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Scotland.
Lodge in front , to the Barony church , where it was formally closed , and the lodges dispersed . Above a hundred of the brethren afterwards dined together in the Trades' Hall , Glassford-street , under the presidency of the Prov . Grancl Master . He was supported on the right and left by Professor Arnot , Sub . Prov . Grand Master ; Bro . Lenning Woodman , Grand Clerk ; Bro . Deucharof Morning-side ; Bro . AlexanderJun . Prov . Grand
, , , Secretary ; Bro . Miller , P . G . Treasurer ; Bro . Cameron , W . M . ofthe Edinburgh St . David ' s Lodge , & c . After dinner the P . G . Lodge was opened in due form . The duties of Senior and Junior Wardens being , in the absence of Sir James Campbell and Professor Ramsay , who were from home , ably discharged by Bro . Yorke , AV . M . of the Freeman St . John ' s Lodge , and Bro . Main , AV . M . of the Kilwinning LodgeNo . 4 .
, As the remaining proceedings were conducted within the tyled walls of a P . G , Lodge , I am of necessity precluded from entering minutel y into the detail of them , and happily so , because I woulcl vainly essay , to convey anything like an adequate idea of the tact ancl ability with which the duties of the chair were performed , and the enthusiasm which without apparent effort was inspired . We have not seen the interest of a convivial meeting so fully sustainednor heard so many bursts of genuine
, eloquence since the memorable banquet given here some dozen years ago to Sir Robert Peel . After the usual loyal and masonic toasts , the health of the Prov . Grand Master , introduced by Bro . Arnot with a neat exordium , was eloquently replied to . In referring to the congenial duties in which , as
Masons , we had been engaged , he mentioned the interesting fact , that according to the arrangements of this institution , those members of families which should obtain the benefit of it , as residents , would not be separated from each other , as is complained of in similar institutions in tbe sister kingdoms , but that the husband and wife who had spent tbe noon of life together , should be associated in its evening also , and death alone be permitted to divide them . The masonic qualities
displayed in the design and construction of the buildings were dul y indicated . "Widel y designed for the accomplishment of the objects intended , and admitting of considerable extension without injury to the harmony of their proportions ; strongly and substantially constructed , finely situated ; and although nothing is introduced for the purposes of ornament alone , the essentials are designed with a regard to simple and natural effect . A new and most gratifying feature in this assembly was
the unwonted presence ofthe venerable Lodge of Glasgow , the Freeman St . John ' s , inferior in point of numbers , in their turn out , only to the Lodge St . Mark , and whose stalwart forms aud intelligent faces formed a favourable , yet fair specimen of the " trades burgess , " an influential element of our civic constitution . Its continued existence—the lineal and unbroken representative of that lodge which , at the request of Bishop Jocyline , and under the especial patronage of AVilliam the Lion , erected
seven centuries ago , the noble Minster , to which allusion has more than once been made , as it hacl assisted at the extension and repair of its predecessor . But amid the many generous chords which vibrated to the touch of one who has shewn himself well acquainted with the varied keys of human impulse , one touch of nature thrilled with especial effect to the heart of every one of us . It is stated in the tenth volume of Bro . Alison ' s admirable History of Europe that a detachment of the French
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Scotland.
Lodge in front , to the Barony church , where it was formally closed , and the lodges dispersed . Above a hundred of the brethren afterwards dined together in the Trades' Hall , Glassford-street , under the presidency of the Prov . Grancl Master . He was supported on the right and left by Professor Arnot , Sub . Prov . Grand Master ; Bro . Lenning Woodman , Grand Clerk ; Bro . Deucharof Morning-side ; Bro . AlexanderJun . Prov . Grand
, , , Secretary ; Bro . Miller , P . G . Treasurer ; Bro . Cameron , W . M . ofthe Edinburgh St . David ' s Lodge , & c . After dinner the P . G . Lodge was opened in due form . The duties of Senior and Junior Wardens being , in the absence of Sir James Campbell and Professor Ramsay , who were from home , ably discharged by Bro . Yorke , AV . M . of the Freeman St . John ' s Lodge , and Bro . Main , AV . M . of the Kilwinning LodgeNo . 4 .
, As the remaining proceedings were conducted within the tyled walls of a P . G , Lodge , I am of necessity precluded from entering minutel y into the detail of them , and happily so , because I woulcl vainly essay , to convey anything like an adequate idea of the tact ancl ability with which the duties of the chair were performed , and the enthusiasm which without apparent effort was inspired . We have not seen the interest of a convivial meeting so fully sustainednor heard so many bursts of genuine
, eloquence since the memorable banquet given here some dozen years ago to Sir Robert Peel . After the usual loyal and masonic toasts , the health of the Prov . Grand Master , introduced by Bro . Arnot with a neat exordium , was eloquently replied to . In referring to the congenial duties in which , as
Masons , we had been engaged , he mentioned the interesting fact , that according to the arrangements of this institution , those members of families which should obtain the benefit of it , as residents , would not be separated from each other , as is complained of in similar institutions in tbe sister kingdoms , but that the husband and wife who had spent tbe noon of life together , should be associated in its evening also , and death alone be permitted to divide them . The masonic qualities
displayed in the design and construction of the buildings were dul y indicated . "Widel y designed for the accomplishment of the objects intended , and admitting of considerable extension without injury to the harmony of their proportions ; strongly and substantially constructed , finely situated ; and although nothing is introduced for the purposes of ornament alone , the essentials are designed with a regard to simple and natural effect . A new and most gratifying feature in this assembly was
the unwonted presence ofthe venerable Lodge of Glasgow , the Freeman St . John ' s , inferior in point of numbers , in their turn out , only to the Lodge St . Mark , and whose stalwart forms aud intelligent faces formed a favourable , yet fair specimen of the " trades burgess , " an influential element of our civic constitution . Its continued existence—the lineal and unbroken representative of that lodge which , at the request of Bishop Jocyline , and under the especial patronage of AVilliam the Lion , erected
seven centuries ago , the noble Minster , to which allusion has more than once been made , as it hacl assisted at the extension and repair of its predecessor . But amid the many generous chords which vibrated to the touch of one who has shewn himself well acquainted with the varied keys of human impulse , one touch of nature thrilled with especial effect to the heart of every one of us . It is stated in the tenth volume of Bro . Alison ' s admirable History of Europe that a detachment of the French