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v . % . ¦' ' performance of the duties of Deputy Grand Master imposes upon you ; that we gratefully acknowledge the unfailing courtesy and kindness which have ever characterized your conduct in the chair of the Grand Lodge of Ireland ; and that , While we congratulate you upon the flourishing condition of pur Order , we feel assured that the success which has attehded your exertions for the benefit of Freemasonry , will be considered by you as a higher reward for your services than any lengthened acknowledgment of our approval or gratitude .
a you long be spared to hold that office in our Order which you now so worthily fill ; and mayyou continue to see the Masonic body advancing and prospering , in that order and harmonywhich you have so largely contributed to promote and encourage . " The testimonial , which consisted of a splendid six-light candelabrum , of burnished and frosted silver , with a triangular base , the whole surmounting a brilliant plateau , was of the most elegant and chaste * design , from the
eminent house of Bro . Thomas Brunker , Grafton-street , Dublin . It Avas accompanied with a large salver of similar pattern ancl equally exquisite Ayorkmauship , engraved with the armorial bearings of the ^ G . Master . In addition to these , two complete services , the one suited for a ^ breatfa st table , the other a dinner set , both in the richest and newest style , were placed around the testimonial . Some of these articles had heen supplied by Bro . Brunker , and others by Bro . Henry Flavelley of Eustace-street . The whole elicited the marked approbation of the Brethren present .
The Deputy Grand Master then rose , and made the following reply : — - * ' I Offer you my most grateful and cordial thanks for the valuable and splendid present which accompanies the address with which you have honoured me . I assure you , Avith unfeigned sincerity , that your approval of my conduct amongst you gives me far greater satisfaction than any gift , however costly , could afford . " Yet I do not undervalue these magnificent tokens of your regard . While I live they ivill daily bring to my memory the many dear and honoured friends Avhose acquaintance I first made in the Masonic Order . Ancl Avhen the GhA . O . T . U .
shall summon me hence , and my place shall be vacant amongst you , my children may show , Avith honest pride , the inscription on this superb testimonial ; for it Avill remain to prove that their father ' s humble name was esteemed , in his daj r , among the best and most zealous members of a society , Avhich , yvhile it comprises the highest and noblest in the land , yet regards titles , wealth , and eminence with calm and philosophic indifference—recognizing no other distinctions than personal worth and merit—at once the most tolerant and most immutable of all merely human institutions .
" You have alluded to the interest I have felt in the internal regulations of our Order , and to the care I have bestowed on its general management . You do me but justice in believing that I am animated by a sincere desire to fulfil , Avith diligence and integrity , the various duties entrusted to me by our revered Grand Master , the Duke of Leinster . . It has ever been my desire that no personal feeling or ' prejudice should bend me from the straight path of justice , either in the
occasional duty of directing the censure of our society against the undeserving ( who must sometimes be found within its vast community ) , or in the more usual and more grateful privilege of promoting to its rewards those who appreciate and practise its maxims . It is happy for me that , in those things , I have acquired your good will , and our noble Grand Master ' s confidence , notwithstanding many misgivings and some inevitable errors on my part .
" But it is chiefly by the aid of our Brethren of the Grand Lodge that I have been able to discharge my duty to your satisfaction . I am proud to express my obligations to those whose good sense , has supplied my deficiencies , and made due allowance for my imperfections ; Avhose courtesy has smoothed away the difficulties of my presidency , and whose fraternal unanimity has enabled us to act vigorously in concert , merging all transient differences of opinion in the earnest desire for our common objects—the prosperity of our ancient institution , the welfare of its charities , and the diffusion of its noble and philanthropic principles .
" Believing , as I do , that our Society has effected much good , and is capable ol effecting much more , I have devoted some time , snatched from the toils of a laborious and responsible profession , to give to Freemasonry in Ireland a higher
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Xeilamd ^ ^
v . % . ¦' ' performance of the duties of Deputy Grand Master imposes upon you ; that we gratefully acknowledge the unfailing courtesy and kindness which have ever characterized your conduct in the chair of the Grand Lodge of Ireland ; and that , While we congratulate you upon the flourishing condition of pur Order , we feel assured that the success which has attehded your exertions for the benefit of Freemasonry , will be considered by you as a higher reward for your services than any lengthened acknowledgment of our approval or gratitude .
a you long be spared to hold that office in our Order which you now so worthily fill ; and mayyou continue to see the Masonic body advancing and prospering , in that order and harmonywhich you have so largely contributed to promote and encourage . " The testimonial , which consisted of a splendid six-light candelabrum , of burnished and frosted silver , with a triangular base , the whole surmounting a brilliant plateau , was of the most elegant and chaste * design , from the
eminent house of Bro . Thomas Brunker , Grafton-street , Dublin . It Avas accompanied with a large salver of similar pattern ancl equally exquisite Ayorkmauship , engraved with the armorial bearings of the ^ G . Master . In addition to these , two complete services , the one suited for a ^ breatfa st table , the other a dinner set , both in the richest and newest style , were placed around the testimonial . Some of these articles had heen supplied by Bro . Brunker , and others by Bro . Henry Flavelley of Eustace-street . The whole elicited the marked approbation of the Brethren present .
The Deputy Grand Master then rose , and made the following reply : — - * ' I Offer you my most grateful and cordial thanks for the valuable and splendid present which accompanies the address with which you have honoured me . I assure you , Avith unfeigned sincerity , that your approval of my conduct amongst you gives me far greater satisfaction than any gift , however costly , could afford . " Yet I do not undervalue these magnificent tokens of your regard . While I live they ivill daily bring to my memory the many dear and honoured friends Avhose acquaintance I first made in the Masonic Order . Ancl Avhen the GhA . O . T . U .
shall summon me hence , and my place shall be vacant amongst you , my children may show , Avith honest pride , the inscription on this superb testimonial ; for it Avill remain to prove that their father ' s humble name was esteemed , in his daj r , among the best and most zealous members of a society , Avhich , yvhile it comprises the highest and noblest in the land , yet regards titles , wealth , and eminence with calm and philosophic indifference—recognizing no other distinctions than personal worth and merit—at once the most tolerant and most immutable of all merely human institutions .
" You have alluded to the interest I have felt in the internal regulations of our Order , and to the care I have bestowed on its general management . You do me but justice in believing that I am animated by a sincere desire to fulfil , Avith diligence and integrity , the various duties entrusted to me by our revered Grand Master , the Duke of Leinster . . It has ever been my desire that no personal feeling or ' prejudice should bend me from the straight path of justice , either in the
occasional duty of directing the censure of our society against the undeserving ( who must sometimes be found within its vast community ) , or in the more usual and more grateful privilege of promoting to its rewards those who appreciate and practise its maxims . It is happy for me that , in those things , I have acquired your good will , and our noble Grand Master ' s confidence , notwithstanding many misgivings and some inevitable errors on my part .
" But it is chiefly by the aid of our Brethren of the Grand Lodge that I have been able to discharge my duty to your satisfaction . I am proud to express my obligations to those whose good sense , has supplied my deficiencies , and made due allowance for my imperfections ; Avhose courtesy has smoothed away the difficulties of my presidency , and whose fraternal unanimity has enabled us to act vigorously in concert , merging all transient differences of opinion in the earnest desire for our common objects—the prosperity of our ancient institution , the welfare of its charities , and the diffusion of its noble and philanthropic principles .
" Believing , as I do , that our Society has effected much good , and is capable ol effecting much more , I have devoted some time , snatched from the toils of a laborious and responsible profession , to give to Freemasonry in Ireland a higher