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Scotland.
of the AA est , who covers the ocean with her navies , and clothes the world with her manufactures—it would he strange , indeed , were she to be found wanting in devotion to that Craft which has endeared our common country to the nations of the civilised , aye , and to the nations of the uncivilised world . But it is not so . On the contrary , the citizens of Glasgow have carried into the Craft that perferviduin ingenium Scotorv . m , that perseverance and enthusiasm which they have carried into navigation
and into commerce , and with such success , and with such results , that I feel I should be doing injustice to the Scottish Craft did I not say , as the representative of our Most Worshipful Grand Blaster in this hall , that I consider the province of Glasgow one of the brightest jewels which adorn the Masonic throne . Now , brethren , such being the case , and also for another reason , it behoved the Craft to be careful to whom they entrusted its custody . That other reason will immediately
occur to yourselves to be the fact of the European fame of the previous custodier , the distinguished and lamented Sir Archibald Alison . Of him , beyond the mention of his name , I need say nothing in this place , even had full justice not been already done to his Masonic memory in that oration pronounced in the funeral lodge of Glasgow by our noble brother the Most Worshipful Grand Master Mason of Scotland . I say that , in these circumstancesit behoved the Craft to be especially careful to
, whom they entrusted the keeping of this Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow ; and you know as well as I whether the Craft have been faithful to their trust or not . In the largest meeting ever held for the despatch of business within the Grand Lodge Hall , iu opposition to a candidate of high respectability , local influence , and great talent , the Scottish Craft elected our Right Worshipful Bro . Captain Speirs , of Elderslie , to the office of Provincial Grand Master . I firmly believe that
the Scottish Craft will never repent their choice , and that to this province he will devote all the energies of his mind and all the influence of his position . The motto on the colours of his regiment is nulli secundus . ( Captain Speirs— "No . " ) Very well ; it will be a good motto for his lodge . His coat of arms is a ship in full sail ; and I wish him a favourable wind , a gallant crew , and a prosperous voyage . The Prov . G . Master said : I must thank you , as I do , from
the bottom of my heart , for the kind manner in which yon have responded to this toast , and I trust most sincerely , that if } in the contest that has now passed for this province , I have unwittingly caused the slightest pain or annoyance to any Mason within its bounds , I hope I shall be forgiven . Bro . Inglis has alluded to what he thought was the motto of my old regiment ; the motto really is , Nemo me impune lacessit . I feel convinced that , if the Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow will work
together in harmony and brotherly love , as I hope they will , whoever tries to interfere and touch them will find he has the worst of the bargain . Bro . Inglis has also alluded to the arms which my family have had the honour of hearing , and , without wishing to be egotistical , I may tell you the motto under which we have borne the breeze is Salve me Deus . I hope , with God's help , that this province will be what Bro . Inglis has remarked —the finest jewel in the Grand Lodge of Scotland . I can only
say for myself , that although I am a young Mason , certainly much younger than those around me , it shall be my proudest ambition to cluster around that throne upon which you have placed me , the ablest ancl most distinguished Masons of this province . I will venture to hope that nothing will happen to mar the harmony of this Provincial Grand Lodge , and if there should be anything of the kind , I trust the Masons of Glasgow will not be afraid to come and tell me of it , so that the lodge shall be wrought in harmony .
Bro . Officer , R . W . M . No . 1 , proposed "The Provincial Grand Lodge of Scotland , " and took occasion to allude to the rapid strides that Masonry had made in the three kingdoms , and of the prosperity , in connection with the Grand Lodge of Scotland , it had attained in Australia , New Zealand , and India . That prosperity had heen attended with the greatest benefit to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and through it its financial position had been greatly improved . He coupled the toast with the lieIt with
Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire , Bro . Wy . was feeling of regret he learned Bro . Wylie was about to retire from his high office , but he was glad to hear that his place was to he filled by a member of a well-known Scottish family—Bro . Colonel Muir , of Caldwell . He trusted that that brother would imitate the Blasonic virtues of his immediate predecessor . Bro . Wylie said : It is with unfeigned pleasure that I rise to return you my sincere thanks for the kind way in which my
health has been proposed . I am glad to say that Freemasonry never was in a more prosperous state than it is at the present moment in the province of Ayrshire . The thirty-two lodges in that province are all in healthy , active working order . I am glad to say that within the last year some of the lodges in the province have brought to light nearly a hundred sons from the barbarian world .
Bro . Mair , advocate , proposed " The Provincial Grand Office-Bearers of Glasgow , " to which Bro . Walter M . Neilson replied . Bro . A . M'Taggart proposed "The Past Provincial Grand Ofiice-Bearers of Glasgow , " coupled with the name of Bro . J . Cruickshanks , Past Depute Prov . G . M ., who replied to the toast in very feeling and appropriate terms . The R . W . Bro . Merry , ilf . P ., Prov . G . M . Middle Ward of
Lanarkshire , said : Right Worshipful Sir and Brethren , — I have great pleasure in proposing the toast which is last upon the list— " The Lodges of the Provinces . " I daresay you will not be annoyed that it is the last toast , as I believe the ladies will soon be making their appearance at the meeting which is to follow . It would not do , you know , for us not to be ready to receive them . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow is a numerous bodyso that you can scarcely expect that it will be
, quite unanimous in everything that may be brought before its members . Although there may have been a little disunion among you with regard to who should be your Provincial Grand Master , now that the election is settled , I sincerely trust that the good feeling and brotherly love which have existed among you for such a length of time will long prevail . I am sure that in the selection you have made you have done well ; andalthough you were not quite unanimous in the matterI
, , believe you will very soon be so . From the acquaintance I have made of your Right Worshipful Master , I have no doubt that you have put the right man in the right place . I trust he will do all manner of justice to you , and that you will do your duty to one another , and to him iu particular . Bro . Ramsay , R . W . M . 3 bis , replied . The R . W . Bro . the Prov . G . M . proposed "The Health of
Bro . Laurie , the Grand Secretary of Scotland , " to which compliment that brother , in a few happy sentences , replied . The concluding toast , proposed by the Prov . G . M ., was " Our next meeting—may it be a merry one . " The National Anthem having been sung very effectively by Bro . C . S . Law , Grand Dir . of Cers ., the company taking part in the chorus , the brethren adjourned to the soiree .
THE SOIREE . In the evening the seventh annual festival was held in the City Hall , under the patronage of the Grand Lodge of Scotland and the auspices of the Provincial Grand Lodge . The hall was tastefully decorated with Masonic flags for the occasion . The entire management of the fsstival was under the able superintendence of Bros . Robb , Prov . G . Marshall ; Leith , Prov . G .
Dir . of Cers . ; and the Provincial Grand Stewards . Bro . Capt . Speirs , Prov . G , Master , again presided , and was accompanied to the platform by the following brethren : —Bros . H . Inglis , S . G . Master Mason of Scotland ; James Merry , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Middle Ward ; R . Wylie , Prov . G . M . Ayrshire ; W . A . Laurie , AV . S ., the venerable G . Sec ; C . S . Law , G . Dir . of Cers . ; A . Hay , G . Jeweller ; TV . M . Bryce , G . Tyler ; Major BlakeG . S . ; Captain AlmerP . N . G . S . TV . L .
MairAdvo-, y , , ; , cate , G . S . ; AV . Inglis , Advocate , G . S , ; John Goodsir , G . S . ; AV . Bennet , G . S . ; D . Murray Lyon , G . S . ; James Wallace , G . S . ; TV . Robertson , G . S . ; A . McTaggart , M . A ., R . W . M . No . 27 , and convener of the Provincial Grand Committee ; E- Busher . G . Sword Bearer Grand Lodge of England ; Major Barbour , R . W . M . 102 ; Captain McCausland ; T . Baker , Prov . S . G . W . ; James Steel , Prov- J . G . W . ; R , Robb , Prov . G . Marshal ; E . DonaldsonProv . G . Dirof CersJames CruikslnmkPD
, , . ; , -. Prov . G . M . ; Donald Campbell , P . D . Prov . G . M . ; J . Anderson , P . Prov . G . Sec . ; James Pollock , the venerable Prov . G . Tyler , and a large number of the Masters of lodges of tbe province . At eight o'clock tea was served by Bro . James AValker , of Glassford-street , purveyor to the festival ; after wnich , The Chairman said : In taking this chair this evening , the idea that is uppermost in my mind is the loss that this communit
y has sustained by the removal from among them of that distinguished gentleman and Mason , who on so many occasions occupied this chair and presided over meetings of the same character as that which I have the honour to preside over this
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Scotland.
of the AA est , who covers the ocean with her navies , and clothes the world with her manufactures—it would he strange , indeed , were she to be found wanting in devotion to that Craft which has endeared our common country to the nations of the civilised , aye , and to the nations of the uncivilised world . But it is not so . On the contrary , the citizens of Glasgow have carried into the Craft that perferviduin ingenium Scotorv . m , that perseverance and enthusiasm which they have carried into navigation
and into commerce , and with such success , and with such results , that I feel I should be doing injustice to the Scottish Craft did I not say , as the representative of our Most Worshipful Grand Blaster in this hall , that I consider the province of Glasgow one of the brightest jewels which adorn the Masonic throne . Now , brethren , such being the case , and also for another reason , it behoved the Craft to be careful to whom they entrusted its custody . That other reason will immediately
occur to yourselves to be the fact of the European fame of the previous custodier , the distinguished and lamented Sir Archibald Alison . Of him , beyond the mention of his name , I need say nothing in this place , even had full justice not been already done to his Masonic memory in that oration pronounced in the funeral lodge of Glasgow by our noble brother the Most Worshipful Grand Master Mason of Scotland . I say that , in these circumstancesit behoved the Craft to be especially careful to
, whom they entrusted the keeping of this Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow ; and you know as well as I whether the Craft have been faithful to their trust or not . In the largest meeting ever held for the despatch of business within the Grand Lodge Hall , iu opposition to a candidate of high respectability , local influence , and great talent , the Scottish Craft elected our Right Worshipful Bro . Captain Speirs , of Elderslie , to the office of Provincial Grand Master . I firmly believe that
the Scottish Craft will never repent their choice , and that to this province he will devote all the energies of his mind and all the influence of his position . The motto on the colours of his regiment is nulli secundus . ( Captain Speirs— "No . " ) Very well ; it will be a good motto for his lodge . His coat of arms is a ship in full sail ; and I wish him a favourable wind , a gallant crew , and a prosperous voyage . The Prov . G . Master said : I must thank you , as I do , from
the bottom of my heart , for the kind manner in which yon have responded to this toast , and I trust most sincerely , that if } in the contest that has now passed for this province , I have unwittingly caused the slightest pain or annoyance to any Mason within its bounds , I hope I shall be forgiven . Bro . Inglis has alluded to what he thought was the motto of my old regiment ; the motto really is , Nemo me impune lacessit . I feel convinced that , if the Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow will work
together in harmony and brotherly love , as I hope they will , whoever tries to interfere and touch them will find he has the worst of the bargain . Bro . Inglis has also alluded to the arms which my family have had the honour of hearing , and , without wishing to be egotistical , I may tell you the motto under which we have borne the breeze is Salve me Deus . I hope , with God's help , that this province will be what Bro . Inglis has remarked —the finest jewel in the Grand Lodge of Scotland . I can only
say for myself , that although I am a young Mason , certainly much younger than those around me , it shall be my proudest ambition to cluster around that throne upon which you have placed me , the ablest ancl most distinguished Masons of this province . I will venture to hope that nothing will happen to mar the harmony of this Provincial Grand Lodge , and if there should be anything of the kind , I trust the Masons of Glasgow will not be afraid to come and tell me of it , so that the lodge shall be wrought in harmony .
Bro . Officer , R . W . M . No . 1 , proposed "The Provincial Grand Lodge of Scotland , " and took occasion to allude to the rapid strides that Masonry had made in the three kingdoms , and of the prosperity , in connection with the Grand Lodge of Scotland , it had attained in Australia , New Zealand , and India . That prosperity had heen attended with the greatest benefit to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and through it its financial position had been greatly improved . He coupled the toast with the lieIt with
Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire , Bro . Wy . was feeling of regret he learned Bro . Wylie was about to retire from his high office , but he was glad to hear that his place was to he filled by a member of a well-known Scottish family—Bro . Colonel Muir , of Caldwell . He trusted that that brother would imitate the Blasonic virtues of his immediate predecessor . Bro . Wylie said : It is with unfeigned pleasure that I rise to return you my sincere thanks for the kind way in which my
health has been proposed . I am glad to say that Freemasonry never was in a more prosperous state than it is at the present moment in the province of Ayrshire . The thirty-two lodges in that province are all in healthy , active working order . I am glad to say that within the last year some of the lodges in the province have brought to light nearly a hundred sons from the barbarian world .
Bro . Mair , advocate , proposed " The Provincial Grand Office-Bearers of Glasgow , " to which Bro . Walter M . Neilson replied . Bro . A . M'Taggart proposed "The Past Provincial Grand Ofiice-Bearers of Glasgow , " coupled with the name of Bro . J . Cruickshanks , Past Depute Prov . G . M ., who replied to the toast in very feeling and appropriate terms . The R . W . Bro . Merry , ilf . P ., Prov . G . M . Middle Ward of
Lanarkshire , said : Right Worshipful Sir and Brethren , — I have great pleasure in proposing the toast which is last upon the list— " The Lodges of the Provinces . " I daresay you will not be annoyed that it is the last toast , as I believe the ladies will soon be making their appearance at the meeting which is to follow . It would not do , you know , for us not to be ready to receive them . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow is a numerous bodyso that you can scarcely expect that it will be
, quite unanimous in everything that may be brought before its members . Although there may have been a little disunion among you with regard to who should be your Provincial Grand Master , now that the election is settled , I sincerely trust that the good feeling and brotherly love which have existed among you for such a length of time will long prevail . I am sure that in the selection you have made you have done well ; andalthough you were not quite unanimous in the matterI
, , believe you will very soon be so . From the acquaintance I have made of your Right Worshipful Master , I have no doubt that you have put the right man in the right place . I trust he will do all manner of justice to you , and that you will do your duty to one another , and to him iu particular . Bro . Ramsay , R . W . M . 3 bis , replied . The R . W . Bro . the Prov . G . M . proposed "The Health of
Bro . Laurie , the Grand Secretary of Scotland , " to which compliment that brother , in a few happy sentences , replied . The concluding toast , proposed by the Prov . G . M ., was " Our next meeting—may it be a merry one . " The National Anthem having been sung very effectively by Bro . C . S . Law , Grand Dir . of Cers ., the company taking part in the chorus , the brethren adjourned to the soiree .
THE SOIREE . In the evening the seventh annual festival was held in the City Hall , under the patronage of the Grand Lodge of Scotland and the auspices of the Provincial Grand Lodge . The hall was tastefully decorated with Masonic flags for the occasion . The entire management of the fsstival was under the able superintendence of Bros . Robb , Prov . G . Marshall ; Leith , Prov . G .
Dir . of Cers . ; and the Provincial Grand Stewards . Bro . Capt . Speirs , Prov . G , Master , again presided , and was accompanied to the platform by the following brethren : —Bros . H . Inglis , S . G . Master Mason of Scotland ; James Merry , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Middle Ward ; R . Wylie , Prov . G . M . Ayrshire ; W . A . Laurie , AV . S ., the venerable G . Sec ; C . S . Law , G . Dir . of Cers . ; A . Hay , G . Jeweller ; TV . M . Bryce , G . Tyler ; Major BlakeG . S . ; Captain AlmerP . N . G . S . TV . L .
MairAdvo-, y , , ; , cate , G . S . ; AV . Inglis , Advocate , G . S , ; John Goodsir , G . S . ; AV . Bennet , G . S . ; D . Murray Lyon , G . S . ; James Wallace , G . S . ; TV . Robertson , G . S . ; A . McTaggart , M . A ., R . W . M . No . 27 , and convener of the Provincial Grand Committee ; E- Busher . G . Sword Bearer Grand Lodge of England ; Major Barbour , R . W . M . 102 ; Captain McCausland ; T . Baker , Prov . S . G . W . ; James Steel , Prov- J . G . W . ; R , Robb , Prov . G . Marshal ; E . DonaldsonProv . G . Dirof CersJames CruikslnmkPD
, , . ; , -. Prov . G . M . ; Donald Campbell , P . D . Prov . G . M . ; J . Anderson , P . Prov . G . Sec . ; James Pollock , the venerable Prov . G . Tyler , and a large number of the Masters of lodges of tbe province . At eight o'clock tea was served by Bro . James AValker , of Glassford-street , purveyor to the festival ; after wnich , The Chairman said : In taking this chair this evening , the idea that is uppermost in my mind is the loss that this communit
y has sustained by the removal from among them of that distinguished gentleman and Mason , who on so many occasions occupied this chair and presided over meetings of the same character as that which I have the honour to preside over this