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Provincial.
Bro . PHILIPE said that having been a Mason for 26 or 27 years , he could not permit the present opportunity to pass without expressing the extreme gratification , which he had derived from this meeting . He had attended , during the course of his Masonic career , a large number of Lodges , he had consecrated two , and assisted at the consecration of others , but he was bound to say that he never saw an } ' thing so beautifully doneor so successful in every respectas
, , the ceremony of this day . He could not withhold his meed of praise from Bro . Spiers for the admirable , beautiful , and impressive manner , in which he had conducted the consecration , and he only regretted that there were not more Grand Officers present to participate in the gratification which he had experienced . The jiresent was an occasion , in which they , as Masons , felt deeply interested , for they had constituted a Society calculated to do good to mankind , uniting men of
all politics and creeds , furnishing them with neutral ground , on which they might meet as Masons and as men , and breaking down those barriers which separated man from his fellow-man , and checked the flow of kindly feeling . In conclusion , he begged to be allowed to bear testimony to the admirable manner in which the W . M . had conducted the initiations ; it afforded him great jileasure , as well as to witness the efficiency of his officers , who , he thought ,
must have been well drilled to fulfil their duties so successfully . ( Loud cheers . ) Bro . JOSEPH PLOWMAN , being called on , sung a song entitled "The Cherwell and her Crew , " which he had written for the occasion , every verse of which was received with the greatest apjilause . The W . M . then proposed " The health of the Pr . G . M . Bro . Ridley , " to whom , he remarked , the Province were deeply indebted
for the interest which he felt in all that related to the advancement of the Order , and the great services which he rendered it . ( Loud cheers . ) Bro . RIDLEY said that he would not detain them more than a few
minutes , because he was aware they had not so much time at their disposal as they wished , but he could not refrain from expressing his thanks to them for the very cordial manner in which they had received his name ; he could only say , in the spirit of that excellent song which they had just heard , that he sincerely wished them every success , and that the Cherwell Lodge might long be a credit to Banbury and to the Craft . He had been anxious that the name of Cherwell should be connected with this particular branch of Masonry
, and adopted as its title , because the river Cherwell , running as it did from Banbury to Oxford , connected the two towns , and was emblematical of Masonry , which would unite them by one continuous link . In the same way as it flowed through smiling valleys and quiet fields , and fertilized as it glided on , so he hoped that the jieaceful flowing of Freemasonry might unite them in . closer ties , and diffuse those mutual benefits which might be considered to be
represented under the name of Cherwell . It was with that feeling that he looked upon the establishment of this Lodge , ancl , among the many pleasant associations of this day , he doubted not that they would regard , in years to come , as one of the most agreeable , that they had been brought into closer connection with the inhabitants of Banbury , many of whom they were hapjiy now to call by the endearing name of Brother . He trusted that when thev visited
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Provincial.
Bro . PHILIPE said that having been a Mason for 26 or 27 years , he could not permit the present opportunity to pass without expressing the extreme gratification , which he had derived from this meeting . He had attended , during the course of his Masonic career , a large number of Lodges , he had consecrated two , and assisted at the consecration of others , but he was bound to say that he never saw an } ' thing so beautifully doneor so successful in every respectas
, , the ceremony of this day . He could not withhold his meed of praise from Bro . Spiers for the admirable , beautiful , and impressive manner , in which he had conducted the consecration , and he only regretted that there were not more Grand Officers present to participate in the gratification which he had experienced . The jiresent was an occasion , in which they , as Masons , felt deeply interested , for they had constituted a Society calculated to do good to mankind , uniting men of
all politics and creeds , furnishing them with neutral ground , on which they might meet as Masons and as men , and breaking down those barriers which separated man from his fellow-man , and checked the flow of kindly feeling . In conclusion , he begged to be allowed to bear testimony to the admirable manner in which the W . M . had conducted the initiations ; it afforded him great jileasure , as well as to witness the efficiency of his officers , who , he thought ,
must have been well drilled to fulfil their duties so successfully . ( Loud cheers . ) Bro . JOSEPH PLOWMAN , being called on , sung a song entitled "The Cherwell and her Crew , " which he had written for the occasion , every verse of which was received with the greatest apjilause . The W . M . then proposed " The health of the Pr . G . M . Bro . Ridley , " to whom , he remarked , the Province were deeply indebted
for the interest which he felt in all that related to the advancement of the Order , and the great services which he rendered it . ( Loud cheers . ) Bro . RIDLEY said that he would not detain them more than a few
minutes , because he was aware they had not so much time at their disposal as they wished , but he could not refrain from expressing his thanks to them for the very cordial manner in which they had received his name ; he could only say , in the spirit of that excellent song which they had just heard , that he sincerely wished them every success , and that the Cherwell Lodge might long be a credit to Banbury and to the Craft . He had been anxious that the name of Cherwell should be connected with this particular branch of Masonry
, and adopted as its title , because the river Cherwell , running as it did from Banbury to Oxford , connected the two towns , and was emblematical of Masonry , which would unite them by one continuous link . In the same way as it flowed through smiling valleys and quiet fields , and fertilized as it glided on , so he hoped that the jieaceful flowing of Freemasonry might unite them in . closer ties , and diffuse those mutual benefits which might be considered to be
represented under the name of Cherwell . It was with that feeling that he looked upon the establishment of this Lodge , ancl , among the many pleasant associations of this day , he doubted not that they would regard , in years to come , as one of the most agreeable , that they had been brought into closer connection with the inhabitants of Banbury , many of whom they were hapjiy now to call by the endearing name of Brother . He trusted that when thev visited