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The Masonic Mir Rob.
Bro . Pocock , Prov . G . Sec ; Bro . Patten , P . G . S . B ., ancl Mrs . Patten ; Bro . F . Binckes , P . M . No . 11 ; Bro . Masterman , P . M . No . 11 , Bro . Austin , P . M . No . 11 , and IVfrs . Austin ; Bro . Brightman , and Mrs . Brightman ; Bro . and Mrs . Merrifield ; Bro . and Mrs . Dendy ; Mrs . Arthur Dendy ; Bro . S . D . and Mrs . Fabian ; Bro . Livesay , P . M ., and Miss Livesay ; Bros . Lowdell , S . Ridley , Bacon , P . M . ; Ambrosoni , S . W . ; Wilkinson , P . M . ; Lowdell , W . M . of 338 ; Verrall ,
P . M . ; Hugh Saunders Bright , Mrs . Bright and daughters ; Bros . "Battersbee ; Yick ; Buddock ; Chatfield ; Gibbs , P . M . ; Goodeve ( Chichester ); Creak , Banks , Mahomed , Mrs . Mahomed ; Bros . Wingham ( Lewes ); Butcher ( LeAves ); Goldsworthy ( Lewes ); Bro . and Mrs . W . Curtis ; Bro . and Mrs . Chittendon ; Misses Smith ; Mrs . Newnham ; Mrs . G . Pococke ; Bros . H . Nye Chart , C . Yerner , Sprake , Ade , P . M . ; Mrs . Ade ; Mrs . Measor ; Bros . Josias Jones , P . M . ; Taaffe , Chalk Lugard , P . M . ; Lucas , P . M . ; Mrs . Malpas ; Henry Kirk ; A . Moppett ( J . W ., 394 ) ,
Bros . Mitchell ( Arundel ) , A , Dell , H . Jones , etc . The vice-chairs were filled by Bros . Woolven , W . M . ; Wood , G . Steward ; Measor , P . M . ; and Burn , jun . A letter had been received from Admiral Sir G-. 'B . Pechell , expressing his regret that the state of his health entirely precluded his having the pleasure of accepting the invitation which Bro . Wood had sent him for the interesting occasion . Similar
apologies- had also come from the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , Prov . G . M . for Hampshire ; Bro . Charles Deacon , D . Prov . G . M . for Hampshire ; and Bro . Hyde Pullen , D . Prov . G . M . of the Isle of Wight . " At the conclusion ofthe dinner , the children , who had been partaking of tea in one of the adjoining rooms , were introduced and sang grace after meat . They also sang , in the course of the proceedings , the National Anthem , an Ode , and
Good Night . The usual loyal toasts were duly given and honoured . Brother ( Dr . ) Bryce gave the " Bishops and Clergy , " in a speech of great length , very little of which , however , was audible . He said the groundwork of Masonry
was religion : they took the Bible as the basis of action , and sought the carrying out of its principles for the welfare of those around them . ( Applause ) . This was exemplified in the institution which had served as the occasion of their assembling to-day . Its aim and purpose was to rear up the children in the way that they should go—in God ' s way—so that Avhen they grew old they might not depart from it . __ ( Cheers ) .
The Eev . J . Griffith—with Avhose name this toast was coupled—observed that , Avith regard Avith the great question of Masonry , Dr . . Bryce had raised—he would not say great curiosity , but great interest—in his mind , inasmuch as he had represented its great principle to be that of doing good one to another . ( Hear , hear ) . Certainly , if any thing could give joy to an excellent bishop and well-disposed body of clergy , and to all others interested in the welfare of the country , it would be the exemplification of such a principle in the sight they had witnessed to-day
The school presented an appearance that Avas most satisfactory , and it said much for the SA / stem pursued among so large a body of children that the little girls were not so refined and polished as the elder ones , upon whom education had produced its due effect . Many Avould be very thankful to be members of that Order , to think that if it should please the Almighty to remove them , or to reduce them to circumstances of indigence , the children dear to their hearts , Avho might , perhaps , be a little rough at starting , would be looked after and receive an education such as
would be a credit to many upon whom wealthy parents had lavished their riches . ( Hear , hear . ) There was another point , and that was the identity between their practices and what ought to be , ancl he trusted were , our principles . He did not know the facts of fifty years ago , for he never was at a Freemasons' dinner before —but his experience showed him that the Masons were doing the work which the clergy Avere preaching about . ( Tremendous cheering . ) They were taking these
poor girls and fitting them to occupy such positions as , in course of the events they might be called on to fill : and they must remember that , if society is ever to rest on such a solid foundation , and to be compacted of such sound materials , as all Masons , free and others , would desire , the foundation and the materials , and the fitting together , and every thing else , must depend upon our women . ( Cheers ) . They did not , he believed , allow ladies to become members of their Order ( " No
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The Masonic Mir Rob.
Bro . Pocock , Prov . G . Sec ; Bro . Patten , P . G . S . B ., ancl Mrs . Patten ; Bro . F . Binckes , P . M . No . 11 ; Bro . Masterman , P . M . No . 11 , Bro . Austin , P . M . No . 11 , and IVfrs . Austin ; Bro . Brightman , and Mrs . Brightman ; Bro . and Mrs . Merrifield ; Bro . and Mrs . Dendy ; Mrs . Arthur Dendy ; Bro . S . D . and Mrs . Fabian ; Bro . Livesay , P . M ., and Miss Livesay ; Bros . Lowdell , S . Ridley , Bacon , P . M . ; Ambrosoni , S . W . ; Wilkinson , P . M . ; Lowdell , W . M . of 338 ; Verrall ,
P . M . ; Hugh Saunders Bright , Mrs . Bright and daughters ; Bros . "Battersbee ; Yick ; Buddock ; Chatfield ; Gibbs , P . M . ; Goodeve ( Chichester ); Creak , Banks , Mahomed , Mrs . Mahomed ; Bros . Wingham ( Lewes ); Butcher ( LeAves ); Goldsworthy ( Lewes ); Bro . and Mrs . W . Curtis ; Bro . and Mrs . Chittendon ; Misses Smith ; Mrs . Newnham ; Mrs . G . Pococke ; Bros . H . Nye Chart , C . Yerner , Sprake , Ade , P . M . ; Mrs . Ade ; Mrs . Measor ; Bros . Josias Jones , P . M . ; Taaffe , Chalk Lugard , P . M . ; Lucas , P . M . ; Mrs . Malpas ; Henry Kirk ; A . Moppett ( J . W ., 394 ) ,
Bros . Mitchell ( Arundel ) , A , Dell , H . Jones , etc . The vice-chairs were filled by Bros . Woolven , W . M . ; Wood , G . Steward ; Measor , P . M . ; and Burn , jun . A letter had been received from Admiral Sir G-. 'B . Pechell , expressing his regret that the state of his health entirely precluded his having the pleasure of accepting the invitation which Bro . Wood had sent him for the interesting occasion . Similar
apologies- had also come from the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , Prov . G . M . for Hampshire ; Bro . Charles Deacon , D . Prov . G . M . for Hampshire ; and Bro . Hyde Pullen , D . Prov . G . M . of the Isle of Wight . " At the conclusion ofthe dinner , the children , who had been partaking of tea in one of the adjoining rooms , were introduced and sang grace after meat . They also sang , in the course of the proceedings , the National Anthem , an Ode , and
Good Night . The usual loyal toasts were duly given and honoured . Brother ( Dr . ) Bryce gave the " Bishops and Clergy , " in a speech of great length , very little of which , however , was audible . He said the groundwork of Masonry
was religion : they took the Bible as the basis of action , and sought the carrying out of its principles for the welfare of those around them . ( Applause ) . This was exemplified in the institution which had served as the occasion of their assembling to-day . Its aim and purpose was to rear up the children in the way that they should go—in God ' s way—so that Avhen they grew old they might not depart from it . __ ( Cheers ) .
The Eev . J . Griffith—with Avhose name this toast was coupled—observed that , Avith regard Avith the great question of Masonry , Dr . . Bryce had raised—he would not say great curiosity , but great interest—in his mind , inasmuch as he had represented its great principle to be that of doing good one to another . ( Hear , hear ) . Certainly , if any thing could give joy to an excellent bishop and well-disposed body of clergy , and to all others interested in the welfare of the country , it would be the exemplification of such a principle in the sight they had witnessed to-day
The school presented an appearance that Avas most satisfactory , and it said much for the SA / stem pursued among so large a body of children that the little girls were not so refined and polished as the elder ones , upon whom education had produced its due effect . Many Avould be very thankful to be members of that Order , to think that if it should please the Almighty to remove them , or to reduce them to circumstances of indigence , the children dear to their hearts , Avho might , perhaps , be a little rough at starting , would be looked after and receive an education such as
would be a credit to many upon whom wealthy parents had lavished their riches . ( Hear , hear . ) There was another point , and that was the identity between their practices and what ought to be , ancl he trusted were , our principles . He did not know the facts of fifty years ago , for he never was at a Freemasons' dinner before —but his experience showed him that the Masons were doing the work which the clergy Avere preaching about . ( Tremendous cheering . ) They were taking these
poor girls and fitting them to occupy such positions as , in course of the events they might be called on to fill : and they must remember that , if society is ever to rest on such a solid foundation , and to be compacted of such sound materials , as all Masons , free and others , would desire , the foundation and the materials , and the fitting together , and every thing else , must depend upon our women . ( Cheers ) . They did not , he believed , allow ladies to become members of their Order ( " No