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The ceremony having been gone through with appropriate prayer , the Masonic procession was reformed , and the Brethren returned in order to the Lodge-room at the Old Cock Inn , where , after closing the Lodge , - they sat down , to the number of about fifty members , to a splendid luncheon , provided at
the expense of Mr . Akroyd , whose wish it was that the Brethren should have joined the general party , including the bishop , clergy , and gentry invited to partake of a similar repast , in the large school-room of the premises near the site of the church ; but the invitations accepted absorbed the whole space in the schoolroom before the wish of Mr . Akroyd , that the Rites of Freemasonry should be observed , had been expressed to the W . M .
The Brethren were presided over by Bro . R . Carter , W . M . ; and after the cloth had been drawn , and various Masonic toasts drunk , The W . M . rose to propose "The Health of the Founder of All Souls' Church , Edward Akroyd , Esquire , " and took occasion to remark on the many noble undertakings in which Mr . Akroyd had engaged for the general welfare and prosperity , of the town and neighbourhood , during the twelve or fourteen years of his , the W . M . ' s , acquaintance with him . In the social advancement of his fellow-men
Mr . A . had been most active , particularly in promoting sound education amongst the labouring classes ; and a few weeks only had elapsed since , under his individual auspices , a working-man ' s college had been established in the district of Haleyhill , to which the W . M . looked with most sanguine expectations , of the benefits to the industrial classes of which it would be impossible to over-estimate the value . To other qualifications , however , there was one which ought not to be
overlooked , at a time and in a company like the present . It was the intelligent and just appreciation which their hospitable and kind-hearted friend entertained of their favourite science . Not many of those initiated into Freemasonry comprehended as he did the objects and scope of the Institution ; and Bro . Carter could hardly persuade himself that any lengthened period would elapse before they should be able to welcome so worthy a man amongst them .
The health of Mr . Akroyd , and many thanks for his generous hospitality , was drunk with | three times three , and one cheer more . After many other toasts , the party separated , highly delighted with the ceremonies and enjoyments of the day . Holmfikth Flood Monumental Almshouses . —On Monday , April 21 st , the Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire met at Holmfirth to lay the foundationstone of the Almshouses , erected to provide a home for necessitous persons , and to commemorate the flood caused by the bursting of the Bilbury Reservoir , and
the noble efforts of the nation to alleviate the distress consequent on that fearful calamity . The building is to comprise five houses , and the style of architecture adopted is the Gothic of the 14 th century . The P . G . Lodge was opened by P . M . Bro . J . Peace , of No . 342 , P . Prov . G . J . W ., assisted by the officers of the Holme Valley Lodge , in the Lodge-room , at the Victoria Hotel , at 11 o ' clock , a . m . A procession was then formed in front of the Town-hall , and was composed of about 150 Brethren from the following Lodges : Probity , Halifax ; Peace , Metham ;
Three Grand Principles , Dewsbury ; St . George s , Dancaster ; Amphibious , Hickmondwilke ; Nelson of the Nile , Batley ; Harmony , Huddersfield ; Fidelity , Leeds ; Huddersfield Lodge , Huddersfield ; Philanthropic , Leeds ; Alfred , Leeds ; Candour , Saddleworth ; Integrity , Morley ; Aire and Calder , Goole ; Tudor , Saddeworth ; Wakefield Lodge , Wakefield ; Truth , Huddersfield ; Harmony , Bradford ; Zetland , Cleckheaton ; Holm Valley , Holmfirth . The procession passed through the principal street to the Church , where prayers were read by Bro . the Rev . Dr . Senior of Wakefield ; and Bro . the Rev . Jno . Fardell , M . A .,
Rector of Banham , Norfolk , and Chaplain to the Right Hon . the Earl of Courtown , P . Prov . G-. S . W ., and P . P . G ., Chaplain of West Yorkshire , preached the sermon from 1 st St . Peter , 2 chap ., and 12 v . : " Whereas they speak against you as evil doers , they may by your good works which they shall behold glorify God in the day of visitation . " After quoting from the charge , he proceeded to show that it was oidy by ignorant and evil men that Freemasonry could be spoken against . That it has ranked among its members the great , the wise , and the good of all ages and all countries . He then inculcated the necessity of charity and
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The ceremony having been gone through with appropriate prayer , the Masonic procession was reformed , and the Brethren returned in order to the Lodge-room at the Old Cock Inn , where , after closing the Lodge , - they sat down , to the number of about fifty members , to a splendid luncheon , provided at
the expense of Mr . Akroyd , whose wish it was that the Brethren should have joined the general party , including the bishop , clergy , and gentry invited to partake of a similar repast , in the large school-room of the premises near the site of the church ; but the invitations accepted absorbed the whole space in the schoolroom before the wish of Mr . Akroyd , that the Rites of Freemasonry should be observed , had been expressed to the W . M .
The Brethren were presided over by Bro . R . Carter , W . M . ; and after the cloth had been drawn , and various Masonic toasts drunk , The W . M . rose to propose "The Health of the Founder of All Souls' Church , Edward Akroyd , Esquire , " and took occasion to remark on the many noble undertakings in which Mr . Akroyd had engaged for the general welfare and prosperity , of the town and neighbourhood , during the twelve or fourteen years of his , the W . M . ' s , acquaintance with him . In the social advancement of his fellow-men
Mr . A . had been most active , particularly in promoting sound education amongst the labouring classes ; and a few weeks only had elapsed since , under his individual auspices , a working-man ' s college had been established in the district of Haleyhill , to which the W . M . looked with most sanguine expectations , of the benefits to the industrial classes of which it would be impossible to over-estimate the value . To other qualifications , however , there was one which ought not to be
overlooked , at a time and in a company like the present . It was the intelligent and just appreciation which their hospitable and kind-hearted friend entertained of their favourite science . Not many of those initiated into Freemasonry comprehended as he did the objects and scope of the Institution ; and Bro . Carter could hardly persuade himself that any lengthened period would elapse before they should be able to welcome so worthy a man amongst them .
The health of Mr . Akroyd , and many thanks for his generous hospitality , was drunk with | three times three , and one cheer more . After many other toasts , the party separated , highly delighted with the ceremonies and enjoyments of the day . Holmfikth Flood Monumental Almshouses . —On Monday , April 21 st , the Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire met at Holmfirth to lay the foundationstone of the Almshouses , erected to provide a home for necessitous persons , and to commemorate the flood caused by the bursting of the Bilbury Reservoir , and
the noble efforts of the nation to alleviate the distress consequent on that fearful calamity . The building is to comprise five houses , and the style of architecture adopted is the Gothic of the 14 th century . The P . G . Lodge was opened by P . M . Bro . J . Peace , of No . 342 , P . Prov . G . J . W ., assisted by the officers of the Holme Valley Lodge , in the Lodge-room , at the Victoria Hotel , at 11 o ' clock , a . m . A procession was then formed in front of the Town-hall , and was composed of about 150 Brethren from the following Lodges : Probity , Halifax ; Peace , Metham ;
Three Grand Principles , Dewsbury ; St . George s , Dancaster ; Amphibious , Hickmondwilke ; Nelson of the Nile , Batley ; Harmony , Huddersfield ; Fidelity , Leeds ; Huddersfield Lodge , Huddersfield ; Philanthropic , Leeds ; Alfred , Leeds ; Candour , Saddleworth ; Integrity , Morley ; Aire and Calder , Goole ; Tudor , Saddeworth ; Wakefield Lodge , Wakefield ; Truth , Huddersfield ; Harmony , Bradford ; Zetland , Cleckheaton ; Holm Valley , Holmfirth . The procession passed through the principal street to the Church , where prayers were read by Bro . the Rev . Dr . Senior of Wakefield ; and Bro . the Rev . Jno . Fardell , M . A .,
Rector of Banham , Norfolk , and Chaplain to the Right Hon . the Earl of Courtown , P . Prov . G-. S . W ., and P . P . G ., Chaplain of West Yorkshire , preached the sermon from 1 st St . Peter , 2 chap ., and 12 v . : " Whereas they speak against you as evil doers , they may by your good works which they shall behold glorify God in the day of visitation . " After quoting from the charge , he proceeded to show that it was oidy by ignorant and evil men that Freemasonry could be spoken against . That it has ranked among its members the great , the wise , and the good of all ages and all countries . He then inculcated the necessity of charity and