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initiation into the noble Craft , it had ever been his sincere desire to carry out its principles in their full integrity , and now , having the interests of the Lodge intrusted to his keeping , he would use his utmost endeavours to promote its welfare ; and he trusted that when the time should arrive for him to resign that collar of office to his successor , that the Brethren would be satisfied that they had no cause to regret having so honoured him by their election as their W . M ., and that the Royal Clarence Lodge would hold that same high position it so long had
maintained in the Province of Bristol . The W . M . then appointed his officers for the ensuing year , with suitable addresses to each ; after which Bro . Chick , P . M . rose and said , he had a very pleasing duty to perform , and he felt no doubt that the Brethren would willingly acquiesce to his proposition , as he was certain they thought with him that the thanks of the Lodge were especially due to Bro . Hams , P . M ., for his constant attention to the duties of that Chair during the absence of their W . M . Bro . J . Heynes , whose ill-health had taken him from them at the very commencement
of his year of office ; the attendance of the worthy P . M . had therefore been necessary , and the duties of the Chair had been carefully carried out , and the numerous ceremonies had been performed in a manner to reflect honour on the Lodge ; he therefore felt great pleasure in proposing that a vote of thanks to Bro . R . P . Hams , P . M . be entered in the minutes for his kind and valuable services during the past year . Bro . R . MERCER , P . M ., in seconding the motion , said he did so with great satisfaction . Although he had not been a constant attendant to the Lodgehe had
, had the gratification of witnessing the ceremonies on two or three late occasions , and he wished to bear his testimony to the good working of the Lodge . He had now been nearly forty years a Mason , and he could safely say he had never seen the ceremony of installation carried out with more solemnity and regularity than the present had been , therefore begged to second most heartily the vote of thanks
to Bro . Hams for his past services . Bro . HAMS said he could not but feel gratified at the proposition carried by the Lodge , nor at the source from whence it came , springing from two such distinguished Brethren as Bros . Chick and Mercer , the two oldest members of the Lodge . He felt that however feebly he had performed the duties of the Chair , his best endeavours had been given to promote the interests ofthe Lodge , and it was a gratification for him to feel that its interests had not suffered at his hands , as the number of ceremonies would testify . He found his labours on the Minute Book
amounted to twelve initiated , fifteen passed , and thirteen raised ; in his former year , eighteen were initiated , making thirty in two years . In his year , 742 Brethren and visitors entered the Lodge , in the present year upwards of 700 have again given him the pleasure of their presence ; he therefore thought he was justified in saying that the interests of the Lodge had not suffered at his hands , as the above number was more than that of all the Lodges in the Province of Bristol put together . The Lodge had laboured in Brotherly love and concord , which he hoped to see still carried on , as by a unanimous vote they bad elected the W . M . to the
Chair , and which he had no doubt he would fill with credit to himself and to the general satisfaction of the Lodge ; for himself , he felt an improving conscience , doubly gratifying after the distinguished honour conferred by the Brethren on him . for having only done his duty . He had only been absent one night in two years , and he should , he hoped , still continue to meet them for years to come . The Lodge AA * as then closed , and the Brethren proceeded to Bro . Niblett ( White Lion Hotel ) , to their annual banquet . An unusuallinteresting event occurred in the annals of Masonry
y in this Province on Wednesday , Jan . 25 th , 1854 , when the mayor of Bristol , Bro . J . G . Shaw , P . M . and P . G . J . AV , initiated his eldest son into the mysteries of the Craft at a meeting of the Eoyal Sussex Lodge , No . 221 , Bro . G . C . Glasson , AV . M . The Lodge Avas opened at seven o ' clock , P . M ., by the AV . M . ; ancl , shortly after , the other Lodges of the Province , viz ., Moira , No . 408 , Beaufort , JSTo . 120 ,
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Provincial.
initiation into the noble Craft , it had ever been his sincere desire to carry out its principles in their full integrity , and now , having the interests of the Lodge intrusted to his keeping , he would use his utmost endeavours to promote its welfare ; and he trusted that when the time should arrive for him to resign that collar of office to his successor , that the Brethren would be satisfied that they had no cause to regret having so honoured him by their election as their W . M ., and that the Royal Clarence Lodge would hold that same high position it so long had
maintained in the Province of Bristol . The W . M . then appointed his officers for the ensuing year , with suitable addresses to each ; after which Bro . Chick , P . M . rose and said , he had a very pleasing duty to perform , and he felt no doubt that the Brethren would willingly acquiesce to his proposition , as he was certain they thought with him that the thanks of the Lodge were especially due to Bro . Hams , P . M ., for his constant attention to the duties of that Chair during the absence of their W . M . Bro . J . Heynes , whose ill-health had taken him from them at the very commencement
of his year of office ; the attendance of the worthy P . M . had therefore been necessary , and the duties of the Chair had been carefully carried out , and the numerous ceremonies had been performed in a manner to reflect honour on the Lodge ; he therefore felt great pleasure in proposing that a vote of thanks to Bro . R . P . Hams , P . M . be entered in the minutes for his kind and valuable services during the past year . Bro . R . MERCER , P . M ., in seconding the motion , said he did so with great satisfaction . Although he had not been a constant attendant to the Lodgehe had
, had the gratification of witnessing the ceremonies on two or three late occasions , and he wished to bear his testimony to the good working of the Lodge . He had now been nearly forty years a Mason , and he could safely say he had never seen the ceremony of installation carried out with more solemnity and regularity than the present had been , therefore begged to second most heartily the vote of thanks
to Bro . Hams for his past services . Bro . HAMS said he could not but feel gratified at the proposition carried by the Lodge , nor at the source from whence it came , springing from two such distinguished Brethren as Bros . Chick and Mercer , the two oldest members of the Lodge . He felt that however feebly he had performed the duties of the Chair , his best endeavours had been given to promote the interests ofthe Lodge , and it was a gratification for him to feel that its interests had not suffered at his hands , as the number of ceremonies would testify . He found his labours on the Minute Book
amounted to twelve initiated , fifteen passed , and thirteen raised ; in his former year , eighteen were initiated , making thirty in two years . In his year , 742 Brethren and visitors entered the Lodge , in the present year upwards of 700 have again given him the pleasure of their presence ; he therefore thought he was justified in saying that the interests of the Lodge had not suffered at his hands , as the above number was more than that of all the Lodges in the Province of Bristol put together . The Lodge had laboured in Brotherly love and concord , which he hoped to see still carried on , as by a unanimous vote they bad elected the W . M . to the
Chair , and which he had no doubt he would fill with credit to himself and to the general satisfaction of the Lodge ; for himself , he felt an improving conscience , doubly gratifying after the distinguished honour conferred by the Brethren on him . for having only done his duty . He had only been absent one night in two years , and he should , he hoped , still continue to meet them for years to come . The Lodge AA * as then closed , and the Brethren proceeded to Bro . Niblett ( White Lion Hotel ) , to their annual banquet . An unusuallinteresting event occurred in the annals of Masonry
y in this Province on Wednesday , Jan . 25 th , 1854 , when the mayor of Bristol , Bro . J . G . Shaw , P . M . and P . G . J . AV , initiated his eldest son into the mysteries of the Craft at a meeting of the Eoyal Sussex Lodge , No . 221 , Bro . G . C . Glasson , AV . M . The Lodge Avas opened at seven o ' clock , P . M ., by the AV . M . ; ancl , shortly after , the other Lodges of the Province , viz ., Moira , No . 408 , Beaufort , JSTo . 120 ,