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Quarterly Communication.
he had founded with a visit . The veteran remembered past years of happiness ; and although no face upon which he could fix his attention remained in a Lodge of the orig inal Members of which he was the last representative , he came to the installation of the W . M . on the Sth of January , and came early . The Brethren , as they entered , saw a healthy , venerable friend seated in the room ; his grey hairs
bespoke age ; age , however , had not impaired the power of his mind . He saluted all , and in every portion of the ceremonies Brother Joyce vied with the juniors in regularity and precision . Pie was much pleased to observe that many valuable presents he had made the Lodge , had been so carefully preserved . This acknowledgment from him was hailed ivith extreme satisfaction by the Brethren . Those presents will now be considered as more precious : his visit will mark their value , and be
long remembered by every one who had the happiness to be present . The graceful manner in which our elder Brother acknowledged his thanks at the banquet , for the compliment shown by the Brethren on his health being proposed by a Past Master of the Lodge , was very striking , and his conclusion g iven in the most touching manner . " Twenty years , my dear Brethren , have passed since I have entered
the Bank of England Lodge . I can hardly hope to live another year to greet you . If time , as my Brother Past-Master has observed , has forgotten me hitherto , he is inexorable , and will claim his due . At all periods of life we are uncertain of our tenure ; but for myself , 1 ought to be , and I hope I am ready . I left the Lodge a happy one , twenty years since , ancl I find it still more so now—may it ever continue thus . I know not how to express my thanks—you have rejoiced the heart of
an old Mason . AT the British Lodge , on the 16 th of February , we had the pleasure to listen to a very feeling , indeed eloquent , address by a junior member , Brother Jones , who , in acknowledging the compliment of his health being drank , reminded the company of the peculiar advantages he possessed in having constantly before him the example of his uncle , the
late Brother Stephen Jones , a contemporary of the celebrated Preston , whose Illustrations of Masonry he afterwards edited . Our young friend , in a felicitous manner , quoted several beautiful passages from his uncle ' s work , which he delivered very impressively . UPON another occasion , an elderly Brother had rejoined his Mother Lodafter an absence of upwards of thirty-five years , during which
ge he had married , became a widower , was childless , and had outlived the circle of his acquaintance . Although , like Brother Joyce , he saw not the same faces , still it was the same Lodge—there were the same circumstances of duty and p leasure—memory revived him to many past scenes , and he appeared to be renewed in spirits , by the revival of natural cheerfulness .
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Quarterly Communication.
he had founded with a visit . The veteran remembered past years of happiness ; and although no face upon which he could fix his attention remained in a Lodge of the orig inal Members of which he was the last representative , he came to the installation of the W . M . on the Sth of January , and came early . The Brethren , as they entered , saw a healthy , venerable friend seated in the room ; his grey hairs
bespoke age ; age , however , had not impaired the power of his mind . He saluted all , and in every portion of the ceremonies Brother Joyce vied with the juniors in regularity and precision . Pie was much pleased to observe that many valuable presents he had made the Lodge , had been so carefully preserved . This acknowledgment from him was hailed ivith extreme satisfaction by the Brethren . Those presents will now be considered as more precious : his visit will mark their value , and be
long remembered by every one who had the happiness to be present . The graceful manner in which our elder Brother acknowledged his thanks at the banquet , for the compliment shown by the Brethren on his health being proposed by a Past Master of the Lodge , was very striking , and his conclusion g iven in the most touching manner . " Twenty years , my dear Brethren , have passed since I have entered
the Bank of England Lodge . I can hardly hope to live another year to greet you . If time , as my Brother Past-Master has observed , has forgotten me hitherto , he is inexorable , and will claim his due . At all periods of life we are uncertain of our tenure ; but for myself , 1 ought to be , and I hope I am ready . I left the Lodge a happy one , twenty years since , ancl I find it still more so now—may it ever continue thus . I know not how to express my thanks—you have rejoiced the heart of
an old Mason . AT the British Lodge , on the 16 th of February , we had the pleasure to listen to a very feeling , indeed eloquent , address by a junior member , Brother Jones , who , in acknowledging the compliment of his health being drank , reminded the company of the peculiar advantages he possessed in having constantly before him the example of his uncle , the
late Brother Stephen Jones , a contemporary of the celebrated Preston , whose Illustrations of Masonry he afterwards edited . Our young friend , in a felicitous manner , quoted several beautiful passages from his uncle ' s work , which he delivered very impressively . UPON another occasion , an elderly Brother had rejoined his Mother Lodafter an absence of upwards of thirty-five years , during which
ge he had married , became a widower , was childless , and had outlived the circle of his acquaintance . Although , like Brother Joyce , he saw not the same faces , still it was the same Lodge—there were the same circumstances of duty and p leasure—memory revived him to many past scenes , and he appeared to be renewed in spirits , by the revival of natural cheerfulness .