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he had had the pleasure of granting warrants , the Mersey Lodge , No . 70 V , at Birkenhead , exhibited a fair specimen of the progress of Masonry . ( Applause . ) Seven years had elapsed since he had the pleasure of issuing their warrant , and , in that short space of time , that Lodge had becorrie one of the most considerable , and the most respectable , in the whole province . He was happy to say it was composed of respectable Brethren , for when he was first appointed to his officealthough hewas anxious
, . the Lodges should be got up , he expressly told the Masters . nbt to beih . too great a hurry , and to admit none but eligible candidates— persons well qualified in every respect to belong fo the Craft . ( Applause ;) It wasyery unpleasant to reprimand and withdraw the warrants of Lodges , but he was fully , determined to do his duty on all occasioris , although he always gave such Lodges time , and opportunity to explain their conduct if they could . ( Loud applause . ) He hoped the reception he had'met
with on the present occasion was caused more by an approval ofthe conscientious strictness arid impartiality with which he had conducted the business of the province than by any feeling of personal regard to hirnself . y ( Applause . ) He regretted to hear occasionally in some provinces
of party spirit beirig manifested at the Lodges , but he must say that in his . own province his requirements on this point had been most strictly adhered to . Thank God no such thing as a party Lodge had been heard of in that province ; all had enjoyed perfect harmony and true brotherly love . ; As he had entered on this subject he 'would conclude by saying that in these times , when political differences so much agitated men ' s minds , and were , among persons actuated by the best-motives , , severing
the closest ties of social and family union—when religious feuds were equally productive of domestic strife and social animosities—how delightful , how admirable was an institution like theirs , in which the hig h ' -bbrri and the lowly , the rich and the poor , the politician and the sectarian , forgetting all differences , and banishing all distinctions , associated ' for the noble purposes of universal benevolence and untiririg charity . ' ( Tremendous applause . ) "' . ..- . ' -.. ¦" . '• ' : ' ;¦¦' - '•¦ - "The Earl of Ellesmere , Provincial Grand Master for Eastern Lancashire . " ' ..-.. , . .. .., : \ .: ~ ii )
The Pnov . GRAND MASTER had no doubt the next toast would be received with the same enthusiasm whicli had marked its advent on-former occasions—namely , the health of his most excellent and worthy Deputy Prov . Grand Master . ( Loud and long-continued applaiise ; ) There-was not in the whole province an older or a more devoted . Mason thari his estimable Deputy ; but , independently of his manifold good qualities as one of the Craft , Iris lordship felt a debt of gratitude towards 1 him , 'for the benefits and advantages he derived from his friendship when he ^
returned , almost a perfect stranger , to his native county , after sb'riiany years' absence . The services his lordship then received'tvere-so great arid so important , that he would indeed be most ungrateful did he ' not feel-affection , and regard for the worthy Deputy ; and he coiild most sincerely say that he did feel for him a most fraternal regard ; ( Cheering . ) He knew also that the Brethren entertained for hirh tb ' e-highesf respect ; and , without further preface he would give the toast" The health of the
, JDeputy Prov . Grand Master , and long niay he continue tohold the . high situation which he has so long occupied with honour to himself arid" advantage to the . Craft . " ( Great applause . ) . . ; 1 " ' 3 ' iK >;; The toast was drank with the warmest dembnstratioris of approval . Thc DEPUTY PROV . GRAND MASTER returned thanks . To the noble
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Provincial.
he had had the pleasure of granting warrants , the Mersey Lodge , No . 70 V , at Birkenhead , exhibited a fair specimen of the progress of Masonry . ( Applause . ) Seven years had elapsed since he had the pleasure of issuing their warrant , and , in that short space of time , that Lodge had becorrie one of the most considerable , and the most respectable , in the whole province . He was happy to say it was composed of respectable Brethren , for when he was first appointed to his officealthough hewas anxious
, . the Lodges should be got up , he expressly told the Masters . nbt to beih . too great a hurry , and to admit none but eligible candidates— persons well qualified in every respect to belong fo the Craft . ( Applause ;) It wasyery unpleasant to reprimand and withdraw the warrants of Lodges , but he was fully , determined to do his duty on all occasioris , although he always gave such Lodges time , and opportunity to explain their conduct if they could . ( Loud applause . ) He hoped the reception he had'met
with on the present occasion was caused more by an approval ofthe conscientious strictness arid impartiality with which he had conducted the business of the province than by any feeling of personal regard to hirnself . y ( Applause . ) He regretted to hear occasionally in some provinces
of party spirit beirig manifested at the Lodges , but he must say that in his . own province his requirements on this point had been most strictly adhered to . Thank God no such thing as a party Lodge had been heard of in that province ; all had enjoyed perfect harmony and true brotherly love . ; As he had entered on this subject he 'would conclude by saying that in these times , when political differences so much agitated men ' s minds , and were , among persons actuated by the best-motives , , severing
the closest ties of social and family union—when religious feuds were equally productive of domestic strife and social animosities—how delightful , how admirable was an institution like theirs , in which the hig h ' -bbrri and the lowly , the rich and the poor , the politician and the sectarian , forgetting all differences , and banishing all distinctions , associated ' for the noble purposes of universal benevolence and untiririg charity . ' ( Tremendous applause . ) "' . ..- . ' -.. ¦" . '• ' : ' ;¦¦' - '•¦ - "The Earl of Ellesmere , Provincial Grand Master for Eastern Lancashire . " ' ..-.. , . .. .., : \ .: ~ ii )
The Pnov . GRAND MASTER had no doubt the next toast would be received with the same enthusiasm whicli had marked its advent on-former occasions—namely , the health of his most excellent and worthy Deputy Prov . Grand Master . ( Loud and long-continued applaiise ; ) There-was not in the whole province an older or a more devoted . Mason thari his estimable Deputy ; but , independently of his manifold good qualities as one of the Craft , Iris lordship felt a debt of gratitude towards 1 him , 'for the benefits and advantages he derived from his friendship when he ^
returned , almost a perfect stranger , to his native county , after sb'riiany years' absence . The services his lordship then received'tvere-so great arid so important , that he would indeed be most ungrateful did he ' not feel-affection , and regard for the worthy Deputy ; and he coiild most sincerely say that he did feel for him a most fraternal regard ; ( Cheering . ) He knew also that the Brethren entertained for hirh tb ' e-highesf respect ; and , without further preface he would give the toast" The health of the
, JDeputy Prov . Grand Master , and long niay he continue tohold the . high situation which he has so long occupied with honour to himself arid" advantage to the . Craft . " ( Great applause . ) . . ; 1 " ' 3 ' iK >;; The toast was drank with the warmest dembnstratioris of approval . Thc DEPUTY PROV . GRAND MASTER returned thanks . To the noble