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unworthy of the Lodge , ancl of those who have preceded me , ancl with the same harmony and social feeling as prevails at the present moment . ( Loud cheers . ) The Worshipful Master next gave the health of the Past Masters , to whom they were much indebted , and to whom all the credit ancl honour appertaining to the Loclge were due ; and to no one more so than to Past Master Haskins , who had presided during the past yearwith such judgment and consummate ability .
, Past Master HASKINS rose and was received with general acclamation . On its subsiding he saicl , it is , perhaps , unnecessary for me to say much on Freemasonry ; but I have spent a life that has hacl its trials ancl vicissitudes : at one time the sunshine of prosperity has beamed upon me : at another the clouds of adversity have passed over me ; but , under all circumstances , no period of my life has been so bright , ancl none so hallowedas the year I have just spent in presiding over this Loclge ;
, and the kindness I have always received at your hands , and the Brotherly feeling with which I have been treated , will ever be engraven on my memory and heart . ( Cheers . ) I congratulate you on the increasing prosperity of Freemasonry in general , and the Alfred Lodge in particular ; but I would impress upon you that our success is not owing to
this or that Presiding Blaster , but it is to something higher and greater that we are indebted : it is not to the pride of wealth , the influence of rank , or the power of talent that wemust look—but to a higher and more enduring source ; for Freemasonry is founded on that on ivhich all our hopes are based—it is founded on the Rock of Ages , the Sacred Volume , and while it rests on that can never fail . The toasts that followed were : — ' * The health of the W orshiful Master and Officers of the Apollo
p Lodge . " Brother W . THOMPSON , Treasurer of the Apollo Lodge , returned thanks in a neat ancl appropriate speech . " The health of the Visiting Brethren . " The toast was acknowledged by one of the Visitors . " The health of the absent Brethren . " " The health of the Officers of the Alfred Lodge . " Brother Bossom
, S . W ., returned thanks . " Prosperity to the Masonic Charities . " " The health of the Senior AVarden , ancl other Officers of the past year . " Brother Hewitt , late S . AV ., returned thanks on behalf of himself and the late officers .
" The Steivards . Brother Walker returned thanks . " Brother Betteries . " Brother Betteries returned thanks . " The health of Brother Alderman James AVyatt , " who was distinguished as a veteran Mason , as well as having filled the office of Chief Magistrate , with credit to himself , ancl satisfaction to the city . Brother JAMES AA YATT , jun ., returned thanks , and expressed the gratification it afforded him to hear the name of his parent mentioned ,
ancl received with such respect by those who hacl had such opportunities of witnessing his conduct both in public ancl private life . It was such circumstances as these ivhich kindled in the minds of younger Masons a desire to uphold the science of Masonry , and to tread in the steps of those veterans who were not only attached to it , but who had endeavoured to carry out its principles in all the relations of life . " Better health to Brother Vicar , Organist to the Lodge . " About nine o'clock the Lodge was closed , and the Brethren having
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unworthy of the Lodge , ancl of those who have preceded me , ancl with the same harmony and social feeling as prevails at the present moment . ( Loud cheers . ) The Worshipful Master next gave the health of the Past Masters , to whom they were much indebted , and to whom all the credit ancl honour appertaining to the Loclge were due ; and to no one more so than to Past Master Haskins , who had presided during the past yearwith such judgment and consummate ability .
, Past Master HASKINS rose and was received with general acclamation . On its subsiding he saicl , it is , perhaps , unnecessary for me to say much on Freemasonry ; but I have spent a life that has hacl its trials ancl vicissitudes : at one time the sunshine of prosperity has beamed upon me : at another the clouds of adversity have passed over me ; but , under all circumstances , no period of my life has been so bright , ancl none so hallowedas the year I have just spent in presiding over this Loclge ;
, and the kindness I have always received at your hands , and the Brotherly feeling with which I have been treated , will ever be engraven on my memory and heart . ( Cheers . ) I congratulate you on the increasing prosperity of Freemasonry in general , and the Alfred Lodge in particular ; but I would impress upon you that our success is not owing to
this or that Presiding Blaster , but it is to something higher and greater that we are indebted : it is not to the pride of wealth , the influence of rank , or the power of talent that wemust look—but to a higher and more enduring source ; for Freemasonry is founded on that on ivhich all our hopes are based—it is founded on the Rock of Ages , the Sacred Volume , and while it rests on that can never fail . The toasts that followed were : — ' * The health of the W orshiful Master and Officers of the Apollo
p Lodge . " Brother W . THOMPSON , Treasurer of the Apollo Lodge , returned thanks in a neat ancl appropriate speech . " The health of the Visiting Brethren . " The toast was acknowledged by one of the Visitors . " The health of the absent Brethren . " " The health of the Officers of the Alfred Lodge . " Brother Bossom
, S . W ., returned thanks . " Prosperity to the Masonic Charities . " " The health of the Senior AVarden , ancl other Officers of the past year . " Brother Hewitt , late S . AV ., returned thanks on behalf of himself and the late officers .
" The Steivards . Brother Walker returned thanks . " Brother Betteries . " Brother Betteries returned thanks . " The health of Brother Alderman James AVyatt , " who was distinguished as a veteran Mason , as well as having filled the office of Chief Magistrate , with credit to himself , ancl satisfaction to the city . Brother JAMES AA YATT , jun ., returned thanks , and expressed the gratification it afforded him to hear the name of his parent mentioned ,
ancl received with such respect by those who hacl had such opportunities of witnessing his conduct both in public ancl private life . It was such circumstances as these ivhich kindled in the minds of younger Masons a desire to uphold the science of Masonry , and to tread in the steps of those veterans who were not only attached to it , but who had endeavoured to carry out its principles in all the relations of life . " Better health to Brother Vicar , Organist to the Lodge . " About nine o'clock the Lodge was closed , and the Brethren having