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a favourite object , the success of his exertions is in itself a sufficient reward of his labours ; but when in addition to this satisfaction he finds that he has not only met with the approval of his fellow-craftsmen , but is distinguished by the applause ancl credit which properly is only due to their united efforts , ancl receives from them such a splendid testimony of their regard as that which they had now presented to him , they might well believe that his pride and satisfaction were such that he could not
find words to express , and therefore entreated them to believe he had the most grateful sense of their unmerited kindness , though he coulcl not adequately express his feelings on the occasion . He said that he coulcl not but feel conscious that his services had been very much overrated—that he had done nothing more than what any other brother would have done in similar circumstances , ancl with similar opportunity ; but without theiv co-operation and support he could have accomlished
p nothing ; ancl the lodge was equally indebted to their worthy brother , James Gumming , and the other brethren , who had assisted him in its establishment , and for their active and zealous services in the various offices they had filled . He concluded by again assuring them of the extreme gratification he felt at being distinguished by so flattering a mark of their esteem , ancl for the many other proofs he had received of their good opinion and supportand especiallfrom their much esteemed
, y AVorshipful Master , Bro . Read , to whom he felt that he was principally indebted for the personal kindness shown to him on this occasion , ancl for the consideration which had prompted them , under the peculiar circumstances in which he hael lately been placed , to make the gift as substantially useful as it was intrinsically valuable . On the anniversary of the festival of St . John the Baptist , the brethren
of the Lodge Zetland in the East , No . 748 , held a special meeting for the purpose of receiving in clue form His Excellency Sir James Brooke , Governor , ancl the Hon . AA ' . Napier , Esq ., Lieutenant-Governor of Laboan , who afterwards remained to witness the initiation of a new candidate for admission to the masonic mysteries and privileges . In the evening these distinguished visitors , with Captain the Hon . H . Keppel , were invited to meet the Past Aiaster and bretliren at a farewell banquet given to the Worshipful AiasterAV . H . Readon the
occa-, , sion of his departure to Europe . The AA'orshipful Past Master was in the chair ; the AVorshipful Aiaster on his right , His Excellency Bro . Brooke on his left . The Senior AA'arden acted as croupier ; the Hon . Captain Keppel on his right , the Hon . Bro . Napier on his left . All the other officers of the lodge were in their appropriate seats , and the other brethren took their places under the direction of the Stewards for the occasionBros . J . B . Gumming and AL F . Davidson ; the arrangement
, of the table was most elegant , and , with the advantage of the beautiful canopy and other embellishments of the lodge-room , the tout ensemble was decidedly superior to anything of the kind we have witnessed in Singapore . Great credit is due to the taste of Bro . J . B . Gumming , who kindly undertook to superintend the arrangements . A'luch of the success of the evening ' s entertainment is to be attributed to the complacency of Bro . Brooke . He bad no difficulty in exhibiting to perfection
the beautiful masonic lesson , that all Masons are , as brethren , upon the same level—yet Alasonry takes no honour from any man that he had before , for A'lasons are bound not to derogate from that respect ' which is due to any brother were he not a Alason ; these great truths and principles were most happily illustrated on this occasion . VOL . vi . 3 o
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India.
a favourite object , the success of his exertions is in itself a sufficient reward of his labours ; but when in addition to this satisfaction he finds that he has not only met with the approval of his fellow-craftsmen , but is distinguished by the applause ancl credit which properly is only due to their united efforts , ancl receives from them such a splendid testimony of their regard as that which they had now presented to him , they might well believe that his pride and satisfaction were such that he could not
find words to express , and therefore entreated them to believe he had the most grateful sense of their unmerited kindness , though he coulcl not adequately express his feelings on the occasion . He said that he coulcl not but feel conscious that his services had been very much overrated—that he had done nothing more than what any other brother would have done in similar circumstances , ancl with similar opportunity ; but without theiv co-operation and support he could have accomlished
p nothing ; ancl the lodge was equally indebted to their worthy brother , James Gumming , and the other brethren , who had assisted him in its establishment , and for their active and zealous services in the various offices they had filled . He concluded by again assuring them of the extreme gratification he felt at being distinguished by so flattering a mark of their esteem , ancl for the many other proofs he had received of their good opinion and supportand especiallfrom their much esteemed
, y AVorshipful Master , Bro . Read , to whom he felt that he was principally indebted for the personal kindness shown to him on this occasion , ancl for the consideration which had prompted them , under the peculiar circumstances in which he hael lately been placed , to make the gift as substantially useful as it was intrinsically valuable . On the anniversary of the festival of St . John the Baptist , the brethren
of the Lodge Zetland in the East , No . 748 , held a special meeting for the purpose of receiving in clue form His Excellency Sir James Brooke , Governor , ancl the Hon . AA ' . Napier , Esq ., Lieutenant-Governor of Laboan , who afterwards remained to witness the initiation of a new candidate for admission to the masonic mysteries and privileges . In the evening these distinguished visitors , with Captain the Hon . H . Keppel , were invited to meet the Past Aiaster and bretliren at a farewell banquet given to the Worshipful AiasterAV . H . Readon the
occa-, , sion of his departure to Europe . The AA'orshipful Past Master was in the chair ; the AVorshipful Aiaster on his right , His Excellency Bro . Brooke on his left . The Senior AA'arden acted as croupier ; the Hon . Captain Keppel on his right , the Hon . Bro . Napier on his left . All the other officers of the lodge were in their appropriate seats , and the other brethren took their places under the direction of the Stewards for the occasionBros . J . B . Gumming and AL F . Davidson ; the arrangement
, of the table was most elegant , and , with the advantage of the beautiful canopy and other embellishments of the lodge-room , the tout ensemble was decidedly superior to anything of the kind we have witnessed in Singapore . Great credit is due to the taste of Bro . J . B . Gumming , who kindly undertook to superintend the arrangements . A'luch of the success of the evening ' s entertainment is to be attributed to the complacency of Bro . Brooke . He bad no difficulty in exhibiting to perfection
the beautiful masonic lesson , that all Masons are , as brethren , upon the same level—yet Alasonry takes no honour from any man that he had before , for A'lasons are bound not to derogate from that respect ' which is due to any brother were he not a Alason ; these great truths and principles were most happily illustrated on this occasion . VOL . vi . 3 o