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Masonic Intelligence.
his , however Avarmly expressed , Avould add to the interest they would take in the toast , — " The Grand AVardens and Grand Officers of the year , and Lord Dudley Stuart . " ( Great applause . ) Lord DUDLEY STUART said , he rose on the part of his Bro . Warden , his Bro . Grand Officers , and on his own part , to return to the Brethren his heartfelt thanks for the honour which they had done them in drinking their healthsand for the very fraternal mannerin which
, , they had acknoAvledged the toast . He must beg leave to express to the M . AV . G . M ., the tribute of his gratitude for the very kind and too-flattering terms , in Avhich he had been pleased to introduce his name to their notice , no less than for the very gratifying manner , in Avhich they had been pleased to accept it . He had that " day been appointed to an office so important , that he would assure the Brethren , that the event AA'as one AvhicliAvould long be retained in his memory ,
and looked upon by him with feelings of pride and diffidence—of pride , because he had been thought Avorthy by the G . M . and by themselves to be called to the office Avhich he now occupied—of diffidence , because he Avas impressed Avith the importance of the duties Avhich he should have to perform . A combination of feelings made it difficult for him to express his sentiments on this occasion in a manner satisfactory to himself ; but he trustedneverthelessit Avould not
, , prevent him from discharging his duties . If in his humble person those duties Avere not discharged in a manner Avhich they might perhaps expect , or in a way Avhich might altogether come up to his notion of what it ought to be , at least he Avould say , to Avhatever cause those defects might be attributed , they should not be owing to
any want of zeal , or to any Avant of exertion on his part ; because , he took leave to tell them , that so impressed Avas he with the important benefits , Avhichthe Craft , to Avhich he had the honour to belong , might render to the world at large , that he should indeed be ashamed , if he could upon any occasion be wanting in promoting the great objects , which they had in vieAV . They Avould allow him to say , as an old Mason , that although for the first time he had the honour to
be called to fill the position of a Grand Officer , he Avas proud to think he was not a Mason of yesterday , but that for many years he had belonged to the Craft—it was now no less than seventeen years since he Avas first initiated in an Edinburgh Lodge ; but the first time he entered a Lodge in England , Avas in the Polish Lodge , some years ago , of which he had now the honour to be Master . For the kind support iven to that Lodge by the M . W . G . M . he was
g , proud and happy to embrace the opportunity of now making him his acknowledgments , and proud was he to think that that Lodge had been established here , and that it had been added to the numerous Lodges existing in this metropolis . He AA'as fully persuaded that the objects they had in vieAV Avere great , noble , and good . ( Great applause . ) He Avas satisfied that the existence , of Masonry Avas productive of advantage to mankind at large—it promoted
kind-, ness , —it promoted good-felloAvship , —it promoted benevolence , —it promoted morality , —it promoted feelings of friendship among all the Avorld . ( Continued cheering . ) It Avas an oble institution—( cheers ) , —and the universality of its character should be the cause of recommending it to every Avell-regulated mind . He felt an ardent desire to do everything in his poAver to promote Masonry , ancl he VOL . III . 2 P
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Masonic Intelligence.
his , however Avarmly expressed , Avould add to the interest they would take in the toast , — " The Grand AVardens and Grand Officers of the year , and Lord Dudley Stuart . " ( Great applause . ) Lord DUDLEY STUART said , he rose on the part of his Bro . Warden , his Bro . Grand Officers , and on his own part , to return to the Brethren his heartfelt thanks for the honour which they had done them in drinking their healthsand for the very fraternal mannerin which
, , they had acknoAvledged the toast . He must beg leave to express to the M . AV . G . M ., the tribute of his gratitude for the very kind and too-flattering terms , in Avhich he had been pleased to introduce his name to their notice , no less than for the very gratifying manner , in Avhich they had been pleased to accept it . He had that " day been appointed to an office so important , that he would assure the Brethren , that the event AA'as one AvhicliAvould long be retained in his memory ,
and looked upon by him with feelings of pride and diffidence—of pride , because he had been thought Avorthy by the G . M . and by themselves to be called to the office Avhich he now occupied—of diffidence , because he Avas impressed Avith the importance of the duties Avhich he should have to perform . A combination of feelings made it difficult for him to express his sentiments on this occasion in a manner satisfactory to himself ; but he trustedneverthelessit Avould not
, , prevent him from discharging his duties . If in his humble person those duties Avere not discharged in a manner Avhich they might perhaps expect , or in a way Avhich might altogether come up to his notion of what it ought to be , at least he Avould say , to Avhatever cause those defects might be attributed , they should not be owing to
any want of zeal , or to any Avant of exertion on his part ; because , he took leave to tell them , that so impressed Avas he with the important benefits , Avhichthe Craft , to Avhich he had the honour to belong , might render to the world at large , that he should indeed be ashamed , if he could upon any occasion be wanting in promoting the great objects , which they had in vieAV . They Avould allow him to say , as an old Mason , that although for the first time he had the honour to
be called to fill the position of a Grand Officer , he Avas proud to think he was not a Mason of yesterday , but that for many years he had belonged to the Craft—it was now no less than seventeen years since he Avas first initiated in an Edinburgh Lodge ; but the first time he entered a Lodge in England , Avas in the Polish Lodge , some years ago , of which he had now the honour to be Master . For the kind support iven to that Lodge by the M . W . G . M . he was
g , proud and happy to embrace the opportunity of now making him his acknowledgments , and proud was he to think that that Lodge had been established here , and that it had been added to the numerous Lodges existing in this metropolis . He AA'as fully persuaded that the objects they had in vieAV Avere great , noble , and good . ( Great applause . ) He Avas satisfied that the existence , of Masonry Avas productive of advantage to mankind at large—it promoted
kind-, ness , —it promoted good-felloAvship , —it promoted benevolence , —it promoted morality , —it promoted feelings of friendship among all the Avorld . ( Continued cheering . ) It Avas an oble institution—( cheers ) , —and the universality of its character should be the cause of recommending it to every Avell-regulated mind . He felt an ardent desire to do everything in his poAver to promote Masonry , ancl he VOL . III . 2 P