9*J~ )W C3 o Brethern:- By command of the Worshipful Master I have a very happy and exceptional duty to perform. Fifty years is a long time in the life ef any man. The life span as laid down by the Psalmnist in the volume ©f the Sacred Law is only twenty years more, so that for a Brother to achieve Fifty years active Masonry is an unusual and notable circumstance, so much so that- the Grand Lodge have seen fit to provide a Special Button for those Brethern who have qualified for it. It is now some forty-three years since I first knew of Brother Jim Goldie and I have known him intimately for 28 years • Here is a Brother Mason in whom there is no guile, a Brother who naturally and as a matter of course practices the teaching of the five points ©f Fellowship in deed as well as in word, not only within the confines of his Masonic cable tow but in his many and varied associations elsewhere. Brethern there is nothing more inspiring than a long life, well and fully lived, where as our MaEonic teaching instructs us, the mind is perfected and mellowed in the years of Hfe, experience and practise. There are quite a few such, in public life today, but here we have one of our own Brethern who has that distinction, and yet 50 years a Freemason sit lightly on him, neither is his eye dimmed nor his natural force abated, and I feel sure I speak for all the Brethern when I say how happy we are to congratulate him. Brother Jim Goldie, it is my honour and privilege to present and invest you with this 50 year button, conveying to you the heartiest good wishes and congratulations of the B. M. and the G. Lodge and the Best Wishes from your Brethern in Miriam Lodge for many many more years of Masonic Fellowship