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deprecated the practice of evil speaking , now so prevalent , and condemned by St . James , and which did not always spring from malice , but frequently arose from the misrepresentations of ignorance , and could not be defended on any moral and religious principle . The results , he observed , were as unprofitable to those who indulged in the vice as injurious to those who were the sufferers by it . He urged the impossibility of satisfying cavillers as to the beauty of the ancienthonourableand
, , loyal order of Masonry , ancl asserted that it was justly styled " the handmaid of religion . " He proceeded to justify the observance of secrecy as to its details , and argued that the circumstance of some bad men being found connected with it was an insufficient objection , for such were to be found ranged under the banners of Christianity , and every other great system . The fault was not in the system , but that of individuals . He implored his hearers to abstain from every appearance of evil , and
exhibit in practice the genuine principles of Masonry , as by so doing they would secure the approbation of their friends , the comfort of their own consciences , and the admiration and respect of their enemies . A collection , amounting to 30 / . 4 * . 10 . was made for the Bolton
Dispensary . On leaving the church , the Brethren went in procession to the large school-room belonging to St . George ' s church , when they sat down to a sumptuous banquet . The galleries were filled with ladies , and the scene was one of the most interesting character . Earl Ellesmere occupied the chair , ancl at the table d'honneur were seated a numerous and distinguished assemblage of gvand officers , past and present . On the cloth being withdrawnthe following toasts were iven from
, g the chair , with excellent prefatory speeches : — "The Queen ; " " Prince Albert , ancl the rest of the Royal Family ; " " The Queen Dowager , Patroness of the School for the daughters of poor or deceased Masons ;" " The Earl of Zetland , Grand Master of England ; " Lord Worsley , Deputy Grand Master of England ; " and " The Grand Lodges of Scotland ancl Ireland . "
'lhe Rev . G . ROBINSON then proposed , in an eloquent and complimentary speech , the health of the Chairman , which was drunk with tlie greatest enthusiasm and repeated rounds of applause . The Noble CHAIRMAN , on rising to respond to the toast , was received with great cheering . AA'hen it had subsided he acknowledged the compliment , and proceeded to remark , that his Rev . Brother , in proposing the toast , had alluded to the novel name which he had only a few hours sinceby the last Gazettebeen called on to bear —( great applause ) . He
, , mentioned the circumstance in no spirit of false pride , or in triumph at his elevation , but because the change was suggestive of deeper and more honourable reflections —( applause ) . He would allude , in the first place , to the name from which he must now part ; and highly and deeply as he estimated the condescension of the Crown , which had thus honoured hiin far beyond any desert or claims of his—( cries of ' ' No , no" )—he could not help saying that he parted from that name with regretand
, almost compunction . He could not but remember that , shortly after his assumption of that name , he brought it a stranger to the country ; and it was associated in his mind with connexions that had then commenced—he alluded to no political connexion , but to those of a resident landlord —( applause)—to the friends he had made , and the friendships he had established , and all those more intimate connexions—more satisfactory than any which politics could afford—such as that which con-
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Provincial.
deprecated the practice of evil speaking , now so prevalent , and condemned by St . James , and which did not always spring from malice , but frequently arose from the misrepresentations of ignorance , and could not be defended on any moral and religious principle . The results , he observed , were as unprofitable to those who indulged in the vice as injurious to those who were the sufferers by it . He urged the impossibility of satisfying cavillers as to the beauty of the ancienthonourableand
, , loyal order of Masonry , ancl asserted that it was justly styled " the handmaid of religion . " He proceeded to justify the observance of secrecy as to its details , and argued that the circumstance of some bad men being found connected with it was an insufficient objection , for such were to be found ranged under the banners of Christianity , and every other great system . The fault was not in the system , but that of individuals . He implored his hearers to abstain from every appearance of evil , and
exhibit in practice the genuine principles of Masonry , as by so doing they would secure the approbation of their friends , the comfort of their own consciences , and the admiration and respect of their enemies . A collection , amounting to 30 / . 4 * . 10 . was made for the Bolton
Dispensary . On leaving the church , the Brethren went in procession to the large school-room belonging to St . George ' s church , when they sat down to a sumptuous banquet . The galleries were filled with ladies , and the scene was one of the most interesting character . Earl Ellesmere occupied the chair , ancl at the table d'honneur were seated a numerous and distinguished assemblage of gvand officers , past and present . On the cloth being withdrawnthe following toasts were iven from
, g the chair , with excellent prefatory speeches : — "The Queen ; " " Prince Albert , ancl the rest of the Royal Family ; " " The Queen Dowager , Patroness of the School for the daughters of poor or deceased Masons ;" " The Earl of Zetland , Grand Master of England ; " Lord Worsley , Deputy Grand Master of England ; " and " The Grand Lodges of Scotland ancl Ireland . "
'lhe Rev . G . ROBINSON then proposed , in an eloquent and complimentary speech , the health of the Chairman , which was drunk with tlie greatest enthusiasm and repeated rounds of applause . The Noble CHAIRMAN , on rising to respond to the toast , was received with great cheering . AA'hen it had subsided he acknowledged the compliment , and proceeded to remark , that his Rev . Brother , in proposing the toast , had alluded to the novel name which he had only a few hours sinceby the last Gazettebeen called on to bear —( great applause ) . He
, , mentioned the circumstance in no spirit of false pride , or in triumph at his elevation , but because the change was suggestive of deeper and more honourable reflections —( applause ) . He would allude , in the first place , to the name from which he must now part ; and highly and deeply as he estimated the condescension of the Crown , which had thus honoured hiin far beyond any desert or claims of his—( cries of ' ' No , no" )—he could not help saying that he parted from that name with regretand
, almost compunction . He could not but remember that , shortly after his assumption of that name , he brought it a stranger to the country ; and it was associated in his mind with connexions that had then commenced—he alluded to no political connexion , but to those of a resident landlord —( applause)—to the friends he had made , and the friendships he had established , and all those more intimate connexions—more satisfactory than any which politics could afford—such as that which con-