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feel it my duty , as a Mason ( independent of the pleasure I always experience in your company ) , to obey your summons , and to assist in all works of usefulness and brotherly love . " I thank you sincerely and heartily for your support on all occasions , and now beg of you to join with me , and with each other , in giving , with all due honours , —
THE GRAND TRIANGLE—THE MASONIC CHARITIES . " The next toast , " Our Visiting Brother Nathan , and Prosperity to the Lion and Lamb Lodge , " was responded to by the worthy Brother in very neat and appropriate terms , in ivhich he did not omit to mention the benefits conferred on Masonry by that indefatigable veteran , Brother Thompsonand by the unparalleled of the talented and
, perseverance enterprising editor of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review . " The St . Paul ' s Lodge is making gigantic efforts to promote true Masonic objects . Brother Ribbans leads his patriotic band ivith moral courage and exemplary fidelity . He has initiated no less than twentytwo candidates , and there are several names still on the books . This is something like work .
LINCOLN , NOV . S . —TESTIMONIAL TO DR . OLIVER . —The Master , Wardens , Officers , and Brethren of the Witham Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Lincoln , after having attended the regular monthl y meeting of the Craft , in their Masonic Hall , met together at the City Arms Hotel , where a very elegant entertainment was provided by Sir Edward E . F . Bromhead , Bart ., Senior Warden , and towhich t some few gentlemen , not of the Craft , were also invited . After the cloth was
withdrawn , the salver , ivhich was Masonically replenished with the corn , wine , and oil , was placed before the W . M ., Brother Nicholson , who occupied the chair , and gave the following toasts , which he prefaced with such taste and judgment , as frequently elicited bursts of applause , " The Queen . " Song— " England ' s Queen . " " The Duke of Sussex . " Glee— " Hail to the Craft . " " The Rt . Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt . " Song— " Let Masonry . "
The salver being then placed before the W . M ,, he spoke as folloivs , amidst the deepest attention : — " The next toast ivhich in the order of precedence claims your attention , is one which has always been received with the warmest acclamations of the Craft , but which , on this occasion , demands far more than usual attention , inasmuch as it is to express our affectionate regard for his worth , and our admiration of his talent , that we are thus assembled .
I propose to you the health of Brother Dr . Oliver , the D . P . G . M . " Incidents of this . kind are of very nnfrequent occurrence amongst Masons . It may be that the happy exemption that Freemasonry enjoys from the contentious and vanities of the world , has taught us to seek the reward of our actions in the self-approval of our own hearts , rather than in ostentatious display or adulatory acknowledgments . But when a devoted service of forty years to the interests of the Craft have fixed
the attention of all upon one individual , and when that individual has brought to the task industry that has never wearied , ardour that has never cooled or abated , and talent such as God has blessed but few men with , it becomes a matter of duty , and not merely one of choice , that we should by some tangible token display our admiration of such merit .
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Provincial.
feel it my duty , as a Mason ( independent of the pleasure I always experience in your company ) , to obey your summons , and to assist in all works of usefulness and brotherly love . " I thank you sincerely and heartily for your support on all occasions , and now beg of you to join with me , and with each other , in giving , with all due honours , —
THE GRAND TRIANGLE—THE MASONIC CHARITIES . " The next toast , " Our Visiting Brother Nathan , and Prosperity to the Lion and Lamb Lodge , " was responded to by the worthy Brother in very neat and appropriate terms , in ivhich he did not omit to mention the benefits conferred on Masonry by that indefatigable veteran , Brother Thompsonand by the unparalleled of the talented and
, perseverance enterprising editor of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review . " The St . Paul ' s Lodge is making gigantic efforts to promote true Masonic objects . Brother Ribbans leads his patriotic band ivith moral courage and exemplary fidelity . He has initiated no less than twentytwo candidates , and there are several names still on the books . This is something like work .
LINCOLN , NOV . S . —TESTIMONIAL TO DR . OLIVER . —The Master , Wardens , Officers , and Brethren of the Witham Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Lincoln , after having attended the regular monthl y meeting of the Craft , in their Masonic Hall , met together at the City Arms Hotel , where a very elegant entertainment was provided by Sir Edward E . F . Bromhead , Bart ., Senior Warden , and towhich t some few gentlemen , not of the Craft , were also invited . After the cloth was
withdrawn , the salver , ivhich was Masonically replenished with the corn , wine , and oil , was placed before the W . M ., Brother Nicholson , who occupied the chair , and gave the following toasts , which he prefaced with such taste and judgment , as frequently elicited bursts of applause , " The Queen . " Song— " England ' s Queen . " " The Duke of Sussex . " Glee— " Hail to the Craft . " " The Rt . Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt . " Song— " Let Masonry . "
The salver being then placed before the W . M ,, he spoke as folloivs , amidst the deepest attention : — " The next toast ivhich in the order of precedence claims your attention , is one which has always been received with the warmest acclamations of the Craft , but which , on this occasion , demands far more than usual attention , inasmuch as it is to express our affectionate regard for his worth , and our admiration of his talent , that we are thus assembled .
I propose to you the health of Brother Dr . Oliver , the D . P . G . M . " Incidents of this . kind are of very nnfrequent occurrence amongst Masons . It may be that the happy exemption that Freemasonry enjoys from the contentious and vanities of the world , has taught us to seek the reward of our actions in the self-approval of our own hearts , rather than in ostentatious display or adulatory acknowledgments . But when a devoted service of forty years to the interests of the Craft have fixed
the attention of all upon one individual , and when that individual has brought to the task industry that has never wearied , ardour that has never cooled or abated , and talent such as God has blessed but few men with , it becomes a matter of duty , and not merely one of choice , that we should by some tangible token display our admiration of such merit .