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an old soldier he could fully confirm what the Prov . G . M . had said as to the advantages of Freemasonry , having been himself initiated in a distant colony . In a provincial town those advantages were not so fully brought into play ; but in India they would find at almost every station a Masnnic Lodge , in which they would be received in the true spirit of brotherhood , and would there learn to value the opportunity they had had of cultivating the principles of Freemasonry in the United Lodge of Colchester . ( Applause . )
The Prov . G . M . proposed the health of the W . M . of the United Lodge , congratulating Bro . Mayd well upon being re-elected a second year to that honourable position , and complimenting him upon the zeal and ability with which he had discharged his duties , and the stimulus he had given to the extension of Masonic principles . ( Drunk with honours , ) The W . M . said he knew of no office of which a man might justly feel more proud than being Master of a Lodge , and he needed scarcely assure them that he
esteemed very highly the honour of being elected a second time to that position . If it should please Providence to spare him during the ensuing twelve months , he hoped to be equally constant in his attendance , for he held it to be a position the claims of which should be forestalled by nothing but actual duty or sickness . He had received the kindest support from the Officers of the Lodge , more especially the Senior and Junior Wardens ; and although the former ( Capt . Burney ) had been removed to a distance , he had travelled many miles to be amongst them that day . During the past twelve months their Lodge had initiated eleven members ,
passed ten to the degree of Fellow Crafts , and raised thirteen to the sublime degree of Master Masons ; their funds were flourishing , and he hoped would become still more so . He was pleased to acknowledge the kind feeling existing between them and the Brethren of the Angel lodge , and especially the W . M . Bro . Hall , who was present to-day as a simple member of the United Lodge . They had both very much at heart the establishment of a Masonic hall in Colchester , and although the project was at present in abeyance he hoped it might one day be successfully carried out . ( Cheers . )
Bro . R . S . Nunn proposed the health of the Army and Navy , with the health of Bro . Major Warry , who returned thanks . The W . M . proposed the health ofthe Visitors , coupling with the toast the name of Bro . Hazelwood , Prov . G . S . W . for Hertfordshire . Bro . Hazelwood returned thanks for the compliment , bore testimony from his own thirty-one years ' experience to the value of Freemasonry , and related some anecdotes of the service it had been found abroad . He also referred to the
charities of the Order , and particularly instanced the Girls' School , which , during the last seventy years , had educated and trained several hundred girls ; and no instance could be traced in which one of those girls had become any trouble or disgrace to her family . ( Cheers . ) The W . M . proposed the health of the excellent Officers of his Lodge , observing that the S . W . ( Bro . Capt . Burney ) had proved himself one of thebest Masons he ever met ; and but for his removal from the town , he would probably have been in the
position he ( the W . M . ) now occupied . Both the Treasurer and Secretary were old Past Masters ; the J . W , had been a Mason some years ; and all had shown themselves very anxious and zealous in the discharge of their duties . ( Honours . ) Bro . Burney , in responding to the toast , also bore testimony to the advantage which Freemasonry would prove to those Brethren who were likely to proceed to India . He was himself initiated and took the greater part of his degrees in that country , and could speak to the flourishing condition of Freemasonry there . On their arrival , the moment it was known that they were Masons , houses would be
opened to them , friends would flock round them , and the difficulties often experienced on first landing would entirely disappear . It had given him great pleasure to witness the second installation of the W . M ., and he could fully confirm all that had been said in his ]) raise , both as a sincere and zealous Mason , and for the efficiency with which he had carried out the formation and working of this new Lodge . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Pender , J . W ., and Bro . Mclnnis , Dir . of Cers ., also returned thanks . The W . M . proposed the health ofthe Prov . Grand Director of Ceremonies ,
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Provlirclax.
an old soldier he could fully confirm what the Prov . G . M . had said as to the advantages of Freemasonry , having been himself initiated in a distant colony . In a provincial town those advantages were not so fully brought into play ; but in India they would find at almost every station a Masnnic Lodge , in which they would be received in the true spirit of brotherhood , and would there learn to value the opportunity they had had of cultivating the principles of Freemasonry in the United Lodge of Colchester . ( Applause . )
The Prov . G . M . proposed the health of the W . M . of the United Lodge , congratulating Bro . Mayd well upon being re-elected a second year to that honourable position , and complimenting him upon the zeal and ability with which he had discharged his duties , and the stimulus he had given to the extension of Masonic principles . ( Drunk with honours , ) The W . M . said he knew of no office of which a man might justly feel more proud than being Master of a Lodge , and he needed scarcely assure them that he
esteemed very highly the honour of being elected a second time to that position . If it should please Providence to spare him during the ensuing twelve months , he hoped to be equally constant in his attendance , for he held it to be a position the claims of which should be forestalled by nothing but actual duty or sickness . He had received the kindest support from the Officers of the Lodge , more especially the Senior and Junior Wardens ; and although the former ( Capt . Burney ) had been removed to a distance , he had travelled many miles to be amongst them that day . During the past twelve months their Lodge had initiated eleven members ,
passed ten to the degree of Fellow Crafts , and raised thirteen to the sublime degree of Master Masons ; their funds were flourishing , and he hoped would become still more so . He was pleased to acknowledge the kind feeling existing between them and the Brethren of the Angel lodge , and especially the W . M . Bro . Hall , who was present to-day as a simple member of the United Lodge . They had both very much at heart the establishment of a Masonic hall in Colchester , and although the project was at present in abeyance he hoped it might one day be successfully carried out . ( Cheers . )
Bro . R . S . Nunn proposed the health of the Army and Navy , with the health of Bro . Major Warry , who returned thanks . The W . M . proposed the health ofthe Visitors , coupling with the toast the name of Bro . Hazelwood , Prov . G . S . W . for Hertfordshire . Bro . Hazelwood returned thanks for the compliment , bore testimony from his own thirty-one years ' experience to the value of Freemasonry , and related some anecdotes of the service it had been found abroad . He also referred to the
charities of the Order , and particularly instanced the Girls' School , which , during the last seventy years , had educated and trained several hundred girls ; and no instance could be traced in which one of those girls had become any trouble or disgrace to her family . ( Cheers . ) The W . M . proposed the health of the excellent Officers of his Lodge , observing that the S . W . ( Bro . Capt . Burney ) had proved himself one of thebest Masons he ever met ; and but for his removal from the town , he would probably have been in the
position he ( the W . M . ) now occupied . Both the Treasurer and Secretary were old Past Masters ; the J . W , had been a Mason some years ; and all had shown themselves very anxious and zealous in the discharge of their duties . ( Honours . ) Bro . Burney , in responding to the toast , also bore testimony to the advantage which Freemasonry would prove to those Brethren who were likely to proceed to India . He was himself initiated and took the greater part of his degrees in that country , and could speak to the flourishing condition of Freemasonry there . On their arrival , the moment it was known that they were Masons , houses would be
opened to them , friends would flock round them , and the difficulties often experienced on first landing would entirely disappear . It had given him great pleasure to witness the second installation of the W . M ., and he could fully confirm all that had been said in his ]) raise , both as a sincere and zealous Mason , and for the efficiency with which he had carried out the formation and working of this new Lodge . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Pender , J . W ., and Bro . Mclnnis , Dir . of Cers ., also returned thanks . The W . M . proposed the health ofthe Prov . Grand Director of Ceremonies ,