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Masoney In The Isle Of Wight
hospitable , but that after the Lodge business was completed , the Brethren had the prerogative of inviting their friends of the fair sex to dine with them in the magnificent orangery , prepared specially and exquisitely adorned for the purpose . The Turkish Masons allow their female relatives , unveiled ( the only instance known ) , to share the entertainments of the Craft , and our Isle of Wight Brethren would not be behind the Turks in courtesy . Wives and sisters had
man of high position , though not a Mason , Mr . Hamborough , of Steephill Castle , near Ventnor , threw open his grounds to a grand entertainment given by the Provincial Grand Lodge , under the Presidency of our excellent and E . W . Bro . Fleming , the Prov . G . M . We learn that Bro . Colonel Boileau allowed the band of his regiment to play in the grounds , and that not only was the reception most
thus the opportunity of participating and of giving zest to reunions wherein , perhaps tempered by their presence , they learned from some most able speeches by Bros . Fleming , Maturin , and others , that Masonry was not merely an eating and drinking association , which kept husbands from their homes , and sacrificed domestic prudence and purity to extravagant self-indulgence , but a system of charity , knowledge , temperance , and honour , wherein motives were enunciated
which tend to the social amelioration of man , by a sacred obligation of the protection due to woman . After the dinner the company enjoyed themselves in the grounds , with gaiety and grateful appreciation of the hospitality of the owner : his property was scrupulously left uninjured , not a flower was touched , no police , no staves , no intoxication , no disorder disturbed the amicable beauty of the scene . It was , as might be expected from those who have hearts attuned by true Masonic conduct , a spot hallowed by the virtues , whence care
was banished , and degraded passion fled ! We do not wonder that several ladies , who had before expressed their doubts as to the benefits of our Order , became converts to the practical good resulting to the world from it . Lest , however , this hearty and spontaneous attestation by them of its excellence
be deemed merely a festive effusion , we will allude to the causes which have afforded throughout the island the highest stimulus to public approbation of Masonry upon intellectual and moral grounds . Having ourselves visited the province , we were struck with , we are ashamed to confess , the somewhat remarkable circumstance ot
finding its Masons not alone " up " in the mere verbiage belonging to their several Lodge positions , but able to recite the lectures and to deliver the grander portions of the ceremonial in a manner as admirable as it was there almost universal . We have traced this , alas ! almost singular precision , in respect of other neighbourhoods ,
to the incessant energy and application of the Provincial Grand Master , who is in the habit of making constant " progresses " through the island , and to the scientific knowledge and Masonic information of his unrivalled Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Hyde Pull en , of Kyde . Not content with keeping alive eyery
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Masoney In The Isle Of Wight
hospitable , but that after the Lodge business was completed , the Brethren had the prerogative of inviting their friends of the fair sex to dine with them in the magnificent orangery , prepared specially and exquisitely adorned for the purpose . The Turkish Masons allow their female relatives , unveiled ( the only instance known ) , to share the entertainments of the Craft , and our Isle of Wight Brethren would not be behind the Turks in courtesy . Wives and sisters had
man of high position , though not a Mason , Mr . Hamborough , of Steephill Castle , near Ventnor , threw open his grounds to a grand entertainment given by the Provincial Grand Lodge , under the Presidency of our excellent and E . W . Bro . Fleming , the Prov . G . M . We learn that Bro . Colonel Boileau allowed the band of his regiment to play in the grounds , and that not only was the reception most
thus the opportunity of participating and of giving zest to reunions wherein , perhaps tempered by their presence , they learned from some most able speeches by Bros . Fleming , Maturin , and others , that Masonry was not merely an eating and drinking association , which kept husbands from their homes , and sacrificed domestic prudence and purity to extravagant self-indulgence , but a system of charity , knowledge , temperance , and honour , wherein motives were enunciated
which tend to the social amelioration of man , by a sacred obligation of the protection due to woman . After the dinner the company enjoyed themselves in the grounds , with gaiety and grateful appreciation of the hospitality of the owner : his property was scrupulously left uninjured , not a flower was touched , no police , no staves , no intoxication , no disorder disturbed the amicable beauty of the scene . It was , as might be expected from those who have hearts attuned by true Masonic conduct , a spot hallowed by the virtues , whence care
was banished , and degraded passion fled ! We do not wonder that several ladies , who had before expressed their doubts as to the benefits of our Order , became converts to the practical good resulting to the world from it . Lest , however , this hearty and spontaneous attestation by them of its excellence
be deemed merely a festive effusion , we will allude to the causes which have afforded throughout the island the highest stimulus to public approbation of Masonry upon intellectual and moral grounds . Having ourselves visited the province , we were struck with , we are ashamed to confess , the somewhat remarkable circumstance ot
finding its Masons not alone " up " in the mere verbiage belonging to their several Lodge positions , but able to recite the lectures and to deliver the grander portions of the ceremonial in a manner as admirable as it was there almost universal . We have traced this , alas ! almost singular precision , in respect of other neighbourhoods ,
to the incessant energy and application of the Provincial Grand Master , who is in the habit of making constant " progresses " through the island , and to the scientific knowledge and Masonic information of his unrivalled Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Hyde Pull en , of Kyde . Not content with keeping alive eyery