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Provincial.
Inn ; his lordship , with the ladies , clergy , and visitors returned to the Salamanca Inn , where the chair and vice-chair were filled by Lord Combermere and J . Broadhurst , Esq . It was universally regretted that the unfortunate state of the weather had rendered it necessary to divide the party on this interesting occasion .
WINSFORD , August 22 . —The Brethren assembled at Winsford , for the purpose of proceeding to the ceremony of fixing the key-stone in the eastern window of the new church now building in the parish of Over . On the arrival of the Brethren , a Lodge of Emergency was opened for the despatch of business at the Navigation Inn , Winsford , where it had been announced the Right Hon . the Viscount Combermere , Provincial Grand-Master of this province , would attend , but owing to
an unforeseen engagement , his lordship was obliged to deprive himself of the pleasure of officiating in the ceremony . Soon after eleven o ' clock , the Combermere Lodge ( Love and Harmony , ) No . 581 , was opened by the W . M . Bro . Broady . The P . G . Officers being assembled in another room , were marshalled by the P . G- D ., and walked in procession to the door of the Lodge , the band playing " The Entered Apprentice ' s March" and were received bthe
, y Brethren with grand honours . The R \ V . D . G . P . M . having ascended the throne , the Provincial Grand Lodge was opened for the despatch of business , the founding of a " Fund of Benevolence" for this province , to be established upon permanent principles , from a suggestion of the R . W . P . G . M . Viscount Combermere , at a Lodge held three years ago at North wich .
The Brethren all appeared clothed in mourning , in compliance with an order from the Grand Lodge , out of respect to the memory of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the M . W . G . M . of England ; at two o ' clock the procession moved from the Lodge-room to the church . After the usual forms were ended , the P . G . Chaplain offered up a prayer in a most impressive manner . The REV . JAMES FOLLIOTT , P . G . Chaplain , then delivered an address , from which
we give the following extracts : — " Dearly beloved Brethren , —According to ancient custom , I have been requested to address you on this interesting and solemn occasion ; for is it not both solemn and interesting , when we are here assembletfto witness the laying of the keystone in the eastern window of a new church in this populous district ? Many successive ages have passed away since the first stone was laid of that venerable fabric—your ancient parish churchwhere generations
, after generations have been baptized , married , and gathered unto their fathers . Thus has time rolled on , and now it has been deemed necessary to raise a new edifice for the honour snd service of the Triune God . In the ceremony of laying the key-stone of the eastern window , we are forcibly reminded of the appearance of the star in the east , which manifested to the Chaldean sages , and the nations of the earth , the dayspring of . the Sun of Righteousness , which arose with healing in His wings to
bring salvation to fallen man . The dedication or setting apart a place for divine worship was always attended with a solemn ceremony , from the first ark of the covenant in the wilderness to the splendid temple of Solomon , and its still more glorious restoration after the Babylonish captivity , in the reign of Cyrus , King of Persia . If the pious Jew could observe such solemn rites in the dedication of his Lord ' s house—if the devout Mussulman can venerate with such solemnity the sanctity of the mosque—with what reverence ought we to treat the hallowed temple of
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Provincial.
Inn ; his lordship , with the ladies , clergy , and visitors returned to the Salamanca Inn , where the chair and vice-chair were filled by Lord Combermere and J . Broadhurst , Esq . It was universally regretted that the unfortunate state of the weather had rendered it necessary to divide the party on this interesting occasion .
WINSFORD , August 22 . —The Brethren assembled at Winsford , for the purpose of proceeding to the ceremony of fixing the key-stone in the eastern window of the new church now building in the parish of Over . On the arrival of the Brethren , a Lodge of Emergency was opened for the despatch of business at the Navigation Inn , Winsford , where it had been announced the Right Hon . the Viscount Combermere , Provincial Grand-Master of this province , would attend , but owing to
an unforeseen engagement , his lordship was obliged to deprive himself of the pleasure of officiating in the ceremony . Soon after eleven o ' clock , the Combermere Lodge ( Love and Harmony , ) No . 581 , was opened by the W . M . Bro . Broady . The P . G . Officers being assembled in another room , were marshalled by the P . G- D ., and walked in procession to the door of the Lodge , the band playing " The Entered Apprentice ' s March" and were received bthe
, y Brethren with grand honours . The R \ V . D . G . P . M . having ascended the throne , the Provincial Grand Lodge was opened for the despatch of business , the founding of a " Fund of Benevolence" for this province , to be established upon permanent principles , from a suggestion of the R . W . P . G . M . Viscount Combermere , at a Lodge held three years ago at North wich .
The Brethren all appeared clothed in mourning , in compliance with an order from the Grand Lodge , out of respect to the memory of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the M . W . G . M . of England ; at two o ' clock the procession moved from the Lodge-room to the church . After the usual forms were ended , the P . G . Chaplain offered up a prayer in a most impressive manner . The REV . JAMES FOLLIOTT , P . G . Chaplain , then delivered an address , from which
we give the following extracts : — " Dearly beloved Brethren , —According to ancient custom , I have been requested to address you on this interesting and solemn occasion ; for is it not both solemn and interesting , when we are here assembletfto witness the laying of the keystone in the eastern window of a new church in this populous district ? Many successive ages have passed away since the first stone was laid of that venerable fabric—your ancient parish churchwhere generations
, after generations have been baptized , married , and gathered unto their fathers . Thus has time rolled on , and now it has been deemed necessary to raise a new edifice for the honour snd service of the Triune God . In the ceremony of laying the key-stone of the eastern window , we are forcibly reminded of the appearance of the star in the east , which manifested to the Chaldean sages , and the nations of the earth , the dayspring of . the Sun of Righteousness , which arose with healing in His wings to
bring salvation to fallen man . The dedication or setting apart a place for divine worship was always attended with a solemn ceremony , from the first ark of the covenant in the wilderness to the splendid temple of Solomon , and its still more glorious restoration after the Babylonish captivity , in the reign of Cyrus , King of Persia . If the pious Jew could observe such solemn rites in the dedication of his Lord ' s house—if the devout Mussulman can venerate with such solemnity the sanctity of the mosque—with what reverence ought we to treat the hallowed temple of