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ordinary degree acted up to what he professed by being a Alason , he would be a good member of society . The occasion that brought liira amongst them , afforded him most sincere pleasure . The address of their P . P . G . AL must , he conceived , have made an endurable impression on all . He urged them to strive to work onwards , not to stand still , but press forward , as something was ever to be learnt , they never could be thoroughly perfect ; he considered he was perfect in his dutiesbut he
, had just received instruction in closing the lodge from the Grand Senior Warden . He then thanked them sincerel y for the compliment they had paid him , and begged in return that all would fill their glasses and drink to a toast he would propose . Afany present doubtless remembered that on St . John ' s Day last year he installed their Worshipful Aiaster , Sir Osborne Gibbs . He had , in the performance of his duties , fully acted up to the expectations which hetheyand all connected with him in
, , Alasonry , had formed of him . The toast was received with every mark of respect . Bro . Sir OSBORNE GIKBS , Master of all Souls' Lodge , Weymouth , responded to the toast in appropriate terms . He felt that however he acted up to the expectations raised of him , he had not clone so much as he himself coulcl have wished . He then added his testimony to the character of the Past Prov . Grand AiasterBro . Eliotand called on the
, , company to drink his health . Bro . W . ELIOT , in responding , said that All Souls' was his mother lodge ; there it was that he first saw the li ght of Alasonry ; was there brought up till he had passed the different degrees , and filled all the situations , until last of all he was elected Prov . Grand Master for Dorset . In that lodge he had spent some of the happiest days of his life . In that lodge he had formed early friendships , which no time would dissolve ;
they were bound in the principles of Masonry , and had for the period of thirty years continued unbroken . The Chairman next proposed , in a complimentary manner , the health of the Prov . Grand Chaplain . Bro . the Rev . W . J . PERCY , P . G . C , returned thanks , and in the course of his observations saicl , that when he could prove Masonry to be in any way differing from or opposed to Christianity , he would renounce it .
The CHAIRMAN proposed the healths of the Alasters , Wardens , Officers and Brethren of Visiting Lodges , who honoured them with their presence on that occasion , expressing his great gratification at the large number which had responded to the call , to show a mark of respect to their Past Provincial Grand Master .
Bro . the Rev . G . F . St . JOHN acknowledged the toast , especially on behalf of the Lodge of Benevolence , Sherborne , stating that that lodge was ever read y to come forward liberally in charitable subscriptions . The SENIOR WARDEN expressed his gratification at witnessing the perfect brotherly feeling which appeared to exist amongst them all , and also at the excellent manner in which the proceedings of the Prov . Grand Lodge were conducted . With regard to the Benevolent Annuity Fund he would say , it was a charity in which he took a very great interestand
, of which he had the honour to be one of the patrons . If any lodge in the province wished to get a member on this Fund , he would be most happy to use his exertions for the purpose . He recommended to them a system he had adopted in his province , which was , that when they held a Prov . Grand Lodge , they devoted a subscription of ten guineas
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Provincial.
ordinary degree acted up to what he professed by being a Alason , he would be a good member of society . The occasion that brought liira amongst them , afforded him most sincere pleasure . The address of their P . P . G . AL must , he conceived , have made an endurable impression on all . He urged them to strive to work onwards , not to stand still , but press forward , as something was ever to be learnt , they never could be thoroughly perfect ; he considered he was perfect in his dutiesbut he
, had just received instruction in closing the lodge from the Grand Senior Warden . He then thanked them sincerel y for the compliment they had paid him , and begged in return that all would fill their glasses and drink to a toast he would propose . Afany present doubtless remembered that on St . John ' s Day last year he installed their Worshipful Aiaster , Sir Osborne Gibbs . He had , in the performance of his duties , fully acted up to the expectations which hetheyand all connected with him in
, , Alasonry , had formed of him . The toast was received with every mark of respect . Bro . Sir OSBORNE GIKBS , Master of all Souls' Lodge , Weymouth , responded to the toast in appropriate terms . He felt that however he acted up to the expectations raised of him , he had not clone so much as he himself coulcl have wished . He then added his testimony to the character of the Past Prov . Grand AiasterBro . Eliotand called on the
, , company to drink his health . Bro . W . ELIOT , in responding , said that All Souls' was his mother lodge ; there it was that he first saw the li ght of Alasonry ; was there brought up till he had passed the different degrees , and filled all the situations , until last of all he was elected Prov . Grand Master for Dorset . In that lodge he had spent some of the happiest days of his life . In that lodge he had formed early friendships , which no time would dissolve ;
they were bound in the principles of Masonry , and had for the period of thirty years continued unbroken . The Chairman next proposed , in a complimentary manner , the health of the Prov . Grand Chaplain . Bro . the Rev . W . J . PERCY , P . G . C , returned thanks , and in the course of his observations saicl , that when he could prove Masonry to be in any way differing from or opposed to Christianity , he would renounce it .
The CHAIRMAN proposed the healths of the Alasters , Wardens , Officers and Brethren of Visiting Lodges , who honoured them with their presence on that occasion , expressing his great gratification at the large number which had responded to the call , to show a mark of respect to their Past Provincial Grand Master .
Bro . the Rev . G . F . St . JOHN acknowledged the toast , especially on behalf of the Lodge of Benevolence , Sherborne , stating that that lodge was ever read y to come forward liberally in charitable subscriptions . The SENIOR WARDEN expressed his gratification at witnessing the perfect brotherly feeling which appeared to exist amongst them all , and also at the excellent manner in which the proceedings of the Prov . Grand Lodge were conducted . With regard to the Benevolent Annuity Fund he would say , it was a charity in which he took a very great interestand
, of which he had the honour to be one of the patrons . If any lodge in the province wished to get a member on this Fund , he would be most happy to use his exertions for the purpose . He recommended to them a system he had adopted in his province , which was , that when they held a Prov . Grand Lodge , they devoted a subscription of ten guineas