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Address.
Masonic Union and brotherly charity and good will ! Such should he the true sentiments every member of our Order . Added to which , should he devoted loyalty to onr sovereign and country ! This should be one of our beacons and watchwords ! Since we last met , the Dominion has been threatened , I will not call it invaded , by another Fenian horde . They went hack faster than they cameand let it be a fair subject of pride to us
, , that their earliest opponent is a Freemason ! I allude to Bro . Lieut-Col . Chamberlain , who hurried to the defence of the frontier , and was so fortunate as to command the first of our brave fellows , who made the worthless scoundrels regularly bolt out of Canada ! So also was our Most Worshipful Grand Master , Bro . Stevenson , one of the foremost , in proceeding with his battery , to meet the Fenian vagabonds , who had once more insulted the
territory of our glorious and beloved Queen I And , Companions , you will find Freemasons are ever ready to be in the van on such occasions , —and so they ought , —and they should remember their peculiar tie , and hear and forbear , and drive away discord , even as the Fenians were sent to tho right about ! I am sure that we all think alike . And now , in conclusion , let me thank you for your many
kindnesses to , and tho honours you have conferred upon me . I find I have been elected to preside over Grand Chapter for the past seven years continuously , —and also during 1859 ancl I 860 . I now ask you to relieve me from the duties of my high office . I have endeavoured , to the best of my ability , to promote your interests , and I hope I have not failed . You have many able companions , who are willing , —nay anxious to succeed me to the highest gift can bestowand their ambition is laudable and not to be
you , despised . I feel I should give way I—and so I finish by wishing Grand Chapter unceasing prosperity , and praying heartily that the Great Architect of the Universe , —whose Omniscience , Omnipotence , and Omnipresence are so largely dwelt upon , in this the "Capestone" Degree of Freemasonry , —will bless and protect us all . So mote it be !
Poetry.
Poetry .
THE RED-CROSS KNIGHT . The following is a translation of the poem recently addressed hy Ferdinand Freiligrath to his son , on the departure of the youth as a surgeon at the seat of war . The red cross on a white ground , directed hy the Geneva Convention to he worn on the arm of such volunteers , suggests the title ofthe poem : —
THIS leaf , my hoy—soon may it Upon thy arm alight : The courier winds convey it ; I trust it to their flight . Afar to thee it saileth , Where ' er amid our host The battle ' s heat prevaileth'Twill find thee at thy post .
Well wouldst thou in the contest Strike home for Fatherland : . The Frenchman ' s ranks thou frontest—Yet not with sword in hand . Upon the field thou servest Yet not in deadly strife ; The hero hand thou nervest To save , not sever , life 1
Thy heart so warmly glowing Impelled thee to the Rhine ; Thy arm the red cross showing Within the German line . Thou step ' st among tbe stricken Upon the field of gore , The dying life to quicken , The wounded to restore .
The fevered brow thou soothest With drops of healing balm , The way-side pillow smoothest AVhen comes tbe deadly qualm . 'The dying prayer thou hearest Upon the night-wind swoon , In dying faces peerest Beneath the autumn moon .
Poetry.
Sad , solemn thy endeavour ! Yet , boy , take heart of grace ; Though life and death have never So looked thee in the face . Let peace he still thy mission Thy soul aye quick to feel—War ' s fierce and fell collision
Can harden it to steel . Still keep it warm within thee , By fortune never swayed , And golden spurs thou'lt win thee In human-love ' s crusade . While war cries round tbee heighten , This truth thy spirit draws ; 'Tis better pain to lighten Than wanton pain to cause .
Then still through dead and dying Thy faithful course pursue , And keep the red cross flying Within each warrior's view . Ne'er from thy pathway swerving Friends , foes , alike to shield—Thy curse for him reserving
Who forced us to the field . Farewell , my hoy ! God ' s favor Attend thee to the close . Nor in thy love-task waver—Sly blessing with tbee goes ! Aud if we e'er behold thee In Deutschland's conquering van , In fond embrace we'll fold thee A boy no more—a man 1
Obituary.
Obituary .
E . W . BRO . COL . WILLIAM BURLTON , C . B , P . DfST . G . M ., BENGAL . ^ Tt / W . Bro . Col . William Burlton , C . B ., of Bengal , late , Commissary Generol of Bengal , died at Oaklauds , Shepherd ' s Bush , W ., on Thursday , the iOtk inst ., aged 77 years . BRO . EUANOIS DENNIS MASSY DAAVSON .
Francis Dennis Massy Dawson , Esq ., of the Middle Temple , Barrister-at-Law , died on the 16 th nit ., aged G 7 years , Bro . E . D . Massy Dawson was a G . E . Kt . Kb ., 32 nd , Scotland ; S . P . E . ^ . ; P . M ., British Lodge , No . '„ 8 . ; P . Z ., British Chapter , JMO . 8 ; advanced in Bon Accord Lodge of Mark Masters ; and was a brother much respected .
BB , 0 . JOSEPH LANGDON . Bro . Joseph Langdon died at Smyrna , in the beginning of this month , of cancer in the tongue and lip . Ho was a native of Boston in the United States , had been ono of the lending merchants in the Levant , where be was long resident , and justly respected by bis own and tho English Community . He was ever ready to hela
p brother in distress . He was initiated about 1824 in tbe old Erench lodge , then a crack lodge . Soon after , Masonry fell asleep . It was about that epoch that lie thought he recognized in a stranger in Smyrna the supposed victim of the American Masons . To this statement he always adhered . During tbe Crimean War an irregular attempt to revive Masonry was made , and it deceived
Bro . Langdon , and several old Masons , being supposed to be under the auspices nf the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and it was recognized by the Grand Orient of France . On the restoration of Constitutional Afnsunrj ' , Bro . Lainzdon became W . M . of the Bleusinian Lodge , ( held an Ephcsus as a summer lodge , ) and D . G . W . of Turkey , under the Grand Lodge of England , lie was also S . G-J . G . Ho was buried with great ; test-monies of respect .
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Address.
Masonic Union and brotherly charity and good will ! Such should he the true sentiments every member of our Order . Added to which , should he devoted loyalty to onr sovereign and country ! This should be one of our beacons and watchwords ! Since we last met , the Dominion has been threatened , I will not call it invaded , by another Fenian horde . They went hack faster than they cameand let it be a fair subject of pride to us
, , that their earliest opponent is a Freemason ! I allude to Bro . Lieut-Col . Chamberlain , who hurried to the defence of the frontier , and was so fortunate as to command the first of our brave fellows , who made the worthless scoundrels regularly bolt out of Canada ! So also was our Most Worshipful Grand Master , Bro . Stevenson , one of the foremost , in proceeding with his battery , to meet the Fenian vagabonds , who had once more insulted the
territory of our glorious and beloved Queen I And , Companions , you will find Freemasons are ever ready to be in the van on such occasions , —and so they ought , —and they should remember their peculiar tie , and hear and forbear , and drive away discord , even as the Fenians were sent to tho right about ! I am sure that we all think alike . And now , in conclusion , let me thank you for your many
kindnesses to , and tho honours you have conferred upon me . I find I have been elected to preside over Grand Chapter for the past seven years continuously , —and also during 1859 ancl I 860 . I now ask you to relieve me from the duties of my high office . I have endeavoured , to the best of my ability , to promote your interests , and I hope I have not failed . You have many able companions , who are willing , —nay anxious to succeed me to the highest gift can bestowand their ambition is laudable and not to be
you , despised . I feel I should give way I—and so I finish by wishing Grand Chapter unceasing prosperity , and praying heartily that the Great Architect of the Universe , —whose Omniscience , Omnipotence , and Omnipresence are so largely dwelt upon , in this the "Capestone" Degree of Freemasonry , —will bless and protect us all . So mote it be !
Poetry.
Poetry .
THE RED-CROSS KNIGHT . The following is a translation of the poem recently addressed hy Ferdinand Freiligrath to his son , on the departure of the youth as a surgeon at the seat of war . The red cross on a white ground , directed hy the Geneva Convention to he worn on the arm of such volunteers , suggests the title ofthe poem : —
THIS leaf , my hoy—soon may it Upon thy arm alight : The courier winds convey it ; I trust it to their flight . Afar to thee it saileth , Where ' er amid our host The battle ' s heat prevaileth'Twill find thee at thy post .
Well wouldst thou in the contest Strike home for Fatherland : . The Frenchman ' s ranks thou frontest—Yet not with sword in hand . Upon the field thou servest Yet not in deadly strife ; The hero hand thou nervest To save , not sever , life 1
Thy heart so warmly glowing Impelled thee to the Rhine ; Thy arm the red cross showing Within the German line . Thou step ' st among tbe stricken Upon the field of gore , The dying life to quicken , The wounded to restore .
The fevered brow thou soothest With drops of healing balm , The way-side pillow smoothest AVhen comes tbe deadly qualm . 'The dying prayer thou hearest Upon the night-wind swoon , In dying faces peerest Beneath the autumn moon .
Poetry.
Sad , solemn thy endeavour ! Yet , boy , take heart of grace ; Though life and death have never So looked thee in the face . Let peace he still thy mission Thy soul aye quick to feel—War ' s fierce and fell collision
Can harden it to steel . Still keep it warm within thee , By fortune never swayed , And golden spurs thou'lt win thee In human-love ' s crusade . While war cries round tbee heighten , This truth thy spirit draws ; 'Tis better pain to lighten Than wanton pain to cause .
Then still through dead and dying Thy faithful course pursue , And keep the red cross flying Within each warrior's view . Ne'er from thy pathway swerving Friends , foes , alike to shield—Thy curse for him reserving
Who forced us to the field . Farewell , my hoy ! God ' s favor Attend thee to the close . Nor in thy love-task waver—Sly blessing with tbee goes ! Aud if we e'er behold thee In Deutschland's conquering van , In fond embrace we'll fold thee A boy no more—a man 1
Obituary.
Obituary .
E . W . BRO . COL . WILLIAM BURLTON , C . B , P . DfST . G . M ., BENGAL . ^ Tt / W . Bro . Col . William Burlton , C . B ., of Bengal , late , Commissary Generol of Bengal , died at Oaklauds , Shepherd ' s Bush , W ., on Thursday , the iOtk inst ., aged 77 years . BRO . EUANOIS DENNIS MASSY DAAVSON .
Francis Dennis Massy Dawson , Esq ., of the Middle Temple , Barrister-at-Law , died on the 16 th nit ., aged G 7 years , Bro . E . D . Massy Dawson was a G . E . Kt . Kb ., 32 nd , Scotland ; S . P . E . ^ . ; P . M ., British Lodge , No . '„ 8 . ; P . Z ., British Chapter , JMO . 8 ; advanced in Bon Accord Lodge of Mark Masters ; and was a brother much respected .
BB , 0 . JOSEPH LANGDON . Bro . Joseph Langdon died at Smyrna , in the beginning of this month , of cancer in the tongue and lip . Ho was a native of Boston in the United States , had been ono of the lending merchants in the Levant , where be was long resident , and justly respected by bis own and tho English Community . He was ever ready to hela
p brother in distress . He was initiated about 1824 in tbe old Erench lodge , then a crack lodge . Soon after , Masonry fell asleep . It was about that epoch that lie thought he recognized in a stranger in Smyrna the supposed victim of the American Masons . To this statement he always adhered . During tbe Crimean War an irregular attempt to revive Masonry was made , and it deceived
Bro . Langdon , and several old Masons , being supposed to be under the auspices nf the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and it was recognized by the Grand Orient of France . On the restoration of Constitutional Afnsunrj ' , Bro . Lainzdon became W . M . of the Bleusinian Lodge , ( held an Ephcsus as a summer lodge , ) and D . G . W . of Turkey , under the Grand Lodge of England , lie was also S . G-J . G . Ho was buried with great ; test-monies of respect .