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would propose "The Duke of Sussex , our G . M . ; " and , he would add , " may better health attend him . " This health was drunk with 3 Iasonic honours , and those two words are a volume on cordiality ancl sincerity . Song , Brother Crane— " The old English Gentleman , " which lie sung with great taste and excellent feeling . The Chairman said his next toast would call forth another display of
generous feeling ; lie need not make a preamble to render it in appearance the more ivorthy , for like every thing sterling ancl good , the names of such men are , when " unadorned , adorned the most . " He gave " The P . G . M . Brother Le Gendre Starkie . " Drank with full Masonic honours .
1 he Chairman next said as they had so handsomely remembered the P . G . M . of the AV . P ., he ivould propose the health of " Brother Meyric , G . T . of England , ancl P . G . M . of the E . P . " Drank with Masonic honours . Brother Bowman , P . G . D . of the eastern province , returned thanks . Tlie Chairman next said it must have often given the greatest satisfaction to many of the Brethren present , to witness the unabated zeal of Brother Fallowfield in the cause of Masonry ; it was to himtherefore
, , a high gratification to propose his health . He begged then to give it with the provincial distinctions belonging to it , that had been so deservedly given to him— " Brother Fallowfield , D . P . G . M . C . AV . P . L . Drunk with Masonic honours . Brother Fallowfield rose , and said that he felt very grateful for the manner in which the Chairman had proposed his health , and also to the Brethrenfor the handsome way in which they had drank it . He had
, , ever since he became a Mason , been devotedly attached to its sublime mysteries , and as the Chairman had truly said , his zeal and attachment to it were in all their first freshness . It had been a delightful gratification to him to see the beauty , order , and regularity , that had distinguished every thing connected with the clay ' s proceedings , and he
doubted not that the like feelings of admiration had been felt by all who had witnessed them . Brother Fallowfield then again thanked the Brc thren , and having obtained permission to give a toast , he proposed " Tlie AV . P . G . C . j Brother Gihnour Robinson , " which was responded to with tlie full honours of Masonry . The CJiairman thanked the Brethren for the compliment they had just paid him , ancl could behave been vain enough to expect it , he might
have probably prepared some more becoming form of acknowledgment than that which his feelings would now only allow him to offer . He had been a Mason for twelve years , and he could say what all present would heartily believe ancl agree , that the more he saw and heard of Masonry , the more he loved it . His father and grandfather were Masons , ancl he trusted that lie should continue as faithful to the Order as their excellent examples had proved tliem to be . He was sorry to say tiiat many arduous
duties in which he had been latterly engaged , had prevented him from g iving that attention to Masonry which he desired to do , but he trusted shortly to have more leisure , when lie sJiould be again enabled to resume Jiis studies in the art . He then particularly recommended that all meetings should be used as schools for tlie acquirement of the science , and instanced the advantages which would be conferred b y tbe Brethren giving lectures connected with their respective pursuits .
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Provincial.
would propose "The Duke of Sussex , our G . M . ; " and , he would add , " may better health attend him . " This health was drunk with 3 Iasonic honours , and those two words are a volume on cordiality ancl sincerity . Song , Brother Crane— " The old English Gentleman , " which lie sung with great taste and excellent feeling . The Chairman said his next toast would call forth another display of
generous feeling ; lie need not make a preamble to render it in appearance the more ivorthy , for like every thing sterling ancl good , the names of such men are , when " unadorned , adorned the most . " He gave " The P . G . M . Brother Le Gendre Starkie . " Drank with full Masonic honours .
1 he Chairman next said as they had so handsomely remembered the P . G . M . of the AV . P ., he ivould propose the health of " Brother Meyric , G . T . of England , ancl P . G . M . of the E . P . " Drank with Masonic honours . Brother Bowman , P . G . D . of the eastern province , returned thanks . Tlie Chairman next said it must have often given the greatest satisfaction to many of the Brethren present , to witness the unabated zeal of Brother Fallowfield in the cause of Masonry ; it was to himtherefore
, , a high gratification to propose his health . He begged then to give it with the provincial distinctions belonging to it , that had been so deservedly given to him— " Brother Fallowfield , D . P . G . M . C . AV . P . L . Drunk with Masonic honours . Brother Fallowfield rose , and said that he felt very grateful for the manner in which the Chairman had proposed his health , and also to the Brethrenfor the handsome way in which they had drank it . He had
, , ever since he became a Mason , been devotedly attached to its sublime mysteries , and as the Chairman had truly said , his zeal and attachment to it were in all their first freshness . It had been a delightful gratification to him to see the beauty , order , and regularity , that had distinguished every thing connected with the clay ' s proceedings , and he
doubted not that the like feelings of admiration had been felt by all who had witnessed them . Brother Fallowfield then again thanked the Brc thren , and having obtained permission to give a toast , he proposed " Tlie AV . P . G . C . j Brother Gihnour Robinson , " which was responded to with tlie full honours of Masonry . The CJiairman thanked the Brethren for the compliment they had just paid him , ancl could behave been vain enough to expect it , he might
have probably prepared some more becoming form of acknowledgment than that which his feelings would now only allow him to offer . He had been a Mason for twelve years , and he could say what all present would heartily believe ancl agree , that the more he saw and heard of Masonry , the more he loved it . His father and grandfather were Masons , ancl he trusted that lie should continue as faithful to the Order as their excellent examples had proved tliem to be . He was sorry to say tiiat many arduous
duties in which he had been latterly engaged , had prevented him from g iving that attention to Masonry which he desired to do , but he trusted shortly to have more leisure , when lie sJiould be again enabled to resume Jiis studies in the art . He then particularly recommended that all meetings should be used as schools for tlie acquirement of the science , and instanced the advantages which would be conferred b y tbe Brethren giving lectures connected with their respective pursuits .