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Grand Festival Of The Order.
eulogium from the Chair , and the toast was proposed and received with mutual and cordial applause . Brother M'Neil , a member of the Scottish bar , and AV . M . of that highly distinguished Lodge , the Canongate-Kilwinning , Edinburgh , rose in compliment to the toast , and addressed the company in a very eloquent manner : — " It was his duty to state , that the flattering manner
in which his Grand Master was introduced was personally gratif ying ; and although the presence of the Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale ivould have added to the splendour of the meeting , yet his Lordship , although he would have expressed himself more eloquently , could not have felt more grateful than himself . " Brother M'Neil in conclusion , solicited permission to propose " the health of the Grand Master of England" in another characterone dear to every Scotchmanas " the
, , Earl of Inverness . " The worth y Brother was very felicitous in his address , and his toast ivas most warmly cheered . ' ' The Provincial Grand Masters" followed next in succession , and Brother M'Gillivray returned thanks . The Earl of Durham next proposed " the Grand AVardens of the year , and the other Grand Officers , " prefacing the toast with some
appropriate comments upon the respective appointments . Brother Rowland Alstone , M . P ., S . G . AA- " ., observed , that he had nothing but devotedness to offer in return for the distinguished compliment paid to him by his appointment to the office of Grand Warden of England , and lie could affirm on the part of his esteemed Brother and colleague , Brother Sandford , M . P . for Somerset , that unavoidable absence from England was the sole cause of his not being present to
acknowledge most respectfull y his sense of the kindness shewn to him . It would be his ( Brother A . ' s ) duty in future to endeavour to promote further , if possible , the cause Freemasonry ; and he considered that such an address as had been delivered that day by the Earl of Durham , had never been exceeded ; it was pleasing to know there was some chance of its publicity , for the move it was distributed through all parts of the worldthe more would it tend to disseminate what is good and useful .
, " As Grand AVarden , I will be attentive , and whenever my public duty does not prevent , I shall be found in my place . " Brother Alstone ' s address ' . vas extremely well received . " The Masonic Charitable Institutions" was then given , and an allusion made to the festival appointed for the 13 th of May , in support of the female school .
The Noble Chairman then rose and called the attention of his Brethren to the next toast , in which their gallantry as men , and their fidelity as Masons , were powei-fully associated . " It is not , I trust , exceeding the bounds of Masonry , if I should tell the beautiful ladies in the gallery that its foundations are placed upon piety , virtue , and universal charity , and that heaven , of ivhich those fair guests are but types and symbols , we in our hearts believe , cannot but approve our object , which
is to break down all barriers that ivould prevent harmony and love . Much has been said and much written upon the non-association of females with Freemasons in their Lodges . 1 beg to state , that in former days , when the hard work and labour of Freemasons was such , that to have compelled the softer sex to participate in laborious toil , would have been unmanly , if not cruel ; there was more than a reasonable excuse for exempting them from such services ; but now in the present day , when our objects have a different contemplation , when they may be
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Grand Festival Of The Order.
eulogium from the Chair , and the toast was proposed and received with mutual and cordial applause . Brother M'Neil , a member of the Scottish bar , and AV . M . of that highly distinguished Lodge , the Canongate-Kilwinning , Edinburgh , rose in compliment to the toast , and addressed the company in a very eloquent manner : — " It was his duty to state , that the flattering manner
in which his Grand Master was introduced was personally gratif ying ; and although the presence of the Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale ivould have added to the splendour of the meeting , yet his Lordship , although he would have expressed himself more eloquently , could not have felt more grateful than himself . " Brother M'Neil in conclusion , solicited permission to propose " the health of the Grand Master of England" in another characterone dear to every Scotchmanas " the
, , Earl of Inverness . " The worth y Brother was very felicitous in his address , and his toast ivas most warmly cheered . ' ' The Provincial Grand Masters" followed next in succession , and Brother M'Gillivray returned thanks . The Earl of Durham next proposed " the Grand AVardens of the year , and the other Grand Officers , " prefacing the toast with some
appropriate comments upon the respective appointments . Brother Rowland Alstone , M . P ., S . G . AA- " ., observed , that he had nothing but devotedness to offer in return for the distinguished compliment paid to him by his appointment to the office of Grand Warden of England , and lie could affirm on the part of his esteemed Brother and colleague , Brother Sandford , M . P . for Somerset , that unavoidable absence from England was the sole cause of his not being present to
acknowledge most respectfull y his sense of the kindness shewn to him . It would be his ( Brother A . ' s ) duty in future to endeavour to promote further , if possible , the cause Freemasonry ; and he considered that such an address as had been delivered that day by the Earl of Durham , had never been exceeded ; it was pleasing to know there was some chance of its publicity , for the move it was distributed through all parts of the worldthe more would it tend to disseminate what is good and useful .
, " As Grand AVarden , I will be attentive , and whenever my public duty does not prevent , I shall be found in my place . " Brother Alstone ' s address ' . vas extremely well received . " The Masonic Charitable Institutions" was then given , and an allusion made to the festival appointed for the 13 th of May , in support of the female school .
The Noble Chairman then rose and called the attention of his Brethren to the next toast , in which their gallantry as men , and their fidelity as Masons , were powei-fully associated . " It is not , I trust , exceeding the bounds of Masonry , if I should tell the beautiful ladies in the gallery that its foundations are placed upon piety , virtue , and universal charity , and that heaven , of ivhich those fair guests are but types and symbols , we in our hearts believe , cannot but approve our object , which
is to break down all barriers that ivould prevent harmony and love . Much has been said and much written upon the non-association of females with Freemasons in their Lodges . 1 beg to state , that in former days , when the hard work and labour of Freemasons was such , that to have compelled the softer sex to participate in laborious toil , would have been unmanly , if not cruel ; there was more than a reasonable excuse for exempting them from such services ; but now in the present day , when our objects have a different contemplation , when they may be