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Provincial.
and in eloquent terms bore testimony to the eminent services our Past Provincial Grand AIaster hacl rendered the province . The following address was unanimously adopted : — " To the Rig ht AVorshipful AVilliam Eliot , Esq ., Past Provincial Grand Master of Dorsetshire . " The Provincial Grand Lodge of Dorsetshire feel that they cannot
separate at the first Provincial Grand Lodge after your resignation of that high office , without tendering to you their most heartfelt thanks , for the Brotherly love , the urbanity , and faithful performance of the important Alasonie duties which have devolved upon you during your time of office , more especially for your exertions in the cause of charity . " To your excellent arrangements they attribute , under the Divine blessing , the continued prosperity , the excellent working , and the high
standing of the Province of Dorset , amongst the Provincial Grand Lodges under the Constitution of England . " In conclusion , the Provincial Grand Lodge greet you with their hearty good wishes , for your health , happiness , ancl prosperity ; and trust that when called from hence , you may ascend to that immortal Centre from whence we all originated—to that Temple not made with hands , eternal in the heavens , where the world ' s Great Architect lives and rules for ever and ever . " Done at the Provincial Grand Loclge at AVeymouth , this 21 st day of August , A . L . 5846 . A . D . 1846 . " Ancl duly signed .
It is intended to present Brother Eliot with some more substantial mark of the esteem and Brotherly love of the province , and the subject is under the consideration of a Committee of the Masters , Past Alasters , ancl AVardens of the several Lodges in the province , and when finally arranged an announcement will be duly made in the Quarterly . The several Lodges in the province have voted and presented addresses to the P . P . G . M . The following is the address voted by the All Souls ' Lodge , AVeymouth : —
" All Souls' Lodge , No . 199 , Masonic Hall , AVeymouth . " Right AVorshipful Sir ancl Dear Brother , —We the undersigned Master , Past Alasters , AA ardens and Brethren in open Lodge assembled , in acknowledging the receipt of your communication of the 21 st Alay last , beg to express our sincere and unfeigned regret ofthe necessity that has induced your resignation of the high and important office of P . G . M . for the province of Dorsetwhich you have filled for the last seven years
, , so much to the satisfaction of the Brethren of this Loclge and of the Craft at large , and the duties of which you have discharged with such unremitting zeal , strict fidelity , and acknowledged impartiality . But whilst we deeply deplore that your private avocations should deprive us and the Brethren of the province of your valuable superintendence of our Masonic labours , it is yet a source of great happiness to know that your name will still be retained as a subscribing member of this Lodge
, as we cannot but remember the numerous and oft-repeated acts of kindness which we have received at your hands , both as our highly esteemed P . G . M ., and also a much revered member of the All Souls' Lodge . " Permit us , Right AVorshipful Sir and Brother , to express a hope that the Great Architect of the Universe will enable us to practise those Masonic virtues to which you so feelingly direct our attention , and in VOL . IV . Y y
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Provincial.
and in eloquent terms bore testimony to the eminent services our Past Provincial Grand AIaster hacl rendered the province . The following address was unanimously adopted : — " To the Rig ht AVorshipful AVilliam Eliot , Esq ., Past Provincial Grand Master of Dorsetshire . " The Provincial Grand Lodge of Dorsetshire feel that they cannot
separate at the first Provincial Grand Lodge after your resignation of that high office , without tendering to you their most heartfelt thanks , for the Brotherly love , the urbanity , and faithful performance of the important Alasonie duties which have devolved upon you during your time of office , more especially for your exertions in the cause of charity . " To your excellent arrangements they attribute , under the Divine blessing , the continued prosperity , the excellent working , and the high
standing of the Province of Dorset , amongst the Provincial Grand Lodges under the Constitution of England . " In conclusion , the Provincial Grand Lodge greet you with their hearty good wishes , for your health , happiness , ancl prosperity ; and trust that when called from hence , you may ascend to that immortal Centre from whence we all originated—to that Temple not made with hands , eternal in the heavens , where the world ' s Great Architect lives and rules for ever and ever . " Done at the Provincial Grand Loclge at AVeymouth , this 21 st day of August , A . L . 5846 . A . D . 1846 . " Ancl duly signed .
It is intended to present Brother Eliot with some more substantial mark of the esteem and Brotherly love of the province , and the subject is under the consideration of a Committee of the Masters , Past Alasters , ancl AVardens of the several Lodges in the province , and when finally arranged an announcement will be duly made in the Quarterly . The several Lodges in the province have voted and presented addresses to the P . P . G . M . The following is the address voted by the All Souls ' Lodge , AVeymouth : —
" All Souls' Lodge , No . 199 , Masonic Hall , AVeymouth . " Right AVorshipful Sir ancl Dear Brother , —We the undersigned Master , Past Alasters , AA ardens and Brethren in open Lodge assembled , in acknowledging the receipt of your communication of the 21 st Alay last , beg to express our sincere and unfeigned regret ofthe necessity that has induced your resignation of the high and important office of P . G . M . for the province of Dorsetwhich you have filled for the last seven years
, , so much to the satisfaction of the Brethren of this Loclge and of the Craft at large , and the duties of which you have discharged with such unremitting zeal , strict fidelity , and acknowledged impartiality . But whilst we deeply deplore that your private avocations should deprive us and the Brethren of the province of your valuable superintendence of our Masonic labours , it is yet a source of great happiness to know that your name will still be retained as a subscribing member of this Lodge
, as we cannot but remember the numerous and oft-repeated acts of kindness which we have received at your hands , both as our highly esteemed P . G . M ., and also a much revered member of the All Souls' Lodge . " Permit us , Right AVorshipful Sir and Brother , to express a hope that the Great Architect of the Universe will enable us to practise those Masonic virtues to which you so feelingly direct our attention , and in VOL . IV . Y y