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labours for seven years , and as a mark of their esteem and respect , llth October , A . L . 5852 , A . D . 1 S 48 As soon as the applause had subsided the Worshipful AIaster proceeded . — " Long may you live ancl continue to be beloved and respected , not only in Weymouth , but everywhere where you are known . A'lay Alasonry in general , and in this province in particular , flourish . May your children , and your children- ' children remember the regard in whieh you
are held in this ancient fraternity , and may the family of Eliot long be amongst us as Aiasons , ancl long continue to be an honour to our profession . Alay brotherly love , the grand principle of Alasonry , continue and increase amongst us . It is the whole sum , substance , and total of the gospel of the Evangelist St . John , our Grand Master , who sums up the whole in these words , which form the grand climax of Freemasonry — " God is love , whosoever dwells in love dwells in God and God in him . "
The Worshipful AIaster then sat down amidst considerable applause . Bro . W . EI . IOT , P . P . G . AL , almost immediately rose and said , right worshipful sir , officers , and brethren , I need not assure you that I receive with the deepest gratitude the kind feelings you have evinced towards me . That Testimonial is a manifest of the good feeling , confidence , and brotherly love , it has been my good fortune to obtain from those to whom I am most sincerely attached . 1 will use my best exertions to
promote your welfare and happiness in every way that lies in my power . I thank you , brothers , sincerely , gratefully , for the very flattering manner in which you have shown your brotherly love towards me , in conferring on me this splendid testimonial . Right worshipful sir , more particularl y , if possible , do I thank you for the very flattering manner
in which you presented to me this magnificent token ; valuable as it is in itself , it is of still far greater value as a proof of your regard , esteem , and brotherly affection for me , and as a renewed assurance that my conduct gave you entire satisfaction , and that I redeemed the pledge I gave when first I held the provincial master ' s situation in this province , that I would discharge the duties of the office with fairness ancl impartiality . I need not , after this expression , appeal to you whether I did so ( applause ) for you show that are satisfied 1 did redeem them .
, you This solid testimony of your confidence , I shall ever prize , and will hand it clown to my children ' s children as a token of the esteem in which their father was held in the province , and as a stimulus to them to walk in the straight path to secure the love , esteem , and respect of the whole fraternity , and not only so but of all around them . It was , he said , rather more than two years since they met in that lodge to instal their present AVorshi pful . Master as his successor . They then knew but little of his
merits except from hearsay . He would now appeal to all in the province ivhether experience had not fully carried out the expectations they had formed of him , that he would discharge the duties of the office on the broad principles of Freemasonry , and that he had upheld the high character of the province by the affable and courteous manner in which he acted towards every brother . During his ( Bro . Eliot ' s ) long career in Freemasonry , no circumstance afforded him greater deliht than the
g address delivered at Chardstock , at the last annual provincial meeting , by their Worshipful Master . Since the last provincial meeting in Weymouth , but two years since , the province had sustained a severe loss by the death of Bro . E . Percy , one who in every situation in life carried out to its fullest extent the great principles of Freemasonry , one who
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Provincial.
labours for seven years , and as a mark of their esteem and respect , llth October , A . L . 5852 , A . D . 1 S 48 As soon as the applause had subsided the Worshipful AIaster proceeded . — " Long may you live ancl continue to be beloved and respected , not only in Weymouth , but everywhere where you are known . A'lay Alasonry in general , and in this province in particular , flourish . May your children , and your children- ' children remember the regard in whieh you
are held in this ancient fraternity , and may the family of Eliot long be amongst us as Aiasons , ancl long continue to be an honour to our profession . Alay brotherly love , the grand principle of Alasonry , continue and increase amongst us . It is the whole sum , substance , and total of the gospel of the Evangelist St . John , our Grand Master , who sums up the whole in these words , which form the grand climax of Freemasonry — " God is love , whosoever dwells in love dwells in God and God in him . "
The Worshipful AIaster then sat down amidst considerable applause . Bro . W . EI . IOT , P . P . G . AL , almost immediately rose and said , right worshipful sir , officers , and brethren , I need not assure you that I receive with the deepest gratitude the kind feelings you have evinced towards me . That Testimonial is a manifest of the good feeling , confidence , and brotherly love , it has been my good fortune to obtain from those to whom I am most sincerely attached . 1 will use my best exertions to
promote your welfare and happiness in every way that lies in my power . I thank you , brothers , sincerely , gratefully , for the very flattering manner in which you have shown your brotherly love towards me , in conferring on me this splendid testimonial . Right worshipful sir , more particularl y , if possible , do I thank you for the very flattering manner
in which you presented to me this magnificent token ; valuable as it is in itself , it is of still far greater value as a proof of your regard , esteem , and brotherly affection for me , and as a renewed assurance that my conduct gave you entire satisfaction , and that I redeemed the pledge I gave when first I held the provincial master ' s situation in this province , that I would discharge the duties of the office with fairness ancl impartiality . I need not , after this expression , appeal to you whether I did so ( applause ) for you show that are satisfied 1 did redeem them .
, you This solid testimony of your confidence , I shall ever prize , and will hand it clown to my children ' s children as a token of the esteem in which their father was held in the province , and as a stimulus to them to walk in the straight path to secure the love , esteem , and respect of the whole fraternity , and not only so but of all around them . It was , he said , rather more than two years since they met in that lodge to instal their present AVorshi pful . Master as his successor . They then knew but little of his
merits except from hearsay . He would now appeal to all in the province ivhether experience had not fully carried out the expectations they had formed of him , that he would discharge the duties of the office on the broad principles of Freemasonry , and that he had upheld the high character of the province by the affable and courteous manner in which he acted towards every brother . During his ( Bro . Eliot ' s ) long career in Freemasonry , no circumstance afforded him greater deliht than the
g address delivered at Chardstock , at the last annual provincial meeting , by their Worshipful Master . Since the last provincial meeting in Weymouth , but two years since , the province had sustained a severe loss by the death of Bro . E . Percy , one who in every situation in life carried out to its fullest extent the great principles of Freemasonry , one who