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flic large room , where Bro . Harris , of Bath , and some other singers amused the brethren until the mail-train arrived , and where the cup of good fellowship was pledged to the next merry meeting . The meeting was honoured with the company of the D . P . G . M . Bro . Randolph , Bros . Captain Maher , G . S ., Stradling , G . T ., & c ; the D . P . G . M . Bro . Powell , and several of the Grand Lodge Officers of Bristolmany of the Worshipful Mastersand a large party of brethren
, , from the different lodges of that province , particularly the Beaufort , to whom W . M . Bro . Harris , as well as Bros . S . E . Taylor , P . M ., and Bro . Evans , P . M ., the meeting is much indebted for their kind services . A numerous body of brethren also favoured the festival with their company from Bath , Oxford , Wells , Bridgwater , Taunton , Shepton Mallett , Bruton , and elsewhere . Nor should we forget to state that the company gladly received as visitors the Rev . Elie W . Stokes ,
a brother of colour , showing the universality of Freemasonry ; that it is embraced by all nations . Arrangements were made for the mail-train to call at the Higiibridge Station in the evening for the accommodation of the brethren , who returned home highly pleased with the enjoyment of the day . That the brethren may have every comfort and accommodation at the next festival , it is the intention of Bro . Butson to build immediately a lofty and well-ventilated room , capable of accommodating three hundred persons .
BARNSTAPLE , June 14 . —The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in the Lodge Room , at the Assembly Rooms , at eleven o ' clock , and was close-tyled at twelve , by the Prov . G . M ., the Earl Fortescue . After the business of the P . G . Lodge was transacted , the Lodge adjourned , and the visiting and other brethren having been admitted , proceeded to the Church of the Holy Trinity in procession . On arriving at the door of the church , the brethren halted and formed two lines by dividing to the right and left ; the procession was then inverted and entered the Church .
The brethren having been seated in their respective places , the masonic hymn was sung , the usual service of the church was performed , and a sermon was preached by the P . G . Chaplain of Devon , the Rev . James Harris , A . M ., after which a collection was made at the church doors in aid of the funds of the North Devon Infirmary and the North Devon Dispensary , and a portion of the collection handed over to the committee for building the school attached to the Church of the Holy Trinity .
The Rev . James Harris took his text from the 27 th verse of the 1 st chapter of the Epistle by St . James : — " Pure religion , and undefiled before Goti and the Father , is this , to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction , and to keep himself unspotted from the world . " The sermon was listened to with the most profound attention by a crowded congregation , and every sentence of the discourse was fraught with those benevolent and generous sentiments inculcated in masonry . The Rev .
S . Evans , curate of the Church of the Holy Trinity , read prayers , and the Rev . John Russell read the lessons for the day . The collection after the service amounted to twenty-five pounds . Earl Fortescue , though labouring under severe indisposition , and contrary to the advice of his medical attendant , presided over the business of the lodge , which being ended , his lordship desired to be excused from joining in the procession and festivities of the day , and appointed the Hon . T . F . W . Butler , as his locum tenens for carrying out the further objects of the P . G . L . He also appointed thx H " on . Bro . Butler , his
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flic large room , where Bro . Harris , of Bath , and some other singers amused the brethren until the mail-train arrived , and where the cup of good fellowship was pledged to the next merry meeting . The meeting was honoured with the company of the D . P . G . M . Bro . Randolph , Bros . Captain Maher , G . S ., Stradling , G . T ., & c ; the D . P . G . M . Bro . Powell , and several of the Grand Lodge Officers of Bristolmany of the Worshipful Mastersand a large party of brethren
, , from the different lodges of that province , particularly the Beaufort , to whom W . M . Bro . Harris , as well as Bros . S . E . Taylor , P . M ., and Bro . Evans , P . M ., the meeting is much indebted for their kind services . A numerous body of brethren also favoured the festival with their company from Bath , Oxford , Wells , Bridgwater , Taunton , Shepton Mallett , Bruton , and elsewhere . Nor should we forget to state that the company gladly received as visitors the Rev . Elie W . Stokes ,
a brother of colour , showing the universality of Freemasonry ; that it is embraced by all nations . Arrangements were made for the mail-train to call at the Higiibridge Station in the evening for the accommodation of the brethren , who returned home highly pleased with the enjoyment of the day . That the brethren may have every comfort and accommodation at the next festival , it is the intention of Bro . Butson to build immediately a lofty and well-ventilated room , capable of accommodating three hundred persons .
BARNSTAPLE , June 14 . —The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in the Lodge Room , at the Assembly Rooms , at eleven o ' clock , and was close-tyled at twelve , by the Prov . G . M ., the Earl Fortescue . After the business of the P . G . Lodge was transacted , the Lodge adjourned , and the visiting and other brethren having been admitted , proceeded to the Church of the Holy Trinity in procession . On arriving at the door of the church , the brethren halted and formed two lines by dividing to the right and left ; the procession was then inverted and entered the Church .
The brethren having been seated in their respective places , the masonic hymn was sung , the usual service of the church was performed , and a sermon was preached by the P . G . Chaplain of Devon , the Rev . James Harris , A . M ., after which a collection was made at the church doors in aid of the funds of the North Devon Infirmary and the North Devon Dispensary , and a portion of the collection handed over to the committee for building the school attached to the Church of the Holy Trinity .
The Rev . James Harris took his text from the 27 th verse of the 1 st chapter of the Epistle by St . James : — " Pure religion , and undefiled before Goti and the Father , is this , to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction , and to keep himself unspotted from the world . " The sermon was listened to with the most profound attention by a crowded congregation , and every sentence of the discourse was fraught with those benevolent and generous sentiments inculcated in masonry . The Rev .
S . Evans , curate of the Church of the Holy Trinity , read prayers , and the Rev . John Russell read the lessons for the day . The collection after the service amounted to twenty-five pounds . Earl Fortescue , though labouring under severe indisposition , and contrary to the advice of his medical attendant , presided over the business of the lodge , which being ended , his lordship desired to be excused from joining in the procession and festivities of the day , and appointed the Hon . T . F . W . Butler , as his locum tenens for carrying out the further objects of the P . G . L . He also appointed thx H " on . Bro . Butler , his