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have seen assembled there , under the banners of Masonry , many persons enjoying the comforts and luxuries of life . But there were persons also connected with them , as well as the great , the wealthy , and the powerful , —some , who among the multitudes of Masons in all parts of the popular world , were reduced to the extreme of misery and want . AVhile Masons were grateful to the Grand Architect of the Universe for the blessings they enjoyedthey did not forget the poorand therefore
, , it was customary to give as their concluding toast , to be drunk in solemn silence , " All our Brethren , however distressed or suffering , in any spot upon the face of the habitable globe . " The company then separated . Mr . Gyngell exhibited a grand display of fireworks in the evening , and so closed the day , which will long be remembered in Sidmouth .
EXKTKN . —The Aged Masons' Asylum engrossed much of our attention , but at present we have only go ' od wishes to offer , which must pass as current coin until we can in some degree approach the noble example of the Taunton Lodge . Next season it is hoped that at least an annual subscription will be sent as an earnest of our sincerity . We must not be the last in the race of charity . One cause of our present inability may be pleaded in the arrangements making to meet in a hall of our own , for that be well
instead of assembling at a public hotel , reasons may understood . This once effected , -Masonry in the Province of Devon will assume its proper position ; we shall be enabled to work out its principles far beyond our own present sphere of action . As it is , we are improving very materially , in discipline , in practice , as also in numbers and respectability . . The Brethren of St . George ' s Lodge , in this city , celebrated their annual festival on April 2-1 , by dining together at Street ' s Royal Clarence Hotel . Among the visitors were several Brethren from I lverton , Sidmouth , and other Lodges .
TAUNTON . —R . A . MASONRY . —A strong muster of Companions assembled at the Chapter of Sincerity in this town on Thursday , for the purpose of installing the Principals Elect , ( Companions AVarre , Leigh , and Crotch ) and such Past Chiefs as were qualified . AV e wish that every Mason , nay every man , could have witnessed the impressive ceremonies of the day ; the conclave was opened after the ancient manner , by the M . E . Companions , Elton , Huyshe , and Cave ; although we had of those dis
heard much commendation of the peculiar proficiency - tinguished Masons in the " mystic science , " we confess we were not prepared to admire the singular combination of profound research , extraordinary memory , and absorbing solemnity with which the protracted and trying work appointed for them was completed ; many Bust Chiefs were duly and ceremoniously inducted into the suitable secrets of their stations—an exaltation of a candidate , and the unanimous election of Companion Crucefix , as an honorary member , concluded the labours of
the Chapter . . . , AVe regret that our space will not permit us to do faint justice to tlie continuous eloquence which followed the banquet , particularly a heartstirring appeal in behalf of that illustrious effort of rtlasonry , 1 he Asylum for the Aged Mason , " hy Brother Huyshe , a name immortalised in this town , by the lasting monument which the truly Masonic ancestor of this distinguished Brother has raised in amp le proof ot the charity which alike animated the Huyshe of 1 G 1 S , as it now does his worthy
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Provincial.
have seen assembled there , under the banners of Masonry , many persons enjoying the comforts and luxuries of life . But there were persons also connected with them , as well as the great , the wealthy , and the powerful , —some , who among the multitudes of Masons in all parts of the popular world , were reduced to the extreme of misery and want . AVhile Masons were grateful to the Grand Architect of the Universe for the blessings they enjoyedthey did not forget the poorand therefore
, , it was customary to give as their concluding toast , to be drunk in solemn silence , " All our Brethren , however distressed or suffering , in any spot upon the face of the habitable globe . " The company then separated . Mr . Gyngell exhibited a grand display of fireworks in the evening , and so closed the day , which will long be remembered in Sidmouth .
EXKTKN . —The Aged Masons' Asylum engrossed much of our attention , but at present we have only go ' od wishes to offer , which must pass as current coin until we can in some degree approach the noble example of the Taunton Lodge . Next season it is hoped that at least an annual subscription will be sent as an earnest of our sincerity . We must not be the last in the race of charity . One cause of our present inability may be pleaded in the arrangements making to meet in a hall of our own , for that be well
instead of assembling at a public hotel , reasons may understood . This once effected , -Masonry in the Province of Devon will assume its proper position ; we shall be enabled to work out its principles far beyond our own present sphere of action . As it is , we are improving very materially , in discipline , in practice , as also in numbers and respectability . . The Brethren of St . George ' s Lodge , in this city , celebrated their annual festival on April 2-1 , by dining together at Street ' s Royal Clarence Hotel . Among the visitors were several Brethren from I lverton , Sidmouth , and other Lodges .
TAUNTON . —R . A . MASONRY . —A strong muster of Companions assembled at the Chapter of Sincerity in this town on Thursday , for the purpose of installing the Principals Elect , ( Companions AVarre , Leigh , and Crotch ) and such Past Chiefs as were qualified . AV e wish that every Mason , nay every man , could have witnessed the impressive ceremonies of the day ; the conclave was opened after the ancient manner , by the M . E . Companions , Elton , Huyshe , and Cave ; although we had of those dis
heard much commendation of the peculiar proficiency - tinguished Masons in the " mystic science , " we confess we were not prepared to admire the singular combination of profound research , extraordinary memory , and absorbing solemnity with which the protracted and trying work appointed for them was completed ; many Bust Chiefs were duly and ceremoniously inducted into the suitable secrets of their stations—an exaltation of a candidate , and the unanimous election of Companion Crucefix , as an honorary member , concluded the labours of
the Chapter . . . , AVe regret that our space will not permit us to do faint justice to tlie continuous eloquence which followed the banquet , particularly a heartstirring appeal in behalf of that illustrious effort of rtlasonry , 1 he Asylum for the Aged Mason , " hy Brother Huyshe , a name immortalised in this town , by the lasting monument which the truly Masonic ancestor of this distinguished Brother has raised in amp le proof ot the charity which alike animated the Huyshe of 1 G 1 S , as it now does his worthy