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Provincial.
as a Brother , in the name of the Craft , he ( the President ) would give him the rig ht hand of fellowship and the fraternal grip —( loucl cheers ) . He wished him all the happiness that this life could afford him , and the prospect of happiness beyond it , when , translated to the Grand Lodge above , he should possess a perfection of enjoyment that should continue for ever —( cheers ) . He felt a pride and a gratification which time could destroyin presenting to their esteemed Brotherin the name ancl
never , , on behalf of the Brethren . of the Lodges of that province , tokens of their regard and esteem for the ability and zeal he had manifested , from the moment of his appointment to the chair of Deputy Provincial Grand Master , by their late venerable Provincial Grand Master , Sir John St . Aubyn —( loucl ancl prolonged cheering ) . The worthy President then presented the testimonial , which consisted of elegant rosewood studtableand two library chairs to correspond .
an y , P . VYVYAN ROBINSON , Esq ., then rose amidst the renewed cheering of the Brethren , and replied to the address delivered by the President . AVorshipful Sir and Brethren , —To attempt to pourtray to you m adequate language , or to do justice by expression to my feelings at this gratifying moment of my life , would be altogether vain and impracticable . 1 will therefore at once advert to the sp lendid emblems of your disinterested friendshinow before meand assure you , my kind and
p , generous friends , that your bounty has not been lavished upon an ungrateful soil , nor the honour you have conferred upon me fallen to the lot of a Brother insensible of the full value of the boon —( cheers ) . But , my Brethren , in the spirit of those Masonic principles by which , from mv initiation . I have uniformly endeavoured to regulate my actions ,
I would fain receive the eulogies which have accompanied your gifts more as a just tribute to Freemasonry itself , than to any little merit which I may have been so fortunate as to have established amongst you during my long and happy direction in our Masonic province —( cheers ) . AVhen I look back , my Brethren , to the period which marked my succession to the rank of your late Deputy Provincial Grand Master , the benevolent ancl universally beloved Dr . Edwards , who was taken from of his Masonic honours
you in the prime of life , and in the zenith , I cannot but gratefully acknowledge , that in my endeavous to follow his footsteps , I have been invariably stimulated and encouraged by your generous co-operation and support in every measure tending to elevate the dignity of my office , and to enable me to carry out with effect the essential duties of the provincial chair —( hear , hear ) . The decease of our last venerated Provincial Grand Master , the late Sir John St . Aubyn , and
whilst it deprived the Craft in the province of the government paternal affections of one of the most munificent , generous , and exalted sons of benevolence , tended at the same time to deprive me of the exercise of those duties as his representative , which whilst he existed had formed the utmost limit of my ambition as a Freemason . The generous sentiments expressed by my esteemed Brethren at our last 1 rovincial Grand Meeting at Bodminwould have encouraged me to indulge
, this ambition yet higher , and to have aspired for elevation to the vacant dignity of Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons in Cornwall ! But , my Brethren , a sense of my inefficiency , and a conviction that the period could not be far distant when the grave ivould terminate all my wants and wishes in this lower world , induced me gratefully to decline an honour , for which ( with the sentiments I have just expressed ) I could not consistentl y declare myself a candidate . I accept your offering of
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Provincial.
as a Brother , in the name of the Craft , he ( the President ) would give him the rig ht hand of fellowship and the fraternal grip —( loucl cheers ) . He wished him all the happiness that this life could afford him , and the prospect of happiness beyond it , when , translated to the Grand Lodge above , he should possess a perfection of enjoyment that should continue for ever —( cheers ) . He felt a pride and a gratification which time could destroyin presenting to their esteemed Brotherin the name ancl
never , , on behalf of the Brethren . of the Lodges of that province , tokens of their regard and esteem for the ability and zeal he had manifested , from the moment of his appointment to the chair of Deputy Provincial Grand Master , by their late venerable Provincial Grand Master , Sir John St . Aubyn —( loucl ancl prolonged cheering ) . The worthy President then presented the testimonial , which consisted of elegant rosewood studtableand two library chairs to correspond .
an y , P . VYVYAN ROBINSON , Esq ., then rose amidst the renewed cheering of the Brethren , and replied to the address delivered by the President . AVorshipful Sir and Brethren , —To attempt to pourtray to you m adequate language , or to do justice by expression to my feelings at this gratifying moment of my life , would be altogether vain and impracticable . 1 will therefore at once advert to the sp lendid emblems of your disinterested friendshinow before meand assure you , my kind and
p , generous friends , that your bounty has not been lavished upon an ungrateful soil , nor the honour you have conferred upon me fallen to the lot of a Brother insensible of the full value of the boon —( cheers ) . But , my Brethren , in the spirit of those Masonic principles by which , from mv initiation . I have uniformly endeavoured to regulate my actions ,
I would fain receive the eulogies which have accompanied your gifts more as a just tribute to Freemasonry itself , than to any little merit which I may have been so fortunate as to have established amongst you during my long and happy direction in our Masonic province —( cheers ) . AVhen I look back , my Brethren , to the period which marked my succession to the rank of your late Deputy Provincial Grand Master , the benevolent ancl universally beloved Dr . Edwards , who was taken from of his Masonic honours
you in the prime of life , and in the zenith , I cannot but gratefully acknowledge , that in my endeavous to follow his footsteps , I have been invariably stimulated and encouraged by your generous co-operation and support in every measure tending to elevate the dignity of my office , and to enable me to carry out with effect the essential duties of the provincial chair —( hear , hear ) . The decease of our last venerated Provincial Grand Master , the late Sir John St . Aubyn , and
whilst it deprived the Craft in the province of the government paternal affections of one of the most munificent , generous , and exalted sons of benevolence , tended at the same time to deprive me of the exercise of those duties as his representative , which whilst he existed had formed the utmost limit of my ambition as a Freemason . The generous sentiments expressed by my esteemed Brethren at our last 1 rovincial Grand Meeting at Bodminwould have encouraged me to indulge
, this ambition yet higher , and to have aspired for elevation to the vacant dignity of Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons in Cornwall ! But , my Brethren , a sense of my inefficiency , and a conviction that the period could not be far distant when the grave ivould terminate all my wants and wishes in this lower world , induced me gratefully to decline an honour , for which ( with the sentiments I have just expressed ) I could not consistentl y declare myself a candidate . I accept your offering of