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Prov. Grand Lodge Of Somerset.
to announce that Bros . Ashley and Hunt-wonld assume the rank of Past Provincial Grand Senior Wardens , and Bros . Sydney Lewis and Bartlett that of Past Provincial Grand Junior Wardens .
The Provincial Grand Secretary next read the report of the Charity Organisation Committee , which stated that most amicable relations continued to prevail with neighbonring Provinces , and the best thanks of Provincial Grand
Lodge wero especially due to Bros . Captain S . G . Homfray Deputy Provincial Grand Master Mon ., Wm . Nott , Wilts , Vassar Smith , Gloucester , W . Parnell , Bristol , for their valuable co-operation and support . Tho following brethren had served the office of Steward to the three Masonic
Institutions : —Provincial Stewards—S . A . Baskott P . M . 329 Past Provincial Grand Registrar Dorset Treasurer , who took up the sum of £ 137 for the Benevolent
Institution ; for tho Girls' School Bro . J . L . Stothert Past Prov . Grand Senior Warden Grand Standard Bearer took up the sum of - £ 882 ; and for the Boys' School Bro . J . H . Perrett W . M . 1222 took up the sum of £ 210 ; as Stewards , Bros . Col . A . Perkins Past Provincial Graud Senior Warden
Past Grand Deacon and A . Hart 814 , each took up the sum of £ 31 10 s , making for the year tho very handsome total of £ 1292 . of which £ 945 was for the Girls' School
Centenary Festival , on which occasion ifc was worthy of note that the largest sum hy any individual Steward was taken up by Bro . Stothert Provincial Steward of Somerset Bro . C . L . P . Edwards Provincial Grand Treasurer had
intimated his intention of serving as Steward for the Benevolent Institution for the coming year . In accordance with a resolution of Prov . Grand Lodge , held 15 th July , the question of tho condition of Provincial Grand Lodge
clothing was considered . The Prov . Grand Lodge clothing was produced and examined , and after considerable discussion it was eventually agreed , upon the proposition of
Bro . Ashley , seconded by Bro . Edwards , thafc the matter of Provincial Grand Lodge clothing stand over for the present .
Bro . T . P . Ashley , in moving the adoption of the report , said they could not but regard it as a very satisfactory one . He thought the Charity Organisation of the Province was conducted in a manner that must recommend itself to the
favourable notice of the brethren generally , and he trusted they would receive as much support in the future as in the past , and that they would continue to concentrate their efforts to secure the election of those candidates who were considered the most deserving .
Bro . Elworthy seconded the proposition , and the Provincial Grand Master said he agreed emphatically with the Brother who had moved the adoption of the report , that the Committee Avas doing a good and useful work in the
Province . It was the beat application of all the means available for charitable purposes , and he believed was the most sensible way , for charity , as they knew , lost more than half its value if given indiscriminately . It was the special
merit of this Committee that it applied the money of those brethren charitably disposed in the most satisfactory way . He noticed in the report that the
consideration of the question of providing new clothing was allowed to stand over , but he hoped it would not be allowed to do so indefinitely .
Bro . J . L . Stothert next proposed the following resolution , remarking that the occasion referred to therein was a special ancl exceptional one : — "Thafc on account of the Centenary Festival of the Boyal Masonic Institution for
Girls taking place this year , the sum of fifteen guineas usuall y granted to tho brother serving tho ofE . ce of Provincial Grand Steward be increased by ten guineas , tho whole forming a contribution of this Provincial Grancl Lodge towards the funds of fche Institution in celebration of the
special occasion . Bro . Ashley , in seconding the resolution , remarked thafc Bro . Stothert had omitted to inform the Lodge that he had contributed the sum of £ 75 out of his own pocket . The resolution was carried nnanimouslv .
On the proposition of Bro . Edwards Provincial Grand Treasurer , seconded by Bro . Radway , ifc was resolved " That a committee be appointed to revise , if necessary , the byelaws of this Provincial Grancl Lodge , ancl thafc snch committee consist of tho Charity Organisation Committee . "
The Provincial Grand Master said that the foundation stone of All Saints Church , Rockwell Green , Wellington , would be laid on the 10 th September' next . The Bishop of the Diocese was to be present , ancl many of the brethren interested had made a very urgent appeal to him to lay the
Prov. Grand Lodge Of Somerset.
stone , if possible . He would very gladly have acceded to the request , but he found that another engagement , which he could not possibly set aside , would call him into fche Midland Counties , and it would be impossible for him , of
course , to be in two places at the same time . He had , however , considered the matter , and should , be perfectly ready to accord the necessary dispensation for wearing Masonic clothing on the occasion . He hoped the affair would pass off very satisfactorily .
The collection of alms amounted to £ 6 18 J 4 d , and on tho motion of Bro . S . Toms , the sum was voted to the Taunton and Somerset Hospital . The brethren afterwards dined together at the George
Hotel , whore a splendid banquet was served . The Pro Grancl Master the Earl of Carnarvon presided , and was supported by most of the Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge .
After dinner the usual Masonic toasts were proposed , including the Health of the Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master , and that of the Health of the Right Worshipful the Deputy Provincial Grancl Master . The members of the receiving Lodge were heartily thanked for their hospitality .
Tho Provincial Grand Master , ia responding fco the toasfc of his health said , some of the remarks ina . de by his excellent friend , fche Deputy Provincial Grand Master reminded him of the fable told of a certain person , nofc a very reputable character he was afraid , of whom it was said that when he was thrown upon the surface of mother
earth he rose with increased vigour . Similarly when he came to Somersetshire and touched npon the red soil he rose up a better man than he left it . It was indeed a great pleasure to him to find himself there to-day amongst his Somersetshire brethren . He had experienced on many former occasions so much kindness and
goodwill from them that he should be very ungrateful indeed if he did nofc reciprocate the cordial welcome and reception they invariably gave him . His health was much less strong than he could desire , and to recover ifc he had made a long -journey . He believed he travelled not much less than 13 , 000 miles by sea and land , and he was thankful
to say that those 13 , 000 miles of sea and land , with all the kindness he experienced on the other sido of the world , had sent him back to England very much better and stronger in health than when he set out , and he rejoiced to take advantage of that renewed strength and health to come into the Province of Somerset on one of his firsfc
public appearances . Time flew fast and trains waited for no man , and therefore what he had to say lo them must be compressed into a few minutes , but first let him convey for himself and for all those who did not belong to the Chard Lodge their thanks for the gracious hospitality which thoy had received that clay . The spacious Lodge
room in which they were entertained , the warm and brotherly feeling by which they were welcomed , would live as an abiding recollection in the minds of all of them . Next let him congratulate them upon tho state of the Province generally , and let him give praise where praise was due . Ho owed great thanks as Provincial Grand Master
to all the Officers of Grand Lodgo and to all the Masters of every Lodge , for it was by their steady inculcation of Masonio principles , by their maintenance of Masonic rule , that Masonry bad been maintained in the old paths . Nexfc let him thank hia excellent friend and . Deputy , who , in his absence , his too frequent absence , did all that he
could do or all thafc ho could desire . Let him say now—as he should not be able to do so when his toasfc came in its duo order—thafc in that toasfc he had cordially joined in anticipation of its coming round . As he said just now , ha had travelled 13 , 000 miles across the ocean to regain his health in a different climate , and he found himself in a
second England . It was a wonderful land , wonderful to him in all ways—both from what he had observed and known of ifc , and also from what he could not have known—a land where the English race had taken root in all its strength , where great towns had sprung np , occupying the places which bufc a few years ago were
covered with wilderness and forest , with railroads , with high roads driven through the bush , with rivers navigated , wealth accumulated , with everything in fact that constituted a great , powerful and civilised community . All these things struck him more than he could say . Ho watched them with the deepest interest , bnt one of
the things which struck him moro than all was that , concurrently with other institutions , with English laws with English language and religion and literature , English Masonry hacl alsogono forth , and had made its indelible impress upon the character of that new continent . Nothing pleased him more than to see how English Freemasonry had
not only grown enormously in numbers , not only numbered among its adherents men of wealth and station aud influence , but how ifc was treading in the good footsteps of the parent society in England ; how ifc was endeavouring to found similar Institutions for tho benefit and welfare of others ; how ifc was honestly
labouring- fco bo charitable , to bo libera ) , to be generous , to bo all they desired Masonry to bo . Ha was not only greatly struck with this , bufc greatly delighted to find when ha visited other English colonies , such as tho Cape of Good Hope , thafc thero tho same beneficent influence was ab work . Ab fcho Cape , as they know , thero were two
great races who now lived ou fcho besfc ancl moat friendly terms with each other . Thoro hacl been quarrels and dissensions there had been s-imotiniGS shedding of blood . Well , now , ha honestly baliovecl that Freemasonry was just ono of thoso influences which had gone far
and was doing still moro to conciliate diln-renc-s and to mako friends ' . vhero there ought to bo no enemies . Looking afc ifc from a purely public and non-Masonic * point of view , he was satisfied thafc there was no Institution which exercised a more wholesome effect upou the whole community thiva Freemasonry did afc tbe Cape of Good Hope ,
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Prov. Grand Lodge Of Somerset.
to announce that Bros . Ashley and Hunt-wonld assume the rank of Past Provincial Grand Senior Wardens , and Bros . Sydney Lewis and Bartlett that of Past Provincial Grand Junior Wardens .
The Provincial Grand Secretary next read the report of the Charity Organisation Committee , which stated that most amicable relations continued to prevail with neighbonring Provinces , and the best thanks of Provincial Grand
Lodge wero especially due to Bros . Captain S . G . Homfray Deputy Provincial Grand Master Mon ., Wm . Nott , Wilts , Vassar Smith , Gloucester , W . Parnell , Bristol , for their valuable co-operation and support . Tho following brethren had served the office of Steward to the three Masonic
Institutions : —Provincial Stewards—S . A . Baskott P . M . 329 Past Provincial Grand Registrar Dorset Treasurer , who took up the sum of £ 137 for the Benevolent
Institution ; for tho Girls' School Bro . J . L . Stothert Past Prov . Grand Senior Warden Grand Standard Bearer took up the sum of - £ 882 ; and for the Boys' School Bro . J . H . Perrett W . M . 1222 took up the sum of £ 210 ; as Stewards , Bros . Col . A . Perkins Past Provincial Graud Senior Warden
Past Grand Deacon and A . Hart 814 , each took up the sum of £ 31 10 s , making for the year tho very handsome total of £ 1292 . of which £ 945 was for the Girls' School
Centenary Festival , on which occasion ifc was worthy of note that the largest sum hy any individual Steward was taken up by Bro . Stothert Provincial Steward of Somerset Bro . C . L . P . Edwards Provincial Grand Treasurer had
intimated his intention of serving as Steward for the Benevolent Institution for the coming year . In accordance with a resolution of Prov . Grand Lodge , held 15 th July , the question of tho condition of Provincial Grand Lodge
clothing was considered . The Prov . Grand Lodge clothing was produced and examined , and after considerable discussion it was eventually agreed , upon the proposition of
Bro . Ashley , seconded by Bro . Edwards , thafc the matter of Provincial Grand Lodge clothing stand over for the present .
Bro . T . P . Ashley , in moving the adoption of the report , said they could not but regard it as a very satisfactory one . He thought the Charity Organisation of the Province was conducted in a manner that must recommend itself to the
favourable notice of the brethren generally , and he trusted they would receive as much support in the future as in the past , and that they would continue to concentrate their efforts to secure the election of those candidates who were considered the most deserving .
Bro . Elworthy seconded the proposition , and the Provincial Grand Master said he agreed emphatically with the Brother who had moved the adoption of the report , that the Committee Avas doing a good and useful work in the
Province . It was the beat application of all the means available for charitable purposes , and he believed was the most sensible way , for charity , as they knew , lost more than half its value if given indiscriminately . It was the special
merit of this Committee that it applied the money of those brethren charitably disposed in the most satisfactory way . He noticed in the report that the
consideration of the question of providing new clothing was allowed to stand over , but he hoped it would not be allowed to do so indefinitely .
Bro . J . L . Stothert next proposed the following resolution , remarking that the occasion referred to therein was a special ancl exceptional one : — "Thafc on account of the Centenary Festival of the Boyal Masonic Institution for
Girls taking place this year , the sum of fifteen guineas usuall y granted to tho brother serving tho ofE . ce of Provincial Grand Steward be increased by ten guineas , tho whole forming a contribution of this Provincial Grancl Lodge towards the funds of fche Institution in celebration of the
special occasion . Bro . Ashley , in seconding the resolution , remarked thafc Bro . Stothert had omitted to inform the Lodge that he had contributed the sum of £ 75 out of his own pocket . The resolution was carried nnanimouslv .
On the proposition of Bro . Edwards Provincial Grand Treasurer , seconded by Bro . Radway , ifc was resolved " That a committee be appointed to revise , if necessary , the byelaws of this Provincial Grancl Lodge , ancl thafc snch committee consist of tho Charity Organisation Committee . "
The Provincial Grand Master said that the foundation stone of All Saints Church , Rockwell Green , Wellington , would be laid on the 10 th September' next . The Bishop of the Diocese was to be present , ancl many of the brethren interested had made a very urgent appeal to him to lay the
Prov. Grand Lodge Of Somerset.
stone , if possible . He would very gladly have acceded to the request , but he found that another engagement , which he could not possibly set aside , would call him into fche Midland Counties , and it would be impossible for him , of
course , to be in two places at the same time . He had , however , considered the matter , and should , be perfectly ready to accord the necessary dispensation for wearing Masonic clothing on the occasion . He hoped the affair would pass off very satisfactorily .
The collection of alms amounted to £ 6 18 J 4 d , and on tho motion of Bro . S . Toms , the sum was voted to the Taunton and Somerset Hospital . The brethren afterwards dined together at the George
Hotel , whore a splendid banquet was served . The Pro Grancl Master the Earl of Carnarvon presided , and was supported by most of the Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge .
After dinner the usual Masonic toasts were proposed , including the Health of the Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master , and that of the Health of the Right Worshipful the Deputy Provincial Grancl Master . The members of the receiving Lodge were heartily thanked for their hospitality .
Tho Provincial Grand Master , ia responding fco the toasfc of his health said , some of the remarks ina . de by his excellent friend , fche Deputy Provincial Grand Master reminded him of the fable told of a certain person , nofc a very reputable character he was afraid , of whom it was said that when he was thrown upon the surface of mother
earth he rose with increased vigour . Similarly when he came to Somersetshire and touched npon the red soil he rose up a better man than he left it . It was indeed a great pleasure to him to find himself there to-day amongst his Somersetshire brethren . He had experienced on many former occasions so much kindness and
goodwill from them that he should be very ungrateful indeed if he did nofc reciprocate the cordial welcome and reception they invariably gave him . His health was much less strong than he could desire , and to recover ifc he had made a long -journey . He believed he travelled not much less than 13 , 000 miles by sea and land , and he was thankful
to say that those 13 , 000 miles of sea and land , with all the kindness he experienced on the other sido of the world , had sent him back to England very much better and stronger in health than when he set out , and he rejoiced to take advantage of that renewed strength and health to come into the Province of Somerset on one of his firsfc
public appearances . Time flew fast and trains waited for no man , and therefore what he had to say lo them must be compressed into a few minutes , but first let him convey for himself and for all those who did not belong to the Chard Lodge their thanks for the gracious hospitality which thoy had received that clay . The spacious Lodge
room in which they were entertained , the warm and brotherly feeling by which they were welcomed , would live as an abiding recollection in the minds of all of them . Next let him congratulate them upon tho state of the Province generally , and let him give praise where praise was due . Ho owed great thanks as Provincial Grand Master
to all the Officers of Grand Lodgo and to all the Masters of every Lodge , for it was by their steady inculcation of Masonio principles , by their maintenance of Masonic rule , that Masonry bad been maintained in the old paths . Nexfc let him thank hia excellent friend and . Deputy , who , in his absence , his too frequent absence , did all that he
could do or all thafc ho could desire . Let him say now—as he should not be able to do so when his toasfc came in its duo order—thafc in that toasfc he had cordially joined in anticipation of its coming round . As he said just now , ha had travelled 13 , 000 miles across the ocean to regain his health in a different climate , and he found himself in a
second England . It was a wonderful land , wonderful to him in all ways—both from what he had observed and known of ifc , and also from what he could not have known—a land where the English race had taken root in all its strength , where great towns had sprung np , occupying the places which bufc a few years ago were
covered with wilderness and forest , with railroads , with high roads driven through the bush , with rivers navigated , wealth accumulated , with everything in fact that constituted a great , powerful and civilised community . All these things struck him more than he could say . Ho watched them with the deepest interest , bnt one of
the things which struck him moro than all was that , concurrently with other institutions , with English laws with English language and religion and literature , English Masonry hacl alsogono forth , and had made its indelible impress upon the character of that new continent . Nothing pleased him more than to see how English Freemasonry had
not only grown enormously in numbers , not only numbered among its adherents men of wealth and station aud influence , but how ifc was treading in the good footsteps of the parent society in England ; how ifc was endeavouring to found similar Institutions for tho benefit and welfare of others ; how ifc was honestly
labouring- fco bo charitable , to bo libera ) , to be generous , to bo all they desired Masonry to bo . Ha was not only greatly struck with this , bufc greatly delighted to find when ha visited other English colonies , such as tho Cape of Good Hope , thafc thero tho same beneficent influence was ab work . Ab fcho Cape , as they know , thero were two
great races who now lived ou fcho besfc ancl moat friendly terms with each other . Thoro hacl been quarrels and dissensions there had been s-imotiniGS shedding of blood . Well , now , ha honestly baliovecl that Freemasonry was just ono of thoso influences which had gone far
and was doing still moro to conciliate diln-renc-s and to mako friends ' . vhero there ought to bo no enemies . Looking afc ifc from a purely public and non-Masonic * point of view , he was satisfied thafc there was no Institution which exercised a more wholesome effect upou the whole community thiva Freemasonry did afc tbe Cape of Good Hope ,