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& Sepiehm ^^^ a ^ iiri Q sities , a gpot | ier pf disepfd ; a h 4 he wasi reqppuzed as shch | y f very member of the Cr ^ ft in the epuntry . Had that al way s been the case , i | mjght jverhaye beensiihg , — - fc : \ ' Vft-:- \ : ^ ~ f ^ Welcome blup b ( Qbeers . ) ; He would now call attention to the Present and Past Graoid Officer ^ a , nd was happy in being permitted tp couple with the tbast of th eir healths tEe name of a ^ Brother who viWs ; ' never mentioned without regarci and yenpr £ ttipn = i Pro . ' White . ; .: ( Loud cheers . ) , ' .
Pro . W ^ H . White ^ impressed by the circum ^ ^ his name as to call up ^ the Grand Lodge , ^ s to their n obl e I > . G . M ., Lordi Panmure , ffre opinion , and therefore it was unnecessary for ^^^ M done much -and would db yet rnbre t ^ interests . Prorh the bottom of b ^ one poiildwell feel for the compliment they h ^
that * so long as he remained amongst them , his most anxious wishes ancj endeavours would ever be directed and exertled to promote the interests of the Institution generally , and especially of this charity ^ H word or two in refe When he saw him a . few weeks since , he promised that he would Certainly t & ke the chair unless something extraprdiriary proven ted him from doing so .
However ; circumstances had occurred which had compelled the noble lord to le ^ ive England before the day fixed for the dinner—circumstances oyer whiph he had # o control , and owing to which he was obliged to leave London the day before . The noble earl , however , had intrusted him with a draft for < £ 20 , as his contribution towards the funds of the charity , in which he expressed that he felt the deepest interest . ( Loud cheers . )
The Chairman next gave " The Provincial Grand Masters "—two pf those disr tiuguished Officers being present . He might remind them that , however well governed the Craft might be by its king , it yet required procon ^ ulsy as it were , to attend to its business in the provinces ; and without the active co operation of such Officers in the prosecution of the business and duties of Masonry , Masonry
could not be properly carried on . He had great pleasure in calling attention to the presence of Bro . Rawson , Prov . G . M . for China ; and Bro . Bowyer ; Prov . GyM . for Oxford . He was happy in being able to say that he found that Masonry was flourishing in both those provinces to a vast extent ; and that in China especially it had progressed so much that really they might hardly despair seeing even Commissioner Yeh himself joining them . ( Laughter and cheers . )
JBro . Samuel Rawson , in returning thanks , bore testimony to the truth of what the Chairman had said in reference to the progress of English Masonry in the province over which he had the honour to preside . In no province were the principles of Masonry more honourably or more straightforwardly carried out , comparatively few though the members were who had ranged themselves under its banners . He had the pleasure of appealing to the Masons of China in support of the charities of England , and in the lists he found the name of each Lodge of China as handsome contributors . ( Loud cheers . )
The Chairman again rose and said that to the next toast he would beg their kind and careful attention , that of " Success to the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their Widows . " ( Cheers . ) He assured them that he approached this subject with very great and very well-founded diffidence . That diffidence would be overwhelming , if he did not know that in every Freemason ' s
heart there was a fountain of goodness which never yet was found dry when an appeal was made to it in behalf of a distressed Brother . ( Loud cheers . ) It was not his intention to dilate at length on this subject . It was known to all of them that this charity , whose triennial festival they were met to celebrate ( sp far as regarded the male fund ) was establishedin 1842 , when his Royal Highness the Duk 0 of Sussex presided over the Craft . That portion of it whicfr extended to
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Mpnthfs, Or Perhaps E I Ghteen Months^ A...
& Sepiehm ^^^ a ^ iiri Q sities , a gpot | ier pf disepfd ; a h 4 he wasi reqppuzed as shch | y f very member of the Cr ^ ft in the epuntry . Had that al way s been the case , i | mjght jverhaye beensiihg , — - fc : \ ' Vft-:- \ : ^ ~ f ^ Welcome blup b ( Qbeers . ) ; He would now call attention to the Present and Past Graoid Officer ^ a , nd was happy in being permitted tp couple with the tbast of th eir healths tEe name of a ^ Brother who viWs ; ' never mentioned without regarci and yenpr £ ttipn = i Pro . ' White . ; .: ( Loud cheers . ) , ' .
Pro . W ^ H . White ^ impressed by the circum ^ ^ his name as to call up ^ the Grand Lodge , ^ s to their n obl e I > . G . M ., Lordi Panmure , ffre opinion , and therefore it was unnecessary for ^^^ M done much -and would db yet rnbre t ^ interests . Prorh the bottom of b ^ one poiildwell feel for the compliment they h ^
that * so long as he remained amongst them , his most anxious wishes ancj endeavours would ever be directed and exertled to promote the interests of the Institution generally , and especially of this charity ^ H word or two in refe When he saw him a . few weeks since , he promised that he would Certainly t & ke the chair unless something extraprdiriary proven ted him from doing so .
However ; circumstances had occurred which had compelled the noble lord to le ^ ive England before the day fixed for the dinner—circumstances oyer whiph he had # o control , and owing to which he was obliged to leave London the day before . The noble earl , however , had intrusted him with a draft for < £ 20 , as his contribution towards the funds of the charity , in which he expressed that he felt the deepest interest . ( Loud cheers . )
The Chairman next gave " The Provincial Grand Masters "—two pf those disr tiuguished Officers being present . He might remind them that , however well governed the Craft might be by its king , it yet required procon ^ ulsy as it were , to attend to its business in the provinces ; and without the active co operation of such Officers in the prosecution of the business and duties of Masonry , Masonry
could not be properly carried on . He had great pleasure in calling attention to the presence of Bro . Rawson , Prov . G . M . for China ; and Bro . Bowyer ; Prov . GyM . for Oxford . He was happy in being able to say that he found that Masonry was flourishing in both those provinces to a vast extent ; and that in China especially it had progressed so much that really they might hardly despair seeing even Commissioner Yeh himself joining them . ( Laughter and cheers . )
JBro . Samuel Rawson , in returning thanks , bore testimony to the truth of what the Chairman had said in reference to the progress of English Masonry in the province over which he had the honour to preside . In no province were the principles of Masonry more honourably or more straightforwardly carried out , comparatively few though the members were who had ranged themselves under its banners . He had the pleasure of appealing to the Masons of China in support of the charities of England , and in the lists he found the name of each Lodge of China as handsome contributors . ( Loud cheers . )
The Chairman again rose and said that to the next toast he would beg their kind and careful attention , that of " Success to the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their Widows . " ( Cheers . ) He assured them that he approached this subject with very great and very well-founded diffidence . That diffidence would be overwhelming , if he did not know that in every Freemason ' s
heart there was a fountain of goodness which never yet was found dry when an appeal was made to it in behalf of a distressed Brother . ( Loud cheers . ) It was not his intention to dilate at length on this subject . It was known to all of them that this charity , whose triennial festival they were met to celebrate ( sp far as regarded the male fund ) was establishedin 1842 , when his Royal Highness the Duk 0 of Sussex presided over the Craft . That portion of it whicfr extended to