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Provincial.
Glee , " When time was entwining . " The Prov . GEAND MASTER in proposing the health of the Prov . G . M . of Surrey , took occasion to remark that it was rarely that so many offices were centred in one individual , and so ably administered , as in Bro . Dobie , to whom he was indebted for the kindness in attending and installing hhn that day . The toast was most enthusiastically received .
Bro . DODIE in acknowledging the compliment thus paid him , said he coidd only account for the warm greeting with which his name had been received , by his presiding at the Festival of last year , and he could not avoid saying that , although at Gravesend he had a most land reception from Kentish men , yet it was exceeded by the present greeting from the men of Kent ; as his services were rated so hih he hoped the Freemasons of Kent would receive his
assug rance that then- newly-appointed Prov . G . M . would be all they could desire . After a song from Bro . Eansford , The Prov . GEAND MASTEE proposed the Dep . Prov . G . M . aud the rest of the Grand Officers , and with regard to his Deputy , he could only say that Bro . Bisgood ' s exertions in other places warranted
his anticipations that Kent would benefit by the appointment ; the Wardens and Deacons were each and all able Masons ; the Prov . Grand Chaplain , Bro . Jones , had , he believed , for twenty years ably performed his duties ; it was impossible for any Grand Lodge to
have a better Secretary than Bro . Isaacs ; and last , and not least on this occasion , in Bro . Poussett they had a most efficient and active Master of the Ceremonies . Bro . BISGOOD returned thanks to the Prov . G . M . for the kind observations , and was pleased to find his name so generously received , being so little known , as he had but recently become a member of a Kentish Lodge ; he assured the Freemasons of Kent he should
ever be ready to lend his aid to further the interests of the Craft in the Province ; his self-esteem was considerably raised by the position to which he had been elevated , and hoped that when he retired from office he should as well deserve their approbation as his predecessor , Bro . Ashley ; and concluded his remarks by entreating the Brethren , hi the language of the immortal bard , —
" Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate , Nor set down aught in malice . " Song , " The yellow-hair'd laddie , " Miss Eansford . In proposing " The Visitors , " the Prov . G . M . especially noticed a Brother who was a native of the East , Bro . Jevanjee Pestonjee , and also several other foreign Brethren , to whom the men of Kent had an opportunity of saying—the object of our Order is to
inculcate the doctrine of universal peace and good-will . Among the visitors he would name Bro . M . Dawson , a member of the Lodge , with which he himself had long been connected . Bro . JEVANJEE PESTONJEE said—To acknowledgethis distinguished mark of your friendship I find some difficulty , your language being
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Provincial.
Glee , " When time was entwining . " The Prov . GEAND MASTER in proposing the health of the Prov . G . M . of Surrey , took occasion to remark that it was rarely that so many offices were centred in one individual , and so ably administered , as in Bro . Dobie , to whom he was indebted for the kindness in attending and installing hhn that day . The toast was most enthusiastically received .
Bro . DODIE in acknowledging the compliment thus paid him , said he coidd only account for the warm greeting with which his name had been received , by his presiding at the Festival of last year , and he could not avoid saying that , although at Gravesend he had a most land reception from Kentish men , yet it was exceeded by the present greeting from the men of Kent ; as his services were rated so hih he hoped the Freemasons of Kent would receive his
assug rance that then- newly-appointed Prov . G . M . would be all they could desire . After a song from Bro . Eansford , The Prov . GEAND MASTEE proposed the Dep . Prov . G . M . aud the rest of the Grand Officers , and with regard to his Deputy , he could only say that Bro . Bisgood ' s exertions in other places warranted
his anticipations that Kent would benefit by the appointment ; the Wardens and Deacons were each and all able Masons ; the Prov . Grand Chaplain , Bro . Jones , had , he believed , for twenty years ably performed his duties ; it was impossible for any Grand Lodge to
have a better Secretary than Bro . Isaacs ; and last , and not least on this occasion , in Bro . Poussett they had a most efficient and active Master of the Ceremonies . Bro . BISGOOD returned thanks to the Prov . G . M . for the kind observations , and was pleased to find his name so generously received , being so little known , as he had but recently become a member of a Kentish Lodge ; he assured the Freemasons of Kent he should
ever be ready to lend his aid to further the interests of the Craft in the Province ; his self-esteem was considerably raised by the position to which he had been elevated , and hoped that when he retired from office he should as well deserve their approbation as his predecessor , Bro . Ashley ; and concluded his remarks by entreating the Brethren , hi the language of the immortal bard , —
" Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate , Nor set down aught in malice . " Song , " The yellow-hair'd laddie , " Miss Eansford . In proposing " The Visitors , " the Prov . G . M . especially noticed a Brother who was a native of the East , Bro . Jevanjee Pestonjee , and also several other foreign Brethren , to whom the men of Kent had an opportunity of saying—the object of our Order is to
inculcate the doctrine of universal peace and good-will . Among the visitors he would name Bro . M . Dawson , a member of the Lodge , with which he himself had long been connected . Bro . JEVANJEE PESTONJEE said—To acknowledgethis distinguished mark of your friendship I find some difficulty , your language being