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cial Lotlges of Devon and Somerset were also present , as well as other visiting Brethren , including Brothers Moore , Maher , Maddison , AVane , AVhite , Edwards , Boucher , Pye , & c . & c . On the removal of the cloth , and the Chaplain having returned thanks , thcAV . M . proceeded to offer the accustomed toasts , accompanying each with all due honours . The health of the AV . M . of the Lodge of Fidelity , was received most enthusiasticall Brother Rendell
rey ; turned thanks , handsomely acknowledging the honour of his eminent situation in the Lodge , and expressing his hope that the important duties of the chair might be discharged to the satisfaction of the Brethren . " The Officers for the ensuing year . " Here some merriment was occasioned by reason of a determination of each Brother to return thanks only for himself ; thus conferring on the assembly the advantage of individual eloquencefrom the h Ashler to the PM
, roug . . Brother Lawson , with permission of the W . M ., proposed Bro . Eales AVhite , one of the most distinguished Masons in the AVest of England . A worthy Brother having most kindly favoured us ivith a report of the speeches , we cheerfull y give room to that delivered h y Bro . White , because it embraces matter which is most interesting to the WHOLE CRAFT , and is well calculated to arrest the attention of the Masonic world to the completion of an objectwhich may furnish another
elo-, quent answer to the uninitiated sceptic , who is apt to inquire— " AVhat good is Masonry ?" Brother Eales AVhite . —Worshipful Master and Brethren , permit me to convince you that my embarrassment is b y no means counterfeit ; it is produced by the overwhelming kindness with which the toast has
been proposed to you , and the flattering compliment of its reception ; my excellent Brother has been pleased to say that I am " distinguished : " if by humble , yet earnest endeavours to make all good men Masons , and all good Masons good men is so , then alone am I distinguished . I am fully sensible of this remarkable attention , and I beg to offer you the warmest thanks of a Mason ' s heart for an honor which I could not expect . I would repeat my gratitude also for the invitation to the celebration of
your festival , inasmuch as it has given me another opportunity of witnessing the perfection of Masonry in its interesting ceremonials , as well as its best spirit , now extending to all who have the good fortune to be admitted to your inestimable society . AVorshipful Sir , I conceive that I cannot consecrate the present moment in a manner more acceptable to the Craft than b y an endeavour to crave assistance in carrying out one of the most blessed attributes of our Ordernamel
, y , extensive Charity . I am desirous of engaging your sympathies—an appeal which is never made in vain to the exemplary Masons of this perfect Lodge ; behold in me a voluntary missionary on behalf of a projected Asylum for the Aged and . Decayed Mason . —( Applause . ) We very properly exult in the recollection , that sufficient asylums grace our annals for the sons and daughters of the Craft , and let us complete the ecstacy of that exultation b rearing a refuge for the old man :
y poor ( cheers)—present to him a rainbow to attract his eye , dimmed by age , or moistened by affliction , in the storms ivith which fate or merciless man may assail him—cheer the fallen Brother with this prospective solace for his adverse hours , and provide for him a Temple " where righteousness and peace kiss each other ;"—( applause ) but that I should occupy too much of this happy time I would detail its intended arrangements—but on consideration I mi ght spare you this by referring
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Provincial.
cial Lotlges of Devon and Somerset were also present , as well as other visiting Brethren , including Brothers Moore , Maher , Maddison , AVane , AVhite , Edwards , Boucher , Pye , & c . & c . On the removal of the cloth , and the Chaplain having returned thanks , thcAV . M . proceeded to offer the accustomed toasts , accompanying each with all due honours . The health of the AV . M . of the Lodge of Fidelity , was received most enthusiasticall Brother Rendell
rey ; turned thanks , handsomely acknowledging the honour of his eminent situation in the Lodge , and expressing his hope that the important duties of the chair might be discharged to the satisfaction of the Brethren . " The Officers for the ensuing year . " Here some merriment was occasioned by reason of a determination of each Brother to return thanks only for himself ; thus conferring on the assembly the advantage of individual eloquencefrom the h Ashler to the PM
, roug . . Brother Lawson , with permission of the W . M ., proposed Bro . Eales AVhite , one of the most distinguished Masons in the AVest of England . A worthy Brother having most kindly favoured us ivith a report of the speeches , we cheerfull y give room to that delivered h y Bro . White , because it embraces matter which is most interesting to the WHOLE CRAFT , and is well calculated to arrest the attention of the Masonic world to the completion of an objectwhich may furnish another
elo-, quent answer to the uninitiated sceptic , who is apt to inquire— " AVhat good is Masonry ?" Brother Eales AVhite . —Worshipful Master and Brethren , permit me to convince you that my embarrassment is b y no means counterfeit ; it is produced by the overwhelming kindness with which the toast has
been proposed to you , and the flattering compliment of its reception ; my excellent Brother has been pleased to say that I am " distinguished : " if by humble , yet earnest endeavours to make all good men Masons , and all good Masons good men is so , then alone am I distinguished . I am fully sensible of this remarkable attention , and I beg to offer you the warmest thanks of a Mason ' s heart for an honor which I could not expect . I would repeat my gratitude also for the invitation to the celebration of
your festival , inasmuch as it has given me another opportunity of witnessing the perfection of Masonry in its interesting ceremonials , as well as its best spirit , now extending to all who have the good fortune to be admitted to your inestimable society . AVorshipful Sir , I conceive that I cannot consecrate the present moment in a manner more acceptable to the Craft than b y an endeavour to crave assistance in carrying out one of the most blessed attributes of our Ordernamel
, y , extensive Charity . I am desirous of engaging your sympathies—an appeal which is never made in vain to the exemplary Masons of this perfect Lodge ; behold in me a voluntary missionary on behalf of a projected Asylum for the Aged and . Decayed Mason . —( Applause . ) We very properly exult in the recollection , that sufficient asylums grace our annals for the sons and daughters of the Craft , and let us complete the ecstacy of that exultation b rearing a refuge for the old man :
y poor ( cheers)—present to him a rainbow to attract his eye , dimmed by age , or moistened by affliction , in the storms ivith which fate or merciless man may assail him—cheer the fallen Brother with this prospective solace for his adverse hours , and provide for him a Temple " where righteousness and peace kiss each other ;"—( applause ) but that I should occupy too much of this happy time I would detail its intended arrangements—but on consideration I mi ght spare you this by referring