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Grand Lodge be given to our Reverend Brother SHREVE,/or his excel- lent and injlructive Sermon delivered this day be- fore the R. IV, Grand Lodge, and the IVorfhinfut Lodges of Free and Accepted Ancient Ma- sons, held in this Town ; and that he be requeflcd to give a Copy of the fame for the Pref^^-andthe Grand Secretary is hereby ordered to xtait on Brother Shreve, xvith a Copy of the above-men- tioned Refolve. Extract from the Mi?iutes, John Selby, Gra7id Secretary. J \ r f' \ ih -y A 2 I A i ( * ) •Jo ™k k. w. grand lodge. AND Till WORSmPi^UL LODGES o r tr-u, - t'cc anD acceptcD ancient Qjaronff, nELD IN THE TOUN OF HALIFAX. Till ABOV« BiqvilT, /f mojlhumly Infcrihcd by thi ieir and Most Humble rE«v>i„r, THOMAS SHKEVE. Firft P mce ahvi prei witl linei fuU ncra UJidi \ attei C whc ral ] enfc Brei liOR ifons. "^^i J S E R M O N, «^f- Firft Epiftle of ?t. Peter— CJ Chap, and part of the nth verfe. " Love the Brotherhood ;—Fear God ;— Honor the King.'" PLEASANT as the work of the miniftry ]\as been, and always is, in all its offices ; — delightful as the affemblies of our fraternal meetings, in the Mafonic Order have been, and always ought to be, when aflembled as upon the prefent occaiion — yet we muft confefs, that it is with much diffidence we come forwai;d in the lineof our duty, to addrefs an audience lb refped- ful as the prefcnt, on a fubjedt which they in ge- neral are not fo well enlightened, as rightly to underftand. Various are the excitements that prompt to an attendance on the prelent aflemblies. On the one hand, we behold the Biotherhood, who, profeffing our Ro\ al Order, come, I trull, with a piou3 wiOi, to hear the humane and mo- ral principles of their profeliion explained and enforced. — On the other, fome of our Chriftian Brethren^ fiom the liberal fpirit of charity, think- Ii> I.'* V \ A 3 'X\ U12 ( G y j^'-. may l,e a\ttle p enarl r '^"'^' "fou/or! «ern,ty, 'J^e fear of God r,^' «"dida,es fo; A"'^— are t/iree o/o,,,-/, L " '">"<>'"• of the fJ^^^lr^:.xX^^^^^-^^ -i^o caned fomc Wicked i^^, ;-Aat?h.''°'^°''^^' «P^"of to ^^^ whobea. the'nam^'of S"°^ f Chrif? "^> Js, 1 beJieve, what K ^iT vvor/hip •r of us a]], i/e they are t^f our Or- ^}hc /ecret ^"quifitive ^ time, be % ariTes, restofiich 'ds of my -» thinks iic' upon affirm, people, ates for IS of an ■ of the ^hree of 'd mo/i called roof to Chrif- 'iieve, what ( 7 ) what all will confefs— a daily caufe for Chriftiau lamentation. Is it to be wondered then, or is it any true ftigma upon Maibnrv, that you may fometimes have known fome Malbiis, who, like Jews and Chriftians, abuilng a good profeflion, neither love the Urolhcrhood, tear Cod, nor honour tiiQ Knig. Methinks there cannot be a mind in this con- gregation lb illiberal, who, on rcfleaion, is not ready to confefs, that the ill-condud of one, often, or of an hundred individuals, can be no true caufe of lligma upon any profefTion or com- munity—For iniknce, (hall the church be ftiled a brothel, or a nurfery of covetouliiefs and idlc- nels, becaufe many of its members, and even fome clergymen, are fometimes to be found, who are loole in their morals, unholy in their lives unclerical, covetous and lalcivious? Surely not! furely candour, and mature refleaion, will de* mand a far different judgment. Shall Mafonry then be condemned, defpifed and ridiculed, becaxife fome, profelfing themiblves Ma(ons, have jm adifed a conduft unworthy their high calling and profeffion?— Surely no ! rather let the order remain, as it ought to remain, un- mipeached ; and every defective member, either high or low, either rich or poor, as of every other I)rofeffion, order and conununitv, take much ihame to himtelf, as being guilty of a threefold ey].^-of diigracmg hiiiifcif, bringing diihonour upon V, I. I 'I # \\ H. ( 8 ) »>l)on the profi/Tloii i« (<) uiiworlliy a m< Jirofitable ]irogrcis in the'vvorid. y'pon the prof./Tlon or commmiitv of «.l„Vl ' i i:i",T-'".v a ™e.be,, and of 1 LdiJ ,t duties enjoined upon us in the text • i J ?h Divnie nature and cfTenc^ hve ■ th7 r . , ^ which produced, or at leaft'";;;d;- it^ J^ >>a/,ce,,rvc„g., and.all thofe evil tempers 2 Wpo(u,ons, which now Co univerfanv :vai ,1 the human heart, y/V„«/;,rf, ;„ ^^^^; LT th l)lack and deteftalile cliaraaer of m, • 1 " ' ' Cain, and font h„n f„rth a^a ex Xl KT tabic vagabond u,>on the earth._Jt is the if 'f this charadenflic of the Divine Nafnr. • prevading efficacy, uhich, h all a' ' f ,T world, ha,hu,^heathed thJ blooci; l^^rd^'f t ambitious ( » ) ^vliich he lulcring its the duties ind (b con- excellent cl^ to en- >ugh 1 la- in of this -iefly, vet ratal con- ?e of the i then en- jJigatioas 'amentecj e fall of . in that of Jiis^ s of this hr envi/, ers and evail in V, that -r upon 1 detef- ■ iols of in its of the of the ibitious \ ambit ions or cruel warrior, and raifcs nation; againft nation, in all the horrors of ftrifc, of envy, of contention and of liloodlhed. — It is the lots of this, the divincrt trait of divine perfedlion, which, in all ages hath fdlcd the church with controver- fies and p« rkcutions ; and flaincd it with its cruel crimes of martyrdom and hanifhmcnt. — it is the Iols of this ciVcncc of the Divinity which breakcth the family compad, anil fmdcth to the man enemies in his own houle. In fliort, it is t!ic lofs of this charadcrlftic of the Di\ iiio Nature, (i. c.) love, from the human heart, v\ hich embitters where they are embittered, every connexion of human life ; — makes every bofoni at times loath its own feniiitions ; and totally unfits us for the enjoyment of the beatific vifion of God ; and the more or lefs we want aiul neglc6t the cultivation of this eflence of the Di- vine perfcrtions, lb the more or lels Ihall we ever be like Cain of old, fruitlefs wanderers after hap- pinefs over the earth, and in the fight of God, de- telled vagabonds in the world. Son of the morning, how art thou fallen ! created in the image of God, ornamented accor- ding to thy decree, with all the amicablenefs of that Divine perfe6lion, love ; by which alone that Great Supreme manifefls to, and glorifies all his perfections towards, all his inferior creation — but now alas ! thro' the fiill of man in paradife, de- prived of this lovely nature; and by this deprivar tion ^S. u. r f hi ( 10 ) ti=e Divine exe ion £ ■ .V''^°7'' "^^ '"^^'"^ of %"itv of Satan, ad H,f /''^ "''} "' ''"' 'he ma- cleati,;-_,H,e ol, v tl „tf I'f .°^'"''^-^^ ''"^' rcjo.ce.-Tiie G-x nf I ^ ?' ''"""" hearts have fulk-n, ,■ ek; Ls ir* "'"^''^"S"'- >l>o' we for the cure of'thi " fi""'' .^^oncli-ous Jove !_ £'•••""1 aim of the D tme a' ' "■ '"'^^ ^'''' 'he '■■^fc>s with ti>e hul^an rlf:;"^'' '" ='" '^'^ '-- f- the ret^if „:tf ^^^^^^f ' <«pa.e: h"t at a dirtanci the °ui' i ^h iie Ibes him he iffi,cs forth hi, 'w'"^ ""g-Sometimes i"''ge ■• and with a S n'"' '' '^'^ «-"gh.g iinjurt fteward to ..Iv^ . ^ ""^'^ '""'^' ^^'1 °tiie ftip; and, v h afl tL/'""'" "^ h.s fteward- ^■■■ath, theatensmnrr ''''''■"''""' "^ '"""^^ farthin, of the accZ h?'!;'';' "" ""= ^->' 'aft t'll P'mithmentet^rwh m'" ''J""'"^' ('■ ') -'i ^he rebel 'l,hS tfthetrLTof ' "V"'''''' Sometimes, ao-ain anri ft,.. "'™^°' ranfom— gently rebukel a; c"ud k m""^ ^-^q^^MJ/, he vetous, and with nnfl ' ^""">' rei>roves the co- exhort the m chn" m"^"'"? ^°"S '■"ff^^higs he ftJfis, and CO (tn.^ u;^ ,'"' ^'^"^ ^^hat he°him- wecanbelike hi^m '"'{,7''^^^^«™"ft he before ^^^ove.andheSSKX;;t:0l.'.h1 Jove Jove ( God, **^f::5=- Ar may, to th( t liven- the w breth worlc of th« Ai; Heu reftor maiir- farthe but tc tan ly ^y means of ■in, the m:i- miihry and man hearts -^h tiio' we fallen crea- IS Jove ! i^t of man, i^e been the ^^ his tran- ather — he prej3ares iecs him ometimes avenging calJs tlie Reward- incenfecl very Jaft d, (i. e.) 3t eifca, iifom. — titiy, he the CO- "ings he behim- before —God ) in the love «~* ■""•^S- ( 11 ) love of God and his fellow -creature, dwcUethin God, and God in him. Here then my brethren we have the very native breath of heaven, breaking through the lips of a difciple of love, and foftering over every heart, to promife that fame lovely likenefs which is the eflence of the Divine, and which confe- quently muft conftitute the eflence of the hu- man nature, before the latter can truly unite with the former, or enjoy its own in ided na- tive felicity. How much to be efteemed then, is every aid to promote fo defirable an end. And here — to you my Mafonic Brethren, I may, in a j^articular manner fay, as Mofes faid to the ll'raelites in l^gypt — Sirs, ye are my Bre» thren — Brethren in the moft extenfive fenfe of the word — All men, it is true, we may fay, are brethren by creation ; as He who made the world, of one blood made He all the nations of the earth. All men are brethren alfo by redemption — He who IS the author of nature, and the great reftorer of fallen nature, tajied daath for every man- — fo far all are brethren ; — but ye tiave ftill farther obbgations, not only to love as brethren, but to love the brotherhood. — Obligations volun- tarily entered into, when your minds were at full maturity r \ V I I!" C 12 ) full maturity of ^SjLT' '? '^'''' ^"h ^ourfclves whollv to the ( e h^' 1'^^ ^iven the moft ferious^afl-evera ic^. ?• ''"l '^at^vith ted offaiJi,,^ i„ the nlrfi^"^' >°" "''e Wnvic- fode],/,erate1V "Zie^M::;': °''° '---^J and hoi>eto fi,K| ^.o„ faithful in tl"7' P^^'^'^'v ^ ai'y promirfe. '" ">^ performance of but a.KS in tender ""' ^ vr'""S ""'l exhortino-: [orro. and dXf .ITrfr"" "V^ -'-^' '" heart, tlie hand are nM ?'' *^ '■"■-. the fees the Wound a^dXnstir'v'''-"'^ ^^^ J --'■.hears the tr^eland o I fi^hs'^r"' f '"'-"'^ botom heaves with therJ^ w.gnef, and the the heart ]-rtidSl he X't '=''^ '"''^^■^- heart the hand s "ui.S to /^'"^""^'^''^^ °f the •"""th is taught to° cnk ^ "' .'''"" "' tlie '"gioul of the affl,aed ' ;'/ °"'""'<= ^N'a.r- -heve thetorroSf^i-KK °" '" e-^h^na£:*'o:e"t'utr"' '"^- "- -d of eiie of humin tlllpT' ,f f 'Ti'' ''3 the exer- 9 prove yourlelves Chriflians, in ^e /aid, with ^lave given nd that with "/lancy and J are convic- ^ Sacred and '^ere, or in .^e poffibly -^ brmance of ^e conflrts, •shorting— ^ feiief, in 'e e<'/r, the -the eve^, tear — the ^> and the of Jovc-— "d melts ce of the II as the the foft deipair- haiid of I out to ( 13 ) iti this bright imitation of your compaflionate Majler — Yea, prove yourfelves Mafons in the beft fenfe of Mafonry, by the conftant exercife. of this exalted principle of humanity — this fpiritual trait of Chriftianity — this highly finifhed Jewel of Mafonry — Brotherly love. And, as we love the Brotherhood, fb alfo let us fear God, It is indeed much to be lamented, as has been before obferved, that all who profefs Mafonry, are not religious — no more than all who hear the name of Chrift, and the profeffion of Chriftianity, are not Chriftians. vord of ' exer- illiao"?. in ^^~^ But to you who are truly enlightened with a juft fenfe of our Royal Order, mufl: be fenfible, that Malbnry itfelf, in all its fentiments, cere- monies, and profeflions, bears every charafteriftic of Him, who built the univerfe — lighted, warm- ed, and ornamented this world, with all fhole orbs of light and heat which beautify the canopy of heaven ; and who, without labour, perfe6ted the whole. — By the fcience of Mafonry, are you guided to ftudy the order, beauty, regularity, and ufefulnefs, of all the mighty works in nature ; and by its precepts and admonitions, are you to form nature to nature's God — It leads you from the beautiful building of the univerfe up to its Al- mighty Architect ; and binds you in the mofl: la- cred obligations, to fear Him, vvho can build, and B who u \ y, f 1 ■\ I. « % i\ I\> - ^.4, ( I* ) as if he ddf/hted to Ift ■'V'''' flaviftfear, that filial awf and revet"^' ^l' 1° ^^"^ ^«h thofe who fear Him ZTl'T^^^'' '^^^o««h to endure /and who Thon^K"" ^"'^' °" ''"''Po''^ deftruaioi , ^Wth which sJ^ °l "u'°""' "^^^e works, muft chan.7them , ". '-n '"J"^'' "'^ all things new. an3Veft?w afev^di^" "^''= ofglorj- on thofe, who, though irmnchfif- 77" -r:tt:r"™S:;,2^S7etr" ^ «'^^ '■- who, thougf the buifdithaAf ''°'"^' '""'' the defefliSn of fin, Zf r^ai'Z '"^"'"^ ''^ It, (if we are not wan^Tni „ ° /."'' °™^™«nt .^, its original order reo-uJarL r'*"'^"^ "''"^ ^U and uilfulnefs i-wl, wHlL "> «^^"^"=y. its former beauty-whrwSrV^ ^'"^ =•" veffels-who will mik. T/ t '°^^ ^" "' '•^^'^d his own everMi : refid^^^^ce ^^"'^"J.'f^P'- for himfelf in all his |lory to aU^''\° f- " "'"'^^'* who will w-rite unorf ^= V "'''''''"^'"^-and «I)on its windows unonitf°" I"'' ''°°'- P°'*'' tantsa^d -.olSlf rLadrnM ^ i'"^^"'- or iorrow, or miferv or d^a h M T "J"""" ScTi;KY>jd;t/^^^^^^^^ nrc..whocan,arS;^'^.Sa:: dient, 1 \ 15 ) ' who can lavifli fear, fear with becometh n i^urpofe int of the jured His ain make ng crown filial/^^r their fal- ^?'. -..t4. filial fear d, love ; jured by rnament with all -ellency, with all s defiled ^ple for nanifeft ts — and I* pofts, pillars, inhabi- to pain ethren, - great \\y de- diibbe* dient. ^^i^vC- dient, as well as reward the faithful and diligent fervant. But we haftily pafs on to our third admoni- tion — Honor the Kinate of tlie brotherhood in tiiat wretched country, the origin of all this evil. —No where could a body of Malbns meet in the manner we are this day met — firit to pay, with- out tear or dirtradion, our humble and devout addreiles to our Right, our everlafting Right Worfhij)ful Mailer in Heaven; and then, in peaceful (bcial converfe, take our refreflunent. — F ar l)e it from me to fuppofe that you, or any of my re fpe6tful hearers, would deem it an imperti- nent intrulion, in this devout exercife, to add to brotherly love and the fear of God, the neceflary adm oiiition we are now enforcing, Ho /iWi Kin .1... ,*^>#'>- ^ US eqiia- it impcr- d ctlcds (I, to lay n which reliu:icms I rapine, Itical fii- s to |)ro- itics he- 'll ; and, v'hich is in, were of your ace; we t again (l ed Rre- hood in ["lis evil, t in the ', with- dcvout Right len, in nent. — any of mperti- add to jceflary wr the Yovi, my beloved brethren, lo ^^^^_ tbiuks, gladly l"'!'-'^ "'^'■'-'^ r^\^ prclcivcs t.. us, who wUhall h>M';'«c . J^^^^^^^^^^ ,vith ten the enjoyment of the ..cci, o ^^^ ^^^^^ ,»,»^> thouland more, which t.mc i> ^^.^^ ^,^^ mention-Monor h'"^' ^^"^ "„„, form, h.ch a . Lords an.ffl,,„ia i,c .lecme.l the prcfent critical moma^, ^ fl^< " ,^^.^_.,-his „ccdVary for h.s "-"7^^ > ' ;„^ all Nvho hear ,,,.,e, -y brethren^ 4«/,:Vou, ,^ ^,,,, e mv. voice; but, witn ^^'V ^ ^ g is nie, if, Brethren, Ifcruplc not t,_^,;^ ^^_^, „f ha, as "n"'>f V^hth Ki'-l^thc /f »./«rfl/ head Church ot wh, a n K^^ ^^^^ ^^.^,^^.^,1 ,„ ^ruft Woe IS me, l^'l^^ .' "" , ,,ev not thisad- and to mv comm- hon ^ ;,' ^er two, with monition in coujunY-ion ^ '^i t .j. j ^^^ ,eal, ficaaiuei. r.v- P^ '^".^ lu theor- -'' ''^'^'"Vr^!::!:^: ;tt ^ou fo.feu, if i at ai «-, I r" V f, ,Uik^fr»fe . Jllii«fe^'' Y- i< I t ,",Y (■ IS )■ —In Aort, if ,ve ol.ev ,w I^ J >""'■ Jerti„es. tJ--Wa«e./Ca:tlrS\J:! Sood Men, and gSd Ci^." ''^' S"°'' Ma(«„s -•"."g the Ki„^._;' J ' ff''"g God, and hono- i'ood, ,n the Ciiurch, in" i T Vl "«ghbour.. chearful, fbcial, fertile J,ou/jrX'',"'' '.'■^" '" ^^e ti>e heart, that G.rf ,.o, w^',^ / ^^?.^ne wi/h of W preferve to us all ow C v f r/^r'-^'' '''"'l ''v Mafon,c i,rivileoes, to M ' J^^S'om, and heart and o„e,o1ce w.S'Jir"'^ ^'"^ °"e Amen. ' "^^ >«'"' »« %, Amen, arul. TO CONCLUDE -t>ut, as the befltl i t ; L'^' ^^^^^ «^' "ature - evils. ' ^ ' '' ^ ^^urce of the bittereil ^% t e b """•Msmili*^ I y> & \c CO rei mi wi Te ' eve V it Cu Kin 5f'ons ; you r, you run "itioii, we 1 and Ma- on jour > my coil- ^ ^o order [ Ma/biis, ientioufly id hono- yiportant ig^bour-. -nil! the ^vi/h of and b\ "s, and 'ith one en, and: ^luable nature often ^J,and. ttere/1 > *dV ( ly ) fo/Sout 'this hS th?''^' ',!- ■' '■"'■ "' ^^'-^ ''" : '■"cl of individual c^.u' '"""'"''^ "^"'« l>"l>l.c the i"a„in,ate ^X'S/drr' '''^^"^'=<'' '»''" °- 'he ,ro..,„J^^f^^^^^:^^^^^r wi.h- ho^foitmii jr °;ih°5''^ t.'* ""-^ -oft- a.d of yoo, with all 'r«h"^''f^ «""W. '« it he he primitive Chriftian!\ , "' """ '^''^ of «v.l Speaking, and wrath 'I'r """^ ^'^^y, M.d for ever, do.fe awavLm'o ':?"t«'«ions, be, P kindly affeflioTia^e o^ T°"t >°" ' ""'I he >ou as of the ^ood n!n. [ ' ^''^ '^ he faid of " companions, tCL^S ^"^ '^^ laborious rebuild the walls ofThe hM ''' •''"^ ^'"J "'ght to ™j brethren not Li I "'^y =-<« «'o?k ye -'th "everXtrfci!''^'";^^ ?'". hut' «=verlafti„gadorat^^^? "'"'^^'"^ ftoutin/rf '^''^^^ (^nd Its gates praife, ^S^^!iit;r:'::S!.-r'"^"*''- -e™'/' hat to love the HALffAX. N. a. j'ek.. ^^rifti ic-s, n i\ i ( 20 )■ cliaradleriftics of the honorable profcf]lon of Ma- fonry, that where both the fentimcnt and |)ra6>icc of them do not univerfally prevail, whatever any man may call himlelf, I helkate no more to pro- nounce that he is not a good Mafon — than I fhould to fay,— a thief, a murderer, a blafphemer, is not a good Chriftian. As good fubjeds, then, my brethren, honor that King, who, by his fceptrc of j)olitical juftice, righteoufnefs and love, guardeth all the privileo-es of our Royal Order; and, by the iword of his na- tional power, he defendeth us from our foreign and domeftic foes ; and, though not a Mafonic Brother, he gives us every proof that he is more- valuable than many brethren.— iA^ is our pro- tec ting Friend. As Mafons, therefore, in giatitude for thefe diftinguiflied favors, render we back with warm- eft zeal, our due tiibute of honor to the King, and all his iiluftrious family— for w here, befides here, oan our honor be fojuftly due. Now, to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghoft, be afcribed as is moft jiiftly due, all jK)\\er, miglit, majefty and dominion, now and for c^ cr, Amen. PRAYER. x ' V, i i 1 i t I r J V b ti V I .A d 71 tl L ot s. -••^* ■y.. •r%- ( 21 ) Hon of Ma- md j)ra6>icc latcver any ore to pro- VI — than I ^lafphemer, honor that cal juftice, e privileges :1 of his na- our foreign a Mafonic he is more* is our pro- e for thefe vith warm- ^ King, and efides here, Son, and mofl: jiifHy dominion. <^V ■■^%h V. . t-» « "V -T^ T-» PRAYER. ' LET us pray for the Kings moft excellent Majejiy—the 'Hueen^ and for every branch of that invaluable Family ; and, as we are in diitij bound in a particular manner^ pray we, for His Royal Uighnifs the Prince of Wales, and every if ' his. Royal Brothers, who have, or who intend to honor thenifelves and us by their union zvith our honora- ble Society.— May this kingdom, gracious God, never want a Proie/lant Prince to zcear its Crown, or to fway its fceptre ; nor may our order, by any f pedes of dijloyalty forfeit itsprefent high refpec- tabilily, of being a valuable and honorable Society, for Royal Union ;—but may they and xve, indi- vidually cherifh all that reciprocal benefit of Ma- fonic Union, which arifs from, the true reciprocity of h igh and h u mble ivor th . Blefs, zue bcfeech thee olfo, as zve are in duty bound to pray, our Right U'oifhipful Grand Maf^ ter, the I.ieutenant-Governor of this Pro- vince.— Pour down, zee pray thee, O ! thou ■ Kifig of Ki?igs, thy univerfal blessing upon all ejlates and orders of mankind aniongjl us. — Coun- fel our Counfellors, and teach our Senators zvif- dom ; and that zve may never zvant wife and good 7nen to bear rule, either in church or /late.— Lei thy blessing rejl in a particular manner upon the Univerfities of Great-Britain and Irela?id; as alfo upon the College of this Province, and all other fchools of pious and ufeful education. — Blefs '; ( 22 ) Uif tin a nation, in all our nftlonat concerns.^". Pruu'cf ditdasaijl us in all our tjdeavours, (tij^aiujl the fuhtilty of domejiic foes—and the cruel and implacable machinations of all our foreign eue^ niies.-"Succeed the tillage of our countri/y and give us to enjoy, in due Jeafon, the timely fruits of the earth, in all the ufual plenitude of thine accujlomed beneficence.— May the poor from the rich receive every neceffary relief \ and, though Jlill poor, may they he contented xcith their por- tion, knowing that thou, in thine otcn wifdom, knoivcjl what is beflfor all. In a particular manner^ at this time, would we fupplicate thy Divine favor and blessing, upon this fniali portion of a large community, now ivorfliip- ping before thy Glorious TItrone—fanction with thy Divine grace, and heavenly benediction, all the pious e?ideavours, and all the benevolent inten- tions of this our facred unity with each other;— make all and each of n^, icfeful and ornamental members of this our veri/ affectionate attachment, '-'Give to us univerfally the true fear of thy holy name, that thy glory may ever refl upon us ;— give us that true brotherly affetUon for each o' her ttiat fliall lead us to the true exercife of tcay Chrijlian charity, every Mafonic benevolence ; — infpire h^ with every true Chriflian and Britifli loyalty. V uoon all occafions ice may, if called d go ja and iftedfafl: fubjects to our i/ftiution \- -and above all, make us Chrijt, upon, be/iku King ahd ( add devout N. ( 23 ) ems."* (t^ainjl let and 'H ene- •y, and fruits / thine om the though ir pot' vijiloniy mid tve wn this vorjliip' m ivith ion, ail t in ten- ther ;— tmental ?h>ncnt. hy holy \ us ;— • cho*hrr f t*^t-''y \nce ; — Br it i 111 f called to our nake us Chriji, 0:^^ ChriJ, that having thus laboured in the Earthly Lodge of Alafonic piety, charity and integrity : — tee may be tranjlaled into that perfect Lod'^e of eternal felicity, whofe builder and maker is the everlr/iing Je/.uvah; — all which ue humbly afk and beg, in the name, and for the fake, of our b'effed Lord and Saviour Jefus Cfirijl, Amen, and Amen, FINIS. # «