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as the Centenary of so influential a Lodge as the "Scientific ; " and he begged to thank the Brethren for the very land manner in which they had responded to his health , so eloquently proposed as it had been by the W . M . He Avas convinced they had greatly overrated his merits ; but he could asstu-e them the interests of the Craft were very dear to him , and that at ei-ery time his best energies Avould be used
to show how much he Avas attached to the Order , and how jealously he would guard their privileges from molestation . Although he Avas not a Mason Avhen at the University , yet it gave him great pleasure once more to visit his Alma Mater , and to see around him so many Avell-remembered faces . He complimented the Lodge on the admirable manner in Avhich its duties had been performed , and hoped that the Scientific Lodge would increase in prosperityand long flourish in
, its present efficient condition . He thanked them for the honour they had done him by inviting him to their festival . The W M . then rose and said the next toast was one which they Avould drink with great pleasure , although tinged Avith some regret ; it Avas the health of the D . G . M ., the Earl of Yarborough , who Avas unable to be present on this occasion on account of ill-health . He could assure them that no Brother had the interests of tbe Craft
more at heart than the D . G . M . had , and he was sure they w ould join him in drinking his health . Bro . J . W . BAXTER then rose and proposed the health of the Prov , G . M . for Cambridgeshire , Bro . Hall , and alluded in -strong terms to his intimate knowledge of Arch-Masonry . The Prov . G . M . returned thanks in a most eloquent srjeech , and alluded to the early career of the Scientific Lodge , and remarked upon
the vicissitudes it had encountered . He said that the Lodge Avas firstheld in London , and then in various places of the town in which they were assembled ; but it had struggled on ? and the result had been that it had now arrived at the present state of prosperity . At one time the School of Plato , the sister Lodge , had been in the ascendant , but during the last 25 or 30 years the Scientific Lodge bad taken the lead , and kept it . He was sure that any Prov . G . M . might well be
proud of having such a Lodge in his Province , and he begged to drink prosperity to the Scientific Lodge and the "Past Masters . " Bro . CRISP , P . M ., returned thanks , and said it was indeed a proud day for the P . M . ' s of the Lodge , when they saw around them so noble a gathering as had been brought together on this occasion ; and although the building they had helped to raise was not yet perfect in all its parts , yet he hoped it mi ght be considered as honourable to its builders .
Bro . W . EDAVAEDS , P . M ., briefly proposed the D . Prov . G . M . and the Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge . Bro . ROAVE returned thanks . The M . W . the G . M . then rose and proposed the health of the W . M . of the Scientific Lodge , Bro . Arthur R . Ward , and complimented tho Lodge on having so able a Brother to preside over them . In the course of his observations , the M . W . the G . M . stated that he consi-
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Provincial.
as the Centenary of so influential a Lodge as the "Scientific ; " and he begged to thank the Brethren for the very land manner in which they had responded to his health , so eloquently proposed as it had been by the W . M . He Avas convinced they had greatly overrated his merits ; but he could asstu-e them the interests of the Craft were very dear to him , and that at ei-ery time his best energies Avould be used
to show how much he Avas attached to the Order , and how jealously he would guard their privileges from molestation . Although he Avas not a Mason Avhen at the University , yet it gave him great pleasure once more to visit his Alma Mater , and to see around him so many Avell-remembered faces . He complimented the Lodge on the admirable manner in Avhich its duties had been performed , and hoped that the Scientific Lodge would increase in prosperityand long flourish in
, its present efficient condition . He thanked them for the honour they had done him by inviting him to their festival . The W M . then rose and said the next toast was one which they Avould drink with great pleasure , although tinged Avith some regret ; it Avas the health of the D . G . M ., the Earl of Yarborough , who Avas unable to be present on this occasion on account of ill-health . He could assure them that no Brother had the interests of tbe Craft
more at heart than the D . G . M . had , and he was sure they w ould join him in drinking his health . Bro . J . W . BAXTER then rose and proposed the health of the Prov , G . M . for Cambridgeshire , Bro . Hall , and alluded in -strong terms to his intimate knowledge of Arch-Masonry . The Prov . G . M . returned thanks in a most eloquent srjeech , and alluded to the early career of the Scientific Lodge , and remarked upon
the vicissitudes it had encountered . He said that the Lodge Avas firstheld in London , and then in various places of the town in which they were assembled ; but it had struggled on ? and the result had been that it had now arrived at the present state of prosperity . At one time the School of Plato , the sister Lodge , had been in the ascendant , but during the last 25 or 30 years the Scientific Lodge bad taken the lead , and kept it . He was sure that any Prov . G . M . might well be
proud of having such a Lodge in his Province , and he begged to drink prosperity to the Scientific Lodge and the "Past Masters . " Bro . CRISP , P . M ., returned thanks , and said it was indeed a proud day for the P . M . ' s of the Lodge , when they saw around them so noble a gathering as had been brought together on this occasion ; and although the building they had helped to raise was not yet perfect in all its parts , yet he hoped it mi ght be considered as honourable to its builders .
Bro . W . EDAVAEDS , P . M ., briefly proposed the D . Prov . G . M . and the Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge . Bro . ROAVE returned thanks . The M . W . the G . M . then rose and proposed the health of the W . M . of the Scientific Lodge , Bro . Arthur R . Ward , and complimented tho Lodge on having so able a Brother to preside over them . In the course of his observations , the M . W . the G . M . stated that he consi-