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Duty To Perform Towards The Nobleman Who...
Song by Miss AVilliams , " Can I e ' er forget thee , " which was sunn with such delicacy as to call for an encore . The GEAND MASTEB now rose and said , that he had a toast to propose , which he was sure they would all drink with the greatest cordiality . In the first place he had to make an excuse for the absence of the D . G . M . He need not enter into particulars of the
cause of the D . G . M . not being present ; but when he said that liis absence was occasioned by peculiar family arrangements , he felt satisfied such an excuse would be sufficient . He ( the G . M . ) had himself thought the excuse quite sufficient , and he knew the Brethren would take his word for it , and that they woidd not be the less inclined to drink the D . G . M . ' s good health ; coupled with his name , however , he should propose that which would also be
deserving of their best attention ; for he was convinced they would receive with great cordiality the names of the Brethren officiating to-day as Grand Officers , not only on account of the situation they held in the Grand Lodge , but also in consideration of the position they filled in society . He would propose the health of the D . G . M ., the Grand Wardens for the year , and the other Grand Officers ; and he would especially particularize Bro . Lord Londesborougbwho
, would respond to the toast ( great applause ) . Lord LONDESBOEOTJGII , G . S . W ., begged to return his cordial thanks for the manner in which the names of the D . G . M . ancl the Officers of the G . L . had been received and drunk . For himself ,
he should merely say , that the M . W . the G . M . mi ght easily have selected a Brother , who woidd more efficiently have performed the duties of his office ; but although this was certainly the case , he would give way to none in a desire to carry out the beautiful theories and noble precepts of the Order ( great cheering ) . The GEAND MASTEE then said , the toast he was about to propose would , he knew , be responded to most cordially . He would give
them " The Provincial Grand Masters" ( cheers ) . Happily he saw a great many present to-day , and he asked the Brethren to give them the reception they , so well deserved , and none more so than Bro . Dobie , P . G . M . for Surrey , who would respond to the toast ( cheers ) . Bro . DOBIE , G . R ., begged to return thanks for the P . G . M's . Although he was a junior in that rankyet he ivoidd always obey the
, call of the G . M ., and he trusted they would all remember the duty they also owed to the G . M ., and that unity and brotherhood were the bonds of the Society . He could bear testimony to what had been stated by the G . M ., that Freemasonry had flourished more under his reign than under that of any other M . AV . G . M . They ivould not forget the words of the G . S . AV . that the principles ofthe Craft were
, " to lovo one another . " He trusted the clay was gone by when that maxim was not adhered to , and that true unity now existed ( cheers ) . The P . G . M ' s . were always desirous to discharge their duties , and in doing so they could not have a better example than their G . M . ; and thev could not have a greater incentive to exertion than the aopro-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Duty To Perform Towards The Nobleman Who...
Song by Miss AVilliams , " Can I e ' er forget thee , " which was sunn with such delicacy as to call for an encore . The GEAND MASTEB now rose and said , that he had a toast to propose , which he was sure they would all drink with the greatest cordiality . In the first place he had to make an excuse for the absence of the D . G . M . He need not enter into particulars of the
cause of the D . G . M . not being present ; but when he said that liis absence was occasioned by peculiar family arrangements , he felt satisfied such an excuse would be sufficient . He ( the G . M . ) had himself thought the excuse quite sufficient , and he knew the Brethren would take his word for it , and that they woidd not be the less inclined to drink the D . G . M . ' s good health ; coupled with his name , however , he should propose that which would also be
deserving of their best attention ; for he was convinced they would receive with great cordiality the names of the Brethren officiating to-day as Grand Officers , not only on account of the situation they held in the Grand Lodge , but also in consideration of the position they filled in society . He would propose the health of the D . G . M ., the Grand Wardens for the year , and the other Grand Officers ; and he would especially particularize Bro . Lord Londesborougbwho
, would respond to the toast ( great applause ) . Lord LONDESBOEOTJGII , G . S . W ., begged to return his cordial thanks for the manner in which the names of the D . G . M . ancl the Officers of the G . L . had been received and drunk . For himself ,
he should merely say , that the M . W . the G . M . mi ght easily have selected a Brother , who woidd more efficiently have performed the duties of his office ; but although this was certainly the case , he would give way to none in a desire to carry out the beautiful theories and noble precepts of the Order ( great cheering ) . The GEAND MASTEE then said , the toast he was about to propose would , he knew , be responded to most cordially . He would give
them " The Provincial Grand Masters" ( cheers ) . Happily he saw a great many present to-day , and he asked the Brethren to give them the reception they , so well deserved , and none more so than Bro . Dobie , P . G . M . for Surrey , who would respond to the toast ( cheers ) . Bro . DOBIE , G . R ., begged to return thanks for the P . G . M's . Although he was a junior in that rankyet he ivoidd always obey the
, call of the G . M ., and he trusted they would all remember the duty they also owed to the G . M ., and that unity and brotherhood were the bonds of the Society . He could bear testimony to what had been stated by the G . M ., that Freemasonry had flourished more under his reign than under that of any other M . AV . G . M . They ivould not forget the words of the G . S . AV . that the principles ofthe Craft were
, " to lovo one another . " He trusted the clay was gone by when that maxim was not adhered to , and that true unity now existed ( cheers ) . The P . G . M ' s . were always desirous to discharge their duties , and in doing so they could not have a better example than their G . M . ; and thev could not have a greater incentive to exertion than the aopro-