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cheers . ) " Good wine needs no bush , " and he might say that they were indebted to him not merely for allowing himself to be put in nomination to preside over them , but for also coming amongst them at the festive board , and enlightening them with scientific accounts as he had done that day . He desired them to be all up-standing , and to drink the health of Sir Charles Lemon , their Grand Master . ( Drunk with musical honours . )
The PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER returned thanks , and said it was with great pleasure he saw Freemasonry extending in this county . They had been informed that day of the addition of new lodges , and that lodges in existence had received a considerable accession to their numbers , which was a gratifying symptom of the good feeling that existed towards Masonry in the county . ( Hear . ) But large as their development had been , he could not but cousider that more development was possible , and
he hoped that the wings of this body would be spread over a much larger space than they now overshadow . He was sure that in no part of England did Freemasonry exist with a better spirit of brotherly good will than in this county . In the report of that morning by Bro . Ellis , allusion was made to the act of 39 George HI . referring to secret societies , which had at that time tended greatly to the disorganisation of society ; and in no way whatever was it found that any Freemasonas a Freemason
, , was connected therewith . He would also draw attention to a more remote period when charges were made against Freemasons that they were connected with the secret societies which then filled Germany with atrocities . That they were so connected , he believed was an entire mistake ; and at the present time , when France , Germany , and Italy are disturbed
by the operations of secret societies , he was happy to say that amongst the plots discovered , no charge or imputation whatever had arisen against any body of Freemasons . ( Cheers . ) That they might maintain their purity , their indemnity from excess of political feeling , he thought was most essential . It was a characteristic of their Order that they existed independently of politics . There were now present , probably , men of every shade of opinions , and attached to parties as wide asunder as the polesbut they met together in friendly brotherhoodand allowed no
, , difference of that kind to throw a shade over their proceedings . ( Cheers . ) But it was essential they should maintain their character . It was owing to that , as mentioned by Bro . Ellis that morning , that the legislature had been always ready to recognise the existence of this society , secret though it may be , whilst it has never extended the same confidence to any other secret society . ( Cheers . ) Even at a time when the state of the country made it necessary to suppress every other secret society , a
special and honourable exception was made in favour of Freemasonry . That they might always act so as to deserve such an honourable exception was the best wish that as a Freemason he could express , and with the utmost sincerity and respect be desired to drink their good healths , and to wish them every prosperity . ( Cheers . ) Bro . CORNISH Past P . G . W . called for a bumper to drink the health of the P . G . AVardens , Bro . Rogers and Bro . Edwards , and the P . G .
Officers in general . ( Cheers . ) While such men filled the Warden ' s chairs , it was a proof that good men and true were connected with this secret society , whose attachment to the throne and political feelings were as fairly and honourably directed as those of any parties in the kiugdom . ( Cheers . ) He also observed that it gave him great pleasure to be present at the opening of tlie Phoenix Lodge , in Truro , under the mastership of the P . G , Senior Warden , Bro . Rogers .
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cheers . ) " Good wine needs no bush , " and he might say that they were indebted to him not merely for allowing himself to be put in nomination to preside over them , but for also coming amongst them at the festive board , and enlightening them with scientific accounts as he had done that day . He desired them to be all up-standing , and to drink the health of Sir Charles Lemon , their Grand Master . ( Drunk with musical honours . )
The PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER returned thanks , and said it was with great pleasure he saw Freemasonry extending in this county . They had been informed that day of the addition of new lodges , and that lodges in existence had received a considerable accession to their numbers , which was a gratifying symptom of the good feeling that existed towards Masonry in the county . ( Hear . ) But large as their development had been , he could not but cousider that more development was possible , and
he hoped that the wings of this body would be spread over a much larger space than they now overshadow . He was sure that in no part of England did Freemasonry exist with a better spirit of brotherly good will than in this county . In the report of that morning by Bro . Ellis , allusion was made to the act of 39 George HI . referring to secret societies , which had at that time tended greatly to the disorganisation of society ; and in no way whatever was it found that any Freemasonas a Freemason
, , was connected therewith . He would also draw attention to a more remote period when charges were made against Freemasons that they were connected with the secret societies which then filled Germany with atrocities . That they were so connected , he believed was an entire mistake ; and at the present time , when France , Germany , and Italy are disturbed
by the operations of secret societies , he was happy to say that amongst the plots discovered , no charge or imputation whatever had arisen against any body of Freemasons . ( Cheers . ) That they might maintain their purity , their indemnity from excess of political feeling , he thought was most essential . It was a characteristic of their Order that they existed independently of politics . There were now present , probably , men of every shade of opinions , and attached to parties as wide asunder as the polesbut they met together in friendly brotherhoodand allowed no
, , difference of that kind to throw a shade over their proceedings . ( Cheers . ) But it was essential they should maintain their character . It was owing to that , as mentioned by Bro . Ellis that morning , that the legislature had been always ready to recognise the existence of this society , secret though it may be , whilst it has never extended the same confidence to any other secret society . ( Cheers . ) Even at a time when the state of the country made it necessary to suppress every other secret society , a
special and honourable exception was made in favour of Freemasonry . That they might always act so as to deserve such an honourable exception was the best wish that as a Freemason he could express , and with the utmost sincerity and respect be desired to drink their good healths , and to wish them every prosperity . ( Cheers . ) Bro . CORNISH Past P . G . W . called for a bumper to drink the health of the P . G . AVardens , Bro . Rogers and Bro . Edwards , and the P . G .
Officers in general . ( Cheers . ) While such men filled the Warden ' s chairs , it was a proof that good men and true were connected with this secret society , whose attachment to the throne and political feelings were as fairly and honourably directed as those of any parties in the kiugdom . ( Cheers . ) He also observed that it gave him great pleasure to be present at the opening of tlie Phoenix Lodge , in Truro , under the mastership of the P . G , Senior Warden , Bro . Rogers .