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Of some small blessings ; have been kind To such as needed kindness ;" but let us not be unmindful of that other charity which " Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even , And opens in each heart a little Heaven . "
To us are committed the fatherless and the orphan , the aged and the helpless ; we have to educate and maintain our little children ; we have to support our aged and decayed Brethren and their widows ; we have to obey our laws , preserve harmony , and maintain the respect of the world ; and in thus carrying out our trust , we have , above all , to hand db \ vn to our successors our noble and time-honoured institution * not only unimpaired in usefulness , unsullied in fame , untarnished in lustre , but shining all the more brightly for the care We have bestowed upon it
and the fidelity with which we have carried out its precepts . ( Applause . ) It will thus be perceived that our duties , over and above teaching the ritual of Freemasonry , are neither few nor slight . We are told to convince mankind of the ? excellence of our Institution pursuing these high aims with steady purpose ; thus shall we do so , and great will be our reward ; thus " will iTernenibrance gather
from the past the pride of ''' faithfulness / - - and thus will our aggregate exertions produce not only good fruit to ourselves , but exert an enormous influence over the welfare of mankind in general . ( Applause . ) Brethren , let me now ask you to join with me in drinking a long prosperity to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , and in the absence of Brother Wilson , let ine name Bro . Hervey , The toast was thendrunk with great enthusiasm .
Bro . Hervey , Prov . G . I ) ., returned thanks , and on rising was received with protracted applause * He said : Brethren , I am sure that your protracted applause is more owing to the eloquent speech to which you have just listened , than to the simple mention of my name in connexion with the prosperity of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . I need not tell you that I take a deep interest in the welfare of this Lodge , and I am sure , that if the worthy Brother , whose place I now occupy ( Bro . Wilson ) , had been enabled to remain here during the evening ,
he would have expressed the interest he feels in the Lodge , and have addressed you much better than I can do . I do not possess the eloquence of our excellent friend , the Worshipful Master of the evening , and I shall not throw a wet blanket on the glowing truths to which he has just given utterance . ( Laughter and applause ) . I don't know that I can wish the Emulation Lodge of Improvement greater prosperity than that which it now enjoys , a proof of which is seen in the great gathering which our "Worshipful Master is now presiding over . ( Hear ) ,
What can we desire in this Lodge more than the excellent working to which we have this evening listened ? ( Hear ) . I do not think , that if I were to talk from now till next Friday evening , when I shall take the chair in this Lodge , that I could impress upon you the truths of Masonry more fervently and earnestly than the Worshipful Master has done . ( Applause ) . I shall , therefore , simply thank
you all for drmkmg the toast which has just been given by the Worshipful Master , and thank him for associating my name with that toast . ( Hear , hear ) . I trust that , in the ensuing year , we may have such another meeting . ( Applause ) . I need not desire it to be more numerously attended , or to see more union amongst its Brethren ; and I may add , that I need not desire to see better working than we have had this evening . ( Cheers ) .
Bro . Hall , Prov . G . M . for Cambridgeshire , then said , —Brethren , it is my pleasing duty to propose' to you " The health of the W . M . of this evening . " ( Applause . ) And if I were to consult my own feelings and private friendship , I might trespass considerably upon your time . But , Brethren , there is one person whose feelings are more to be considered either than mine or yours—I mean the Brother who is tho
object of this toast , to whom I know nothing that would bo more offensive than to listen to a laudatory speech concerning himself . I could wish , therefore , that for a few moments , he were either absent or subjected to the influence of chloroform or some other process by which he might bo spared the pain of listening to praises of himself . But as that cannot bo done , I must perform my duty with as much delicacy as possible , I muy truly my- there does not exist iu the Craft a more abio
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Of some small blessings ; have been kind To such as needed kindness ;" but let us not be unmindful of that other charity which " Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even , And opens in each heart a little Heaven . "
To us are committed the fatherless and the orphan , the aged and the helpless ; we have to educate and maintain our little children ; we have to support our aged and decayed Brethren and their widows ; we have to obey our laws , preserve harmony , and maintain the respect of the world ; and in thus carrying out our trust , we have , above all , to hand db \ vn to our successors our noble and time-honoured institution * not only unimpaired in usefulness , unsullied in fame , untarnished in lustre , but shining all the more brightly for the care We have bestowed upon it
and the fidelity with which we have carried out its precepts . ( Applause . ) It will thus be perceived that our duties , over and above teaching the ritual of Freemasonry , are neither few nor slight . We are told to convince mankind of the ? excellence of our Institution pursuing these high aims with steady purpose ; thus shall we do so , and great will be our reward ; thus " will iTernenibrance gather
from the past the pride of ''' faithfulness / - - and thus will our aggregate exertions produce not only good fruit to ourselves , but exert an enormous influence over the welfare of mankind in general . ( Applause . ) Brethren , let me now ask you to join with me in drinking a long prosperity to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , and in the absence of Brother Wilson , let ine name Bro . Hervey , The toast was thendrunk with great enthusiasm .
Bro . Hervey , Prov . G . I ) ., returned thanks , and on rising was received with protracted applause * He said : Brethren , I am sure that your protracted applause is more owing to the eloquent speech to which you have just listened , than to the simple mention of my name in connexion with the prosperity of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . I need not tell you that I take a deep interest in the welfare of this Lodge , and I am sure , that if the worthy Brother , whose place I now occupy ( Bro . Wilson ) , had been enabled to remain here during the evening ,
he would have expressed the interest he feels in the Lodge , and have addressed you much better than I can do . I do not possess the eloquence of our excellent friend , the Worshipful Master of the evening , and I shall not throw a wet blanket on the glowing truths to which he has just given utterance . ( Laughter and applause ) . I don't know that I can wish the Emulation Lodge of Improvement greater prosperity than that which it now enjoys , a proof of which is seen in the great gathering which our "Worshipful Master is now presiding over . ( Hear ) ,
What can we desire in this Lodge more than the excellent working to which we have this evening listened ? ( Hear ) . I do not think , that if I were to talk from now till next Friday evening , when I shall take the chair in this Lodge , that I could impress upon you the truths of Masonry more fervently and earnestly than the Worshipful Master has done . ( Applause ) . I shall , therefore , simply thank
you all for drmkmg the toast which has just been given by the Worshipful Master , and thank him for associating my name with that toast . ( Hear , hear ) . I trust that , in the ensuing year , we may have such another meeting . ( Applause ) . I need not desire it to be more numerously attended , or to see more union amongst its Brethren ; and I may add , that I need not desire to see better working than we have had this evening . ( Cheers ) .
Bro . Hall , Prov . G . M . for Cambridgeshire , then said , —Brethren , it is my pleasing duty to propose' to you " The health of the W . M . of this evening . " ( Applause . ) And if I were to consult my own feelings and private friendship , I might trespass considerably upon your time . But , Brethren , there is one person whose feelings are more to be considered either than mine or yours—I mean the Brother who is tho
object of this toast , to whom I know nothing that would bo more offensive than to listen to a laudatory speech concerning himself . I could wish , therefore , that for a few moments , he were either absent or subjected to the influence of chloroform or some other process by which he might bo spared the pain of listening to praises of himself . But as that cannot bo done , I must perform my duty with as much delicacy as possible , I muy truly my- there does not exist iu the Craft a more abio