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excellent Mason , but a nobleman who understood and knew well the constitution of their Order ; and they felt confident he would ever abide by the land-marks of the Order . They were all well aware of the excellent private qualities of the noble lord , and he was sure they would join with him in drinking his health in that truly Masonic manner which all good Masons ought to do . tie repeated that he was not used to public speaking , but , at any rate , what he did speak he spoke sincerely , and therefore he said , in conclusion long might Lord Panrnure preside over them as Deputy Grand Master .
The toast was most rapturously received , and drunk -. with three times three and one cheer more . The RiW . D . G . M . rose amidst continued cheers , and said : " Brethren , X thank you . most cordially for the kind manner in which you have been pleased to drink my health . My honourable Brother on my right apologized to you for the mode in which he proposed that toast . ISTpw , it has often occurred to me , in a pretty long life of public service , to have had my health . given ; and I must say I never
heard it given more neatly than now . I place all the obligation under which I lie to the Craft , to the honour you have done me of electing me to the high position I have the honour to hold , and which I hold , not as an appointment to be conferred , as a matter of course ) from year to year , but only , I trust , to be conferred by you—as it will be held by me—so long as it will be of benefit to the Craft—so long as I may evince a desire to preserve the ancient land-marks of that ancient Craft . ( Loud cheers . ) Brethren , I hold it to be my duty as a
Mason to know nothing in the Bodge but the good of the Craft , to carry out its constitution and its 1 aws to interpret them impartially , and to execute them to the best of my ability . In the presence of the Grand Master , to contribute all I can to the governing thULodge , and in the absence of the Grand Master to discharge those duties in my own person , so as to j ustify you in the choice of me ,
and to satisfy my own Masonic feelings . I can only say that it will be the greatest satisfaction to me if I can cultivate the acquaintance of the Masons of England , and advance the interests of the Craft in England , so long as I remain the servant of that Craft . "' The noble lord , having again thanked the Brethren for the manner in which they had responded to the toast , resumed his seat amidst the most enthusiastic cheering .
The children in the school , to the number of sixty-five , were here introduced into the room ( headed by the stewards ) , and by their neat and really genteel appearance elicited the general commendation of the company . The children having sung the Festival Hymn , The R . W . D . G . M . rose and said : " Brethren , after the'deeply-interesting matter which it has been your fortune and mine just now to witness , it now devolves on me—though I scarcely feel myself adequate to the task—to propose what is (
termed technically the toast of the day , ' and to appeal to you in support of the Institution wdiose origin we are called upon this day to celebrate . Brethren , if I wanted an excuse for making a long speech , I need only point to the sixty-five excuses standing on my right and on my left . " After the cessation of the cheering which this allusion to the sixty-five children had somewhat subsided , the noble lord proceeded : "If I wanted an excuse for recommending to your notice the objects of that noble charity whose cause we are now met to support and encourage ^
I could do so by carrying your memories back to its original Institution . It is now seventy years since the Chevalier Ruspini—one whose memory the Craft has such good reason , in every way , to respect—set this noble Institution on foot . We may thank God that institutions are not like the men who bring them , into existence . Seventy years is the allotted goal for man to run to ; but at the end of seventy years , instead of seeing this Institution decayed , like its originator ,
we find it growing from year to year , and flourishing far more at the end of the seventy allotted years of man than at the commencement of that period . During that period we have the happiness of knowing that some 700 daughters of poor and decayed Freemasons have received their education in this excellent Institution , and we have further the proud satisfaction of knowing that , of all those daughters , no instance can he traced of one having failed in Iter career ! This is , indeed , a good tree , for it has been proved to be so by constantly producing good fruits . I
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excellent Mason , but a nobleman who understood and knew well the constitution of their Order ; and they felt confident he would ever abide by the land-marks of the Order . They were all well aware of the excellent private qualities of the noble lord , and he was sure they would join with him in drinking his health in that truly Masonic manner which all good Masons ought to do . tie repeated that he was not used to public speaking , but , at any rate , what he did speak he spoke sincerely , and therefore he said , in conclusion long might Lord Panrnure preside over them as Deputy Grand Master .
The toast was most rapturously received , and drunk -. with three times three and one cheer more . The RiW . D . G . M . rose amidst continued cheers , and said : " Brethren , X thank you . most cordially for the kind manner in which you have been pleased to drink my health . My honourable Brother on my right apologized to you for the mode in which he proposed that toast . ISTpw , it has often occurred to me , in a pretty long life of public service , to have had my health . given ; and I must say I never
heard it given more neatly than now . I place all the obligation under which I lie to the Craft , to the honour you have done me of electing me to the high position I have the honour to hold , and which I hold , not as an appointment to be conferred , as a matter of course ) from year to year , but only , I trust , to be conferred by you—as it will be held by me—so long as it will be of benefit to the Craft—so long as I may evince a desire to preserve the ancient land-marks of that ancient Craft . ( Loud cheers . ) Brethren , I hold it to be my duty as a
Mason to know nothing in the Bodge but the good of the Craft , to carry out its constitution and its 1 aws to interpret them impartially , and to execute them to the best of my ability . In the presence of the Grand Master , to contribute all I can to the governing thULodge , and in the absence of the Grand Master to discharge those duties in my own person , so as to j ustify you in the choice of me ,
and to satisfy my own Masonic feelings . I can only say that it will be the greatest satisfaction to me if I can cultivate the acquaintance of the Masons of England , and advance the interests of the Craft in England , so long as I remain the servant of that Craft . "' The noble lord , having again thanked the Brethren for the manner in which they had responded to the toast , resumed his seat amidst the most enthusiastic cheering .
The children in the school , to the number of sixty-five , were here introduced into the room ( headed by the stewards ) , and by their neat and really genteel appearance elicited the general commendation of the company . The children having sung the Festival Hymn , The R . W . D . G . M . rose and said : " Brethren , after the'deeply-interesting matter which it has been your fortune and mine just now to witness , it now devolves on me—though I scarcely feel myself adequate to the task—to propose what is (
termed technically the toast of the day , ' and to appeal to you in support of the Institution wdiose origin we are called upon this day to celebrate . Brethren , if I wanted an excuse for making a long speech , I need only point to the sixty-five excuses standing on my right and on my left . " After the cessation of the cheering which this allusion to the sixty-five children had somewhat subsided , the noble lord proceeded : "If I wanted an excuse for recommending to your notice the objects of that noble charity whose cause we are now met to support and encourage ^
I could do so by carrying your memories back to its original Institution . It is now seventy years since the Chevalier Ruspini—one whose memory the Craft has such good reason , in every way , to respect—set this noble Institution on foot . We may thank God that institutions are not like the men who bring them , into existence . Seventy years is the allotted goal for man to run to ; but at the end of seventy years , instead of seeing this Institution decayed , like its originator ,
we find it growing from year to year , and flourishing far more at the end of the seventy allotted years of man than at the commencement of that period . During that period we have the happiness of knowing that some 700 daughters of poor and decayed Freemasons have received their education in this excellent Institution , and we have further the proud satisfaction of knowing that , of all those daughters , no instance can he traced of one having failed in Iter career ! This is , indeed , a good tree , for it has been proved to be so by constantly producing good fruits . I