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THE TOWER OF LONDON. 
(Wirn Lantern Views). 
By Rev. T. R. PICKERING. 12th January, 1904. 
The President, Mr. W. L. Grant, said that it was on the 6th 
of January, 1874, when their Club had its first Meeting, and 
when Dr. Coultate, the first President, gave the inaugural 
address. 
They might, therefore, on assembling that night, speak in 
terms of congratulaion on the thirty years existence of the Club. 
One might be tempted to quote from the lines—the recherché 
lines—which had recently emanated from the poetic brain of one 
of their members (Mr. Thomas Preston), and say : 
‘*T look far back to other years—on golden times now past.’’ 
One might indulge the sweet cause of satisfaction in having 
‘* Mingled with Empyrean hosts amid the ambient air.’’ 
But that was not the occasion on which to dwell on the keen 
delights and the useful achievements which had been theirs 
during that lengthened period. 
They were on the threshold of another year, and they had not 
to be given over to musings on the past. They looked with hope 
to have also their happy seasons forward, for as Tennyson had 
said : 
‘* Unto him who works and feels he works, 
This same grand year is ever at the doors.’’ 
To all then he wished a happy and prosperous year, and, if 
one might breathe a world-wide wish, it was that 
** Universal Peace should lie 
Like a shaft of light across the earth, 
And like a lane of beams athwart the sea 
Thro’ all the circle of the golden year.’’ 
