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Provincial.
say there was not a higher feeling- in religion , yet Masonry might be a great handmaid to it , especially in Australia , Van Dicmen's Land , and New Zealand ; and , entertaining tbat view , he had taken some steps with some influential friends to establish a lodg-e iu the latter country . Desirous as he was to see the diffusion of Blasonry over tbe whole face of the globe , he sincerely wished that the waves of the ocean , which separated kingdoms and countrieswere only so many
connecting-, links to bind Masons together . He congratulated tbem ou the marked improvement of the science in this Province , ancl on the large attendance ou this occasion of brethren from other Provinces , ivhich , besides being a p ersonal honour to himself , was attended with great advantage , inasmuch as tbe move they were known , the more would their tenets be understood . He trusted that those brethren would not consider their time or money thrown away in coming to visit them ;
and that , after what they had witnessed in ihe lodge-room , they would admit that though they provided a banquet for themselves and friends , they were not unmindful of the wants and necessities of their poorer brethren . It was too much the habit to disbelieve what was not actually seen ; and though it was a fact , that there was an annular eclipse that very day , yet some would disbelieve it because they did not witness it ; and in the same way , many thought there was no good in Freemasonry , because they did not see it ; to make it , therefore , a living
reality , he ivould urge upou them to let the sentiments inculcated in thelodge-roombe the ruling princip les outof it in every relation of ' life . The AA ORSHIPFUL MASTER said that his next toast was also one which both lodges would feel equal pleasure in doing- honour to , inasmuch as Bro . Burstall was now connected with both in his capacity of Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Province . With the Apollo Lodge Bro . Burstall was bound up by the closest ties ;
for he hacl for the last three years filled the Master ' s chair in a way that it was never filled before ; while by his uniform kindness and conciliatory conduct , he had clone much to advance tbe interests and success of Masonry . He ( the AV . M . ) could appeal to the visitingbrethren whether , in all their experience and travels , they hacl ever found two lodges working * together so harmoniously as the Alfred and Apollo Lodges ; and this excellent state of things was , under the
blessing of the Great Architect of the Universe , mainly owing to the zeal , ability , and urbanity , of Bro . Burstall . In conclusion , he heg-ged to propose " The health of Bro . Burstall , the Deputy Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Oxfordshire . " Bro . BURSTALL said he had often risen in that room to address the brethren , and had done so sometimes with confidence and sometimes with diffidence ; and , though he did not intend to take refuge in the hackneyed strain , that his feelings overcame him , yet , he begged them to believe tbat he felt more thankful for the honour conferred on him
than he had words to tell tbem . He assured them that , in accepting the office ivhich he held in the province , he hacl determined , ane ! trusted he had shewn that determination , to do everything in his power to advance , not only the interests of the provim e , but Masonry generally . In retiring- from that chair , which he hacl filled for three years , it was only due to tbe . brethren to thank tbem for their kindness and courtesy , upon ivhich he should always look back with pleasure . Preiiously to leaving tbat chair , l . e had that day three gratify ing- ditties to perform : the first was to initiate three brethren
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Provincial.
say there was not a higher feeling- in religion , yet Masonry might be a great handmaid to it , especially in Australia , Van Dicmen's Land , and New Zealand ; and , entertaining tbat view , he had taken some steps with some influential friends to establish a lodg-e iu the latter country . Desirous as he was to see the diffusion of Blasonry over tbe whole face of the globe , he sincerely wished that the waves of the ocean , which separated kingdoms and countrieswere only so many
connecting-, links to bind Masons together . He congratulated tbem ou the marked improvement of the science in this Province , ancl on the large attendance ou this occasion of brethren from other Provinces , ivhich , besides being a p ersonal honour to himself , was attended with great advantage , inasmuch as tbe move they were known , the more would their tenets be understood . He trusted that those brethren would not consider their time or money thrown away in coming to visit them ;
and that , after what they had witnessed in ihe lodge-room , they would admit that though they provided a banquet for themselves and friends , they were not unmindful of the wants and necessities of their poorer brethren . It was too much the habit to disbelieve what was not actually seen ; and though it was a fact , that there was an annular eclipse that very day , yet some would disbelieve it because they did not witness it ; and in the same way , many thought there was no good in Freemasonry , because they did not see it ; to make it , therefore , a living
reality , he ivould urge upou them to let the sentiments inculcated in thelodge-roombe the ruling princip les outof it in every relation of ' life . The AA ORSHIPFUL MASTER said that his next toast was also one which both lodges would feel equal pleasure in doing- honour to , inasmuch as Bro . Burstall was now connected with both in his capacity of Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Province . With the Apollo Lodge Bro . Burstall was bound up by the closest ties ;
for he hacl for the last three years filled the Master ' s chair in a way that it was never filled before ; while by his uniform kindness and conciliatory conduct , he had clone much to advance tbe interests and success of Masonry . He ( the AV . M . ) could appeal to the visitingbrethren whether , in all their experience and travels , they hacl ever found two lodges working * together so harmoniously as the Alfred and Apollo Lodges ; and this excellent state of things was , under the
blessing of the Great Architect of the Universe , mainly owing to the zeal , ability , and urbanity , of Bro . Burstall . In conclusion , he heg-ged to propose " The health of Bro . Burstall , the Deputy Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Oxfordshire . " Bro . BURSTALL said he had often risen in that room to address the brethren , and had done so sometimes with confidence and sometimes with diffidence ; and , though he did not intend to take refuge in the hackneyed strain , that his feelings overcame him , yet , he begged them to believe tbat he felt more thankful for the honour conferred on him
than he had words to tell tbem . He assured them that , in accepting the office ivhich he held in the province , he hacl determined , ane ! trusted he had shewn that determination , to do everything in his power to advance , not only the interests of the provim e , but Masonry generally . In retiring- from that chair , which he hacl filled for three years , it was only due to tbe . brethren to thank tbem for their kindness and courtesy , upon ivhich he should always look back with pleasure . Preiiously to leaving tbat chair , l . e had that day three gratify ing- ditties to perform : the first was to initiate three brethren