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be spread with their blessings among tbe sons of men till time should be no more . He called upon them to drink with all honours to one who had faithfully and zealously discharged his duties as a ruler in the Craft , Earl Bective , Provincial Grand Master of Cumberland and AVestmoreland . Bro . M'Kelvie said the toast which had been placed in his hands needed no commendation on his part to recommend it . They were happy in their selection of a Provincial Grand Master ,

and he was sure that His Lordship ' s selection of a Deputy Provincial Grand Master was also most happy . All who came in contact with Bro . AVhitwell felt he was a credit to the Order , and one whom they were proud of . They all knew the high honour which had been conferred upon him in the Grand Lodge , which was certainly a great honour to their Province . There were a few members of the Provincial Grand Lodge amongst themand he would beg to couple with tbe toast the name of

, Bro . Kenworthy , the Junior Warden . They had all heard how beautifully Bro . Kenworthy had gone thoough the ceremony of that day , and he ( Bro . M'Kelvie ) hoped that Bro . Kenworthy would be spared to take tbe same duty for many years longer . He proposed the " Deputy Grand Master , and the rest of the Provincial Grand Officers , coupled with the name of Bro . Kenworthy . "

Bro . Kenworthy thanked the brethren for associating his name with the toast . He could assure them that he considered it a great privelege to attend there in the capacity of Installing Master . AVith regard to the officers of the Province , he could say that wherever he heard of the name of Whitwell it seemed to strike home to the heart of every Mason present . Bro . Whitwell was too well known to them to need any eulogy from

him ; indeed , his selection as Grand Warden of England , by the Marquis of Ripon , would convey more than anything he could say . Although Bro . AVhitwell was not present to day , he ( Bro . Kenworthy ) was confident he held a corner in the heart of every Mason in the Province . On behalf of the other Provincial officers he begged to return thanks . Bro . AV . B . Clarke saicl the toast which he had the honour to p . iopose to them was one that , from the very kind manner in which Bro . Henry had been received to-day , would , he was

certain , meet with that cordiality which it so well deserved . It was a pleasing duty he had to perform on that occasion , to propose " The Health of the Newly Installed Master , Bro . Henry . ' , It always gave him great pleasure to be present in Lodge No . 110 . He had in his mind ' s eye so many pleasing rememiscences of the past in connection with that lodge , that whenever he returned to it , it seemed to imbue him with those kindly feelings which were the elements of fraternal happiness .

Although he could not help feeling that he was a very unworthy member of tbe lodge to have entrusted to him such an important toast—he nevertheless cheerfully responded to the invitation to do so ; because when he recollected the warm friendship which had subsisted between Bro . Henry and himself ever since he had had the pleasure of forming his acquaintance , he was impressed with the fact that language could not convey to them the high

estimation in which he held Bro . Homy . He had learned since he came into that room that it was only three years since Bro . Henry was initiated into the Order of Freemasons . During that time he bad occupied two offices in tbe lodge , and had discharged the duties of those offices to the perfect satisfaction of all'belonging to the lodge . Bro . Henry having so riveted himself to them in so short a time , he ( Bro . Clarke ) felt persuaded that he wouldduring the next twelve mouthsfulfil the duties

, , of the office which they had now appointed him to in the same able manner , aud give the same satisfaction which he had given in the past . It was unnecessary for him to make any further remarks . If he were to step out of the track to attempt to pourtray the beauties ond grandeur of the craft , he should fail to do so in anything like the manner in which it could be done hy Bro . Gibson or Bro . Kenworthy ; but he would say , in the

presence of Bro . Henry , that there was no occurrence in his connection with Freemasonry which had given him more pleasure than the duty now placed in his hands . He ( Bro . Clarke ) knew Bro . Henry as a personal friend ; he knew him as a professional man ; it was his privelege to know him also as a Mason ; and he felt sure that , during his year of office , his best energies would he devoted to the interests of the lodge which it was his distiuquisbed honour to represent , and that as W . M . he would ever prove himself active in the promotion of those great truths which were so indelibly implanted in the constitution of

Freemasonry . He called upon them to drink the health of their newly-installed Master , Bro . Henry , as the toast deserved . The AA'orshipful Master , who was received with general applause , said it was with feelings of gratitude and pride that he rose to respond to the toast which Bro . Clarke had so kindly proposed , and which the brethren had so cordially received . Proud was he to stand there as Master of 119 , he might say the most influential lodin the Province . It was an honour

ge which he should regard far more than any Provincial honour ; because he considered that the brother who was called to be Master of the Lodge in whieh he was initiated , passed , aud raised , received the greatest compliment that it was possible for him to enjoy as a Mason . Freemasonry , as they all knew was a noble science . The outside world had called their institution political ; others , againhad called it atheistical . But they all

, knew that in no sense was theirs a political society , and less still did it deserve to be characterized as atheistical , inasmuch as no person could'be enlisted under the banner of Freemasonry who did not possess the password of belief in the Grand Geometrician of the Universe . They would all , no doubt , remember the eloquent sermon preached to them last September by the Lord Bishop of Carlisle . His lordship said thatalthough

, he was not himself a Mason , yet he had been told by one who was a Mason , that though Freemasonry was not a system of religion , it was nevertheless based upon the sacred word , and properly worked out by its members , could not fail to illustrate Christian principles to the world at large . It was in connection with an institution of such a high character as this that he felt that evening the proud position to which he had attained .

It would he his constant study during the ensuing year to carry out the great principles whieh were inculcated by the order , and more particularly to maintain the high and honourable position which Lodge 119 had always held in , the Province , not only on the way in which its ritual had heen kept , but likewise for the discretion which it had manifested in choosing its members . He was reminded that , it was three years that night since he was initiated a member of 112 . It was a very short period to look back upon . He trusted that during that time he ( had won the good feeling and good fellowship of Masons of

neighbouring lodges as well as of those belonging to 119 . If he had not done so , he could assure thorn it was due to his own imperfections , and not to any desire ou his part to work otherwise than in a spirit of true Masonic harmony . In his new connection with the lodge , they might rely upon his discharging his duties to the best of his ability , and in the most impartial manner . He had nothing further to say , except to thank them for the very exalted position in which they had that day placed himand

, his esteemed Bro . Kenworthy for the very able manner in which he had installed him to the office of Master . The Worshipful Master then proposed the " Health of the Installing Master , Bro . Kenworthy , " and in doing so , said he need only mention it to meet with their approbation . He was sure that they had all been very much pleased with the beautiful way in which Bro . Kenworthy had gone through the

ceremony of that day . Bro . Kenworthy was endowed with an expansive mind , which enabled him to perform the ceremony in a way not to be excelled by any one . Bro . Kenworthy said he felt very much complimented indeed hy the way iu which Bro . Henry had heeu good enough to propose his health , and for the mauner in which the brethren had been pleased to receive the toast . He could only assure Bro .

Henry that if his services had been of any account iu connection with that day's proceedings , they had been rendered with the greatest of pleasure . He ( Bro . Kenworthy ) could not help remarking , looking at the able officers which Bro . Henry bad that day appointed , that the new Master of 119 would carry out Freemasonry during his term of office in such a manner as would be a credit both to him and the lodge . He begged again to thank them for the very cordial manner in which they had

drank his health . Bro . Morton proposed " The Past Masters of the Lodge . " Reviewing the Past Masters from the time when Bro . Gibson , ( who , he said , was something like Johnson's Dictionary in the English language , having Masonry at his fingers' end ) , was Master of 119 , clown to the present time , he complimented the Past Masters of the Lodge , as a body , for their general efficiency in the Craft , and for the zeal and ability with which tluy had had respectively performed the duties of W . M . Referring to the retiring Master , he , ( Bro . Morton ) remarked that since he