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Article GRAND FESTIVAL OF THE ORDER. ← Page 9 of 18 →
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Grand Festival Of The Order.
those monuments of the heart , her benevolent institutions , present themselves beside the columns of her victories , and the mighty evidences of hei arts . To the enlightened and impartial stranger , to the Mason of other climes especially , there is none of those institutions which convey more interest , none which arrest more strongly his attention or challenge his approbation , than that to celebrate the anniversary of which we made one amongst three hundred Masonic Brethren , on the llth of May , just
past , and the name of which appears at the head of our present sketch . For our own part , we feel , in mingling in this Masonic festival of the Female Orphans , more intense gratification than at any other which the Brotherhood are wont to celebrate ; and we look forward with equal love and interest to its annual recurrence , as we do to that of its own dedicated month of sunshine and flowers . As Masons , or as Englishmen , we know not whether our pleasure or our pride predominates on this
happy and proud occasion . But to our tale ; for we should recollect that we went to " report progress" as well as to indulge in those feelings which are imparted from such a spirit-stirring scene . Of whom should we speak first , but of those whose Festival this confessedly and preeminently is , and who , although not Masons , are more intimately interested in it than even our Masonic selves—place aux dames !—the ladies ! On this eveningthenas on that of tbe Grand Festival of the
, , Order , it is our grateful duty to announce to the Masonic woild that our beautiful countrywomen displayed to equal perfection their graceful and brilliant array . It were a work of supererogation to talk of hearts that " beat happily , " of bright eyes that " rained influence , " of angelic looks that " mirrored heaven , " and all the ineffable et cetera which a gallery of English beauty invariably displays .
' ' Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine . " It is quite enough to say that it was a sight for a poet ' s young eye , a " voluptuous blaze , " which made our old aching optics wink until we turned them , in self-defence , to the solids . AVe trust our lady-friends ivill forgive us ,-if , from our " heart of hearts , " we " plead guilty to the soft impeachment ''—if we confess one amiable weakness almost above all others , for which we have been remarkable since o ' er our brow
" The snow-fall of time lias been whitening . " The chair was filled by our excellent and noble Brother , Lord John Churchill , the Deputy Grand Master , supported on either side by a number of Grand Officers and other distinguished Brethren ; and , as on the evening of the Grand Festival , we had much pleasure in recognizing amongst these , the Ambassador Extraordinary from tbe King of Oude , attended bhis brother interpreterCaptain Grindlay .
y . When the cloth was removed the noble Chairman proposed the health of " The King , the patron of the Craft . " His lordship had great pleasure in announcing to the company , that , ivith his usual benevolence in the cause of charity , his Majesty had transmitted twenty guineas as his subscription for the' year , to the fund for the education and support of the female orphans of the Royal Masonic Institution . This announcement was received with several rounds of applauseafter which his Majesty ' s
, health was drunk with the usual honours . The national anthem was then given by the professional Brethren . The next toast which the noble Chairman said he should have the honour and gratification of giving , was one which would be received , he was certain , with all those genuine VOL . in . 2 B
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Grand Festival Of The Order.
those monuments of the heart , her benevolent institutions , present themselves beside the columns of her victories , and the mighty evidences of hei arts . To the enlightened and impartial stranger , to the Mason of other climes especially , there is none of those institutions which convey more interest , none which arrest more strongly his attention or challenge his approbation , than that to celebrate the anniversary of which we made one amongst three hundred Masonic Brethren , on the llth of May , just
past , and the name of which appears at the head of our present sketch . For our own part , we feel , in mingling in this Masonic festival of the Female Orphans , more intense gratification than at any other which the Brotherhood are wont to celebrate ; and we look forward with equal love and interest to its annual recurrence , as we do to that of its own dedicated month of sunshine and flowers . As Masons , or as Englishmen , we know not whether our pleasure or our pride predominates on this
happy and proud occasion . But to our tale ; for we should recollect that we went to " report progress" as well as to indulge in those feelings which are imparted from such a spirit-stirring scene . Of whom should we speak first , but of those whose Festival this confessedly and preeminently is , and who , although not Masons , are more intimately interested in it than even our Masonic selves—place aux dames !—the ladies ! On this eveningthenas on that of tbe Grand Festival of the
, , Order , it is our grateful duty to announce to the Masonic woild that our beautiful countrywomen displayed to equal perfection their graceful and brilliant array . It were a work of supererogation to talk of hearts that " beat happily , " of bright eyes that " rained influence , " of angelic looks that " mirrored heaven , " and all the ineffable et cetera which a gallery of English beauty invariably displays .
' ' Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine . " It is quite enough to say that it was a sight for a poet ' s young eye , a " voluptuous blaze , " which made our old aching optics wink until we turned them , in self-defence , to the solids . AVe trust our lady-friends ivill forgive us ,-if , from our " heart of hearts , " we " plead guilty to the soft impeachment ''—if we confess one amiable weakness almost above all others , for which we have been remarkable since o ' er our brow
" The snow-fall of time lias been whitening . " The chair was filled by our excellent and noble Brother , Lord John Churchill , the Deputy Grand Master , supported on either side by a number of Grand Officers and other distinguished Brethren ; and , as on the evening of the Grand Festival , we had much pleasure in recognizing amongst these , the Ambassador Extraordinary from tbe King of Oude , attended bhis brother interpreterCaptain Grindlay .
y . When the cloth was removed the noble Chairman proposed the health of " The King , the patron of the Craft . " His lordship had great pleasure in announcing to the company , that , ivith his usual benevolence in the cause of charity , his Majesty had transmitted twenty guineas as his subscription for the' year , to the fund for the education and support of the female orphans of the Royal Masonic Institution . This announcement was received with several rounds of applauseafter which his Majesty ' s
, health was drunk with the usual honours . The national anthem was then given by the professional Brethren . The next toast which the noble Chairman said he should have the honour and gratification of giving , was one which would be received , he was certain , with all those genuine VOL . in . 2 B