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your Masonic exertions for the future , and therefore do 1 hope , and therefore do 1 believe , that under the able government of my Hon . and valued friend , you will become zealous working Masons , in all the duties of charity , mutual good offices , and brotherly love ; and that ever remembering your Masonic obligations , you will be the helpers of right , the redressors of wrong , a blessing and an example to all around you . ( Great applause . ) It is trueindeedas we ivere told this morningthat having
, , , ceased to be practical Masons , Ave can no longer rear those stupendous material structures which were the glory of their own age and continue to be the admiration of ours ; but , if animated b y that true spirit of Masonry ivhich inspired the patriarchs , Avhen they erected altars to the Lord , we can all be the builders of the far more glorious temple of moral , religious , and universal brotherhood—a temple whose foundations rest upon the Rock of ages , and whose top-stone shall reach to the throne
of God . " ( Long continued cheering . ) He continued , " Brethren , I ought to apologise for detaining you so long , but an incident happened to me to-day , ivhich , although one of the realities of life , might well be told in the pages of romance . On entering your Lodge-room to-day I was so much struck by the strong resemblance Avhich one of the gentlemen present bore to my late father , that I requested my Hon . Friend , the Prov . Grand Master for Dorsetto introduce meand after a feiv minutes '
, , conversation I found to my surprise and delight , that in Col . Burlton , the Prov . Grand Master of Bengal , I had met not only with a Brother Mason , but with one of kindred blood . The gallant Colonel ' s mother was a Bowles of the same family as my own , and here we met to-day for the first time in our lives . My gallant relative has expressed a wish .
to wnicn my neart warmly responds , that henceforth we may be united in the bonds of friendship as Avell as by the ties of kindred , and thus prove that it is ' good for brethren to dwell together in unity . '" This toast was folloived by that of Bro . Col . Burlton , the Prov . Grand Master for Bengal , who , in returning thanks said—Right Worshipful Sir antl Brethren , I am a rough soldier , more accustomed to wield the sword than the pen—more at home in a jungle than in the attempt to make a speech . I cannot address with the
you wit , humour , and nervous eloquence of my relative Dr . Bowles , but I heartily thank you both for the manner in which you have received my health , and for the sympathy with which you heard my cousin relate the singular discovery we made to-day . I recognize most gladly a relation of whom I had before only heard , and I am proud of having been descended from so ancient a family as ours , and I hope to transmit our escutcheon to my children as untarnished as I received it from our
ancestors . ( Cheers . ) The gallant Colonel stated that he had been in India for more than forty years , without visiting England , therefore it could not be surprising to the Brethren that he had lost sight of so near a relative , even as the Rev . Doctor ; but he imagined they could well conceive the delight he experienced in meeting with such a kind reception on that day in his native land , and at the unexpected family recognition which had occurred . ( Applause . )
The CHAIRMAN then gave , in most complimentary terms , the health of his Worship the Mayor , thanking him for the honour he had done the Lodge and the Brethren , by his condescension in honouring them that day ; not only as a Mason , but in his official capacity as Chief Magistrate of the city . ( This toast was received with deserved and oftrepeated plaudits . )
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your Masonic exertions for the future , and therefore do 1 hope , and therefore do 1 believe , that under the able government of my Hon . and valued friend , you will become zealous working Masons , in all the duties of charity , mutual good offices , and brotherly love ; and that ever remembering your Masonic obligations , you will be the helpers of right , the redressors of wrong , a blessing and an example to all around you . ( Great applause . ) It is trueindeedas we ivere told this morningthat having
, , , ceased to be practical Masons , Ave can no longer rear those stupendous material structures which were the glory of their own age and continue to be the admiration of ours ; but , if animated b y that true spirit of Masonry ivhich inspired the patriarchs , Avhen they erected altars to the Lord , we can all be the builders of the far more glorious temple of moral , religious , and universal brotherhood—a temple whose foundations rest upon the Rock of ages , and whose top-stone shall reach to the throne
of God . " ( Long continued cheering . ) He continued , " Brethren , I ought to apologise for detaining you so long , but an incident happened to me to-day , ivhich , although one of the realities of life , might well be told in the pages of romance . On entering your Lodge-room to-day I was so much struck by the strong resemblance Avhich one of the gentlemen present bore to my late father , that I requested my Hon . Friend , the Prov . Grand Master for Dorsetto introduce meand after a feiv minutes '
, , conversation I found to my surprise and delight , that in Col . Burlton , the Prov . Grand Master of Bengal , I had met not only with a Brother Mason , but with one of kindred blood . The gallant Colonel ' s mother was a Bowles of the same family as my own , and here we met to-day for the first time in our lives . My gallant relative has expressed a wish .
to wnicn my neart warmly responds , that henceforth we may be united in the bonds of friendship as Avell as by the ties of kindred , and thus prove that it is ' good for brethren to dwell together in unity . '" This toast was folloived by that of Bro . Col . Burlton , the Prov . Grand Master for Bengal , who , in returning thanks said—Right Worshipful Sir antl Brethren , I am a rough soldier , more accustomed to wield the sword than the pen—more at home in a jungle than in the attempt to make a speech . I cannot address with the
you wit , humour , and nervous eloquence of my relative Dr . Bowles , but I heartily thank you both for the manner in which you have received my health , and for the sympathy with which you heard my cousin relate the singular discovery we made to-day . I recognize most gladly a relation of whom I had before only heard , and I am proud of having been descended from so ancient a family as ours , and I hope to transmit our escutcheon to my children as untarnished as I received it from our
ancestors . ( Cheers . ) The gallant Colonel stated that he had been in India for more than forty years , without visiting England , therefore it could not be surprising to the Brethren that he had lost sight of so near a relative , even as the Rev . Doctor ; but he imagined they could well conceive the delight he experienced in meeting with such a kind reception on that day in his native land , and at the unexpected family recognition which had occurred . ( Applause . )
The CHAIRMAN then gave , in most complimentary terms , the health of his Worship the Mayor , thanking him for the honour he had done the Lodge and the Brethren , by his condescension in honouring them that day ; not only as a Mason , but in his official capacity as Chief Magistrate of the city . ( This toast was received with deserved and oftrepeated plaudits . )