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Preceptor , Bro . II . Muggeridge , P . M . 192 , W . M . By the time fixed for opening the lodge , about 350 brethren , including several of the Grand Officers , who ( in whose praise be it said ) invariably evince tho great interest they take in the lvelfare of the Order by being present on these occasions were assembled . Among the number were Bros . iEneas M'Intyre , G . Reg . ; E . S . Snell , G . D . ; J . Ll . Evans , President of the Board , of
General Purposes ; A . W . AVoods , G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . S . S . Hopwood , Benjamin Head , Geo . Cox , J . B . Stebbing , P . G . D . ' s ; S . E . Nutt , P . G . Dir . of Cers . ; John Herney , P . G . S . B . ; F . Binckes , G . S . ( Sec . of Boys' School ); H . Grissell , P . G . S . ; A . A . Richards ; P . G . S . ; E . M . Hubbuck , P . G . S . ; David Law , P . G . S ., and later iu the evening the arrival of Bro . Havers , P . G . W ., was warmly greeted . Lodge having been openedthe lecture of the first degree
, Avas worked , in sections by the following members : —Bros . Henry Child , I . G ., 192 ; Thomas White , 22 ; John Lacey , W . M . 49 ; Joseph H . Cox , P . M . 49 ; J . H . J . Goldsbro ' , P . M . 998 ; Thos . H . Norman , J . D . 22 ; J . II . Townend , 715 . On the conclusion of the last section , Bro . J . Havers took the chair of W . M . Bro . . / ENEAS M'INTYHA ., in an eloquent address , spoke in the
highest terms of eulogy of the ability and zeal of Bro . Muggeridge , and of his powers of imparting instruction as evinced by those ivho had . come forward that evening to assist in Avorking the sections , and concluded by saying that he had much pleasure in proposing a vote of thanks to Bro . Muggeridge , and that the same be recorded on the minutes , AA'hich Avas carried unanimously . Bro . J . Ranking Stebbing , P . G . W ., expressed the great
gratification it had been to him to be present ; that lie had paid great attention to all that had passed , and had been deeply gratified by the excellence of the working , and that he had much pleasure in proposing a vote of thanks to the brethren ivho bad so ably assisted Bro . Muggeridge in working the sections , and that the same be entered on the minutes . Carried unanimously . Bro . GOLDSBEO * returned thanks on behalf of the working brethren . Bro . HAA'EES then informed the brethren that this lodge of
instruction pin-posed voting from its funds no less a sum than £ 46 to the Charities , of ivbich £ 10 10 s . would be allocated to the Girls' School , £ 15 15 s . to the Boys' School , ancl £ 20 to the Benevolent Institution for the Aged . These propositions , liaving been put to tho lodgo , ivere carried unanimously . The lodge ivas then closed , and at eight o'clock the brethren , to the number of 130 , sat clown to a banquet , at Avhich Bro .
Hai-ers ( ivho for several years past has been present on these occasions ) presided . On the removal of the cloth , g . iace Avas said . The CiiAimiAis then proposed " The Health of the Queon and the Craft , Avhich being duly honoured , the National Anthem was sung by Bros . G . Tedder and T . A . Wallworth . The next toast ivas that of " The Right Honourable the Earl of ZetlandMost AVorshiful Grand Master" and the
CIIAIE-, p , 3 TA _ r observed that there had only been tivo Grand Masters in the last fifty-three years ; that at one time it was thought by some that a change of Grand Masters would be beneficial , but that he for one prayed that the present Grand Master may be spared to preside over the Order for some years to come . Song— " The red cross banner , " Bro . George Tedder . The CHAIRMAN then said : Brethren , the next toast is "The
Health of the Deputy Grand Master , the Earl De Grey and Eipon , " one of her Majesty ' s Secretaries of State . I have often said , and am not afraid to repeat it , that there is nothing more advantageous to our Order , than for the nobility of the land to preside over it . We have been most fortunate in our Deputy Grand Blasters—the Earl of Yarborough , Lord Dalhousie , and the present Secretary of State . I cannot name three men AVIIO have done greater service to Masonry . Of Lord Ripon , you
also knoiv IIOAV he Avorks for the public , ancl for our Order ; Ave will drink his health , and with him ' ' The Health of tho Grand Officers . " There are three present , and many Past Grand Officers . I cannot repeat all their qualifications , suffice it to say that Ave have the Grand Registrar , Bro . Maclntyre , a most earnest worker ; also the President of the Board of General Purposes . If any proof ivere wanting of the wny in which they discharge their duties as Grand Officers , it would be found more than in any other , by their attendance at these meetings . I had almost forgotten a new appointment ( I beg that brother ' s
pardon ) , that of my good friend , Bro . Snell ; he may not have done a great deal at our public meetings , but look through the lists of all the Charities of which he is a vice-president ; we'll drink his health and that of all good men . So must we pay a tribute for the services rendered by the Grand Director ot Ceremonies ( I hope he will forgive n-. e for passing him over ) . Let me pay a just compliment to the Grand Officers present .
They have clone ancl are still doing good Avork for us . The duties of a Grand Officer do not cease when he has obtained the honour of the purple ; he is more bound to exert himself for the good of the Craft than he Avas before it Avas conferred on him . There has been a Avide difference made between the appointment of Grand Officers IIOAV and in former years . Every man , when his time comes , will reap the reward of his labours , it Avill come if he will be patient . We will drink 'iThe Health
of the Deputy Grand Master ancl the Grand Officers , past anil present , " ancl I will couple Avith the toast the name of my friend , Bro . M'Intyre , the Grand Registrar . Song , — " Poor Jack , " Bro . T . A . AA ' allworth . Bro . MACINTYE , in replying to the last toast , said : I esteem it a high privilege to he permitted to return thanks for the-Deputy Grand Master and for the Officers of the Grand Lodge .
The Deputy Grand Master is too well known to all to need thanks on my part . We all feel we are deeply indebted to him for the great ability he displays in forwarding the interests of the Craft ; the other Grand Officers are also ivell known to you . They have earned their honours by steady perseverance . When I look around , there is not a single brother Grand Officer ivho has not endeared himself to us , and advanced the cause of Masonry ; for them , brethren , and for myself , I beg to return
our sincere thanks , and can assure you that at all times and on all occasions it will be our pleasure to forward the interests of Mosonry and to merit the approbation of the brethren of our Order . Bro . HAA'E ES then said : Brethren , I ask your attention to the toast of the evening , and I feel utterly inadequate to do justice to it , and it is partly my fault , partly yours . You have no right to put mo in the chair every year , and to propose this toast every year , and expect something noiv . But there is something about tin ' s old toast which brings with it new ideas ,
or old ideas which bring ivith them or suggest something neAV on each occasion on which I have to propose it . It is nearly thirty years since I became a member of this lodge of instruction ; and at ono time I ivas never absent from it , and many others I see around me can say the same . There are a great many of us who do not think sufficiently of the value of lodges of instruction . The ivorld has taken commendable pains to ascertain everything connecting us ivith extinct species ;
philosophers from Darwin to Murchison have laboured to show the relation one species bears to another , and the bonds which connect past ages with the present . But of all the bonds which tie one thing to another , there is none which appears more marvellous than the bond of Fremasonry , and ivell may ive think it so , for there is something more mysterious , more honourable , and more friendly in the Masonic tie , —and
where is the origin ancl mainspring of this tie ? In our lodges of instruction . For as an admiral cannot become great , unless he has been a " middy , " and lias received an education fitting him to become so , so we to be great in Masonry must begin in a lodge of instruction . Let no man imagine that he can forego the mystic part of the road to realise that great object . The man who is above learning the ritual will be above learning the princiles of Masonry . If
p there be one lodge of instruction ivbich lias an able and kind preceptor , surely this is one . So ane could have more ably presided over a lodge , or obtained more the love of his brethren , than Bro . Muggeridge . It has been said that ho could not succeed . The work never was done more beautifully or more effectively than it was this evening , and he is sending to the north , south , east , ancl ivest , not merely the forms of
Freemasonry , but those , his pupils , ivho will disseminate its beautiful principles ; and I pray God he may live for another fifty years to carry on this lodge of instruction , in which he has been so earnest a worker . Another point , when I have done , is to remember the principles on which our Order is founded . Neverwas our Order in greater prosperity , and never were our Charities better supported . AVe are in a certain kind of danger
arising from that prosperity itself . The time has arrived when it is necessary ive should he most careful whom ive admit into Freemasonry . If we most scrupulously examine the character of those who propose to join us , the Society will he
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Metropolitan.
Preceptor , Bro . II . Muggeridge , P . M . 192 , W . M . By the time fixed for opening the lodge , about 350 brethren , including several of the Grand Officers , who ( in whose praise be it said ) invariably evince tho great interest they take in the lvelfare of the Order by being present on these occasions were assembled . Among the number were Bros . iEneas M'Intyre , G . Reg . ; E . S . Snell , G . D . ; J . Ll . Evans , President of the Board , of
General Purposes ; A . W . AVoods , G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . S . S . Hopwood , Benjamin Head , Geo . Cox , J . B . Stebbing , P . G . D . ' s ; S . E . Nutt , P . G . Dir . of Cers . ; John Herney , P . G . S . B . ; F . Binckes , G . S . ( Sec . of Boys' School ); H . Grissell , P . G . S . ; A . A . Richards ; P . G . S . ; E . M . Hubbuck , P . G . S . ; David Law , P . G . S ., and later iu the evening the arrival of Bro . Havers , P . G . W ., was warmly greeted . Lodge having been openedthe lecture of the first degree
, Avas worked , in sections by the following members : —Bros . Henry Child , I . G ., 192 ; Thomas White , 22 ; John Lacey , W . M . 49 ; Joseph H . Cox , P . M . 49 ; J . H . J . Goldsbro ' , P . M . 998 ; Thos . H . Norman , J . D . 22 ; J . II . Townend , 715 . On the conclusion of the last section , Bro . J . Havers took the chair of W . M . Bro . . / ENEAS M'INTYHA ., in an eloquent address , spoke in the
highest terms of eulogy of the ability and zeal of Bro . Muggeridge , and of his powers of imparting instruction as evinced by those ivho had . come forward that evening to assist in Avorking the sections , and concluded by saying that he had much pleasure in proposing a vote of thanks to Bro . Muggeridge , and that the same be recorded on the minutes , AA'hich Avas carried unanimously . Bro . J . Ranking Stebbing , P . G . W ., expressed the great
gratification it had been to him to be present ; that lie had paid great attention to all that had passed , and had been deeply gratified by the excellence of the working , and that he had much pleasure in proposing a vote of thanks to the brethren ivho bad so ably assisted Bro . Muggeridge in working the sections , and that the same be entered on the minutes . Carried unanimously . Bro . GOLDSBEO * returned thanks on behalf of the working brethren . Bro . HAA'EES then informed the brethren that this lodge of
instruction pin-posed voting from its funds no less a sum than £ 46 to the Charities , of ivbich £ 10 10 s . would be allocated to the Girls' School , £ 15 15 s . to the Boys' School , ancl £ 20 to the Benevolent Institution for the Aged . These propositions , liaving been put to tho lodgo , ivere carried unanimously . The lodge ivas then closed , and at eight o'clock the brethren , to the number of 130 , sat clown to a banquet , at Avhich Bro .
Hai-ers ( ivho for several years past has been present on these occasions ) presided . On the removal of the cloth , g . iace Avas said . The CiiAimiAis then proposed " The Health of the Queon and the Craft , Avhich being duly honoured , the National Anthem was sung by Bros . G . Tedder and T . A . Wallworth . The next toast ivas that of " The Right Honourable the Earl of ZetlandMost AVorshiful Grand Master" and the
CIIAIE-, p , 3 TA _ r observed that there had only been tivo Grand Masters in the last fifty-three years ; that at one time it was thought by some that a change of Grand Masters would be beneficial , but that he for one prayed that the present Grand Master may be spared to preside over the Order for some years to come . Song— " The red cross banner , " Bro . George Tedder . The CHAIRMAN then said : Brethren , the next toast is "The
Health of the Deputy Grand Master , the Earl De Grey and Eipon , " one of her Majesty ' s Secretaries of State . I have often said , and am not afraid to repeat it , that there is nothing more advantageous to our Order , than for the nobility of the land to preside over it . We have been most fortunate in our Deputy Grand Blasters—the Earl of Yarborough , Lord Dalhousie , and the present Secretary of State . I cannot name three men AVIIO have done greater service to Masonry . Of Lord Ripon , you
also knoiv IIOAV he Avorks for the public , ancl for our Order ; Ave will drink his health , and with him ' ' The Health of tho Grand Officers . " There are three present , and many Past Grand Officers . I cannot repeat all their qualifications , suffice it to say that Ave have the Grand Registrar , Bro . Maclntyre , a most earnest worker ; also the President of the Board of General Purposes . If any proof ivere wanting of the wny in which they discharge their duties as Grand Officers , it would be found more than in any other , by their attendance at these meetings . I had almost forgotten a new appointment ( I beg that brother ' s
pardon ) , that of my good friend , Bro . Snell ; he may not have done a great deal at our public meetings , but look through the lists of all the Charities of which he is a vice-president ; we'll drink his health and that of all good men . So must we pay a tribute for the services rendered by the Grand Director ot Ceremonies ( I hope he will forgive n-. e for passing him over ) . Let me pay a just compliment to the Grand Officers present .
They have clone ancl are still doing good Avork for us . The duties of a Grand Officer do not cease when he has obtained the honour of the purple ; he is more bound to exert himself for the good of the Craft than he Avas before it Avas conferred on him . There has been a Avide difference made between the appointment of Grand Officers IIOAV and in former years . Every man , when his time comes , will reap the reward of his labours , it Avill come if he will be patient . We will drink 'iThe Health
of the Deputy Grand Master ancl the Grand Officers , past anil present , " ancl I will couple Avith the toast the name of my friend , Bro . M'Intyre , the Grand Registrar . Song , — " Poor Jack , " Bro . T . A . AA ' allworth . Bro . MACINTYE , in replying to the last toast , said : I esteem it a high privilege to he permitted to return thanks for the-Deputy Grand Master and for the Officers of the Grand Lodge .
The Deputy Grand Master is too well known to all to need thanks on my part . We all feel we are deeply indebted to him for the great ability he displays in forwarding the interests of the Craft ; the other Grand Officers are also ivell known to you . They have earned their honours by steady perseverance . When I look around , there is not a single brother Grand Officer ivho has not endeared himself to us , and advanced the cause of Masonry ; for them , brethren , and for myself , I beg to return
our sincere thanks , and can assure you that at all times and on all occasions it will be our pleasure to forward the interests of Mosonry and to merit the approbation of the brethren of our Order . Bro . HAA'E ES then said : Brethren , I ask your attention to the toast of the evening , and I feel utterly inadequate to do justice to it , and it is partly my fault , partly yours . You have no right to put mo in the chair every year , and to propose this toast every year , and expect something noiv . But there is something about tin ' s old toast which brings with it new ideas ,
or old ideas which bring ivith them or suggest something neAV on each occasion on which I have to propose it . It is nearly thirty years since I became a member of this lodge of instruction ; and at ono time I ivas never absent from it , and many others I see around me can say the same . There are a great many of us who do not think sufficiently of the value of lodges of instruction . The ivorld has taken commendable pains to ascertain everything connecting us ivith extinct species ;
philosophers from Darwin to Murchison have laboured to show the relation one species bears to another , and the bonds which connect past ages with the present . But of all the bonds which tie one thing to another , there is none which appears more marvellous than the bond of Fremasonry , and ivell may ive think it so , for there is something more mysterious , more honourable , and more friendly in the Masonic tie , —and
where is the origin ancl mainspring of this tie ? In our lodges of instruction . For as an admiral cannot become great , unless he has been a " middy , " and lias received an education fitting him to become so , so we to be great in Masonry must begin in a lodge of instruction . Let no man imagine that he can forego the mystic part of the road to realise that great object . The man who is above learning the ritual will be above learning the princiles of Masonry . If
p there be one lodge of instruction ivbich lias an able and kind preceptor , surely this is one . So ane could have more ably presided over a lodge , or obtained more the love of his brethren , than Bro . Muggeridge . It has been said that ho could not succeed . The work never was done more beautifully or more effectively than it was this evening , and he is sending to the north , south , east , ancl ivest , not merely the forms of
Freemasonry , but those , his pupils , ivho will disseminate its beautiful principles ; and I pray God he may live for another fifty years to carry on this lodge of instruction , in which he has been so earnest a worker . Another point , when I have done , is to remember the principles on which our Order is founded . Neverwas our Order in greater prosperity , and never were our Charities better supported . AVe are in a certain kind of danger
arising from that prosperity itself . The time has arrived when it is necessary ive should he most careful whom ive admit into Freemasonry . If we most scrupulously examine the character of those who propose to join us , the Society will he