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India.
It is , Brethren , that combination of all that is excellent in private life , and all that is pre-eminent in Masonry , our beloved R . W . Master , John Grant , Esq /'—( Tremendous applause ) . R . W . M . returned thanks in a most feeling speech , and concluded by proposing the health of Brother Robert Neave , the D . G . M ., of whom he spoke in most handsome terms , as being an old friend , and a most zealous Mason , in proof of which he had appointed Brother Neave to be his deputy , and from which appointment he expected much good would result to the cause of Masonry .
Ihe next toast was the health of Brother Blaquiere , the P . D . G . M ., which was received with great enthusiasm b y the Brethren ; and the R . W . P . M . expressed his thanks with his usual feeling and felicity . The healths of the Senior and Junior Grand Wardens , proposed consecutively by the R . W . M ., met with the applause they so justl y deserved . The G . M ., in his address , set forth the lustre shed upon the Craft b y the acceptance of office b y persons whose stations in society and private worth well established
are so . The R . W . S . W . returned thanks in a peculiarly elegant manner , depreciating his own merits , ancl yet lauding the system of Masonry , and devoting himself to carrying out its principles . It may be added in this , as in all other cases , humility is the invariable companion of merit ; and however light the worthy speaker might think of himself , no one present did not esteem him worthy of the highest places . R . W . J . W . expressed his thanks in a speech lete
rep with humour , wherein he modestly set forth his exertion in the good cause , which , as all who have known him in other parts of India , as we have , most assuredly entitle him to the hi gh rank he now holds ' in the Grand Lodge .
In the course of the evening , the healths of all the other Grancl Officers were duly remembered and honoured ; but among them stands distinguished for the complimentary speech by which it was preceded on the part of the R . W . G . M ., and the applause by which it was received , the health of V . W . A . Grant , G . S . To this worthy Brother , as the speaker said , we owe much of the revived spirit which Masonry now exhibits and more to which for the future we look forward , for he is the main spring of the Grand Lodge . Thanks were returned h y Brother A . Grant in a feeling and appropriate speech .
The Brethren , too , paid a just and willing tribute to the recollection of Dr . R- T . Crucefix , whose name is now become as deservedly endeared to the Craft on this side the world as in his own more immediate sphere of utility . What a proud satisfaction must it be to that worthy man and excellent Mason to know , that here , in this distant land , his name is on our lips ; and his good deeds , living in our hearts , stir us up to imitate the noble example of devotion to the good cause , which he has shown us . The
D . G . M ., with a humorous allusion to the singular propriety ofthe appointments to the Grand Lodge , and the analogy which existed between their secular and their Masonic duties , proposed the health of W . Brother H . Torrens and the Grand Stewards , whose politeness and attention had contributed so much to the comfort and hilarity of the evening . To the activity and exertions of Brother Torrens he particularly alluded ; and the feeling of the whole meetingin accordance
, with these sentiments , was evinced by the plaudits whicli responded . R . W . G . M ., with his usual felicity , paid a proper compliment to his Deacons , which was acknowledged by Brother Egerton , and to the rest of the Officers of the Grand Lodge , on whose behalf Brother F . Birch returned thanks .
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India.
It is , Brethren , that combination of all that is excellent in private life , and all that is pre-eminent in Masonry , our beloved R . W . Master , John Grant , Esq /'—( Tremendous applause ) . R . W . M . returned thanks in a most feeling speech , and concluded by proposing the health of Brother Robert Neave , the D . G . M ., of whom he spoke in most handsome terms , as being an old friend , and a most zealous Mason , in proof of which he had appointed Brother Neave to be his deputy , and from which appointment he expected much good would result to the cause of Masonry .
Ihe next toast was the health of Brother Blaquiere , the P . D . G . M ., which was received with great enthusiasm b y the Brethren ; and the R . W . P . M . expressed his thanks with his usual feeling and felicity . The healths of the Senior and Junior Grand Wardens , proposed consecutively by the R . W . M ., met with the applause they so justl y deserved . The G . M ., in his address , set forth the lustre shed upon the Craft b y the acceptance of office b y persons whose stations in society and private worth well established
are so . The R . W . S . W . returned thanks in a peculiarly elegant manner , depreciating his own merits , ancl yet lauding the system of Masonry , and devoting himself to carrying out its principles . It may be added in this , as in all other cases , humility is the invariable companion of merit ; and however light the worthy speaker might think of himself , no one present did not esteem him worthy of the highest places . R . W . J . W . expressed his thanks in a speech lete
rep with humour , wherein he modestly set forth his exertion in the good cause , which , as all who have known him in other parts of India , as we have , most assuredly entitle him to the hi gh rank he now holds ' in the Grand Lodge .
In the course of the evening , the healths of all the other Grancl Officers were duly remembered and honoured ; but among them stands distinguished for the complimentary speech by which it was preceded on the part of the R . W . G . M ., and the applause by which it was received , the health of V . W . A . Grant , G . S . To this worthy Brother , as the speaker said , we owe much of the revived spirit which Masonry now exhibits and more to which for the future we look forward , for he is the main spring of the Grand Lodge . Thanks were returned h y Brother A . Grant in a feeling and appropriate speech .
The Brethren , too , paid a just and willing tribute to the recollection of Dr . R- T . Crucefix , whose name is now become as deservedly endeared to the Craft on this side the world as in his own more immediate sphere of utility . What a proud satisfaction must it be to that worthy man and excellent Mason to know , that here , in this distant land , his name is on our lips ; and his good deeds , living in our hearts , stir us up to imitate the noble example of devotion to the good cause , which he has shown us . The
D . G . M ., with a humorous allusion to the singular propriety ofthe appointments to the Grand Lodge , and the analogy which existed between their secular and their Masonic duties , proposed the health of W . Brother H . Torrens and the Grand Stewards , whose politeness and attention had contributed so much to the comfort and hilarity of the evening . To the activity and exertions of Brother Torrens he particularly alluded ; and the feeling of the whole meetingin accordance
, with these sentiments , was evinced by the plaudits whicli responded . R . W . G . M ., with his usual felicity , paid a proper compliment to his Deacons , which was acknowledged by Brother Egerton , and to the rest of the Officers of the Grand Lodge , on whose behalf Brother F . Birch returned thanks .