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accepting the honour offered to himself . ( Hear . ) For his kind reception ou tlie present and former occasions , and their kindness to his colleagues in office , he offered from his heart his very best thanks . ( Applause . ) The W . MASTER then proposed the toast , "The Right Worshipful the Grand Master of this Province , Bro . Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , and the Deputy Provincial Grand Master anel Officers . " In speaking of their Prov . G . M . anel his
officers , he could not say a groat deal , merely because he was not yet much acquainted with them ; but in his new position he hoped to ho thrown more in their company . He had always understood thafc the gallant Admiral was a most energetic and really hearty Mason . ( Cheers . ) Tho toasfc was drank with warm and hearty applause . Bro . C . SHERRT , S . G . AV . Hants , on behalf of the Prov . G . M ., his Deputyanel other officersreturned his best thanks . Ifc
, , hael given him great pleasure to meefc them all thafc day , on such an auspicious occasion , and lie was particularly thankful to Bro . S . B . Wilson and the other Grand Officers who came down with him to assist the Lodge of ( Economy on that important occasion . ( Hear . ) Bro . J . NAISH , P . M ., proposed tlie next toasfc with a vast deal of pleasure , and felt his task rendered the lighter because he
was sure it would be well received . It waa " The Health of tire Provincial Grand Master of the Isle of Wight , " whom they knew very well , as having the affairs of the state on his hands , as well as other gentlemen afc their meetings . When they come from their important occupations to attend tlie lodge , they must deserve great thanks . Bro . Fleming was always anxious to be present , and was entitled to their warmest acknowledgments , and he was sure the present toast would meet
Avith a very hearty response . ( Loud applause . ) Song—Bro . Carter , 903 , " When is a man less than a man ?" At this interval Bro . AV . IV . Beach , M . P ., entered tiie banuetting room , and was loudly cheered . Bro . FLEAIX-VO offered his very sincere thanks for the complimentary manner in which his health had been proposed and drank . It was most ; pleasing to be so acknowledged , anel it was his great delight when he came there to be received and looked upon as a member of the lodge . Whenever 1 ) 0 came , he
always found the brethren striving all they could to raise their lodge higher and higher in the estimation of Masons ; and they hael never done better than when they raised Bro . Stebbing to the Master's chair ( hear ) , for ho had done more than any other brother before him , however well intentioned previous Masters had been in their efforts for the lodge's prosperity and honour . He found himself that night surrounded by many excellent Masonsand they had taught him a lesson that niht which lie
, g could not easily forgot . It would bo his delight to promise them in his own province such a lodge and meeting as that day convened . In so mingling together in convivial companionships it could not but prove good for Masonry , and particularly for the lodge in which the brethren found themselves on such occasions . He iioped that would not be tire hist time they met like the present . Bro . Stebbing had not only wished them success ,
hut he had come up from Southampton wifch many other brethren ; anel those of Winchester he was sure would long remember having such a worthy and excellent brother to preside over them . He hoped soon to return that day's compliment , for it was their intention in the Isle of Wight to hold a gathering shortly , such as in fox hunting would be termed a " favourite meet , " and it was his anxious wisli that the brethren of the Isle of AA ight would succeed in entertaining their visitors
. ( Applause . ) Bro . Col . MEEHAN , W . M . 257 , complied with tlie request that ha shou'd propose the next toast . Though lie could have wished that some one more able had been deputed for the task , lie was sure none had greater pleasure in performing ifc . Tlie toasfc was "Bro . Hyde Pullen , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and Officers of tire Isle of Wight . " ( Hear and cheers . ) He was
sure there would he an enthusiastic response , for he had known the brother named for some time , and could judge of his great Masonic qualities . He had met him in the higher degrees of Masonry , anel it afforded him very deep gratification thus to propose his name . ( Applause . ) Bro . HYDE PULLEJ . ' felt the greatest pleasure in returning thanks for himself and his brethren of the Island , and in doing so he would express tho gratification afforded to him in being allowed to assist , though in a small extent , in tho working of the lodge that day . He hoped that would , he the first of a long series of such meetings , as ho was sure they would tend greatly
to their common advantage ; and lie trusted his Grand Master would very soon do something of the sort in the Isle of Wight ,. It happened frequently in some lodges that considerable work had to be done in the way of initiations , passings , and raisings , and then tho other and more important parts of their ritual could nofc be entered into ; but on occasions like tlie present day tlie different lectures could be worked carefully and correctly , to the edification and improvement of every brother present .
( Hear . ) As far as it laid in his power lie woulel aid Masonry iu this way , as well as in respect to its excellent Charities ; and in conclusion lie begged to say thafc lie should be glad to see the brethren in fche Isle of Wight , and give them as cordial a . welcome as he had experienced that day . ( Applause . ) Bro . STEEBINO- saiel they were now arrived at the point when he woulel propose what he must term the toasfc of the evening ( hear ) and lie need not tell them that consisted in the
, paying of a proper compliment to Bro . S . B . Wilson , tho eminent friend who had presided that clay in the lodge , and tlie able and learned brother who had accompanied him . ( Applause . ) Ifc was strictly their duty to be loyal and faithful , and to look up with respect to tho great chiefs of Masonry , such as they had with them on this happy occasion ; for ifc was these brethren , through whose talent and excellence they were enabled
to keep the ceremonials of Masonry intact , anel enjoyed tho opportunity of handing down unimpaired and unchanged to future age and time , the tenets and landmarks of the Order . ( Loud applause . ) They were bound to look to the governors and the laws which ruled them , as in the Grand Master of England on the one hand , and the teachers of Masonry on tlie other . He alluded to a veteran in Masonry who had presided * the Emulation Lod (
over ge OT 40 years , succeeding Bro . Peter Gilkes , of blessed memory , anel from whoso time the brethren had been brought into an happy unity , as to lectures , ceremonies , landmarks , and the obligations of Masonry ; and thus become a powerful system , such as it should be handed clown to all time . There was this one brother who , by his great aptitude became the means by which their ceremonials and landmarks and doctrines were truthfully conveyed—that brother was then amongst them , and if he was not , in the words of the poet ,
" In the freshness of immortal youth , " he certainly seemed untouched by time , anel in as good health as ever blessed mor tal man . ( Applause . ) It was not often they were favoured in the provinces with the presence of these " great guns" amongst the provincial " swells , " as Bro . Fleming was apt to term them ( hear ) , bufc ifc was a reel-letter day in the province of Hants , and more than a red-letter day , for ifc stamped tho good working of the province ; and in future they
in Hampshire woulel glide on in the even stream and perfect system of Masonry . Although they had been delighted on that occasion with their distinguished visitors , and seen tlie ceremonies worked with great accuracy , yefc he considered that they had found very little to learn . Ifc was for the very purpose of confirming their own accuracy that they had had such a distinguished brother there with them . Ifc was good to witness his clear and agreeable stylebufc tho process was not much superior
, to their own . It was a great tiling to obtain purity . They would yield to them their high position , and if they were even angels , then they were only a little lower than the angels . ( Hear . ) They might use a word too many hero , or too much emphasis there , but all the differences had been solved that day . They were not like pigmies , which they never had been , bufc like giants refreshed , and brave because they were confirmed in their right course . Thc Emulation Lodgo of Improvement iu London
threw open its portals to all Masons , and the acting Master had caught one of iris busy bees ( Bro . Pullen ) in that province , and even a member of the Lodge of ( Economy—a double brother , viz ., Bro . Binckes who was then present representing one of the Charities of their Order ; and lie was anxious to show a reason why Hampshire should do more for the Charity ho represented . He hoped to seea generous support to Bro . Hubbevt ' s list forthe Boys' School that year . ( Hear . ) He should delight , in
dwelling on the merits of the distinguished brethren present thafc day , but time forced him to speak of them . collectively ,, though he paid a warm testimony to Bros . Fenn , Powell , and Massa . Bro . AVilson was at the head of his profession , and he had heard much the other day to his honour in a matter with Avhich ho was concerned as an architect . Bro . Wilson gave up half his time without a shilling reward , so desirous was he of doing something for Masonry , and lie was a light that shone out on those with whom lie ivas associated . In that lodgo over which he presided there were many rising brethren on whom
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Provincial.
accepting the honour offered to himself . ( Hear . ) For his kind reception ou tlie present and former occasions , and their kindness to his colleagues in office , he offered from his heart his very best thanks . ( Applause . ) The W . MASTER then proposed the toast , "The Right Worshipful the Grand Master of this Province , Bro . Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , and the Deputy Provincial Grand Master anel Officers . " In speaking of their Prov . G . M . anel his
officers , he could not say a groat deal , merely because he was not yet much acquainted with them ; but in his new position he hoped to ho thrown more in their company . He had always understood thafc the gallant Admiral was a most energetic and really hearty Mason . ( Cheers . ) Tho toasfc was drank with warm and hearty applause . Bro . C . SHERRT , S . G . AV . Hants , on behalf of the Prov . G . M ., his Deputyanel other officersreturned his best thanks . Ifc
, , hael given him great pleasure to meefc them all thafc day , on such an auspicious occasion , and lie was particularly thankful to Bro . S . B . Wilson and the other Grand Officers who came down with him to assist the Lodge of ( Economy on that important occasion . ( Hear . ) Bro . J . NAISH , P . M ., proposed tlie next toasfc with a vast deal of pleasure , and felt his task rendered the lighter because he
was sure it would be well received . It waa " The Health of tire Provincial Grand Master of the Isle of Wight , " whom they knew very well , as having the affairs of the state on his hands , as well as other gentlemen afc their meetings . When they come from their important occupations to attend tlie lodge , they must deserve great thanks . Bro . Fleming was always anxious to be present , and was entitled to their warmest acknowledgments , and he was sure the present toast would meet
Avith a very hearty response . ( Loud applause . ) Song—Bro . Carter , 903 , " When is a man less than a man ?" At this interval Bro . AV . IV . Beach , M . P ., entered tiie banuetting room , and was loudly cheered . Bro . FLEAIX-VO offered his very sincere thanks for the complimentary manner in which his health had been proposed and drank . It was most ; pleasing to be so acknowledged , anel it was his great delight when he came there to be received and looked upon as a member of the lodge . Whenever 1 ) 0 came , he
always found the brethren striving all they could to raise their lodge higher and higher in the estimation of Masons ; and they hael never done better than when they raised Bro . Stebbing to the Master's chair ( hear ) , for ho had done more than any other brother before him , however well intentioned previous Masters had been in their efforts for the lodge's prosperity and honour . He found himself that night surrounded by many excellent Masonsand they had taught him a lesson that niht which lie
, g could not easily forgot . It would bo his delight to promise them in his own province such a lodge and meeting as that day convened . In so mingling together in convivial companionships it could not but prove good for Masonry , and particularly for the lodge in which the brethren found themselves on such occasions . He iioped that would not be tire hist time they met like the present . Bro . Stebbing had not only wished them success ,
hut he had come up from Southampton wifch many other brethren ; anel those of Winchester he was sure would long remember having such a worthy and excellent brother to preside over them . He hoped soon to return that day's compliment , for it was their intention in the Isle of Wight to hold a gathering shortly , such as in fox hunting would be termed a " favourite meet , " and it was his anxious wisli that the brethren of the Isle of AA ight would succeed in entertaining their visitors
. ( Applause . ) Bro . Col . MEEHAN , W . M . 257 , complied with tlie request that ha shou'd propose the next toast . Though lie could have wished that some one more able had been deputed for the task , lie was sure none had greater pleasure in performing ifc . Tlie toasfc was "Bro . Hyde Pullen , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and Officers of tire Isle of Wight . " ( Hear and cheers . ) He was
sure there would he an enthusiastic response , for he had known the brother named for some time , and could judge of his great Masonic qualities . He had met him in the higher degrees of Masonry , anel it afforded him very deep gratification thus to propose his name . ( Applause . ) Bro . HYDE PULLEJ . ' felt the greatest pleasure in returning thanks for himself and his brethren of the Island , and in doing so he would express tho gratification afforded to him in being allowed to assist , though in a small extent , in tho working of the lodge that day . He hoped that would , he the first of a long series of such meetings , as ho was sure they would tend greatly
to their common advantage ; and lie trusted his Grand Master would very soon do something of the sort in the Isle of Wight ,. It happened frequently in some lodges that considerable work had to be done in the way of initiations , passings , and raisings , and then tho other and more important parts of their ritual could nofc be entered into ; but on occasions like tlie present day tlie different lectures could be worked carefully and correctly , to the edification and improvement of every brother present .
( Hear . ) As far as it laid in his power lie woulel aid Masonry iu this way , as well as in respect to its excellent Charities ; and in conclusion lie begged to say thafc lie should be glad to see the brethren in fche Isle of Wight , and give them as cordial a . welcome as he had experienced that day . ( Applause . ) Bro . STEEBINO- saiel they were now arrived at the point when he woulel propose what he must term the toasfc of the evening ( hear ) and lie need not tell them that consisted in the
, paying of a proper compliment to Bro . S . B . Wilson , tho eminent friend who had presided that clay in the lodge , and tlie able and learned brother who had accompanied him . ( Applause . ) Ifc was strictly their duty to be loyal and faithful , and to look up with respect to tho great chiefs of Masonry , such as they had with them on this happy occasion ; for ifc was these brethren , through whose talent and excellence they were enabled
to keep the ceremonials of Masonry intact , anel enjoyed tho opportunity of handing down unimpaired and unchanged to future age and time , the tenets and landmarks of the Order . ( Loud applause . ) They were bound to look to the governors and the laws which ruled them , as in the Grand Master of England on the one hand , and the teachers of Masonry on tlie other . He alluded to a veteran in Masonry who had presided * the Emulation Lod (
over ge OT 40 years , succeeding Bro . Peter Gilkes , of blessed memory , anel from whoso time the brethren had been brought into an happy unity , as to lectures , ceremonies , landmarks , and the obligations of Masonry ; and thus become a powerful system , such as it should be handed clown to all time . There was this one brother who , by his great aptitude became the means by which their ceremonials and landmarks and doctrines were truthfully conveyed—that brother was then amongst them , and if he was not , in the words of the poet ,
" In the freshness of immortal youth , " he certainly seemed untouched by time , anel in as good health as ever blessed mor tal man . ( Applause . ) It was not often they were favoured in the provinces with the presence of these " great guns" amongst the provincial " swells , " as Bro . Fleming was apt to term them ( hear ) , bufc ifc was a reel-letter day in the province of Hants , and more than a red-letter day , for ifc stamped tho good working of the province ; and in future they
in Hampshire woulel glide on in the even stream and perfect system of Masonry . Although they had been delighted on that occasion with their distinguished visitors , and seen tlie ceremonies worked with great accuracy , yefc he considered that they had found very little to learn . Ifc was for the very purpose of confirming their own accuracy that they had had such a distinguished brother there with them . Ifc was good to witness his clear and agreeable stylebufc tho process was not much superior
, to their own . It was a great tiling to obtain purity . They would yield to them their high position , and if they were even angels , then they were only a little lower than the angels . ( Hear . ) They might use a word too many hero , or too much emphasis there , but all the differences had been solved that day . They were not like pigmies , which they never had been , bufc like giants refreshed , and brave because they were confirmed in their right course . Thc Emulation Lodgo of Improvement iu London
threw open its portals to all Masons , and the acting Master had caught one of iris busy bees ( Bro . Pullen ) in that province , and even a member of the Lodge of ( Economy—a double brother , viz ., Bro . Binckes who was then present representing one of the Charities of their Order ; and lie was anxious to show a reason why Hampshire should do more for the Charity ho represented . He hoped to seea generous support to Bro . Hubbevt ' s list forthe Boys' School that year . ( Hear . ) He should delight , in
dwelling on the merits of the distinguished brethren present thafc day , but time forced him to speak of them . collectively ,, though he paid a warm testimony to Bros . Fenn , Powell , and Massa . Bro . AVilson was at the head of his profession , and he had heard much the other day to his honour in a matter with Avhich ho was concerned as an architect . Bro . Wilson gave up half his time without a shilling reward , so desirous was he of doing something for Masonry , and lie was a light that shone out on those with whom lie ivas associated . In that lodgo over which he presided there were many rising brethren on whom