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Provincial.
So Masonry had its days of substance and reality , when things which exist nowas mere forms were the symbols of a great and ambitious organization which covers the world with its works . But while 1 claim this connexion with the past , let me not be unjust to the present . There exists in Masonry a living principal suited to all ages , ancl exhibited in a thousand forms amongst the mixed multitudes which inhabit these islands . I mean brotherhood—association—combination formed to carry
out various objects ; and the more these combinations are multiplied , the more they tend to mitigate the too intense sorrows of mankind . If there were no associations but those of Whigs ancl Tories , of churchmen and dissenters , the odium politicum and theologicum would become intolerable . But every new combination tends to soften and take the edge off unfriendly feelings , by making us acquainted with each other in other relations ; and thus we find out that a strenuous opponentwhose
hosti-, lity we deprecate , may still be a good man and an agreeable companion . The vital principle of Masonry in all times has been this , charity and benevolence . Our laws inculcate it ; our secret obligations bind us to it ; our external ceremonies represent it ; and I trust that it is only when human infirmity drives us from our purpose that we cease to practise it . That Masonry may long exist as one of the checks on the centrifugal forces which separate man from manis a wishladiesin which I am
, , , sure you will heartily join with us . The R . W . M . concluded by calling on the Brethren to do proper justice to the toast of " the Ladies , " which having been complied with , Bro . Roscorla , in a most happy strain , acknowledged the toast on their behalf ; and the P . G . S . W . likewise made a few observations in acknowledgment of the same .
;¦ The P . D . G . M . Bro . Ellis then gave" the health of the R . W . P . G . M ., " which Sir Charles suitably acknowledged , and concluded by calling on all present to testify their appreciation of the excellent accommodation that had been afforded by brother Nicholas Harvey , for the festival of that day . This toast was drunk with honours , ancl responded to by Bro . Harvey . The next toast was " the P . G . C . Bro . Grylls , and Bros , the Rev . W . Broadley ancl the Rev . T . J . Boscawen . " The P . G . C . brieflthanked the BrethrenBro . the Rev . AV . Broadley also responded
y ; , and apologised for Bro . Boscawen ' s absence from the banquet , which was occasioned by his having been called by business elsewhere ; he referred likewise to the good effects that he had known to result from Masonry , not only in England , but in other parts of the world . Bro . Roscorla then proposed the P . D . G . M . Bro . Ellis , and many thanks for his invaluable services , & c , on which the whole body of Brethren rose to do it honourwhich he suitablacknowledged . The R . W . M .
, y next gave " the Provincial Wardens , " which they responded to . "The P . P . D . G . M . " was the next toast , which Bro . Roscorla , as acting Treasurer , replied to . Then came " the Brethren of tbe Cornubian Lodge ; " " Mrs . Nicholas Harvey , and the ladies of Hayle ; " " the Visiting Brethren ; " " Success to Masonry all over the world ; " and " the Registrar . " In returning thanks for this toast , Bro . Passingham , referring to the universality of Masonryspoke of an account he had
, recently read in an Indian paper of the proceedings of the Lodge , " Rising Star of Western India , ' of which the well-known Dr . Burnes was the Grand Master , when an interesting occurrence took place by the investiture into the Fraternity of a Jain of the Ooucleeah schism " , who had travelled from Ahmednuggur in the Dccan , to Colaba , in the Bombay presidency , with the sole view of realising his long-wished
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Provincial.
So Masonry had its days of substance and reality , when things which exist nowas mere forms were the symbols of a great and ambitious organization which covers the world with its works . But while 1 claim this connexion with the past , let me not be unjust to the present . There exists in Masonry a living principal suited to all ages , ancl exhibited in a thousand forms amongst the mixed multitudes which inhabit these islands . I mean brotherhood—association—combination formed to carry
out various objects ; and the more these combinations are multiplied , the more they tend to mitigate the too intense sorrows of mankind . If there were no associations but those of Whigs ancl Tories , of churchmen and dissenters , the odium politicum and theologicum would become intolerable . But every new combination tends to soften and take the edge off unfriendly feelings , by making us acquainted with each other in other relations ; and thus we find out that a strenuous opponentwhose
hosti-, lity we deprecate , may still be a good man and an agreeable companion . The vital principle of Masonry in all times has been this , charity and benevolence . Our laws inculcate it ; our secret obligations bind us to it ; our external ceremonies represent it ; and I trust that it is only when human infirmity drives us from our purpose that we cease to practise it . That Masonry may long exist as one of the checks on the centrifugal forces which separate man from manis a wishladiesin which I am
, , , sure you will heartily join with us . The R . W . M . concluded by calling on the Brethren to do proper justice to the toast of " the Ladies , " which having been complied with , Bro . Roscorla , in a most happy strain , acknowledged the toast on their behalf ; and the P . G . S . W . likewise made a few observations in acknowledgment of the same .
;¦ The P . D . G . M . Bro . Ellis then gave" the health of the R . W . P . G . M ., " which Sir Charles suitably acknowledged , and concluded by calling on all present to testify their appreciation of the excellent accommodation that had been afforded by brother Nicholas Harvey , for the festival of that day . This toast was drunk with honours , ancl responded to by Bro . Harvey . The next toast was " the P . G . C . Bro . Grylls , and Bros , the Rev . W . Broadley ancl the Rev . T . J . Boscawen . " The P . G . C . brieflthanked the BrethrenBro . the Rev . AV . Broadley also responded
y ; , and apologised for Bro . Boscawen ' s absence from the banquet , which was occasioned by his having been called by business elsewhere ; he referred likewise to the good effects that he had known to result from Masonry , not only in England , but in other parts of the world . Bro . Roscorla then proposed the P . D . G . M . Bro . Ellis , and many thanks for his invaluable services , & c , on which the whole body of Brethren rose to do it honourwhich he suitablacknowledged . The R . W . M .
, y next gave " the Provincial Wardens , " which they responded to . "The P . P . D . G . M . " was the next toast , which Bro . Roscorla , as acting Treasurer , replied to . Then came " the Brethren of tbe Cornubian Lodge ; " " Mrs . Nicholas Harvey , and the ladies of Hayle ; " " the Visiting Brethren ; " " Success to Masonry all over the world ; " and " the Registrar . " In returning thanks for this toast , Bro . Passingham , referring to the universality of Masonryspoke of an account he had
, recently read in an Indian paper of the proceedings of the Lodge , " Rising Star of Western India , ' of which the well-known Dr . Burnes was the Grand Master , when an interesting occurrence took place by the investiture into the Fraternity of a Jain of the Ooucleeah schism " , who had travelled from Ahmednuggur in the Dccan , to Colaba , in the Bombay presidency , with the sole view of realising his long-wished