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Lodge being over , a procession of the Brethren , attired iu full Masonic costume , set out from the Assembly Rooms , preceded by a band of music , banners , & c . for the Collegiate church . The crowd attracted by the sight was immense , but thoroughly orderly , who beheld with some admiration the procession as it passed through the streets . More than a hundred Brethren formed the procession . On the arrival of the Brethren at the church were read by Bro . the Rev . P . AA'hitcomb . The
, prayers sermon was preached by the Rev . J . E . Cox , Grand Chaplain of England . The Reverend Brother took for his text Galatians vi . 2 , " Bear ye one another ' s burdens , and so fulfil the law of Christ . " The sermon was at once eloquent and appropriate . The Reverend Brother , after briefly alluding to the difference in doctrinal matters which had divided the church in Galatia , and called forth the injunction of the apostleproceeded to apply generallthe rebuke contained in the
, y text . Charity , he contended , consisted not in almsgiving , but in brotherly love ; and the highest example of this charity was manifested in the humiliation of the Lord Jesus Christ , who for the glory of the Father and the good of mankind bore the weight and guilt of sin , the burden of man , upon the cross . In conclusion , he called upon the Fraternity to evidence the honesty of their professions , by contributing to the object for which a collection was to be made ; not according to
what a rich neighbour might give , hut in proportion to the substance with which they themselves had been blessed . * A large sum was collected at the close of the sermon , which has been apportioned to the new Annuity Fund for the Widows of Freemasons , and to several local charities .
After divine service the brethren returned in the same order to the Assembly Rooms ^ when , after the usual forms of closing the Lodge had been gone through , the Brethren were invited to the banquet provided at tbe Swan Hotel , of which nearly one hundred brethren , in full costume , partook . The R . W . Bro . Colonel Vernon , P . P . G . S . W ., officiated as P . G . M ., in the absence of the Hon . Colonel Anson , M . P ., and and H . C . Vernon , D . P . G . M . Amongst the Brethren present were —the V . AV . John E . CoxNos . 16 and S 2 the Grand Chaplain of
, , the Order ; the V . W . Bros . AV . Lloyd ( P . G . Treasurer ) , Frederic Dee ( P . G . Secretary ) , Charles Trubshaw ( P . J . G . W . ) , Howard James , of Walsall , the R . AV . Bro . Thomas Ward ( P . G . S . W . ); Bros . W . K . Harvey , Nos . 60 and 803 , Longton ; T . E . Cbeswass , No . 803 , Longton ; James Nesbitt , W . M . No . 670 ; AVilliam Hargreaves , No . 674 ; Thomas James , AV . M . No . 786 , AValsall ; Samuel Pearsall , P . M . No . 131 , Lichfield ; John Humphries , P . M . No . IIS ; William Banks , S .
AV . No . 707 ; M . Ironmonger , P . M . No . 769 ; G . T . Haswell , W . M . No . 607 ; E . Lester , AV . M . No . 435 ; J . D . Warner , P . M . No . 432 ; AV . Naggington , P . M . 435 ; Colonel Hogg , W . M . No . 769 , and most of the Brethren of the the Lodge of Honour at AVolverhampton . After the R . W . the Grand Chaplain had invoked the blessing of the Great Architect of the Universe , the Brethren did ample justice to the repast provided . On tbe removal of the cloth the sederunt took place in tiled Lodge . The first toast proposed from the chair was , " the Queen and the ' Craft , " which was drunk with every mark of loyalty and respect .
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Provincial.
Lodge being over , a procession of the Brethren , attired iu full Masonic costume , set out from the Assembly Rooms , preceded by a band of music , banners , & c . for the Collegiate church . The crowd attracted by the sight was immense , but thoroughly orderly , who beheld with some admiration the procession as it passed through the streets . More than a hundred Brethren formed the procession . On the arrival of the Brethren at the church were read by Bro . the Rev . P . AA'hitcomb . The
, prayers sermon was preached by the Rev . J . E . Cox , Grand Chaplain of England . The Reverend Brother took for his text Galatians vi . 2 , " Bear ye one another ' s burdens , and so fulfil the law of Christ . " The sermon was at once eloquent and appropriate . The Reverend Brother , after briefly alluding to the difference in doctrinal matters which had divided the church in Galatia , and called forth the injunction of the apostleproceeded to apply generallthe rebuke contained in the
, y text . Charity , he contended , consisted not in almsgiving , but in brotherly love ; and the highest example of this charity was manifested in the humiliation of the Lord Jesus Christ , who for the glory of the Father and the good of mankind bore the weight and guilt of sin , the burden of man , upon the cross . In conclusion , he called upon the Fraternity to evidence the honesty of their professions , by contributing to the object for which a collection was to be made ; not according to
what a rich neighbour might give , hut in proportion to the substance with which they themselves had been blessed . * A large sum was collected at the close of the sermon , which has been apportioned to the new Annuity Fund for the Widows of Freemasons , and to several local charities .
After divine service the brethren returned in the same order to the Assembly Rooms ^ when , after the usual forms of closing the Lodge had been gone through , the Brethren were invited to the banquet provided at tbe Swan Hotel , of which nearly one hundred brethren , in full costume , partook . The R . W . Bro . Colonel Vernon , P . P . G . S . W ., officiated as P . G . M ., in the absence of the Hon . Colonel Anson , M . P ., and and H . C . Vernon , D . P . G . M . Amongst the Brethren present were —the V . AV . John E . CoxNos . 16 and S 2 the Grand Chaplain of
, , the Order ; the V . W . Bros . AV . Lloyd ( P . G . Treasurer ) , Frederic Dee ( P . G . Secretary ) , Charles Trubshaw ( P . J . G . W . ) , Howard James , of Walsall , the R . AV . Bro . Thomas Ward ( P . G . S . W . ); Bros . W . K . Harvey , Nos . 60 and 803 , Longton ; T . E . Cbeswass , No . 803 , Longton ; James Nesbitt , W . M . No . 670 ; AVilliam Hargreaves , No . 674 ; Thomas James , AV . M . No . 786 , AValsall ; Samuel Pearsall , P . M . No . 131 , Lichfield ; John Humphries , P . M . No . IIS ; William Banks , S .
AV . No . 707 ; M . Ironmonger , P . M . No . 769 ; G . T . Haswell , W . M . No . 607 ; E . Lester , AV . M . No . 435 ; J . D . Warner , P . M . No . 432 ; AV . Naggington , P . M . 435 ; Colonel Hogg , W . M . No . 769 , and most of the Brethren of the the Lodge of Honour at AVolverhampton . After the R . W . the Grand Chaplain had invoked the blessing of the Great Architect of the Universe , the Brethren did ample justice to the repast provided . On tbe removal of the cloth the sederunt took place in tiled Lodge . The first toast proposed from the chair was , " the Queen and the ' Craft , " which was drunk with every mark of loyalty and respect .