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the prosperity of Masonry in that quarter of tho Masonic Vineyard. An
interesting and able Report from the Committee on Foreign Correspondence
was presented.
CONNECTICUT.
lis Grand Lodge, one of the brightest stars in the Masonic Heaven,
i D I -till to pas* its steady ray of light upon the Masonic World. It
its Annual Communication at Masonic Hall, in the city of Hartford,
Wednesday, the 11th of May, 1853, R. W. David Clark, Deputy Grand
tcr, presiding. In his eloquent address, he says :
Permit me, Brethren, to congratulate you upon the high, and I trust,
and stable eminence, which Freemasonry has attained in our State.
• the days when the black pall of Anti-masonry hung heavily
>ver us, has our time-honored Institution reached such an exalted position.
Hut more especially do I congratulate you, that during the past year many
of the wise and good men of our State, men occupying high and exalted positions
in the nation, have knocked at the gates of our temple, and they have
bet n opened for tin ii reception. These accessions give us character and
I••tr. mill, for when our Institution has'.he approval and support of such men,
slander loses its force and effect and passes by as the idle wind.
'• Let u- then see to it, that we faithfully di'sehargo our duty while this
sacre 1 boon is placed under our care and guardianship. We cannot exercise too
great caution and watehiulness in our deliberations, for the respcctablility and
] erp< tuity of our glorious Order depends in no small degree upon the careful
supervision of the Ciaft, by those to whom this high and sacred duty has
been confided. Our soli itude. amid the rapid augmentation of our numbers,
ought to spring, not merely from a sense of duty, but from a deep and lastit
g regard for the future permanency of the Order. Let us then guard with
•epless vigilance the entrance of our Mystic Temple, and see that none be
'.mitted who are unworthy of th. . a rod trusts: for in our pros-
rity it would oftentimes be well for us to remember that the strength of
asonry is not in the number, but in the virtue and wisdom of its members."
Th.' r.cjH.rt of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, by their chair-
. i . 1 i. . Morer, is an able and comprehensive doeument, reviewing at
< igth the a.in ! •!.. | rious Grand Lodges, whose proceedings had
ii. In conclusion he remarks:
• Y.ur Committee have thus accomplished the work assigned them by the
year, not only in our own State, but throughout the several States of our Union
Mid the world. Let us be thankful to the Great Source of Light, for so
ever-ruling the events of His Providence as to insure tho luivaneeanesU of