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undertaking . I may well be pardoned the expression if I say I feel proud of the high position such a demonstration must give me with the general public . ( Cheers . ) You may fiurly say , * We have done all in our power to give you a fair start ; now , Brother Glover , let us see how you will deserve it . ' And to this charge I would answer , in the words of our inimitable bard ^ ^ My deeds upon my head / I crave
—not the law ( Heaven keep us all out of it ' {) - —but your kind sympathy , support , and encouragement . ( Cheers . ) Judge not nnseen , condemn not unheard . Ere I conclude , brethren , let me offer my very warmest acknowledgments to our Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , for his cordial and kind support of our ceremonies ^ tq-day . The request for his presence here was no sooner made by me
than it was granted . To our worthy Secretary of the Provincial Grand Lodge , I am under the deepest obligation , and I take this public opportunity of tendering him my warmest thanks , as I do to all the Right Worshipful Grand Masters and Brethren of the Craffc here present . That the Great Architect may enable us to carry these undertakings to a safe conclusion , without accident or misfortune , and bless us all , our wives and families , with health , prosperity , and happiness , will be
my constant prayer . " Three enthusiastic cheers were then given , after which the Brethren re-formed and proceeded in procession westward , turning in front of Mr . Laughton ' s church , and coining back in the same line of march into Cathcart Square , round which the procession passed , and returned to the starting point in the New Town Hall . In the New Town Hall Acting Grand Master Scott addressed a few more congratulatory observations to Bro . Glover .
Bro . Glover acknowledged the same ; and again expressed his sincere gratitude for the kind feeling which had brought so many Brethren forward to aid such an humble individual as himself in his new undertaking . The various Lodges then separated ; and Bro . Glover and a few of the office bearers of the Provincial Grand Lodge proceeded to the Council Hall in the same building , where the Lodge was closed , and success to his new undertaking w as pledged in champagne .
The Lodge Greenock St . John , and a number of members of the other Lodges , proceeded to their hall for refreshment ; and Bro . Glover and his lady , and a select circle of friends , dined in the White Hart Hotel ; and thus passed off this ceremony , which , in the interest taken in the proceedings , and the imposing appearance of the splendid turn out , despite the wet day , equalled anything of the kind which has taken place in Greenock for a long time , and is fruitful of happy auguries for the future success of Bro . Glovers undertaking . —Glasgow Sentinel .
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CANADA . MASONIC CELEBBATJON . A novel celebration , arranged by the Brethren of the Golden Rule Lodge , Stanstead , came off at Lake Memphremagog , E . T ., on Thursday ( St . John ' s Day ) , the 24 th June . The following account of the celebration we copy from the Canadian Times : —
" On Thursday last , the 24 th ult ., St . John ' s Day , the Brethren of Golden Rule Lodge , Stanstead , having invited the neighbouring Masonic Lodges to unite with them , in celebrating this event , met at the Mountain House , on Memphremagog Lake . Delegates were present from some eight or ten different Lodges , numbering in all about three hundred . "After opening the Lodge in the Hall at the Mountain House , the Brethren marched in procession to the foot of the mountain , preceded by the Richford cornet band , when , the path becoming narrow and rugged , the procession broke up ) and the Brethren proceeded to climb the mountain , where in due time , having
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undertaking . I may well be pardoned the expression if I say I feel proud of the high position such a demonstration must give me with the general public . ( Cheers . ) You may fiurly say , * We have done all in our power to give you a fair start ; now , Brother Glover , let us see how you will deserve it . ' And to this charge I would answer , in the words of our inimitable bard ^ ^ My deeds upon my head / I crave
—not the law ( Heaven keep us all out of it ' {) - —but your kind sympathy , support , and encouragement . ( Cheers . ) Judge not nnseen , condemn not unheard . Ere I conclude , brethren , let me offer my very warmest acknowledgments to our Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , for his cordial and kind support of our ceremonies ^ tq-day . The request for his presence here was no sooner made by me
than it was granted . To our worthy Secretary of the Provincial Grand Lodge , I am under the deepest obligation , and I take this public opportunity of tendering him my warmest thanks , as I do to all the Right Worshipful Grand Masters and Brethren of the Craffc here present . That the Great Architect may enable us to carry these undertakings to a safe conclusion , without accident or misfortune , and bless us all , our wives and families , with health , prosperity , and happiness , will be
my constant prayer . " Three enthusiastic cheers were then given , after which the Brethren re-formed and proceeded in procession westward , turning in front of Mr . Laughton ' s church , and coining back in the same line of march into Cathcart Square , round which the procession passed , and returned to the starting point in the New Town Hall . In the New Town Hall Acting Grand Master Scott addressed a few more congratulatory observations to Bro . Glover .
Bro . Glover acknowledged the same ; and again expressed his sincere gratitude for the kind feeling which had brought so many Brethren forward to aid such an humble individual as himself in his new undertaking . The various Lodges then separated ; and Bro . Glover and a few of the office bearers of the Provincial Grand Lodge proceeded to the Council Hall in the same building , where the Lodge was closed , and success to his new undertaking w as pledged in champagne .
The Lodge Greenock St . John , and a number of members of the other Lodges , proceeded to their hall for refreshment ; and Bro . Glover and his lady , and a select circle of friends , dined in the White Hart Hotel ; and thus passed off this ceremony , which , in the interest taken in the proceedings , and the imposing appearance of the splendid turn out , despite the wet day , equalled anything of the kind which has taken place in Greenock for a long time , and is fruitful of happy auguries for the future success of Bro . Glovers undertaking . —Glasgow Sentinel .
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CANADA . MASONIC CELEBBATJON . A novel celebration , arranged by the Brethren of the Golden Rule Lodge , Stanstead , came off at Lake Memphremagog , E . T ., on Thursday ( St . John ' s Day ) , the 24 th June . The following account of the celebration we copy from the Canadian Times : —
" On Thursday last , the 24 th ult ., St . John ' s Day , the Brethren of Golden Rule Lodge , Stanstead , having invited the neighbouring Masonic Lodges to unite with them , in celebrating this event , met at the Mountain House , on Memphremagog Lake . Delegates were present from some eight or ten different Lodges , numbering in all about three hundred . "After opening the Lodge in the Hall at the Mountain House , the Brethren marched in procession to the foot of the mountain , preceded by the Richford cornet band , when , the path becoming narrow and rugged , the procession broke up ) and the Brethren proceeded to climb the mountain , where in due time , having