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Provincial.
I find myself a guest at that Lodge where I first received the hospitality of Masonry , and where my earliest Masonic lessons were learnt . ( Cheers ) . This alone would have been a sufficiently gratifying circumstance , but it is rendered doubly so by the extreme kindness and favour which vou have all evinced towards me . I do assure you , that after a long period spent in Masonry , I never felt so much gratification as in coming back to the lace where some of the happiest moments of life were spent
p my , and where , through the instrumentality of our Order , I never found myself without friends —( cheers ) . I am delighted to find Masonry in this place , not as I left it , but in a tenfold more flourishing state than when I took an humble part in it . I was prepared by the knowledge that your two Lodges were under the guidance of such efficient officers , and the spirit which characterised the Brethren , to find that Masonry had flourishedbut did not expect to see it in its present palmy
-; pros perity . In days gone by , we looked upon a Lodge numbering twenty members as flourishing , but now it would be considered nothing less than struggling ; and this change in the aspect of Masonry is delightful to me , because I am every year more strongly impressed with its excellence and usefulness —( cheers ) . 1 love Masonry , because I believe it is practical and founded on the purest principles which can adorn and elevate human natureand render mankind more useful to each
other—, ( cheers ) . I must briefly revert to the observations which fell from the Provincial Grand Master , relative to my father ' s conduct in the government of his province ; those expressions are very dear to me , because my father is as sincerely attached to Masonry as I am . His office is
comparatively an easy one , for the Brethren do not assemble in such large numbers as in this province , nor can it he expected where the Lodges are spread over a large agricultural district ; still he derives every countenance and support from the Brethren , who feel , as Masons should do on all occasions , that it is not only their duty to make themselves acquainted with the real principles of Masonry , but to carry them into effect —( cheers ) . I should not , however , do justice to your kindness , if did not to
I express you how deeply gratified the Rochford Lodge in Essex feels , for the complimentary vote passed at one of your recent meetings . It is equally gratifying to them , and will be to you , to know that that great cause of charity has prospered to a degree that was scarcely thought possible ; but the exertions commenced by the Rochford Lodge have been followed up in so noble and liberal a manner ( not only by the Lodges in this province , but by the Grand Lodge and others in different parts of the kingdom ) , that the result ivill be to rescue the nine orphan children of Brother Hewlett from destitution , to give them an
excellent education , and restore to them m some measure the comforts and happiness of which they were bereft by their bitter bereavement—( cheers ) . I believe that the movement which has taken place throughout the length and breadth of the land in behalf of the Hewlett Fund , will have the effect of showing where assistance may be relied on in the trying hour of need , and it will also display to the popular world , the beauty , uniformity , and sincerity , which characterise and adorn bur ancient Order —( cheers ) . Once more 1 thank from the bottom of
you , my heart , for all your kindness , and I shall never cease to be a wellwisher for your prosperity till I shall cease to live —( loud cheers ) . The W . M . then proposed the health of the W . M . of the Apollo Lodge and its Officers , which was briefly responded to by the AV . M . Bro . Burstall . VOL . v . F F
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Provincial.
I find myself a guest at that Lodge where I first received the hospitality of Masonry , and where my earliest Masonic lessons were learnt . ( Cheers ) . This alone would have been a sufficiently gratifying circumstance , but it is rendered doubly so by the extreme kindness and favour which vou have all evinced towards me . I do assure you , that after a long period spent in Masonry , I never felt so much gratification as in coming back to the lace where some of the happiest moments of life were spent
p my , and where , through the instrumentality of our Order , I never found myself without friends —( cheers ) . I am delighted to find Masonry in this place , not as I left it , but in a tenfold more flourishing state than when I took an humble part in it . I was prepared by the knowledge that your two Lodges were under the guidance of such efficient officers , and the spirit which characterised the Brethren , to find that Masonry had flourishedbut did not expect to see it in its present palmy
-; pros perity . In days gone by , we looked upon a Lodge numbering twenty members as flourishing , but now it would be considered nothing less than struggling ; and this change in the aspect of Masonry is delightful to me , because I am every year more strongly impressed with its excellence and usefulness —( cheers ) . 1 love Masonry , because I believe it is practical and founded on the purest principles which can adorn and elevate human natureand render mankind more useful to each
other—, ( cheers ) . I must briefly revert to the observations which fell from the Provincial Grand Master , relative to my father ' s conduct in the government of his province ; those expressions are very dear to me , because my father is as sincerely attached to Masonry as I am . His office is
comparatively an easy one , for the Brethren do not assemble in such large numbers as in this province , nor can it he expected where the Lodges are spread over a large agricultural district ; still he derives every countenance and support from the Brethren , who feel , as Masons should do on all occasions , that it is not only their duty to make themselves acquainted with the real principles of Masonry , but to carry them into effect —( cheers ) . I should not , however , do justice to your kindness , if did not to
I express you how deeply gratified the Rochford Lodge in Essex feels , for the complimentary vote passed at one of your recent meetings . It is equally gratifying to them , and will be to you , to know that that great cause of charity has prospered to a degree that was scarcely thought possible ; but the exertions commenced by the Rochford Lodge have been followed up in so noble and liberal a manner ( not only by the Lodges in this province , but by the Grand Lodge and others in different parts of the kingdom ) , that the result ivill be to rescue the nine orphan children of Brother Hewlett from destitution , to give them an
excellent education , and restore to them m some measure the comforts and happiness of which they were bereft by their bitter bereavement—( cheers ) . I believe that the movement which has taken place throughout the length and breadth of the land in behalf of the Hewlett Fund , will have the effect of showing where assistance may be relied on in the trying hour of need , and it will also display to the popular world , the beauty , uniformity , and sincerity , which characterise and adorn bur ancient Order —( cheers ) . Once more 1 thank from the bottom of
you , my heart , for all your kindness , and I shall never cease to be a wellwisher for your prosperity till I shall cease to live —( loud cheers ) . The W . M . then proposed the health of the W . M . of the Apollo Lodge and its Officers , which was briefly responded to by the AV . M . Bro . Burstall . VOL . v . F F