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the best eulogium would be to refer to the testimonial lately presented to him by his own particular Lodge . ( The health of Dr . Slade was drunk with Masonic honours ) . The P . G . CHAPLAIN acknowledged the honour done to him , ancl the very complimentary terms in which his health had been proposed . It was a great enjoyment to him to meet his Brethren on all occasions . He believed thatin a Mason ' s Lod the value of man to man was literall
, ge , y experienced . In a Mason ' s Lodge he hacl learnt to know the value of man as a brother in the world —( cheers ) . The learned doctor at considerable length , and in very eloquent terms , expatiated on the beautiful system of Masonry , the benefits it conferred , and the charities of life to which it ministered , he remarked on the mutual dependence of the human family , from the cradle to the grave , when death reduced all to a common level ; he believed that Masonry promoted the lory of Gocl
g , and the good of man . Before sitting down , he felt it his duty to acknowledge their obligations to a worthy brother clergyman , in permitting them to assemble in his consecrated temple . In the minds of some persons there were prejudices against Masonry , arising from the thought that it was not favourable to reli gion . He trusted that their assembling on that day for divine service within the walls of the best institution of the land—the established church—would be a refutation of that
assumption—( cheers ) ; and with the permission of the W . the P . G . M . , he would propose as the next toast , " the health of the Rev . J . S . Broad , " which was most cordially received by the Brethren . The P . G . M . proposed as the next toast , " the Past Grancl Officers , " to which Brother R . FENTON , Past P . G . J . Warden , responded . P . G . J . Warden , Brother G . Baker , P . M . 660 , gave the next toast , that of " the Visiting Brethren . " They were very greatly indebted to
their Visiting Brethren for the large muster on that occasion . Brother B . BLAND , W . M . of 372 , ( Macclesfield ) , returned thanks with the most fraternal feeling , for the kind reception given him ancl the other visiting Brethren . He had the happiness to preside over a Lodge of from seventy to eighty subscribing members , and he considered it an honour to be placed in that hi gh position . He cordially invited the Brethren present to visit his Lodgeand particularlin Septemberwhen
, y , it is proposed by Lord Combermere , that the P . G . L . of Cheshire , over which his Loidship presides , shall be then held at Macclesfield . After some further remarks with reference to the principles of the Craft , he would cenclude ( in the words of a worth y Brother of Lodge 113 ) , that Masonry would be found to be
A Rose in the wilderness , - ¦ - '' ¦ y A Spring in the desert , A Shelter io the storm . Ami a Uestiog-plaee to tbe weary . Dr . SLADE here proposed , in very complimentary terms , " the Committee of Management , ancl Stewards of the Banquet . " The toast was received in a manner which evidenced that those exertions had been so far successful as to have resulted in the entire satisfaction of the
Brethren . The Doctor stated , that he had that morning received a letter from Lord Combermere , now in Bavaria , regretting that he could not attend the invitation of the Stewards . Brother C . TRUBSHAW , W . M ., 674 , briefly acknowledged the kind and flattering manner in which the health of himself and coadjutors had been given and received .
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Provincial.
the best eulogium would be to refer to the testimonial lately presented to him by his own particular Lodge . ( The health of Dr . Slade was drunk with Masonic honours ) . The P . G . CHAPLAIN acknowledged the honour done to him , ancl the very complimentary terms in which his health had been proposed . It was a great enjoyment to him to meet his Brethren on all occasions . He believed thatin a Mason ' s Lod the value of man to man was literall
, ge , y experienced . In a Mason ' s Lodge he hacl learnt to know the value of man as a brother in the world —( cheers ) . The learned doctor at considerable length , and in very eloquent terms , expatiated on the beautiful system of Masonry , the benefits it conferred , and the charities of life to which it ministered , he remarked on the mutual dependence of the human family , from the cradle to the grave , when death reduced all to a common level ; he believed that Masonry promoted the lory of Gocl
g , and the good of man . Before sitting down , he felt it his duty to acknowledge their obligations to a worthy brother clergyman , in permitting them to assemble in his consecrated temple . In the minds of some persons there were prejudices against Masonry , arising from the thought that it was not favourable to reli gion . He trusted that their assembling on that day for divine service within the walls of the best institution of the land—the established church—would be a refutation of that
assumption—( cheers ) ; and with the permission of the W . the P . G . M . , he would propose as the next toast , " the health of the Rev . J . S . Broad , " which was most cordially received by the Brethren . The P . G . M . proposed as the next toast , " the Past Grancl Officers , " to which Brother R . FENTON , Past P . G . J . Warden , responded . P . G . J . Warden , Brother G . Baker , P . M . 660 , gave the next toast , that of " the Visiting Brethren . " They were very greatly indebted to
their Visiting Brethren for the large muster on that occasion . Brother B . BLAND , W . M . of 372 , ( Macclesfield ) , returned thanks with the most fraternal feeling , for the kind reception given him ancl the other visiting Brethren . He had the happiness to preside over a Lodge of from seventy to eighty subscribing members , and he considered it an honour to be placed in that hi gh position . He cordially invited the Brethren present to visit his Lodgeand particularlin Septemberwhen
, y , it is proposed by Lord Combermere , that the P . G . L . of Cheshire , over which his Loidship presides , shall be then held at Macclesfield . After some further remarks with reference to the principles of the Craft , he would cenclude ( in the words of a worth y Brother of Lodge 113 ) , that Masonry would be found to be
A Rose in the wilderness , - ¦ - '' ¦ y A Spring in the desert , A Shelter io the storm . Ami a Uestiog-plaee to tbe weary . Dr . SLADE here proposed , in very complimentary terms , " the Committee of Management , ancl Stewards of the Banquet . " The toast was received in a manner which evidenced that those exertions had been so far successful as to have resulted in the entire satisfaction of the
Brethren . The Doctor stated , that he had that morning received a letter from Lord Combermere , now in Bavaria , regretting that he could not attend the invitation of the Stewards . Brother C . TRUBSHAW , W . M ., 674 , briefly acknowledged the kind and flattering manner in which the health of himself and coadjutors had been given and received .