' understood and neglected . Dr . Oliver had , by the great moral : force of his public writings , as well as by his private character , rendered himself sofjustly , pre-eminent that to say more were unnecessary . He ( Dr .: ; L /) should propose ; m ' e health of Dr . lOliver , with all thanks to hiiri for ' his disinterested " services to the Order . He would iriclude ' in the toast the
other afiseritrmeinbers of the Council . ' ; '''* ¦ '•'• 'i -o-jfcci " ' BRO . ' . EMLV , ^ availed himself of the permission to give the next toast ; aritlhe should imitate theexample of proposing the health of the-Brother next ih rank , viz ., Bro . H . Udall , of whose Masonic attaiririierits theyiwere all cognizant , and of whoiie competency to give them importance arid . value the Brethren present had that day such an opportunity of judg ing ; In the previous addresses , there had been such a departure from the too general terfns feulogyncl > tone of sincerity adoptedthat he' felt happy > in
p , ; _ , siriiply '' pfferirig ' tlie homage of the heart on the present occasibn- ^ and begged to offer * the health of Bro ; H . Udall . :: < : ¦ ::, - ' \ .-r ,-^ . - sn , ' - ' Bro , . H ^ UDALL , in reply , drew attention to the important point that iii * cultivating the revival of the higher degrees , there could be nointent tion to weaken ' the great prificiple of Craft-Masonry , whiehwas thepermanent 'basis ' of the higher degrees ; for that if suchbasiswere ' endangered ' , ' oh whatwoiild the magnificent arid lorious superstructure'have ^ to
; g support itself ?' . But it was clear to him'that mind could not'be : limited in its . examiriatiori ; arid further , that tracing ; as could : easily be done ; the original purity and the high authority of these degfees ,. emariating from rioless a Mason than Frederick the Great ,- he felt' -assuredpthat now these detrrees were in course of activity . ' their revival would hrinn »
many JBrethreri of Intellect as well as position to their considerations- >;'; Bro . WINS 6 R' felt grateful for the honour confided to him of * giving the next toast . Many of his earlier years had been passed in the intimate , society of a friend then present , whose character , whether looked at as a physician , a gentleman , or a Mason , stood forth proudlyasati example to others—Dr . Leeson , hiiriself no mean judge of tests ,- could . himself , stand the test ofthmost stringent examinationHe would corifirie
e . himself to two points . The Doctor ' s devotion to the present Order was evidenced by the happy results of that day ; he understood ; and could , believe it , that the arrangements of the magnificent scenes just witnessed : were mainly attributable to the Doctor ' s able superintendence ; . But he miist bring before the notice of the Grand Commander arid , tlie . Gb'incil the results of Dr . Leesori ' s mission to Paris , where ; 'b y his 'urbanity r aiid