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Minden to Lodge No . 63 . During the peregrination of the 20 th regt . the records of the Lodge were lost , but in 1801 , Lodge No . 63 , like No . 176 , was resuscitated ; and from that date , a period of upwards of half a century , unbroken friendship has subsisted between the members of these two Lodges . Several of the gallant officers of the 20 th had occasionally presided and assisted in the
workings of the Albany Lodge . No qualification of the gallant members of this regimental Lodge had degenerated . The same interest for Freemasonry was evinced by the gallant major ( Past S . W . of No . 63 ) , being the S . W . of No . 176 for the ensuing year . There was the same friendship existing ; the same daring g allantiw as of old , when face to face with the common foe ; and which has been so lately tested in the Crimea , by the Senior Warden himself . The characteristic of the " double ten" had ever been , —
( c They hold no parley with unmanly fear , Where duty bids they confidently steer ; Will face e ' en countless dangers at her call , And trusting in their God , surmount them all . " With this toast was coupled the health of Major Badcliffe of the 20 th regt ., and the Brethren of the Minden Lodge . Song , by Bro . James White ( the Brethren all standing ) — - " Should auld acquaintance be forgot . " —
The W . M . then gave Bro . P . M . Wm . Williams . " With parental care , " said the W . M ., " he gave shelter to , and sustained our charter in adversity . It is therefore a debt of gratitude we acknowledge by my toast , and with his name I will unite two others—his colleagues of old—Health of P . M . Wm . Williams , the father of our Lodge , and B . M . s George Dashwood and Joseph Poore . " P . M . Williams acknowledged the toast , The W . M . next proposed the health of the Treas . and Chap . Bro . P . M . the Bev . Allan Wallace .
Bro . Wallace thanked the Brethren for their kind good wishes , and he hoped that the attention of the W . M . would be directed to the Lodge library . He also thought that a reading-room and lectures of a philosophical nature might be established in connection with Breemasonry ; and he felt sure that the immediate P . M . would be well able to entertain the Brethren with some of his researches ; —he merely introduced the foregoing remarks as suggestive of that which might be accomplished in the year 1856 , which suggestions , if carried out , would be creditable to the Lodge .
The W . M . in proposing the health of the visitors , regretted the absence of many military Brethren , members of No . 176 , and of No . 63 , at this time from the Island on leave , but thanked the Brethren from other Lodges for their kind attendance , and in proposing their health , he would mention the name of Bro . Chrisp , the W . M . elect of No . 201 , hoping that he may have a prosperous year . Bro . Chrisp returned his heart-felt congratulations to the Brethren . Song by Bro . Henry Bright , — "The Jferoes of the Crimea . "
The W . M . said , " The very excellent and soul-stirring song of Bro . Bright recalls to our mind many scenes with which we have been made familiar by the publications of the day , or by private letters , and verbal representations from eyewitnesses of those scenes . Many of our brave countrymen and allies , whilst fighting for the liberties of Europe , have , hand to hand , grappled with the foe ,
and fallen in deadly strife within his intrenchment . Many of those brave men were Freemasons , and amongst them several who were initiated in Lodge No . 176 ; therefore I will select the name of a late member of our own Lodge , and propose , with fraternal sympathy , — - "To the memory of CapL W . Cecil Pechell , late of the 77 th , and our brave brethren who have lost their lives during the present war . "—The Brethren standing , and led by Bro . White , " And nothing they'll reck if they let them sleep on , In the graves where Britons have laid them . "
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Minden to Lodge No . 63 . During the peregrination of the 20 th regt . the records of the Lodge were lost , but in 1801 , Lodge No . 63 , like No . 176 , was resuscitated ; and from that date , a period of upwards of half a century , unbroken friendship has subsisted between the members of these two Lodges . Several of the gallant officers of the 20 th had occasionally presided and assisted in the
workings of the Albany Lodge . No qualification of the gallant members of this regimental Lodge had degenerated . The same interest for Freemasonry was evinced by the gallant major ( Past S . W . of No . 63 ) , being the S . W . of No . 176 for the ensuing year . There was the same friendship existing ; the same daring g allantiw as of old , when face to face with the common foe ; and which has been so lately tested in the Crimea , by the Senior Warden himself . The characteristic of the " double ten" had ever been , —
( c They hold no parley with unmanly fear , Where duty bids they confidently steer ; Will face e ' en countless dangers at her call , And trusting in their God , surmount them all . " With this toast was coupled the health of Major Badcliffe of the 20 th regt ., and the Brethren of the Minden Lodge . Song , by Bro . James White ( the Brethren all standing ) — - " Should auld acquaintance be forgot . " —
The W . M . then gave Bro . P . M . Wm . Williams . " With parental care , " said the W . M ., " he gave shelter to , and sustained our charter in adversity . It is therefore a debt of gratitude we acknowledge by my toast , and with his name I will unite two others—his colleagues of old—Health of P . M . Wm . Williams , the father of our Lodge , and B . M . s George Dashwood and Joseph Poore . " P . M . Williams acknowledged the toast , The W . M . next proposed the health of the Treas . and Chap . Bro . P . M . the Bev . Allan Wallace .
Bro . Wallace thanked the Brethren for their kind good wishes , and he hoped that the attention of the W . M . would be directed to the Lodge library . He also thought that a reading-room and lectures of a philosophical nature might be established in connection with Breemasonry ; and he felt sure that the immediate P . M . would be well able to entertain the Brethren with some of his researches ; —he merely introduced the foregoing remarks as suggestive of that which might be accomplished in the year 1856 , which suggestions , if carried out , would be creditable to the Lodge .
The W . M . in proposing the health of the visitors , regretted the absence of many military Brethren , members of No . 176 , and of No . 63 , at this time from the Island on leave , but thanked the Brethren from other Lodges for their kind attendance , and in proposing their health , he would mention the name of Bro . Chrisp , the W . M . elect of No . 201 , hoping that he may have a prosperous year . Bro . Chrisp returned his heart-felt congratulations to the Brethren . Song by Bro . Henry Bright , — "The Jferoes of the Crimea . "
The W . M . said , " The very excellent and soul-stirring song of Bro . Bright recalls to our mind many scenes with which we have been made familiar by the publications of the day , or by private letters , and verbal representations from eyewitnesses of those scenes . Many of our brave countrymen and allies , whilst fighting for the liberties of Europe , have , hand to hand , grappled with the foe ,
and fallen in deadly strife within his intrenchment . Many of those brave men were Freemasons , and amongst them several who were initiated in Lodge No . 176 ; therefore I will select the name of a late member of our own Lodge , and propose , with fraternal sympathy , — - "To the memory of CapL W . Cecil Pechell , late of the 77 th , and our brave brethren who have lost their lives during the present war . "—The Brethren standing , and led by Bro . White , " And nothing they'll reck if they let them sleep on , In the graves where Britons have laid them . "