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To George Washington, President Of The United States, The Address Of The Grand Lodge Of Pennsylvania.
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON , PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES , THE ADDRESS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA .
MOST RESPECTED SIR AND BROTHER , ' HAVING announced your intention to retire from public labour to that refreshment to which your pre-eminent services , for near half a century , have so justly entitled you , permit the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , at this last feast of our Evangelic Master St , John , on which we can hope for an immediate communication with you ,
to join the grateful voice of our county , in acknowledging that you have carried forth the principles of the Lodge into every walk of your life , by your constant labours for the prosperity of that country ; by your unremitting endeavours to promote order , union , ancl brotherly affection , amongst us ; and lastly , by the vows of your farewell address to your brethren and fellow-citizens—an address ; which , we
trust , our children and our childre-n ' s children will ever look upon as a most valuable legacy from a Friend , a Benefactor , and a Father . 'To these our grateful acknowledgments , ( leaving to the impartial pen of history to record the important events iu which you have borne so illustrious a part ) permit us to add our most fervent prayers , that , after enjoying to the utmost span of human life every felicity which
the terrestrial lodge can afford , you may be received by the great Master-builder of this world , ancl of worlds unnumbered , into the ample felicity of that celestial lodge , in which alone distinguished virtues and distinguished labours can be eternally rewarded .
By the unanimous order of The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , Dec . 27 , annolucis 579 6 . WM . MOORE SMITH , G . M . " To which the President was pleased to reply : — Fellow Citizensand Brothers of the
, Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , ' I PIAVE received your address with all the feelings of brotherl y affection , mingled with those sentiments for the society which it was calculated to excite . ' To have been in any degree an instrument , in the hands of Providence , to promote order and union , and erect , upon a solid
foundation , the true principles of government , is only to have shared , with many others , in a labour , the result of which , let us hope , will prove , through all ages , a Sanctuary for Brothers , and a Lodge : for tbe Virtues . ' Permit me to reciprocate your prayers for my temporal hap : ' -. ess , and to supplicate tlut we may all meet hereafter , in that etei nai ¦ pie , whose builder is the great Architect of thc u \ 7 ivey . f . Gi _ o . \\ v . ¦ : ' ¦ ; ' ¦
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To George Washington, President Of The United States, The Address Of The Grand Lodge Of Pennsylvania.
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON , PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES , THE ADDRESS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA .
MOST RESPECTED SIR AND BROTHER , ' HAVING announced your intention to retire from public labour to that refreshment to which your pre-eminent services , for near half a century , have so justly entitled you , permit the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , at this last feast of our Evangelic Master St , John , on which we can hope for an immediate communication with you ,
to join the grateful voice of our county , in acknowledging that you have carried forth the principles of the Lodge into every walk of your life , by your constant labours for the prosperity of that country ; by your unremitting endeavours to promote order , union , ancl brotherly affection , amongst us ; and lastly , by the vows of your farewell address to your brethren and fellow-citizens—an address ; which , we
trust , our children and our childre-n ' s children will ever look upon as a most valuable legacy from a Friend , a Benefactor , and a Father . 'To these our grateful acknowledgments , ( leaving to the impartial pen of history to record the important events iu which you have borne so illustrious a part ) permit us to add our most fervent prayers , that , after enjoying to the utmost span of human life every felicity which
the terrestrial lodge can afford , you may be received by the great Master-builder of this world , ancl of worlds unnumbered , into the ample felicity of that celestial lodge , in which alone distinguished virtues and distinguished labours can be eternally rewarded .
By the unanimous order of The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , Dec . 27 , annolucis 579 6 . WM . MOORE SMITH , G . M . " To which the President was pleased to reply : — Fellow Citizensand Brothers of the
, Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , ' I PIAVE received your address with all the feelings of brotherl y affection , mingled with those sentiments for the society which it was calculated to excite . ' To have been in any degree an instrument , in the hands of Providence , to promote order and union , and erect , upon a solid
foundation , the true principles of government , is only to have shared , with many others , in a labour , the result of which , let us hope , will prove , through all ages , a Sanctuary for Brothers , and a Lodge : for tbe Virtues . ' Permit me to reciprocate your prayers for my temporal hap : ' -. ess , and to supplicate tlut we may all meet hereafter , in that etei nai ¦ pie , whose builder is the great Architect of thc u \ 7 ivey . f . Gi _ o . \\ v . ¦ : ' ¦ ; ' ¦