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purpose of enlisting men for the late R . W . Master ' s regiment , when the Brethren , animated with a zeal for his lordship ' s interests , and anxious to testify the esteem and regard they had for their late worthy Master ^ did unanimously agree that a subscription should be immediately opened in the Lodge for giving due encouragement , over and above all other bounties , to every able-bodied man who might enlist in the regiment for a certain time . A procession through the town of
Alloa , accompanying tbe recruiting party , was most successful . ( Cheers . ) " In 1793 , £ 5 was voted by the Lodge for the relief of the British troops in Flanders , and forwarded through the Lord Provost of Edinburgh . In May , 1796 , Bros . Bald and Reoch were appointed a committee to collect subscriptions for the purpose of building a new Lodge , -when their former Master , the Right Hon . Lord Cathcart , and J . F . Erskine , afterwards Earl of Mar , subscribed £ 21 each , towards assisting in carrying out the scheme . Other members of the Lodge subscribed from £ 5 each , and a large amount was collected . ¦
' "/ In our own . ' time , amongst those who have joined us , I may mention my friend the Earl of Buchan ; Captain A . B . Beecher , R . N . ; Captain Frederic Thomas , R . N . ; Dr . James Barnes , K . H ., the Chief of the Medical Department in India , and G . M . of Masons in that vast empire ; Mr . Alexander Somerville , welhknown to you all for the part he took in the Corn Law Repeal agitation , and from his letters under the signature of " One who has Whistled at the Plough , " ( applause ); Lieutenant Frederick Peel , a nephew of the great statesman ; my friend Mr . Mannino * , to whom we owe some of the greatest steps in agricultural
chemical science , and which each successive year will attest as a miracle of scientific sagacity ; Captains Grove and Adam Ferguson , Lieutenants Murdoch M'Leod , Cockburn , Stewart , and others of the 42 nd Royal Highlanders ; Lieutenants Lampin and Peel , of the 34 th regiment ; Captain Swift and Lieutenant Emit , of the 92 nd Highlanders ; Lieutenant Archer , of the 29 th regiment ; my brother , Captain Bruce , of the 8 th King ' s regiment ; Lieutenant Gordon Alexander , of the 93 rd Highlanders ; Captain Moncrieff , of Kilfargie ; Captain Julius Roberts , E . M ., and others .
"And now , Brethren , although I fear that I have wearied you , in conclusion , I think I may state that the principles of Freemasonry may challenge tbe minutest scrutiny . Its practice and good works have greatly tended towards tbe happiness of men , and require not my feeble note to proclaim them , and we all know that the British Government have sanctioned and promoted its objects . In truth , there is nothing hidden in Freemasonry , except what pertains exclusively in itself , namely , tbe reception into its mysteries , and the mode by which one Brother may recognize another . In short , it is founded on the glorious principle
thatu God bath made mankind one mighty Brotherhood , Himself the Master , and the world their Lod e . '"
Sir Alexander Maitland then rose and said , that , although the toast he was about to propose had been allotted in the printed programme to another Brother , he felt , after the able address they had just heard from their Representative Master , Bro . Downing Bruce , called upon , on the part of all present , to propose the health and prosperity of that Brother , who had so ably explained to them , the early history of the Order , and of the progress this Lodge had made during the
present century . Bro . Bruce , in returning thanks , said he was quite sure that he had done no more than any other good Mason . He would always cherish most sincere regard for the Alloa St . John ' s Lodge ; and it would at all times afford him pleasure to recommend for initiation all that should ask admission into the Order , provided only that they could be well and worthily recommended as believing in tbe Great Architect of heaven and earth .
The W . M . then rose , and proposed the "Prov . G . M ., Colonel Sir A . G . Maitland , Bart ., " who had so kindly honoured them with his presence that evening . ( Applause . ) Sir Alexander G , Maitland said that he certainly never expected to have been received in the way he had been on this occasion , and ere long he hoped he might
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purpose of enlisting men for the late R . W . Master ' s regiment , when the Brethren , animated with a zeal for his lordship ' s interests , and anxious to testify the esteem and regard they had for their late worthy Master ^ did unanimously agree that a subscription should be immediately opened in the Lodge for giving due encouragement , over and above all other bounties , to every able-bodied man who might enlist in the regiment for a certain time . A procession through the town of
Alloa , accompanying tbe recruiting party , was most successful . ( Cheers . ) " In 1793 , £ 5 was voted by the Lodge for the relief of the British troops in Flanders , and forwarded through the Lord Provost of Edinburgh . In May , 1796 , Bros . Bald and Reoch were appointed a committee to collect subscriptions for the purpose of building a new Lodge , -when their former Master , the Right Hon . Lord Cathcart , and J . F . Erskine , afterwards Earl of Mar , subscribed £ 21 each , towards assisting in carrying out the scheme . Other members of the Lodge subscribed from £ 5 each , and a large amount was collected . ¦
' "/ In our own . ' time , amongst those who have joined us , I may mention my friend the Earl of Buchan ; Captain A . B . Beecher , R . N . ; Captain Frederic Thomas , R . N . ; Dr . James Barnes , K . H ., the Chief of the Medical Department in India , and G . M . of Masons in that vast empire ; Mr . Alexander Somerville , welhknown to you all for the part he took in the Corn Law Repeal agitation , and from his letters under the signature of " One who has Whistled at the Plough , " ( applause ); Lieutenant Frederick Peel , a nephew of the great statesman ; my friend Mr . Mannino * , to whom we owe some of the greatest steps in agricultural
chemical science , and which each successive year will attest as a miracle of scientific sagacity ; Captains Grove and Adam Ferguson , Lieutenants Murdoch M'Leod , Cockburn , Stewart , and others of the 42 nd Royal Highlanders ; Lieutenants Lampin and Peel , of the 34 th regiment ; Captain Swift and Lieutenant Emit , of the 92 nd Highlanders ; Lieutenant Archer , of the 29 th regiment ; my brother , Captain Bruce , of the 8 th King ' s regiment ; Lieutenant Gordon Alexander , of the 93 rd Highlanders ; Captain Moncrieff , of Kilfargie ; Captain Julius Roberts , E . M ., and others .
"And now , Brethren , although I fear that I have wearied you , in conclusion , I think I may state that the principles of Freemasonry may challenge tbe minutest scrutiny . Its practice and good works have greatly tended towards tbe happiness of men , and require not my feeble note to proclaim them , and we all know that the British Government have sanctioned and promoted its objects . In truth , there is nothing hidden in Freemasonry , except what pertains exclusively in itself , namely , tbe reception into its mysteries , and the mode by which one Brother may recognize another . In short , it is founded on the glorious principle
thatu God bath made mankind one mighty Brotherhood , Himself the Master , and the world their Lod e . '"
Sir Alexander Maitland then rose and said , that , although the toast he was about to propose had been allotted in the printed programme to another Brother , he felt , after the able address they had just heard from their Representative Master , Bro . Downing Bruce , called upon , on the part of all present , to propose the health and prosperity of that Brother , who had so ably explained to them , the early history of the Order , and of the progress this Lodge had made during the
present century . Bro . Bruce , in returning thanks , said he was quite sure that he had done no more than any other good Mason . He would always cherish most sincere regard for the Alloa St . John ' s Lodge ; and it would at all times afford him pleasure to recommend for initiation all that should ask admission into the Order , provided only that they could be well and worthily recommended as believing in tbe Great Architect of heaven and earth .
The W . M . then rose , and proposed the "Prov . G . M ., Colonel Sir A . G . Maitland , Bart ., " who had so kindly honoured them with his presence that evening . ( Applause . ) Sir Alexander G , Maitland said that he certainly never expected to have been received in the way he had been on this occasion , and ere long he hoped he might