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sion ) that I have lived to see the day that the working of Lodges has been rescued from inns and taverns ; my hopes are now perfected on this important matter —( cheers)—and I feel persuaded that each month will bring with it ample and gratifying proofs , that this is the congenial soil for the growth and prosperity of the true and sensitive plant which so eloquently represents our hallowed profession —( great cheering ) . I call upon Brethrennow to do honour where much is dueand I feel
you , , , confident that I am meeting your warm wishes , by proposing the health of an exemplary Brother , whose progress in Masonry is worthy of all imitation , whose zeal and active research , will raise him high in the scale of Masonic worthies , and whose station in society offers opportunity for his generous desire of extensive usefulness—I allude to our honoured visitor , Bro . Tucker —( much cheering)—with him , I beg to include the visitors who have honoured us with their company . —( cheers ) .
Bro . TUCKER assured the Brethren , that he deeply felt the complimentary manner in which allusion had been made to his public services to the interesting science into which he had the happiness to be admitted—as a Devonshire man , he was doubly proud in the contemplation , that in this the city of his ancestors , and where the aims which he hacl the honour of bearing , were still to be found , he had received the perfection of Christian Masonry ; he was justly proud of the distinction , and from the moment of his having received the Insignia of that Order ( Templars )
of which our late Grand Master was Grand Prior , he had wished for this desired consummation ; he conceived it his duty as a Mason , to take every Degree which was honoured by its name , even if there were 100 more—( cheers)—and he should feel also an imperative obligation to wear the jewels indicative of every Order and Degree which had been entrusted to him , in processions in particular , or on any other occurrence where the results of Masonic assiduity can be advantageously
borne—( great cheering ) . He admired the , manner in which processions were managed in the province of Devon , and there is a generous complexion in the invitation which produced this gratifying meeting , speaking well for the executive thereof . His maxim was , that whatever was worth doing at all , was worth doing well ; he had to learn that a Mason could do too much , or be too zealous in dispensing the " faith that was in him . " He had put his hand to the plough of Brotherhood , and as he
felt all the warm sympathies of the Order , he would , God willing , endeavour to carry them out —( much cheering ) . The health of Brother Hirtzel , the Father of the Province , was cordially received , and the Venerable Mason , in acknowledging the compliment , said , that all his sons were Masons ; he had but one daughter , and since they could not make her a Mason , he had married her to a Mason —( cheers ) . The Masonic Patriarch joined heartily in a glee , and shewed that voice and taste could be very effective at the age of eighty-eight .
The Vice-Presidents , Bro . Denis Moore , the efficient Grancl Secretary , and Bro . Empson , were toasted , amidst the cheering of the company ; and we regret that our space will not permit us to indulge our readers with their , and other most eloquent and Masonic addresses on the interesting occasion , which will long be remembered by the Masons of Devon .
A Conclave of R . C . was held at eleven A . M ., Rev . J . Huyshe , AV . M ., when Brothers Tucker , Clench , Evans , and Laidman , were installed , and Bro . Eales AVhite elected for installation .
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sion ) that I have lived to see the day that the working of Lodges has been rescued from inns and taverns ; my hopes are now perfected on this important matter —( cheers)—and I feel persuaded that each month will bring with it ample and gratifying proofs , that this is the congenial soil for the growth and prosperity of the true and sensitive plant which so eloquently represents our hallowed profession —( great cheering ) . I call upon Brethrennow to do honour where much is dueand I feel
you , , , confident that I am meeting your warm wishes , by proposing the health of an exemplary Brother , whose progress in Masonry is worthy of all imitation , whose zeal and active research , will raise him high in the scale of Masonic worthies , and whose station in society offers opportunity for his generous desire of extensive usefulness—I allude to our honoured visitor , Bro . Tucker —( much cheering)—with him , I beg to include the visitors who have honoured us with their company . —( cheers ) .
Bro . TUCKER assured the Brethren , that he deeply felt the complimentary manner in which allusion had been made to his public services to the interesting science into which he had the happiness to be admitted—as a Devonshire man , he was doubly proud in the contemplation , that in this the city of his ancestors , and where the aims which he hacl the honour of bearing , were still to be found , he had received the perfection of Christian Masonry ; he was justly proud of the distinction , and from the moment of his having received the Insignia of that Order ( Templars )
of which our late Grand Master was Grand Prior , he had wished for this desired consummation ; he conceived it his duty as a Mason , to take every Degree which was honoured by its name , even if there were 100 more—( cheers)—and he should feel also an imperative obligation to wear the jewels indicative of every Order and Degree which had been entrusted to him , in processions in particular , or on any other occurrence where the results of Masonic assiduity can be advantageously
borne—( great cheering ) . He admired the , manner in which processions were managed in the province of Devon , and there is a generous complexion in the invitation which produced this gratifying meeting , speaking well for the executive thereof . His maxim was , that whatever was worth doing at all , was worth doing well ; he had to learn that a Mason could do too much , or be too zealous in dispensing the " faith that was in him . " He had put his hand to the plough of Brotherhood , and as he
felt all the warm sympathies of the Order , he would , God willing , endeavour to carry them out —( much cheering ) . The health of Brother Hirtzel , the Father of the Province , was cordially received , and the Venerable Mason , in acknowledging the compliment , said , that all his sons were Masons ; he had but one daughter , and since they could not make her a Mason , he had married her to a Mason —( cheers ) . The Masonic Patriarch joined heartily in a glee , and shewed that voice and taste could be very effective at the age of eighty-eight .
The Vice-Presidents , Bro . Denis Moore , the efficient Grancl Secretary , and Bro . Empson , were toasted , amidst the cheering of the company ; and we regret that our space will not permit us to indulge our readers with their , and other most eloquent and Masonic addresses on the interesting occasion , which will long be remembered by the Masons of Devon .
A Conclave of R . C . was held at eleven A . M ., Rev . J . Huyshe , AV . M ., when Brothers Tucker , Clench , Evans , and Laidman , were installed , and Bro . Eales AVhite elected for installation .