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duty to do so ) to enter rather fully on the nature of their institution—on their duties as A'lasons , and also to call their attention to the ancient landmarks of the Order . He felt , however , that upon that occasion it was unsuitable and unnecessary . As , however , their P . G . M . had reinvested him with an important trust , and was about to leave his native land , he thought it due to him to state his views of their Order , and of those principles ivhich he trusted would influence and regulate him in
the discharge of his public conduct . Their fraternity was not the fraternity of Cain to his brother Abel ; but if a brother was in distress , they relieved him ; if hungry , they fed him ; if naked , they clothed him ; and if in sorrow , and tribulation , they soothed and comforted him ; thus confirming the propriety of the title that they bore , and thus demonstrating to the world at large that a brother among A'lasons was something more than an empty name . He believed that in every nation a Mason
would find a friend and in every climate a home . The P . G . CHAPLAIN , the Rev . Bro . Haverfield , proposed " To all poor and distressed A'lasons wherever found throughout the globe , wishing them a speedy relief from their troubles , and a safe return to their native land , if they require it ; " and in doing so most earnestly urged the virtue of charity . It was said that the poor should never cease out of the land ; they ever had and they ever would existand this should
, operate as a further inducement to the exercise of charitable feelings . The funds of the province , he was happy to say , were in a flourishing condition , and were applied to the relief of distressed brethren . The Fund of Benevolence was more flourishing than it had ever been at any time since the death of Bro . Trew , on whom he passed a high eulogium .
The society had that day proved the great interest they took in works of charity as well as piety , by laying the foundation stone of an institution that it was hoped would flourish and prosper for the benefit of the poor . The P . G . AL proposed with some complimentary remarks , the health of Bro . Haverfield , Prov . Grand Chaplain , with thanks to him for his excellent discourse that morning , ancl which he hoped would make a deep impression on all their hearts , and be ever remembered by them . The P . G . CHAPLAIN responded ; he had with much leasure filled
p the situation of P . G . C . for the period of six years , and had been a Mason nearly forty . So long as he held that situation he would endeavour to discharge the duties with fidelity and zeal , never shrinking from the expression of the true principles of Alasonry . The R . AV . P . G . MASTER next proposed the health ofthe D . P . G . AL of the Isle of Wight , Bro . Hearn , who was not that morning deterred by the weather from coming even from the Isle of Wight .
Bro . J . H . HEARN responded to the toast , and amongst other remarks said that it was not yet ten years since he first saw the light of Masonry , when there were only thirty brethren in the island , whilst now they numbered a hundred and thirty . He was anxious to keep up the friendly connection between the lodges of the two provinces , which he coulcl show by the lodge books had existed since the year 1760 ; and he had noticed in one of them that some forty years ago the Isle of Wight brethren
attended the Grand Lodge of Hampshire to assist in laying the foundation stone of All Saints' Church , in Southampton ( cheers ) . Bro . H . HOLMHS returned thanks for the health of the visiting brethren . The object of Alasonry , he saicl , was to effect practically a beneficial purpose , in extending the intellect , and correcting the heart of man .
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duty to do so ) to enter rather fully on the nature of their institution—on their duties as A'lasons , and also to call their attention to the ancient landmarks of the Order . He felt , however , that upon that occasion it was unsuitable and unnecessary . As , however , their P . G . M . had reinvested him with an important trust , and was about to leave his native land , he thought it due to him to state his views of their Order , and of those principles ivhich he trusted would influence and regulate him in
the discharge of his public conduct . Their fraternity was not the fraternity of Cain to his brother Abel ; but if a brother was in distress , they relieved him ; if hungry , they fed him ; if naked , they clothed him ; and if in sorrow , and tribulation , they soothed and comforted him ; thus confirming the propriety of the title that they bore , and thus demonstrating to the world at large that a brother among A'lasons was something more than an empty name . He believed that in every nation a Mason
would find a friend and in every climate a home . The P . G . CHAPLAIN , the Rev . Bro . Haverfield , proposed " To all poor and distressed A'lasons wherever found throughout the globe , wishing them a speedy relief from their troubles , and a safe return to their native land , if they require it ; " and in doing so most earnestly urged the virtue of charity . It was said that the poor should never cease out of the land ; they ever had and they ever would existand this should
, operate as a further inducement to the exercise of charitable feelings . The funds of the province , he was happy to say , were in a flourishing condition , and were applied to the relief of distressed brethren . The Fund of Benevolence was more flourishing than it had ever been at any time since the death of Bro . Trew , on whom he passed a high eulogium .
The society had that day proved the great interest they took in works of charity as well as piety , by laying the foundation stone of an institution that it was hoped would flourish and prosper for the benefit of the poor . The P . G . AL proposed with some complimentary remarks , the health of Bro . Haverfield , Prov . Grand Chaplain , with thanks to him for his excellent discourse that morning , ancl which he hoped would make a deep impression on all their hearts , and be ever remembered by them . The P . G . CHAPLAIN responded ; he had with much leasure filled
p the situation of P . G . C . for the period of six years , and had been a Mason nearly forty . So long as he held that situation he would endeavour to discharge the duties with fidelity and zeal , never shrinking from the expression of the true principles of Alasonry . The R . AV . P . G . MASTER next proposed the health ofthe D . P . G . AL of the Isle of Wight , Bro . Hearn , who was not that morning deterred by the weather from coming even from the Isle of Wight .
Bro . J . H . HEARN responded to the toast , and amongst other remarks said that it was not yet ten years since he first saw the light of Masonry , when there were only thirty brethren in the island , whilst now they numbered a hundred and thirty . He was anxious to keep up the friendly connection between the lodges of the two provinces , which he coulcl show by the lodge books had existed since the year 1760 ; and he had noticed in one of them that some forty years ago the Isle of Wight brethren
attended the Grand Lodge of Hampshire to assist in laying the foundation stone of All Saints' Church , in Southampton ( cheers ) . Bro . H . HOLMHS returned thanks for the health of the visiting brethren . The object of Alasonry , he saicl , was to effect practically a beneficial purpose , in extending the intellect , and correcting the heart of man .