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informed the brethren and the congregation , that by the wish of the Provincial Grand Master , a collection would be made at the end of the service , the proceeds of which would be divided in two equal portions ; one-half would be presented to St , Leonard ' s Hospital , Sudbury , and the

remaining portion would be reserved , to be given away to the poor of Melford during the coming winter The Rev . Bro . Martyn preached a most appropriate sermon , taking for his text the 2 nd chap , of the 2 nd Book of Chronicles : " Behold I build an house to the name of the Lord my God , to dedicate it to him . "

[ We regret that the great pressure upon our space prevents our giving the sermon this week . It will be given in extenso next week . ]

1 he service was brought to a close by the singing of the 37 th hymn ( Ancient and Modern . ) " O Lord of Heaven , and earth and sea . To Thee all praise and glory be . " and the pronouncing of the Benediction .

The brethren then walked in procession back to the hospital , and having disrobed , proceeded to the meeting of the Lodge at the Town Hall , Sudbury , iu vehicles provided for the occasion by the Rev . J . Martyn .

The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened at four o ' clock at the Town Hall , Sudbury , by the R . W . Sir R . A . S . Adair , Bart ., Prov . G . M ., assisted by the W . Bro . the Rev . E . J . Lockwood , M . A ., D . Prov . G . M . Among the brethren present were : —Bros . R . B . Barton , L . L . D ., P . Prov . G . M .

Grand Lodge West India : Bagshaw , Prov . G . M ., Essex ; The Rev . C . J . Martyn ; P . G ., Chaplain ; Benjamin Head , Prov . G . S . D . ; W . H . Lucia , Prov . G ., Secretary ; W . Wilmshurst , P . Prov , G . S . B . ; E . Dorling , P . Prov . G . Sec ; J . F . Hills , Prov . G . S . ; W . T . Westgate , P . Prov . G . D . of C ;

C . H . Wood , Prov . G . S . ; W . Armstrong , Prov G . S . ; A . W . G . Atkins , Prov . G . S . ; E . B . Powell Prov . G . Sup . of W . ; Barber , Prov . G . O . ; S . H Wright , Prov . P . G . S . D ; E . Holmes , Prov . G . A . D CjG . S . Golding . P . G . S . B . ; Newson Garrett , P Prov . G . R . ; S . Freeman , P . G . T . ; C . S . Pedgrift

P . Prov . G . R . ; T . Newman , P . G . P . ; W . Hayward , P . Prov . G . DC . ; W . E . Bailey , P . G . A . Sec ; G . W . Brownlow , W . Jones , W . G . Woods , G . Harper , J . T . Parker , J . W . 1224 ; 11 . W . Beaumont , S . W . j A . B . Woods , S . W . ; F . Grimwade , W . Kersey , J . Martin , T . Grimwood , W . M . ; C . Byford , W . M . ; J . Whitehead ,

P . M . ; S . Prentice , S . W . ; S . E . Rope , W . M . ; R . Davies , W . G . Walford , P . M . ; Alex Barber , A . Last , J . D . ; W . Clarke , J . C . Squirrell , G . H . Grimwood , J . D ., 1224 ; R . Postle , I . G . ; H . Goldsmith , Rev . Dr . Bennett , Rev . R . Evans , E . Warren , W . M . ; T . G . Beaumont , J . Turner , P . M . ; S . Ellis , I . G . ; W . I . Ntinn . A . O . Steed ,

W . O . Ward , P . M . ; T . Holland , P . M . ; E . H . Adams , P . M . ; R . Betts , P . M . ; C . F . Long , W . M . ; G . Spalding , G . Thompson , P . M . ; T . J , Huddleston , P . M . ; J . H . Jardine , J . Davies , J . Warren , R . Howard , & c The minutes of the last Provincial Grand Lodge , and a Lodge of Emergency held to

adopt congratulatory addresses on the recovery of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , were read by the P . G . Secretary and conrfimed . The P . G . Secretary then called over the roll of lodges , and found that the following were represented . Doric , Woodbridge ; British Union ,

Ipswich ; St . Luke ' s , Ipswich ; Virtue and Silence , Hadleigh ; Perfect Friendship , Ipswich ; Prudence , Halesworth ; Phoenix , Stowmarket ; Waveny , Bungay ; Adair , Aldeburgh ; Prince of Wales , Ipswich ; Royal St . Edmund's , Bury ; and Stour Valley , Sudbury .

The P . G . A . Secretary then read the minutes of the Board of Finance , which stated the accounts to be in a satisfactory condition . The following brethren were then appointed P . G . officers , and were invested by the R . W . P . G . M ., viz : —P . J . G . W ., Bro . J . F . Hills ,

Sudbury ; P . G . Registrar . Bro . Emra Holmes , Ipswich ; P . G . Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . R . W Beaumont ; P . G . Steward , Bro . Prentice , St . Luke ' s . The other Stewardships were not filled up , nor was the office of Director of Ceremonies .

Ihe Provincial Grand Master , in appointing Bro . Emra Holmes to the office of Provincial Grand Registrar said that he had always borne in mind the fitness of officers for the posts to which they were appointed . He had read Bro .

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Holmes Masonic writings with much interest , and he hoped that brother might be induced , in his capacity as Registrar , to write the history of some of the Masonic lodges of the province . He had great pleasure in appointing him to the office , and he trusted that he would continue for

the present to act also as Director of Ceremonies —a post he had so ably filled that day—until a successor should be appointed . On the proposition of Bro . Gissing , seconded by Bro . Westgate , Bro . Spence Freeman was unanimously re-elected P . G . Treasurer .

The sum of ten guineas was voted to the Boys ' School , and a like sum to the Girls' School ; and e £ " 5 to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Society , and ^' 20 was given in relief of distressed brethren and widows . The Prov . G . Master then addressed the lodge

on Masonic topics , congratulating the brethren on the steady progress of Masonry in the province during the year , and announcing that next year the Prov . G . Lodge will be held on the first Tuesday in July instead of Monday . The Prov . G . Lodge was then closed in due

form , and about eighty brethren adjourned to the Rose and Crown Hotel , where Mrs . Hansel ! had provided a most recherche banquet . After grace had been sung , The first toast proposed by the Prov . G . M ., was that of "The Queen and Craft , " which was received with the enthusiasm that this toast

always receives among the Craft . The Prov . G . M . next gave the toast of " The Prince and Princess of Wales , and the rest of the Royal Family . " It was unnecessary for him , he remarked , to speak in encomium of the Royal Family of this empire , but there were special

reasons why they should receive this toast with honour and with sympathy . On the last occasion , when they met , it was to acknowledge , with thankfulness , the restoration of the Prince of Wales from a perilous disease , and the relief of the Princess of Wales from the anxiety that a

wife must have in daily waiting upon her husband in time of affliction . It had a peculiar significance to them , because , at the moment , when the Prince was stricken down with ; disease , they were hoping to meet him at a Masonic gathering . ( Hear , hear . ) For the second time he had to announce , within three years , that , but for the

accident which he owed in the first place to the province , . he should , at that moment , have been paying his respects to His Royal Highness , at one of the leading lodges in London . At that very moment , he apprehended his health was being drunk as Master reinstalled of the Alpha Eodge in London . He begged to propose the toast with Masonic honours .

Ihe toast was drunk with enthusiasm . The Prov . G . M . said the next toast he had to give was that of the Grand Master of England , the Marquis of Ripon , who had al ready justified the trust that had been reposed in him . It was a satisfaction to know that he had had the

opportunity of comparing the practice in England with that of the United States . As he was quite sure that if there was anything to be learnt , their Grand Master would bring it home , if it was worth learning . ( Applause . ) The Prov . G . M . then , having done honour to

the distinguished Mason , who is at present administering the Craft of England , said he should next give the health of one who stood high in the regards of the Masons of England , the Earl of Zetland , and the past Grand Masters of England . ( Applcuse . ) He gave them also

the Deputy Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , and the Officers of the Grand Lodge who were carrying on thd management so well . He coupled with the toast the name of P . G . D , Head . ( Applause . ) Bro . Head , P . G . D ., expressed the pleasure

which it gave him to come again among his old friends in Suffolk , and said he felt he must pay a tribute to that really good , righteous , benevolent , and charatable man , the Earl of Zetland , who he felt would be appreciated years hence

even more than he had been during his lifetime . He also remarked that although he had been on certain subjects opposed to the Earl of Carnarvon , he now believed him to be a thoroughly good Mason . ( Applause . ) Bro . the ttev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chaplain of

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England , also responded , assuring the brethren that it it was at all times his hearty wish and desire to do all he could tor the good of Freemasonry . ( Applause . ) The D . P . G . M . begged to submit for the consideration of the brethren what he thought was

the toast of the evening—the health of the Prov . G . M . of Suffolk . ( Loud applause . ) He was afraid that tney might feel so confident and secure of the P . G . M . ' s services that they might really for a time be unconscious of the ble'sing

he was to them . ( Hear , hear . ) But let him be absent for a time and then they looked anxiously for his return . ( Applause . ) The toast was drunk most enthusiasticall y and with due Masonic honours .

The Prov . G . M ., in his response , alluded to the good understanding that had always existed between himself and the brethren , and attributed it to the desire that was always evinced to discuss every subject fairly . The continued spread of the Craft here had left him no uneasiness as

to the position that this province held , and as he believed from the first , he believed now . There was in this province an expansive power of progressive attachment to Masonry which could not fail to develope itself more and more every year . ( Applause . ) He assured them that the

best reward he could have for such small exertions as he had made was to find they had met with their approbation and concurrence . To economise time he begged to propose "The Health of the D . P . G . M ., " whose services were so valuable to the province from whom he , as

P . G . M ., derived such good advice , and who was present in the province when he ( the Prov . G . M . ) was absent . ( Applause . ) The D . Prov . G . M . briefl y returned thanks , remaiking that what little he could do was done with a good will . ( Applause . )

The W . M . then proposed "The Health of Bro . C . J . Martyn , P . G ., Chaplain , and of the Wardens and Officers , past and present , of P . G . Lodge . " With the toast he begged to associate the name , in the absence of the Wardens , of Bro .

Emra Holmes , who had been acting that day in a double capacity , —namely as Director of Ceremonies and as P . G . Registrar . ( Applause . ) Bro . the Rev . R . W . Beaumont responded as Chaplain , and Bro . Emra Holmes as P . G . Registrar .

The Prov . G . M . next proposed what he characterised as the toast of the evening , namel y the Worshipful Master and Members of the Stour Valley Lodge , who had exerted themselves under very difficult circumstances indeed in a manner without parallel for the reception , and hospitable

and craftsmanlike entertainment of this Provincial Grand Lodge . He thanked Bro . Martyn for his admirable sermon which gave to the outer world a knowled ge of their principles , and illustrated the symbolism that , after all , concealed nothing that they were ashamed of . He

expressed a hope that it mi ght be published , so as to have a more extended usefulness ,. The P . G . M . then alluded to the respectful and gratifying way in which they had been received at Melford , by those who could have no idea of themeaningofthe symbols they carried , a reception which he

attributed to the love which the people had for their Rector . They believed that the companions and friends of a good man must be good men themselves , and the result was the most attention and resdectful reception that he had met with in the course of his Masonic experience . ( Applause . )

The Rev . C . J . Martyn , in responding , said he felt quite proud of his people when he found that without a word from him they had been up early in the morning , erecting the arch which the brethren had seen , because , as they said , the Rector ' s club was coming —( applause and

laughter . ) He had Masonry at heart , and he had done what he could to welcome them , but his exertions would not have been nearly so successful had it not been for the valuable help given by the members of the Stour Valley Lodge . ( Applause . )

Bro . the Rev . D . Bennett here repeated the wish that the excellent sermon of the Rev . C . J . Martyn might be printed and circulated . ( Applause , ) The Prov . G . M . next proposed the health of the Provincial Grand Masters , and the Visiting