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Article MASONIC OFFERING TO DR. OLIVER. ← Page 3 of 6 →
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Masonic Offering To Dr. Oliver.
THE BANQUET . The chair was taken by the P . G . M . Bro . D'Eyncourt , on whose right sat the D . P . G . M ., Bro . the Rev . George Coltman , supported by Bros . Dr- Burton , Goddard , Bourne , and others ; on the left of the chair sat Bios . Dr . Crucefix and the Rev . Dr . Oliver , Rev . Bros . Muckler , J . Lee Stevens , Thomas Ewart , D . G . M . Northampton , W . H . Adams , ( -Mayor of Boston ) , and others . The cross table was considerably elevated , and the Grand Wardens acted as Vice-Chairmen at the two long tables .
1 he following was the list of toasts given , and received with the welcome they respectively merited : — 1 . The Queen ; 2 , the Queen Dowager ; 3 , Prince Albert ; 4 , the Prince of AVales and the Royal Family ; 5 , H . R . H . the Grand Master ; 6 , the Earl of Zetland , the Marquis of Salisbury , and the Present aud Past Grand Officers of England ; 7 , the Provincial Grand Master ; S , the Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master ; 9 , the Deputy Provincial
Grand Master ; 10 , the Provincial Grand AVardens ; 11 , the Rev . Chaplain ; 12 , Bro . Adams , the Mayor of Boston , and the other Provincial Grand Officers ; 13 , the Master , Officers , and Brethren of the Hundred of Elloe Lodge , and the other Masters and Lodges of the Province ; 14 , Bro . Ewart , D . P . G . M . for Northampton , and the other Visiting Brethren . On the proposal of the 6 th toast , which met with equal respect to that
which accompanied those that had preceded , Bro . CRUCEFIX , as a Past G . D ., acknowledged the compliment ; which having done very briefly , he adverted to the sense of difficulty he experienced in proposing to them the health of the Prov . G . M . ; he looked , however , to the animated friends before him to unite in a swelling chorus of joy , when he assured them that he did so with exulting gratification —( loud- cheers ) . That day was the triumph of Freemasonry . He would not content himself with the mere
proposisition of the toast ; it would be expected that , under the circumstances , some mediation was needed , and it was most happy for the province of Lincolnshire , and for Freemasonry , that two Masons , who for upwards of thirty years had been as brothers , but whose friendship had been interrupted by a casualty he would not more pointedly allude to , and which casualty threatened the most unhappy consequences , had exchanged those explanations which reconciled them to each other—( loud
and long-continued cheering ) . In no other society could such an example be evidenced as had been amongst them that day . He spoke in the presence of upwards of one hundred Brethren , not one of whom but , on seeking his pillow ' s rest last night , or on leaving it this morning , dreaded the result of that day ' s proceedings . The inspiring sentiment of the text delivered from the pulpit , " Behold , how good and how pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity ! " had not been
without its effect ; and he thanked God that a holier feeling now prevailed . He knew the heart of his rev . friend on the left , and feeling assured that the first advances of explanation would be readily accepted , he was truly gratified to find they were , by the R . AV . Brother on his right , cheerfully made . A good man—one of unsullied purity of character , had been disparaged before the world ; was not this enough to cause them to put on their moral armour ? He would not overcharge the case by expressing himself as he really felt , —his object was plain ;
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Masonic Offering To Dr. Oliver.
THE BANQUET . The chair was taken by the P . G . M . Bro . D'Eyncourt , on whose right sat the D . P . G . M ., Bro . the Rev . George Coltman , supported by Bros . Dr- Burton , Goddard , Bourne , and others ; on the left of the chair sat Bios . Dr . Crucefix and the Rev . Dr . Oliver , Rev . Bros . Muckler , J . Lee Stevens , Thomas Ewart , D . G . M . Northampton , W . H . Adams , ( -Mayor of Boston ) , and others . The cross table was considerably elevated , and the Grand Wardens acted as Vice-Chairmen at the two long tables .
1 he following was the list of toasts given , and received with the welcome they respectively merited : — 1 . The Queen ; 2 , the Queen Dowager ; 3 , Prince Albert ; 4 , the Prince of AVales and the Royal Family ; 5 , H . R . H . the Grand Master ; 6 , the Earl of Zetland , the Marquis of Salisbury , and the Present aud Past Grand Officers of England ; 7 , the Provincial Grand Master ; S , the Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master ; 9 , the Deputy Provincial
Grand Master ; 10 , the Provincial Grand AVardens ; 11 , the Rev . Chaplain ; 12 , Bro . Adams , the Mayor of Boston , and the other Provincial Grand Officers ; 13 , the Master , Officers , and Brethren of the Hundred of Elloe Lodge , and the other Masters and Lodges of the Province ; 14 , Bro . Ewart , D . P . G . M . for Northampton , and the other Visiting Brethren . On the proposal of the 6 th toast , which met with equal respect to that
which accompanied those that had preceded , Bro . CRUCEFIX , as a Past G . D ., acknowledged the compliment ; which having done very briefly , he adverted to the sense of difficulty he experienced in proposing to them the health of the Prov . G . M . ; he looked , however , to the animated friends before him to unite in a swelling chorus of joy , when he assured them that he did so with exulting gratification —( loud- cheers ) . That day was the triumph of Freemasonry . He would not content himself with the mere
proposisition of the toast ; it would be expected that , under the circumstances , some mediation was needed , and it was most happy for the province of Lincolnshire , and for Freemasonry , that two Masons , who for upwards of thirty years had been as brothers , but whose friendship had been interrupted by a casualty he would not more pointedly allude to , and which casualty threatened the most unhappy consequences , had exchanged those explanations which reconciled them to each other—( loud
and long-continued cheering ) . In no other society could such an example be evidenced as had been amongst them that day . He spoke in the presence of upwards of one hundred Brethren , not one of whom but , on seeking his pillow ' s rest last night , or on leaving it this morning , dreaded the result of that day ' s proceedings . The inspiring sentiment of the text delivered from the pulpit , " Behold , how good and how pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity ! " had not been
without its effect ; and he thanked God that a holier feeling now prevailed . He knew the heart of his rev . friend on the left , and feeling assured that the first advances of explanation would be readily accepted , he was truly gratified to find they were , by the R . AV . Brother on his right , cheerfully made . A good man—one of unsullied purity of character , had been disparaged before the world ; was not this enough to cause them to put on their moral armour ? He would not overcharge the case by expressing himself as he really felt , —his object was plain ;