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Metropolitan,
occasion . But I feel assured that if ! should not-attempt to follow the worthy chairman of your Committee through the extremely eloquent and laudatory observations which lie has been pleased to make ; or if I should in any way omit to return you my thanks in suitable terms , I shall receive at your hands the fullest consideration ; and that as Masons you will make an ample allowance for the very embarrassing position in which I am now placed . With these assurances I will now proceed to thank you , although briefly , yet most cordially and sincerely for these
munificent tokens of your regard and esteem ; and also to thank your committee and their worthy chairman , for their kind attentions and the very flattering manner in which they have been presented to me . First , then , Brethren , I will advert to those articles of a purely domestic character , which the worthy chairman of your committee alluded to as not being on the table , which he stated would have been presented to me , but which from some unknown cause have not arrived . I can only say I should have accepted them with a twofold pleasure , because they are the means by which your kind wishes and intentions towards me would have
been conveyed into the bosom of my family ; and I feel assured that my better half would not only have received them with the highest gratification , but would have had the greatest pleasure in exhibiting and Using them on all proper and convenient occasions . With regard to this splendid watch and chain , I can only say I return you my sincere and heartfelt thanks for so munificent a present . I shall consider it as an heirloom , the value of which is increased by the very kind and cordial manner in which they have been presented to me . The latter—viz ., the chain—forcibly calls to my recollection that beautiful passage in our lectures ,
recited in the former part of the evening by our Bro . Artus , that " we are linked together by one indissoluble chain of sincere affection ; " and that ¦' .. " to sooth the unhappy , sympathize in their misfortunes , compassionate their miseries , and restore peace to their troubled minds , 5 s the grand aim we have in view . " The former—the watch—which may very appropriately be considered as a _ symbol both of time and eternity , points out to us that regularity , punctuality , and integrity of conduct which we are bound to pursue whilst journeying through the several
and varied stages of this existence , so that when we-shall have arrived at the end of our mortal career , and are summoned from this sublunary abode , we may , with humble but holy confidence , hope that our spirits may ascend to those blessed mansions whence all goodness emanates . And with respect to this superb clothing and jewel , inasmuch as it is the custom of Grand Lodge to provide the necessary insignia for the use of its Officers during their current year , I may consider this clothing as provided by you for my use as your representative in Grand Lodge ; and whilst I am wearing it I may be excused the vanity of supposing that the act of the Grand Master in appointing me to office has received your concurrence and
approbation . I am quite aware that the fe w words I have uttered fall very far short of what is due from me ; and that there have been many observations made by our worthy and esteemed Bro . Havers , to which I ought to respond ; but I feel myself under the necessity of requesting that you will allow me now to conclude by again thanking you for these tangible and munificent tokens of your regard and esteem , and to assure you that I shall endeavour to merit a continuance of your approbation by a zealous and assiduous attention to those duties which have , for upwards of twenty-five years , been exercised through this Lodge with the view to benefit the Craft in general . Bro . Harvey th £ h took the gavel , and proposed " The Health of the Master in
the chair , " whom he described as a constant and consistent supporter of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . The toast having heen most cordially responded to , The W . M ., in returning thanks , said that when asked to occupy the chair on that occasion , and present the gifts of the Lodge to their worthy Bro . Wilson , he objected
to doing so upon the grounds that he had frequently before had the honour of presiding over them ; and he especially felt that there was in the Craft no brother better qualified than his worthy Bro . Havers , as the chosen vessel of the Lodge , to convey to Bro . Wilson the sentiments entertained towards him by the Brethren . He was gratified to find that he was not wrong in that opinion ; for was it possible that any presentation could take place characterized with more vigour
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Metropolitan,
occasion . But I feel assured that if ! should not-attempt to follow the worthy chairman of your Committee through the extremely eloquent and laudatory observations which lie has been pleased to make ; or if I should in any way omit to return you my thanks in suitable terms , I shall receive at your hands the fullest consideration ; and that as Masons you will make an ample allowance for the very embarrassing position in which I am now placed . With these assurances I will now proceed to thank you , although briefly , yet most cordially and sincerely for these
munificent tokens of your regard and esteem ; and also to thank your committee and their worthy chairman , for their kind attentions and the very flattering manner in which they have been presented to me . First , then , Brethren , I will advert to those articles of a purely domestic character , which the worthy chairman of your committee alluded to as not being on the table , which he stated would have been presented to me , but which from some unknown cause have not arrived . I can only say I should have accepted them with a twofold pleasure , because they are the means by which your kind wishes and intentions towards me would have
been conveyed into the bosom of my family ; and I feel assured that my better half would not only have received them with the highest gratification , but would have had the greatest pleasure in exhibiting and Using them on all proper and convenient occasions . With regard to this splendid watch and chain , I can only say I return you my sincere and heartfelt thanks for so munificent a present . I shall consider it as an heirloom , the value of which is increased by the very kind and cordial manner in which they have been presented to me . The latter—viz ., the chain—forcibly calls to my recollection that beautiful passage in our lectures ,
recited in the former part of the evening by our Bro . Artus , that " we are linked together by one indissoluble chain of sincere affection ; " and that ¦' .. " to sooth the unhappy , sympathize in their misfortunes , compassionate their miseries , and restore peace to their troubled minds , 5 s the grand aim we have in view . " The former—the watch—which may very appropriately be considered as a _ symbol both of time and eternity , points out to us that regularity , punctuality , and integrity of conduct which we are bound to pursue whilst journeying through the several
and varied stages of this existence , so that when we-shall have arrived at the end of our mortal career , and are summoned from this sublunary abode , we may , with humble but holy confidence , hope that our spirits may ascend to those blessed mansions whence all goodness emanates . And with respect to this superb clothing and jewel , inasmuch as it is the custom of Grand Lodge to provide the necessary insignia for the use of its Officers during their current year , I may consider this clothing as provided by you for my use as your representative in Grand Lodge ; and whilst I am wearing it I may be excused the vanity of supposing that the act of the Grand Master in appointing me to office has received your concurrence and
approbation . I am quite aware that the fe w words I have uttered fall very far short of what is due from me ; and that there have been many observations made by our worthy and esteemed Bro . Havers , to which I ought to respond ; but I feel myself under the necessity of requesting that you will allow me now to conclude by again thanking you for these tangible and munificent tokens of your regard and esteem , and to assure you that I shall endeavour to merit a continuance of your approbation by a zealous and assiduous attention to those duties which have , for upwards of twenty-five years , been exercised through this Lodge with the view to benefit the Craft in general . Bro . Harvey th £ h took the gavel , and proposed " The Health of the Master in
the chair , " whom he described as a constant and consistent supporter of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . The toast having heen most cordially responded to , The W . M ., in returning thanks , said that when asked to occupy the chair on that occasion , and present the gifts of the Lodge to their worthy Bro . Wilson , he objected
to doing so upon the grounds that he had frequently before had the honour of presiding over them ; and he especially felt that there was in the Craft no brother better qualified than his worthy Bro . Havers , as the chosen vessel of the Lodge , to convey to Bro . Wilson the sentiments entertained towards him by the Brethren . He was gratified to find that he was not wrong in that opinion ; for was it possible that any presentation could take place characterized with more vigour