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Article GRAND FESTIVAL OF THE ORDER. ← Page 3 of 18 →
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Grand Festival Of The Order.
the subsequent sojourn amongst you long or short , be proud at all times and on all occasions to be called your servant , and ready to answer your call . And in the last evening hour of existence , whilst ' memory shall gild the past , ' and hope look brightly on the future , my proudest consolation shall be the recollection of your friendship , and my warmest prayer shall be uttered for your welfare . " Lord Dundas again rose , and said , " Brethren , I beg leave to
propose to you the health of the Grand Master of Ireland . To those who know my noble friend , I need not expatiate on his virtues , to those who do not , it is quite enough to say , that a knowledge of him would render them much more happy , if it be an additional cause of happiness—leaving aside his other titles to esteem—to be acquainted with one of the truest and most kind-hearted men that ever honoured the Craft of Masonry . BrethrenI shall ive you the
, g health of ' His Grace the Duke of Leinster , Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland . '" { Cheers . ) The Duke of Leinster felt very sensibly the high honour conferred upon him , and through him upon the Freemasons of Ireland . He should feel the highest gratification in relating to them the flattering manner in which he had been received at the grand festival of the Fieemasons of Englandand his countrymen would feel equal pride and
, pleasure in hearing it . If ever necessity or inclination should lead any of those , whom he had then the happiness to meet and the honour to address , to visit Ireland , they would find that their Brethren in that country would do all in their power to receive them in the true spirit of Masonry , and to make their stay happv amongst them . Flis grace had
much pleasure in announcing that Masonry was greatly on the increase in Ireland ; and begged leave once more to return the Brethren his hearty thanks for the warm manner with which they had given his health . The noble Chairman next proposed " Lord Fincastle , and the Grand Lodge of Scotland . " Brother Mac Neil , a member of the Scottish bar , returned thanks . As
an officer of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , he felt it his duty to be present on the occasion ; although it would have much more fully accorded with his feelings to have enjoyed the festivity without intruding himself for a moment on the attention of the Brethren assembled ; vet he felt that he should be justly liable to the censure of his countrymen of the Order , if he allowed , in the absence of the Grand Master of Scotlandso distinguished an honour to that noble individualand to the
, , Scottish Masons in general , to pass without an acknowledgment on his part . In the name of the Scottish Grand Master , and on the part of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , he returned them his heartfelt thanks . To a Scotsman away from home , the pride and the honour of his country were ever the dearest objects of his heart . It was with pride , therefore , that he remembered that not the least of the titles of the illustrious prince , who reigned in the hearts of British Masons , was derived from
the land of whicli he ( Brother Mac Neil ) was an humble but an ardent child . He was no less gratified to recognize on that occasion in the person of the AVorshipful Pro .-Grand Master , who presided over the festival with so much credit to himself , and so much delight and advantage to those who mingled in it , a nobleman of ancient Scottish extraction , of whose family name and achievements every Scotchman had reason to be proud . The noble duke on his left he claimed as an old
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Grand Festival Of The Order.
the subsequent sojourn amongst you long or short , be proud at all times and on all occasions to be called your servant , and ready to answer your call . And in the last evening hour of existence , whilst ' memory shall gild the past , ' and hope look brightly on the future , my proudest consolation shall be the recollection of your friendship , and my warmest prayer shall be uttered for your welfare . " Lord Dundas again rose , and said , " Brethren , I beg leave to
propose to you the health of the Grand Master of Ireland . To those who know my noble friend , I need not expatiate on his virtues , to those who do not , it is quite enough to say , that a knowledge of him would render them much more happy , if it be an additional cause of happiness—leaving aside his other titles to esteem—to be acquainted with one of the truest and most kind-hearted men that ever honoured the Craft of Masonry . BrethrenI shall ive you the
, g health of ' His Grace the Duke of Leinster , Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland . '" { Cheers . ) The Duke of Leinster felt very sensibly the high honour conferred upon him , and through him upon the Freemasons of Ireland . He should feel the highest gratification in relating to them the flattering manner in which he had been received at the grand festival of the Fieemasons of Englandand his countrymen would feel equal pride and
, pleasure in hearing it . If ever necessity or inclination should lead any of those , whom he had then the happiness to meet and the honour to address , to visit Ireland , they would find that their Brethren in that country would do all in their power to receive them in the true spirit of Masonry , and to make their stay happv amongst them . Flis grace had
much pleasure in announcing that Masonry was greatly on the increase in Ireland ; and begged leave once more to return the Brethren his hearty thanks for the warm manner with which they had given his health . The noble Chairman next proposed " Lord Fincastle , and the Grand Lodge of Scotland . " Brother Mac Neil , a member of the Scottish bar , returned thanks . As
an officer of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , he felt it his duty to be present on the occasion ; although it would have much more fully accorded with his feelings to have enjoyed the festivity without intruding himself for a moment on the attention of the Brethren assembled ; vet he felt that he should be justly liable to the censure of his countrymen of the Order , if he allowed , in the absence of the Grand Master of Scotlandso distinguished an honour to that noble individualand to the
, , Scottish Masons in general , to pass without an acknowledgment on his part . In the name of the Scottish Grand Master , and on the part of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , he returned them his heartfelt thanks . To a Scotsman away from home , the pride and the honour of his country were ever the dearest objects of his heart . It was with pride , therefore , that he remembered that not the least of the titles of the illustrious prince , who reigned in the hearts of British Masons , was derived from
the land of whicli he ( Brother Mac Neil ) was an humble but an ardent child . He was no less gratified to recognize on that occasion in the person of the AVorshipful Pro .-Grand Master , who presided over the festival with so much credit to himself , and so much delight and advantage to those who mingled in it , a nobleman of ancient Scottish extraction , of whose family name and achievements every Scotchman had reason to be proud . The noble duke on his left he claimed as an old