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The Freemasons' Repository.
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE F REEMASOys' REPOSITORY , si " -, _ Bridgetown , Barbadoes . 1 HAVE to inform you , that on the 23 d day of April , J 79 S , a warrant oi constitution for a new Chapter in degree of the Royal Arch , having been recentl y received from the Supreme Grand Chapter in London , a special
summons brought together thirty-five most respectable Master-masons to Freemasons' Hall , in this place ; when such of them as had been exalted to the sublime degree , first established the Chapter No . 10 S , by Brother John Harris delivering to them the Constitutional Warrant , at the same time with a very elegant speech . Brother T . H . Ordcrson was then appointed Chaplain , who thereupon consecrated the Chapter by the name of " SAINT J . A procession was afterwards formed , in regular order , to St . Michael ' s church , where the following service was performed ; and dedicated
TO TIIE BRETHREN OF . THE RAEC OF SAINT JOHN NO . 108 . BRETHREN , THE following Sermon is respectfully presented to you ; arid although the
sentiments therein expressed lay no claim to novelty , yet they claim the merit of springing from the heart , and of having been written and delivered with the sincere and fervent wish that WE , and ail who profess themselves FREE-MASONS , maybe stimulated to perform our various bounden duties , and that the day may not be far distant when we all may be united in the strongest ties of brotherly love . And with this earnest wish I have the honour to subscribe myself your affectionate Brother , April 26 , 179 8 . T . H . ORDEHSOJ * .
Let your heart , therefore , bepocfect with the Lord our God , to walk in his statutes , and to keep liis commandments . 1 Kings , cli . viii . v . 61 . WHEN the wise King Solomon had purposed in his heart to build a house unto the name of the Lord his God , and had perfected the grand and laborious work , with the expenditure of treasures cf sold and treasures of silver , and had erected a building such as had never before been , nor is to be seen at this
day , so remarkable for the elegance , splendor , and magnificence of itsarchite & ure ; he convened the eiders and heads of" the tribes , and the chiefs of the fathers , and the priests , and the Levites , that in the midst of the congregation assembled he might solemnl y dedicate the building to Almighty God , offer his sacrifice , make his peace-offering , and implore his proteftionand favour on the house , to whose service , with pious zeal , he had built it . And after he had ferventl y dedicated the fabric to the worship of his Maker , tie poured forth that expressive prayer which is recorded at , length in the chapter from which I have selefted the text ; and knowing that God would-be regardless of all their manual and laborious exertions in rear-
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The Freemasons' Repository.
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE F REEMASOys' REPOSITORY , si " -, _ Bridgetown , Barbadoes . 1 HAVE to inform you , that on the 23 d day of April , J 79 S , a warrant oi constitution for a new Chapter in degree of the Royal Arch , having been recentl y received from the Supreme Grand Chapter in London , a special
summons brought together thirty-five most respectable Master-masons to Freemasons' Hall , in this place ; when such of them as had been exalted to the sublime degree , first established the Chapter No . 10 S , by Brother John Harris delivering to them the Constitutional Warrant , at the same time with a very elegant speech . Brother T . H . Ordcrson was then appointed Chaplain , who thereupon consecrated the Chapter by the name of " SAINT J . A procession was afterwards formed , in regular order , to St . Michael ' s church , where the following service was performed ; and dedicated
TO TIIE BRETHREN OF . THE RAEC OF SAINT JOHN NO . 108 . BRETHREN , THE following Sermon is respectfully presented to you ; arid although the
sentiments therein expressed lay no claim to novelty , yet they claim the merit of springing from the heart , and of having been written and delivered with the sincere and fervent wish that WE , and ail who profess themselves FREE-MASONS , maybe stimulated to perform our various bounden duties , and that the day may not be far distant when we all may be united in the strongest ties of brotherly love . And with this earnest wish I have the honour to subscribe myself your affectionate Brother , April 26 , 179 8 . T . H . ORDEHSOJ * .
Let your heart , therefore , bepocfect with the Lord our God , to walk in his statutes , and to keep liis commandments . 1 Kings , cli . viii . v . 61 . WHEN the wise King Solomon had purposed in his heart to build a house unto the name of the Lord his God , and had perfected the grand and laborious work , with the expenditure of treasures cf sold and treasures of silver , and had erected a building such as had never before been , nor is to be seen at this
day , so remarkable for the elegance , splendor , and magnificence of itsarchite & ure ; he convened the eiders and heads of" the tribes , and the chiefs of the fathers , and the priests , and the Levites , that in the midst of the congregation assembled he might solemnl y dedicate the building to Almighty God , offer his sacrifice , make his peace-offering , and implore his proteftionand favour on the house , to whose service , with pious zeal , he had built it . And after he had ferventl y dedicated the fabric to the worship of his Maker , tie poured forth that expressive prayer which is recorded at , length in the chapter from which I have selefted the text ; and knowing that God would-be regardless of all their manual and laborious exertions in rear-