Ir has been well observed that, "no splendour of talents, no endowment of body or mind, can be put in competition with those humble but lovely virtues which serve to make us endearing and endeared. Abilities alone may excite admiration, the tribute of the UNDERSTANDING; but, joined with amenity of manners, they never fail to conciliate affection, the better tribute of the HEART."

LET it always be known that we belong to a society, cemented by union, and edified with peace where all the members are inviolably attached to the general good, and harmoniously conspire in its promotion; where unfeigned affection prevails; where every man is the sincere friend of every man; in a word, where all vigorously and cheerfully exert themselves in acts of kindness and labours of love. Such principles, surely, will advance and establish the happiness of the whole, and the welfare of each individual: and upon such principles our society hath bidden defiance to opposition, and been secured from dissolution or decay.

GLORY to GOD in the highest, peace on earth, and good will towards men, is the disposition and the desire of every Free and Accepted Mason. With such a temper,

brethren, you will enjoy the satisfaction of your own hearts, the approbation and concurrence of all the wise and good, and THE GOD OF LOVE AND PEACE WILL BE WITH YOU. That divine Being, who is the author of peace and the lover of concord, will render your endeavours successful, and reward them with the blessings of time and the glories of eternity!

FINALLY, BRETHREN, FAREWELL ! Accept the best wishes, as you share in the best affections of my heart!

THE special relation in which I have stood to you will now cease; but the affection connected with it, and the gratitude arising from it, will ever remain.

My particular thanks are due to the officers and members of the GRAND LODGE for the honours and the patronage with which they have distinguished me. And I intreat them, WITH MY BRETHREN ALL, to accept my warmest acknowledgments for their assistance and kindness. Their attentions have been so flattering, their benevolence so disinterested, their bounty so liberal, their sympathy so tender, that I must be inexcusably insensible not to feel; and feeling, criminally ungrateful not to express, my many obligations.

THE affecting adieu I am now taking, brings forcibly to mind the last solemn parting, when DEATH shall separate me from those whom I have cordially loved; whose society made the charm of my most privileged moments; and to whom, under Providence, I owe most of my earthly prosperity.

TENDER and faithful friends! Death is hastening to interrupt, it cannot dissolve our union. No! Virtuous attachments are eternal. They are renewed in Heaven. We meet again there, TO PART NO MORE!

MASONIC EULOGY.

Delivered at Worcester, June 24, A. L. 1794, on the Festival of St. John the Baptist, before the Officers and Brethren of the Morning Star Lodge, in that town, joined by Trinity Lodge from Lancaster.

RESPECTED hearers,

You see before you A BAND OF BROTHERS, connected with each other by the firmest engagements and most affectionate ties. Warmed with the most general philanthropy, they profess to unite their endeavours in the benevolent design of assisting the perfection of the human character, and the harmony and happiness of society. Their institution boasts its origin in the earliest ages