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Provincial.
Inspire us with Thy grace divine , Thy sacred laiv our guide shall be : To every good our hearts incline , From every evil keep us free . All hail ! & c .
The P . G . C . the Rev . Geo . Coltman , delivered a most philosophical and eloquent discourse , from Isaiah xiii . 19—he entered the pulpit arrayed in the splendid apparel of the P . G . L ., ancl to those Avho are react in history , Avould seem to renew the times of the eommomvealth , when general officers in their full uniforms left the field of battle for the pulpit—we had intended to have given an abstract of this admirable discourse , but as it is directed by the P . G . L . to be printed , Ave refrain ,
hoping that every brother will obtain a copy . The brethren returned in the same order as they Avent , the music playing the Masons' anthem . The crowd of spectators seemed , if possible , to have increased . After going through the further business of the Loclge , and passing a vote of thanks to the Prov . G . Chaplain , for his Sermon , to the Rev . G . Beckett for the use of his Church , and to the Rev . G . Dodds for consenting to read prayersand to the Magistrates
, for the use of the ToAvn-Hall , which was the more complimentary , it being their OAvn regular day of meeting , about 80 brethren sat doAvn to an excellent dinner , in the Town-HaU , the deputed P . G . M . MAJOR . BRACKENBURY , in the Chair . When the cloth Avas removed , The Chairman proposed the "King , " as patron of Masonry . ( Drank Avith Masonic honours and great cheering . )
"The Queen , " as patroness of the Masonic Charity Schools . ( Masonic honours—cheers . ) "The Royal Family . " ( Masonic honours . ) The Chairman said he would noiv propose the health of a
Princemore illustrious by his virtues than his birth—the friend of man , of liberty , and of happiness—the protector and the ornament of Masonry —in a word , his name was sufficient , — "Our Brother , His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , Grand Master of England . " ( Masonic honours , frequently repeated , Avith bursts of cheering . ) The next toast was , "Our Brother , the Pro-Grand Master of England , the Right Hon . the Lord Dundas . ( Masonic honours . )
The Chairman said he had now a name to bring forward Avhich he Avas sure would carry with it the enthusiasm of all hearts AVIIO respected the dignity of virtue and the excellency of Masonry , " Our Brother , Lord Durham , Deputy Grand Master of England . " ( Masonic honours . Great cheers . ) The Chairman said , that he tvas perfectl y inadequate to do justice to the succeeding toast . No language he could use could fully express
his feelings toAvards the excellent Mason and patriot , AVIIO , from his duties to his country , Avas prevented from attending to those of that Order to Avhich he Avas most warml y attached . ( Cheers . ) He Avould read an extract from a letter Avhich he had received , and AA'hich would speak better than any language of his , the sentiments of his Ri ght Hon . Brother and Friend , Charles Tennyson D'Eynecourt . ( Immense cheering . ) After reading an extract , the Chairman said , he Avould IIOAV propose the health of that Brother , " The Right Hon . C . T . D'Eynecourt , " the Prov . G . M . of this county . ( Masonic honours , and rapturous cheering . )
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Provincial.
Inspire us with Thy grace divine , Thy sacred laiv our guide shall be : To every good our hearts incline , From every evil keep us free . All hail ! & c .
The P . G . C . the Rev . Geo . Coltman , delivered a most philosophical and eloquent discourse , from Isaiah xiii . 19—he entered the pulpit arrayed in the splendid apparel of the P . G . L ., ancl to those Avho are react in history , Avould seem to renew the times of the eommomvealth , when general officers in their full uniforms left the field of battle for the pulpit—we had intended to have given an abstract of this admirable discourse , but as it is directed by the P . G . L . to be printed , Ave refrain ,
hoping that every brother will obtain a copy . The brethren returned in the same order as they Avent , the music playing the Masons' anthem . The crowd of spectators seemed , if possible , to have increased . After going through the further business of the Loclge , and passing a vote of thanks to the Prov . G . Chaplain , for his Sermon , to the Rev . G . Beckett for the use of his Church , and to the Rev . G . Dodds for consenting to read prayersand to the Magistrates
, for the use of the ToAvn-Hall , which was the more complimentary , it being their OAvn regular day of meeting , about 80 brethren sat doAvn to an excellent dinner , in the Town-HaU , the deputed P . G . M . MAJOR . BRACKENBURY , in the Chair . When the cloth Avas removed , The Chairman proposed the "King , " as patron of Masonry . ( Drank Avith Masonic honours and great cheering . )
"The Queen , " as patroness of the Masonic Charity Schools . ( Masonic honours—cheers . ) "The Royal Family . " ( Masonic honours . ) The Chairman said he would noiv propose the health of a
Princemore illustrious by his virtues than his birth—the friend of man , of liberty , and of happiness—the protector and the ornament of Masonry —in a word , his name was sufficient , — "Our Brother , His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , Grand Master of England . " ( Masonic honours , frequently repeated , Avith bursts of cheering . ) The next toast was , "Our Brother , the Pro-Grand Master of England , the Right Hon . the Lord Dundas . ( Masonic honours . )
The Chairman said he had now a name to bring forward Avhich he Avas sure would carry with it the enthusiasm of all hearts AVIIO respected the dignity of virtue and the excellency of Masonry , " Our Brother , Lord Durham , Deputy Grand Master of England . " ( Masonic honours . Great cheers . ) The Chairman said , that he tvas perfectl y inadequate to do justice to the succeeding toast . No language he could use could fully express
his feelings toAvards the excellent Mason and patriot , AVIIO , from his duties to his country , Avas prevented from attending to those of that Order to Avhich he Avas most warml y attached . ( Cheers . ) He Avould read an extract from a letter Avhich he had received , and AA'hich would speak better than any language of his , the sentiments of his Ri ght Hon . Brother and Friend , Charles Tennyson D'Eynecourt . ( Immense cheering . ) After reading an extract , the Chairman said , he Avould IIOAV propose the health of that Brother , " The Right Hon . C . T . D'Eynecourt , " the Prov . G . M . of this county . ( Masonic honours , and rapturous cheering . )