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masons' Quarterly Review , and had continued in an uninterrupted state of mental pleasure . " Often , " said Dr . C . " have I panted for the moment when I should proudly take my friend by the hand , as I now do for the first time —( great cheering)—and sanction the good faith of a six years' correspondence by this , the first , and , perhaps , the only time I may be able to say I can look in his face , and take him by the hand . At this instantthere is that passing in my heartand in mindwhich
, , my , is felt in deep emotion , but cannot be expressed ; our relative position is such , that we may never meet again ; and it is here , and now , that I hope to ratify for my life , a treaty of support and defence under all emergency . The talents of Dr . Oliver are a public property ; and he has , in his life-time , given to an admiring world those emanations from a powerful mind , which will be as imperishable as the pyramids , or the records of a foundation-stone . The literature of Dr . Oliver—for it is
aliterature of itself—is most unexceptionable ; its grandeur and its simplicity are so sweetly contrasted—the learning of the philosopher , and the piety of the divine are so happily blended , that while man admires , woman can approve . " Dr . C . then acknowledged very gratefully , the compliments of the thanks recorded to himself , in Grand Lodge ; he implored them to continue in unity , and to forbear with one another , and , above all thingsto declare their loyalty to the Craftand to its honored and
illus-, , trious Chief ; than whom there did not exist a Mason to whom the Craft was more indebted . He next adverted to the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons , and explained , not only the great benefits derivable therefrom , but the excellent rules laid down for the management of the Institution . He earnestly appealed to those who had the means to
practice the Masonic virtue of Charity , and thus to cheer the declining days of those Brothers who were suffering from adversity . The eloquent address of Brother Crucefix was listened to throughout with the utmost interest ; and at its conclusion the Brethren testified their approbation by warm applause . Before sitting down , he proposed the health of Sir E . F . Bromhead ; and drew a very vivid sketch of the great advantages derivable from the co-operation of those Brethren , whose social rank
enabled them to dispense the great moral advantages of Masonry , by sharing them with the other classes ; for in no other community could the blessings of grades in society be so happily evidenced . —( The toast was drank with all the honors . ) BB . SIR EDWARD BROMHEAD returned thanks in a very energetic address ; and concluded by proposing the health of the rest of the Provincial Grand Officers .
Brother TUXFORD , P . G . S . D ., for himself and the rest of the Provincial Grand Officers , acknowledged the compliment paid to them . Brother NICHOLSON proposed the health of Brother Turner , who briefly returned thanks , and , in conclusion , gave as a toast , " Masonry in general , and the Masons of Lincolnshire in particular . " The Worshipful Masters , Wardens , -Officers , and Brethren of each of the Provincial Lodgeswere then proposed in successionaccording to
, , seniority ; in the course of which , W . A . Nicholson , Esq ., the W . M . of the Witham Lodge , in the city of Lincoln , was alluded to by Sir E . F . Bromhead , as an efficient officer , of whom the Brethren were justly proud ; for lie reduced the benign principles of Masonry to practice , and thus became an ornament of the society amongst which he lived , by discharging the moral and social duties of life in a most exemplary manner ; and giving a practical lesson to the world , of the utility of that science
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Provincial.
masons' Quarterly Review , and had continued in an uninterrupted state of mental pleasure . " Often , " said Dr . C . " have I panted for the moment when I should proudly take my friend by the hand , as I now do for the first time —( great cheering)—and sanction the good faith of a six years' correspondence by this , the first , and , perhaps , the only time I may be able to say I can look in his face , and take him by the hand . At this instantthere is that passing in my heartand in mindwhich
, , my , is felt in deep emotion , but cannot be expressed ; our relative position is such , that we may never meet again ; and it is here , and now , that I hope to ratify for my life , a treaty of support and defence under all emergency . The talents of Dr . Oliver are a public property ; and he has , in his life-time , given to an admiring world those emanations from a powerful mind , which will be as imperishable as the pyramids , or the records of a foundation-stone . The literature of Dr . Oliver—for it is
aliterature of itself—is most unexceptionable ; its grandeur and its simplicity are so sweetly contrasted—the learning of the philosopher , and the piety of the divine are so happily blended , that while man admires , woman can approve . " Dr . C . then acknowledged very gratefully , the compliments of the thanks recorded to himself , in Grand Lodge ; he implored them to continue in unity , and to forbear with one another , and , above all thingsto declare their loyalty to the Craftand to its honored and
illus-, , trious Chief ; than whom there did not exist a Mason to whom the Craft was more indebted . He next adverted to the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons , and explained , not only the great benefits derivable therefrom , but the excellent rules laid down for the management of the Institution . He earnestly appealed to those who had the means to
practice the Masonic virtue of Charity , and thus to cheer the declining days of those Brothers who were suffering from adversity . The eloquent address of Brother Crucefix was listened to throughout with the utmost interest ; and at its conclusion the Brethren testified their approbation by warm applause . Before sitting down , he proposed the health of Sir E . F . Bromhead ; and drew a very vivid sketch of the great advantages derivable from the co-operation of those Brethren , whose social rank
enabled them to dispense the great moral advantages of Masonry , by sharing them with the other classes ; for in no other community could the blessings of grades in society be so happily evidenced . —( The toast was drank with all the honors . ) BB . SIR EDWARD BROMHEAD returned thanks in a very energetic address ; and concluded by proposing the health of the rest of the Provincial Grand Officers .
Brother TUXFORD , P . G . S . D ., for himself and the rest of the Provincial Grand Officers , acknowledged the compliment paid to them . Brother NICHOLSON proposed the health of Brother Turner , who briefly returned thanks , and , in conclusion , gave as a toast , " Masonry in general , and the Masons of Lincolnshire in particular . " The Worshipful Masters , Wardens , -Officers , and Brethren of each of the Provincial Lodgeswere then proposed in successionaccording to
, , seniority ; in the course of which , W . A . Nicholson , Esq ., the W . M . of the Witham Lodge , in the city of Lincoln , was alluded to by Sir E . F . Bromhead , as an efficient officer , of whom the Brethren were justly proud ; for lie reduced the benign principles of Masonry to practice , and thus became an ornament of the society amongst which he lived , by discharging the moral and social duties of life in a most exemplary manner ; and giving a practical lesson to the world , of the utility of that science