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the business of the Lodge . With these remarks he would conclude by calling upon them to drink the healths of the W . M . and Brethren of the Lindsey Lodge , with hearty good wishes for its welfare . ( The toast was received with right hearty Masonic honours . ) Bro . the Bev . B . J . Wood , the W . M . of the Lindsey Lodge , responded , thanking Bro . Poeklington for the kind manner in which he-had proposed the toast , and for the valuable and appropriate remarks with which he had accompanied
it . He fully concurred in those remarks , and he believed it was the firm and determined intention of those belonging to the Lodge to act in the spirit , and upon the advice , suggested . He felt assured , that if they kept those noble principles which had been laid down in active operation , the Lodge would ere long be one of the most flourishing and distinguished in the Province . He thanked ^ -them all sincerely for the warm manner in which they had received the toast , and had much pleasure in proposing " The W . M . and Brethren of the Shakspeare Lodge , Spilsby . " ( Loud cheers . )
Bro . Pred . Rainey responded , expressing the satisfaction 3 vhich the Brethren of the Shakspeare Lodge would ever feel in welcoming any of the members of the Lindsey Lodge who might at any time honour them with a visit .
The W . M . them paid a like compliment to " The W . M . and Brethren of the Lodge of Harmony , Boston , " which was received with loud cheers , and other manifestations of approval . Bro . Poeklington replied , thanking the Brethren for the cordial manner in which the mention of their names had been received ; adding , that as the Preemasons had been so well " and hospitably received on the occasion of the festival attending the laying of the foundation-stone of the Louth Town Hall , in 1853 , he thought it was only right that they should mark their sense of the courtesy with which they were received by affording their Brethren in return whatever assistance was in their power . ( Cheers . )
Bro . Fred . Rainey proposed the health of their vice-chairman , Bro . Ingoldsby . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Ingoldsby returned thanks , expressive of his wishes for the successful progress of the Lodge . ( Cheers . ) The W . M . then gave " The Mayor and Corporation of Louth . " ( Cheers . ) Bro . Alderman Trought responded on behalf of the corporation . When he had the honour of being mayor , in 1853 , he had also had the honour of entertaining a number of the Freemasons on the occasion of laying the
foundation-stone of their new Town Hall . Although not then one of the Fraternity , he bad resolved that whenever an opportunity arrived of his joining a Lodge in Louth he would seek to be a member of the Craft . He was happy in having had an opportunity of doing so , and he believed his name was the first proposed in the Lindsey Lodge & s a candidate for the honours and mysteries of Masonry . Although yet but an u Apprentice , " he had seen sufficient
of the Craft , and of the workings of the science , to enable him to appreciate its beauties , and to admire the distinguished principles on which it was founded ; and he trusted that as he advanced higher and higher in the Masonic scale be should be the better able to promote , so far as lay in his power , the prosperity of the Craft generally , and especially of the Lodge established in their own town . ( Loud applause . )
The W . M . then proposed u The Masonic Press , " especially that portion of it denominated the Freemasons' Magazine—a work which laboured zealously in their cause , and which deserved the support of every Brother of the Craft . He would connect with this , with much pleasure , thanks to the writer of the late notice in that Magazine of the re-establishment of the Lindsey Lodge , who , although not
now resident amongst them , was a Brother of many years standing in the Order , and who by bis notices in question in the Freemasons Magazine , the Era , and the Sunday Times ( the latter newspapers devoting a portion of their columns to Preemasonry ) , had shown the interest he felt in the progress of Masonry in his native town . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Alderman Trough t then proposed The Health of Bro . Blakclock , " the
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the business of the Lodge . With these remarks he would conclude by calling upon them to drink the healths of the W . M . and Brethren of the Lindsey Lodge , with hearty good wishes for its welfare . ( The toast was received with right hearty Masonic honours . ) Bro . the Bev . B . J . Wood , the W . M . of the Lindsey Lodge , responded , thanking Bro . Poeklington for the kind manner in which he-had proposed the toast , and for the valuable and appropriate remarks with which he had accompanied
it . He fully concurred in those remarks , and he believed it was the firm and determined intention of those belonging to the Lodge to act in the spirit , and upon the advice , suggested . He felt assured , that if they kept those noble principles which had been laid down in active operation , the Lodge would ere long be one of the most flourishing and distinguished in the Province . He thanked ^ -them all sincerely for the warm manner in which they had received the toast , and had much pleasure in proposing " The W . M . and Brethren of the Shakspeare Lodge , Spilsby . " ( Loud cheers . )
Bro . Pred . Rainey responded , expressing the satisfaction 3 vhich the Brethren of the Shakspeare Lodge would ever feel in welcoming any of the members of the Lindsey Lodge who might at any time honour them with a visit .
The W . M . them paid a like compliment to " The W . M . and Brethren of the Lodge of Harmony , Boston , " which was received with loud cheers , and other manifestations of approval . Bro . Poeklington replied , thanking the Brethren for the cordial manner in which the mention of their names had been received ; adding , that as the Preemasons had been so well " and hospitably received on the occasion of the festival attending the laying of the foundation-stone of the Louth Town Hall , in 1853 , he thought it was only right that they should mark their sense of the courtesy with which they were received by affording their Brethren in return whatever assistance was in their power . ( Cheers . )
Bro . Fred . Rainey proposed the health of their vice-chairman , Bro . Ingoldsby . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Ingoldsby returned thanks , expressive of his wishes for the successful progress of the Lodge . ( Cheers . ) The W . M . then gave " The Mayor and Corporation of Louth . " ( Cheers . ) Bro . Alderman Trought responded on behalf of the corporation . When he had the honour of being mayor , in 1853 , he had also had the honour of entertaining a number of the Freemasons on the occasion of laying the
foundation-stone of their new Town Hall . Although not then one of the Fraternity , he bad resolved that whenever an opportunity arrived of his joining a Lodge in Louth he would seek to be a member of the Craft . He was happy in having had an opportunity of doing so , and he believed his name was the first proposed in the Lindsey Lodge & s a candidate for the honours and mysteries of Masonry . Although yet but an u Apprentice , " he had seen sufficient
of the Craft , and of the workings of the science , to enable him to appreciate its beauties , and to admire the distinguished principles on which it was founded ; and he trusted that as he advanced higher and higher in the Masonic scale be should be the better able to promote , so far as lay in his power , the prosperity of the Craft generally , and especially of the Lodge established in their own town . ( Loud applause . )
The W . M . then proposed u The Masonic Press , " especially that portion of it denominated the Freemasons' Magazine—a work which laboured zealously in their cause , and which deserved the support of every Brother of the Craft . He would connect with this , with much pleasure , thanks to the writer of the late notice in that Magazine of the re-establishment of the Lindsey Lodge , who , although not
now resident amongst them , was a Brother of many years standing in the Order , and who by bis notices in question in the Freemasons Magazine , the Era , and the Sunday Times ( the latter newspapers devoting a portion of their columns to Preemasonry ) , had shown the interest he felt in the progress of Masonry in his native town . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Alderman Trough t then proposed The Health of Bro . Blakclock , " the