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had come from a long distance to share in the festivity of the present occasion . He alluded to the Prov . Grand Masters of the Channel Islands and of Bengal . It always afforded them great gratification to see Brethren from distant Provinces , but how much more so xvas it xvhen they saw two distinguished Brothers from such remote countries as Bengal and Jersey and Guernsey ? He hoped that , on their return to their respective lands , they xvould carry back a good impression of Masonry in this country , and be impressed xvith the conviction that it xvas carried
out here as it ought to be ( cheers ) . Bro . HAMMONB , Prov . G . M . of the Channel Islands , in responding to the toast , observed that ingratitude xvas one of the worst feelings that man could inherit , or allow to enter into his bosom , and he felt on this occasion that , xvere he not immediately to rise to respond to the toast , he should be indeed ungrateful , after the kind reception xvhich they had given him . He came amongst them on this occasion as a perfect stranger , but they hacl received him in every sense as a Brother ; and he could only assure them that , if at any time they paid a visit to the Provinces
of Jersey and Guernsey , tbey would find as hearty and as kindly reception from all his Brethren there , as they had been pleased to give to him . As to his having left a warmer climate , —although the Channel Islands might be so iu one respect , still the warmth of the reception , xvhich they had given him xvas sufficient to thaw and soften down the coldness of their English clime . As he found the task of returning thanks for himself to be one xvhich he could not fulfil even to his oxvn satisfaction , he xvould not undertake to answer for the Prov . G . M . of Bengal , but leave him the pleasurable opportunity of making his . own acknowledgments ( laughter
and cheers ) . The Prov . G . M . of Bengal said that their excellent "W . M . had insinuated that he had come all the way from Bengal to visit this Lodge ; but , although such was not the case , he could assure them that , had he done so , he should have been amply repaid by the pleasure xvhich he had experienced in being present at a meeting like this . He was deeply sensible of the compliment xvhich tbey had paid him , and
was very glad to have this opportuuity of expressing to them how highly gratified he was , not only xvith their hospitality , but xvith the brotherly and cordial reception which they had given him , and he could truly say that for the last three days he had been enjoying himself in right Masonic style at tbe festive boards of the Knights Templars' Encampment of Cceur de Lion , the Apollo Lodge , and the more private gatherings of his Masonic Brethren . He could not fail to regard it as a compliment paid to that body of Masons , over whom he had the honour to preside in Bengal , and it afforded him the greatest possible gratification to receive so cordial
a welcome from Brethren , from whom he had hitherto been separated by the boundless ocean ; he should not fail to communicate to the Brethren of his own Province the kind reception which he had experienced , and he was sure that they would feel that it was a compliment paid to them , and appreciate it as a token of right good-will ( cheers ) . He had been a Mason upxvards of thirty-two years , twentyeight of which had been passed in Bengal ; and it was xvithin the xx'alls of a Masonic Lodge that he had spent some ofthe happiest hours of his existence , and formed the most valuable and enduring friendships . He xvas proud to say that bis
Brethren there had given him unmistakable proofs of their kindness and confidence , for he had received from them testimonials xvhich graced his tables , and which emanated from a body of men xvhose munificence in their charity xvas unbounded ; in proof of which , he might mention that in one Lodge a grant of 1501 . was voted in aid of the distressed Irish , and in a second Lodge the sum of SOI . The Prov . Grand Lodge of Bengal voted 801 . for the same purpose , and 501 . for a similar object ( cheers ) . He had felt the greatest gratification in visiting this Universityand was delihted to witness the admirable working ofthe
Bre-, g thren in the Lodge ; and he was no less gratified to find that the working , which th « y carried out in Bengal , xvas precisely similar to that xvhich he had xvitnessed in this most classic and refined locality . In conclusion , he beeged to say , on behalf of his Brethren in Bengal , that they were a body of men entitled to every honour xvhich could be shown them , and he should take the first opportunity of telling tbem hoxv he had been received , and be felt assured that they would send back their hearty greetings for the prosperity ofthe Craft at Oxford ( cheering ) .
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Provincial.
had come from a long distance to share in the festivity of the present occasion . He alluded to the Prov . Grand Masters of the Channel Islands and of Bengal . It always afforded them great gratification to see Brethren from distant Provinces , but how much more so xvas it xvhen they saw two distinguished Brothers from such remote countries as Bengal and Jersey and Guernsey ? He hoped that , on their return to their respective lands , they xvould carry back a good impression of Masonry in this country , and be impressed xvith the conviction that it xvas carried
out here as it ought to be ( cheers ) . Bro . HAMMONB , Prov . G . M . of the Channel Islands , in responding to the toast , observed that ingratitude xvas one of the worst feelings that man could inherit , or allow to enter into his bosom , and he felt on this occasion that , xvere he not immediately to rise to respond to the toast , he should be indeed ungrateful , after the kind reception xvhich they had given him . He came amongst them on this occasion as a perfect stranger , but they hacl received him in every sense as a Brother ; and he could only assure them that , if at any time they paid a visit to the Provinces
of Jersey and Guernsey , tbey would find as hearty and as kindly reception from all his Brethren there , as they had been pleased to give to him . As to his having left a warmer climate , —although the Channel Islands might be so iu one respect , still the warmth of the reception , xvhich they had given him xvas sufficient to thaw and soften down the coldness of their English clime . As he found the task of returning thanks for himself to be one xvhich he could not fulfil even to his oxvn satisfaction , he xvould not undertake to answer for the Prov . G . M . of Bengal , but leave him the pleasurable opportunity of making his . own acknowledgments ( laughter
and cheers ) . The Prov . G . M . of Bengal said that their excellent "W . M . had insinuated that he had come all the way from Bengal to visit this Lodge ; but , although such was not the case , he could assure them that , had he done so , he should have been amply repaid by the pleasure xvhich he had experienced in being present at a meeting like this . He was deeply sensible of the compliment xvhich tbey had paid him , and
was very glad to have this opportuuity of expressing to them how highly gratified he was , not only xvith their hospitality , but xvith the brotherly and cordial reception which they had given him , and he could truly say that for the last three days he had been enjoying himself in right Masonic style at tbe festive boards of the Knights Templars' Encampment of Cceur de Lion , the Apollo Lodge , and the more private gatherings of his Masonic Brethren . He could not fail to regard it as a compliment paid to that body of Masons , over whom he had the honour to preside in Bengal , and it afforded him the greatest possible gratification to receive so cordial
a welcome from Brethren , from whom he had hitherto been separated by the boundless ocean ; he should not fail to communicate to the Brethren of his own Province the kind reception which he had experienced , and he was sure that they would feel that it was a compliment paid to them , and appreciate it as a token of right good-will ( cheers ) . He had been a Mason upxvards of thirty-two years , twentyeight of which had been passed in Bengal ; and it was xvithin the xx'alls of a Masonic Lodge that he had spent some ofthe happiest hours of his existence , and formed the most valuable and enduring friendships . He xvas proud to say that bis
Brethren there had given him unmistakable proofs of their kindness and confidence , for he had received from them testimonials xvhich graced his tables , and which emanated from a body of men xvhose munificence in their charity xvas unbounded ; in proof of which , he might mention that in one Lodge a grant of 1501 . was voted in aid of the distressed Irish , and in a second Lodge the sum of SOI . The Prov . Grand Lodge of Bengal voted 801 . for the same purpose , and 501 . for a similar object ( cheers ) . He had felt the greatest gratification in visiting this Universityand was delihted to witness the admirable working ofthe
Bre-, g thren in the Lodge ; and he was no less gratified to find that the working , which th « y carried out in Bengal , xvas precisely similar to that xvhich he had xvitnessed in this most classic and refined locality . In conclusion , he beeged to say , on behalf of his Brethren in Bengal , that they were a body of men entitled to every honour xvhich could be shown them , and he should take the first opportunity of telling tbem hoxv he had been received , and be felt assured that they would send back their hearty greetings for the prosperity ofthe Craft at Oxford ( cheering ) .