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Provincial.
Bros . Kilp in , S . W . ; Delarue , J . AV . ; Francis , Sec . ; Cruttenden , S . D . ; Ward , J . D . ; AVay , I . G . ; Molyneux , O . ; Tyndal , D . C . ; and Hay , Sup . AVorks . Bro . L . Samuel , who has been fifty years a subscribing member to the Lodge , and to whose fostering caro it has during the whole of that time been indebted for its prosperity , was re-elected Treasurer for the thirtieth time iu succession . The
business having been concluded , the Brethren Avere called from labour to refreshment ; and at half-past six o ' clock nearly one hundred of the Brethren sat down to refreshment . The AV . M . presided , his officers filling their proper places . Amongst the company were the following A . AV . Grand Officers of the Province : —Bros . A . Henderson , P . G . B . ; L . Samuel , P . G . Tr . ; J . AValmsley , P . G . See . ; Troughton , P . J . G . D . ; J . Blayd Molyneux ,
P . P . S . G . D . ; S . Hess , P . J . G . D . ; . 11 . Gambcll , P . P . S . G . D . ; J . Eckeraley , Sfc . Br . ; A . B . Martin , P . P . J . G . AV . , T . J . Kilpin , P . G . Sup . of AVorks ; J . Molyneux , P . G . O . ; AVy lie , P . G . P . ; also , S . Moss , P . P . J . G . W , Gloucestershire ; AVilloughby , P . P . J . G . D . ; J . Fenton , P . J . G . D , Cheshire ; Greenhalgb , P . G . P , East Lancashire ; Butterworth , P . G . S . B . ; Stephens , P . S . G . D , Cheshire ; and Bros . Meugens , P . M . ; Alpass , P . M . ; Davis , P . M . ; Fitzpatrick , P . M . ; Charles Hand , P . M . ; Banning , P . M . ; Armstrong , P . M . ; Copeland , W . M , & c . & c . & c .
The toast of " The W . M . and the Centenary of the Lodge having been proposed by P . M . Bro . Eekersley , — The W . M , after returning thanks for the honour that had been conferred by electing him W . M ., continued : It now becomes my pleasing duty to allude to the circumstance that has this day brought together so large a body of the Brethren . This is the Centenary of our Lodge , No . 35 . This is an age remarkable , when we consider the smallness of the town and population a hundred years since , when the Erench
privateer Thwot was endangering the comparatively small commerce of that day ; when no stage-coach left Liverpool for London , or even Manchester , * and when a ship was launched from what is now a busy thoroughfare . But great as have been the changes of this town and people during the period , Masonry , amid many difficulties , has continued onward unchanging , varying in its aspects , with recurring lights and shadows , like a planet in its orbit , but still preserving its integrity and progress . The history of Ereemasonry is , in fact , but the history of progress , commencing in far-distant ages , ere " the stars in their courses fought
against Sisera , " then taking by the hand and leading onwards the civilization of those respective peoples , times , and countries to our own period . Freemasonry erected Solomon ' s temple , carved the sculptured courts of Nineveh , set out the ¦ temples of Egypt , built the Parthenon , and finished its architectural career by covering the land with glorious fanes , unequalled in that knowledge so often alluded to in Masonry—geometry . Geometry has been a favourite science with the ancient Freemason ; his morals were deduced from its rules , his symbolism from its forms , and his practice from its lessons . Thus the great symbols—the
square , the circle , and the triangle—have been the types of the principal architecture of the past . The square was the foundation of Egyptian architecture ; their measurements of land were by the square ; their architecture is characterized by massive squareness , and arehceologists believe that the type or unit forming their designs was a square . In the chasest architecture the world has yet produced—the Greek—the type is the circle . Lay down the plan of any Greek temple , cover it with circles of theprcper size , and you will find that circles , successions of circles , or 2 » rts of circles , will form every part . In later ages , tlie triangle is the type . In every cathedral of the mediicval ages , it will be found
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Provincial.
Bros . Kilp in , S . W . ; Delarue , J . AV . ; Francis , Sec . ; Cruttenden , S . D . ; Ward , J . D . ; AVay , I . G . ; Molyneux , O . ; Tyndal , D . C . ; and Hay , Sup . AVorks . Bro . L . Samuel , who has been fifty years a subscribing member to the Lodge , and to whose fostering caro it has during the whole of that time been indebted for its prosperity , was re-elected Treasurer for the thirtieth time iu succession . The
business having been concluded , the Brethren Avere called from labour to refreshment ; and at half-past six o ' clock nearly one hundred of the Brethren sat down to refreshment . The AV . M . presided , his officers filling their proper places . Amongst the company were the following A . AV . Grand Officers of the Province : —Bros . A . Henderson , P . G . B . ; L . Samuel , P . G . Tr . ; J . AValmsley , P . G . See . ; Troughton , P . J . G . D . ; J . Blayd Molyneux ,
P . P . S . G . D . ; S . Hess , P . J . G . D . ; . 11 . Gambcll , P . P . S . G . D . ; J . Eckeraley , Sfc . Br . ; A . B . Martin , P . P . J . G . AV . , T . J . Kilpin , P . G . Sup . of AVorks ; J . Molyneux , P . G . O . ; AVy lie , P . G . P . ; also , S . Moss , P . P . J . G . W , Gloucestershire ; AVilloughby , P . P . J . G . D . ; J . Fenton , P . J . G . D , Cheshire ; Greenhalgb , P . G . P , East Lancashire ; Butterworth , P . G . S . B . ; Stephens , P . S . G . D , Cheshire ; and Bros . Meugens , P . M . ; Alpass , P . M . ; Davis , P . M . ; Fitzpatrick , P . M . ; Charles Hand , P . M . ; Banning , P . M . ; Armstrong , P . M . ; Copeland , W . M , & c . & c . & c .
The toast of " The W . M . and the Centenary of the Lodge having been proposed by P . M . Bro . Eekersley , — The W . M , after returning thanks for the honour that had been conferred by electing him W . M ., continued : It now becomes my pleasing duty to allude to the circumstance that has this day brought together so large a body of the Brethren . This is the Centenary of our Lodge , No . 35 . This is an age remarkable , when we consider the smallness of the town and population a hundred years since , when the Erench
privateer Thwot was endangering the comparatively small commerce of that day ; when no stage-coach left Liverpool for London , or even Manchester , * and when a ship was launched from what is now a busy thoroughfare . But great as have been the changes of this town and people during the period , Masonry , amid many difficulties , has continued onward unchanging , varying in its aspects , with recurring lights and shadows , like a planet in its orbit , but still preserving its integrity and progress . The history of Ereemasonry is , in fact , but the history of progress , commencing in far-distant ages , ere " the stars in their courses fought
against Sisera , " then taking by the hand and leading onwards the civilization of those respective peoples , times , and countries to our own period . Freemasonry erected Solomon ' s temple , carved the sculptured courts of Nineveh , set out the ¦ temples of Egypt , built the Parthenon , and finished its architectural career by covering the land with glorious fanes , unequalled in that knowledge so often alluded to in Masonry—geometry . Geometry has been a favourite science with the ancient Freemason ; his morals were deduced from its rules , his symbolism from its forms , and his practice from its lessons . Thus the great symbols—the
square , the circle , and the triangle—have been the types of the principal architecture of the past . The square was the foundation of Egyptian architecture ; their measurements of land were by the square ; their architecture is characterized by massive squareness , and arehceologists believe that the type or unit forming their designs was a square . In the chasest architecture the world has yet produced—the Greek—the type is the circle . Lay down the plan of any Greek temple , cover it with circles of theprcper size , and you will find that circles , successions of circles , or 2 » rts of circles , will form every part . In later ages , tlie triangle is the type . In every cathedral of the mediicval ages , it will be found