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NEW BRUNSWICK . St . John ' s . —IKbcrnia Chapter ( No . 301 , 111 . )—A warrant having lately been received from the Supreme Grand Chapter of Ireland , for the establishment of a Chapter in the City of St . John , to be attached to Hibernia Lodge , ( No . 301 ) , a meeting of the Companions was held in the Masonic Hall , Princess street , on Saturday , the 5 th day of June , 1858 , on Avhich occasion M . E . Companions A . W . Smith , John Nisbet and Bowling , of Hibernia Chapter , Saint Andrews , very kindly attended for the purpose of installing the various officers . At the appointed
hour the Chapter Avas opened in form by M . E . Comp . A . W . Smith , acting First Principal ; and the Avarrant for the new Chapter Avas then ordered to be read , after which Comp . Smith then proceeded to install the following officers : —M . E . John Willis , First Principal ; M . E . McNichol , Second Principal ; M . E . Abraham Magee , Third Principal ; E . George Wilson , First Sojourner ; E . Angus McAfee , Second Sojourner ; E . John Creighton , Third Sojourner ; E . James Bennett , First Scribe ; E . John Frost , Second Scribe ; E . Thos . Kaymes , Treasurer ; E . Robert Stubs , Priest ; Comp . John BoAvyer , Janitor .
M . E . Comp . Smith then declared the Chapter duly constituted , after which he delivered a very stirring charge to the officers and members , exhorting them to perseverance in their Masonic duties , recommending them to inculcate , both by precept and example , the great fundamental principles of the fraternity , as the only means of obtaining ultimate and triumphant success . The charge Avas deeply interesting and impressive , and we regret much that Ave are not able to give it in detail .
M . E . Comp . John Willis , the newly installed First Principal , then made a few brief and pertinent remarks , concluding with the following :- — " The Masonic system exhibits a stupendous and beautiful fabric , founded on wisdom , unfolding its gates to receive , Avithout prejudice , the Avorthy professors of every description of genuine religion or knoAvledge , concentrating , as it were , in one body their just tenets , unencumbered with the disputable peculiarities of any sect or people . This system existed in the earliest ages and among the Avisest of men ; but it is to be lamented that to the desponding suggestions of some men of the Aveakcr minds
among our own fraternity , the prejudices of the world against our invaluable institution are , in a great measure , to be imputed . Unable to comprehend the beautiful allegories of ancient Avisdom , they ignorantly assert that the . rights of Masonry are futile , and its doctrine inefficient . To this assertion indeed , they give by their own misconduct , a semblance of truth , as we fail to discern that they are made wiser or better men by their admission to our mysteries . —Companions , I need not tell you , that nature alone can provide us with tho ground of wisdom ; but Masonry will teach and enable us to cultivate the soil , and to foster and
strengthen the plant in its growth , thereby to dispel the clouds of ignorance , so inauspicious to the noble purposes of our Order , and to hold forth a moral whereby avc may see the power and greatness of the all-wise disposer of events . The Royal Arch degree gives us an ample field for discussion , by which we are shown in ' the sad experience of the once favourite people of God , a lesson how to conduct ourselves in every situation of our existence ; and that when fortune , affluence , sickness , or adversity attend us , wo ought , never to lose sight of the
source whence it came , always remembering that tlie power which gave has also power to take away . Having in itself this grand moral—which ought to be cultivated by every man among us—Do unto others as you would they should do unto you ; and it is the ultimatum of all terrestrial happiness , imitating in itself every virtue man can possess . May we , as Companions , so study virtue , as to hand down to posterity a name unspotted by vice and worthy of imitation . "
On motion , a vote of thanks was tendered to M . E . Companions A . W . Smith and John Nisbet for their kind assistance on the occasion . On motion , a vote of thanks was ordered to be tendered to the visiting Companions from Carlcton Chapter , No . 47 , S . R . The Chapter was then closed in form . After the Chapter was closed , a number of tlie Companions adjourned to the Exchange , kept by Bro . McColgan , where a sumptuous repast Avas prepared .
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NEW BRUNSWICK . St . John ' s . —IKbcrnia Chapter ( No . 301 , 111 . )—A warrant having lately been received from the Supreme Grand Chapter of Ireland , for the establishment of a Chapter in the City of St . John , to be attached to Hibernia Lodge , ( No . 301 ) , a meeting of the Companions was held in the Masonic Hall , Princess street , on Saturday , the 5 th day of June , 1858 , on Avhich occasion M . E . Companions A . W . Smith , John Nisbet and Bowling , of Hibernia Chapter , Saint Andrews , very kindly attended for the purpose of installing the various officers . At the appointed
hour the Chapter Avas opened in form by M . E . Comp . A . W . Smith , acting First Principal ; and the Avarrant for the new Chapter Avas then ordered to be read , after which Comp . Smith then proceeded to install the following officers : —M . E . John Willis , First Principal ; M . E . McNichol , Second Principal ; M . E . Abraham Magee , Third Principal ; E . George Wilson , First Sojourner ; E . Angus McAfee , Second Sojourner ; E . John Creighton , Third Sojourner ; E . James Bennett , First Scribe ; E . John Frost , Second Scribe ; E . Thos . Kaymes , Treasurer ; E . Robert Stubs , Priest ; Comp . John BoAvyer , Janitor .
M . E . Comp . Smith then declared the Chapter duly constituted , after which he delivered a very stirring charge to the officers and members , exhorting them to perseverance in their Masonic duties , recommending them to inculcate , both by precept and example , the great fundamental principles of the fraternity , as the only means of obtaining ultimate and triumphant success . The charge Avas deeply interesting and impressive , and we regret much that Ave are not able to give it in detail .
M . E . Comp . John Willis , the newly installed First Principal , then made a few brief and pertinent remarks , concluding with the following :- — " The Masonic system exhibits a stupendous and beautiful fabric , founded on wisdom , unfolding its gates to receive , Avithout prejudice , the Avorthy professors of every description of genuine religion or knoAvledge , concentrating , as it were , in one body their just tenets , unencumbered with the disputable peculiarities of any sect or people . This system existed in the earliest ages and among the Avisest of men ; but it is to be lamented that to the desponding suggestions of some men of the Aveakcr minds
among our own fraternity , the prejudices of the world against our invaluable institution are , in a great measure , to be imputed . Unable to comprehend the beautiful allegories of ancient Avisdom , they ignorantly assert that the . rights of Masonry are futile , and its doctrine inefficient . To this assertion indeed , they give by their own misconduct , a semblance of truth , as we fail to discern that they are made wiser or better men by their admission to our mysteries . —Companions , I need not tell you , that nature alone can provide us with tho ground of wisdom ; but Masonry will teach and enable us to cultivate the soil , and to foster and
strengthen the plant in its growth , thereby to dispel the clouds of ignorance , so inauspicious to the noble purposes of our Order , and to hold forth a moral whereby avc may see the power and greatness of the all-wise disposer of events . The Royal Arch degree gives us an ample field for discussion , by which we are shown in ' the sad experience of the once favourite people of God , a lesson how to conduct ourselves in every situation of our existence ; and that when fortune , affluence , sickness , or adversity attend us , wo ought , never to lose sight of the
source whence it came , always remembering that tlie power which gave has also power to take away . Having in itself this grand moral—which ought to be cultivated by every man among us—Do unto others as you would they should do unto you ; and it is the ultimatum of all terrestrial happiness , imitating in itself every virtue man can possess . May we , as Companions , so study virtue , as to hand down to posterity a name unspotted by vice and worthy of imitation . "
On motion , a vote of thanks was tendered to M . E . Companions A . W . Smith and John Nisbet for their kind assistance on the occasion . On motion , a vote of thanks was ordered to be tendered to the visiting Companions from Carlcton Chapter , No . 47 , S . R . The Chapter was then closed in form . After the Chapter was closed , a number of tlie Companions adjourned to the Exchange , kept by Bro . McColgan , where a sumptuous repast Avas prepared .