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Provincial.
The following toasts were then given in rotation : — " The Worshipful Bro . Past AIaster Jones , ancl prosperity to the good work commenced this day . " The venerable brother responded in suitable terms .
" The Worshipful Bro . Slade , ancl Grand Officers of the province . " " The Worshipful Bro . Rankin Stebbing , and Grand Officers of the past year . " ' ¦ ' The Grand Director of Ceremonies , and Grancl Stewards . " "Tbe Worshipful Bro . Dunlop , and private lodges of Hampshire . " " Prosperity to the Lodge of Unity , Ringwood . " Several other toasts followed , and many very excellent speeches were
made , and songs sung by brethren . NEWPORT , ISLE OF WIGHT , Oct . 14 . —The new Masonic Hall has been dedicated ; the ceremony , altogether highly impressive , was performed by the Prov . G . Chaplain , the Rev . Bro . Wallace . The Deputy Prov . G . AL , Brother Hearn , addressed the brethren in a most eloquent speech . He was followed hy the Prov , G . M ., Brother Simeon , and Bro . ClarkeP . Al . An anthem was then sung , and the brethren
, adjourned to the Star Inn , where the banquet awaited them , after which loyal and masonic toasts were drunk , and the evening was spent in harmony and good fellowship . AVe ought not to omit that an admirable address , preceding the ceremony of dedication , was delivered by Bro . Dowse .
JERSEY , Oct . 10 . —About two hundred of the brethren assembled at the Alasonic Hall , Museum-street , at 11 o ' clock , a . m . The chair was taken b y Bro . Harding , W . AL of the Royal Sussex Lodge , and newly-appointed Deputy Prov . Grand Aiaster for Jersey . The ceremony of installing Bro . J . J . Hammond , Prov . Grancl Aiaster , was then performed in the presence of several distinguished visitors , amongst whom we observed Bro . W . H . White , Grand Secretary from London , and the numerous brethrenafter which the officers were appointed and
in-, vested . A procession was then formed , and the brethren , headed by a band of music , moved in the following order : —Proceeding from Museum-street , through Belmont-road , Bath-street , Beresford street , Halkett-place , King-street , and New-street , the procession entered St . Paul ' s Chapel . The congregation , chiefly composed of ladies , were admitted into the galleries , and the place was quite filled . The Rev . Mr . S . Richards , the officiating minister , read the evening service ; the
psalms read were tbe 12 th , 133 rd , and 136 th . ' The first lesson was Genesis i . ; and the second , Romans xii ., beginning at the ninth verse . Luther ' s hymn was sung as a solo by Bro . C . Dyer , accompanied by Bro . C . Hartung on the organ , antl the chorus was responded to by the chapel choir and a few brothers who assisted in the organ loft . The Rev . gentleman took his text from the thirteenth chapter of the first epistle to the Corinthians , the last verse , " And nowabideth Faith , Hope ,
and Charity , these three ; but the greatest of these is Charity . " In a most eloquent discourse he demonstrated that the great Creator had not made man to be a recluse , or to occupy a hermitage , but had endowed him with views and habits tending to sociability and communion ivith his own kind . He expatiated on the beauties ancl order of creation , and alluded to the senses bestowed on man , created in God ' s own image , by which he was enabled to appreciate those beauties , and estimate the wonderful works of the Almighty ; but , like a faithful minister of VOL . vi . 3 N
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Provincial.
The following toasts were then given in rotation : — " The Worshipful Bro . Past AIaster Jones , ancl prosperity to the good work commenced this day . " The venerable brother responded in suitable terms .
" The Worshipful Bro . Slade , ancl Grand Officers of the province . " " The Worshipful Bro . Rankin Stebbing , and Grand Officers of the past year . " ' ¦ ' The Grand Director of Ceremonies , and Grancl Stewards . " "Tbe Worshipful Bro . Dunlop , and private lodges of Hampshire . " " Prosperity to the Lodge of Unity , Ringwood . " Several other toasts followed , and many very excellent speeches were
made , and songs sung by brethren . NEWPORT , ISLE OF WIGHT , Oct . 14 . —The new Masonic Hall has been dedicated ; the ceremony , altogether highly impressive , was performed by the Prov . G . Chaplain , the Rev . Bro . Wallace . The Deputy Prov . G . AL , Brother Hearn , addressed the brethren in a most eloquent speech . He was followed hy the Prov , G . M ., Brother Simeon , and Bro . ClarkeP . Al . An anthem was then sung , and the brethren
, adjourned to the Star Inn , where the banquet awaited them , after which loyal and masonic toasts were drunk , and the evening was spent in harmony and good fellowship . AVe ought not to omit that an admirable address , preceding the ceremony of dedication , was delivered by Bro . Dowse .
JERSEY , Oct . 10 . —About two hundred of the brethren assembled at the Alasonic Hall , Museum-street , at 11 o ' clock , a . m . The chair was taken b y Bro . Harding , W . AL of the Royal Sussex Lodge , and newly-appointed Deputy Prov . Grand Aiaster for Jersey . The ceremony of installing Bro . J . J . Hammond , Prov . Grancl Aiaster , was then performed in the presence of several distinguished visitors , amongst whom we observed Bro . W . H . White , Grand Secretary from London , and the numerous brethrenafter which the officers were appointed and
in-, vested . A procession was then formed , and the brethren , headed by a band of music , moved in the following order : —Proceeding from Museum-street , through Belmont-road , Bath-street , Beresford street , Halkett-place , King-street , and New-street , the procession entered St . Paul ' s Chapel . The congregation , chiefly composed of ladies , were admitted into the galleries , and the place was quite filled . The Rev . Mr . S . Richards , the officiating minister , read the evening service ; the
psalms read were tbe 12 th , 133 rd , and 136 th . ' The first lesson was Genesis i . ; and the second , Romans xii ., beginning at the ninth verse . Luther ' s hymn was sung as a solo by Bro . C . Dyer , accompanied by Bro . C . Hartung on the organ , antl the chorus was responded to by the chapel choir and a few brothers who assisted in the organ loft . The Rev . gentleman took his text from the thirteenth chapter of the first epistle to the Corinthians , the last verse , " And nowabideth Faith , Hope ,
and Charity , these three ; but the greatest of these is Charity . " In a most eloquent discourse he demonstrated that the great Creator had not made man to be a recluse , or to occupy a hermitage , but had endowed him with views and habits tending to sociability and communion ivith his own kind . He expatiated on the beauties ancl order of creation , and alluded to the senses bestowed on man , created in God ' s own image , by which he was enabled to appreciate those beauties , and estimate the wonderful works of the Almighty ; but , like a faithful minister of VOL . vi . 3 N