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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
CHESHIRE . —MACCLESFIELD . —Wednesday , Oct . 27 , being the dayappointed for the holding of the Prov . G . L . of Cheshire , was quite a gala day in this town . The morning was ushered in by merry peals from " the bells of St . Michael ' s tower , " which continued to " ring out their joyous notes " up to the time of divine service . From the tops of St . Michael ' s and Christ Church towers floated " the flag that braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze ; " and throughout the route that the procession was expected to takevery many
descri-, p tions of our time-honoured flag , together with many pretty banners , w aved in front of the houses of a considerable portion of the inhabitants . In front of the hotel , a lofty triumphal . arch of evergreens was erected , from which depended banners bearing the inscriptions — "Welcome , Combermere , " "Torres Vedras , " "Oporto , " and "Salamanca , " the whole surmounted by an enormous Union Jack . A pretty arch of evergreensalso decorated with flags & cwas erected
, , , on Park Green . The first movement of those who were to take part in the day ' s proceedings was the arrival of the splendid band of the 82 nd regiment ( which by the way is a Cheshire regiment , raised in 1793 ) . The day being beautifully fine , as the time announced for the procession to take place wore on , the streets became densely thronged with people anxious to witness the procession . The
band met his Lordship and Lady Combermere on their entrance into town in a carriage and four from Capesthorne , where the noble couple had been on a visit to Lord and Lady Hathertou . An appropriate air was played up to the hotel , where his Lordship was received by the Brethren . The Craft Lodge having been opened immediately on the P . G . M . arriving , the Grand Lodge was formed , assisted by the visiting Grand Officers from the neighbouring Provinces , and the
Lodge proceeded to church . On their arrival there , the Brethren opened right and left , leaving room for the P . G . Master , preceded by his standard and sword-bearer , to pass up the centre , the P . G . Officers and Brethren following in succession from the rear . The organ pealed out the national anthem , and the service commenced by the choir singing the 100 th Psalm . Prayers were read by the Rev . G . Dowty , P . G . C . East Lancashire .
Full cathedral service was performed under the able direction of Bro . Twiss , W . P . G . Organist of the Province . The sermon was preached by the R . W . P . G . Chaplain , the Rev . J . W . Newell Tanner , who took his text from Acts vii . 26 : " And the next day he showed himself unto them as they strove , and would have set them at one again , saying , Sirs , ye are brethren , why do ye wrong one to another ? " The rev . gentleman introduced the subject of his discourse by observing , that
It was tho desire of many of the uninitiated to become acquainted with the great secret that united in one undivided chain of love and good-will the members of the Grand Royal Order of Masonry , —a fraternity whoso influence was felt and whoso precepts were known and acknowledged by people of every
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
CHESHIRE . —MACCLESFIELD . —Wednesday , Oct . 27 , being the dayappointed for the holding of the Prov . G . L . of Cheshire , was quite a gala day in this town . The morning was ushered in by merry peals from " the bells of St . Michael ' s tower , " which continued to " ring out their joyous notes " up to the time of divine service . From the tops of St . Michael ' s and Christ Church towers floated " the flag that braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze ; " and throughout the route that the procession was expected to takevery many
descri-, p tions of our time-honoured flag , together with many pretty banners , w aved in front of the houses of a considerable portion of the inhabitants . In front of the hotel , a lofty triumphal . arch of evergreens was erected , from which depended banners bearing the inscriptions — "Welcome , Combermere , " "Torres Vedras , " "Oporto , " and "Salamanca , " the whole surmounted by an enormous Union Jack . A pretty arch of evergreensalso decorated with flags & cwas erected
, , , on Park Green . The first movement of those who were to take part in the day ' s proceedings was the arrival of the splendid band of the 82 nd regiment ( which by the way is a Cheshire regiment , raised in 1793 ) . The day being beautifully fine , as the time announced for the procession to take place wore on , the streets became densely thronged with people anxious to witness the procession . The
band met his Lordship and Lady Combermere on their entrance into town in a carriage and four from Capesthorne , where the noble couple had been on a visit to Lord and Lady Hathertou . An appropriate air was played up to the hotel , where his Lordship was received by the Brethren . The Craft Lodge having been opened immediately on the P . G . M . arriving , the Grand Lodge was formed , assisted by the visiting Grand Officers from the neighbouring Provinces , and the
Lodge proceeded to church . On their arrival there , the Brethren opened right and left , leaving room for the P . G . Master , preceded by his standard and sword-bearer , to pass up the centre , the P . G . Officers and Brethren following in succession from the rear . The organ pealed out the national anthem , and the service commenced by the choir singing the 100 th Psalm . Prayers were read by the Rev . G . Dowty , P . G . C . East Lancashire .
Full cathedral service was performed under the able direction of Bro . Twiss , W . P . G . Organist of the Province . The sermon was preached by the R . W . P . G . Chaplain , the Rev . J . W . Newell Tanner , who took his text from Acts vii . 26 : " And the next day he showed himself unto them as they strove , and would have set them at one again , saying , Sirs , ye are brethren , why do ye wrong one to another ? " The rev . gentleman introduced the subject of his discourse by observing , that
It was tho desire of many of the uninitiated to become acquainted with the great secret that united in one undivided chain of love and good-will the members of the Grand Royal Order of Masonry , —a fraternity whoso influence was felt and whoso precepts were known and acknowledged by people of every