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institutions ; nor the business habits and great tact of his successor Earl Dalhousie . But if the Craft had been fortunate in having those two noblemen as D . G . M . 's they had been no less fortunate in the selection which the G . M . had made ofthe present D . G . M ., the Earl de Grey and Ripon , who had already fore shadowed the distinguished position he was likely to hold in the Craft , not only by the part he had taken in the Grand Lodge , but by the courteous manner in which he had presided
over the brethren at the Grand Festival on the previous Wednesday . They had had with them that evening the whole of the executive officers of Grand Lodge , the late Grand Registrar , the President of the Board of General Purposes who was now Grand Registrar , having been appointed to office only two days ago , and the Grand Secretary . Though Bro . Mclntyre had so recently been appointed to the office of Grand Registrar he had shown Avhilst acting as President ofthe Board of General
Purposes what might be expected from him . Then , too , there was the S . G . D . AVIIO had before held Grand office ancl who , he believed it AVIIS no secret , was intended for higher office as President of the Board of General Purposes , in which he would find some hard work , for which he was sure Bro . Evans was
urepared . There ivas also several old and valued Past Grand Officers present to whom the Craft Avere indebted for services performed . He therefore gave them the D . G . M . and the Grand Officers , past and present , coupled with the names of the Grand Registrar ancl the future President of the Board of General Purposes , Bros . Mclntyre and Evans , ( Cheers . ) Bro . MCINTVP . E , G . Beg ., could have hoped that the task of replying to so important a toast had devolved on a brother older
in office than himself . Of the D . Grand Master , ho was sure he need only say that those who had had the pleasure of hearing him address the Craft , and knew the distinguished position he held in the state , must be convinced that there Avas no brother in the Order more fitted for the high office he held than the noble Earl . For the other officers of Grand Lodge , he could only say that those ivho had preceded them in office had endeavoured to do their utmost for the interests of the order , and he Avas convinced the younger officers would endeavour to emulate them in zeal , and follow in the footsteps of those who had conferred so much lustre on the Craft . ( Cheers . )
The AV . M . said he had now a most important toast to propose , and in doing so he must claim the indulgence of tho brethren , inasmuch as he had been suffering from illness , which he at one time feared would have detained him from that interesting meeting . He was about to propose to them the Health of their excellent Preceptor , to whom the Stability Lodge of Instruction owed so much for its efficiency and excellence . In 1814 or 1815 , after the healing of the differences between the
York and London Masons , it was resolved to establish lodges of promulgation , in order to have , as nearly as could be , the same Avorking , in form , throughout the Craft , and varying only slightly in words . This lodge was one of tAvo lodges in London , ivhich , were so established , ancl which continued to be looked up to as authorities in working , and no Mason could study in a better school . The lodge was for a long time under the direction of Bro . Broadfoot , subsequently of Bro . Thompsonand since his
, decease of Bro . Mnggeridge , whose health he had now to propose , for the twelfth time , at these annual festivals . No man could become a good working Freemasonunless he had a good Master , and no better could he found than in the Lodge of Stability . ( Cheers . ) They could hardly find , if indeed they could find a man more kindly , more patient , or more adapted to impart instruction to the brethren than Bro .
Mnggeridge . ( Cheers ) . In a society which depended so much on oral tradition for their working , it ivas most important that they should have brethren as preceptors of their lodges of instruction , from whom they could be sure of obtaining their ceremonies ivith accuracy and precision . ( Cheers ) . He gave them " Prosperity to the Stability Lodge of Instruction—Health , success and happiness to Bro . Mnggeridge . " ( Cheers . ) BRO . MVG & EEIDGE had to return them his most heartfelt
• thanks for the very kind manner in which the toast had been proposed , and the very flattering response of the brethren . This was the twelfth anniversary meeting of the Stability Lodge of Instruction since it had been under his direction . The first AVIIS in the Great Exhibition year of 1 S 51 . They had now passed through a period of eleven years , during which great changes had taken place and another Exhibition had been inaugurated He missed the faces of many he saw on the first occasion , but he . had to congratulate the lodge that the chair was still occupied by Bro . Havers . ( Cheers . ) lie could assure the brethren that he
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had had some difficulty in prevailing upon Bro . Havers to again take the chair—that brother expressing his conviction , that it ¦ would be for the advantage of the lodge that the president should be-changed . ( No . no . ) He thought he might say that he interpreted the wishes of the brethren aright , when he assured Bro . Havers , that they would rather again see him in his old place . ( Cheers . ) He w-as pleased that what he had done had met ivith their approbation and it being now eleven years since he
first presided over the Stability Lodge of Instruction , he could assure them that he had never felt more gratified that he was to observe the large number of brethren who had honoured the lodge Avith their presence that evening , and he could assure them that he should always use his utmost endeavours to promote the best interests and prosperity of the Stability Lodge of Instruction . ( Cheers . )
Bro . MCINTYRE G . Reg . had now a most pleasing duty to perform in asking them to drink the health of a brother ivho was evidently held in high esteem by the Stability Lodge of Instruction , and he might add throughout the Craft . They had heard Bro . Mnggeridge state the great difficulty be had experienced in getting Bro . Havers to preside over that meeting , and he was sure great would have been their loss had he not done so , for no one could so well and ably have responded to the
aspirations of the Stability Lodge of Instruction as that worthy brother . ( Cheers . ) Ancl not only was he an esteemed member of this lodge , but lie was highly regarded in Grand Lodge and by the Craft , wherever he Avas known , throughout the kingdom for the purity and integrity of his conduct , and as the very embodiment of a good and excellent Mason . Their confidence nor that of the Craft , he Avas sure , Avas not misplaced , and when they had 'him presiding over them he was the right man in the
right place . ( Cheers . ) AVhen Freemasonry was beset by difficulties and danger , Bro . Havers stood boldly forward and rallied round him a little band of supporters , and showed what good Masonry could do by united efforts . He had conciliated the esteem of all who had come into contact with him . The Craft had recently acknowledged the services of Bro . Havers in a testimonial | iresented to him last Wednesday , and when it Avas proposed to give him presentations to the Charities , he had with true dignity declined the compliment . He ( Bro . Mclntyre ) was
therefore delighted , that the Grand Master had gracefully testified his sense of the exertions of Bro . Havers , by appointing him Grand AVarden . ( Cheers . ) He had done good service to the Craft , and might do more , and as Bro . Mnggeridge had expressed how anxious they Avere to have him to preside over their meetings , he ( Bro . Mclntyre ) would call upon them to show , that having got him , how desirous they ivere to keep him . ( Loud cheers . )
Bro . HAAAERS , AVIIO was received with loud applause , said that he ivas unable properly to return thanks for the kindness with AA'hich he had been received , not only that evening , but on every occasion on which he had presided over them . He was deeply grateful for the manner in AVhich thoy had received him ; he could never forget that he owed much of bis instruction in the principles and Avorking of Masonry to this lodge of which he
became a member , early after his initiation , and should always remember the encouragement he had received from the Craft . There ivas no doubt some truth in what Bro . Mclntyre had stated relative to the difficulties by which they Avere surrounded a few years ago ; but he had no hesitation in saying that the opposition then existing had good grounds formally of their complaints . A . reform Avas wanted at the time in many of their departments , as was seen by a large number
of the brethren , ancl the only real difference between them was how it could be best effected . He , Avith others , had determined to oppose the danger ivhich appeared to threaten them of going too far , and he believed they had succeeded rather hythe moderation and good feeling of the brethren at large than by any merits of their own . He had no hesitation in saying that a Avoll-conducted opposition in Grand Lodge was as useful as it was in the state . Men in office were apt to grow idle and
neglectful if not occasionally reminded of their duties , and a temperately-conducted opposition was the safeguard of thenprivileges . There was one great danger under ivhich he felt he laboured—that of being petted and spoiled by the Craft . So many kind things had been said of him , and so many acts performed towards him of late , that he felt if he asked them for any more that he might be considered like a spoiled child , never satisfied . Yet there ivas one thing he would ask them . Masonry , as an institution , had taken deep root in the country—and the Grand Lodge of England was the
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institutions ; nor the business habits and great tact of his successor Earl Dalhousie . But if the Craft had been fortunate in having those two noblemen as D . G . M . 's they had been no less fortunate in the selection which the G . M . had made ofthe present D . G . M ., the Earl de Grey and Ripon , who had already fore shadowed the distinguished position he was likely to hold in the Craft , not only by the part he had taken in the Grand Lodge , but by the courteous manner in which he had presided
over the brethren at the Grand Festival on the previous Wednesday . They had had with them that evening the whole of the executive officers of Grand Lodge , the late Grand Registrar , the President of the Board of General Purposes who was now Grand Registrar , having been appointed to office only two days ago , and the Grand Secretary . Though Bro . Mclntyre had so recently been appointed to the office of Grand Registrar he had shown Avhilst acting as President ofthe Board of General
Purposes what might be expected from him . Then , too , there was the S . G . D . AVIIO had before held Grand office ancl who , he believed it AVIIS no secret , was intended for higher office as President of the Board of General Purposes , in which he would find some hard work , for which he was sure Bro . Evans was
urepared . There ivas also several old and valued Past Grand Officers present to whom the Craft Avere indebted for services performed . He therefore gave them the D . G . M . and the Grand Officers , past and present , coupled with the names of the Grand Registrar ancl the future President of the Board of General Purposes , Bros . Mclntyre and Evans , ( Cheers . ) Bro . MCINTVP . E , G . Beg ., could have hoped that the task of replying to so important a toast had devolved on a brother older
in office than himself . Of the D . Grand Master , ho was sure he need only say that those who had had the pleasure of hearing him address the Craft , and knew the distinguished position he held in the state , must be convinced that there Avas no brother in the Order more fitted for the high office he held than the noble Earl . For the other officers of Grand Lodge , he could only say that those ivho had preceded them in office had endeavoured to do their utmost for the interests of the order , and he Avas convinced the younger officers would endeavour to emulate them in zeal , and follow in the footsteps of those who had conferred so much lustre on the Craft . ( Cheers . )
The AV . M . said he had now a most important toast to propose , and in doing so he must claim the indulgence of tho brethren , inasmuch as he had been suffering from illness , which he at one time feared would have detained him from that interesting meeting . He was about to propose to them the Health of their excellent Preceptor , to whom the Stability Lodge of Instruction owed so much for its efficiency and excellence . In 1814 or 1815 , after the healing of the differences between the
York and London Masons , it was resolved to establish lodges of promulgation , in order to have , as nearly as could be , the same Avorking , in form , throughout the Craft , and varying only slightly in words . This lodge was one of tAvo lodges in London , ivhich , were so established , ancl which continued to be looked up to as authorities in working , and no Mason could study in a better school . The lodge was for a long time under the direction of Bro . Broadfoot , subsequently of Bro . Thompsonand since his
, decease of Bro . Mnggeridge , whose health he had now to propose , for the twelfth time , at these annual festivals . No man could become a good working Freemasonunless he had a good Master , and no better could he found than in the Lodge of Stability . ( Cheers . ) They could hardly find , if indeed they could find a man more kindly , more patient , or more adapted to impart instruction to the brethren than Bro .
Mnggeridge . ( Cheers ) . In a society which depended so much on oral tradition for their working , it ivas most important that they should have brethren as preceptors of their lodges of instruction , from whom they could be sure of obtaining their ceremonies ivith accuracy and precision . ( Cheers ) . He gave them " Prosperity to the Stability Lodge of Instruction—Health , success and happiness to Bro . Mnggeridge . " ( Cheers . ) BRO . MVG & EEIDGE had to return them his most heartfelt
• thanks for the very kind manner in which the toast had been proposed , and the very flattering response of the brethren . This was the twelfth anniversary meeting of the Stability Lodge of Instruction since it had been under his direction . The first AVIIS in the Great Exhibition year of 1 S 51 . They had now passed through a period of eleven years , during which great changes had taken place and another Exhibition had been inaugurated He missed the faces of many he saw on the first occasion , but he . had to congratulate the lodge that the chair was still occupied by Bro . Havers . ( Cheers . ) lie could assure the brethren that he
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had had some difficulty in prevailing upon Bro . Havers to again take the chair—that brother expressing his conviction , that it ¦ would be for the advantage of the lodge that the president should be-changed . ( No . no . ) He thought he might say that he interpreted the wishes of the brethren aright , when he assured Bro . Havers , that they would rather again see him in his old place . ( Cheers . ) He w-as pleased that what he had done had met ivith their approbation and it being now eleven years since he
first presided over the Stability Lodge of Instruction , he could assure them that he had never felt more gratified that he was to observe the large number of brethren who had honoured the lodge Avith their presence that evening , and he could assure them that he should always use his utmost endeavours to promote the best interests and prosperity of the Stability Lodge of Instruction . ( Cheers . )
Bro . MCINTYRE G . Reg . had now a most pleasing duty to perform in asking them to drink the health of a brother ivho was evidently held in high esteem by the Stability Lodge of Instruction , and he might add throughout the Craft . They had heard Bro . Mnggeridge state the great difficulty be had experienced in getting Bro . Havers to preside over that meeting , and he was sure great would have been their loss had he not done so , for no one could so well and ably have responded to the
aspirations of the Stability Lodge of Instruction as that worthy brother . ( Cheers . ) Ancl not only was he an esteemed member of this lodge , but lie was highly regarded in Grand Lodge and by the Craft , wherever he Avas known , throughout the kingdom for the purity and integrity of his conduct , and as the very embodiment of a good and excellent Mason . Their confidence nor that of the Craft , he Avas sure , Avas not misplaced , and when they had 'him presiding over them he was the right man in the
right place . ( Cheers . ) AVhen Freemasonry was beset by difficulties and danger , Bro . Havers stood boldly forward and rallied round him a little band of supporters , and showed what good Masonry could do by united efforts . He had conciliated the esteem of all who had come into contact with him . The Craft had recently acknowledged the services of Bro . Havers in a testimonial | iresented to him last Wednesday , and when it Avas proposed to give him presentations to the Charities , he had with true dignity declined the compliment . He ( Bro . Mclntyre ) was
therefore delighted , that the Grand Master had gracefully testified his sense of the exertions of Bro . Havers , by appointing him Grand AVarden . ( Cheers . ) He had done good service to the Craft , and might do more , and as Bro . Mnggeridge had expressed how anxious they Avere to have him to preside over their meetings , he ( Bro . Mclntyre ) would call upon them to show , that having got him , how desirous they ivere to keep him . ( Loud cheers . )
Bro . HAAAERS , AVIIO was received with loud applause , said that he ivas unable properly to return thanks for the kindness with AA'hich he had been received , not only that evening , but on every occasion on which he had presided over them . He was deeply grateful for the manner in AVhich thoy had received him ; he could never forget that he owed much of bis instruction in the principles and Avorking of Masonry to this lodge of which he
became a member , early after his initiation , and should always remember the encouragement he had received from the Craft . There ivas no doubt some truth in what Bro . Mclntyre had stated relative to the difficulties by which they Avere surrounded a few years ago ; but he had no hesitation in saying that the opposition then existing had good grounds formally of their complaints . A . reform Avas wanted at the time in many of their departments , as was seen by a large number
of the brethren , ancl the only real difference between them was how it could be best effected . He , Avith others , had determined to oppose the danger ivhich appeared to threaten them of going too far , and he believed they had succeeded rather hythe moderation and good feeling of the brethren at large than by any merits of their own . He had no hesitation in saying that a Avoll-conducted opposition in Grand Lodge was as useful as it was in the state . Men in office were apt to grow idle and
neglectful if not occasionally reminded of their duties , and a temperately-conducted opposition was the safeguard of thenprivileges . There was one great danger under ivhich he felt he laboured—that of being petted and spoiled by the Craft . So many kind things had been said of him , and so many acts performed towards him of late , that he felt if he asked them for any more that he might be considered like a spoiled child , never satisfied . Yet there ivas one thing he would ask them . Masonry , as an institution , had taken deep root in the country—and the Grand Lodge of England was the