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Bury St . Edmund ' s , formerly an eminent publisher in London , who , being minded to present Bro . Bennett with a token of his esteem , seized the opportunity , and obtained permission of the Brethren to add a very handsome and valuable pendent to their testimonial . The presentation of the plate , & c , took place at the Lodge ' s head quarters in the Rein Deer Inn , after labour , when about forty Brethren , including some visitors from the Old AVorcester Lodge , 349 partook of
, a choice repast . The Senior AVarden presented the testimonial in a brief address , recapitulatory of Bro . Bennett ' s numerous claims upon the gratitude and esteem of the Brethren . Bro . BENNETT , W . M ., acknowledged the compliment in a very pertinent address , replete with feeling and fraternal sentiment , in which he remarked that , if the duties of the chair had bean somewhat arduous , they had also been much lightened by the Brethren ' s uniform kindness
and constant support . The Lodge had existed only one year , but in that short space they had had thirty-nine meetings , and upwards of fifty candidates had been received into Masonry . It was altogether out of the question for him to attempt to express , with any degree of the reality , his feelings on that occasion . They must suppose all that ; but they would permit him to indulge for a sentence or two , while he fancied , in the mind ' s eye , his wife surrounded by her children , and engaged in the duties of that highest pleasure of an Englishman ' s fireside—the
teatable . His humble board would be graced by the spleudid appendages bestowed on him by their liberality , and his children would eagerl y inquire of their mother whence came those costly and beautiful articles . They could imagine in some degree the delight with which she would explain to them , out of the fulness of a mother ' s heart , that the valuables were a token of the respect in which their father was held by his friends , and that they were a testimonial of his having satisfactorily discharged the duties of an office which he had undertaken . Then would follow
the homely application , in which the monitor ' s juvenile listeners would be told that in whatever circumstances they might be placed , their chiet aim must be to obtain the approval of their fellow men , and of their own consciences . They might not be rewarded as their father had been ; but the very effort to deserve such an approval would of itself be no mean reward , and , like bread cast upon the waters , would return after many days . Bro . Bennett , in concluding , warmly expressed his thanks
to Mr . Dove for his splendid present . During the evening , among other . toasts , was " Prosperity to the French Lodge , La Tolerance , " recently established in London . Bro . Edwin Burnidge , who proposed the toast , coupled therewith the health of the VV . M ., Monsieur Caplin , and detailed the principal facts in the establishment of this , the first French Lodge ever held in England , and also gave some interesting illustrations of Masonic usages among our French Brethren . It is almost needless to say that the Brethren enjoyed an exceedingly pleasant evening .
BRISTOL . —The Beaufort Lodge , No . 120 , at a meeting held at Freemasons' Hall , on the 2 nd of November , presented to their indefatigable and excellent Past Master , Bro . S . E . Taylor , a superb jewel , bearing the following inscription : — " Presented to Bro . S . E . Taylor , P . M ., by the Beaufort Lodge , No . 120 , Bristol , as a mark of esteem and regard , and in approval of his faithful and efficient discharge of the duties of Worshipful Master during a year of unparalleled success — E . SYDES , W . M ., A . L . 5851 , A . D . 1847 " The jewel , which is of very
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Bury St . Edmund ' s , formerly an eminent publisher in London , who , being minded to present Bro . Bennett with a token of his esteem , seized the opportunity , and obtained permission of the Brethren to add a very handsome and valuable pendent to their testimonial . The presentation of the plate , & c , took place at the Lodge ' s head quarters in the Rein Deer Inn , after labour , when about forty Brethren , including some visitors from the Old AVorcester Lodge , 349 partook of
, a choice repast . The Senior AVarden presented the testimonial in a brief address , recapitulatory of Bro . Bennett ' s numerous claims upon the gratitude and esteem of the Brethren . Bro . BENNETT , W . M ., acknowledged the compliment in a very pertinent address , replete with feeling and fraternal sentiment , in which he remarked that , if the duties of the chair had bean somewhat arduous , they had also been much lightened by the Brethren ' s uniform kindness
and constant support . The Lodge had existed only one year , but in that short space they had had thirty-nine meetings , and upwards of fifty candidates had been received into Masonry . It was altogether out of the question for him to attempt to express , with any degree of the reality , his feelings on that occasion . They must suppose all that ; but they would permit him to indulge for a sentence or two , while he fancied , in the mind ' s eye , his wife surrounded by her children , and engaged in the duties of that highest pleasure of an Englishman ' s fireside—the
teatable . His humble board would be graced by the spleudid appendages bestowed on him by their liberality , and his children would eagerl y inquire of their mother whence came those costly and beautiful articles . They could imagine in some degree the delight with which she would explain to them , out of the fulness of a mother ' s heart , that the valuables were a token of the respect in which their father was held by his friends , and that they were a testimonial of his having satisfactorily discharged the duties of an office which he had undertaken . Then would follow
the homely application , in which the monitor ' s juvenile listeners would be told that in whatever circumstances they might be placed , their chiet aim must be to obtain the approval of their fellow men , and of their own consciences . They might not be rewarded as their father had been ; but the very effort to deserve such an approval would of itself be no mean reward , and , like bread cast upon the waters , would return after many days . Bro . Bennett , in concluding , warmly expressed his thanks
to Mr . Dove for his splendid present . During the evening , among other . toasts , was " Prosperity to the French Lodge , La Tolerance , " recently established in London . Bro . Edwin Burnidge , who proposed the toast , coupled therewith the health of the VV . M ., Monsieur Caplin , and detailed the principal facts in the establishment of this , the first French Lodge ever held in England , and also gave some interesting illustrations of Masonic usages among our French Brethren . It is almost needless to say that the Brethren enjoyed an exceedingly pleasant evening .
BRISTOL . —The Beaufort Lodge , No . 120 , at a meeting held at Freemasons' Hall , on the 2 nd of November , presented to their indefatigable and excellent Past Master , Bro . S . E . Taylor , a superb jewel , bearing the following inscription : — " Presented to Bro . S . E . Taylor , P . M ., by the Beaufort Lodge , No . 120 , Bristol , as a mark of esteem and regard , and in approval of his faithful and efficient discharge of the duties of Worshipful Master during a year of unparalleled success — E . SYDES , W . M ., A . L . 5851 , A . D . 1847 " The jewel , which is of very