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Provincial.
P . G . Standard Bearer , J . Naegili , Esq ., ancl several other Grand Officers and visitors . " Praise the Lord" was then sung in very excellent style . The dinner being over , " Non nobis Domine" was sung by the professional Brethren .
Brother AVOODWARD , acting for the P . G . Pursuivant , gave " The Queen and the Craft . " Anthem— " God save the Queen . " 'The Queen Dowager , ancl other branches of the Royal Family . " Glee— " Hail , smiling morn I " " The Duke of Sussex , the Grancl Master of the Order of Freemasonry . ' Glee— " Push the red wine about . "
" The Earl of Durham , Pro-G . M . " Song— " The rose shall cease to blow . The Rev . G . ROBINSON , V . AV . P . G . Chaplain , then rose , and stated , that , owing to indisposition , he feared he could not make himself distinctly heard at the extreme end of the room , and that lie scarcely possessed the faculty of giving effect to the announcement of the toast before him . It had , however , fallen to his lot to offer it , and it related to his and their most excellent
own friend the Provincial Grand Master , Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie , Esq . —( great cheering ) . He knew , and his Brethren all knew , that their P . G . M ., as a Mason , in every respect stood pre-eminent —( cheers ) . He would name him as an example in discharging all those moral obligations whicli adorn the human character , —( cheers ) . As a Mason , a gentleman , and a magistrate—indeed , in every public capacity—he always stood forward for the cheers
public good —( ) Knowing these things , ancl having such a man at their head , Freemasonry could not be what some i gnorant persons imagined—occasional meetings held merel y for convivial parties , ancl without any good motive—( cheers ) . He need not attach any further eulogium to the name of their R . AV . P . G . M . —in fact , it was unnecessary , and he would at once propose
"Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie , R . W . P . G . M ., for Lancashire . " The toast was responded to in the most enthusiastic manner with Masonic honours . Glee— " If sadly thinking . " LE GENDRE N . . STARKIE , Esq . observed that he could scarcely find words to express m adequate language the feelings with which he was then animated . The flattering testimony they had heard of his character from his friend and Brother
rev . , was certainl y of the most gratifying nature , more particularly in reference to his duties as a Mason —( cheers ? AVith regard to his conduct generally , he had , he trusted , endeavoured to pursue one straightforward path , ancl he hoped he should always do so . It might vae thought by some that he was somewhat old-fashioned in his notions , . , ut he entertained principles to which he had been attached from his youth ; they were taught in his early clays , and whether they related to to the
Freemasonry , or existing laws of his country , he would always act up to them as became an English gentleman —( cheering ) I here was an old motto which most of them would remember , fiatjustitia mat ccelum ; it was one he acted upon in observing the laws of his forefathers , because he considered them to be the best bulwarks of British liberty ancl British freedom—( cheers ) . Of his rev . friend , who had mentioned his name so flatteringly , he could not speak too highly His life was that of a good man , ancl would be perfected in conformity with those-princi ples which united all the Brethren so firml y —( cheers ) . The P . G . M . concluded amidst most enthusiastic cheerinsr .
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Provincial.
P . G . Standard Bearer , J . Naegili , Esq ., ancl several other Grand Officers and visitors . " Praise the Lord" was then sung in very excellent style . The dinner being over , " Non nobis Domine" was sung by the professional Brethren .
Brother AVOODWARD , acting for the P . G . Pursuivant , gave " The Queen and the Craft . " Anthem— " God save the Queen . " 'The Queen Dowager , ancl other branches of the Royal Family . " Glee— " Hail , smiling morn I " " The Duke of Sussex , the Grancl Master of the Order of Freemasonry . ' Glee— " Push the red wine about . "
" The Earl of Durham , Pro-G . M . " Song— " The rose shall cease to blow . The Rev . G . ROBINSON , V . AV . P . G . Chaplain , then rose , and stated , that , owing to indisposition , he feared he could not make himself distinctly heard at the extreme end of the room , and that lie scarcely possessed the faculty of giving effect to the announcement of the toast before him . It had , however , fallen to his lot to offer it , and it related to his and their most excellent
own friend the Provincial Grand Master , Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie , Esq . —( great cheering ) . He knew , and his Brethren all knew , that their P . G . M ., as a Mason , in every respect stood pre-eminent —( cheers ) . He would name him as an example in discharging all those moral obligations whicli adorn the human character , —( cheers ) . As a Mason , a gentleman , and a magistrate—indeed , in every public capacity—he always stood forward for the cheers
public good —( ) Knowing these things , ancl having such a man at their head , Freemasonry could not be what some i gnorant persons imagined—occasional meetings held merel y for convivial parties , ancl without any good motive—( cheers ) . He need not attach any further eulogium to the name of their R . AV . P . G . M . —in fact , it was unnecessary , and he would at once propose
"Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie , R . W . P . G . M ., for Lancashire . " The toast was responded to in the most enthusiastic manner with Masonic honours . Glee— " If sadly thinking . " LE GENDRE N . . STARKIE , Esq . observed that he could scarcely find words to express m adequate language the feelings with which he was then animated . The flattering testimony they had heard of his character from his friend and Brother
rev . , was certainl y of the most gratifying nature , more particularly in reference to his duties as a Mason —( cheers ? AVith regard to his conduct generally , he had , he trusted , endeavoured to pursue one straightforward path , ancl he hoped he should always do so . It might vae thought by some that he was somewhat old-fashioned in his notions , . , ut he entertained principles to which he had been attached from his youth ; they were taught in his early clays , and whether they related to to the
Freemasonry , or existing laws of his country , he would always act up to them as became an English gentleman —( cheering ) I here was an old motto which most of them would remember , fiatjustitia mat ccelum ; it was one he acted upon in observing the laws of his forefathers , because he considered them to be the best bulwarks of British liberty ancl British freedom—( cheers ) . Of his rev . friend , who had mentioned his name so flatteringly , he could not speak too highly His life was that of a good man , ancl would be perfected in conformity with those-princi ples which united all the Brethren so firml y —( cheers ) . The P . G . M . concluded amidst most enthusiastic cheerinsr .