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Grand Festival.
GRAND FESTIVAL .
{ Continued from Page 302 ., ) The Grand Master , continuing , said : I am quite sure that you have all deeply regretted the cause which of late has prevented him from taking that active part which he has
been accustomed to take , both in public and in Masonic duties . I rejoice to say that he has returned from a yachting expedition in greatly improved health . ( Hear , hear . ) I received from him a letter this morning , in which though
he said it would not be in his power to attend here to-day , he informed me that it is fully his intention to be present at the next Quarterly Communication in June . And , brethren , that is quite consistent with the character of my noble
friend , because he is accustomed to prefer occasions when there is work to be done and business to be transacted , to occasions which are more purely of a festive description . With his name I have to couple the rest of the Grand Officers ,
past and present and , brethren , though as they , the Grand Officers of this and the past years , have been my own selection , I may feel some difficulty in speaking of them , yet it would be a misplaced feeling on my part if I were not to
avail myself of this opportunity of returning to the Grand Officers of past years my warm thanks for the assistance which they have given me , and for the manner in which they have discharged the duties to which the ) ' have been called : and
expressing my hope and my full confidence , that those who have honoured me by accepting office on this occasion , will prove fully worthy of the fame of their predecessors . Urethral , I have great pleasure indeed in coupling with this
toast the name of one who , if I am not mistaken , is likely to take a leading , important , and grand part in the Craft , I mean , the Senior Grand Warden , Lord Balfour of Burley ( cheers ) . Lord Balfour of Burley , S . G . W . : Most
Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren , no one can regret more than I do the absence of the Deputy Grand Master , though perhaps had he been present I should not have been brought into the prominence that I have been , to
respond to this toast . I desire to thank you for the kind manner in which you have received me . My constituency is somewhat numerous and is separated from me by some distance . I have not therefore been able to consult them
individually , but it is impossible for them not to be much gratified hy the way in which you have received this toast . . Speaking for myself , 1 have attained to an eminence which I never hoped to attain when I was initiated into Freemasonry .
We have to thank you , Most Worshi pful Grand Master , for appointing us as your officers , for the most handsome way in which 3-011 have proposed this toast , and to you , brethren , for the hearty manner in which 3-011 have responded to
it . We have received an ovation which is far beyond our merits and desserts ; and while it is gratifying to the Past Grand Olii'vrs as testifying to them the approbation their efforts have met with , it imposes upon us , th- } officers for the
ensuing } -ear , a debt which we am lur ;! L in ., . » . _ to repay . We shall endeavour to d-. > : ;;> by an assiduous attention to our dtitio :. by regular attendance at Grand ljxhx . and ix en : •CVOII .--
-mg to assist the Most Worshipful Grand .. faster in furthering that sthenic wiixii ; :.: sic . h ..-i . nu for us in his speech , which ; tk ! i < j : i ;; h hiXi in its aims and ambitious in its objects , is not too high or too ambitious for the Frc .-manons of
Grand Festival.
England . ( Cheers . ) Allow me to thank you for the kind manner in which you have received this toast . ( Applause . ) The Grand Master : Brethren , I now ask you to drink " The Health of the Right Worshipful
the Provincial Grand Masters of England . " In proposing that toast I am suddenly reminded that I have pursued this evening a somewhat improvident course , for I have expressed already my gratitude to those distinguished
persons which I ought to have reserved as the principal topic of the toast which I am now about to propose : but there can be no harm in expressing over again the obligations under which I myself and the Craft lie to those
distinguished brethren who have accepted the office of Provincial Grand Masters throughout the country . I can only say that I have always received from them the most loyal and the most hearty co-operation in the government and
management of the Craft ; and if I may judge by the tranquility of Masonic affairs , by the absence of trouble , and by the fewness of appeals—if the saying is true which has been spoken of nations that " Happy are the people
whose annals are dull , " then I may truly say that during my period of office , so far at least as disputes and difficulties have to do with amusement , thc annals of Masonry have been dull indeed ; and that has been due to a large extent
to the wise government and the judicious rule of those who have filled the offices of Provincial Grand Masters . Brethren , I beg to couple with this toast , having already called upon Bvo . Bagshaw for a speech , the name of my Right
Worshipful and Noble friend , Bro . Lord de Tabley . The toast was enthusiastically received . Lord de Tablcy , Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire : Most Worshipful Grand Master and
Brethren , I feel it a great honour to have been called upon on anoccasion so important as this to return thanks for thc Provincial Grand Masters present at this auspicious celebration . I shall detain you but a very few moments ;
but it is necessary that 1 should , after the llattering way in which the Most Worshipful Grand Master has been pleased to speak of those who support his rule in the provincesoccupy your attention for a short time . 1 assure
you 111 the name ot my Brother Provincial Grand Masters of their hearty desire and their strict determination to do their dut ) - not only for the sake of the spread of those great principles
which are embodied in the present constitution and landmarks of our Order ; but out of lo ) -ally to him and , I may say , attachment to his own particular person . I have spoken hitherto , as I know i m .-iv do . in the name ol" the Provincial
Grand Officers here present ; but 1 may speak also I am sure , in thc name of that more important bod )' , thc Worshipful Bod ) - of Masters of Lodges to whom our most Worshipful Grand Master has alluded , and I assure him
tliat every member of the Craft throughout his widespread dominion is determined to support h ' m in the office he . holds—and long wiv he
continue to rule over us . ' In doing this we shall always feel lire greatest pleasure and satisfaction . ( Cheers . )
The Karl of Limerick ( who was received with great warnilhi said : . Most Worshi pful Grand . ii . isier aurl i ' : c ; h : v ; i . a ii-a .. ' . has been committed to 1 -ie which will r . " ; i ; i ' . v but few words of preface , for it is one thai , commends its ; . If in a most especial c . mune . ' l ~ a'i Fix ¦ -. > .:.:-.-J . \ .- > . If
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there is anything that the Craft is proud of in this country it is its Masonic charities —( hear , hear ) , and those charities have been most nobly supported in the past , and I am quite sure that they will also be most nobly supported in the
future . One of the most noble virtues to which Freemasonry is consecrated is that of ckarity . We all are proud of supporting that charity which relieves the declining years of our old and distressed brethren : we also are proud of
supporting those charities which relieve the children of those Freemasons who may have fallen into want . Even at this moment of our gloomy splendour —( laughter)—we can Masonically look to three great charitable lights , our
Benevolent Association , our Boys School and our Girls' School . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Two of those great charities have been very well supported during this year , and I am quite sure that the third of those charities , the one whose
festival is shortly to be held , —the Girls' School —will also receive its full amount of support from the brethren of the Craft . I will not detain you longer , brethren , but I will couple with the toast of " The Masonic Charities , " the
name of Bro . Little , the Secretary of the Girls ' School . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Little : Most Worshipful Grand Master , Lord Limerick and brethren , it must be a source of great gratification to us all to have heard from
the lips of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , that Freemasonry is making such rapid strides and progressing in such a prosperous manner . I am sure ) -ou will be equally pleased to hear that our Masonic charities are working
hand-inhand , and with equal steps keeping pace with the material prosperity of the Craft in general . Of that , brethren , we have had a very great example in the two recent festivals of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution and the Ro 3 al Masonic
Institution for Boys . I believe that on few previous occasions have the subscriptions of lodges and brethren been exceeded . Taking both Institutions together something like , £ 14 , have been contributed to those two institutions :
and I am satisfied that in appealing to you on the present occasion , and in advocating thc broad principle of charity which pervades every Masonic heart , I may anticipate an equal result for the Girls' School Festival which is about to
take place . ( Cheers . ) I will not at this late period of the evening detain you further than to say that that festival is fixed for the 14 th of May , when Lord Skelmersdale will preside ; and from the number of Stewards we have already obtained ,
and from the promises of support we have already received , although we may , to some extent , fall short of the results achieved by the other charities I believe we shall achieve a
success which will be not only beneficial to the institution itself , but an honour to the Craft of which we are members . I beg to thank 3-011 for the toast which has been proposed and drunk . ( Cheers . )
The Grand Master : Brethren , the toast which I have now to ask you to drink is " the Health of the Grand Stewards of the year" ( hear , hear ) , and 1 am quite sure that you will with 1110 heartily drink that toast , and will concur with
me m thinking mat we owe them much gratitude for the successful , arrangements of this festival . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 understand , brethren , that that
volatile ck-mont , winch IK . s failed us this cvenini : is no more u : v . ) er the control of the Board oi Stewards than it is under the control of any other description of mortals , and that consequently \\ x
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Grand Festival.
GRAND FESTIVAL .
{ Continued from Page 302 ., ) The Grand Master , continuing , said : I am quite sure that you have all deeply regretted the cause which of late has prevented him from taking that active part which he has
been accustomed to take , both in public and in Masonic duties . I rejoice to say that he has returned from a yachting expedition in greatly improved health . ( Hear , hear . ) I received from him a letter this morning , in which though
he said it would not be in his power to attend here to-day , he informed me that it is fully his intention to be present at the next Quarterly Communication in June . And , brethren , that is quite consistent with the character of my noble
friend , because he is accustomed to prefer occasions when there is work to be done and business to be transacted , to occasions which are more purely of a festive description . With his name I have to couple the rest of the Grand Officers ,
past and present and , brethren , though as they , the Grand Officers of this and the past years , have been my own selection , I may feel some difficulty in speaking of them , yet it would be a misplaced feeling on my part if I were not to
avail myself of this opportunity of returning to the Grand Officers of past years my warm thanks for the assistance which they have given me , and for the manner in which they have discharged the duties to which the ) ' have been called : and
expressing my hope and my full confidence , that those who have honoured me by accepting office on this occasion , will prove fully worthy of the fame of their predecessors . Urethral , I have great pleasure indeed in coupling with this
toast the name of one who , if I am not mistaken , is likely to take a leading , important , and grand part in the Craft , I mean , the Senior Grand Warden , Lord Balfour of Burley ( cheers ) . Lord Balfour of Burley , S . G . W . : Most
Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren , no one can regret more than I do the absence of the Deputy Grand Master , though perhaps had he been present I should not have been brought into the prominence that I have been , to
respond to this toast . I desire to thank you for the kind manner in which you have received me . My constituency is somewhat numerous and is separated from me by some distance . I have not therefore been able to consult them
individually , but it is impossible for them not to be much gratified hy the way in which you have received this toast . . Speaking for myself , 1 have attained to an eminence which I never hoped to attain when I was initiated into Freemasonry .
We have to thank you , Most Worshi pful Grand Master , for appointing us as your officers , for the most handsome way in which 3-011 have proposed this toast , and to you , brethren , for the hearty manner in which 3-011 have responded to
it . We have received an ovation which is far beyond our merits and desserts ; and while it is gratifying to the Past Grand Olii'vrs as testifying to them the approbation their efforts have met with , it imposes upon us , th- } officers for the
ensuing } -ear , a debt which we am lur ;! L in ., . » . _ to repay . We shall endeavour to d-. > : ;;> by an assiduous attention to our dtitio :. by regular attendance at Grand ljxhx . and ix en : •CVOII .--
-mg to assist the Most Worshipful Grand .. faster in furthering that sthenic wiixii ; :.: sic . h ..-i . nu for us in his speech , which ; tk ! i < j : i ;; h hiXi in its aims and ambitious in its objects , is not too high or too ambitious for the Frc .-manons of
Grand Festival.
England . ( Cheers . ) Allow me to thank you for the kind manner in which you have received this toast . ( Applause . ) The Grand Master : Brethren , I now ask you to drink " The Health of the Right Worshipful
the Provincial Grand Masters of England . " In proposing that toast I am suddenly reminded that I have pursued this evening a somewhat improvident course , for I have expressed already my gratitude to those distinguished
persons which I ought to have reserved as the principal topic of the toast which I am now about to propose : but there can be no harm in expressing over again the obligations under which I myself and the Craft lie to those
distinguished brethren who have accepted the office of Provincial Grand Masters throughout the country . I can only say that I have always received from them the most loyal and the most hearty co-operation in the government and
management of the Craft ; and if I may judge by the tranquility of Masonic affairs , by the absence of trouble , and by the fewness of appeals—if the saying is true which has been spoken of nations that " Happy are the people
whose annals are dull , " then I may truly say that during my period of office , so far at least as disputes and difficulties have to do with amusement , thc annals of Masonry have been dull indeed ; and that has been due to a large extent
to the wise government and the judicious rule of those who have filled the offices of Provincial Grand Masters . Brethren , I beg to couple with this toast , having already called upon Bvo . Bagshaw for a speech , the name of my Right
Worshipful and Noble friend , Bro . Lord de Tabley . The toast was enthusiastically received . Lord de Tablcy , Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire : Most Worshipful Grand Master and
Brethren , I feel it a great honour to have been called upon on anoccasion so important as this to return thanks for thc Provincial Grand Masters present at this auspicious celebration . I shall detain you but a very few moments ;
but it is necessary that 1 should , after the llattering way in which the Most Worshipful Grand Master has been pleased to speak of those who support his rule in the provincesoccupy your attention for a short time . 1 assure
you 111 the name ot my Brother Provincial Grand Masters of their hearty desire and their strict determination to do their dut ) - not only for the sake of the spread of those great principles
which are embodied in the present constitution and landmarks of our Order ; but out of lo ) -ally to him and , I may say , attachment to his own particular person . I have spoken hitherto , as I know i m .-iv do . in the name ol" the Provincial
Grand Officers here present ; but 1 may speak also I am sure , in thc name of that more important bod )' , thc Worshipful Bod ) - of Masters of Lodges to whom our most Worshipful Grand Master has alluded , and I assure him
tliat every member of the Craft throughout his widespread dominion is determined to support h ' m in the office he . holds—and long wiv he
continue to rule over us . ' In doing this we shall always feel lire greatest pleasure and satisfaction . ( Cheers . )
The Karl of Limerick ( who was received with great warnilhi said : . Most Worshi pful Grand . ii . isier aurl i ' : c ; h : v ; i . a ii-a .. ' . has been committed to 1 -ie which will r . " ; i ; i ' . v but few words of preface , for it is one thai , commends its ; . If in a most especial c . mune . ' l ~ a'i Fix ¦ -. > .:.:-.-J . \ .- > . If
Grand Festival.
there is anything that the Craft is proud of in this country it is its Masonic charities —( hear , hear ) , and those charities have been most nobly supported in the past , and I am quite sure that they will also be most nobly supported in the
future . One of the most noble virtues to which Freemasonry is consecrated is that of ckarity . We all are proud of supporting that charity which relieves the declining years of our old and distressed brethren : we also are proud of
supporting those charities which relieve the children of those Freemasons who may have fallen into want . Even at this moment of our gloomy splendour —( laughter)—we can Masonically look to three great charitable lights , our
Benevolent Association , our Boys School and our Girls' School . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Two of those great charities have been very well supported during this year , and I am quite sure that the third of those charities , the one whose
festival is shortly to be held , —the Girls' School —will also receive its full amount of support from the brethren of the Craft . I will not detain you longer , brethren , but I will couple with the toast of " The Masonic Charities , " the
name of Bro . Little , the Secretary of the Girls ' School . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Little : Most Worshipful Grand Master , Lord Limerick and brethren , it must be a source of great gratification to us all to have heard from
the lips of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , that Freemasonry is making such rapid strides and progressing in such a prosperous manner . I am sure ) -ou will be equally pleased to hear that our Masonic charities are working
hand-inhand , and with equal steps keeping pace with the material prosperity of the Craft in general . Of that , brethren , we have had a very great example in the two recent festivals of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution and the Ro 3 al Masonic
Institution for Boys . I believe that on few previous occasions have the subscriptions of lodges and brethren been exceeded . Taking both Institutions together something like , £ 14 , have been contributed to those two institutions :
and I am satisfied that in appealing to you on the present occasion , and in advocating thc broad principle of charity which pervades every Masonic heart , I may anticipate an equal result for the Girls' School Festival which is about to
take place . ( Cheers . ) I will not at this late period of the evening detain you further than to say that that festival is fixed for the 14 th of May , when Lord Skelmersdale will preside ; and from the number of Stewards we have already obtained ,
and from the promises of support we have already received , although we may , to some extent , fall short of the results achieved by the other charities I believe we shall achieve a
success which will be not only beneficial to the institution itself , but an honour to the Craft of which we are members . I beg to thank 3-011 for the toast which has been proposed and drunk . ( Cheers . )
The Grand Master : Brethren , the toast which I have now to ask you to drink is " the Health of the Grand Stewards of the year" ( hear , hear ) , and 1 am quite sure that you will with 1110 heartily drink that toast , and will concur with
me m thinking mat we owe them much gratitude for the successful , arrangements of this festival . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 understand , brethren , that that
volatile ck-mont , winch IK . s failed us this cvenini : is no more u : v . ) er the control of the Board oi Stewards than it is under the control of any other description of mortals , and that consequently \\ x