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APPENDIX B.
AN ADDRESS,
DELIVERED BEFORE TIIE
M.W.G.LODGE OF ILLINOIS
AT SPRINGFIELD,
ON THE OCCASION OF THE
PUBLIC INSTALLATION OF OFFICEES,
OCTOBER 5, 1853.
BY R. W. THOMAS SHIRLEY, ESQ., <strong>GRAND</strong> ORATOR,
AND
W. MASTER OF ORIENTAL LODGE, No. 33,
AT CHICAGO.
M. W. <strong>GRAND</strong> MASTER—R. W. A W. BRETHREN—LADIES AND FELLOW
CITIZENS :
It is sweet to see the tempest-tossed vessel homeward hound, with canvas
spread to the favoring breeze, fast-ecudding upon Old Ocean'sheaving bosom,
and nearing the dear shores of our father-land.
It is sweet to see the tender greeting of long absent loved ones—the cordial
grasp of affection's trembling hand, the dew-drop of joy glistering in the
sparkling eye; to hear the full-souled welcome to " home, sweet home !"— -
to receive friendship's pure and ardent embrace, and feel the heart throb ex-
ultingly in unison with heart.