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comfort them after the time that thou hast plagued them , and for tho days wherein they may have suffered adversity , that they may tell of all thy marvellous kindness , and show forth the wonders of thy boundless Jove ; increasing the number of the faithful , and walking thenceforth in holiness and righteousness all their days . " Arid as it is to thy rich bounty alone , O God , that we who now address thee are indebted for all the talents we and for those
possess , intellectual faculties which exalt us above the beasts of the field , make us to remember that Thou hast given them to us for the advancement of thine own glory , and grant that we may diligently use them all to promote that noble end ; that our light may so shine before men , that they may see the good works which we do in thy name , and know our desire that thou in all things mayest be glorified . Send thy holy spirit , ancl into our heartswith other godl that most
excelpour , every y grace , lent gift of charity , the very bond of peace and of all virtue ; that , loving one another , even as thou hast loved us , we may , each one according to the means ivith which thou hast blessed him , cheerfully contribute to the good work which we have now begun , and rejoice in being made thine instruments in soothing the sorrows of our fellow creatures .
" Give us , also , we beseech thee , in witnessing the sad spectacle of human misery and degradation which may here he presented to our view , to see and feel how uncertain , how frail , how dependent , our own condition is ; that we may avoid every occasion of impairing our faculties by intemperance and folly , ancl so number our days , that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom , and finally , by thy mercy , be received into that asylum in Heaven , whose foundation stone is the rock of ages , and where diseaseand
, pain , and death , shall be known no more . " After the prayer there was another flourish of trumpets , ancl thus concluded a ceremony which was , perhaps , one of the most imposing , and , but for the bad management of those connected with the ground , the most interesting of any ceremony which has taken place in Northampton within the memory of its oldest inhabitant . The procession then returned in the same order as it the
came on ground . AVhen it arrived at the eastern end of George Row , the members of the corporation proceeded to the George Hotel , and the Masonic procession , with " drums and trumpets , " went across the Market Hill to their Lodge , at the Ram Inn .
The dinner at the Ram , provided by Mr . Cox , its worthy host , consisted of every delicacy of the season , and the wines were of the choicest flavour ; but to pass quickly over a subject which it is far more interesting to enjoy than to describe , we shall speak of what took place after the dinner . The cloth having been drawn , many Masonic ancl appropriate toasts were given with the usual honours . The health of Count Oborski and Major Swiencicki having been drunk with Masonic honours , those gentlemen returned thanks in which have been '
speeches described to us in most glowing terms . Dr . Loudon and Major Hawkes , W . M ., in speeches of great ability , expressed their extreme pleasure at having been present at proceedings of so interesting and animating a nature . The health of Dr . Robertson was proposed by Dr . Loudon . At nine o ' clock in tbe evening the whole of the Brethren from Leamington started for that place ; and the proceedings at the Ram terminated by eleven o ' clock . AA ^ e cannot conclude without expressing our feelings that but for the
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Provincial.
comfort them after the time that thou hast plagued them , and for tho days wherein they may have suffered adversity , that they may tell of all thy marvellous kindness , and show forth the wonders of thy boundless Jove ; increasing the number of the faithful , and walking thenceforth in holiness and righteousness all their days . " Arid as it is to thy rich bounty alone , O God , that we who now address thee are indebted for all the talents we and for those
possess , intellectual faculties which exalt us above the beasts of the field , make us to remember that Thou hast given them to us for the advancement of thine own glory , and grant that we may diligently use them all to promote that noble end ; that our light may so shine before men , that they may see the good works which we do in thy name , and know our desire that thou in all things mayest be glorified . Send thy holy spirit , ancl into our heartswith other godl that most
excelpour , every y grace , lent gift of charity , the very bond of peace and of all virtue ; that , loving one another , even as thou hast loved us , we may , each one according to the means ivith which thou hast blessed him , cheerfully contribute to the good work which we have now begun , and rejoice in being made thine instruments in soothing the sorrows of our fellow creatures .
" Give us , also , we beseech thee , in witnessing the sad spectacle of human misery and degradation which may here he presented to our view , to see and feel how uncertain , how frail , how dependent , our own condition is ; that we may avoid every occasion of impairing our faculties by intemperance and folly , ancl so number our days , that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom , and finally , by thy mercy , be received into that asylum in Heaven , whose foundation stone is the rock of ages , and where diseaseand
, pain , and death , shall be known no more . " After the prayer there was another flourish of trumpets , ancl thus concluded a ceremony which was , perhaps , one of the most imposing , and , but for the bad management of those connected with the ground , the most interesting of any ceremony which has taken place in Northampton within the memory of its oldest inhabitant . The procession then returned in the same order as it the
came on ground . AVhen it arrived at the eastern end of George Row , the members of the corporation proceeded to the George Hotel , and the Masonic procession , with " drums and trumpets , " went across the Market Hill to their Lodge , at the Ram Inn .
The dinner at the Ram , provided by Mr . Cox , its worthy host , consisted of every delicacy of the season , and the wines were of the choicest flavour ; but to pass quickly over a subject which it is far more interesting to enjoy than to describe , we shall speak of what took place after the dinner . The cloth having been drawn , many Masonic ancl appropriate toasts were given with the usual honours . The health of Count Oborski and Major Swiencicki having been drunk with Masonic honours , those gentlemen returned thanks in which have been '
speeches described to us in most glowing terms . Dr . Loudon and Major Hawkes , W . M ., in speeches of great ability , expressed their extreme pleasure at having been present at proceedings of so interesting and animating a nature . The health of Dr . Robertson was proposed by Dr . Loudon . At nine o ' clock in tbe evening the whole of the Brethren from Leamington started for that place ; and the proceedings at the Ram terminated by eleven o ' clock . AA ^ e cannot conclude without expressing our feelings that but for the