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good feeling and amity . As Englishmen and Masons , he asked them , not so much in accordance with the cold rules of etiquette , as in ready obedience to the warm impulses of the best affections of their heartsto drink , as their first toast , — " The health of her Majesty the Queen " —( great cheering ) . The AV . M . in proposing the next toast , begged them to remember that he was about to speak of an illustrious ladas the widow of a
y , Brother Mason , who swayed the sceptre of this country in times of no ordinary difficulty , and whose Masonic career , from the period of its commencement at Plymouth , in 1787 , till his accession to regal power in 1830 , was marked by great honesty of purpose , goodness of heart , and frequent participation in the operative transactions of Freemasonry . Queen Adelaide justly stood high in the estimation of the Craft , as the widow of a royal Brother , and as the liberal patroness of their
charities , more especially of the Girls' School , the orphan offspring of whose fostering care , the Queen Dowager hael ever considered worthy of a participation in " that heavenly principle of love which Masonry was instituted to cherish and to advance "—( cheers ) . They would , therefore , drink the health of that illustrious lady , the high moral bearing of " whose character once imparted to the atmosphere of a court , a purity of the most elevated kindand now threw around her retirement in
pri-, vate life , a grace and dignity that found their due appreciation among the high-minded people of this country . — " The health of the Queen Dowager" was drank amidst loud cheering . The next toast was " The Princess Royal , Prince Albert , and the rest of the Royal Family ; " the AA . M . expressing a hope that the child
of promise—the princess , as she increased in years , might , like her illustrious parents , deserve and enjoy the best affections of the British people . The AV . M . next observed , that there was no toast that he found more difficult to propose , although it was one that was invariably received with the greatest enthusiasm at their festive assemblies , than u the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex ;"—for whilst his
great Masonic virtues and high intellectual attainments were full y approbated , it was beyond the power of many men , speaking from the impulse of the moment , to pronounce an adequate eulogium upon exertions , which for upwards of thirty years had rendered the name of his Royal Highness familiar not only to the Fraternity of England , but throughout the civilized world . Among the illustrious names which graced the annals of Masonry , ancl sufficiently illustrated its benignant
and social character , none stood more prominent than that of the Royal Duke , whose untiring habits of industry , extensive reading , classical acquirements , and inexhaustible stores of information , were all brought into active operation to elucidate the beauties , and enforce the practice of Masonic principles . The countenance of so illustrious a personage must convince society at large , that Freemasons harboured , within the secret recesses of their Lod no particle of disloyalty or treasonbut
ges , ; that their objects had been faithfully represented by a distinguished and reverend author ( Dr . Oliver ) , who had remarked , " that the pedestal of Masonry is religion ; its shaft , morality ; and its capital , virtue : the whole surmounted by a beautiful entablature of universal charity "—( cheers ) . He now asked them to pledge , with the usual honours , " the health of their M . W . G . M . the Duke of Sussex . "—( drunk with Masonic honours . )
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good feeling and amity . As Englishmen and Masons , he asked them , not so much in accordance with the cold rules of etiquette , as in ready obedience to the warm impulses of the best affections of their heartsto drink , as their first toast , — " The health of her Majesty the Queen " —( great cheering ) . The AV . M . in proposing the next toast , begged them to remember that he was about to speak of an illustrious ladas the widow of a
y , Brother Mason , who swayed the sceptre of this country in times of no ordinary difficulty , and whose Masonic career , from the period of its commencement at Plymouth , in 1787 , till his accession to regal power in 1830 , was marked by great honesty of purpose , goodness of heart , and frequent participation in the operative transactions of Freemasonry . Queen Adelaide justly stood high in the estimation of the Craft , as the widow of a royal Brother , and as the liberal patroness of their
charities , more especially of the Girls' School , the orphan offspring of whose fostering care , the Queen Dowager hael ever considered worthy of a participation in " that heavenly principle of love which Masonry was instituted to cherish and to advance "—( cheers ) . They would , therefore , drink the health of that illustrious lady , the high moral bearing of " whose character once imparted to the atmosphere of a court , a purity of the most elevated kindand now threw around her retirement in
pri-, vate life , a grace and dignity that found their due appreciation among the high-minded people of this country . — " The health of the Queen Dowager" was drank amidst loud cheering . The next toast was " The Princess Royal , Prince Albert , and the rest of the Royal Family ; " the AA . M . expressing a hope that the child
of promise—the princess , as she increased in years , might , like her illustrious parents , deserve and enjoy the best affections of the British people . The AV . M . next observed , that there was no toast that he found more difficult to propose , although it was one that was invariably received with the greatest enthusiasm at their festive assemblies , than u the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex ;"—for whilst his
great Masonic virtues and high intellectual attainments were full y approbated , it was beyond the power of many men , speaking from the impulse of the moment , to pronounce an adequate eulogium upon exertions , which for upwards of thirty years had rendered the name of his Royal Highness familiar not only to the Fraternity of England , but throughout the civilized world . Among the illustrious names which graced the annals of Masonry , ancl sufficiently illustrated its benignant
and social character , none stood more prominent than that of the Royal Duke , whose untiring habits of industry , extensive reading , classical acquirements , and inexhaustible stores of information , were all brought into active operation to elucidate the beauties , and enforce the practice of Masonic principles . The countenance of so illustrious a personage must convince society at large , that Freemasons harboured , within the secret recesses of their Lod no particle of disloyalty or treasonbut
ges , ; that their objects had been faithfully represented by a distinguished and reverend author ( Dr . Oliver ) , who had remarked , " that the pedestal of Masonry is religion ; its shaft , morality ; and its capital , virtue : the whole surmounted by a beautiful entablature of universal charity "—( cheers ) . He now asked them to pledge , with the usual honours , " the health of their M . W . G . M . the Duke of Sussex . "—( drunk with Masonic honours . )