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Provincial.
gratification he had experienced that day , as a Mason , and returned thanks on behalf of the Lodges named . Brother TYNTE , P . G . M ., rose ancl expressed a desire that he possessed so good a voice as their distinguished Brother in the chair , as he wished all present distinctly to hear him . He was sure the toast he was about to propose would be received with the utmost possible enthusiasm . He knew how difficult it was to select a Brother sufficiently versed in Masonic
lore to preside over the Province of Dorset , which was pre-eminent , as he had heard it noticed by the late revered G . M . of England , the Duke of Sussex ; but tlie choice the Provincial Grand Lodge had now made in electing so worthy a Brother as Provincial Grand Master of Dorset ( cheers ) , was highly creditable to their judgment , and to their zeal for the promotion of the Order , as no Brother could doubt that the choice had fallen on one , who , for his high attainments in Freemasonry , ancl
his general good qualities , would prove a most excellent ruler over them . ( Cheers . ) He would at once give " The health of the Provincial Grand Alaster of Dorset , Bro . AVilliam Tucker . " ( Full Masonic honours . ) The P . G . M . returned thanks iu a brief but eloquent address . He said he was fully aware of the difficulties of his position , but having to succeed such a learned , zealous , and distinguished Brother , as Brother AVilliam Eliot ( cheers ) his duties would be comparatively light in this
, province , everything having been regulated with such order and propriety by his worthy predecessor , whose example he would endeavour to imitate . He bad now to propose the health of the P . P . G . M ., Brother AA'illiam Eliot . ( Full Masonic honours . ) P . P . G . M . ELIOT , on rising to return thanks , was received with
renewed greetings . The worthy and distinguished Brother spoke as follows : —During the thirty years I have been a Freemason , I have received from you repeated marks of your kindness , and if I have on many occasions found a difficulty in expressing my gratitude , what must be my feelings at the present moment?—feelings which I cannot describe . In by-gone days I was in the plenitude of Alasonie power , ancl your kind applause cheered me on in the path of duty : now I stand before you simply in the character of a private Freemason , having
divested myself of all authority . The manner you have responded to my health , proposed by our P . G . Master , assures me that my conduct in presiding over you has met with your unanimous approbation . It may probably appear extraordinary my retiring from the high and important situation of P . G . Alaster of this Province , but I have always entertained a strong opinion that no man ought to fill a public situation unless he can discharge its duties in an efficient manner , and knowing , from the increase of my private avocations , I must either neglect one or
tlie other , and not feeling justified to relax my own private duties , L considered , as an honest man , and as a Mason , that I ought to resign the situation of P . G . AI ., the duties of which I knew I could not have time to perform . You may easily imagine it caused me many a painful struggle to separate myself officially from you , my clear Brethren , over whom , for upwards of seven years , I had presided with so much happiness : having so resolved , I sent in my resignation , ancl announced it to all the Lodges in the Province , —the addresses I received from every
Lodge have sunk deep into my heart . I prize them more than I can express ; and I shall hand them down to my children ' s children as a memento of the great affection evinced to their father by the Freemasons of Dorset . At the first P . G . meeting which I held , I told you the line
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Provincial.
gratification he had experienced that day , as a Mason , and returned thanks on behalf of the Lodges named . Brother TYNTE , P . G . M ., rose ancl expressed a desire that he possessed so good a voice as their distinguished Brother in the chair , as he wished all present distinctly to hear him . He was sure the toast he was about to propose would be received with the utmost possible enthusiasm . He knew how difficult it was to select a Brother sufficiently versed in Masonic
lore to preside over the Province of Dorset , which was pre-eminent , as he had heard it noticed by the late revered G . M . of England , the Duke of Sussex ; but tlie choice the Provincial Grand Lodge had now made in electing so worthy a Brother as Provincial Grand Master of Dorset ( cheers ) , was highly creditable to their judgment , and to their zeal for the promotion of the Order , as no Brother could doubt that the choice had fallen on one , who , for his high attainments in Freemasonry , ancl
his general good qualities , would prove a most excellent ruler over them . ( Cheers . ) He would at once give " The health of the Provincial Grand Alaster of Dorset , Bro . AVilliam Tucker . " ( Full Masonic honours . ) The P . G . M . returned thanks iu a brief but eloquent address . He said he was fully aware of the difficulties of his position , but having to succeed such a learned , zealous , and distinguished Brother , as Brother AVilliam Eliot ( cheers ) his duties would be comparatively light in this
, province , everything having been regulated with such order and propriety by his worthy predecessor , whose example he would endeavour to imitate . He bad now to propose the health of the P . P . G . M ., Brother AA'illiam Eliot . ( Full Masonic honours . ) P . P . G . M . ELIOT , on rising to return thanks , was received with
renewed greetings . The worthy and distinguished Brother spoke as follows : —During the thirty years I have been a Freemason , I have received from you repeated marks of your kindness , and if I have on many occasions found a difficulty in expressing my gratitude , what must be my feelings at the present moment?—feelings which I cannot describe . In by-gone days I was in the plenitude of Alasonie power , ancl your kind applause cheered me on in the path of duty : now I stand before you simply in the character of a private Freemason , having
divested myself of all authority . The manner you have responded to my health , proposed by our P . G . Master , assures me that my conduct in presiding over you has met with your unanimous approbation . It may probably appear extraordinary my retiring from the high and important situation of P . G . Alaster of this Province , but I have always entertained a strong opinion that no man ought to fill a public situation unless he can discharge its duties in an efficient manner , and knowing , from the increase of my private avocations , I must either neglect one or
tlie other , and not feeling justified to relax my own private duties , L considered , as an honest man , and as a Mason , that I ought to resign the situation of P . G . AI ., the duties of which I knew I could not have time to perform . You may easily imagine it caused me many a painful struggle to separate myself officially from you , my clear Brethren , over whom , for upwards of seven years , I had presided with so much happiness : having so resolved , I sent in my resignation , ancl announced it to all the Lodges in the Province , —the addresses I received from every
Lodge have sunk deep into my heart . I prize them more than I can express ; and I shall hand them down to my children ' s children as a memento of the great affection evinced to their father by the Freemasons of Dorset . At the first P . G . meeting which I held , I told you the line