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them, as ''to work out for them a far more and exceeding weight of 

 glory," and that our God will be "husband to the widow, and a 

 father to the fatherless." 



Resolved, That while we submit to this dispensation, we appeal to 

 Him "who doeth all things well," that He would inspire the hearts 

 of those who are in authority with that wisdom and grace that shall 

 enable them to fulfil the duties that rest upon them in such a man- 

 ner as will redound to the interest of our people, and assist in the 

 work of establishing righteousness in the earth. 



ResoJverl, That the regalia and emblems of the Lodge be clothed 

 in the habiliments of mourning for the space of six months. 



Rpi^dved, That this preamble and resolutions be published in the 

 Public Ledger. 



Resfdved^ That a copy of the above preamble and resolutions be 

 furnished the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, signed by the 

 proper officers of the Lodge, and attested with its seal. 



(Signed) William Irvin, N. G. 



John T. Brown, Secretary. 



Letters of envoi were received from the Austrian Academy, 

 February 1, the Prussian Academy, February 28, and the 

 Society of Physics at Geneva, February 1, 1865. 



A letter requesting information serviceable in cataloguing 

 the Mercantile Library of New York City, was received, 

 dated June 13, 1865, and the Librarian instructed to furnish 

 the same. 



Photographs of Dr. C. M. Wetherill, and Dr. Alexander 

 Wilcocks, were presented for the Album. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Acade- 

 mies at Berlin, Vienna, Dijon, Lille, and Boston; the Natu- 

 ral History Societies at Batavia, Geneva, Lausanne, and 

 Boston ; the German Geological Society, the London Astro- 

 nomical Society, the Bureau des Mines, Franklin Institute, 

 and Friends' Freedmen Association; MM. Elia Lombardini, 

 A. Gaudin, and E. Durand, Dr. James Y. Simpson, Dr. Ed. 

 Jarvis, Gen. H. L. Abbott, Rev. Albert Barnes, and Blanch- 

 ard & Lea, of Philadelphia. 



