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establish a female orphan school , he would carry out as far as possible . The Earl of Ellesmere , he was sure , would do the same . His lordshi p woultl give a good subscription , and they must all put their shoulder to the wheel to accomplish what they had undertaken . The Rev . Chaplain had spoken of his character , and of the place he occupied in the senate . There was an old proverb which said that certain people were not without honour save at their own homes ; but this did not apply to him , for
his fellow-townsmen had placed him in almost every situation of trust and honour they had it in their power to bestow . AVhen very young , he was appointed constable of his township . Then he was elected borough-reeve . Subsequentl y he served two years as overseer . After the incorporation of the borough , he was elected mayor , and the town council wanted him to continue a second year , but that he was obliged to decline . But the greatest honour of all was his election for the
position he now held as a member of parliament . There was not another member in the House of Commons who could hold up his head and say that he had been elected by his fellow-townsmen , at the place where he was born—at the place where he had lived and made his money , and that , too , without solicitation , and during his absence from home . They might depend upon it , that if anything could be said against a man ' s character , it would be brought up when he became a
candidate for parliamentary honours ; but he was not aware that he had been assailed at all , and , standing in this proud position , nothing should be wanting on his part to promote the interest of the whole of his fellow-townsmen . As D . P . G- M ., he was equally ready to do his duty as a Mason . They had resolved to establish an orphan school , and all he had to say was—let every Freemason give something , and they could carry their object triumphantly . He ( the D . P . G . M . ) would subscribe according to bis station ; let others do the same , and the good work would be done .
The next toast from the chair was " The P . G . Chaplain , the Rev . George Dowty . " The D . P . G . M . stated that the Chaplain was located at Walsden , near Todmorden , where he had erected a church and a school on the moors ; and in a short time there would also be a house for him to reside in among his poor flock . In accomplishing this he had been greatly aided by his masonic brethren ; and the tower of the church having been built by the contributions of the members of the Craft , it was called the Freemasons' Tower . The toast was drunk with masonic honours .
Ihe P . G . CHAPLAIN said , be was highly gratified , as a humble parish priest , in being present as the guest of such a body of men as the Freemasons of East Lancashire . To them , and to the Craft in general , he owed a deep debt of gratitude . To them his church owed its adornments . It was the poor man ' s church , but the poor man worshipped the same God as the rich , and was equally entitled to consideration . They had been so considered ; by the aid of his masonic brethren , he had reared a temple where temple never stood before—and to them he
must ever owe the deepest obligations . Bro . T . R . BRIDSON , P . G . Treas ., proposed " the Visiting Brethren , " and Major Goode acknowledged the compliment on behalf of himself and the other visitors .
Major GOODE gave " the P . G . Officers for East Lancashire , " and said that he loved Masonry more than ever , from what he had seen since he came into Lancashire .
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establish a female orphan school , he would carry out as far as possible . The Earl of Ellesmere , he was sure , would do the same . His lordshi p woultl give a good subscription , and they must all put their shoulder to the wheel to accomplish what they had undertaken . The Rev . Chaplain had spoken of his character , and of the place he occupied in the senate . There was an old proverb which said that certain people were not without honour save at their own homes ; but this did not apply to him , for
his fellow-townsmen had placed him in almost every situation of trust and honour they had it in their power to bestow . AVhen very young , he was appointed constable of his township . Then he was elected borough-reeve . Subsequentl y he served two years as overseer . After the incorporation of the borough , he was elected mayor , and the town council wanted him to continue a second year , but that he was obliged to decline . But the greatest honour of all was his election for the
position he now held as a member of parliament . There was not another member in the House of Commons who could hold up his head and say that he had been elected by his fellow-townsmen , at the place where he was born—at the place where he had lived and made his money , and that , too , without solicitation , and during his absence from home . They might depend upon it , that if anything could be said against a man ' s character , it would be brought up when he became a
candidate for parliamentary honours ; but he was not aware that he had been assailed at all , and , standing in this proud position , nothing should be wanting on his part to promote the interest of the whole of his fellow-townsmen . As D . P . G- M ., he was equally ready to do his duty as a Mason . They had resolved to establish an orphan school , and all he had to say was—let every Freemason give something , and they could carry their object triumphantly . He ( the D . P . G . M . ) would subscribe according to bis station ; let others do the same , and the good work would be done .
The next toast from the chair was " The P . G . Chaplain , the Rev . George Dowty . " The D . P . G . M . stated that the Chaplain was located at Walsden , near Todmorden , where he had erected a church and a school on the moors ; and in a short time there would also be a house for him to reside in among his poor flock . In accomplishing this he had been greatly aided by his masonic brethren ; and the tower of the church having been built by the contributions of the members of the Craft , it was called the Freemasons' Tower . The toast was drunk with masonic honours .
Ihe P . G . CHAPLAIN said , be was highly gratified , as a humble parish priest , in being present as the guest of such a body of men as the Freemasons of East Lancashire . To them , and to the Craft in general , he owed a deep debt of gratitude . To them his church owed its adornments . It was the poor man ' s church , but the poor man worshipped the same God as the rich , and was equally entitled to consideration . They had been so considered ; by the aid of his masonic brethren , he had reared a temple where temple never stood before—and to them he
must ever owe the deepest obligations . Bro . T . R . BRIDSON , P . G . Treas ., proposed " the Visiting Brethren , " and Major Goode acknowledged the compliment on behalf of himself and the other visitors .
Major GOODE gave " the P . G . Officers for East Lancashire , " and said that he loved Masonry more than ever , from what he had seen since he came into Lancashire .