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Provincial.
Christ , he warned his congregation against those prostitutions of faith , hope , and charity into which man , in consequence of his fallen state through original sin , is insensibly led . These he severally defined in a most striking manner , and concluded his discourse by an eloquent allusion to that period of man ' s real existence when " Time shall expire on the threshold of eternity , " and the clay-clod of the valley shall start into life and animation , when called on to meet its God . We understand that the Rev . S . Richards has , at the request of the fraternity of
Freemasons , consented to allow his eloquent discourse to appear in print , a circumstance at which we much rejoice , as it is not in our power to render it anything like common justice in the faint and brief outline we have given . The service being ended , and a collection made for the St . Paul ' s and St . James ' s schools , the procession returned to the Alasonic Hall by way of Burrard-street anel A'linden-place . A vote of thanks to the Rev . S . Richards was unanimously carried . The Prov . Grand Lodge was closed in clue form , and the brethren separated to re-assemble for the banquet at six o ' clock .
The Banquet . —The banquet was spread out in the spacious ballroom adjoining Alasonic Hall . On an elevated platform or dais sat Bro . J . J . Hammond , P . G . Al ., supported on his right by Bros . P . Harding , D . P . G . M . ; W . H . AVhite , G . S . ; AV . Empson , P . P . G . S . D . Devon ; II . Cann , P . P . G . D . of C . for Devonshire ; W . Evans , P . G . D . of C . for Dorset ; J . T . Inman , P . P . G . S . for Somerset ; and on his left by the officers of the Prov . Grand Loelge of Jersey . At two tables placed in a parallel extending the whole length of the
room sat a motley assemblage of guests , in numbers exceeding one hundred ; we say motley , for there might be observed , congregated under one common head , the lawyer and his client , the banker and his clerk , the rich capitalist and the mechanic , the Roman Catholic ancl the Quaker , and the man of large estates and him of none at all , save that which Freemasonry affords . The gallery and ante-rooms were filled with smiling faces , the wives and daughters of Freemasons , to whom
every attention was paid through the excellent arrangements made b y Bro . D . Miller , G . D . of C , and the stewards . At the conclusion of the repast , Non Nobis Domine having heen sung , the following toasts were given : — "Her Most Gracious Alajesty the Queen , niece ancl Daughter of Freemasons ; " '' The Queen Dowager , patroness of . the Alasonic Charities ; " "His Royal Highness the Prince Consortand the members of the Royal Famil" ' The
, y ; Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , AL W . Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England ; " " The Right Hon . the Earl of Yarborough , Deputy Grand Master , and the Officers of the Grancl Lodge of England ; " "Sir J . Reynett , K . C . H ., Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Jersey , and the Army and Navy ; " "Sir Tnomas Le " Breton , Bailiff , and the Civil Authorities ; " "The Very Rev . the Dean and Clergy" " The Grand Masters and Grand Lodges of Ireland and
; Scotland ; " "Bro . J . J . Hammond , Prov . Grand Aiaster for Jersey ;" " Bro . Philip Harding , Deputy Prov . Grand Aiaster , ancl the Officers of tbe Prov . Grancl Lodge ; " " The Visiting Brethren ; " " The Ladies ;" and " AH Distressed Masons around the Globe . " Time had so imperceptibly glided away , that high twelve arrived long before it was expected . The chairman , in proposing the toasts , prefaced several of them with atldresses , both eloquent and apposite . Before
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Provincial.
Christ , he warned his congregation against those prostitutions of faith , hope , and charity into which man , in consequence of his fallen state through original sin , is insensibly led . These he severally defined in a most striking manner , and concluded his discourse by an eloquent allusion to that period of man ' s real existence when " Time shall expire on the threshold of eternity , " and the clay-clod of the valley shall start into life and animation , when called on to meet its God . We understand that the Rev . S . Richards has , at the request of the fraternity of
Freemasons , consented to allow his eloquent discourse to appear in print , a circumstance at which we much rejoice , as it is not in our power to render it anything like common justice in the faint and brief outline we have given . The service being ended , and a collection made for the St . Paul ' s and St . James ' s schools , the procession returned to the Alasonic Hall by way of Burrard-street anel A'linden-place . A vote of thanks to the Rev . S . Richards was unanimously carried . The Prov . Grand Lodge was closed in clue form , and the brethren separated to re-assemble for the banquet at six o ' clock .
The Banquet . —The banquet was spread out in the spacious ballroom adjoining Alasonic Hall . On an elevated platform or dais sat Bro . J . J . Hammond , P . G . Al ., supported on his right by Bros . P . Harding , D . P . G . M . ; W . H . AVhite , G . S . ; AV . Empson , P . P . G . S . D . Devon ; II . Cann , P . P . G . D . of C . for Devonshire ; W . Evans , P . G . D . of C . for Dorset ; J . T . Inman , P . P . G . S . for Somerset ; and on his left by the officers of the Prov . Grand Loelge of Jersey . At two tables placed in a parallel extending the whole length of the
room sat a motley assemblage of guests , in numbers exceeding one hundred ; we say motley , for there might be observed , congregated under one common head , the lawyer and his client , the banker and his clerk , the rich capitalist and the mechanic , the Roman Catholic ancl the Quaker , and the man of large estates and him of none at all , save that which Freemasonry affords . The gallery and ante-rooms were filled with smiling faces , the wives and daughters of Freemasons , to whom
every attention was paid through the excellent arrangements made b y Bro . D . Miller , G . D . of C , and the stewards . At the conclusion of the repast , Non Nobis Domine having heen sung , the following toasts were given : — "Her Most Gracious Alajesty the Queen , niece ancl Daughter of Freemasons ; " '' The Queen Dowager , patroness of . the Alasonic Charities ; " "His Royal Highness the Prince Consortand the members of the Royal Famil" ' The
, y ; Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , AL W . Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England ; " " The Right Hon . the Earl of Yarborough , Deputy Grand Master , and the Officers of the Grancl Lodge of England ; " "Sir J . Reynett , K . C . H ., Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Jersey , and the Army and Navy ; " "Sir Tnomas Le " Breton , Bailiff , and the Civil Authorities ; " "The Very Rev . the Dean and Clergy" " The Grand Masters and Grand Lodges of Ireland and
; Scotland ; " "Bro . J . J . Hammond , Prov . Grand Aiaster for Jersey ;" " Bro . Philip Harding , Deputy Prov . Grand Aiaster , ancl the Officers of tbe Prov . Grancl Lodge ; " " The Visiting Brethren ; " " The Ladies ;" and " AH Distressed Masons around the Globe . " Time had so imperceptibly glided away , that high twelve arrived long before it was expected . The chairman , in proposing the toasts , prefaced several of them with atldresses , both eloquent and apposite . Before