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Provincial.
dation stone of a new Lod ge room in the metropolitan city of the province , and he was most happy to see the meeting so numerously attended not only by the Brethren of Lincolnshire , but also by several of other provinces , who had attended at much greater personal inconvenience than it had been to him . As knowledge advances , so far from falling off I ' reemasonry had made her progress too ; in her science she includes all other science , and endeavours to give due impulsion to their principles Ihose who were not of the Fraternity , must not imarine that thev who
were Masons supposed themselves better than other men ; aware of their deficiency in morality and virtue , they put themselves to school , as it were , in their Lodges , and learn those things which improve their moral leelmgs , and which they bring into practice in their private lives . Those of the exterior world , who had not attended the ceremonial of the forenoon , might look with suspicion npon their proceedings , and perhaps might think some of them absurd and ridiculousIf that his
. was opinion he should not feel proud of the office which he held ; he should not look with exulting feelings on the proceedings of that clay , but should rather have shrunk from them ; in his opinion , it was impossible for persons to practice the science of Masonrv without becoming better men . The P . G . M . then entered into an explanation of the
circumstances which caused the postponement of the provincial meeting that should have been held at Boston in the autumn of last year : the Deputy 1 . G . M ., to whom he was so much indebted for assistance in his office , was at the time absent from the province , and could not return till the Sth of October ; he , the P . G . M ., then wrote to Boston to fix the meeting for the middle of October , but received from the Brethren there a reply , that if the meeting could not be held sootier , they should wish it to be postponed . The Brethren at Lincoln were quite ri « -ht in the respectful remonstrance which they had forwarded to him , in saying that according to the laws of Masonry the provincial meetinir oueht to
oe neld every year , but that was rather recommendatory than compulsory ; circumstances sometimes made it desirable to intermit the meetings , and he would appeal to the worth y Brother near him on his right wfio was a Provincial Grancl Officer of Nottinghamshire whether it was not the practice of Colonel AVildman , who is a most zealous Mason to hold those meetings only once in three years . He was not indifferent to the wishes of the Craft , ancl he should at all times be willing to come at their call heretofore
as ; he woulcl do his best to promote the principles of that sublime and noble institution , which , when rightly studied must make men become wiser and better—( cheers ) . ' The AV . M . then said that he hacl a toast to propose which would be equally acceptable to the Brethren and to the visitors , who had been taught that day the extent of a Masonic Lodge was from earth to the heavens , and from pole to pole ; neither was it confined to the palace of royalty , or to the cottage of the peasant , to the Arab in the desert nr in
the Indian m his wigwam ; but their excellent D . P . G . M . had shown the far vaster extent of Masonry itself , and he was sure that all would join with him in proposing the health of Dr . Oliver , of whom it was impossible to say how much he had done for the spread of Masonry , who was known for his many excellent works on the Craft , not onl y in the Lodges of this country , but his name was familiar in those of the whole world He would propose Dr . Oliver , D . P . G . M . for Lincolnshire , and thanks ' for his excellent sermon . Glee , " Plail to the Craft . "
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Provincial.
dation stone of a new Lod ge room in the metropolitan city of the province , and he was most happy to see the meeting so numerously attended not only by the Brethren of Lincolnshire , but also by several of other provinces , who had attended at much greater personal inconvenience than it had been to him . As knowledge advances , so far from falling off I ' reemasonry had made her progress too ; in her science she includes all other science , and endeavours to give due impulsion to their principles Ihose who were not of the Fraternity , must not imarine that thev who
were Masons supposed themselves better than other men ; aware of their deficiency in morality and virtue , they put themselves to school , as it were , in their Lodges , and learn those things which improve their moral leelmgs , and which they bring into practice in their private lives . Those of the exterior world , who had not attended the ceremonial of the forenoon , might look with suspicion npon their proceedings , and perhaps might think some of them absurd and ridiculousIf that his
. was opinion he should not feel proud of the office which he held ; he should not look with exulting feelings on the proceedings of that clay , but should rather have shrunk from them ; in his opinion , it was impossible for persons to practice the science of Masonrv without becoming better men . The P . G . M . then entered into an explanation of the
circumstances which caused the postponement of the provincial meeting that should have been held at Boston in the autumn of last year : the Deputy 1 . G . M ., to whom he was so much indebted for assistance in his office , was at the time absent from the province , and could not return till the Sth of October ; he , the P . G . M ., then wrote to Boston to fix the meeting for the middle of October , but received from the Brethren there a reply , that if the meeting could not be held sootier , they should wish it to be postponed . The Brethren at Lincoln were quite ri « -ht in the respectful remonstrance which they had forwarded to him , in saying that according to the laws of Masonry the provincial meetinir oueht to
oe neld every year , but that was rather recommendatory than compulsory ; circumstances sometimes made it desirable to intermit the meetings , and he would appeal to the worth y Brother near him on his right wfio was a Provincial Grancl Officer of Nottinghamshire whether it was not the practice of Colonel AVildman , who is a most zealous Mason to hold those meetings only once in three years . He was not indifferent to the wishes of the Craft , ancl he should at all times be willing to come at their call heretofore
as ; he woulcl do his best to promote the principles of that sublime and noble institution , which , when rightly studied must make men become wiser and better—( cheers ) . ' The AV . M . then said that he hacl a toast to propose which would be equally acceptable to the Brethren and to the visitors , who had been taught that day the extent of a Masonic Lodge was from earth to the heavens , and from pole to pole ; neither was it confined to the palace of royalty , or to the cottage of the peasant , to the Arab in the desert nr in
the Indian m his wigwam ; but their excellent D . P . G . M . had shown the far vaster extent of Masonry itself , and he was sure that all would join with him in proposing the health of Dr . Oliver , of whom it was impossible to say how much he had done for the spread of Masonry , who was known for his many excellent works on the Craft , not onl y in the Lodges of this country , but his name was familiar in those of the whole world He would propose Dr . Oliver , D . P . G . M . for Lincolnshire , and thanks ' for his excellent sermon . Glee , " Plail to the Craft . "