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pride , on the prosperity and rapid accession , of numbers to this spirited young Lodge ; and gave a cordial invitation to the Brethren surrounding him to be present at his approaching installation by Bro . Bays , of the "Woodbridge , Bro . Morse , of the Lowestoft , and Bro . King , of the Ipswich Perfect Friendship Lodge . The Norfolk Masons found an able representative in Bro . AV . II . IT . TURNERwhoin well-chosen termsreturned thanks on their behalf .
, , , The labours of the indefatigable Prov . Grand Secretary , 1 ' . ro . Jonathan Gooding , were duly noticed from the chair , and his worth fully appreciated by the hearty manner in which his name was received by the assembled Brethren . The CHAIRMAN then gave " the health of Bro . the Rev . Erskine Neale . " After one or two preliminary remarksBro . NEALE proceeded—Is it
, not possible to blend the real with the ideal ; and does not our meeting here to-day , and the place where we are assembled , supply food for reflection and motives for exertion ? The ideal of our Fraternity is that we are Brothers;—that there exists amongst us a stringent bond of union : a bond not for mere purposes of conviviality , and for affording
an opportunity of saying civil things to one another ; but a durable bond of brotherhood . Cannot this be made real—be carried out into practice —and be brought to bear upon the every-day relations of common life ? Let the thought , then , present itself to each , Am I doing my duty as a Mason ? Is there not some worth y Brother to whom I can show the reality of Masonry ? Some one whom I can assist in bettering his position—in maintaining his rights—in keeping up his credit—in putting forward his family ? Were our principles fairly carried outthose who
, scan us closely would he compelled to say , " there is a reality in Masonry —it is no shadow ; there is some close and abiding tie among these men " ; for see how they hang together , sustain , cheer , and console each other . " Then , again , in the town in which we are met there is presented to us the real and the ideal : The ideal is , that in this free country nothing , under God , is unattainable to industry , conduct , and ability . "We see this realized in the history of that remarkable man who has done so
much for Lowestoft , who , with a head fitted for every business , and a heart open to every charity , is bent on extending the commerce of this rising port ; who is daily adding to its present importance , and laying the foundation of its future eminence by opening fresh facilities of intercourse with foreign countries—and who , amidst all his success , ever shows the truest interest in the welfare of that class from which he is
not ashamed to say he rose—the working class . Let the career of Mr . Peto teach us ail , but especially the young among us , that , with God ' s blessing , nothing is impossible to energy , conduct , and character ; that no accident of lowly birth is sufficient to doom a man to hopeless obscurity ; that there is nothing , to use Masonic language , which may not be grasped by that man—be his original station in life what it may—who always acts upon the square , lives within compass , stands plumb to his principles , and yet is level to his fellow men ! The meeting broke up at an early hour , a special train being in waiting to convey a large party to Ipswich . ' *
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Provincial.
pride , on the prosperity and rapid accession , of numbers to this spirited young Lodge ; and gave a cordial invitation to the Brethren surrounding him to be present at his approaching installation by Bro . Bays , of the "Woodbridge , Bro . Morse , of the Lowestoft , and Bro . King , of the Ipswich Perfect Friendship Lodge . The Norfolk Masons found an able representative in Bro . AV . II . IT . TURNERwhoin well-chosen termsreturned thanks on their behalf .
, , , The labours of the indefatigable Prov . Grand Secretary , 1 ' . ro . Jonathan Gooding , were duly noticed from the chair , and his worth fully appreciated by the hearty manner in which his name was received by the assembled Brethren . The CHAIRMAN then gave " the health of Bro . the Rev . Erskine Neale . " After one or two preliminary remarksBro . NEALE proceeded—Is it
, not possible to blend the real with the ideal ; and does not our meeting here to-day , and the place where we are assembled , supply food for reflection and motives for exertion ? The ideal of our Fraternity is that we are Brothers;—that there exists amongst us a stringent bond of union : a bond not for mere purposes of conviviality , and for affording
an opportunity of saying civil things to one another ; but a durable bond of brotherhood . Cannot this be made real—be carried out into practice —and be brought to bear upon the every-day relations of common life ? Let the thought , then , present itself to each , Am I doing my duty as a Mason ? Is there not some worth y Brother to whom I can show the reality of Masonry ? Some one whom I can assist in bettering his position—in maintaining his rights—in keeping up his credit—in putting forward his family ? Were our principles fairly carried outthose who
, scan us closely would he compelled to say , " there is a reality in Masonry —it is no shadow ; there is some close and abiding tie among these men " ; for see how they hang together , sustain , cheer , and console each other . " Then , again , in the town in which we are met there is presented to us the real and the ideal : The ideal is , that in this free country nothing , under God , is unattainable to industry , conduct , and ability . "We see this realized in the history of that remarkable man who has done so
much for Lowestoft , who , with a head fitted for every business , and a heart open to every charity , is bent on extending the commerce of this rising port ; who is daily adding to its present importance , and laying the foundation of its future eminence by opening fresh facilities of intercourse with foreign countries—and who , amidst all his success , ever shows the truest interest in the welfare of that class from which he is
not ashamed to say he rose—the working class . Let the career of Mr . Peto teach us ail , but especially the young among us , that , with God ' s blessing , nothing is impossible to energy , conduct , and character ; that no accident of lowly birth is sufficient to doom a man to hopeless obscurity ; that there is nothing , to use Masonic language , which may not be grasped by that man—be his original station in life what it may—who always acts upon the square , lives within compass , stands plumb to his principles , and yet is level to his fellow men ! The meeting broke up at an early hour , a special train being in waiting to convey a large party to Ipswich . ' *