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Colonial.
•' May this fraternal band Now congregated—rest , In union all distinguished stand , In purity be blest . '"
To this address , Bro . Junior Warden McDonald , on behalf ofthe Officers and Members of the Lodge , moved the following reply : — ' ¦ ' WORSHIPFUL SIR , —For the fraternal address with which you have favoured us , and for the genuine ancl sincere expression of brotherly love contained therein , we pray you to accept the assurance of our warmest acknowledgments and cordial reciprocation . " Two years have passed since , with harmony , you havo ruled this Lodge ; ancl during that time the responsible ancl important duties which devolved
upon you have boon discharged with tho same degree of talent , courtesy , zeal , ancl fidelity , which has ever characterized you in the respective relations of public and social life , ancl to the exorcise of which estimable qualities are to be mainly ascribed the increase and tho increasing prosperity ofthe Saint John ' s Lodge , more particularly when compared with the period at which you were unanimously ancl auspiciously elected its Master . " "We fully concur in the deserved ancl gratifying tribute which you have paid to your successor in office , our worthy Master Elect , ancl wo are convinced that under his administration the welfare of tho Lodge will bo continued .
"We will , liowever , always look back with pleasurable emotions to this period of our Masonic existence , pregnant as it is with events which we confidently believe may be relied on as an earnest of the present and future permanent foundation of Freemasonry in Antigua . " The reading of these addresses was succeeded by the ceremony of Installation and the ajrpointment of Officers . At the conclusion of the ceremonies attending the Installation of Officers , the AV . M . delivered an inaugural address to the assembled Brethren . It was our intention to have inserted this address in this
place ; but its elevated order as a jiroduction , and its merit as an exposition of the great principles of Freemasonry , were such as to elicit from the Brethren a solicitation for its ajijiearance before the public in a more enduring form than in the columns of a public journal : —it will , therefore , shortly be issued from the press in pamphlet shape . The proceedings occujiied the time until about half-past 4 o ' clock in the afternoon . His lordship the Bishop manifested a deep interest in the ceremoniesand although somewhat
, enfeebled by recent illness , remained until their termination . Previous to his dejiarture , a resolution was unanimously adopted , in which the cordial thanks of the Brethren were communicated to his lordship , for the kind manner in which he had responded to their ajiplication for his distinguished services , and for the fraternal interest which he had manifested in the observances of the clay , and in the welfare of the Order . His lordshiacknowledged the comjiliment
p in a courteous and highly ajiprojiriate manner . The Loelge was then closed , and the Brethren sejiarated . In the evening a grand banquet was given by the Brethren in the great hall at the Lodge-rooms—at which were present several invited guests , among whom wore his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief ; the lion , the Attorney-General ; Hon . AVilliam Lee , Member of Council ; Rev . S . A . Warner ; Hon . T . Sherringtonand Messrs .
, John Bennett ancl William Thibou , Members of the House of Assembly ; Lieut . Strickland , of the 69 th Regiment , ancl others . The great hall was decorated with the flags of all nations . The number that sat down was , altogether , about sixty . —The President ' s chair was filled by AV . M . Dr . Dowse ; his Excellency the Governor sitting on the right , and the Attorney-General on the left . P . M .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Colonial.
•' May this fraternal band Now congregated—rest , In union all distinguished stand , In purity be blest . '"
To this address , Bro . Junior Warden McDonald , on behalf ofthe Officers and Members of the Lodge , moved the following reply : — ' ¦ ' WORSHIPFUL SIR , —For the fraternal address with which you have favoured us , and for the genuine ancl sincere expression of brotherly love contained therein , we pray you to accept the assurance of our warmest acknowledgments and cordial reciprocation . " Two years have passed since , with harmony , you havo ruled this Lodge ; ancl during that time the responsible ancl important duties which devolved
upon you have boon discharged with tho same degree of talent , courtesy , zeal , ancl fidelity , which has ever characterized you in the respective relations of public and social life , ancl to the exorcise of which estimable qualities are to be mainly ascribed the increase and tho increasing prosperity ofthe Saint John ' s Lodge , more particularly when compared with the period at which you were unanimously ancl auspiciously elected its Master . " "We fully concur in the deserved ancl gratifying tribute which you have paid to your successor in office , our worthy Master Elect , ancl wo are convinced that under his administration the welfare of tho Lodge will bo continued .
"We will , liowever , always look back with pleasurable emotions to this period of our Masonic existence , pregnant as it is with events which we confidently believe may be relied on as an earnest of the present and future permanent foundation of Freemasonry in Antigua . " The reading of these addresses was succeeded by the ceremony of Installation and the ajrpointment of Officers . At the conclusion of the ceremonies attending the Installation of Officers , the AV . M . delivered an inaugural address to the assembled Brethren . It was our intention to have inserted this address in this
place ; but its elevated order as a jiroduction , and its merit as an exposition of the great principles of Freemasonry , were such as to elicit from the Brethren a solicitation for its ajijiearance before the public in a more enduring form than in the columns of a public journal : —it will , therefore , shortly be issued from the press in pamphlet shape . The proceedings occujiied the time until about half-past 4 o ' clock in the afternoon . His lordship the Bishop manifested a deep interest in the ceremoniesand although somewhat
, enfeebled by recent illness , remained until their termination . Previous to his dejiarture , a resolution was unanimously adopted , in which the cordial thanks of the Brethren were communicated to his lordship , for the kind manner in which he had responded to their ajiplication for his distinguished services , and for the fraternal interest which he had manifested in the observances of the clay , and in the welfare of the Order . His lordshiacknowledged the comjiliment
p in a courteous and highly ajiprojiriate manner . The Loelge was then closed , and the Brethren sejiarated . In the evening a grand banquet was given by the Brethren in the great hall at the Lodge-rooms—at which were present several invited guests , among whom wore his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief ; the lion , the Attorney-General ; Hon . AVilliam Lee , Member of Council ; Rev . S . A . Warner ; Hon . T . Sherringtonand Messrs .
, John Bennett ancl William Thibou , Members of the House of Assembly ; Lieut . Strickland , of the 69 th Regiment , ancl others . The great hall was decorated with the flags of all nations . The number that sat down was , altogether , about sixty . —The President ' s chair was filled by AV . M . Dr . Dowse ; his Excellency the Governor sitting on the right , and the Attorney-General on the left . P . M .