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league , replied gracefully to the compliment , and with much animation ; he reviewed the progress of Freemasonry with tact and acuteness , and assured tbe company , that although an honorable member of the province had congratulated the P . Grand Master on having two AA ' orkitig Lodges in his district , he believed the six Lodges were all in a state of high discipline . On the part of the Socrates Lodge , of ivhich he was a member , he felt pride in avowing , that in true Masonic
zeal and spirit , as well as in their operative system , they only hoped for an opportunity to prove that the Pomfret and Fidelity might find competitors for Masonic laurels—( great cheering . ) The Grand Deacons and other Provincial Grand Officers were then
proposed by Bvo . SHARP , of the Shakspeare Lodge , Warwick . The worthy Brother expatiated at considerable length , and in a strain of eloquence , as natural as convincing , on the beauties of Freemasonry . His allusions to its grandeur were classically and forcibly drawn . His illustration of the duties of a Masonic Chief , and the happiness he had the power to diffuse by the careful appointment of officers , promoting the industrious and the intelligent , and thereby gaining the respect and affection of his officerswas happiliven . He dwelt on the moral
ob-, y g ligations ofthe Grand Deacons , and other subordinate officers , to maintain and uphold their station ; and concluded a most eloquent address , by proposing their health . The address ancl the toast received , as they merited , the warm acclamations of the Brethren . Bro . PERKINS , S . G . D ., returned thanks on behalf of himself and the other Grand Officers ; and , in particular , thanked Bro . Sharp for his Masonic illustration .
Bro . TORRE proposed the health of the AVorshipful Master and Brethren of the Pomfret Lodge—commenting , with just eulogy , on their excellent working ; and thanking them for the hospitality of their banquet —( cheers ) . Bro . ELKINGTON , the Master , on the part of the Pomfret Lodge and on his own , expressed the grateful sense they entertained at the presence of so numerous an assembly at the first Grand Lodge held under the noble Grand Master ; and assured the Brethren that he should use
every means in his power to maintain the strictest observance of the Masonic ceremonials . He most gratefully thanked the company for the kind manner in which the last toast had heen given and received—( cheers ) . Bro . ELKINGTON next gave the health of Bro . Dr . Crucefix , Past , Grand Deacon of England . A Brother , whose zeal in the cause of Masonry was only equalled by the services he had rendered the Craft
, . To give his name as a toast was an honour —( great cheering ) . Dr . CRUCEFIX , after briefly , but very energetically , acknowledging the compliment , which the AVorshipful Master . who proposed it would , he was certain , believe him in saying , was the more welcome , because so perfectly unexpected , requested permission , before resuming his seat , to propose " The health of the Historian of Masonry , the Rev . Dr . Oliver . " Unapproachable as was that gifted Mason by Brother in
any the Order , as to the majesty of his intellect , the refined cultivation of his mind , his charitable construction of the errors and failings of others , or the readiness with which he brought all the sympathies of natural benevolence of feeling and of thought , to bear on cases where they were necessary to foster and protect—yet was he gentle as a child , wielding his great moral power with the mildness of a Christian
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Provincial.
league , replied gracefully to the compliment , and with much animation ; he reviewed the progress of Freemasonry with tact and acuteness , and assured tbe company , that although an honorable member of the province had congratulated the P . Grand Master on having two AA ' orkitig Lodges in his district , he believed the six Lodges were all in a state of high discipline . On the part of the Socrates Lodge , of ivhich he was a member , he felt pride in avowing , that in true Masonic
zeal and spirit , as well as in their operative system , they only hoped for an opportunity to prove that the Pomfret and Fidelity might find competitors for Masonic laurels—( great cheering . ) The Grand Deacons and other Provincial Grand Officers were then
proposed by Bvo . SHARP , of the Shakspeare Lodge , Warwick . The worthy Brother expatiated at considerable length , and in a strain of eloquence , as natural as convincing , on the beauties of Freemasonry . His allusions to its grandeur were classically and forcibly drawn . His illustration of the duties of a Masonic Chief , and the happiness he had the power to diffuse by the careful appointment of officers , promoting the industrious and the intelligent , and thereby gaining the respect and affection of his officerswas happiliven . He dwelt on the moral
ob-, y g ligations ofthe Grand Deacons , and other subordinate officers , to maintain and uphold their station ; and concluded a most eloquent address , by proposing their health . The address ancl the toast received , as they merited , the warm acclamations of the Brethren . Bro . PERKINS , S . G . D ., returned thanks on behalf of himself and the other Grand Officers ; and , in particular , thanked Bro . Sharp for his Masonic illustration .
Bro . TORRE proposed the health of the AVorshipful Master and Brethren of the Pomfret Lodge—commenting , with just eulogy , on their excellent working ; and thanking them for the hospitality of their banquet —( cheers ) . Bro . ELKINGTON , the Master , on the part of the Pomfret Lodge and on his own , expressed the grateful sense they entertained at the presence of so numerous an assembly at the first Grand Lodge held under the noble Grand Master ; and assured the Brethren that he should use
every means in his power to maintain the strictest observance of the Masonic ceremonials . He most gratefully thanked the company for the kind manner in which the last toast had heen given and received—( cheers ) . Bro . ELKINGTON next gave the health of Bro . Dr . Crucefix , Past , Grand Deacon of England . A Brother , whose zeal in the cause of Masonry was only equalled by the services he had rendered the Craft
, . To give his name as a toast was an honour —( great cheering ) . Dr . CRUCEFIX , after briefly , but very energetically , acknowledging the compliment , which the AVorshipful Master . who proposed it would , he was certain , believe him in saying , was the more welcome , because so perfectly unexpected , requested permission , before resuming his seat , to propose " The health of the Historian of Masonry , the Rev . Dr . Oliver . " Unapproachable as was that gifted Mason by Brother in
any the Order , as to the majesty of his intellect , the refined cultivation of his mind , his charitable construction of the errors and failings of others , or the readiness with which he brought all the sympathies of natural benevolence of feeling and of thought , to bear on cases where they were necessary to foster and protect—yet was he gentle as a child , wielding his great moral power with the mildness of a Christian