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of office . The AV . M . of the Apollo Lodge , Bro . Burstall , of University College , with several of his Officers and Brethren , attended to do honour to the retiring president . After the initiation of two candidates , and other degrees had been conferred , the W . M . presented a report from the committee appointed to collect subscriptions for the widow and family of a deceased Brother , resident in Oxford , and informed the Brethren that the subscription amounted to £ 102 ; that an account
was opened at the Old Bank , in the hope and expectation that further sums would be subscribed , and that he looked forward with confidence to the election of one of the children into the Royal Freemasons' Girls ' School . The election of a W . M . for the ensuing year was proceeded with ; and by the unanimous wish of the members , Brother James AVyatt , Jun ., was elected . The other officers having been appointed , an adjournment was made to the banqueting-roomwhere a splendid
, repast was provided . There were from sixty to seventy present . The enthusiasm with which the AA'orshipful Master was received , the high testimony borne to his services in the cause of Masonry , by the members of both Lodges and the large assembly of Brethren present , could not fail to impress Bro . Spiers with a sense of the high esteem in which he was held in the province , and must have satisfied him that his labours have not been in vain . By his untiring exertions the business of
the Lodge has been carried on in a masterly manner , while the character which it has hitherto held for the excellence of its working , has been well sustained , and the Worshipful Master has in this respect had the cordial co-operation of officers who regarded his zeal as an additional reason for the due fulfilment of the duties devolving upon them . It has been no less gratifying to the Brethren to know that the zeal and exer-, t . iqns-of their Worshipful Master have been equally appreciated else
where ; and that his acceptance of the office of Steward to the festival of the Royal Freemasons' Girls' School , followed as it was by his election as a ' member of the Board of General Purposes , was a compliment as " grateful arid flattering to the Lodge and the Brethren , as it was to the Brother who has shown himself so deserving of it . The past year has , indeed , been a brilliant one as respects Freemasonry in this province '; and there is every reason to believe , that the same spirit and the same
zeal will be exhibited during the coming year ; for the Worshipful Master selected is one who is desirous of treading in the footsteps of his predecessor , ' while all who aspire to the minor offices do so with a just appreciation of the duties required of them , and an earnest desire to prove by their diligence that they are worthy of them . The festival on St ..-John ' s'day is looked forward to with considerable interest , and promises to bea meeting that will uphold the character which Masonry has
won in this trul y fraternal province . ' / . i
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Provincial.
of office . The AV . M . of the Apollo Lodge , Bro . Burstall , of University College , with several of his Officers and Brethren , attended to do honour to the retiring president . After the initiation of two candidates , and other degrees had been conferred , the W . M . presented a report from the committee appointed to collect subscriptions for the widow and family of a deceased Brother , resident in Oxford , and informed the Brethren that the subscription amounted to £ 102 ; that an account
was opened at the Old Bank , in the hope and expectation that further sums would be subscribed , and that he looked forward with confidence to the election of one of the children into the Royal Freemasons' Girls ' School . The election of a W . M . for the ensuing year was proceeded with ; and by the unanimous wish of the members , Brother James AVyatt , Jun ., was elected . The other officers having been appointed , an adjournment was made to the banqueting-roomwhere a splendid
, repast was provided . There were from sixty to seventy present . The enthusiasm with which the AA'orshipful Master was received , the high testimony borne to his services in the cause of Masonry , by the members of both Lodges and the large assembly of Brethren present , could not fail to impress Bro . Spiers with a sense of the high esteem in which he was held in the province , and must have satisfied him that his labours have not been in vain . By his untiring exertions the business of
the Lodge has been carried on in a masterly manner , while the character which it has hitherto held for the excellence of its working , has been well sustained , and the Worshipful Master has in this respect had the cordial co-operation of officers who regarded his zeal as an additional reason for the due fulfilment of the duties devolving upon them . It has been no less gratifying to the Brethren to know that the zeal and exer-, t . iqns-of their Worshipful Master have been equally appreciated else
where ; and that his acceptance of the office of Steward to the festival of the Royal Freemasons' Girls' School , followed as it was by his election as a ' member of the Board of General Purposes , was a compliment as " grateful arid flattering to the Lodge and the Brethren , as it was to the Brother who has shown himself so deserving of it . The past year has , indeed , been a brilliant one as respects Freemasonry in this province '; and there is every reason to believe , that the same spirit and the same
zeal will be exhibited during the coming year ; for the Worshipful Master selected is one who is desirous of treading in the footsteps of his predecessor , ' while all who aspire to the minor offices do so with a just appreciation of the duties required of them , and an earnest desire to prove by their diligence that they are worthy of them . The festival on St ..-John ' s'day is looked forward to with considerable interest , and promises to bea meeting that will uphold the character which Masonry has
won in this trul y fraternal province . ' / . i
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