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Ireland.
Masons : all men are apt to degenerate for want of proper example , and the stimulus of a generous emulation ; and such , we believe , was the fact , within the memory of most of our readers , who are familiar with the Masonic condition of Ireland during the last twenty or thirty years . A great change , however , has taken place . N * o longer degraded 1 > 3 ' vulgar associations , or perverted to improper , if not illegal endsFreemasonry is now in Ireland what it ht to be
, oug everywhere , —a bond comprising all classes ; uniting the highest with the humblest , raising the lowly to the Masonic level of their superiors , teaching the highest to feel a practical , present , and fraternal concern in the wants and concerns of the lowly , ancl infusing amongst all the beneficial results that must necessaril y follow when men of exalted worth , —wise and studious men , men of profound experience and of acknowledged abilities—are found lending their
, aid to the great cause of charity , union , and brotherly love . We have lately received from Dublin some very gratifying communications , proving , we think , the truth of what has been just said . Amongst several Lodges which , within the last twenty j'ears , have been established in that city , the Leinster Lodge , No . 141 , has been long known and respected . Its records of this year afford a pleasing instance of the results of the Masonic fraternity and the
warmth of Masonic feeling . In the month of January last , at the Installation of the Officers of that Lodge for the current period , that opportunity was taken by the members to present to their Secretary , AVilliam Thomas Lloyd , Barrister-at-Law , a costly and elegant service of jilate ,- —a token of their appreciation of his services , and their high estimation of his individual character . The chair on that occasion was filled by the respected Rejiresentative in
Ireland of the Grand Lodge in England , the R . W . Godfrey Brereton , R . N . ( 33 rd degree ) . A number of visitors of high Masonic rank and distinction were likewise present , —the Deputy Grand Master , the Grand Treasurer , ancl others of the Grand Officers , with several members of other Lodges . An elegant entertainment was given by the Lodge to their distinguished friends . In the course of the evening , Bro . Brereton presented their gift ( consisting of a tea and coffee service , which had been at the Exhibition , and manufactured by T . Bennett , of Grafton-street , Dublin ) to Bro . Lloyd , with this short but kind and cordial address : — .
" Brother Lloyd , —As the official head of this Lodge , a very pleasing duty devolves on me , accompanied , however , with a feeling of regret that it has not fallen to the lot of some one more competent than I am to give expression to the sentiments which , I know , actuate every Brother present . " During a period of unexampled difficulties you have filled the office of our Secretary ; ancl to show that you have done so to the perfect satisfaction of the Brethren , I have ' but to point to this
tribute , which it Is now our privilege to present to you . " By your untiring zeal , and your skilful management of our pecuniary resources , you have kept us together hitherto , and we still can point with satisfaction to the motto of our Lodge , — ' Liter iitrumque tone , '—as the expression of our princi ples . I now , on the part of our Brethren , beg your acceptance of this service of plate , heartily wishing that you may live long and happily to enjoy it . " The answer was in the same fraternal spirit : —
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Ireland.
Masons : all men are apt to degenerate for want of proper example , and the stimulus of a generous emulation ; and such , we believe , was the fact , within the memory of most of our readers , who are familiar with the Masonic condition of Ireland during the last twenty or thirty years . A great change , however , has taken place . N * o longer degraded 1 > 3 ' vulgar associations , or perverted to improper , if not illegal endsFreemasonry is now in Ireland what it ht to be
, oug everywhere , —a bond comprising all classes ; uniting the highest with the humblest , raising the lowly to the Masonic level of their superiors , teaching the highest to feel a practical , present , and fraternal concern in the wants and concerns of the lowly , ancl infusing amongst all the beneficial results that must necessaril y follow when men of exalted worth , —wise and studious men , men of profound experience and of acknowledged abilities—are found lending their
, aid to the great cause of charity , union , and brotherly love . We have lately received from Dublin some very gratifying communications , proving , we think , the truth of what has been just said . Amongst several Lodges which , within the last twenty j'ears , have been established in that city , the Leinster Lodge , No . 141 , has been long known and respected . Its records of this year afford a pleasing instance of the results of the Masonic fraternity and the
warmth of Masonic feeling . In the month of January last , at the Installation of the Officers of that Lodge for the current period , that opportunity was taken by the members to present to their Secretary , AVilliam Thomas Lloyd , Barrister-at-Law , a costly and elegant service of jilate ,- —a token of their appreciation of his services , and their high estimation of his individual character . The chair on that occasion was filled by the respected Rejiresentative in
Ireland of the Grand Lodge in England , the R . W . Godfrey Brereton , R . N . ( 33 rd degree ) . A number of visitors of high Masonic rank and distinction were likewise present , —the Deputy Grand Master , the Grand Treasurer , ancl others of the Grand Officers , with several members of other Lodges . An elegant entertainment was given by the Lodge to their distinguished friends . In the course of the evening , Bro . Brereton presented their gift ( consisting of a tea and coffee service , which had been at the Exhibition , and manufactured by T . Bennett , of Grafton-street , Dublin ) to Bro . Lloyd , with this short but kind and cordial address : — .
" Brother Lloyd , —As the official head of this Lodge , a very pleasing duty devolves on me , accompanied , however , with a feeling of regret that it has not fallen to the lot of some one more competent than I am to give expression to the sentiments which , I know , actuate every Brother present . " During a period of unexampled difficulties you have filled the office of our Secretary ; ancl to show that you have done so to the perfect satisfaction of the Brethren , I have ' but to point to this
tribute , which it Is now our privilege to present to you . " By your untiring zeal , and your skilful management of our pecuniary resources , you have kept us together hitherto , and we still can point with satisfaction to the motto of our Lodge , — ' Liter iitrumque tone , '—as the expression of our princi ples . I now , on the part of our Brethren , beg your acceptance of this service of plate , heartily wishing that you may live long and happily to enjoy it . " The answer was in the same fraternal spirit : —