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Provincial.
Lord ! o * er the waste of waters wide , Still let lily ark of mercy ride , Prompt to ( lie orphan's prayer : Ope wide its sheltering gates , and win Hy gentle love from shame and sin . Those who seek refuge there .
A sermon was preached by the Rev . D . Jones , of St . Nicholas , Deptford , and Provincial Grand Chaplain to the Order . An abstract will be found at p . 274 . After a most impressive discourse , the party left the church , and proceeded in the same order of procession , by Bath Street , AVest Street , ancl High Street , to the Town Hall , the band playing " The entered apprentice Freemason . " After closing the Lodge , nearly 100 of the Brethren , including the Officers of the P . G . Lodge , proceeded to the Talbot Hotel ( late the Puncheon ) to
THE DINNER , which was indeed a banquet deserving the occasion . J . Ashley , Esq ., D . P . G . M ., presided , supported on his right by Dr . Crucefix , and on the left by the P . G . Chaplain ; and surrounded by his P . G . Officers . After the removal of the cloth , Nan Nobis was sung most delightfully by the professionals present , Messrs . Ransford , Lloyd , Turner , AA . II .
Jones , and Van Buren . The CHAIRMAN then gave successively "the Queen , " ( The National Anthem was divinely sung by the vocalists , assisted by the band in chorus ) , " the Queen Dowager , " " Prince Albert , Albert , Prince of AVales , and the rest of the royal family , " all which were received with loud plaudits . The CHAIR . IIAN then begged to call for bumpers to the Army
-, coup ling with it the name of Major Kelly , commandant at Tilbury Fort , whose great assistance rendered at the late calamitous fire had entitled him to the thanks of the inhabitants . AVith the duties of a soldier he had blended the true principles of Freemasonry , in lending aid in the moment of peril and distress —( great cheering ) . The gallant Major KELLY said he felt unable to return thanks for the honour they had done himin coupling his name with the service to
, which he had the honour to be attached ; as an officer he felt it much . With respect to the services he mi ght have rendered during the late calamity , ancl which the Chairman and his Brethren had been pleased so warmly to applaud , he begged to say that he had only done his duty in rendering all the assistance in his power to a neighbourhood where he hacl so many friendly associations . He felt honoured by the marked manner in which they hacl drunk the Army ancl himself as
associated with it . He was most grateful , and drank most cordially the health of every Brother present . " Bro . Hallowes and the Navy , with three times three . " Bro . HALLOWES briefly returned thanks . " The Right Worshipful the Earl of Zetland , the Grand Master of England , " was drank with three times three . The CHAIRJIAN next gave" The D . G . M . Earl Howe . "
, , " Bro . Crucefix and the Officers of the Grancl Lodge , " with three times three . Bro . CRUCEFIX responded to the compliment paid hiin with his accustomed eloquence , lauding the Craft for its universal promulgation of virtue and benevolence . Every Freemason , ( said he , ) practices its divine VOL . II . T T
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
Lord ! o * er the waste of waters wide , Still let lily ark of mercy ride , Prompt to ( lie orphan's prayer : Ope wide its sheltering gates , and win Hy gentle love from shame and sin . Those who seek refuge there .
A sermon was preached by the Rev . D . Jones , of St . Nicholas , Deptford , and Provincial Grand Chaplain to the Order . An abstract will be found at p . 274 . After a most impressive discourse , the party left the church , and proceeded in the same order of procession , by Bath Street , AVest Street , ancl High Street , to the Town Hall , the band playing " The entered apprentice Freemason . " After closing the Lodge , nearly 100 of the Brethren , including the Officers of the P . G . Lodge , proceeded to the Talbot Hotel ( late the Puncheon ) to
THE DINNER , which was indeed a banquet deserving the occasion . J . Ashley , Esq ., D . P . G . M ., presided , supported on his right by Dr . Crucefix , and on the left by the P . G . Chaplain ; and surrounded by his P . G . Officers . After the removal of the cloth , Nan Nobis was sung most delightfully by the professionals present , Messrs . Ransford , Lloyd , Turner , AA . II .
Jones , and Van Buren . The CHAIRMAN then gave successively "the Queen , " ( The National Anthem was divinely sung by the vocalists , assisted by the band in chorus ) , " the Queen Dowager , " " Prince Albert , Albert , Prince of AVales , and the rest of the royal family , " all which were received with loud plaudits . The CHAIR . IIAN then begged to call for bumpers to the Army
-, coup ling with it the name of Major Kelly , commandant at Tilbury Fort , whose great assistance rendered at the late calamitous fire had entitled him to the thanks of the inhabitants . AVith the duties of a soldier he had blended the true principles of Freemasonry , in lending aid in the moment of peril and distress —( great cheering ) . The gallant Major KELLY said he felt unable to return thanks for the honour they had done himin coupling his name with the service to
, which he had the honour to be attached ; as an officer he felt it much . With respect to the services he mi ght have rendered during the late calamity , ancl which the Chairman and his Brethren had been pleased so warmly to applaud , he begged to say that he had only done his duty in rendering all the assistance in his power to a neighbourhood where he hacl so many friendly associations . He felt honoured by the marked manner in which they hacl drunk the Army ancl himself as
associated with it . He was most grateful , and drank most cordially the health of every Brother present . " Bro . Hallowes and the Navy , with three times three . " Bro . HALLOWES briefly returned thanks . " The Right Worshipful the Earl of Zetland , the Grand Master of England , " was drank with three times three . The CHAIRJIAN next gave" The D . G . M . Earl Howe . "
, , " Bro . Crucefix and the Officers of the Grancl Lodge , " with three times three . Bro . CRUCEFIX responded to the compliment paid hiin with his accustomed eloquence , lauding the Craft for its universal promulgation of virtue and benevolence . Every Freemason , ( said he , ) practices its divine VOL . II . T T