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sailors answered it they would read in the records of their deeds . Let us with our praises fill their sails , and waft them to further victories , remembering that there was nothing so grateful to both arms of the service as the praises and good wishes of those at home . ( Cheers . )
Bro . Capt . Evans returned thanks for the army . The results of the ^ present day had proved that the British army had in no way degenerated from its renown in the times of thegreat Dukes of Marlborough and Wellington . They had shown that the British lion , when roused , was yet prepared to meet the foe , whether that foe took the shape of a Russian bear or of a Bengal tiger . ( Applause . )
Bro . Muttlebury ( 4 th Dragoon Guards ) , also made an acknowledgment on behalf of the arm of the service to which he was attached . The W . M . then gave "The health of the M . W . G . M ., the Earl of Zetland . ' * He spoke with no feeling of dislike , but in the friendliness of brotherhood he would say that the Grand Master had not always received that unanimous support from the Brethren that he , perhaps , might have expected , and that they might have wished to offer . But he was free to confess that at no time was
the Grand Master called on to act for himself that he failed to do so in the spirit of the Craft , or of an English gentleman . It was to our regret , perhaps , that he had not had time to attend to all the vast interests of the Craft , and that , in the discharge- of his onerous and important ^ functions , he had been dependent upon the representations of other officers . If those representations had been more truthful in kind , he had no doubt the generous liberality of the Grand Master
would have been exercised to meet them in every appeal made to him . ( Hear . ) And we should not forget on this occasion that he was the heaS of the Craft , and that they were bound to pay him every duty owing to that exalted position . He ( the W . M . ) did not wish to impress the Brethren with any disrespect for their Grand Master ; but he had a higher duty than even that he owed to him—that due to the Craft—and the discharge of that had led him to these observations . Bro . Leach , P . S . G . D ., acknowledged the toast on behalf of Lord Zetland .
The W . M . next gave " The Health of Col . Tynte , Prov . G . M . of Somerset . " He was sure that the cordial reception of the toast ( it had been received with great demonstrations ) would not be confined to the province of Somerset , for the reputation of the Prov . G . M . extended far beyond . Nothing but the lessening of his physical powers by the decree of the G . A . O . T . U ., prevented the Prov . G . M . from travelling from place to place , and making more familiar acquaintance with the Lodges in the various localities , and he would have been present to-day had not sickness invaded his home , and imposed upon-him domestic cares which , as a good Mason , demanded his attention .
" The Health of the D . Prov . G . M . of Somerset" was next given ., and acknowledged in flattering terms by Bro . Randolph , who expressed his belief that the only mistake Colonel Tynte had ever made in his life was in appointing so poor a deputy as himself . The Worshipful Chairman next gave the toast of "The Three Bath Lodges . " It wad impossible to look at this toast without feelings of the greatest possible delight . He had already referred to what had passed ; he trusted what he had
said would be the last words to be uttered with regard to it . ( Hear , hear . ) If it was to be remembered , he trusted it would be only as a beacon for their future course—an indication of the shoals and sunken rocks which ever } 7 Master of a Lodge in Bath should avoid . They could now see an opening prospect of being enabled unitedly to enjoy the beauties and delights of Masonry . They saw the three Masters united in what he trusted would prove indissoluble bonds . From what he knew of the W . Ms , he was sure they would not fail , during their
respective years of office , in the conduct of their Lodges , to afford an example to all future Masters ( hear ) ; and then , if their successors only followed their example , there would be no whisper of discord , no expression of doubt ; and he was sure that Masonry w ould know no disgrace at their hands . And he was also sure that in such a course every Brother in the various Lodges would spring forward to support them , and acknowledge the justice and propriety of their conduct . There was , in the union which had now been effected , an example wot only to the province , but to the whole Masonic Craft . In any future cases
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sailors answered it they would read in the records of their deeds . Let us with our praises fill their sails , and waft them to further victories , remembering that there was nothing so grateful to both arms of the service as the praises and good wishes of those at home . ( Cheers . )
Bro . Capt . Evans returned thanks for the army . The results of the ^ present day had proved that the British army had in no way degenerated from its renown in the times of thegreat Dukes of Marlborough and Wellington . They had shown that the British lion , when roused , was yet prepared to meet the foe , whether that foe took the shape of a Russian bear or of a Bengal tiger . ( Applause . )
Bro . Muttlebury ( 4 th Dragoon Guards ) , also made an acknowledgment on behalf of the arm of the service to which he was attached . The W . M . then gave "The health of the M . W . G . M ., the Earl of Zetland . ' * He spoke with no feeling of dislike , but in the friendliness of brotherhood he would say that the Grand Master had not always received that unanimous support from the Brethren that he , perhaps , might have expected , and that they might have wished to offer . But he was free to confess that at no time was
the Grand Master called on to act for himself that he failed to do so in the spirit of the Craft , or of an English gentleman . It was to our regret , perhaps , that he had not had time to attend to all the vast interests of the Craft , and that , in the discharge- of his onerous and important ^ functions , he had been dependent upon the representations of other officers . If those representations had been more truthful in kind , he had no doubt the generous liberality of the Grand Master
would have been exercised to meet them in every appeal made to him . ( Hear . ) And we should not forget on this occasion that he was the heaS of the Craft , and that they were bound to pay him every duty owing to that exalted position . He ( the W . M . ) did not wish to impress the Brethren with any disrespect for their Grand Master ; but he had a higher duty than even that he owed to him—that due to the Craft—and the discharge of that had led him to these observations . Bro . Leach , P . S . G . D ., acknowledged the toast on behalf of Lord Zetland .
The W . M . next gave " The Health of Col . Tynte , Prov . G . M . of Somerset . " He was sure that the cordial reception of the toast ( it had been received with great demonstrations ) would not be confined to the province of Somerset , for the reputation of the Prov . G . M . extended far beyond . Nothing but the lessening of his physical powers by the decree of the G . A . O . T . U ., prevented the Prov . G . M . from travelling from place to place , and making more familiar acquaintance with the Lodges in the various localities , and he would have been present to-day had not sickness invaded his home , and imposed upon-him domestic cares which , as a good Mason , demanded his attention .
" The Health of the D . Prov . G . M . of Somerset" was next given ., and acknowledged in flattering terms by Bro . Randolph , who expressed his belief that the only mistake Colonel Tynte had ever made in his life was in appointing so poor a deputy as himself . The Worshipful Chairman next gave the toast of "The Three Bath Lodges . " It wad impossible to look at this toast without feelings of the greatest possible delight . He had already referred to what had passed ; he trusted what he had
said would be the last words to be uttered with regard to it . ( Hear , hear . ) If it was to be remembered , he trusted it would be only as a beacon for their future course—an indication of the shoals and sunken rocks which ever } 7 Master of a Lodge in Bath should avoid . They could now see an opening prospect of being enabled unitedly to enjoy the beauties and delights of Masonry . They saw the three Masters united in what he trusted would prove indissoluble bonds . From what he knew of the W . Ms , he was sure they would not fail , during their
respective years of office , in the conduct of their Lodges , to afford an example to all future Masters ( hear ) ; and then , if their successors only followed their example , there would be no whisper of discord , no expression of doubt ; and he was sure that Masonry w ould know no disgrace at their hands . And he was also sure that in such a course every Brother in the various Lodges would spring forward to support them , and acknowledge the justice and propriety of their conduct . There was , in the union which had now been effected , an example wot only to the province , but to the whole Masonic Craft . In any future cases