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beg individually and collectively to return our warmest and most gratefuf acknowledgements , and be assured , Sir , that if we live to the age of Methusalem , your kindness and the pleasure of this evening will never be effaced from our memory . " Lodge , No . 6 . " Brother Sir Richard Baker returned thanks . " Lodge , No . S , of Cork . " Brother Knig ht assured the Victoria , that NoS of the best working Lod in the kingdomand he was
. was one ges , happy to say , that Freemasonry was absolutely becoming most fashionable in the City of Cork . The Master then proposed the " Master and Brethren of Lodge INO . 50 , the St . Patrick ' s Lodge of Dublin . " Brother Thomas Forest O'Connor , spoke as follows : — AVorshipful Master , I regret my inability to give expression to the sensations of gratitude with which I am affected by the compliment but
which has been just paid me and my Brethren of Lodge 50 . I can assure you , that I set a proper value upon it , and beg of you to accept my most heartfelt thanks . It has often been before now my pleasing duty to respond to the courtesy of your respectable Lodge ; but never upon any occasion did I feel my heart so full , nor your fraternal kindness so gratify ing as I do , in having the honour of being your guest at this brilliant and happy scene , and though I cannot embody my feelings in sufficiently
expressive words , let me again assure you , that the kindness of to-night shall be long treasured in my memory amid its happiest recollections . I am quite aware how cruel it would be in me to oppose the flow of harmony which is current through this truly fraternal assemblage by any lengthened observations . Yet , I cannot restrain myself from expressing my concurrence in the sentiments expressed by my excellent Brother Jones ; 1 agree with him , Sir , that there is no system of that bind
morals more conducive to all social ends than ours , none can man and man together in such strong and enduring , because rational bonds . In the turbulent world abroad , beyond the precincts of the Masonic Sanctuary , there are many confederacies of our fellow-men , but though they may differ in name or in kind , yet , with few exceptions , all tend to the same narrow and selfish ends ; but how gloriously different is ours , upon what approved pre-eminence does the broad foundation of universal hilan
Masonry stand ? Based on p - thropy , our object to diffuse peace and love and all the social virtues through the whole human family , our only end the happiness of our fellow man , viewing each other as the children of the same Mighty Architect , without regard to distinction , save those produced by the qualities of the head and the heart ! This , Sir , is our moral code : the sanction of our laws must meet a response in every heart that is human ; iu every heart that is not callous to all the better dispositions of our nature . It is the Oasis in our unfortunate country ' s social desert , for within the Masonic circle alone does the social stream flow along
without one angry breath to ruffle its peaceful surface . Our motto is , " Glory to God , peace to man . " Again , let _ me thank you , and beg to propose prosperity to the " Alctnria Lodge . "' " Lod" -e 100 . " Brother Brown returned thanks . The Lodge closed at half-past eleven , highl y delig hted with their evenino- ' s entertainment , speaking in praise of the attention ot the stewards , and hospitality and politeness of the Lodge upwards ot sevent y sat down to dinner . —We cannot conclude this article with-
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Ireland.
beg individually and collectively to return our warmest and most gratefuf acknowledgements , and be assured , Sir , that if we live to the age of Methusalem , your kindness and the pleasure of this evening will never be effaced from our memory . " Lodge , No . 6 . " Brother Sir Richard Baker returned thanks . " Lodge , No . S , of Cork . " Brother Knig ht assured the Victoria , that NoS of the best working Lod in the kingdomand he was
. was one ges , happy to say , that Freemasonry was absolutely becoming most fashionable in the City of Cork . The Master then proposed the " Master and Brethren of Lodge INO . 50 , the St . Patrick ' s Lodge of Dublin . " Brother Thomas Forest O'Connor , spoke as follows : — AVorshipful Master , I regret my inability to give expression to the sensations of gratitude with which I am affected by the compliment but
which has been just paid me and my Brethren of Lodge 50 . I can assure you , that I set a proper value upon it , and beg of you to accept my most heartfelt thanks . It has often been before now my pleasing duty to respond to the courtesy of your respectable Lodge ; but never upon any occasion did I feel my heart so full , nor your fraternal kindness so gratify ing as I do , in having the honour of being your guest at this brilliant and happy scene , and though I cannot embody my feelings in sufficiently
expressive words , let me again assure you , that the kindness of to-night shall be long treasured in my memory amid its happiest recollections . I am quite aware how cruel it would be in me to oppose the flow of harmony which is current through this truly fraternal assemblage by any lengthened observations . Yet , I cannot restrain myself from expressing my concurrence in the sentiments expressed by my excellent Brother Jones ; 1 agree with him , Sir , that there is no system of that bind
morals more conducive to all social ends than ours , none can man and man together in such strong and enduring , because rational bonds . In the turbulent world abroad , beyond the precincts of the Masonic Sanctuary , there are many confederacies of our fellow-men , but though they may differ in name or in kind , yet , with few exceptions , all tend to the same narrow and selfish ends ; but how gloriously different is ours , upon what approved pre-eminence does the broad foundation of universal hilan
Masonry stand ? Based on p - thropy , our object to diffuse peace and love and all the social virtues through the whole human family , our only end the happiness of our fellow man , viewing each other as the children of the same Mighty Architect , without regard to distinction , save those produced by the qualities of the head and the heart ! This , Sir , is our moral code : the sanction of our laws must meet a response in every heart that is human ; iu every heart that is not callous to all the better dispositions of our nature . It is the Oasis in our unfortunate country ' s social desert , for within the Masonic circle alone does the social stream flow along
without one angry breath to ruffle its peaceful surface . Our motto is , " Glory to God , peace to man . " Again , let _ me thank you , and beg to propose prosperity to the " Alctnria Lodge . "' " Lod" -e 100 . " Brother Brown returned thanks . The Lodge closed at half-past eleven , highl y delig hted with their evenino- ' s entertainment , speaking in praise of the attention ot the stewards , and hospitality and politeness of the Lodge upwards ot sevent y sat down to dinner . —We cannot conclude this article with-