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Colonial.
COLONIAL .
WE are indebted to the R . W . Bro . Dr . Kent , Prov . G . M . for South Australia , for the Adelaide Observer of June 23 , by which we learn that at the first levee held by His Excellency the Governor , Sir Bichard MacDonnell , the Masonic body , under the presidency of the Dep . Prov . G . M . ( Dr . Kent the Prov . G . M . being in England ) , presented the following address : —
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
"To his Excellency Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell , Knight , Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath , Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Province of South Australia , and Vice-Admiral of the same . " May it please your Excellency"We , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Officers , and Brethren of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of South Australia , apprdach your Excellency in the name of the Brethren of the Craft , to offer our sincere and fraternal congratulations upon your safe arrival amongst us .
"We beg to assure your Excellency , as her Majesty ' s representative , of our heartfelt loyalty and warm attachment to her person and throne . "We congratulate ourselves upon the circumstance of your Excellency ' s being a member of an Order , which , from its formation , has numbered amongst its patrons the most distinguished men of every age , and the principles of which are founded on liberality , brotherly love , and charity , pointing out to its disciples a correct knowledge of the Great Architect of the Universe , and of all the moral laws which he has ordained for their government . At a distance of many thousand miles from our mother-country we have sought to raise up the temple of
Masonry , and boast that we are now enabled to congratulate ourselves upon the security of the foundations we have laid . We rejoice at its progress ; because we feel a deep conviction of the beneficial influences which it exercises over mankind , of its tendency to promote moral advancement , and to engender human happiness . " Aware as your Excellency is that our system is divested of every political and religious dissension and prejudice , but strictly confined to the advancement of the liberal arts and sciences , we trust that upon all occasions where charity and education are our objects your Excellency will be pleased to become our patron .
" In conclusion , we offer you our best wishes for your health and that of your family . May the Great Architect of the Universe prosper all your undertakings for the welfare of those committed to your charge . May His all-seeing eye watch
over you , and guard you and yours from all impending danger ,-that you may long live to occupy the favour of your sovereign , and the respect of those you are called upon to govern . " Adelaide , 20 th June , 1855 . "
To which his Excellency replied as follows : — " Brethren of the Masonic Order , I accept with pleasure , because I know your sincerity , the assurance of your attachment to the person and throne of our beloved sovereign , and am happy to find that an institution designed to promote charity , diffuse education , and elevate the moral tone of society , has so widely and firmly spread its roots through this province . I cannot but know that the cause of order and good government , in
every accession to your body , acquires an additional supporter ; and even they who are unacquainted with the deeper mysteries of our Craft , may well suppose that the throne possesses its firmest defenders amongst a body recently presided over by one of the most amiable princes of the Royal family , and uncle of our most gracious Queen , and of which her Majesty ' s distinguished consort is even
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Colonial.
COLONIAL .
WE are indebted to the R . W . Bro . Dr . Kent , Prov . G . M . for South Australia , for the Adelaide Observer of June 23 , by which we learn that at the first levee held by His Excellency the Governor , Sir Bichard MacDonnell , the Masonic body , under the presidency of the Dep . Prov . G . M . ( Dr . Kent the Prov . G . M . being in England ) , presented the following address : —
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
"To his Excellency Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell , Knight , Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath , Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Province of South Australia , and Vice-Admiral of the same . " May it please your Excellency"We , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Officers , and Brethren of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of South Australia , apprdach your Excellency in the name of the Brethren of the Craft , to offer our sincere and fraternal congratulations upon your safe arrival amongst us .
"We beg to assure your Excellency , as her Majesty ' s representative , of our heartfelt loyalty and warm attachment to her person and throne . "We congratulate ourselves upon the circumstance of your Excellency ' s being a member of an Order , which , from its formation , has numbered amongst its patrons the most distinguished men of every age , and the principles of which are founded on liberality , brotherly love , and charity , pointing out to its disciples a correct knowledge of the Great Architect of the Universe , and of all the moral laws which he has ordained for their government . At a distance of many thousand miles from our mother-country we have sought to raise up the temple of
Masonry , and boast that we are now enabled to congratulate ourselves upon the security of the foundations we have laid . We rejoice at its progress ; because we feel a deep conviction of the beneficial influences which it exercises over mankind , of its tendency to promote moral advancement , and to engender human happiness . " Aware as your Excellency is that our system is divested of every political and religious dissension and prejudice , but strictly confined to the advancement of the liberal arts and sciences , we trust that upon all occasions where charity and education are our objects your Excellency will be pleased to become our patron .
" In conclusion , we offer you our best wishes for your health and that of your family . May the Great Architect of the Universe prosper all your undertakings for the welfare of those committed to your charge . May His all-seeing eye watch
over you , and guard you and yours from all impending danger ,-that you may long live to occupy the favour of your sovereign , and the respect of those you are called upon to govern . " Adelaide , 20 th June , 1855 . "
To which his Excellency replied as follows : — " Brethren of the Masonic Order , I accept with pleasure , because I know your sincerity , the assurance of your attachment to the person and throne of our beloved sovereign , and am happy to find that an institution designed to promote charity , diffuse education , and elevate the moral tone of society , has so widely and firmly spread its roots through this province . I cannot but know that the cause of order and good government , in
every accession to your body , acquires an additional supporter ; and even they who are unacquainted with the deeper mysteries of our Craft , may well suppose that the throne possesses its firmest defenders amongst a body recently presided over by one of the most amiable princes of the Royal family , and uncle of our most gracious Queen , and of which her Majesty ' s distinguished consort is even