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Banquet.
connexion ivhen our Masonic union has ceased , and Ave regard each other only in tire light of private friends . To the subscribers to the Offering my thanks and gratitude are peculiarly due ; and to withhold them on the present occasion , would be a violence to my feelings . For more than forty years I have been a labourer in tlie forest , the quarry , and the mountain , for the advancement of the Order . Your sympathy and approbation have well rewarded my toilalthough I have borne the
, burden and heat of tbe day . But I fatigue you —( No , no ) . 1 confess , that the very idea of a last word—and that word Farewell ! to Brethren with whom I have acteel so long and so cordially—whose zeal has given instant effect to all my plans and all my wishes—is exceedingly bitter anel painful . But my Masonic course is nearly run . I have told you how I began—I have told you how I continued—I have no occasion to tell you—for you all knoiv too well—how I ended . There are many
Brethren present whom , it is highly probable , I may never see again in this world . But there is another and a better . There , I trust , we shall all meet never to part again . There , amidst the Masons of Heaven ' s high arch , Ave may practise our system of universal love , and rejoice in the blessings of unadulterated Masonry for ever and ever ! Brethren , farewell ! and may God be with you all !—( The Rev . Dr . then sat doivn amidst loud and continued cheering . )
The CHAIRMAN remarked upon the zeal and brotherly feeling shown by the Brethren who had come from considerable distances to attend this festival , and concluded by proposing the healths of " Bros . Eivart , Dr . Slade , & c , & c , and other Officers of Prov . Grand Lodges ivho were present . "—( Cheers and Masonic honours . )
Bro . the Rev . Un . SLADE , P . G . C . for Staffordshire , returned thanks —A ^ ery AVorshipful Sir , Officers , and Brethren , I rise with the greatest alacrity to acknowledge , on the part of myself and the other visiting Brethren , the compliment you have conferred upon us in drinking our health . Brother Clarke and myself have travelled hither on this joyous occasion thus far from the west towards the east in search of that whicli has been too long lost to us at Wolverhampton , the presiding genius of the illustrious Mason to ivhose unparalleled industry
, learning , and wisdom , as our philosopher and historian , we have come to pay the homage so meritoriousl y due . AVe attend in a threefold character . As personal friends of our venerable Brother we undertook this long journey , to testify our individual and private respect and esteem for him ; but , I am also proud to say that ive come here as a deputation from St . Peter ' s Lodge , in our town , of which Dr . Oliver is an honorary member , charged to convey to him the unanimous sentiments of respect
and regard entertained for his character and erudition b y tbe Brethren of that Lodge ; and I may Surest presume to add , as Grand Officers of the province of Staffordshire , respecting that feeling of admiration and applause which ivas elicited in our Provincial Grand Loelge , when , upon a recent occasion , I had the honour of proposing the health of our illustrious Brother . Our W . Brother , Dr . Crucefix , who is on your left handV . AV . S ' rand who was present on that occasioncan hear
testi-, , , mony to the enthusiasm with which that toast was received by nearly 150 Brethren of that and the adjacent provinces assembled on that particular occasion . It is most gratifying to find our excellent friend and Brother so highly respected and estimated as he is among you . Such intelli gence will communicate an agreeable feeling of pleasure among your distant Brethren , on our return home , to give an account of our
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Banquet.
connexion ivhen our Masonic union has ceased , and Ave regard each other only in tire light of private friends . To the subscribers to the Offering my thanks and gratitude are peculiarly due ; and to withhold them on the present occasion , would be a violence to my feelings . For more than forty years I have been a labourer in tlie forest , the quarry , and the mountain , for the advancement of the Order . Your sympathy and approbation have well rewarded my toilalthough I have borne the
, burden and heat of tbe day . But I fatigue you —( No , no ) . 1 confess , that the very idea of a last word—and that word Farewell ! to Brethren with whom I have acteel so long and so cordially—whose zeal has given instant effect to all my plans and all my wishes—is exceedingly bitter anel painful . But my Masonic course is nearly run . I have told you how I began—I have told you how I continued—I have no occasion to tell you—for you all knoiv too well—how I ended . There are many
Brethren present whom , it is highly probable , I may never see again in this world . But there is another and a better . There , I trust , we shall all meet never to part again . There , amidst the Masons of Heaven ' s high arch , Ave may practise our system of universal love , and rejoice in the blessings of unadulterated Masonry for ever and ever ! Brethren , farewell ! and may God be with you all !—( The Rev . Dr . then sat doivn amidst loud and continued cheering . )
The CHAIRMAN remarked upon the zeal and brotherly feeling shown by the Brethren who had come from considerable distances to attend this festival , and concluded by proposing the healths of " Bros . Eivart , Dr . Slade , & c , & c , and other Officers of Prov . Grand Lodges ivho were present . "—( Cheers and Masonic honours . )
Bro . the Rev . Un . SLADE , P . G . C . for Staffordshire , returned thanks —A ^ ery AVorshipful Sir , Officers , and Brethren , I rise with the greatest alacrity to acknowledge , on the part of myself and the other visiting Brethren , the compliment you have conferred upon us in drinking our health . Brother Clarke and myself have travelled hither on this joyous occasion thus far from the west towards the east in search of that whicli has been too long lost to us at Wolverhampton , the presiding genius of the illustrious Mason to ivhose unparalleled industry
, learning , and wisdom , as our philosopher and historian , we have come to pay the homage so meritoriousl y due . AVe attend in a threefold character . As personal friends of our venerable Brother we undertook this long journey , to testify our individual and private respect and esteem for him ; but , I am also proud to say that ive come here as a deputation from St . Peter ' s Lodge , in our town , of which Dr . Oliver is an honorary member , charged to convey to him the unanimous sentiments of respect
and regard entertained for his character and erudition b y tbe Brethren of that Lodge ; and I may Surest presume to add , as Grand Officers of the province of Staffordshire , respecting that feeling of admiration and applause which ivas elicited in our Provincial Grand Loelge , when , upon a recent occasion , I had the honour of proposing the health of our illustrious Brother . Our W . Brother , Dr . Crucefix , who is on your left handV . AV . S ' rand who was present on that occasioncan hear
testi-, , , mony to the enthusiasm with which that toast was received by nearly 150 Brethren of that and the adjacent provinces assembled on that particular occasion . It is most gratifying to find our excellent friend and Brother so highly respected and estimated as he is among you . Such intelli gence will communicate an agreeable feeling of pleasure among your distant Brethren , on our return home , to give an account of our