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Inauguration Of A New Provincial Grand Lodge For The Isle Of Man.
R . W . Prov . G . M ., Bro . Major J . S . Goldie-Taubman , who was supported on his immediate right and left by the R . W . Prov . G . M . of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , Bro . Beach , and the Grand Registrar of England , Bro . Philbrick , Q . C . ; the cross table vvas occupied altogether by the Grand
Officers , their respective ends being occupied by the Prov . G . Wardens , Bros . J . A . Brown and VV . Laughlin ; the other Prov . Grand Officers being seated in the places allotted to them . There were several visitors present . The dinner was served and catered in a first-class style by the manager of Castle Mona , Mr . J . A . Hinton .
After dinner , the toast list was gone through , the toasts of "The Oueen and the Craft" and " H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., " having been proposed by Bro . J . S . GOLDIE-TAUBMAN , R . W . P . G . M ., and acknowledged with musical honours , The PROV . GRAND MASTER said : I have another toast to submit to you . It is that of "The Pro G . M ., the Earl of Carnarvon ; the Deputy G . M .,
the Earl of Lathom ; and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past . " Applause . ) I think we are very lucky in having so many Grand Officers , past and present , with us to-day . None of us have much acquaintance with the working of a Grand Lodge , but still we have seen what has been done to-day , and from that we know how well they work , and how well they are
acquainted with Masonic lore . Both yesterday , at Peel , and to-day the Grand Officers , and particularly the D . of C , Bro . Richardson , have gone through a great deal of work , and I think they deserve the greatest thanks at our hands . ( Applause . ) Few of us know the amount of work he and all of them have gone through .
In response , Bro . the Rev . C . W . SPENCER STANHOPE , after thanking all present for the heartiness of the reception of the toast , expressed the earnest wish of the Grand Lodge of England that the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Isle of Man should go on and prosper . He had no doubt that his Royal Highness the M . W . G . M . would recognise that this was the newest province under his banner , and that he might feel it to be his duty ,
in some future year , to reward some of the Masons of the Island by some special marks of his favour . ( Applause . ) The Installing Master , Bro . BEACH : Having had the pleasure of installing your Provincial Grand Master , it is now my pleasing duty to propose to you that you drink his health , and give him a hearty welcome to the high office to which he has been appointed . Brethren , I alluded some short time
ago , in the Provincial Grand Lodge to-day , to the qualifications which were necessary for every candidate for the office Bro . Taubman now occupies . I pointed out to him the various duties he ought to strive to perform , and the qualifications he should endeavour to gain . I will not further elaborate upon them here . I would rather appeal to the brethren present , as I have a right to do at the present moment , because I have the honour of being the medium
of representing the Grand Master . You may therefore permit me to appeal to you all in behalf of your Provincial Grand Master , and ask you to give him a fair and candid consideration in the discharge ot his duties . ( Applause . ) I am quite aware that in Freemasonry there is generally a most willing obedience shown to our rulers . ( Hear , hear . ) There is nothing which tends more to the prosperity and success of the Craft than this yielding and
willing obedience to those who are placed in authority over us . ( Hear , hear . ) We show obedience to the volume of the Sacred Law . We know that in that Book obedience to our rulers is inculcated as one of the grand lessons ; and in Freemasonry we emulate those lessons and inculcate the lesson of Strict obedience to our rulers . Freemasonry would be a lawless society , and it would be totally unproductive of good , if it were not for that ; but it
is because those who are selected are believed to be capable of ruling over us that we do place our confidence in them , and so do our best to assist them to act up to the utmost of their judgment . ( Hear , hear . ) I must say myself , from great experience , that I believe there is a great disposition in the members of the Order to give that fair consideration which I allude to to the acts of their superiors . Without that , as I have said , a ruler would
be powerless for good , because , if he were always thinking or doubting whether he would be sustained in this or that act , he would be less efficient in the discharge of his duty , and all would suffer . But in Masonry things are different , and a ruler may feel perfectly sure that thc brethren will give him fair judgment , and will believe that he is acting to the best of his belief in the discharge of his duty . I feel sure that you will all readily acquiesce in
that , and with that belief I will ask you to rise and drink " The Health of your Provincial Grand Master , " wishing him every success in the discharge of his high duties . ( Cheers . ) The R . W . PROV . GRAND MASTER , in responding to the toast , which was received with the greatest enthusiasm , said : Brethren , I thank you for the manner in which you have received this toast , and also you , Right Worshi
pful sir , for the manner in which you have proposed it . We all listened , I am sure , with great attention to the Installing Master's charge . In it he clearly laid down the duties of your Provincial Grand Master . With every word then said , I thoroughly agree , and it will be the aim of my life , so long asl hold the position I am favoured to hold to-day , to try to carry out the principles he inculcated to-day . ( Applause . ) I agree with him in thinking that I shall receive from the lodges under my rule , that loyalty and hearty
co-operation which is absolutely necessary if the province is to be successfull y and thoroughly carried on . ( Applause . ) I now give you "The Health of the Installing Master , Bro . Beach , " who has so efficiently discharged his duties to-day . The toast having been honoured with every symptom of cordiality , the INSTALLING MASTER said : I return you my sincere thanks for thc kind way in which this toast has been received by I have alreadsaid it
you . y has been a great pleasure to me to visit the Isle ' of Man , and to perform the th re ' r ' ° ' nsta " ' to-day . It is very gratifying to us , as representing f kru lj 0 d ^ and Provincial Grand Lodges in England , to see the establishment of this new province , a province with so many lodges all Dearing the impress of future success . ( Hear , hear . ) There is one thing necessary to success in Freemasonry . That is to have your heart in the cause . I always think myself that nothine tends to make anvone so successiui
in any walk in life so much as a display of a hearty interest in the cause he is taking up . And if that is true in the ordinary run of life , it is " * ue m l'reemasonry . If / a brother enters into the Order—and he may be d respectable member of the Craft—who does not take an interest in it , he wnnot expect to make much progress , but if he does take an interest , and esoiyes to make progress , he will succeed in forcing his way up to a high position . He w , n become one of the rulers in the lodsre . and then a Past
thitfi , ,. , ° ^ wonderful strength to every lodge ; because I do thrr ^ y that " * is the Past Masters ° f a lodge which add so largely to lav ?„¦ £ I ! l anner , n which Freemasonry is carried out . If brethren are as il J ^ ij ' ? 2 ? f r they have P assed the chair- a lodge cannot prosper as it should . ( Hear , hear . ) But I am glad to say that such is not thc case
Inauguration Of A New Provincial Grand Lodge For The Isle Of Man.
in Freemasonry . Generally , there is a disposition among the brethren to do their utmost to promote the success of the lodge , whether they are actually ruling or assisting those who are ruling over it after them . As I have been alluded to personally , I maysay that I have always taken a warm interest in the prosperity of the Order . The great thing about English Masonry is the great enthusiasm with whicn it is taken up . There are perhaps greater
numbers elsewhere than belong to our Constitution , in America , for instance , but I do not think the enthusiasm anywhere equals ours . The impetus given to the Order in recent times shows ' how those entering into it are animated with an earnest desire to promote the prosperity of the Order into which they have entered . It is the desire of those who rule over our different provinces to promote the success of the Craft in the different provinces .
During the time I have had the honour of ruling over the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , I have constituted no fewer than fifteen lodges , besides a good many chapters , and that is not an isolated case . Numbers of other provinces have done as well . That shows how Masonry is thriving ; and I hope it is also a symbol of how the brethren who become
members of our Order are animated by the best desire to promote the best successof the Craft . I thank you for the way in which you have met me . I am sure I shall retain in my recollection a most grateful sense of the kindness I have received in the Isle of Man ; and , brethren , accept on my part the very best wishes for the success of Freemasonry in this new province . ( Cheers . )
Bro . PHILBRICK , Q . C , Grand Registrar of England : A toast has been place in my hands to propose , which I am sure this meeting of brethren will drink with acclamation . It is that of " The Grand Officers of the newly-constituted Province of the Isle of Man . " Now , after the eloquent speech we have listened to from the Grand Master of the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , and the sage counsels which he gave in
the Provincial Grand Lodge to-day , there is but little to say , and that little I should be unwilling to obtrude upon your notice , this evening , did I not feel how true it is , that as the child so the man ; as the twig turns , so the tree grows ; and a good start , and a good list of officers at the start , is likely to determine the future course of your lodge . Of all things , therefore , in starting this venture of a Provincial Grand Lodge , and binding the lodges
of the Isle of Man under one head , under the Grand Lodge of England , of the utmost importance it is that those who are selected to bear high offices , and to rule and govern the Provincial Grand Lodge , should be duly qualified , and as Masons act so as to give an impetus to Freemasonry in the province . Feeling that , I am sure that your P . G . Master has made the appointments he has made to-day , and I am quite sure that the brethren of
the different lodges under his banner recognise the fitness of thc appointments , and the qualifications of the brethren whom he has nominated to the different offices in the province . But do let me say this—and I come from the east , and I have the honour to be the deputy oi a Provincial Grand Master in an eastern portion of England , and they say that the wise men came from the east —( laughter)—of course they did , and therein they showed
their wisdom . ( Laughter . ) Well , now , may I say a word and be forgiven 1 We have in Masonry many different organisations . VVhat it has been within the memory of some I have the honour of addressing , they know ; but I know that it is now very different to what it was when I myself joined the Order . Masonry has increased in the estimation not merely of those who are brethren of the " mystic tie , " but also in that of the " popular world at
large who are not Masons . " Masonry has increased largely since it happened , under unfortunate circumstances , that our Grand Master felt it necessary to resign the throne of Masonry ; but then it was not thought derogatory to the Heir Apparent of the Throne of England to come forward and vindicate the honour of Masonry . ( Cheers . ) But it has been said , ** If you are what you represent yourselves to be , why the need
of all this secresy ? " But I think we might well point , not only to the fact that the Heir Apparent of the Throne of this country is our Grand Master , but to those whom we have the honour to reckon among our ranks—the brother clergymen who are members of our different lodges—I think we might say , without disclosing any Masonic secret , to those who object to us , and say that , as a secret society , we have that which we desire to conceal
because it cannot bear light—we might say to them that the light which is cast upon us by the illustrious names of those who belong to us , by their record , by their character , and by their daily life and conversation , ought to be vindication enough to us in the eyes of any candid person , and beyond such we care not to justify ourselves . ( Cheers . ) We know that all things human are subject to abuse , and when a thing is prosperous and
fashionable , and when multitudes flock to it , there are dangers and difficulties of a certain nature , but which are not perhaps less insidious than those which attend us at the time of adversity , and when it is worth a man's while to say he does not belong to us . All who come to us , then , we know have set their teeth , and mean , through good report and evil report , to stick to us . In fine weather it is very easy sailing , but prosperity brings its troubles as well
as adversity . Now , we cannot be too careful , when we are a prosperous and highly successful body , whom we admit into our lodges . We do not want numbers , but quality . ( Hear , hear . ) We desire that the " tongue of good report " shall be truly heard in their favour , and , that being so , we have a solid substratum to build upon , and then we can raise " an edifice which shall be perfect in all its parts and honourable to the builder . " VVhen we
do that we build on the rock . We go well with a fair wind , but when you have to batten your hatches you are not quite so sure of your cargo —( applause)—warranted 3 per cent , unless the ship stranded . ( Laughter . ) I am sure you will forgive me for having ventured on this subject . It is a text from which I constantly preach , and it is one which we feel is a good one to bear in mind . I am sure it has assured the stability of our lodges ; and the
fact that Masonry is with us , as I hope it will always be , a living institution , one which is felt to be a veal power , a power for good , bringing a blessing wherever it permeates , that blessing which we all recognise when we , as brethren , put out our hand to a fellow brother and clasp that hand under the sacred protection of a Masonic lodge , and feel that we can place in each other that trust which our " mystic tie " alike justifies and alike requires ,
and in which , 1 trust , we shall never find the treacherous hand stretched out and never find the trust we give badly repaid . ( Applause . ) In this spirit , Right Worshipful Grand Master , I have ventured to say a word which , I trust , may not be unacceptable to the brethren . ( Applause . ) If it has been , I hope they will forgive me ; but I know so well how it is in forming a
new lodge or taking a new departure . I know what difficulties fall upon those who are called upon to bear office ; to put the thing into train ; to make the working go for the first time regularly ; and I am sure we all wish those brethren who have been called to office to-day every success in their arduous undertaking . We wish the object of their solicitude may prosper under their hand , that the province , consecrated most fitly in the person of
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Inauguration Of A New Provincial Grand Lodge For The Isle Of Man.
R . W . Prov . G . M ., Bro . Major J . S . Goldie-Taubman , who was supported on his immediate right and left by the R . W . Prov . G . M . of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , Bro . Beach , and the Grand Registrar of England , Bro . Philbrick , Q . C . ; the cross table vvas occupied altogether by the Grand
Officers , their respective ends being occupied by the Prov . G . Wardens , Bros . J . A . Brown and VV . Laughlin ; the other Prov . Grand Officers being seated in the places allotted to them . There were several visitors present . The dinner was served and catered in a first-class style by the manager of Castle Mona , Mr . J . A . Hinton .
After dinner , the toast list was gone through , the toasts of "The Oueen and the Craft" and " H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., " having been proposed by Bro . J . S . GOLDIE-TAUBMAN , R . W . P . G . M ., and acknowledged with musical honours , The PROV . GRAND MASTER said : I have another toast to submit to you . It is that of "The Pro G . M ., the Earl of Carnarvon ; the Deputy G . M .,
the Earl of Lathom ; and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past . " Applause . ) I think we are very lucky in having so many Grand Officers , past and present , with us to-day . None of us have much acquaintance with the working of a Grand Lodge , but still we have seen what has been done to-day , and from that we know how well they work , and how well they are
acquainted with Masonic lore . Both yesterday , at Peel , and to-day the Grand Officers , and particularly the D . of C , Bro . Richardson , have gone through a great deal of work , and I think they deserve the greatest thanks at our hands . ( Applause . ) Few of us know the amount of work he and all of them have gone through .
In response , Bro . the Rev . C . W . SPENCER STANHOPE , after thanking all present for the heartiness of the reception of the toast , expressed the earnest wish of the Grand Lodge of England that the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Isle of Man should go on and prosper . He had no doubt that his Royal Highness the M . W . G . M . would recognise that this was the newest province under his banner , and that he might feel it to be his duty ,
in some future year , to reward some of the Masons of the Island by some special marks of his favour . ( Applause . ) The Installing Master , Bro . BEACH : Having had the pleasure of installing your Provincial Grand Master , it is now my pleasing duty to propose to you that you drink his health , and give him a hearty welcome to the high office to which he has been appointed . Brethren , I alluded some short time
ago , in the Provincial Grand Lodge to-day , to the qualifications which were necessary for every candidate for the office Bro . Taubman now occupies . I pointed out to him the various duties he ought to strive to perform , and the qualifications he should endeavour to gain . I will not further elaborate upon them here . I would rather appeal to the brethren present , as I have a right to do at the present moment , because I have the honour of being the medium
of representing the Grand Master . You may therefore permit me to appeal to you all in behalf of your Provincial Grand Master , and ask you to give him a fair and candid consideration in the discharge ot his duties . ( Applause . ) I am quite aware that in Freemasonry there is generally a most willing obedience shown to our rulers . ( Hear , hear . ) There is nothing which tends more to the prosperity and success of the Craft than this yielding and
willing obedience to those who are placed in authority over us . ( Hear , hear . ) We show obedience to the volume of the Sacred Law . We know that in that Book obedience to our rulers is inculcated as one of the grand lessons ; and in Freemasonry we emulate those lessons and inculcate the lesson of Strict obedience to our rulers . Freemasonry would be a lawless society , and it would be totally unproductive of good , if it were not for that ; but it
is because those who are selected are believed to be capable of ruling over us that we do place our confidence in them , and so do our best to assist them to act up to the utmost of their judgment . ( Hear , hear . ) I must say myself , from great experience , that I believe there is a great disposition in the members of the Order to give that fair consideration which I allude to to the acts of their superiors . Without that , as I have said , a ruler would
be powerless for good , because , if he were always thinking or doubting whether he would be sustained in this or that act , he would be less efficient in the discharge of his duty , and all would suffer . But in Masonry things are different , and a ruler may feel perfectly sure that thc brethren will give him fair judgment , and will believe that he is acting to the best of his belief in the discharge of his duty . I feel sure that you will all readily acquiesce in
that , and with that belief I will ask you to rise and drink " The Health of your Provincial Grand Master , " wishing him every success in the discharge of his high duties . ( Cheers . ) The R . W . PROV . GRAND MASTER , in responding to the toast , which was received with the greatest enthusiasm , said : Brethren , I thank you for the manner in which you have received this toast , and also you , Right Worshi
pful sir , for the manner in which you have proposed it . We all listened , I am sure , with great attention to the Installing Master's charge . In it he clearly laid down the duties of your Provincial Grand Master . With every word then said , I thoroughly agree , and it will be the aim of my life , so long asl hold the position I am favoured to hold to-day , to try to carry out the principles he inculcated to-day . ( Applause . ) I agree with him in thinking that I shall receive from the lodges under my rule , that loyalty and hearty
co-operation which is absolutely necessary if the province is to be successfull y and thoroughly carried on . ( Applause . ) I now give you "The Health of the Installing Master , Bro . Beach , " who has so efficiently discharged his duties to-day . The toast having been honoured with every symptom of cordiality , the INSTALLING MASTER said : I return you my sincere thanks for thc kind way in which this toast has been received by I have alreadsaid it
you . y has been a great pleasure to me to visit the Isle ' of Man , and to perform the th re ' r ' ° ' nsta " ' to-day . It is very gratifying to us , as representing f kru lj 0 d ^ and Provincial Grand Lodges in England , to see the establishment of this new province , a province with so many lodges all Dearing the impress of future success . ( Hear , hear . ) There is one thing necessary to success in Freemasonry . That is to have your heart in the cause . I always think myself that nothine tends to make anvone so successiui
in any walk in life so much as a display of a hearty interest in the cause he is taking up . And if that is true in the ordinary run of life , it is " * ue m l'reemasonry . If / a brother enters into the Order—and he may be d respectable member of the Craft—who does not take an interest in it , he wnnot expect to make much progress , but if he does take an interest , and esoiyes to make progress , he will succeed in forcing his way up to a high position . He w , n become one of the rulers in the lodsre . and then a Past
thitfi , ,. , ° ^ wonderful strength to every lodge ; because I do thrr ^ y that " * is the Past Masters ° f a lodge which add so largely to lav ?„¦ £ I ! l anner , n which Freemasonry is carried out . If brethren are as il J ^ ij ' ? 2 ? f r they have P assed the chair- a lodge cannot prosper as it should . ( Hear , hear . ) But I am glad to say that such is not thc case
Inauguration Of A New Provincial Grand Lodge For The Isle Of Man.
in Freemasonry . Generally , there is a disposition among the brethren to do their utmost to promote the success of the lodge , whether they are actually ruling or assisting those who are ruling over it after them . As I have been alluded to personally , I maysay that I have always taken a warm interest in the prosperity of the Order . The great thing about English Masonry is the great enthusiasm with whicn it is taken up . There are perhaps greater
numbers elsewhere than belong to our Constitution , in America , for instance , but I do not think the enthusiasm anywhere equals ours . The impetus given to the Order in recent times shows ' how those entering into it are animated with an earnest desire to promote the prosperity of the Order into which they have entered . It is the desire of those who rule over our different provinces to promote the success of the Craft in the different provinces .
During the time I have had the honour of ruling over the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , I have constituted no fewer than fifteen lodges , besides a good many chapters , and that is not an isolated case . Numbers of other provinces have done as well . That shows how Masonry is thriving ; and I hope it is also a symbol of how the brethren who become
members of our Order are animated by the best desire to promote the best successof the Craft . I thank you for the way in which you have met me . I am sure I shall retain in my recollection a most grateful sense of the kindness I have received in the Isle of Man ; and , brethren , accept on my part the very best wishes for the success of Freemasonry in this new province . ( Cheers . )
Bro . PHILBRICK , Q . C , Grand Registrar of England : A toast has been place in my hands to propose , which I am sure this meeting of brethren will drink with acclamation . It is that of " The Grand Officers of the newly-constituted Province of the Isle of Man . " Now , after the eloquent speech we have listened to from the Grand Master of the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , and the sage counsels which he gave in
the Provincial Grand Lodge to-day , there is but little to say , and that little I should be unwilling to obtrude upon your notice , this evening , did I not feel how true it is , that as the child so the man ; as the twig turns , so the tree grows ; and a good start , and a good list of officers at the start , is likely to determine the future course of your lodge . Of all things , therefore , in starting this venture of a Provincial Grand Lodge , and binding the lodges
of the Isle of Man under one head , under the Grand Lodge of England , of the utmost importance it is that those who are selected to bear high offices , and to rule and govern the Provincial Grand Lodge , should be duly qualified , and as Masons act so as to give an impetus to Freemasonry in the province . Feeling that , I am sure that your P . G . Master has made the appointments he has made to-day , and I am quite sure that the brethren of
the different lodges under his banner recognise the fitness of thc appointments , and the qualifications of the brethren whom he has nominated to the different offices in the province . But do let me say this—and I come from the east , and I have the honour to be the deputy oi a Provincial Grand Master in an eastern portion of England , and they say that the wise men came from the east —( laughter)—of course they did , and therein they showed
their wisdom . ( Laughter . ) Well , now , may I say a word and be forgiven 1 We have in Masonry many different organisations . VVhat it has been within the memory of some I have the honour of addressing , they know ; but I know that it is now very different to what it was when I myself joined the Order . Masonry has increased in the estimation not merely of those who are brethren of the " mystic tie , " but also in that of the " popular world at
large who are not Masons . " Masonry has increased largely since it happened , under unfortunate circumstances , that our Grand Master felt it necessary to resign the throne of Masonry ; but then it was not thought derogatory to the Heir Apparent of the Throne of England to come forward and vindicate the honour of Masonry . ( Cheers . ) But it has been said , ** If you are what you represent yourselves to be , why the need
of all this secresy ? " But I think we might well point , not only to the fact that the Heir Apparent of the Throne of this country is our Grand Master , but to those whom we have the honour to reckon among our ranks—the brother clergymen who are members of our different lodges—I think we might say , without disclosing any Masonic secret , to those who object to us , and say that , as a secret society , we have that which we desire to conceal
because it cannot bear light—we might say to them that the light which is cast upon us by the illustrious names of those who belong to us , by their record , by their character , and by their daily life and conversation , ought to be vindication enough to us in the eyes of any candid person , and beyond such we care not to justify ourselves . ( Cheers . ) We know that all things human are subject to abuse , and when a thing is prosperous and
fashionable , and when multitudes flock to it , there are dangers and difficulties of a certain nature , but which are not perhaps less insidious than those which attend us at the time of adversity , and when it is worth a man's while to say he does not belong to us . All who come to us , then , we know have set their teeth , and mean , through good report and evil report , to stick to us . In fine weather it is very easy sailing , but prosperity brings its troubles as well
as adversity . Now , we cannot be too careful , when we are a prosperous and highly successful body , whom we admit into our lodges . We do not want numbers , but quality . ( Hear , hear . ) We desire that the " tongue of good report " shall be truly heard in their favour , and , that being so , we have a solid substratum to build upon , and then we can raise " an edifice which shall be perfect in all its parts and honourable to the builder . " VVhen we
do that we build on the rock . We go well with a fair wind , but when you have to batten your hatches you are not quite so sure of your cargo —( applause)—warranted 3 per cent , unless the ship stranded . ( Laughter . ) I am sure you will forgive me for having ventured on this subject . It is a text from which I constantly preach , and it is one which we feel is a good one to bear in mind . I am sure it has assured the stability of our lodges ; and the
fact that Masonry is with us , as I hope it will always be , a living institution , one which is felt to be a veal power , a power for good , bringing a blessing wherever it permeates , that blessing which we all recognise when we , as brethren , put out our hand to a fellow brother and clasp that hand under the sacred protection of a Masonic lodge , and feel that we can place in each other that trust which our " mystic tie " alike justifies and alike requires ,
and in which , 1 trust , we shall never find the treacherous hand stretched out and never find the trust we give badly repaid . ( Applause . ) In this spirit , Right Worshipful Grand Master , I have ventured to say a word which , I trust , may not be unacceptable to the brethren . ( Applause . ) If it has been , I hope they will forgive me ; but I know so well how it is in forming a
new lodge or taking a new departure . I know what difficulties fall upon those who are called upon to bear office ; to put the thing into train ; to make the working go for the first time regularly ; and I am sure we all wish those brethren who have been called to office to-day every success in their arduous undertaking . We wish the object of their solicitude may prosper under their hand , that the province , consecrated most fitly in the person of