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Provincial.
foreign to my own ; but when I look at this goodly assembly , presided over by a G . M . whose talents and whose virtues add a lustre to our Order , I congratulate myself on being present at this ceremony of an Institution which makes no distinction between Christian or
Mahometan , Jew or Parsee ; an Institution based on the pillars of Faith , Hope , and Charity . I thank the Fraternity for my reception in England . Far from home , country , and friends , I have found family , country , and home with Freemasons . ( These few words were delivered with a clearness of enunciation , so free from peculiar accent as to elicit great praise . ) Bro . MASSEY DAWSON said that , though uot personally connected
with Kent , he had previously , in his professional duties , opportunities of witnessing the proverbial hospitality of the Province . He was pleased to hear of the appointment of Bro . Cooper—one of the first-class men in Oxford , and to whom the country was deeply indebted for his vast services in Chancery Eeform . The Prov . G . M . then gave Br . Boyee and the rest of the Past Grand Officers of Kent ; to which Br . Boyce responded .
Bro . JACOBS , on being called upon , extemporised on subjects which he requested might be suggested , and , certainly , seven more discordant it would be impossible to find . They were—Eggs ancl Bacon , Charity , Mesmerism , The Eapping Spirits , Table Turning , Masonry , and The Ladies . All the difficulties of this task Bro . Jacobs continued to surmount , and , in easy rhyme , and a cheerful melody , afforded considerable amusement .
Bro . BEADON requested to be allowed to propose a toast . He said , from what he had heard that day , Freemasonry had nowhere been carried on more prosperously than in Kent ; and , as we boasted to have " antiquity ' s pride on our side , " he wished " Success to Freemasonry in Kent , " and to that he would add the name of Bro . Godden , the oldest member present . Bro . GODDENin returning thankssaid that be had been initiated
, , in the Temple Lodge , Folkestone , forty-seven years since ; that the Lodge had become extinct , and lately had been resuscitated , for which , as for the proposition of his health , he was most grateful . The Prov . G . M . proposed " The Temple Lodge , and thanks for the reception ofthe day , " to which Bro . Harley , W . M . ofthe Lodge , responded , and the meeting broke up .
Among the Brethren Visitors present , we noticed Bro . W . F . Beadon , P . J . G . W . ; Bros , the Eev . J . E . Cox and E . Moore , G . Chap . ; Bros . Phillipe and Patten , P . G . S . B . ; Bro . Massey Dawson , G . Steward ; Bros . Crew and Eobinson , P . G . Stewards ; Bros . S . B . Wilson , De Bernard y , How , and W . S . Masterman . In concluding our report of the proceedings , it is due to Br . Poussett , Prov . G . Dir . of Cer ., to recognize his efficient arrangements throughout the entire business , every part of which was admirably conducted .
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Provincial.
foreign to my own ; but when I look at this goodly assembly , presided over by a G . M . whose talents and whose virtues add a lustre to our Order , I congratulate myself on being present at this ceremony of an Institution which makes no distinction between Christian or
Mahometan , Jew or Parsee ; an Institution based on the pillars of Faith , Hope , and Charity . I thank the Fraternity for my reception in England . Far from home , country , and friends , I have found family , country , and home with Freemasons . ( These few words were delivered with a clearness of enunciation , so free from peculiar accent as to elicit great praise . ) Bro . MASSEY DAWSON said that , though uot personally connected
with Kent , he had previously , in his professional duties , opportunities of witnessing the proverbial hospitality of the Province . He was pleased to hear of the appointment of Bro . Cooper—one of the first-class men in Oxford , and to whom the country was deeply indebted for his vast services in Chancery Eeform . The Prov . G . M . then gave Br . Boyee and the rest of the Past Grand Officers of Kent ; to which Br . Boyce responded .
Bro . JACOBS , on being called upon , extemporised on subjects which he requested might be suggested , and , certainly , seven more discordant it would be impossible to find . They were—Eggs ancl Bacon , Charity , Mesmerism , The Eapping Spirits , Table Turning , Masonry , and The Ladies . All the difficulties of this task Bro . Jacobs continued to surmount , and , in easy rhyme , and a cheerful melody , afforded considerable amusement .
Bro . BEADON requested to be allowed to propose a toast . He said , from what he had heard that day , Freemasonry had nowhere been carried on more prosperously than in Kent ; and , as we boasted to have " antiquity ' s pride on our side , " he wished " Success to Freemasonry in Kent , " and to that he would add the name of Bro . Godden , the oldest member present . Bro . GODDENin returning thankssaid that be had been initiated
, , in the Temple Lodge , Folkestone , forty-seven years since ; that the Lodge had become extinct , and lately had been resuscitated , for which , as for the proposition of his health , he was most grateful . The Prov . G . M . proposed " The Temple Lodge , and thanks for the reception ofthe day , " to which Bro . Harley , W . M . ofthe Lodge , responded , and the meeting broke up .
Among the Brethren Visitors present , we noticed Bro . W . F . Beadon , P . J . G . W . ; Bros , the Eev . J . E . Cox and E . Moore , G . Chap . ; Bros . Phillipe and Patten , P . G . S . B . ; Bro . Massey Dawson , G . Steward ; Bros . Crew and Eobinson , P . G . Stewards ; Bros . S . B . Wilson , De Bernard y , How , and W . S . Masterman . In concluding our report of the proceedings , it is due to Br . Poussett , Prov . G . Dir . of Cer ., to recognize his efficient arrangements throughout the entire business , every part of which was admirably conducted .