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Provincial.
Brother , Dr . Crucefix , would outride the typhoon of malignancy that lias attempted to absorb it in the whirlpool of destruction . " Here ' s the health of the R . IV . our P . G . M ., the Hon . Colonel Anson , and may he live long to preside over the Craft in the province of Stafford . " This toast was received with the utmost enthusiasm , and all the Masonic honours . The R . W . the PROV . GRAND MASTERin acknowledgmentsaid that
, , he was not taken by surprise that his health should have been proposed , but he was unprepared for the manner in which it had been introduced by the P . G . Chaplain , and received by the Brethren . He felt assured , from being so well supported by the Brethren around him , that they would not neglect him —( cheers ) . He felt deeply the great compliment paid him , ancl more by their attendance there that clay . Hacl he come and met only a few—a sort of thread-bare assembly of Masons—he
certainly should have felt disappointed ; a few years ago , but a small part of this large attendance could have been expected . A great stimulus has of late been given to Masonry in this county . Yet he coulcl not take credit to himself ; he had only responded to their call . It was not ; from any vain glory or vanity that he sought to be placed in the high office of P . G . M . ; it was offered to him by that illustrious individual , ; the late G . M . conditionallthat he should devote the utmost attention
, y , to Masonry in this county . He should do so ; and ivith the continued assistance of the able Brethren around him , the province of Stafford would shortly yield to none other for the advance it has made in Masonry —( cheers ) . His worthy friend , the P . G . Chaplain , had alluded to >; visiting the several Lodges , ancl he ( Colonel Anson ) , in demiting him to
that duty , felt that it was not for himself , as P . G . M ., to interfere with the minutiae , or in the details of their Lodge business . If he were to be present at their monthly meetings , and to observe anything of which he should disapprove , he should be sorry to be thus placed in a position to find fault , when he had the pleasure of meeting them in P . G . Lodge . ' By appointing a deputy to inspect , and to see to the proper carrying outof the system of the Craft , he should be in a better position to appear ,,
and greet them all as Brethren on such an occasion as the present , with greater satisfaction . His worthy friend the D . P . G . M . hacl made two such visits , and prepared his reports respecting them , but time had not allowed ; of their being read to-day . He ( Colonel Anson ) conceived that one good purpose answered by pursuing the course stated , would be to stimulate their respective Lodges to vie with each other in regularity and ' efficiencyeventuall lacing all on an equalityancl raising each
par-, y p , ticular Lodge to a position not inferior to any Lodge in the kingdom—( cheers ) . He ( Colonel Anson ) ought not to detain them , as time was brief , and there were several other toasts to give , but he felt that he should be ungrateful were he not again to express , most fervently , his deep sense of their kindness . He hoped to meet them again , when their acquaintance woulcl be still more intimate , and he should rejoice in ; every opportunity of acquiring and imparting Masonic knowledge , and '
aiding the progress of Masonry —( cheers ) . The P . G . M . concluded wishing long life and happiness to all the Brethren . - P . G . Senior Warden , Brother THOMAS WARD , 674 , proposed the ' health of the P . G . Chaplain , the Rev . H . R . Slade . Bro , Ward observed , that the merits of their reverend Brother Slade were sufficiently ' well known to them , and required no eulogium from him . The best tribute tohis worth was that he had received from his own neighbourhood , ancl
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Provincial.
Brother , Dr . Crucefix , would outride the typhoon of malignancy that lias attempted to absorb it in the whirlpool of destruction . " Here ' s the health of the R . IV . our P . G . M ., the Hon . Colonel Anson , and may he live long to preside over the Craft in the province of Stafford . " This toast was received with the utmost enthusiasm , and all the Masonic honours . The R . W . the PROV . GRAND MASTERin acknowledgmentsaid that
, , he was not taken by surprise that his health should have been proposed , but he was unprepared for the manner in which it had been introduced by the P . G . Chaplain , and received by the Brethren . He felt assured , from being so well supported by the Brethren around him , that they would not neglect him —( cheers ) . He felt deeply the great compliment paid him , ancl more by their attendance there that clay . Hacl he come and met only a few—a sort of thread-bare assembly of Masons—he
certainly should have felt disappointed ; a few years ago , but a small part of this large attendance could have been expected . A great stimulus has of late been given to Masonry in this county . Yet he coulcl not take credit to himself ; he had only responded to their call . It was not ; from any vain glory or vanity that he sought to be placed in the high office of P . G . M . ; it was offered to him by that illustrious individual , ; the late G . M . conditionallthat he should devote the utmost attention
, y , to Masonry in this county . He should do so ; and ivith the continued assistance of the able Brethren around him , the province of Stafford would shortly yield to none other for the advance it has made in Masonry —( cheers ) . His worthy friend , the P . G . Chaplain , had alluded to >; visiting the several Lodges , ancl he ( Colonel Anson ) , in demiting him to
that duty , felt that it was not for himself , as P . G . M ., to interfere with the minutiae , or in the details of their Lodge business . If he were to be present at their monthly meetings , and to observe anything of which he should disapprove , he should be sorry to be thus placed in a position to find fault , when he had the pleasure of meeting them in P . G . Lodge . ' By appointing a deputy to inspect , and to see to the proper carrying outof the system of the Craft , he should be in a better position to appear ,,
and greet them all as Brethren on such an occasion as the present , with greater satisfaction . His worthy friend the D . P . G . M . hacl made two such visits , and prepared his reports respecting them , but time had not allowed ; of their being read to-day . He ( Colonel Anson ) conceived that one good purpose answered by pursuing the course stated , would be to stimulate their respective Lodges to vie with each other in regularity and ' efficiencyeventuall lacing all on an equalityancl raising each
par-, y p , ticular Lodge to a position not inferior to any Lodge in the kingdom—( cheers ) . He ( Colonel Anson ) ought not to detain them , as time was brief , and there were several other toasts to give , but he felt that he should be ungrateful were he not again to express , most fervently , his deep sense of their kindness . He hoped to meet them again , when their acquaintance woulcl be still more intimate , and he should rejoice in ; every opportunity of acquiring and imparting Masonic knowledge , and '
aiding the progress of Masonry —( cheers ) . The P . G . M . concluded wishing long life and happiness to all the Brethren . - P . G . Senior Warden , Brother THOMAS WARD , 674 , proposed the ' health of the P . G . Chaplain , the Rev . H . R . Slade . Bro , Ward observed , that the merits of their reverend Brother Slade were sufficiently ' well known to them , and required no eulogium from him . The best tribute tohis worth was that he had received from his own neighbourhood , ancl