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Provincial
' - and to assure * you how gratified I am to-day to see such a numerous gathering of Brethren under the respective banners of the various Lodges of the province ; as Well as of the honour I feel at the attendance of several distinguished visitors . Little did I anticipate , at our last annual meeting , that I should this day be in the proud position of addressing you as the Provincial Deputy Grand Master . Gra tified and proud as I am to preside over this province , under the authority of our R . W . Prov .
G . M ., his grace the Duke of Richmond , I cannot but feel there is one deep regret , one heavy drawback to my elevation , in which I know you will all sympathise with me ; I mean the necessary retirement , on account '' . of ill health , of our most respected Brother Colonel McQueen . I feel I should he unworthily filling thia chair , did I not at once endeavour to pay a high tribute of respect to that worthy Brother , by stating , and your re-echoing , the very high esteem he was universally held in , and the deep obligations we owe him for the manner in which he so ably carried out
the duties of D . Prov . G . M . during the last four years , and for the consequent high position in which we now find ourselves . Brethren , the resuscitation of this Provincial Grand Lodge , after twenty-seven years' abeyance , ^ was no ta light task ; the detafis of the re-organization of it have already been before you , and the names of those zealous brethren who laboured in our cause , and 16 whom we are deeply indebted , are well known to you . Our Brother McQueen , the first appointed Deputy Grand Master , at once put his shoulder to the wheel ; he had
veiy- many difficulties to contend against , and we know with what perseverance he overcame those difficulties , and with what success he brought the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex to the high and flourishing condition it how enjoys through his exertions . His kind behaviour , his high sense of right and justice , his unflinching discipline , always tempered with kindness , his urbanity and truly Masonic spirit , have have us under a deep debt of gratitude to that most excellent Brother . I sincerely trust that a record of this and the
high esteem universally felt for him by the Brethren of this province , maybe duly registered during the course of this day ' s proceedings . In consequence of my appointment as D . Prov . G . M . occurring so near the close of our Masonic year , I have not considered it desirable to make any alteration in the appointment of provincial officers this year beyond filling up those vacancies which the events of the year have occasioned . The past has in several instances been an eventful year to us , and like our chequered flooring , and the moral it
teaches , we have had the dark as well as the bright squares to contemplate . And here I think a most fitting opportunity occurs of reminding the Brethren of the irreparable loss our province has sustained by the decease of our highly esteemed and deeply lamented Bro . Folkard , the eminently talented and zealous Prov . G . Reg . It is , I am sure , the hearty wish of every member of this Prov . Grand Lodge that some tribute of his worth should also stand recorded on our minutes . He w as one of those zealous Brethren to whom is mainly att i-
butable , and who laboured so hard m , the reorganization of the Sussex Prov . Grand Lodge . Bro . Folkard had , indeed , a head well stored with Masonic knowledge , and he had a heart to dispense that knowledge for the benefit of the Order . He Avas looked upon latterly as the father of Masonry in this town ; he was ever ready to extend the right hand of fellowship to his Brethren , and he practised to the fullest extent those truly Masonic virtues—brotherly love , relief and truth . Kind , dignified and affable , he was ever mindful of the wants and woes of othe
Such , my Brethren , was our late Bro . Folkard as a Mason—in civil life he was equally respected ; the various records of his usefulness , his good deeds , and the great respect in wfyich he was universally held by his fellow townsmen of every grade in society , have been so lately testified to in private , in public , and by the press , that I will dwell no longer on our and on his family ' s painful bereavement ,
beyond saying , that no brother Mason , no friend to the distressed , no benefactor to his fellow-men , ever enjoyed more universa esteem , or lived more respected , or died more regretted , than our late worthy brother Folkard . Ancl now Brethren , in congratulating you all on our prosperity , and the steady advance of Masonry in the province , it is a most pleasing part of my duty to allude to the eclat which attended the recent consecration of tho Loyal Brunswick Lodge in this
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Provincial
' - and to assure * you how gratified I am to-day to see such a numerous gathering of Brethren under the respective banners of the various Lodges of the province ; as Well as of the honour I feel at the attendance of several distinguished visitors . Little did I anticipate , at our last annual meeting , that I should this day be in the proud position of addressing you as the Provincial Deputy Grand Master . Gra tified and proud as I am to preside over this province , under the authority of our R . W . Prov .
G . M ., his grace the Duke of Richmond , I cannot but feel there is one deep regret , one heavy drawback to my elevation , in which I know you will all sympathise with me ; I mean the necessary retirement , on account '' . of ill health , of our most respected Brother Colonel McQueen . I feel I should he unworthily filling thia chair , did I not at once endeavour to pay a high tribute of respect to that worthy Brother , by stating , and your re-echoing , the very high esteem he was universally held in , and the deep obligations we owe him for the manner in which he so ably carried out
the duties of D . Prov . G . M . during the last four years , and for the consequent high position in which we now find ourselves . Brethren , the resuscitation of this Provincial Grand Lodge , after twenty-seven years' abeyance , ^ was no ta light task ; the detafis of the re-organization of it have already been before you , and the names of those zealous brethren who laboured in our cause , and 16 whom we are deeply indebted , are well known to you . Our Brother McQueen , the first appointed Deputy Grand Master , at once put his shoulder to the wheel ; he had
veiy- many difficulties to contend against , and we know with what perseverance he overcame those difficulties , and with what success he brought the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex to the high and flourishing condition it how enjoys through his exertions . His kind behaviour , his high sense of right and justice , his unflinching discipline , always tempered with kindness , his urbanity and truly Masonic spirit , have have us under a deep debt of gratitude to that most excellent Brother . I sincerely trust that a record of this and the
high esteem universally felt for him by the Brethren of this province , maybe duly registered during the course of this day ' s proceedings . In consequence of my appointment as D . Prov . G . M . occurring so near the close of our Masonic year , I have not considered it desirable to make any alteration in the appointment of provincial officers this year beyond filling up those vacancies which the events of the year have occasioned . The past has in several instances been an eventful year to us , and like our chequered flooring , and the moral it
teaches , we have had the dark as well as the bright squares to contemplate . And here I think a most fitting opportunity occurs of reminding the Brethren of the irreparable loss our province has sustained by the decease of our highly esteemed and deeply lamented Bro . Folkard , the eminently talented and zealous Prov . G . Reg . It is , I am sure , the hearty wish of every member of this Prov . Grand Lodge that some tribute of his worth should also stand recorded on our minutes . He w as one of those zealous Brethren to whom is mainly att i-
butable , and who laboured so hard m , the reorganization of the Sussex Prov . Grand Lodge . Bro . Folkard had , indeed , a head well stored with Masonic knowledge , and he had a heart to dispense that knowledge for the benefit of the Order . He Avas looked upon latterly as the father of Masonry in this town ; he was ever ready to extend the right hand of fellowship to his Brethren , and he practised to the fullest extent those truly Masonic virtues—brotherly love , relief and truth . Kind , dignified and affable , he was ever mindful of the wants and woes of othe
Such , my Brethren , was our late Bro . Folkard as a Mason—in civil life he was equally respected ; the various records of his usefulness , his good deeds , and the great respect in wfyich he was universally held by his fellow townsmen of every grade in society , have been so lately testified to in private , in public , and by the press , that I will dwell no longer on our and on his family ' s painful bereavement ,
beyond saying , that no brother Mason , no friend to the distressed , no benefactor to his fellow-men , ever enjoyed more universa esteem , or lived more respected , or died more regretted , than our late worthy brother Folkard . Ancl now Brethren , in congratulating you all on our prosperity , and the steady advance of Masonry in the province , it is a most pleasing part of my duty to allude to the eclat which attended the recent consecration of tho Loyal Brunswick Lodge in this