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manner in which he hail proposed his health , and to the Brethren for the way in which they had received it . ( Loud cheers . ) The Lord Mayor then gave " the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , " which were responded to by Bro . Melville , and Bro . Hoyte . The Lord Mayor then gave ' the health of Bro . Sheriff Nicoll . " ( Cheers . ) Bro . Sheriff Nicoll returned thanks for the kind manner in which his
health had been proposed and drunk . The Lord Mayor then gave " the healths of the Worshipful Master and Brethren of the Grand Master ' s Lodge . " The Rev . Bro . GLEADALL said , my Lord Mayor , Most Worshipful Grand Master , and Brethren , tbe honour has devolved upon me , as Master of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , of returning thanks for the toast just proposed and drunk . Considering the very peculiar nature of the
occasion , the comparative length of time since a party of this precise character was entertained within these halls , and the long time which it is possible may again elapse before the same description of party shall again be found under this splendid and hospitable roof : however much 1 may regret , that the duty of responding to the toast has not fallen into abler hands than mine , yet I cannot help feeling a little , I trust pardonable gratificationthat my position as Master of Lodge confers on
, my me the privilege of acknowledging your Lordship ' s courtesy on the present occasion . Let me assure you , my Lord Mayor , that myself and every member of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , appreciate most highly the honour conferred upon us in holding this banquet , partly—I believe 1 may say chiefly—on our account . And let me further assure your Lordship ,
that we consider it a subject of great congratulation among ourselves , that a Past Master of our Lodge is in that eminent aud influential position which your Lordship now fills . We do not say that Masonry has put you there ; nor do not say that had you never been a Mason you would not have occupied that chair ; but this we say , that those principles which Masonry inculcates—integrity , fidelity , uprightness—have had no inconsiderable share in your Lordship ' s elevation , as they must always have no inconsiderable share in the elevation of allwholike your Lordshi
, , p , either have filled or shall hereafter fill , the first civic office in the first and greatest city of the world . And now , my Lord , that you have achieved this distinguished elevation , by what we may call the more unostentatious virtues of Masonry—though in reality the most exaltedwe are proud to see you in a position in which you can exhibit its more splendid virtues , dispense the princely hospitalities , and encourage the munificent charities for which this gigantic and wealthy metropolis
is famed . It is natural for men to look at things , at objects , and at systems through the medium of their own peculiar pursuits , habits of mind , and states of intelligence . The philosopher and the statesman , the man of business and the man of wealth , have each his own way of contemplating things—a way modified and determined by the character of the ideas with which he is mainly conversant . It is quite naturalthereforethat Ias a clergyman of the Church of
, , , England , should view Masonry as a great moral agency—as one of those influences in the world calculated to assist in promoting tbe moral welfare of society . A very ancient book—a book venerable for its antiquity , and still more for its ori gin—a book always kept open in our Lodges—I mean the Volume of the Sacred Law , tells us that mankind sprung from one and the same parentage . Hence , therefore , the brother-
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Metropolitan.
manner in which he hail proposed his health , and to the Brethren for the way in which they had received it . ( Loud cheers . ) The Lord Mayor then gave " the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , " which were responded to by Bro . Melville , and Bro . Hoyte . The Lord Mayor then gave ' the health of Bro . Sheriff Nicoll . " ( Cheers . ) Bro . Sheriff Nicoll returned thanks for the kind manner in which his
health had been proposed and drunk . The Lord Mayor then gave " the healths of the Worshipful Master and Brethren of the Grand Master ' s Lodge . " The Rev . Bro . GLEADALL said , my Lord Mayor , Most Worshipful Grand Master , and Brethren , tbe honour has devolved upon me , as Master of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , of returning thanks for the toast just proposed and drunk . Considering the very peculiar nature of the
occasion , the comparative length of time since a party of this precise character was entertained within these halls , and the long time which it is possible may again elapse before the same description of party shall again be found under this splendid and hospitable roof : however much 1 may regret , that the duty of responding to the toast has not fallen into abler hands than mine , yet I cannot help feeling a little , I trust pardonable gratificationthat my position as Master of Lodge confers on
, my me the privilege of acknowledging your Lordship ' s courtesy on the present occasion . Let me assure you , my Lord Mayor , that myself and every member of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , appreciate most highly the honour conferred upon us in holding this banquet , partly—I believe 1 may say chiefly—on our account . And let me further assure your Lordship ,
that we consider it a subject of great congratulation among ourselves , that a Past Master of our Lodge is in that eminent aud influential position which your Lordship now fills . We do not say that Masonry has put you there ; nor do not say that had you never been a Mason you would not have occupied that chair ; but this we say , that those principles which Masonry inculcates—integrity , fidelity , uprightness—have had no inconsiderable share in your Lordship ' s elevation , as they must always have no inconsiderable share in the elevation of allwholike your Lordshi
, , p , either have filled or shall hereafter fill , the first civic office in the first and greatest city of the world . And now , my Lord , that you have achieved this distinguished elevation , by what we may call the more unostentatious virtues of Masonry—though in reality the most exaltedwe are proud to see you in a position in which you can exhibit its more splendid virtues , dispense the princely hospitalities , and encourage the munificent charities for which this gigantic and wealthy metropolis
is famed . It is natural for men to look at things , at objects , and at systems through the medium of their own peculiar pursuits , habits of mind , and states of intelligence . The philosopher and the statesman , the man of business and the man of wealth , have each his own way of contemplating things—a way modified and determined by the character of the ideas with which he is mainly conversant . It is quite naturalthereforethat Ias a clergyman of the Church of
, , , England , should view Masonry as a great moral agency—as one of those influences in the world calculated to assist in promoting tbe moral welfare of society . A very ancient book—a book venerable for its antiquity , and still more for its ori gin—a book always kept open in our Lodges—I mean the Volume of the Sacred Law , tells us that mankind sprung from one and the same parentage . Hence , therefore , the brother-