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Provincial.
advantages of the Order became stimulated and extended . It was good producing good , to the manifest benefit of all . And next to the profitable exercise of practical Freemasonry , and of the virtues inculcated by that excellent system of ethics , in his humble opinion , should now be placed their publication to the popular world ( hear , hear , hear . ) The secrets of their Order kept inviolate among Masons—their co-operation for good—their works of social profit—their deeds of benevolence ancl
charity—their researches into the past—their improvement of the present—ancl their provision for the future , should be spread far and wide before the world ( cheers)—so that Masonry , the better known , might be the more revered ( cheers . ) Like an avalanche , formed at first of a few small particles of snow on the mountain ' s summit , accumulating gradually for a time , and then more rapidly , impends downward with its own weihtonce in motion becomes bound still closer and firmer
g , together , ancl in its progress sweeps away every obstacle that would impede its course , and settles down at last in occupancy of the wide and quiet level ( cheers . ) Theirs was a system of pure benevolence—the practice of charity in the noblest form—the indulgence of feelings that are among the best gifts of God ( hear , hear . ) And to persevere in this course unaffected by the opposition of folly , or the tyranny of force , they had only to bear in mind the fable of the bundle of sticks . The single
stick might be broken by one , but tens of thousands could not break the compact bundle ( hear ) . He had now been a member of the Fraternity eight years , and the lapse of time onl y tended to confirm his opinion of the paramount good effected by their practice . He was proud of the honours ofthe Craft , he was delighted at every opportunity of advancing
its interests ; and the humble services mentioned by the Provincial Grand Master were such as it was his duty to perform . AVith a petition so numerously signed , bearing , of his own knowledge , indisputable evidence of respectability , worth , and talent , and supported by the recommendations of Lodges in which these qualities also stood pre-eminent , he thought it woulcl be marvellous indeed if the most triumphant success did not follow from the constitution ofthe Lodge : and the little he had done in promoting that object had indeed been to him a labour of
love ( cheers ; . His reward was alread y bestowed in the events of that day . One new Lodge hacl been consecrated in the county of Essex , ancl he was happy to say , that under expectations of almost equal promise , another would be added in a few weeks ; and thus his honoured parent ancl himself would be far overpaid . Another source of pride presented itself on the occasion thus commemorated ; it was that a child of his own mother Lodgeone so estimable in himselfso valued
bnu-, , y merous and strongly attached friends , should be found in the person of the first AVorshipful Master of the Chigwell Lodge ( cheers ) . Ancl now with sincere gratitude for the hospitable ancl fraternal reception he hacl met with , he woulcl offer them all his most cordial thanks , ancl drink " Prosperity to the Chigwell Lodge , No . GG 3 " ( cheers ) . Allien the gratulations hacl subsided with which the address of his talented Brother and excellent son was received by the companythe
, Provincial Grand Master called on the Brethren to join in a bumper toast to the AVorshipful Master ( cheers . ) That worthy Brother , as those he had the pleasure of seeing around him knew as well as himself , was as estimable in private life as he appeared to be desirous and fitting to be of service in a public sphere . As a man and as a Mason he was deserving of their esteem and love—( hear , hear)—and the members of
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Provincial.
advantages of the Order became stimulated and extended . It was good producing good , to the manifest benefit of all . And next to the profitable exercise of practical Freemasonry , and of the virtues inculcated by that excellent system of ethics , in his humble opinion , should now be placed their publication to the popular world ( hear , hear , hear . ) The secrets of their Order kept inviolate among Masons—their co-operation for good—their works of social profit—their deeds of benevolence ancl
charity—their researches into the past—their improvement of the present—ancl their provision for the future , should be spread far and wide before the world ( cheers)—so that Masonry , the better known , might be the more revered ( cheers . ) Like an avalanche , formed at first of a few small particles of snow on the mountain ' s summit , accumulating gradually for a time , and then more rapidly , impends downward with its own weihtonce in motion becomes bound still closer and firmer
g , together , ancl in its progress sweeps away every obstacle that would impede its course , and settles down at last in occupancy of the wide and quiet level ( cheers . ) Theirs was a system of pure benevolence—the practice of charity in the noblest form—the indulgence of feelings that are among the best gifts of God ( hear , hear . ) And to persevere in this course unaffected by the opposition of folly , or the tyranny of force , they had only to bear in mind the fable of the bundle of sticks . The single
stick might be broken by one , but tens of thousands could not break the compact bundle ( hear ) . He had now been a member of the Fraternity eight years , and the lapse of time onl y tended to confirm his opinion of the paramount good effected by their practice . He was proud of the honours ofthe Craft , he was delighted at every opportunity of advancing
its interests ; and the humble services mentioned by the Provincial Grand Master were such as it was his duty to perform . AVith a petition so numerously signed , bearing , of his own knowledge , indisputable evidence of respectability , worth , and talent , and supported by the recommendations of Lodges in which these qualities also stood pre-eminent , he thought it woulcl be marvellous indeed if the most triumphant success did not follow from the constitution ofthe Lodge : and the little he had done in promoting that object had indeed been to him a labour of
love ( cheers ; . His reward was alread y bestowed in the events of that day . One new Lodge hacl been consecrated in the county of Essex , ancl he was happy to say , that under expectations of almost equal promise , another would be added in a few weeks ; and thus his honoured parent ancl himself would be far overpaid . Another source of pride presented itself on the occasion thus commemorated ; it was that a child of his own mother Lodgeone so estimable in himselfso valued
bnu-, , y merous and strongly attached friends , should be found in the person of the first AVorshipful Master of the Chigwell Lodge ( cheers ) . Ancl now with sincere gratitude for the hospitable ancl fraternal reception he hacl met with , he woulcl offer them all his most cordial thanks , ancl drink " Prosperity to the Chigwell Lodge , No . GG 3 " ( cheers ) . Allien the gratulations hacl subsided with which the address of his talented Brother and excellent son was received by the companythe
, Provincial Grand Master called on the Brethren to join in a bumper toast to the AVorshipful Master ( cheers . ) That worthy Brother , as those he had the pleasure of seeing around him knew as well as himself , was as estimable in private life as he appeared to be desirous and fitting to be of service in a public sphere . As a man and as a Mason he was deserving of their esteem and love—( hear , hear)—and the members of