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for the handsome manner in which my health has been proposed ancl drank . May you all long enjoy that satisfaction and delight which disinterested friendship can afford , —may kindness ancl brotherly affection ever distinguish your conduct as men and Masons . "—Amen , so mote it be .
Bro . E . C . WHARF . — " The toast which I now rise to propose is one that 1 feel myself inadequate to do justice to , yet having been called on to do so , I should be wanting in respect were I to fail in doing so . I shall therefore briefly say , that it is to ' The Grand Lodge of Scotland , '" — ( three times three . ) Song— " Auld lang syne . " Br . STEPHENSON P . G . M . returned thanks . "Brethren ( saidhe ) having
, , already expressed myself to you this evening , I can only add , that I beg to return you my warmest thanks , for the honour you have clone the Grand Lodge of Scotland , in drinking to its prosperity , and which , you may be assured , I shall take an early opportunity of acquainting them thereof . "
Bro . O BRIEN rose to propose the health of a Grand Lodge , which , although he was not directly under its immediate control , yet he owed a feeling of the greatest respect to it—it is to the Grand Lodge of Ireland—the land that gave his father birth ; " therefore as an Irishman ' s son , " said the worth y Brother , " I consider I should be doing injustice to the toast , were I to propose it without a few words in its favour . Certainly it may be thought that it ill behoves me so to do , but permit to tell
me you , my Brethren , that there is at this board the oldest Mason belonging to this island , who appertains to an Irish Lodge , ( the Union 690 , ) and who , you all know , is ever green and lively in the cause—( hear , hear . ) It is certainly to be regretted that this Lodge is at present dormant ; but it is to be hoped that when roused from its slumbers , that it will set ( as it has done before ) an example to others . You are all aware as to Brother Wharf ' s zeal for the institution ; all well
you know that nothing has been neglected on his part to keep up his Lodge ; but what can a captain clo without men ? Brother Wharf , hoivever , has always been firm , ancl has shown that although not made of bronze , yet lie is just as staunch as the pillars of his Lodge . Brethren , I beg to propose ' Success to the Grand Lodge of Ireland . ' " Song— " That sacred place where three in one . " Bro . WHARF returned thanks in the name of his Lodgeand begged
, to assure the Brethren , that while he had health ancl strength , he would ever be ready to enter the field for the benefit of the good old cause . He thanked the Brothers for the kind manner they hacl drunk the success of the Grand Lodge of Ireland . Bro . O'BRIEN then rose , and after a very excellent address , proposed the health of Brother Daniel Hart , their host , which was received with loud ancl continued cheers .
Bro . HART returned thanks in his usual good style , and prior to sitting down requested the Brethren to fill up a bumper . " Brethren , said he , " 1 claim your assistance in drinking the health of one who has given ample proof of his esteem for Freemasonry , ancl by ivhose efforts the Craft have benefited to a degree which they were befnre deprived of ; for , by the exertions of him whose health he was now about to drink , the Craft are put in possession of all that transpires in Masonry throughout the world—( hear , hear . ) Brethren , 1 see , " said the worthy Erother , " that you anticipate me , and shall at once give you ' the health
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for the handsome manner in which my health has been proposed ancl drank . May you all long enjoy that satisfaction and delight which disinterested friendship can afford , —may kindness ancl brotherly affection ever distinguish your conduct as men and Masons . "—Amen , so mote it be .
Bro . E . C . WHARF . — " The toast which I now rise to propose is one that 1 feel myself inadequate to do justice to , yet having been called on to do so , I should be wanting in respect were I to fail in doing so . I shall therefore briefly say , that it is to ' The Grand Lodge of Scotland , '" — ( three times three . ) Song— " Auld lang syne . " Br . STEPHENSON P . G . M . returned thanks . "Brethren ( saidhe ) having
, , already expressed myself to you this evening , I can only add , that I beg to return you my warmest thanks , for the honour you have clone the Grand Lodge of Scotland , in drinking to its prosperity , and which , you may be assured , I shall take an early opportunity of acquainting them thereof . "
Bro . O BRIEN rose to propose the health of a Grand Lodge , which , although he was not directly under its immediate control , yet he owed a feeling of the greatest respect to it—it is to the Grand Lodge of Ireland—the land that gave his father birth ; " therefore as an Irishman ' s son , " said the worth y Brother , " I consider I should be doing injustice to the toast , were I to propose it without a few words in its favour . Certainly it may be thought that it ill behoves me so to do , but permit to tell
me you , my Brethren , that there is at this board the oldest Mason belonging to this island , who appertains to an Irish Lodge , ( the Union 690 , ) and who , you all know , is ever green and lively in the cause—( hear , hear . ) It is certainly to be regretted that this Lodge is at present dormant ; but it is to be hoped that when roused from its slumbers , that it will set ( as it has done before ) an example to others . You are all aware as to Brother Wharf ' s zeal for the institution ; all well
you know that nothing has been neglected on his part to keep up his Lodge ; but what can a captain clo without men ? Brother Wharf , hoivever , has always been firm , ancl has shown that although not made of bronze , yet lie is just as staunch as the pillars of his Lodge . Brethren , I beg to propose ' Success to the Grand Lodge of Ireland . ' " Song— " That sacred place where three in one . " Bro . WHARF returned thanks in the name of his Lodgeand begged
, to assure the Brethren , that while he had health ancl strength , he would ever be ready to enter the field for the benefit of the good old cause . He thanked the Brothers for the kind manner they hacl drunk the success of the Grand Lodge of Ireland . Bro . O'BRIEN then rose , and after a very excellent address , proposed the health of Brother Daniel Hart , their host , which was received with loud ancl continued cheers .
Bro . HART returned thanks in his usual good style , and prior to sitting down requested the Brethren to fill up a bumper . " Brethren , said he , " 1 claim your assistance in drinking the health of one who has given ample proof of his esteem for Freemasonry , ancl by ivhose efforts the Craft have benefited to a degree which they were befnre deprived of ; for , by the exertions of him whose health he was now about to drink , the Craft are put in possession of all that transpires in Masonry throughout the world—( hear , hear . ) Brethren , 1 see , " said the worthy Erother , " that you anticipate me , and shall at once give you ' the health