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to their Lodge-room . After the performance of certain routine business , the Brethren retired to refreshment ; after which , The Prov . G . M ., Dr . BOWLES , who presided , called upon the Brethren , as good and loyal subjects , to do honour to the toast he should have the pleasure to offer to their notice . Masonry , he said , is synonymous with loyalty , and therefore the first toast which he should give was" our Sovereign Lady the Queen . "
, The Prov . G . M . then gave , " the Earl of Zetland , " the M . VV . G . M ., whose heart , he said , is with us , —his hand ever ready to do us service . After this toast had been given and had been rapturously responded to , the Prov . G . M . again rose and gave " the Earl of Yarborough . " The Prov . G . M . for Dorsetshire then called upon the Brethren to charge their glasses to the toast he should have the pleasure to offer themin factthe toast of the evening . It was" the health of the
, , , G . M . for the province of Hereford , Dr . Bowles . " The importance of a P . G . M . in this district had been well considered ere the appointment was offered to their worthy and excellent Brother ; and he thought it was a very great point , and of the utmost consequence in public opinion , that the clergy should be heard of as filling such offices . By their precept and example they were calculated to do honour to the Craft ; and whilst it was advantageous to themselves as Masons to have so learned
a gentleman to preside in this province , it had been a source of great satisfaction and pleasure to himself to have installed a Doctor of Divinity in the chair , and whose first act was , with his Brethren , to pay their grateful acknowledgments to their Supreme Grand Master in His house of prayer , according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of
England . When Freemasonry had been attacked , as it frequently was , by those who knew little or nothing of the many characteristics of their profession , it was well to have persons of eminence to answer such attacks , and one grand and useful step was the publication of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " which it is to be hoped will soon gain the sanction of the Grand Lodge of England . He would not detain them longer than to offer his congratulations to his Brethren generally on the auspicious occasion which had brought them togetherand they
, would unite with him in offering every good wish for the happiness and long life of their Grand Master , Dr . Bowles . The Prov . G . M . having most appropriately and feelingly returned thanks , requested the Brethren to assist him in paying their meed of gratitude to the Prov . G . M . for Dorsetshire , who returned thanks with much eloquence . The Prov . G . M . next offered the toast of the Deputy Prov . G . M .,
the nephew of tbe illustrious sculptor , Sir Richard AVestmacott . The toast having been drunk with the greatest enthusiasm , The Deputy Prov . G . M ., H . S . WESTMACOTT , acknowledged the kindness and good-will with which he had been received , and offered many excellent observations on the value of the Order . The Prov . G . M . next gave the health of the Grand Chaplain , and thanked him for the able manner in which he had addressed themand
, the instruction which he had given them in Christian and Masonic duties that day . Dr . SYMONS expressed himself gratified at receiving their kind testimony to his humble services , and felt proud that he had endeavoured to aid in the interesting business of the day by addressing them from the pulpit on their duties to God and man . Most willingly would he
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Provincial.
to their Lodge-room . After the performance of certain routine business , the Brethren retired to refreshment ; after which , The Prov . G . M ., Dr . BOWLES , who presided , called upon the Brethren , as good and loyal subjects , to do honour to the toast he should have the pleasure to offer to their notice . Masonry , he said , is synonymous with loyalty , and therefore the first toast which he should give was" our Sovereign Lady the Queen . "
, The Prov . G . M . then gave , " the Earl of Zetland , " the M . VV . G . M ., whose heart , he said , is with us , —his hand ever ready to do us service . After this toast had been given and had been rapturously responded to , the Prov . G . M . again rose and gave " the Earl of Yarborough . " The Prov . G . M . for Dorsetshire then called upon the Brethren to charge their glasses to the toast he should have the pleasure to offer themin factthe toast of the evening . It was" the health of the
, , , G . M . for the province of Hereford , Dr . Bowles . " The importance of a P . G . M . in this district had been well considered ere the appointment was offered to their worthy and excellent Brother ; and he thought it was a very great point , and of the utmost consequence in public opinion , that the clergy should be heard of as filling such offices . By their precept and example they were calculated to do honour to the Craft ; and whilst it was advantageous to themselves as Masons to have so learned
a gentleman to preside in this province , it had been a source of great satisfaction and pleasure to himself to have installed a Doctor of Divinity in the chair , and whose first act was , with his Brethren , to pay their grateful acknowledgments to their Supreme Grand Master in His house of prayer , according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of
England . When Freemasonry had been attacked , as it frequently was , by those who knew little or nothing of the many characteristics of their profession , it was well to have persons of eminence to answer such attacks , and one grand and useful step was the publication of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " which it is to be hoped will soon gain the sanction of the Grand Lodge of England . He would not detain them longer than to offer his congratulations to his Brethren generally on the auspicious occasion which had brought them togetherand they
, would unite with him in offering every good wish for the happiness and long life of their Grand Master , Dr . Bowles . The Prov . G . M . having most appropriately and feelingly returned thanks , requested the Brethren to assist him in paying their meed of gratitude to the Prov . G . M . for Dorsetshire , who returned thanks with much eloquence . The Prov . G . M . next offered the toast of the Deputy Prov . G . M .,
the nephew of tbe illustrious sculptor , Sir Richard AVestmacott . The toast having been drunk with the greatest enthusiasm , The Deputy Prov . G . M ., H . S . WESTMACOTT , acknowledged the kindness and good-will with which he had been received , and offered many excellent observations on the value of the Order . The Prov . G . M . next gave the health of the Grand Chaplain , and thanked him for the able manner in which he had addressed themand
, the instruction which he had given them in Christian and Masonic duties that day . Dr . SYMONS expressed himself gratified at receiving their kind testimony to his humble services , and felt proud that he had endeavoured to aid in the interesting business of the day by addressing them from the pulpit on their duties to God and man . Most willingly would he