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North Wales And Shropshire.
sympathies of his declining years will go with you and with the lodge to make it honourable , and if you will be punctual in your attendance , if you will make your number when the lodge is opened , and do the duties to be done , you will prosper . I pray that it may be so , and that it may be iu my power and with the W . M's . permission , to visit you again . I am exceedingly obliged to you and I pray you to believe my sincere wish as a very old Mason , as P . M . of two lodges , and the actual master of one in the province , that your lodge may go on and prosper as it has done .
The W . M . next proposed the health of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , tho R . W . P . M . of the province of North Wales and Shropshire , and said : He is a gentleman well known to every one of us . We know what trouble he takes on the score of Masonry and the time he gives to it . Nothing stands between him and Masonry . Of the high qualities of the man it is needless for me to say anything . I believe no gentleman in England lives more like a country gentleman than he does . Not only so ,
"but in the House of Commons , who has so many personal friends as our excellent Prov . G . M . ? And that is saying a great deal of a man . We will therefore driuk his health , if you please , with all the honours .
Chorus . — " Prosper the Art . " The W . M .: The next toast is that of the Right Worshipful Bro . Dymock , the D . Prov . G . M ., and the rest of the Prov . G-. Officers , among the number of whom we have the honour of seeing amongst us this evening our Bro . Goldsbro ' , the S . G . W . ; Bro . Fourdrinier , a P . G . W . ; Bro . White , the G . Treas . ; Bro . Wigan , the G . Sec ; and Bro . Forrest , the G . Org . of this province . Of Bros . FourdrinierWhiteWi and ForrestI
, , gan , , would say I take their presence here to-day not only as a compliment to the lodge , but in my position as the master in an especial degree to myself . The D . Prov . G . M . is equally interested in Masonry with the Prov . G . M . himself , and seldom neglects an opportunity of visiting lodges and meetings of this kind , especially at the Installation of the Master . I believe be is universally respected , and further , that he is worthy of it .
We will therefore drink the health of the Prov . G . Officers , and couple with the toast Bro . Dr . Goldsbro ' , tbe present S . G . W . Bro . Goldsbro' returned thanks for the Prov . G . Officers . Song . — " Oh ! would I were a boy again . "—Bro . Forrest . W . Bro . Francis Smith , I . P . M ., said : I have now to propose to you the health of the W . M ., as it is the duty of the youngest or I . P . M . so I must say it is a most leasurable one to me- I
, p think that no pleasure has ever occurred to me during my career in Masonry to surpass that of the present evening , in seeing a dear relative of mine placed in the chair as W . M . of this lodge . He has undertaken this office with reluctance , fearing that his strength may not be equal to tbe dictates of his heart . Of course it is the duty of the P . M ' s . of the lodge to make his work as light as possible . I am sure that to the
members of this lodge especially it must be a gratification to find an old inhabitant , born within a few miles of this place , of a good old stock of the countiy , moreover , if I may venture to say so , one who has been over the greater part of the globe in the service of his country , and who , having returned to his native place , entitled to the ease and life of a country gentleman , now takes the chair of our lodge . I must say , although I am related to himI never heard a single word except of esteem
, spoken of our W . M . I had better say no more on this matter , than to ask the officers to shew their respect to him b y being , not only constant , but punctual in their attendance , which they havo all promised to do . I , myself , came from Dorset to be present on this occasion . I can only say that I believe this lodge will gain additional lustre during the year of office of our W"M . I intend to be present on every occasion , and I trust
the Great Architect of the Universe will give him health , strength , and spirits to discharge the duties ' " of bis high office with comfort to himself and satisfaction to the lodgo . Chorus— " Prosper the Art . " The W . Master : Brethren , I rise to return you sincere thanks for the way in which you have drunk my health , which I must say has been proposed and responded to with great cordiality and enthusiasm on this occasion . It is hihlgratifying to me
gy as it induces me to think I hold a place in the esteem of my brethren , which I ivas not aware of , aud I am happy to find such good wishes and good feelings are entertained towards me by my brethren , and I do believe I am cordially esteemed by most of them . My strength will not permit of my saying much , not more than sineerly to express my thanks , and also let me put in the hope that some of the brethren who were
invited , and whom we hoped to see as our visitors on some future occasion , we shall be happy to see them on all occasions . I will Jattend regularly if health permits me , and I hope while 1 preside over the lodge it will prosper , and that we may enjoy that happiness wliich it is one of the great objects of Jlasonry to produce . I have nothing further to say on this occasion , only to express my ardent prayer to hhe Great Architect of the
Universe , that he may give me health and strength to fulfil the duties of my office . Bro . Fourdrinier : Brethren , the toast I have to propose to you is " The Health of the Past Masters of this Lodge , " and you will excuse me if I recur to what I said on a former occasion . What I said is , I believe , as apropos now as it was on that occasion , namely , that the Past Masters are the " backbone " of the lodge ; and at the head of whom , as tho father of
this lodge , is my dear friend and good brother , Dr . Goldsbro ' , to whom , I need not say here , this lodge owes a great debt of gratitude , and for whom , so far as good feelings can go for any one man towards another , I have the greatest affection . Of my dear friend , Bro . Brown , I ask yourselves if you have not found a . good officer in him , who , as Secretary , says " he is willing to act as such so long as it suited the lodgo to employ him . " When a brother carries out the duties of that onerous
but honourable position , he is entitled to receive the warmest thanks of the Master aud of the lodge . He was the Secretary when the lodge was first formed , and subsequently passed the chair . He may claim no little zeal to himself . I also refer to your Immediate Past Master , Bro . Smith , whether he has not felt the greatest interest in the lodge , as shown by his constant attendance and zeal in the discharge of his duties . All your Past Masters have distinguished themselves by their good feel ,
ings and good fellowship . I do not know a more delightfu task permitted to me than to propose this toast . As I said before , I was at the inception of this lodge , and it is a great pleasure to me to be amongst you to-day . I do say that I am the oldest Mason in tbe room , and I do say also that this lodge is a great credit to the province . I am sure you , brethren all , will feel with me that your Past Masters are worthy of your esteem , and have done good service ; and you will always find this , a good Mason looks only for this roturn for his exertions
and endeavours , that if the brethren are pleased , they will kindly say so when he has done his duty . I challenge you to be upstanding , and to drink the Health of the Past Masters of this lodge . Chorus— " Prosper the Art . " Song— " With soft blue eyes , " Bro . Standen . Bro . Francis Smith , I . P . M ., having returned thanks on behalf of tiie Past Masters
, The W . Master said : I am sorry that the toast I have now to propose has not come forward sooner , as several of those to whom the honour was intended have been obliged to leave . Our visitors are not very large in number , but in the position in which they stand in their respective lodges , they are high ly respected . I hope that those who have gone , have left this lodge with the impression that unanimity exists amongst us ,
aud that we endeavour to propagate those principles of Masonry , good feeling , and good fellowship in our lodge . I am sorry to say at my time of life that I have not been able on more than one or two occasions to visit the neighbouring lodges . I feel myself iu the position now to return some of the compliments . We are all very much obliged to our brother visitors , and we cordially and sincerely thank them for visiting us . Bro . T . Jones returned thanks on behalf the visitors .
Bro . Goldsbro' propossd " The Health of the Treasurer and Secretary of the Lodge . " Bro . Past Master Brown , in reply , said : I beg to return my sincere thanks for the kind manner in which my health has been proposed , and for the cordial manner in which it has been responded to . It is not the first time , as most of you are aware , of my being Secretary . When this lodge was first formed , it was necessary that some one should take those duties , and as I
had been a Mason a few years I took those duties for the sake of helping the lodge , and filled that office for two years , and I am glad your arc satisfied with the way in which they were done . I accept them again with pleasure , and when I see the W . Master , at his time of life , cheerfully accepting the duties of the chair , I feel that the least thing I can do is to be the Secretary of the lodgo . With regard to our Bro . Treasurer , I return thanks for him ; he , no doubt , is very much engaged , more so than ho has been for many years , and I am sure that nothing but his engagements would have kept him away from
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North Wales And Shropshire.
sympathies of his declining years will go with you and with the lodge to make it honourable , and if you will be punctual in your attendance , if you will make your number when the lodge is opened , and do the duties to be done , you will prosper . I pray that it may be so , and that it may be iu my power and with the W . M's . permission , to visit you again . I am exceedingly obliged to you and I pray you to believe my sincere wish as a very old Mason , as P . M . of two lodges , and the actual master of one in the province , that your lodge may go on and prosper as it has done .
The W . M . next proposed the health of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , tho R . W . P . M . of the province of North Wales and Shropshire , and said : He is a gentleman well known to every one of us . We know what trouble he takes on the score of Masonry and the time he gives to it . Nothing stands between him and Masonry . Of the high qualities of the man it is needless for me to say anything . I believe no gentleman in England lives more like a country gentleman than he does . Not only so ,
"but in the House of Commons , who has so many personal friends as our excellent Prov . G . M . ? And that is saying a great deal of a man . We will therefore driuk his health , if you please , with all the honours .
Chorus . — " Prosper the Art . " The W . M .: The next toast is that of the Right Worshipful Bro . Dymock , the D . Prov . G . M ., and the rest of the Prov . G-. Officers , among the number of whom we have the honour of seeing amongst us this evening our Bro . Goldsbro ' , the S . G . W . ; Bro . Fourdrinier , a P . G . W . ; Bro . White , the G . Treas . ; Bro . Wigan , the G . Sec ; and Bro . Forrest , the G . Org . of this province . Of Bros . FourdrinierWhiteWi and ForrestI
, , gan , , would say I take their presence here to-day not only as a compliment to the lodge , but in my position as the master in an especial degree to myself . The D . Prov . G . M . is equally interested in Masonry with the Prov . G . M . himself , and seldom neglects an opportunity of visiting lodges and meetings of this kind , especially at the Installation of the Master . I believe be is universally respected , and further , that he is worthy of it .
We will therefore drink the health of the Prov . G . Officers , and couple with the toast Bro . Dr . Goldsbro ' , tbe present S . G . W . Bro . Goldsbro' returned thanks for the Prov . G . Officers . Song . — " Oh ! would I were a boy again . "—Bro . Forrest . W . Bro . Francis Smith , I . P . M ., said : I have now to propose to you the health of the W . M ., as it is the duty of the youngest or I . P . M . so I must say it is a most leasurable one to me- I
, p think that no pleasure has ever occurred to me during my career in Masonry to surpass that of the present evening , in seeing a dear relative of mine placed in the chair as W . M . of this lodge . He has undertaken this office with reluctance , fearing that his strength may not be equal to tbe dictates of his heart . Of course it is the duty of the P . M ' s . of the lodge to make his work as light as possible . I am sure that to the
members of this lodge especially it must be a gratification to find an old inhabitant , born within a few miles of this place , of a good old stock of the countiy , moreover , if I may venture to say so , one who has been over the greater part of the globe in the service of his country , and who , having returned to his native place , entitled to the ease and life of a country gentleman , now takes the chair of our lodge . I must say , although I am related to himI never heard a single word except of esteem
, spoken of our W . M . I had better say no more on this matter , than to ask the officers to shew their respect to him b y being , not only constant , but punctual in their attendance , which they havo all promised to do . I , myself , came from Dorset to be present on this occasion . I can only say that I believe this lodge will gain additional lustre during the year of office of our W"M . I intend to be present on every occasion , and I trust
the Great Architect of the Universe will give him health , strength , and spirits to discharge the duties ' " of bis high office with comfort to himself and satisfaction to the lodgo . Chorus— " Prosper the Art . " The W . Master : Brethren , I rise to return you sincere thanks for the way in which you have drunk my health , which I must say has been proposed and responded to with great cordiality and enthusiasm on this occasion . It is hihlgratifying to me
gy as it induces me to think I hold a place in the esteem of my brethren , which I ivas not aware of , aud I am happy to find such good wishes and good feelings are entertained towards me by my brethren , and I do believe I am cordially esteemed by most of them . My strength will not permit of my saying much , not more than sineerly to express my thanks , and also let me put in the hope that some of the brethren who were
invited , and whom we hoped to see as our visitors on some future occasion , we shall be happy to see them on all occasions . I will Jattend regularly if health permits me , and I hope while 1 preside over the lodge it will prosper , and that we may enjoy that happiness wliich it is one of the great objects of Jlasonry to produce . I have nothing further to say on this occasion , only to express my ardent prayer to hhe Great Architect of the
Universe , that he may give me health and strength to fulfil the duties of my office . Bro . Fourdrinier : Brethren , the toast I have to propose to you is " The Health of the Past Masters of this Lodge , " and you will excuse me if I recur to what I said on a former occasion . What I said is , I believe , as apropos now as it was on that occasion , namely , that the Past Masters are the " backbone " of the lodge ; and at the head of whom , as tho father of
this lodge , is my dear friend and good brother , Dr . Goldsbro ' , to whom , I need not say here , this lodge owes a great debt of gratitude , and for whom , so far as good feelings can go for any one man towards another , I have the greatest affection . Of my dear friend , Bro . Brown , I ask yourselves if you have not found a . good officer in him , who , as Secretary , says " he is willing to act as such so long as it suited the lodgo to employ him . " When a brother carries out the duties of that onerous
but honourable position , he is entitled to receive the warmest thanks of the Master aud of the lodge . He was the Secretary when the lodge was first formed , and subsequently passed the chair . He may claim no little zeal to himself . I also refer to your Immediate Past Master , Bro . Smith , whether he has not felt the greatest interest in the lodge , as shown by his constant attendance and zeal in the discharge of his duties . All your Past Masters have distinguished themselves by their good feel ,
ings and good fellowship . I do not know a more delightfu task permitted to me than to propose this toast . As I said before , I was at the inception of this lodge , and it is a great pleasure to me to be amongst you to-day . I do say that I am the oldest Mason in tbe room , and I do say also that this lodge is a great credit to the province . I am sure you , brethren all , will feel with me that your Past Masters are worthy of your esteem , and have done good service ; and you will always find this , a good Mason looks only for this roturn for his exertions
and endeavours , that if the brethren are pleased , they will kindly say so when he has done his duty . I challenge you to be upstanding , and to drink the Health of the Past Masters of this lodge . Chorus— " Prosper the Art . " Song— " With soft blue eyes , " Bro . Standen . Bro . Francis Smith , I . P . M ., having returned thanks on behalf of tiie Past Masters
, The W . Master said : I am sorry that the toast I have now to propose has not come forward sooner , as several of those to whom the honour was intended have been obliged to leave . Our visitors are not very large in number , but in the position in which they stand in their respective lodges , they are high ly respected . I hope that those who have gone , have left this lodge with the impression that unanimity exists amongst us ,
aud that we endeavour to propagate those principles of Masonry , good feeling , and good fellowship in our lodge . I am sorry to say at my time of life that I have not been able on more than one or two occasions to visit the neighbouring lodges . I feel myself iu the position now to return some of the compliments . We are all very much obliged to our brother visitors , and we cordially and sincerely thank them for visiting us . Bro . T . Jones returned thanks on behalf the visitors .
Bro . Goldsbro' propossd " The Health of the Treasurer and Secretary of the Lodge . " Bro . Past Master Brown , in reply , said : I beg to return my sincere thanks for the kind manner in which my health has been proposed , and for the cordial manner in which it has been responded to . It is not the first time , as most of you are aware , of my being Secretary . When this lodge was first formed , it was necessary that some one should take those duties , and as I
had been a Mason a few years I took those duties for the sake of helping the lodge , and filled that office for two years , and I am glad your arc satisfied with the way in which they were done . I accept them again with pleasure , and when I see the W . Master , at his time of life , cheerfully accepting the duties of the chair , I feel that the least thing I can do is to be the Secretary of the lodgo . With regard to our Bro . Treasurer , I return thanks for him ; he , no doubt , is very much engaged , more so than ho has been for many years , and I am sure that nothing but his engagements would have kept him away from