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extending liis hands over its head , implores heaven to make it one day worthy of the love and care which the Lodge is about to demote to it . The incense is then burned , the sponsor ^^ tions of the Apprentice , in the name of the lowton ; and he is invested with a white apron , and proclaimed , with due Masonic honours , as the adopted son of the Lodge . —
The Master now repairs to his seat , and the Wardens , with the infant , being placed in an appropriate position , he addresses to them a discourse on the duties and obligations which they have assumed as Masonic sponsors . To this the Wardens make a fitting reply , and the child is reconducted
to the anteroom , and restored to its nurse , — . ^ This adoption engages the members of the Lodge to watch over the education of the child , and , at the proper time , to assist in establishing it in business . An account of the ceremonial is drawn up , signed by all the members , and transmitted to the father , and is used by the lowton in after life , as a diploma to gain his early initiation into Masonry , on which he -renews , of course , those obligations taken for him in infancy by his sponsors .
There is something refreshing in this picture of the Masonic baptism of the Mason ' s child . We look with a holy reverence on the performance of this rite , in which a new and sacred tie is established by the father and mother , through their child , with the fraternity of which the former is a member : and where , with the most solemn ceremonies ,-and influenced only
by an instinctive feeling < xf Masonic love , the members of the Lodge become the fathers , the protectors , the patrons , of their brother ' s son , and promise for him their help in the difficulties of the present time , their aid and encouragement in the hopes of the future . Surely there must be a blessing on the institution which thus brings forth , in the spirit of its charity , protectors and guardians for the child , who cannot yet ask for protection or guardianship . —American Mirror and Keystone .
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Annah of Windsor , leing a History of the Castle and Foion ' , with soni account of Eton and Places adjacent . By E . H . Tighe and J . E . Davis Esqrs . Longman . 1858 . —Reclining on the banks of the silver Thames , ' for centuries the residence of the kings and queens of England , Windsor has many and great attractions for the antiquarian ; its history is intimately connected with that of Great Britain itself , and it is a matter of considerable wonder that this ancient borough should not have been the subject of many a goodly'tome , ; but , strange as it nmy seem , its historians are few in number ,
and not many of that few are worthy cither , of much attention or credit . We hail , therefore , with gladness a work so carefully compiled , and ho well stored with useful and entertaining matter as the one now before us . From these u annals" we learn that this seat of royalty well nigh passed into the hands of the church , for the pious Edward the Confessor bestowed the town and its appurtenances on the monastery of St , Peter , at Westminster . On the accession , however , of William the Conqueror to the throne , the monks were deprived of this valuable legacy , as that monarch thought the spot was u well suited for a royal retirement , on account of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ac O^
extending liis hands over its head , implores heaven to make it one day worthy of the love and care which the Lodge is about to demote to it . The incense is then burned , the sponsor ^^ tions of the Apprentice , in the name of the lowton ; and he is invested with a white apron , and proclaimed , with due Masonic honours , as the adopted son of the Lodge . —
The Master now repairs to his seat , and the Wardens , with the infant , being placed in an appropriate position , he addresses to them a discourse on the duties and obligations which they have assumed as Masonic sponsors . To this the Wardens make a fitting reply , and the child is reconducted
to the anteroom , and restored to its nurse , — . ^ This adoption engages the members of the Lodge to watch over the education of the child , and , at the proper time , to assist in establishing it in business . An account of the ceremonial is drawn up , signed by all the members , and transmitted to the father , and is used by the lowton in after life , as a diploma to gain his early initiation into Masonry , on which he -renews , of course , those obligations taken for him in infancy by his sponsors .
There is something refreshing in this picture of the Masonic baptism of the Mason ' s child . We look with a holy reverence on the performance of this rite , in which a new and sacred tie is established by the father and mother , through their child , with the fraternity of which the former is a member : and where , with the most solemn ceremonies ,-and influenced only
by an instinctive feeling < xf Masonic love , the members of the Lodge become the fathers , the protectors , the patrons , of their brother ' s son , and promise for him their help in the difficulties of the present time , their aid and encouragement in the hopes of the future . Surely there must be a blessing on the institution which thus brings forth , in the spirit of its charity , protectors and guardians for the child , who cannot yet ask for protection or guardianship . —American Mirror and Keystone .
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Annah of Windsor , leing a History of the Castle and Foion ' , with soni account of Eton and Places adjacent . By E . H . Tighe and J . E . Davis Esqrs . Longman . 1858 . —Reclining on the banks of the silver Thames , ' for centuries the residence of the kings and queens of England , Windsor has many and great attractions for the antiquarian ; its history is intimately connected with that of Great Britain itself , and it is a matter of considerable wonder that this ancient borough should not have been the subject of many a goodly'tome , ; but , strange as it nmy seem , its historians are few in number ,
and not many of that few are worthy cither , of much attention or credit . We hail , therefore , with gladness a work so carefully compiled , and ho well stored with useful and entertaining matter as the one now before us . From these u annals" we learn that this seat of royalty well nigh passed into the hands of the church , for the pious Edward the Confessor bestowed the town and its appurtenances on the monastery of St , Peter , at Westminster . On the accession , however , of William the Conqueror to the throne , the monks were deprived of this valuable legacy , as that monarch thought the spot was u well suited for a royal retirement , on account of