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Provincial.
The magnificent gifts with which the great men of antiquity were endowed , and the mighty thoughts to which they gave birth , will ever exist ; enlarging the sphere of human intelligence ; becoming embodied in the principles of active life ; vitalizing the minds of men of all time , strengthening the bands of moral discipline ; ancl thus , ever tending towards the great object of our Order , the happiness of mankind . Oh , England ! happy England ! amid the vicissitudes which befal all
nations , thou in particular hast cause to exult in the eminence of th y sons ! Amongst thy kings , senators , citizens , ancl warriors , past ancl present , we trace those of whom a grateful country may justl y be proud ; and in this exalted band we have the happiness to rank our Illustrious ancl Most AVorshi pful Grand Master , His Royal Highness Prince Augustus Frederick , Duke of Sussex . " During a long life of active and unwearied charityunalienated b
, y the fascinating allurements of princely birth , ancl unchecked by a protracted ancl painful privation of sight , ( now happily restored ) , we still behold possessing the full energy of his great mind , and evincing daily , both by precept and practice , the wonted benevolence of his noble heart . ( Loud cheering . ) " Sir John St . Aubyn , Bart ., Provincial Grand Master of Cornwall . '' In announcing this toast , which the Deputy Provincial observed he had for
many a year proposed , and drank on these occasions with sentiments of high respect ancl regard , he now cheerfully yielded that honour to _ the Provincial Grand Secretary , Brother Ellis , whose early association with their venerable Grand Master hacl so entwined each in the heart of the other , that notwithstanding the lapse of time and disparity of age on the one hand , and the difference of rank on the other , the mystic link of Masonic fellowshibetween them remained as firmlrivetted at this
p y remote era of their union in philanthropy , as when first cemented by their mutual sympathy in that wide field of universal benevolence , which both had uniformly cultivated with unfading honour to themselves , and essential benefit to their fellow-creatures .
Brother Ellis rose and stated , in reference to the resolutions of the last P . G . Lodge , that he hacl visited London , ancl was kindly permitted to present the address to Sir John , who received it with all that courtesy ancl urbanity for which he is so eminently distinguished ; that he expressed himself in terms of the most fraternal regard towards the officers of the P . G . Lodge , ancl all the Brethren ; after which he returned a written reply , and presented his portrait , elegantly mounted , which on this occasion the
P . G . S . placed before the assembly , when the Brethren shouted acclamations ; and it was resolved that it should be placed with the portraits of illustrious individuals of the Craft in the Lodge Room of the Mother Lodge of the county . Another copy of the worthy Baronet ' s portrait was also presented to the P . G . S . Ellis , which gave great pleasure to the Brethren assembled to hear , as it tended to confirm the opinion they had always held of their Brother .
Brother Ellis , on proposing the health of the P . G . M ., recapitulated the munificent and kindly acts which , since the death of his illustrious and pre-eminently distinguished father , and the accession of the Hon Baronet , hacl adorned his character and shed a lustre around his name which , perhaps , it was not too much to say , had been only equalled by his noble relative , the late Right Hon . Lord De Dunstanville : that it would be endless to enumerate them , if , indeed , it were possible to do so : his own parish presented a magnificent suectacle of what a liberal
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Provincial.
The magnificent gifts with which the great men of antiquity were endowed , and the mighty thoughts to which they gave birth , will ever exist ; enlarging the sphere of human intelligence ; becoming embodied in the principles of active life ; vitalizing the minds of men of all time , strengthening the bands of moral discipline ; ancl thus , ever tending towards the great object of our Order , the happiness of mankind . Oh , England ! happy England ! amid the vicissitudes which befal all
nations , thou in particular hast cause to exult in the eminence of th y sons ! Amongst thy kings , senators , citizens , ancl warriors , past ancl present , we trace those of whom a grateful country may justl y be proud ; and in this exalted band we have the happiness to rank our Illustrious ancl Most AVorshi pful Grand Master , His Royal Highness Prince Augustus Frederick , Duke of Sussex . " During a long life of active and unwearied charityunalienated b
, y the fascinating allurements of princely birth , ancl unchecked by a protracted ancl painful privation of sight , ( now happily restored ) , we still behold possessing the full energy of his great mind , and evincing daily , both by precept and practice , the wonted benevolence of his noble heart . ( Loud cheering . ) " Sir John St . Aubyn , Bart ., Provincial Grand Master of Cornwall . '' In announcing this toast , which the Deputy Provincial observed he had for
many a year proposed , and drank on these occasions with sentiments of high respect ancl regard , he now cheerfully yielded that honour to _ the Provincial Grand Secretary , Brother Ellis , whose early association with their venerable Grand Master hacl so entwined each in the heart of the other , that notwithstanding the lapse of time and disparity of age on the one hand , and the difference of rank on the other , the mystic link of Masonic fellowshibetween them remained as firmlrivetted at this
p y remote era of their union in philanthropy , as when first cemented by their mutual sympathy in that wide field of universal benevolence , which both had uniformly cultivated with unfading honour to themselves , and essential benefit to their fellow-creatures .
Brother Ellis rose and stated , in reference to the resolutions of the last P . G . Lodge , that he hacl visited London , ancl was kindly permitted to present the address to Sir John , who received it with all that courtesy ancl urbanity for which he is so eminently distinguished ; that he expressed himself in terms of the most fraternal regard towards the officers of the P . G . Lodge , ancl all the Brethren ; after which he returned a written reply , and presented his portrait , elegantly mounted , which on this occasion the
P . G . S . placed before the assembly , when the Brethren shouted acclamations ; and it was resolved that it should be placed with the portraits of illustrious individuals of the Craft in the Lodge Room of the Mother Lodge of the county . Another copy of the worthy Baronet ' s portrait was also presented to the P . G . S . Ellis , which gave great pleasure to the Brethren assembled to hear , as it tended to confirm the opinion they had always held of their Brother .
Brother Ellis , on proposing the health of the P . G . M ., recapitulated the munificent and kindly acts which , since the death of his illustrious and pre-eminently distinguished father , and the accession of the Hon Baronet , hacl adorned his character and shed a lustre around his name which , perhaps , it was not too much to say , had been only equalled by his noble relative , the late Right Hon . Lord De Dunstanville : that it would be endless to enumerate them , if , indeed , it were possible to do so : his own parish presented a magnificent suectacle of what a liberal