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namely , that he was a worthy , fit , and a proper successor to the royal duke who had formerly occupied the masonic throne . The health of the Earl of Yarborough , the Deputy Grand Master of England , was then drunk with much applause . The P . G . M . then proposed the health of a brother , who , he was sure , was sincerely respected by all present , " His Excellency Major-General BellLieutenant-Governor of Guernsey . "
, This was followed by " The Bailiff and Civil Authorities of Guernsey , " and " The Very Rev . the Dean and Clergy of Guernsey . " The Rev . FREDERICK JEREMIE lamented that the task of acknowledging the latter toast had fallen to so humble an individual as himself , for highly as he honoured the sacred profession to which he belonged , so did he humble himself before it . AVith respect to the institution which they were then celebrating , he would saythat slight as was the
, glimpse which he had had of Masonry , he had seen enough of it to make him heartily desire that every clergyman would become a brother . Charity and brotherly love were the basis of Masonry , and the extension of these principles would , he believed , be materially aided if the clergy generally were Masons .
The P . G . M . said that , in proposing the army and navy , he must couple those services with the name of an illustrious brother . He therefore proposed " The Duke of AVellington , and the Army and Navy . " Bro . Colonel LANE returned thanks for the army , observing that Masons were very numerous in the service , and that Masonry greatly contributed to produce amongst the men that good feeling which was so essential in every regiment . Bro . Captain MANSELLR . N . in responding for the navy saidthat
, , , he fully concurred in the opinion expressed by Colonel Lane as to the excellent influence of Masonry . The Rev . Bro . Vi'oon , D . P . G . M ., said he had then a duty toperform , which he undertook with a feeling of regret on the score of his inability to do justice to the toast which he was about to propose— " The R . AV . Bro . Hammond , Provincial Grand Master . " Knowing the high personal character of the Grand Masterand his earnest devotion to the
, cause of Masonry , he was thoroughly convinced that his appointment to the office , in which he had that day been installed , would very greatly conduce to the promotion and prosperity of Masonry in that island . The P . G . M . could not adequately express his feeling of gratitude for the kind manner in which his brethren had received the toast that
had just been proposed . If his acknowledgments were imperfect , the deficiency must not be attributed to want of gratitude , but to the overpowering nature of the feelings which had been excited in him , and to which his tongue was unable to give utterance . All that he could do was to beg that his brethren would receive his most grateful thanks . It was customary on occasions like the present , to make some remarks on the nature ancl characteristics of Masonry , for the purpose of making the institution better understood and appreciated by those who did not
belong to it . There was , perhaps , no institution which was so little comprehended , or so much misrepresented . It had been said that Masonry was disloyal and irreligious in its principles . How diametrically opposite to the truth was this assertion ! It would need but few words to refute
the ignorant misrepresentation . Every brother must know that loyalty and religion were the fundamental principles of the Order , and that a good Mason and a bad man were a contradiction iu terms . To disprove
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Provincial.
namely , that he was a worthy , fit , and a proper successor to the royal duke who had formerly occupied the masonic throne . The health of the Earl of Yarborough , the Deputy Grand Master of England , was then drunk with much applause . The P . G . M . then proposed the health of a brother , who , he was sure , was sincerely respected by all present , " His Excellency Major-General BellLieutenant-Governor of Guernsey . "
, This was followed by " The Bailiff and Civil Authorities of Guernsey , " and " The Very Rev . the Dean and Clergy of Guernsey . " The Rev . FREDERICK JEREMIE lamented that the task of acknowledging the latter toast had fallen to so humble an individual as himself , for highly as he honoured the sacred profession to which he belonged , so did he humble himself before it . AVith respect to the institution which they were then celebrating , he would saythat slight as was the
, glimpse which he had had of Masonry , he had seen enough of it to make him heartily desire that every clergyman would become a brother . Charity and brotherly love were the basis of Masonry , and the extension of these principles would , he believed , be materially aided if the clergy generally were Masons .
The P . G . M . said that , in proposing the army and navy , he must couple those services with the name of an illustrious brother . He therefore proposed " The Duke of AVellington , and the Army and Navy . " Bro . Colonel LANE returned thanks for the army , observing that Masons were very numerous in the service , and that Masonry greatly contributed to produce amongst the men that good feeling which was so essential in every regiment . Bro . Captain MANSELLR . N . in responding for the navy saidthat
, , , he fully concurred in the opinion expressed by Colonel Lane as to the excellent influence of Masonry . The Rev . Bro . Vi'oon , D . P . G . M ., said he had then a duty toperform , which he undertook with a feeling of regret on the score of his inability to do justice to the toast which he was about to propose— " The R . AV . Bro . Hammond , Provincial Grand Master . " Knowing the high personal character of the Grand Masterand his earnest devotion to the
, cause of Masonry , he was thoroughly convinced that his appointment to the office , in which he had that day been installed , would very greatly conduce to the promotion and prosperity of Masonry in that island . The P . G . M . could not adequately express his feeling of gratitude for the kind manner in which his brethren had received the toast that
had just been proposed . If his acknowledgments were imperfect , the deficiency must not be attributed to want of gratitude , but to the overpowering nature of the feelings which had been excited in him , and to which his tongue was unable to give utterance . All that he could do was to beg that his brethren would receive his most grateful thanks . It was customary on occasions like the present , to make some remarks on the nature ancl characteristics of Masonry , for the purpose of making the institution better understood and appreciated by those who did not
belong to it . There was , perhaps , no institution which was so little comprehended , or so much misrepresented . It had been said that Masonry was disloyal and irreligious in its principles . How diametrically opposite to the truth was this assertion ! It would need but few words to refute
the ignorant misrepresentation . Every brother must know that loyalty and religion were the fundamental principles of the Order , and that a good Mason and a bad man were a contradiction iu terms . To disprove