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faction that day to appoint as his Deputy . Ancient Rome and modern France had boasted of the laurels which their heroes had achieved , hut the Avell-known exertions of Bro . Gooch , for the advancement and promotion of the liberal arts and sciences , had earned for him a reputation of a higher order . Give me ( said his lordship ) such laurels as these , before all the boasted honours of the heroes of ancient Rome or modern France ! for it was by such pursuits as these
that science was to advance , and the more enlightened of mankind were to be knit together . Knowing how far superior Bro . Gooch was to himself in Masonic knowledge , he felt he must in great part leave the working of the Province in his hands . The toast was enthusiastically received , and very feelingly responded to . The DEP . PEOV . GEAND MASTEE , in rising to return thanks , was most cordially and enthusiastically cheered . He appeared deeply
affected by the manner in which his health had been proposed , and the enthusiastic way in which the toast had been received by his Brethren ; so much so , that he was almost unable to express his feelings . It had been his privilege to occupy the office of AV . M , of the Royal Sussex Lodge of Emulation , and to observe its rapid growth , evidencing renewed vitality and energy most gratifying to his feelings .
The manifestation of the kind regard of his Brethren Avould not allow him to make any further observation , but he assured them of his determination to promote the interests of the Order to the utmost of his ability .
The other toasts that followed were : — " The Prov . G . Officers of other Provinces , who had favoured them with their presence , " and coupled with this was the name of Bro . Luxmore , of Devon , who duly responded to it ; " The Brethren who had that day kindly accepted the Prov . G . Offices to which they had been appointed , " on whose behalf Bro . S . AV . Crowdy returned thanks ; " Prosperity to Masonry in general , particularly in the Province of Wiltshire , "
responded to by Bro . Sheppard , & c . & c . In the course of the afternoon , ' the noble Chan-man paid a wellmerited tribute of thanks to the Rev . Br . Campbell , for the excellent sermon he had preached in the church ; ancl in doing so took the opportunity of ahuding to the names of a number of eminent persons who had been members of the Order , mentioning particularly CaesarSt . AlbansSt . SwithinAVilliam AVaynefleetAVilliam
AVyke-, , , , ham , and in later times AVolsey , Inigo Jones , and Sir Christopher AVren . Taking tbe time of Cassar ' s landing in this country to the present moment , they would find no great name handed down to posterity , which Masonry did not claim as her own . That Avas the best answer which could be given to the cavils of those rash men , who would hurl down from its hih seat the positionwhich Masonry
g , held ; but thanks be , never was Masonry more firmly seated than at present , and he believed that the firm root which it had taken was to be attributed to its close connection with religion . " For a period of nearly thirty years Masonry has seemed to decline in AVilts , the last Prov . G . L . having been held twenty-eight years
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faction that day to appoint as his Deputy . Ancient Rome and modern France had boasted of the laurels which their heroes had achieved , hut the Avell-known exertions of Bro . Gooch , for the advancement and promotion of the liberal arts and sciences , had earned for him a reputation of a higher order . Give me ( said his lordship ) such laurels as these , before all the boasted honours of the heroes of ancient Rome or modern France ! for it was by such pursuits as these
that science was to advance , and the more enlightened of mankind were to be knit together . Knowing how far superior Bro . Gooch was to himself in Masonic knowledge , he felt he must in great part leave the working of the Province in his hands . The toast was enthusiastically received , and very feelingly responded to . The DEP . PEOV . GEAND MASTEE , in rising to return thanks , was most cordially and enthusiastically cheered . He appeared deeply
affected by the manner in which his health had been proposed , and the enthusiastic way in which the toast had been received by his Brethren ; so much so , that he was almost unable to express his feelings . It had been his privilege to occupy the office of AV . M , of the Royal Sussex Lodge of Emulation , and to observe its rapid growth , evidencing renewed vitality and energy most gratifying to his feelings .
The manifestation of the kind regard of his Brethren Avould not allow him to make any further observation , but he assured them of his determination to promote the interests of the Order to the utmost of his ability .
The other toasts that followed were : — " The Prov . G . Officers of other Provinces , who had favoured them with their presence , " and coupled with this was the name of Bro . Luxmore , of Devon , who duly responded to it ; " The Brethren who had that day kindly accepted the Prov . G . Offices to which they had been appointed , " on whose behalf Bro . S . AV . Crowdy returned thanks ; " Prosperity to Masonry in general , particularly in the Province of Wiltshire , "
responded to by Bro . Sheppard , & c . & c . In the course of the afternoon , ' the noble Chan-man paid a wellmerited tribute of thanks to the Rev . Br . Campbell , for the excellent sermon he had preached in the church ; ancl in doing so took the opportunity of ahuding to the names of a number of eminent persons who had been members of the Order , mentioning particularly CaesarSt . AlbansSt . SwithinAVilliam AVaynefleetAVilliam
AVyke-, , , , ham , and in later times AVolsey , Inigo Jones , and Sir Christopher AVren . Taking tbe time of Cassar ' s landing in this country to the present moment , they would find no great name handed down to posterity , which Masonry did not claim as her own . That Avas the best answer which could be given to the cavils of those rash men , who would hurl down from its hih seat the positionwhich Masonry
g , held ; but thanks be , never was Masonry more firmly seated than at present , and he believed that the firm root which it had taken was to be attributed to its close connection with religion . " For a period of nearly thirty years Masonry has seemed to decline in AVilts , the last Prov . G . L . having been held twenty-eight years