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Officers , concluding- by assuring the brethren that they would not meet a less cordial welcome than they had given him whenever it lay in their power to visit bis lodg-e in Staffordshire . The AA ' ORSHIPFUL MASTER then proposed " The health of Bro . Major Robb , P . S . G . W . of Hampshire . " Bro . Major ROBB returned thanks , and begged to add the humble testimony of a Mason of thirty years' standingwho had visited various
, lodges at home and abroad , but had never seen Masonry more fully and effectually carried out than he had this clay ; ancl it required no prophetic mind to foretel that this loclge would not be large enough to accomodate its members ; for it was not onl y in the talent ivhich was obvious in those who presided , but in the rising talent and latent energies around him , which led him to anticipate the increasing advancement , and prosperity of this lod . As in Staffordshire
ge , so in Hampshire , there was not a lodge whicli would not Cordially welcome a visiting brother from Oxford , and return that kindness , hospitality , and urbanity , which he had received , and which hacl made him entirely forget , though he had been but two days here , that he was any longer a stranger among- them . The WORSHIPFUL MASTER rose and saicl , that , as charity was the foundation of their Orderhe begged to propose "The health of Bro .
, Thiselton , " who represented the Boys' School , and to wish prosperity to that valuable Institution . Bro . THISELTON responded to the toast , and observed that , as he bad officiated as Secretary to the Boys' School for twenty-fouryears , he mig-lit be supposed to know something of the merits of that Institution . He
could assure them , that it was founded on the true princi ples of Masonic charity , and was not confined to any particular sect or denomination , but was open to all alike , wherever resident . It was established in 1798 , when twenty children were elected ; but by the increased patronage which it had received , and the liberal contributions of the lodges and brethren , the number had been extended to seventy , who are clothed , instructed , ancl afterwards apprenticed to suitable trades . Of this number ten boys lived in Londonthirty in tbe outskirtsand the
, , remaining thirty were from the country , and some even from Ireland ; the principle upon which the schwol was constituted precluded their having- all tbe children under one roof , as was the case with the Girls' School . He had the honour to belong to the Loclge of Antiquity , which was renowned for its working ; but though he had been connected with it for twenty years , he was bound to state that he never saw the working done iu so perfect a manner as he had witnessed this day in
the Apollo Loclge . lie should bear it in mind , ancl feel a pleasure in reporting it in London . In conclusion , he wished that the various lodges in England recognised tho principles of charity to the same extent as the Oxford Lodges , and then their benevolent Institutions would be in a far better position than they were at the present time . The AVORSHIPFUL MASTER then proposed " The health of Bro . Capt . Bowyer , Master of tbe Richmond Lodgeand the brethren representing
, other lodges . " Bro . Capt . BOWYER responded to the toast in appropriate terms . Tbe AVORSHIPFUL MASTER then proposed " The health of Bro . W . Thompson , Treasurer of the Apollo Lodge , " and congratulated him on receiving a testimonial , the value of which was enhanced by tlie pleasure which the brethren bad in presenting it .
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Provincial.
Officers , concluding- by assuring the brethren that they would not meet a less cordial welcome than they had given him whenever it lay in their power to visit bis lodg-e in Staffordshire . The AA ' ORSHIPFUL MASTER then proposed " The health of Bro . Major Robb , P . S . G . W . of Hampshire . " Bro . Major ROBB returned thanks , and begged to add the humble testimony of a Mason of thirty years' standingwho had visited various
, lodges at home and abroad , but had never seen Masonry more fully and effectually carried out than he had this clay ; ancl it required no prophetic mind to foretel that this loclge would not be large enough to accomodate its members ; for it was not onl y in the talent ivhich was obvious in those who presided , but in the rising talent and latent energies around him , which led him to anticipate the increasing advancement , and prosperity of this lod . As in Staffordshire
ge , so in Hampshire , there was not a lodge whicli would not Cordially welcome a visiting brother from Oxford , and return that kindness , hospitality , and urbanity , which he had received , and which hacl made him entirely forget , though he had been but two days here , that he was any longer a stranger among- them . The WORSHIPFUL MASTER rose and saicl , that , as charity was the foundation of their Orderhe begged to propose "The health of Bro .
, Thiselton , " who represented the Boys' School , and to wish prosperity to that valuable Institution . Bro . THISELTON responded to the toast , and observed that , as he bad officiated as Secretary to the Boys' School for twenty-fouryears , he mig-lit be supposed to know something of the merits of that Institution . He
could assure them , that it was founded on the true princi ples of Masonic charity , and was not confined to any particular sect or denomination , but was open to all alike , wherever resident . It was established in 1798 , when twenty children were elected ; but by the increased patronage which it had received , and the liberal contributions of the lodges and brethren , the number had been extended to seventy , who are clothed , instructed , ancl afterwards apprenticed to suitable trades . Of this number ten boys lived in Londonthirty in tbe outskirtsand the
, , remaining thirty were from the country , and some even from Ireland ; the principle upon which the schwol was constituted precluded their having- all tbe children under one roof , as was the case with the Girls' School . He had the honour to belong to the Loclge of Antiquity , which was renowned for its working ; but though he had been connected with it for twenty years , he was bound to state that he never saw the working done iu so perfect a manner as he had witnessed this day in
the Apollo Loclge . lie should bear it in mind , ancl feel a pleasure in reporting it in London . In conclusion , he wished that the various lodges in England recognised tho principles of charity to the same extent as the Oxford Lodges , and then their benevolent Institutions would be in a far better position than they were at the present time . The AVORSHIPFUL MASTER then proposed " The health of Bro . Capt . Bowyer , Master of tbe Richmond Lodgeand the brethren representing
, other lodges . " Bro . Capt . BOWYER responded to the toast in appropriate terms . Tbe AVORSHIPFUL MASTER then proposed " The health of Bro . W . Thompson , Treasurer of the Apollo Lodge , " and congratulated him on receiving a testimonial , the value of which was enhanced by tlie pleasure which the brethren bad in presenting it .