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eumstances it would have been my privilege , as tbe Senior Provincial Grand Master present , to have proposed the health of my honourable friend the newly installed Provincial Grand Master of Monmouthshire ; but I am quite certain that I shall consult the feelings of the brethren present if I concede the honour to the son of a very old friend of mine , and one bearing a name so much beloved in this province , namely , my honourable friend and brother , Colonel Tynte , the Provincial Grand Master for

Glamorganshire . ( Applause . ) Indeed , I shall satisfy myself by becoming a mere echo to those brethren within reach of my voice by expressing the earnest wish that the G . A . O . T . U . will long preserve Bro . Rolls to preside over this province ; ancl that Masonry , which is but another name for justice , honour , and benevolence , civil and religious liberty , and mental progress , may long continue to flourish amongst you . ( Cheers . ) Permit me to express an earnest hope that no disunion will ever spring

up in your Grand Lodge to dim the brightness of that insignia of authority with which you , AA orsbipful Sir , have this day been invested , and which now glitters in all its freshness on your breast . On their parts , the Freemasons of Monmouthshire will , I am sure , remember that the first duty of a Mason is obedience ; they will also bear in mind that true Masonry docs not consist in mystic observances , which might dazzle , but

not enlighten ; allure , but not renovate ; which might lull into symbolism , but could not awake to seriousness or direct to duty ; but that genuine Masonry consists in love to God , universal justice and charity to our neighbour . The true Mason ' s lodge is not within stone walls , but in purified ancl happy bosomsits altar , that of the heart ; its incense , sanctified affections ; its shrine , the regenerated soul . ( Prolonged cheering . ) Bro . Colonel TYNTE , Prov . G . M . of Glamorganshire , who ,

upon rising was received with great applause , said : I call upon you to charge your glasses . Through the very great courtesy of the Provincial Grand Master of Herefordshire I am enabled to propose the next toast to you , which I do with the greatest possible satisfaction , and which 1 feel sure you will receive with the greatest possible pleasure . ( Cheers . ) It is one very easy to propose , because it needs no eloquence to adorn it ; and I shall give it to you upon its own merits , simple and unadorned by me , bv mentioning to you the name of the Right

AA orshipful the Prov . G . M . or Monmouthshire , Bro . Rolls . ( Cheers . ) I feel perfectly convinced you will all concur with me in the feelings I wish to express upon the subject . ( Cheers ) . Brethren , when we look back upon his past career , filling so ably as he has clone , the chair of tho Deputy Provincial Grand Master of this province , we cannot but feel sure that under the blessing and guidance of the Most High , he will as ably discharge the duties of a higher sphere . ( Cheers . ) I now call

vrpon you all to unite with me in paying him that respect he merits at our hands , and to unite with me in wishing him longlife , happiness , and a prosperous rule . ( The toast was received with full Masonic honours , given with great enthusiasm ) . The PEOV . G . MASTEE replied as follows : Eight Worshipful Provincial Grand Masters of Herefordshire ancl the Eastern Division of South Walesand Brethren—I am sure you will

be-, , lieve me sincere when I tell you how utterly incapable I am of returning yon my thanks in an adequate manner for the warm , the enthusiastic reception you have given the last toast , and for the very kind and most flattering manner it has been proposed to your notice by my excellent friend Bro . Tynte . ( Applause . ) I have at all times the greatest difficulty in expressing my feelings , and your reception of me this day has so perfectly

overwhelmed me , that it has almost taken away from me the power of addressing you at all . On the resignation of out late Prov . G . M ., the high honour was offered me by the M . \ A . G . M . of England , the Earl of Zetland , of becoming his successor , and I assure you I had very great doubts in my own mind whether I -ought to accept so high , so distinguished an appointment . I am fully aware of the responsibilities I have this clay undertaken ;

but your reception of me has been so kind , so very flattering , that I feel sure that my conduct during the thirteen years I have had the honour of acting as your D . Prov . G . M . has met with your approbation , and that my appointment is not vmpleasing to you . ( Cheers . ) There has always been so much harmony , so much good feeling , so much true Masonic feeling amongst the brethren of the provincethat I feel that duties

, my will be light , and not only light , but always pleasurable ones ; and so long as I am supported by your approbation , and cheered by your smiles , with the assistance of my excellent Deputy and Oflicers , ancl with the co-operation of the brethren , I see no reason wh y this province should be second to any in the land .

I now call upon you all most emphatically—I call upon the brethren of my own province , more especially the junior members of the Craft—not to allow the world to think that Masonry is merely an excuse for meeting together at the social board and adorning ourselves with gay aprons , splendid collars , and brilliant jewels . I call upon you by our glorious work of constitutionsnay , more , that sacred volume of Holy Law which is- always open whenever Masons are at work , so to regulate your conduct

by the true principles of Masonry , not only within your lodges when they are close tiled , but in your everyday intercourse with your fellow men , that the world at large may respect you , and exclaim , " Surely none know better than Masons their duty to their God , their neighbour , and themselves . " ( Cheers . ) Brethren , I thank you again and again , and I trust I may never forfeit the good opinion you have been kind enough to form of me . ( Loud ancl prolonged applause . )

The Pnov . G . MASTER then said : Let us drink , brethren , to the continued health of the P . Prov . G . M . of this province , Colonel Tynte . I assure you no one regrets his resignation more than I do . ( Drunk with full Masonic honours . ) Bro . TYNTE , Prov . G . M ., in responding , said : Right AVorshipful Sir ancl Brethren , I thank you from the heart for the kindness you have shown my father in drinking his health , and I assure you , in his namebrethrenthat though he has retired

, , from the active duties of a Provincial Grand Master , yet , as Past Provincial Grand Master he will always cherish a most lively interest in the affairs of this province , with which his , and , I feel proud to say , my name has been connected for centuries past . ( Great cheering . ) The Pnov . G . MASTER again rose , ancl proposed " The Health of his respected friend Colonel Tynte , the Prov . G . M . for

Glamorganshsire . " Colonel Tynte , he said , was so well known in Masonry in almost every lodge in the realm , that it would only be necessary to mention it amongst the Craft in any part of the world , to secure it tbe most hearty reception . ( Cheers . ) He ( Bro . Rolls ) regarded his attendance on that occasion as a very great kindness , and he desired to express his thanks , not only Masonically but personally , for tliisjmark of his consideration . ( Cheers . ) He concluded by calling upon tho brethren to drink the toast with becoming enthusiasm . ( Loud cheers . )

Bro . Colonel TYNTE , in reply , said : Right AVorshipful Sir , I have indeed to thank you most cordially for the extremely warm reception you have given me . ( Applause . ) I thank you , Right AA orshipful Sir , for the handsome terms in which you proposed my health . It afforded me great satisfaction to be here to-day , and to have witnessed the interesting ceremony so ably performed by my friend ancl brother De Bernardy . ( Cheers . ) I may say that I stand here in a double

capacitynot only as the Provincial Grand Master of Glamorganshire , but as a Monmouthshire Mason . ( Cheers . ) I am to this clay a subscribing member to your lodge . ( Renewed cheers . ) Brethren , in both capacities then do I hail the choice of Lord Zetland , and I believe the appointment to he fraught with good , not merely to this province , but to the adjoining provinces , for there is no more popular man in Monmouthshire than your new Provincial Grand Master , who is not only esteemed as a Mason , but

as a country gentleman ; and this will tend to strengthen those fraternal ties without which Masonry is a myth—without which Masonry U but a name . ( Loud applause ) . The Pnov . G . MASTEH : Brethren , charge your glasses to the brim , for the next toast is" The Health ofthe Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Lyne . " ( Cheers . ) I believe , brethren , that his appointment by me is approved by the whole province ( aplause ) and it is especially gratifying to me to find that one of

p , my first acts , after you had placed me in the chair , has been most satisfactory to the province over which I now have the honour to preside . ( Cheers . ) I beg of you to join me in drinking this toast . ( Drunk with Masonic honours . ) Bro . LYNE , D . Prov . G . M ., said : AVorshipful Sir , I never felt nervous but twice in my life—the first time when I was married ; the second time now . ( Laughter . ) Although I

cannot , therefore , sufficiently express my feelings at the honour you have done me , I feel sure you will make every allowance for my condition upon this trying occasion . ( Hear . ) Eight AA orshipful Sir , I feel mest acutely the compliment paid me in my appointment to the dignified position of D . G . M . of this province , ancl I am pleased to hoar from you that such promotion is acceptable to the brethren , for I am satisfied , Right AA orshipful Sir , that you are not the man to say that which you do not believe to be strictly correct . ( Hear , hear . ) AArorshipful Sir , if you did not feel that the appointment was a popular one , you