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Provincial.
' cheers , anil said that he had received permission to propose a toast , and he would take advantage of that permission to place before them a toast which he was sure would meet with a most cordial reception ; as , to the worthy and honoured Brother whose health he was about , as no doubt they already anticipated , to propose , the Masonic province of Essex owed a large portion of its prosperity . ( Cheers ) . Before proposing his toastthey must allow him to take a short review of the history of
, the Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex , and trailing to their attention the circumstances that when the Provincial Grand Master took possession of the chair , which he had now held to the honour ancl benefit of the Craft for more than fifteen years , there were but four lodges in the province , only one of which , that at Colchester , was capable of performing the duties properly . Under the auspices , however , and owing to the exertions of the P . G . M ., the number of lodges in the province had increased
from four to nine ; the Brethren in the whole of which were capable of performing their eludes as well as they could be performed in any province in the kingdom . ( Cheers . ) Among the qualities which most distinguished their Ri ght Worshipful Chairman , one of the most important was that which was the brightest ornament of the Craft , one of the brightest gerns that could deck a crown —Charity . ( Loud cheers . ) Never could that charity have been better set forth than it was five or six years since , when their late Prov . Grand Chaplain , Bro . Hewlett , was cut oft from amongst them under peculiarly distressing circumstances .
He ( Bro . Rowe ) should never forget the noble part the R . W . P . G . M . then took : under his auspices the Rochford Lodge took under their immediate protection tiie nine orphans , made arrangements for paying the debts , paid an execution out of the house of the mourners , ancl made arrangements for the deceased Brother being buried ' with every becoming mark of respect . After that the P . G . M . called a meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Province , ancl so well pleaded the cause of the poor orphan , that it resulted not inlike the Idiot ' s tale" sound and furysignifing
, , , y nothing , " but in a subscription being entered into , which at once produced 105 / . Nor was that all ; the fire of benevolence having been kindled by the Province of Essex , spread throughout England , and nearly bfiOOl . was raised by the brethren for these poor orphans , so that instead of feeling so acutely as they might have done the loss of their father , they were placed iu a position which their unhappy parent would never have secured them . That 4000 / . had beeu placed in the hands
, of trustees for the benefit of the children , who hacl been provided for without that fund being materially reduced . ( Cheers . ) They had only to see their R . W . P . G . M . surrounded by his famil y circle to he convinced how beloved he was ; ancl that in no family did . domestic happiness and joy more prevail , and nothing could be a surer test of the virtues and qualities of a man —( Cheers)—than to find him happily placed in the midst of his children , and beloved and respected by all who knew
him . ( Cheers . ) If he were permitted he would apply to the P . G . M . he words of the immortal bard : — " Mav he live Longer than 1 have time io tell his wars , E- 'er beloved and loving may his rule be , And when old Time shall lead him to his end Goodness and he fill up one monument . " Being sure that their worthy P . G . M . possessed their most fervent regard aud esteem , and that they would cordially join with him in drinking his health , he would now ask them to drink to the long life .
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Provincial.
' cheers , anil said that he had received permission to propose a toast , and he would take advantage of that permission to place before them a toast which he was sure would meet with a most cordial reception ; as , to the worthy and honoured Brother whose health he was about , as no doubt they already anticipated , to propose , the Masonic province of Essex owed a large portion of its prosperity . ( Cheers ) . Before proposing his toastthey must allow him to take a short review of the history of
, the Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex , and trailing to their attention the circumstances that when the Provincial Grand Master took possession of the chair , which he had now held to the honour ancl benefit of the Craft for more than fifteen years , there were but four lodges in the province , only one of which , that at Colchester , was capable of performing the duties properly . Under the auspices , however , and owing to the exertions of the P . G . M ., the number of lodges in the province had increased
from four to nine ; the Brethren in the whole of which were capable of performing their eludes as well as they could be performed in any province in the kingdom . ( Cheers . ) Among the qualities which most distinguished their Ri ght Worshipful Chairman , one of the most important was that which was the brightest ornament of the Craft , one of the brightest gerns that could deck a crown —Charity . ( Loud cheers . ) Never could that charity have been better set forth than it was five or six years since , when their late Prov . Grand Chaplain , Bro . Hewlett , was cut oft from amongst them under peculiarly distressing circumstances .
He ( Bro . Rowe ) should never forget the noble part the R . W . P . G . M . then took : under his auspices the Rochford Lodge took under their immediate protection tiie nine orphans , made arrangements for paying the debts , paid an execution out of the house of the mourners , ancl made arrangements for the deceased Brother being buried ' with every becoming mark of respect . After that the P . G . M . called a meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Province , ancl so well pleaded the cause of the poor orphan , that it resulted not inlike the Idiot ' s tale" sound and furysignifing
, , , y nothing , " but in a subscription being entered into , which at once produced 105 / . Nor was that all ; the fire of benevolence having been kindled by the Province of Essex , spread throughout England , and nearly bfiOOl . was raised by the brethren for these poor orphans , so that instead of feeling so acutely as they might have done the loss of their father , they were placed iu a position which their unhappy parent would never have secured them . That 4000 / . had beeu placed in the hands
, of trustees for the benefit of the children , who hacl been provided for without that fund being materially reduced . ( Cheers . ) They had only to see their R . W . P . G . M . surrounded by his famil y circle to he convinced how beloved he was ; ancl that in no family did . domestic happiness and joy more prevail , and nothing could be a surer test of the virtues and qualities of a man —( Cheers)—than to find him happily placed in the midst of his children , and beloved and respected by all who knew
him . ( Cheers . ) If he were permitted he would apply to the P . G . M . he words of the immortal bard : — " Mav he live Longer than 1 have time io tell his wars , E- 'er beloved and loving may his rule be , And when old Time shall lead him to his end Goodness and he fill up one monument . " Being sure that their worthy P . G . M . possessed their most fervent regard aud esteem , and that they would cordially join with him in drinking his health , he would now ask them to drink to the long life .