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Provincial.
Prov . Grand Chaplain for the county of Chester , read the service of the day . Brother Wilding , of Haslingden , officiating as clerk ; after which the reverend Brother gave an excellent discourse , his text being the Sth verse of the 3 rd chapter of the 1 st Epistle to Peter— " Finally , be ye all of one mind , having compassion one of another ; love as brethren , be pitiful , be courteous ! " in wliich discourse he very ably answered the objections and vituperations made by the ignorant , and displayed the beautiful of in
system Freemasonry glowing language , concluding with a general recommendation to the Fraternity to maintain the pure principles of the Order , by " Letting their light so shine before men , that they may see our good works , and glorify the Father which is in Heaven . " It was to be regretted that there was not more of the uninitiated present , who might have profited from an attentive listening to the sermon ; which being concluded , a collection was made in aid of the Rochdale Dispensary ; and after the beautiful national hymn of
" Lord of life , and light , and glory , Guide the Church , and guard our Queen . " had been sung , the procession returned to the house of Brother A . Tweedale , the Grapes Inn , where one hundred and forty Brethren sat down to banquet . After the cloth was drawn , the customary loyal and Masonic toasts were given by the worthy and respected Master , Brother John Standring : ?¦?&¦ who
• J-W . , E . D . L ., was supported right and left by Brothers W . Dunlop , M . D ., P . M ., 375 ; Threlfall , P . G . Sec ; Lee , Past P . G . ? Er r ; i Jose P Perrin , P . P . J . G . D . ; Tweedale , P . P . G . R . ; and the W . M . and Wardens of 375 ; Brother T . Brown , P . P . G . S . D ., sat as S . W ., and Brother Lane , J . W . " Our Gracious Queen Victoria 1 " National Anthemfollowed bcheers three times threeand Masonic
, y , honours as the daughter of a Mason . " Her Majesty Adelaide , Queen Dowager , and the rest of the Royal l'amily . '—( Cheers , and three times three ) . " H ^ V " the Duke 0 f Sussex > M . W . G . Master of England , the I rov . G . M ., and the D . G . Master , " were prefaced by neat speeches , ( too Masonic for public eye , ) which were drunk with the usual honours , and " Prosper the Art . "
" The R . W . P . G . D . Master , Thomas Preston , Esq . " Brother THRELFALL responded to the toast , and stated that the absence of the D . P . G . M . was on account of the indisposition of a near relative .
' The P . G . Masters for Chester , Viscount Combermere ; West York the Earl of Mexborough ; and West Lancashire , L . G . N . Starkie , Esq ., " were drunk with enthusiastic feeling . —( Honours , and " Prospet the art . " ) " The very Rev . G . H . Cotton , with thanks to him for the very excellent sermon preached by him , " which was received with long and continued lauseand " The Vicar of Rochdalewith thanks to him for
app ; , the use of the church ; and the churchwardens for their kind attention , " was drunk with great applause . "Our Brother Field Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington , with better health to him , " was drunk ivith loud and reiterated cheers ' , honours , and prosper , a-la-militaire ; to which Bro . R . Hunt responded in glowing language . VOL . vi . o v
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
Prov . Grand Chaplain for the county of Chester , read the service of the day . Brother Wilding , of Haslingden , officiating as clerk ; after which the reverend Brother gave an excellent discourse , his text being the Sth verse of the 3 rd chapter of the 1 st Epistle to Peter— " Finally , be ye all of one mind , having compassion one of another ; love as brethren , be pitiful , be courteous ! " in wliich discourse he very ably answered the objections and vituperations made by the ignorant , and displayed the beautiful of in
system Freemasonry glowing language , concluding with a general recommendation to the Fraternity to maintain the pure principles of the Order , by " Letting their light so shine before men , that they may see our good works , and glorify the Father which is in Heaven . " It was to be regretted that there was not more of the uninitiated present , who might have profited from an attentive listening to the sermon ; which being concluded , a collection was made in aid of the Rochdale Dispensary ; and after the beautiful national hymn of
" Lord of life , and light , and glory , Guide the Church , and guard our Queen . " had been sung , the procession returned to the house of Brother A . Tweedale , the Grapes Inn , where one hundred and forty Brethren sat down to banquet . After the cloth was drawn , the customary loyal and Masonic toasts were given by the worthy and respected Master , Brother John Standring : ?¦?&¦ who
• J-W . , E . D . L ., was supported right and left by Brothers W . Dunlop , M . D ., P . M ., 375 ; Threlfall , P . G . Sec ; Lee , Past P . G . ? Er r ; i Jose P Perrin , P . P . J . G . D . ; Tweedale , P . P . G . R . ; and the W . M . and Wardens of 375 ; Brother T . Brown , P . P . G . S . D ., sat as S . W ., and Brother Lane , J . W . " Our Gracious Queen Victoria 1 " National Anthemfollowed bcheers three times threeand Masonic
, y , honours as the daughter of a Mason . " Her Majesty Adelaide , Queen Dowager , and the rest of the Royal l'amily . '—( Cheers , and three times three ) . " H ^ V " the Duke 0 f Sussex > M . W . G . Master of England , the I rov . G . M ., and the D . G . Master , " were prefaced by neat speeches , ( too Masonic for public eye , ) which were drunk with the usual honours , and " Prosper the Art . "
" The R . W . P . G . D . Master , Thomas Preston , Esq . " Brother THRELFALL responded to the toast , and stated that the absence of the D . P . G . M . was on account of the indisposition of a near relative .
' The P . G . Masters for Chester , Viscount Combermere ; West York the Earl of Mexborough ; and West Lancashire , L . G . N . Starkie , Esq ., " were drunk with enthusiastic feeling . —( Honours , and " Prospet the art . " ) " The very Rev . G . H . Cotton , with thanks to him for the very excellent sermon preached by him , " which was received with long and continued lauseand " The Vicar of Rochdalewith thanks to him for
app ; , the use of the church ; and the churchwardens for their kind attention , " was drunk with great applause . "Our Brother Field Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington , with better health to him , " was drunk ivith loud and reiterated cheers ' , honours , and prosper , a-la-militaire ; to which Bro . R . Hunt responded in glowing language . VOL . vi . o v