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Centenary Of The Lodge Of Peace And Harmony, No. 72.
different sense . The AVorshipful Master was disabled by sickness ; hut he felt how inadequate he was , under any circumstances , to clo justice to those who stood up with him in acknowledgment of the toast . He could not , hoivever , mistake their feelings when he declared , that they estimated very highly the honour paid to them by the invitations to such a festival , and that their enjoyment had been most complete ; and he could not help remarking that much talentmuch zealancl a
, , very large exercise of unanimity must have prevailed in a Lodge whose annals were perpetuated for a hundred years , and crowned with such an exhibition as that then made . It formed a praiseworthy example , as it was a source of gratulation to all . ( Cheers . ) Glee— " Drink to the Knight . " BROTHER DR . CRUCEFIX , P . G . D ., being possessed of the next toast , pledged himself to propose what would be found to be deserving of
attention . It was not now , he said , that they were for the first time to be told what Freemasonry was . It was not now that their social compact was first to be understood ; but it was from such sources as these that the devoted Mason could draw consolation for the past , gratification for the present , and satisfaction for the future . Time , by which all things were matured , pointed back through a long vista of years to the triumphs of Freemasonryand in the present gave ample proof that his
, progress had not been disregarded by those whose duty it was profitably to apply every passing hour . Ancl those who laboured the most incessantly in the vineyard of Freemasonry , might proudly turn to the accumulating fruits of their own good works , and shew that they had neither heen idle nor improvident . ( Cheers . ) That not merely the past
and the present should suffice with those who had the welfare of the Order most strictly at heart , but the future age , more than all , should receive the impress of their labours . After indulging in a similar train of Masonic gratulation to a length which our limits proscribe us from following , the speaker concluded his remarks by saying , that he could speak to the character of this Lodge . He was several years a member of it , and only seceded from a pressure of Masonic duties . He well remembered the great pleasurewhen by the kindness of his Brethren
, he emerged from the chrysalis state , and assumed the gayer-coloured badge in another sphere—he hoped of usefulness . His badge had again been changed , but the Brethren here ancl himself were united as ever . The Lodge of Peace and Harmony had subsisted one hundred years , ancl it was doubtless stronger now , more influential , wealthier , and infinitely more useful , as its powerful aid to the Masonic Charities , and particularly to the Hoys' Schoolwould provethan it had ever been in
, , its earliest years . To the future , then , he would turn and say , let the good fruits of the next hundred years manifoldly outnumber those of the past . ( Cheers . ) He proposed" Success and prosperity to the Lodge during its next centenary . " BROTHER MOORE , J . AV . then sung a song very appropriately introduced , entitled , " A Hundred Years , " the burthen of which was , " May the 'Peace and Harmony' excel in Harmony and Peace "
. LORD AA ORSLEY , in a very neat address , proposed " the health of the Past Masters of the Lodge , " to whose zeal and ability the members must have been so deeply indebted . BROTHER WALTON , the immediate Past Master , and , much to the comfort and pleasure ofthe guests , the Acting Master ofthe Ceremonies , acknowledged the compliment . AA hatever hacl been the labour of the VOL . v . G G
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Centenary Of The Lodge Of Peace And Harmony, No. 72.
different sense . The AVorshipful Master was disabled by sickness ; hut he felt how inadequate he was , under any circumstances , to clo justice to those who stood up with him in acknowledgment of the toast . He could not , hoivever , mistake their feelings when he declared , that they estimated very highly the honour paid to them by the invitations to such a festival , and that their enjoyment had been most complete ; and he could not help remarking that much talentmuch zealancl a
, , very large exercise of unanimity must have prevailed in a Lodge whose annals were perpetuated for a hundred years , and crowned with such an exhibition as that then made . It formed a praiseworthy example , as it was a source of gratulation to all . ( Cheers . ) Glee— " Drink to the Knight . " BROTHER DR . CRUCEFIX , P . G . D ., being possessed of the next toast , pledged himself to propose what would be found to be deserving of
attention . It was not now , he said , that they were for the first time to be told what Freemasonry was . It was not now that their social compact was first to be understood ; but it was from such sources as these that the devoted Mason could draw consolation for the past , gratification for the present , and satisfaction for the future . Time , by which all things were matured , pointed back through a long vista of years to the triumphs of Freemasonryand in the present gave ample proof that his
, progress had not been disregarded by those whose duty it was profitably to apply every passing hour . Ancl those who laboured the most incessantly in the vineyard of Freemasonry , might proudly turn to the accumulating fruits of their own good works , and shew that they had neither heen idle nor improvident . ( Cheers . ) That not merely the past
and the present should suffice with those who had the welfare of the Order most strictly at heart , but the future age , more than all , should receive the impress of their labours . After indulging in a similar train of Masonic gratulation to a length which our limits proscribe us from following , the speaker concluded his remarks by saying , that he could speak to the character of this Lodge . He was several years a member of it , and only seceded from a pressure of Masonic duties . He well remembered the great pleasurewhen by the kindness of his Brethren
, he emerged from the chrysalis state , and assumed the gayer-coloured badge in another sphere—he hoped of usefulness . His badge had again been changed , but the Brethren here ancl himself were united as ever . The Lodge of Peace and Harmony had subsisted one hundred years , ancl it was doubtless stronger now , more influential , wealthier , and infinitely more useful , as its powerful aid to the Masonic Charities , and particularly to the Hoys' Schoolwould provethan it had ever been in
, , its earliest years . To the future , then , he would turn and say , let the good fruits of the next hundred years manifoldly outnumber those of the past . ( Cheers . ) He proposed" Success and prosperity to the Lodge during its next centenary . " BROTHER MOORE , J . AV . then sung a song very appropriately introduced , entitled , " A Hundred Years , " the burthen of which was , " May the 'Peace and Harmony' excel in Harmony and Peace "
. LORD AA ORSLEY , in a very neat address , proposed " the health of the Past Masters of the Lodge , " to whose zeal and ability the members must have been so deeply indebted . BROTHER WALTON , the immediate Past Master , and , much to the comfort and pleasure ofthe guests , the Acting Master ofthe Ceremonies , acknowledged the compliment . AA hatever hacl been the labour of the VOL . v . G G