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Provincial.
whether local or provincial , will be changed for a soat near the Grand Architect of the Universe ; where you will all be decked with all the ornaments and honours of that order which Heaven alone can make more perfect , ancl which Eternity itself , in all its immeasurable duration can never dissolve . "
^ After divine service the Brethren returned to the Lodge-room , in the Union Hotel , ancl transacted business . Soon after three o ' clock a splendid dinner was served up in the Assembly-room , by Mrs . Pearce , whose superior taste is well known . AVhen the cloth was removed , and the tables were supplied with a capital dessert and wines of the choicest quality , the ladies were admitted , the band in the orchestra playing a lively air . The D . P . G . M ., Brother Vivyan Robinson , in proposing the health of the Queen , observed to the Brethren , he was confident they would , as Englishmen , drink the toast with every demonstration of loyal gallantry : but he felt proud , that as Freemasons ,
" They would fill their glasses high , And ivith shouts rend the sky , " whilst testif ying those ardent feelings of devotion with which the name alone of their lovely virgin Queen inspired them ; and that their prayers , as from one heart , would pass around their festive board in fervent aspirations , that the Almighty Architect of the Universe might bless their sovereign with health and happinessto reiin the hearts of her faithful
, gn subjects for many and many a year ; and that her people , under her mild and benevolent sway , might continue to enjoy the blessings of contentment , prosperity , and peace . Drunk with enthusiasm . " The Ladies . '—In giving this toast , the D . P . G . M . delivered himself as follows : — " In calling upon you , my Brethren , to pledge me in the toast I am about to propose , it is in the full anticipation , nay , positive certainty , that you will not onlfill lasses to the brimbut
y your g , drain their generous and exhilirating contents to the very bottom , in drinking to the health ancl happiness of the ladies by whom we are surrounded ; whose cheering presence , while it gives life , spirit , and brilliancy to the enjoyments of our festival , presents , at the same time , an animating and faithful picture ofthe youth , beauty , ancl female attraction
of the town of Penzance and its neighbourhood . There is not , I am confident , a Freemason here to-day who will not unite with me in acknowledging , that , however great his admiration of the fair may have been before he became one of the Craft , yet , in the practice of our principles , he has imbibed a purer notion , and made a higher and juster estimate of the female character than had at any time previously influenced his judgment or discrimination . I am aware , my Brethren , that when thus
surrounded by those whom many of you hold most dear in the world , ancl whom we all hi ghly prize , you look to your Chairman for an expression of your gratified feelings ; and that , in drinking to the health of the ladies , he should accompany the toast by a compliment to their sex generally . The undertaking , though difficult , is a pleasing one ; aud cold and indifferent must be the heart that is not moved , even to eloquenceby a subject so exciting . In order to convince the ladies
, of the interest we take in their history ancl character , it will be necessary for me to go back to the time of the ancient Greeks ancl Romans , when women appear to have been considered merely as objects of sensuality , or of domestic conveniency : they were devoted to a state of obscurity and seclusion , hacl but few attentions paid them , and were permitted to VOL . v . 3 c
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Provincial.
whether local or provincial , will be changed for a soat near the Grand Architect of the Universe ; where you will all be decked with all the ornaments and honours of that order which Heaven alone can make more perfect , ancl which Eternity itself , in all its immeasurable duration can never dissolve . "
^ After divine service the Brethren returned to the Lodge-room , in the Union Hotel , ancl transacted business . Soon after three o ' clock a splendid dinner was served up in the Assembly-room , by Mrs . Pearce , whose superior taste is well known . AVhen the cloth was removed , and the tables were supplied with a capital dessert and wines of the choicest quality , the ladies were admitted , the band in the orchestra playing a lively air . The D . P . G . M ., Brother Vivyan Robinson , in proposing the health of the Queen , observed to the Brethren , he was confident they would , as Englishmen , drink the toast with every demonstration of loyal gallantry : but he felt proud , that as Freemasons ,
" They would fill their glasses high , And ivith shouts rend the sky , " whilst testif ying those ardent feelings of devotion with which the name alone of their lovely virgin Queen inspired them ; and that their prayers , as from one heart , would pass around their festive board in fervent aspirations , that the Almighty Architect of the Universe might bless their sovereign with health and happinessto reiin the hearts of her faithful
, gn subjects for many and many a year ; and that her people , under her mild and benevolent sway , might continue to enjoy the blessings of contentment , prosperity , and peace . Drunk with enthusiasm . " The Ladies . '—In giving this toast , the D . P . G . M . delivered himself as follows : — " In calling upon you , my Brethren , to pledge me in the toast I am about to propose , it is in the full anticipation , nay , positive certainty , that you will not onlfill lasses to the brimbut
y your g , drain their generous and exhilirating contents to the very bottom , in drinking to the health ancl happiness of the ladies by whom we are surrounded ; whose cheering presence , while it gives life , spirit , and brilliancy to the enjoyments of our festival , presents , at the same time , an animating and faithful picture ofthe youth , beauty , ancl female attraction
of the town of Penzance and its neighbourhood . There is not , I am confident , a Freemason here to-day who will not unite with me in acknowledging , that , however great his admiration of the fair may have been before he became one of the Craft , yet , in the practice of our principles , he has imbibed a purer notion , and made a higher and juster estimate of the female character than had at any time previously influenced his judgment or discrimination . I am aware , my Brethren , that when thus
surrounded by those whom many of you hold most dear in the world , ancl whom we all hi ghly prize , you look to your Chairman for an expression of your gratified feelings ; and that , in drinking to the health of the ladies , he should accompany the toast by a compliment to their sex generally . The undertaking , though difficult , is a pleasing one ; aud cold and indifferent must be the heart that is not moved , even to eloquenceby a subject so exciting . In order to convince the ladies
, of the interest we take in their history ancl character , it will be necessary for me to go back to the time of the ancient Greeks ancl Romans , when women appear to have been considered merely as objects of sensuality , or of domestic conveniency : they were devoted to a state of obscurity and seclusion , hacl but few attentions paid them , and were permitted to VOL . v . 3 c