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Duty To Perform Towards The Nobleman Who...
duty to perform towards the nobleman who had now the honour of presiding over them ( cheers ) . He was sure , when he said that the toast was " The health of the M . AV . the G . M ., " that he should obtain their attention as well as a most cordial reception ( cheers ) . The gratifying manner in which his lordshi p had been received when he entered , the Hallproved to him that they were indeed sensible
, of the excellent manner which the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Zetland had performed his duties for the last ten years . They owed a debt of gratitude indeed to his lordship , not only for the manner in which he had presided over them , but for the kind assistance which he had invariably rendered to all the Masonic charities ( cheers ) . He was persuaded they appreciated him for his high honour and
charitable feeling , which could not be enhanced by anything he could say ; he therefore called upon them to drink health , happiness , ancl prosperity , to the Earl of Zetland , then- M . W . G . M . The toast was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm . The GEAND MASTEB , when silence was restored , begged the Brethren to accept his grateful thanks for the kind manner in which they had responded to the toast which had been proposed by his
worthy Bro . Lewis . He had so often experienced their kindness and so frequently had occasion to . return them thanks , that they would hardly think it possible he could alter his language in expressing the gratitude he experienced for such manifestations of tlieir
goodwill . This was the eleventh time tbat they had done him the honor of placing him in the proud position he then filled ( cheers ) . During that long period he had continually experienced the warm regard of the Craft , and had received the greatest assistance from the Grand Officers , as well as the confidence of every individual of the Order . Notwithstanding , he acknowledged that his duties were arduous , and that a great deal of business was imposed upon him , yet he could
assure them by their invariable co-operation that business became a pleasure to him ( cheers ) . It was most gratifying to bim to know that during tho time he had had the honor of presiding over the Craft , the Masonic charities had greatly increased in prosperity ( cheers ); as he considered charity to be the key-stone of Masonry ( cheers ) ; as he considered that charity was above all thenother duties , he was happy to say that duty had been responded to
by every -Brother most cordially and liberally ; and it was therefore doubly gratifying to him . to know that the charities had not only greatly increased in prosperityjand were more liberally supported than they had been in former times , but that tbe recipients of tlieir bounty Were more efficiently relieved ( cheers ) than they had ever been at any former period . He would not detain them , as he knew they Were about to enjoy some most excellent musicbut they ivould
, accept his grateful thanks for their past good feeling , and so long as he had health and strength to perform the duties of the office , which their kindness imposed upon him , he ivould do so with cheerfulness and to the best of his ability . The next toast was , " The Grand Blaster of Scotland and Ireland . "
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Duty To Perform Towards The Nobleman Who...
duty to perform towards the nobleman who had now the honour of presiding over them ( cheers ) . He was sure , when he said that the toast was " The health of the M . AV . the G . M ., " that he should obtain their attention as well as a most cordial reception ( cheers ) . The gratifying manner in which his lordshi p had been received when he entered , the Hallproved to him that they were indeed sensible
, of the excellent manner which the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Zetland had performed his duties for the last ten years . They owed a debt of gratitude indeed to his lordship , not only for the manner in which he had presided over them , but for the kind assistance which he had invariably rendered to all the Masonic charities ( cheers ) . He was persuaded they appreciated him for his high honour and
charitable feeling , which could not be enhanced by anything he could say ; he therefore called upon them to drink health , happiness , ancl prosperity , to the Earl of Zetland , then- M . W . G . M . The toast was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm . The GEAND MASTEB , when silence was restored , begged the Brethren to accept his grateful thanks for the kind manner in which they had responded to the toast which had been proposed by his
worthy Bro . Lewis . He had so often experienced their kindness and so frequently had occasion to . return them thanks , that they would hardly think it possible he could alter his language in expressing the gratitude he experienced for such manifestations of tlieir
goodwill . This was the eleventh time tbat they had done him the honor of placing him in the proud position he then filled ( cheers ) . During that long period he had continually experienced the warm regard of the Craft , and had received the greatest assistance from the Grand Officers , as well as the confidence of every individual of the Order . Notwithstanding , he acknowledged that his duties were arduous , and that a great deal of business was imposed upon him , yet he could
assure them by their invariable co-operation that business became a pleasure to him ( cheers ) . It was most gratifying to bim to know that during tho time he had had the honor of presiding over the Craft , the Masonic charities had greatly increased in prosperity ( cheers ); as he considered charity to be the key-stone of Masonry ( cheers ) ; as he considered that charity was above all thenother duties , he was happy to say that duty had been responded to
by every -Brother most cordially and liberally ; and it was therefore doubly gratifying to him . to know that the charities had not only greatly increased in prosperityjand were more liberally supported than they had been in former times , but that tbe recipients of tlieir bounty Were more efficiently relieved ( cheers ) than they had ever been at any former period . He would not detain them , as he knew they Were about to enjoy some most excellent musicbut they ivould
, accept his grateful thanks for their past good feeling , and so long as he had health and strength to perform the duties of the office , which their kindness imposed upon him , he ivould do so with cheerfulness and to the best of his ability . The next toast was , " The Grand Blaster of Scotland and Ireland . "