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happy and pleasing speech he referred to the Brethren in Switzerland , adverting particularly to a late visit he had made to the Alpina Lodge , and the gratifying reception he had met , mentioning Bro . Shuttle worth ' s name in a highly flattering
manner . Bro . Shuttle worth said he was obliged to inflict a few remarks upon them for the second time in acknowledgment of the compliment which the Prov . Grand Master and the company had just paid to him . He never doubted that the Prov . G . M . of Staffordshire would be received by his brethren in Switzerland with open arms , and for that reason he did not feel it incumbent on his own part to announce his arrival before he was present . The brethren of Switzerland were animated with the purest
feelings of affection and fraternity to those of Staffordshire , as Well as to all in England ; [ and it would be a pleasing duty on his return to announce to them the welcome which he had received on this occasion as the representative of the Switzerland Masons . ( Applause . ) Within a fortnight from that day he hoped to he filling the chair at his own Lodge in Berne , aad he could assure them that the chief point which would occupy the attention of the meeting would be what he had seen and teard that day in Stafford .
Bro . Ward , D . Prov . G . M .- , rose amid hearty cheers to propose the nest toast .. When he told them that he was going to give the health of a gentleman who had gained the respect and esteem of every one in the room— -one who stood in the very first rank as a Mason , as a Brother of the highest excellence , a Mason not only theoretically but practically , one who was numbered among the elite of English gentlemen , one allowed to be an honour to the English character ; when he told them that he was to give the health of . a most kind hearted Brother—one , indeed , possessed of a heart which beat true to all the noblest aspirations of
Masonry and humanity—one to whom any of them would readily apply in any difficulty , or when in want of advice or assistance , with the certain expectation that his wishes would be generously and cheerfully attended to ; when he told them that he whose health he was to propose was all and more than he had said , then he need hardly inform them that he begged to propose the health of their Right Worshipful Prov . Grand Master , Golonel Vernon . ( Loud cheering . ) He did not think he required to add one word more ; for the character , the talents , and the actions of their respected Grand Master spoke for themselves , and were known so well that it would be superfluous on his part to enlarge upon them . ( Cheers . )
The Prov . G . M . who was received with enthusiastic cheers as he rose to respond , said he rose with much emotion to acknowledge the enthusiasm with which his name had been greeted and his health drunk . Certainly he felt proud of the position which he , perhaps , unworthily occupied —( " No , no , " )—and he felt prouder still that as the head of the province his endeavour to discharge his duties was not unrecognized hy the Brethren assembled . ( Cheers . ) He felt proud , he repeated , of being at the head of such Staffordshireand he the
a province as , hoped visiting Brethren from other districts would pardon him for this earnest repetition of that feeling . ( Applause ) . He thanked the Brethren most sincerely and cordially for the support they had always given him . Next to the gratification he felt at endeavouring to do his duty as a Brother , was the fact that he was supported in all his efforts for the promotion of the interests of the Order , by the good , the kindly feelings ,, and the estimation of the Brethren . They had known , each other now for some
years , and felt confidence in each other . He had always met with their heartiest support and he was always received with increased kindness . That support and that kindness he could assure them it would ever be his aim to deserve . ( Loud cheers . ) The province over which he had the honour to preside was indeed a working one—and so long as he had the pleasure of being connected with itmeeting , as he did , with the heartiest co-operation from all the Lodges—he hoped
they would continue to give still greater proof of their devotion and attachment to those virtues aud principles which conferred lustre and honour on the noble Craft . ( Loud cheers . ) After some further remarks , in which he expressed the high pleasure it gave lam to witness so many of the fair sex present to grace the occasion , the gallant colonel proceeded to say that his heart was in the work which he had to perform as Prov . G . M ., and he hoped to be found doing always what was right , and thus meet with renewed proofs of their kindness aud confidence ; but he
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happy and pleasing speech he referred to the Brethren in Switzerland , adverting particularly to a late visit he had made to the Alpina Lodge , and the gratifying reception he had met , mentioning Bro . Shuttle worth ' s name in a highly flattering
manner . Bro . Shuttle worth said he was obliged to inflict a few remarks upon them for the second time in acknowledgment of the compliment which the Prov . Grand Master and the company had just paid to him . He never doubted that the Prov . G . M . of Staffordshire would be received by his brethren in Switzerland with open arms , and for that reason he did not feel it incumbent on his own part to announce his arrival before he was present . The brethren of Switzerland were animated with the purest
feelings of affection and fraternity to those of Staffordshire , as Well as to all in England ; [ and it would be a pleasing duty on his return to announce to them the welcome which he had received on this occasion as the representative of the Switzerland Masons . ( Applause . ) Within a fortnight from that day he hoped to he filling the chair at his own Lodge in Berne , aad he could assure them that the chief point which would occupy the attention of the meeting would be what he had seen and teard that day in Stafford .
Bro . Ward , D . Prov . G . M .- , rose amid hearty cheers to propose the nest toast .. When he told them that he was going to give the health of a gentleman who had gained the respect and esteem of every one in the room— -one who stood in the very first rank as a Mason , as a Brother of the highest excellence , a Mason not only theoretically but practically , one who was numbered among the elite of English gentlemen , one allowed to be an honour to the English character ; when he told them that he was to give the health of . a most kind hearted Brother—one , indeed , possessed of a heart which beat true to all the noblest aspirations of
Masonry and humanity—one to whom any of them would readily apply in any difficulty , or when in want of advice or assistance , with the certain expectation that his wishes would be generously and cheerfully attended to ; when he told them that he whose health he was to propose was all and more than he had said , then he need hardly inform them that he begged to propose the health of their Right Worshipful Prov . Grand Master , Golonel Vernon . ( Loud cheering . ) He did not think he required to add one word more ; for the character , the talents , and the actions of their respected Grand Master spoke for themselves , and were known so well that it would be superfluous on his part to enlarge upon them . ( Cheers . )
The Prov . G . M . who was received with enthusiastic cheers as he rose to respond , said he rose with much emotion to acknowledge the enthusiasm with which his name had been greeted and his health drunk . Certainly he felt proud of the position which he , perhaps , unworthily occupied —( " No , no , " )—and he felt prouder still that as the head of the province his endeavour to discharge his duties was not unrecognized hy the Brethren assembled . ( Cheers . ) He felt proud , he repeated , of being at the head of such Staffordshireand he the
a province as , hoped visiting Brethren from other districts would pardon him for this earnest repetition of that feeling . ( Applause ) . He thanked the Brethren most sincerely and cordially for the support they had always given him . Next to the gratification he felt at endeavouring to do his duty as a Brother , was the fact that he was supported in all his efforts for the promotion of the interests of the Order , by the good , the kindly feelings ,, and the estimation of the Brethren . They had known , each other now for some
years , and felt confidence in each other . He had always met with their heartiest support and he was always received with increased kindness . That support and that kindness he could assure them it would ever be his aim to deserve . ( Loud cheers . ) The province over which he had the honour to preside was indeed a working one—and so long as he had the pleasure of being connected with itmeeting , as he did , with the heartiest co-operation from all the Lodges—he hoped
they would continue to give still greater proof of their devotion and attachment to those virtues aud principles which conferred lustre and honour on the noble Craft . ( Loud cheers . ) After some further remarks , in which he expressed the high pleasure it gave lam to witness so many of the fair sex present to grace the occasion , the gallant colonel proceeded to say that his heart was in the work which he had to perform as Prov . G . M ., and he hoped to be found doing always what was right , and thus meet with renewed proofs of their kindness aud confidence ; but he