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from coming . He was a good Mason , and highly esteemed in the province . He ( Colonel Wildman ) had the honour of making him a Mason in London , when Master of the Lodge of Antiquity . He begged to propose " Brother , the Earl of Scarborough , Lord Lieutenant of the County . "—( Drunk with honours . ) The CHAIRMAN then said , the next toast was one in which they were all interested ; he alluded to the Grand Lodge of Scotland . —( Cheers )
. They had present amongst them a Grand Officer of that country—( Cheers)—the Grand Master of Argyleshire , Brother Campbell , who was called here by his military duties , and who , he felt proud in saying , he had found ready to support him ( Colonel Wildman ) on the first occasion he had to preside in this county . —The Right Worshipful Master concluded by proposing "The Grand Lodge of Scotland . "—( Drunk with honours , followed by the beautiful Scotch ballad of " Lassie . "
The Provincial Grand Master of Argyleshire , Colonel CAMPBELL , acknowledged the toast in brief but eloquent terms , and assured the Brethren , that he should take the earliest opportunity of conveying to the Grand Lodge of Scotland the handsome compliment which had that evening been paid them ; and having obtained permission of the Right Worshipful Master to propose a toast , he gave the health of "The Provincial Grand Master of NottinghamshireColonel Wildman" which
, , was received by the assembled Brethren with loud applause . . The Provincial Grand Master , Colonel WILDMAN , on rising to acknowledge the toast said , I rise under a considerable degree of embarrassment , to acknowledge the great honour you have done me . It is now thirty-two years since I became a Mason , and soon after entering
the Craft I was sent abroad on my duty as a soldier . —( Cheers . ) In all my experience at home and abroad , I have learnt more and more to appreciate the science of Masonry . —( Loud cheers . ) I have now to address myself to the distinguished gentleman who , though not a Mason , has honoured us with his presence—I mean the Mayor of Nottingham . —( Cheers . ) I wish to state the high ground which Freemasonry stands upon . No man becomes a Mason with the slightest hope or expectation
of reaping pecuniary benefit . Masonry holds out no such inducement . —( Cheers . ) We are not a Fraternity united for such purposes . Freemasonry takes ahigher view ; we are united forfarnobler purposes ; and if adversity overtakes a Brother , he trusts to the aid and counsels of his more fortunate Brethren . —( Cheers . ) We are in community with the whole habitable globe ; Masonry being recognised even in the wilds of Kamtschatkaand where language failsthere f are si and tokens by
, , gns which one-Maspn , , can recognise another . —( Loiid cheers . ) Brethren , I thank you sincerelyfor your great kindness .. I amproud of the office I hold as your Provincial Grand Master , to which his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex appointed me , and I am doubly proud of it on receiving this flattering mark of your approbation . — - ( Loud and longcontinued plaudits . ) ., The PROV . GRAND , MASTER next gave the health of that distinguished
Brother , " His Grace the Duke of Devonshire , "—( loud cheers)—from whom he had received a letter regretting his inability to be present , but he had honoured them by sending Brother Colville as his deputy—( loud cheers)—than whom a more worthy Mason could not be found . — ( Loud cheers . ) He would , therefore , give the " Health of the Duke of Devonshire , with that of his Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Brother Colville , and the Grand Lodge of Derbyshire . —( Immense cheering . )
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Provincial.
from coming . He was a good Mason , and highly esteemed in the province . He ( Colonel Wildman ) had the honour of making him a Mason in London , when Master of the Lodge of Antiquity . He begged to propose " Brother , the Earl of Scarborough , Lord Lieutenant of the County . "—( Drunk with honours . ) The CHAIRMAN then said , the next toast was one in which they were all interested ; he alluded to the Grand Lodge of Scotland . —( Cheers )
. They had present amongst them a Grand Officer of that country—( Cheers)—the Grand Master of Argyleshire , Brother Campbell , who was called here by his military duties , and who , he felt proud in saying , he had found ready to support him ( Colonel Wildman ) on the first occasion he had to preside in this county . —The Right Worshipful Master concluded by proposing "The Grand Lodge of Scotland . "—( Drunk with honours , followed by the beautiful Scotch ballad of " Lassie . "
The Provincial Grand Master of Argyleshire , Colonel CAMPBELL , acknowledged the toast in brief but eloquent terms , and assured the Brethren , that he should take the earliest opportunity of conveying to the Grand Lodge of Scotland the handsome compliment which had that evening been paid them ; and having obtained permission of the Right Worshipful Master to propose a toast , he gave the health of "The Provincial Grand Master of NottinghamshireColonel Wildman" which
, , was received by the assembled Brethren with loud applause . . The Provincial Grand Master , Colonel WILDMAN , on rising to acknowledge the toast said , I rise under a considerable degree of embarrassment , to acknowledge the great honour you have done me . It is now thirty-two years since I became a Mason , and soon after entering
the Craft I was sent abroad on my duty as a soldier . —( Cheers . ) In all my experience at home and abroad , I have learnt more and more to appreciate the science of Masonry . —( Loud cheers . ) I have now to address myself to the distinguished gentleman who , though not a Mason , has honoured us with his presence—I mean the Mayor of Nottingham . —( Cheers . ) I wish to state the high ground which Freemasonry stands upon . No man becomes a Mason with the slightest hope or expectation
of reaping pecuniary benefit . Masonry holds out no such inducement . —( Cheers . ) We are not a Fraternity united for such purposes . Freemasonry takes ahigher view ; we are united forfarnobler purposes ; and if adversity overtakes a Brother , he trusts to the aid and counsels of his more fortunate Brethren . —( Cheers . ) We are in community with the whole habitable globe ; Masonry being recognised even in the wilds of Kamtschatkaand where language failsthere f are si and tokens by
, , gns which one-Maspn , , can recognise another . —( Loiid cheers . ) Brethren , I thank you sincerelyfor your great kindness .. I amproud of the office I hold as your Provincial Grand Master , to which his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex appointed me , and I am doubly proud of it on receiving this flattering mark of your approbation . — - ( Loud and longcontinued plaudits . ) ., The PROV . GRAND , MASTER next gave the health of that distinguished
Brother , " His Grace the Duke of Devonshire , "—( loud cheers)—from whom he had received a letter regretting his inability to be present , but he had honoured them by sending Brother Colville as his deputy—( loud cheers)—than whom a more worthy Mason could not be found . — ( Loud cheers . ) He would , therefore , give the " Health of the Duke of Devonshire , with that of his Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Brother Colville , and the Grand Lodge of Derbyshire . —( Immense cheering . )