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Hidden Mystery , No.4.
each increase of about one-tenth of thc number of frequencies . In my installation address I showed that Light , as appreciated by us , was situated about 40 octaves above the highest sound we can hear , and that the whole visual spectrum was comprised in less than one octave ; what then would be the result if our appreciation of Light vibrations was bwered only one octave ? Matter would then be visible to us only by means of what we now
call the frequencies of Radiant Heat ; glass would h ? qiite opaque—our windows would have to be made of carbon , ebonite or other substances , which are transparent to the infra red rays , in fact , under these conditions even iron would be more transparent than glass ; a fresh set of new conditions would also come into force if our sense of Sight was raised one octave ,
and yet it is inconceivable that there can be any limit to the rate of frequencies which must , as shown in my former paper , extend in one direction to the infinitely quick , and in the other to the infinitely slow . Once more we come face to face with the Mysteries of Time and Space , and in conclusion , I would like to carry the consideration of these one step further .
In my Installation Address 1 suggested that what we required in order to carry the subject further was a Microscope by which we could examine these enormous frequencies , and I will now try and lay before you a mode of thought by which we can approach nearer the unravelling of theie Mysteries . Our sense of Sight is caused by the fact lhat the nerves of the Retina are influenced by , or respond sympathetically to , a certain known
frequency of vibration , the limit of this sympathetic action is less than one octave , namely , the vibrations which give the impression cf red , are rather more than one-half of the number of vibrations which give 113 the impression of violet , and all colours between these two , namely , orange , yellow , green , blue , and indigo are the impressions which intermediate rates of
vibration make upon our Retina . But the space between these limits is infinitely small , it is only a mathematical point on the line of Infinite extent stretching from the Creator down to the Created , it is the narrow bounds of our sense 0 / Sight ; on both sides are similar vibrations , but they are either too long or too short to influence vUion , and the result is darkness .
But let us look at our subject in a different aspect and we shall grasp more clearly that Time is not a reality , but is only a mode or condition under which our material senses act ; a tune may be played either a thousand times slower or a thousand times quicker , but it still remains the same tune , it contains the same sequence of notes and proportion in time ; so in the same way with our sense of Sight , an event may be drawn out to a thousand
times its lengtn or acted a thousand times quicker , but it is still the same scene ; an insect vibrates its wings 20 , 000 times in a second and must be cognisant of each beat , whereas we have seen that we with our senses of Sight and Hearing can only appreciate respectively six and 20 vibrations in a second as separate beats , that insect must therefore be able to follow the life of a plant ora flash of lightning under the conditions of a microscope magnifying
several thousand times compared with our vision . The whole life of some of these insects extends over a few hours only , to them there is therefore no day or night , the Sun is always stationary in the Heavens , they can have no cognizance of seasons ; if on the other hand we take the converse of this we may conceive conditions under which our own power of appreciation might be reduced to only one vibration in 24 hourswe could then have
, no knowledge ofthe sun except as a broad band of light extending across the Heavens , we could not follow its movements so as to sec its shape . Let us look at this from another aspect : We are looking at the insect whose wings are beating 20 , 000 per second and we travel away from it at the rate of Light , the present will then always be with us , the wing although still vibrat - ing at that enormous rate would appear to be stationary and would
continue in that state for a million years provided we continued our flight with the rays of light . It is thus possible to uhderstand how the growth of a flower , the flight of a bird or the lightning Hash nvght be drawn out and examined under conditions of time which would lead to the discovery and tracing of even the principle of life itself ; but let us go one step further and increase our flight beyond the rate at which L-ght travels , scenes would now
progress in the oppositedirec ! ion to that which we are accustomed to , men would get out of bed and dress themselves at night and go to bsd in the morning , old men would grow young again , tall trees would grow backwards and enter the earth , embedding themselves in the seed , and the seed would rise upwards to the branch that nourished it ; but once more we must call a halt ; Time and space are only relative modes by which our senses appreciate our
surroundings ; if everything connected with us were from this moment to move twice as quicker be half the size , we should be absolutely ignorant of Ihe change and if this were carried to extremes and everything happened infinitel y quicker and all the surroundings became infinitely smaller we could have no cognizance of the change ; our sun and the stars with their respective distances might be reduced in size until they were no larger than
the molecules of iron in the blade of a pocket knife ; an eternity compressed mio a moment and yet we should have no knowledge of change ; we must iccognise therefore that lime and space are not realities but are limits only , set to our corporeal senses , in fact they are but the transient conditions under which matter exists . The Spii-ilual , the Present , the Here are the only realities , all else is but shadow which will cease to exist when the Light of Truth reigns supreme .
Ihe beginning and end coalesce ; a million years is coincident with a ijioment of time , and we can now see the fallacy of the stock argument ¦¦ ¦ at "the belief in Omniscience necessitates a belief in fatalism , " the future is present to the spiritual ; though to our senses a million years « almost unimaginable , and every moment of that time the result is ¦ iiijjcct to the freewill action of man , yet to the spiritual there are no "ch limits ; the creation of the world and its future dismemberment ,
- each one ot us and our death , must be at the same "lorr . ent . We can , therefore , understand how the Deity is cognisant at this ) "ry moment of what is taking place millions of years hence without in iiy way interfering with the freewill of those who live and act during that Period ; m fact to the Spiritual the present includes the whole of past u-rnity and overlaps future eternity . When y / 2 have once grasped this we c fiin perhaps for the first time to penetrate the meaning of those mysterious w ° rds of Christ : " Veril y , verily I say unto you , before Abraham was , / am . " ( e ' -yw dat )
"i ( ,,,, 'J * , " •; - l'IN ' CK "'' ' WALKS proposes to prolong his stay on board the Osborne ¦ li- hntVL "" ,, , , en < J of t ,, e ' -ion- ' - The s . des of the pavilion built for his Royal Attains' ik" L oi tlle Ko - yal yacht liave been •¦ 1 'ecl W 1 'h R'asssashes to replace the 0 ut with C at llrst forrne ( i t * - e walls of ' structure , and other work has been carried '" tended V" ^ ' ° - " stay on the part of his Koyal "iff - * - 55 than originally able u , Yn , has V * - " -- '"' - greatly in health by his stay in the Solent , and has bsen " > spend most of the day on deck .
Provincial Grand Capter Of Middlesex.
PROVINCIAL GRAND CAPTER OF MIDDLESEX .
The 24 th annual convocation of the above Provincial Grand Chapter was held at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on Saturday , the 6 th inst The Right Hon . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., the Grand Superintendent , was supported by Comps . Raymond H . Thrupp , ProV . G . H . ; Lieut .-Col . Clifford Probyn , Grand Treas ., as Prov . G . J . ; James M . Small , Prov . G . S . E . ; Major-General Astley Terry , Prov . G . S . N . ; H . E . Herman , Prov . G . Treas . ; C . Robinson , Prov . G .
Reg . ; F . C . Austin , Prov . 2 nd A . G . S . ; J . S . Tavener , Prov . G . Std . Br . ; H . Wharton Wells , P . P . G . Org ., as Org . ; Dr . Frederick Lawrance , P . G . S . B . ; W . G . Kentish , P . G . S . B . ; H . Higgins , P . P . G . D . C . ; D . W . Pearse , P . P . G . Reg . ; R . W . Forge , P . P . G . P . S . ; W . Fisher , P . P . G . P . S . ; Douglas Gordon , P . P . G . J . ; Vivian Orchard , J . 1293 ; F . Wallace Ingram , H . 946 ; J . Tilley , M . E . Z . 16 91 ; W . P . Fuller , M . E . Z . 382 ; W . W . Barber , P . Z . 1194 ; G . H . Lewis , P . Z . 2048 ; H . Woodley , 1327 ; C . Morton Challender , P . Z . 1004 ; Hugh Squires , 946 ; W . W . Lee , P . Z . 1524 ; and others .
Provincial Grand Chapter was formally opened and the minutes were read and confirmed , and the Audit Report , showing a balance in hand of ^ Si ios . yd .,, was received and adopted . On the nomination of Comp . V . ORCHARD , seconded by Comp . D . W . PEARSE , Comp . H . E . Herman was re-elected Prov . G . Treasurer , and a vote of thanks was subsequently accorded him for his services during the past year .
The G . Superintendent nominated Comps . Sir R . Han son , Bart ., M . P ., Major-Gen . Astley Terry , and C . Robinson as members of the Audit Committee ; and Comps . W . Fisher , W . G . Kentish , and G . R . Langley were elected by Prov . G . Chapter . The G . SUPERINTENDENT in re-appointing Comp . Raymond H . Thrupp
as Prov . G . H ., said he could not have undertaken the duties of G . Superintendent but for the great assistance received from Comp . Thrupp , whoss knowledge of the rules and regulations was only equalled by the unvarying kindness always shown by him to others requiring information or advice . The other Prov . G . Officers appointed
were—Comp . Sir F . Dixon Hartland , M . P ., 778 ... Prov . G . J . ,, James M . Small , 1691 ( re-appointed ) ... Prov . G . S . E . „ VVm . P . Fuller , 382 ... ... ... Prov . G . S . N . ,, H . E . Herman , 1293 ( re-elected ) ... Prov . G . Treas . ,, Chas . Robinson , 1503 ( re-appointed ) ... Prov . G . Reg . ,, Joseph Tilley , 1 G 91 ... ... ... Prov . G . P . S .
„ Walter W . Barber , ti 94 ... ... Prov . 1 st A . G . S . „ Edmund Walter Davis , 1503 .,. .,. Prov . 2 nd A . G . S . ,, Frederick Jackson , 132 G ... ... Prov . G . S . B . „ George H . Lewis , 2048 ... ... Prov . G . Std . Br . „ Wm . Hibberdine , 1237 ... ,., Prov . G . D . C .
„ H . Barton , 946 ... ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C . ,, J . W . Hinton , Mus . Doc . ... ... Prov . G . Org . ,, John Gilbert ( re-appointed ) ... ... Prov . G . Janitor . The roll of chapters was called , and all were represented , with one exception .
A vote of thanks to the Bard of Avon Chapter for the use of furniture was acknowledged by Comp . Col . CLIFFORD PROBYN . Letters of regret were announced from Comps . Lord Onslow , F . West , Sir Reginald Hanson , E . Letchworth ( G . Scribe E . ) , Gordon Miller , SirF . Dixon Hartland , and others , and Prov . Grand Chapter was closed in due form .
I he banquet which followed fully sustained the reputation of the wellknown hostelry , and the usual toasts were subsequently given . Comp . Lieut .-Col . CLIFFORD PROIIYN , G . Treas ., briefly returned thanks for " The Grand Officers . " Comp . RAYMOND H . TIIRUPP , Prov . G . H ., proposed " The Grand Superintendent , " and said the companions present had shown by their
reception of the toast how Middlesex Masons appreciated their Grand Superintendent , and the ready support they were prepared to give him . As thc head of the province , he had won the heart of every Mason , and whenever he came amongst them they desired to give him a hearty welcoms . The GRAND SUPERINTENDENT , in reply , said he appreciated the kindly reception of his name , especially as it was associated with such sympathetic
remarks from Comp . Thrupp . If he had known when he was offered the position of head of the province that he would have such heavy official public duties to perform he should have declined , because he had a reluctance to undertake duties it was impossible to perform . During the past three or four years , from the fact that he had had other absorbing duties to perform—he had inadequately performed his functions in the province .
They had been good enough to make allowances for this difficulty , and he would not say he hoped he would soon be in a different position . He would , however , assure them that if he were placed in a position , with more time , he would try to respond more than he had hitherto been able , to the duties of the office he occupied . Nothing had struck him more than the admirable feeling that existed among the brethren and companions of the
province , for there was a concord of opinion , and a kindly feeling such as he had never met with in any association or body of men , or displayed to the same extent . That was largely due to the work which Comp . Thrupp for many years past had done in Freemasonry , and the manner in which he had brought all the lodges and chapters together . If hereafter he ( the Grand Superintendent ) was in
a position of greater liberty , he would reciprocate the feelings expressed that evening . His only regret was that as they got on in life they could not enjoy themselves quite as much as before without having recourse to the medical profession afterwards , and the golden epoch in which he might have thoroughly enjoyed himself was passing away , so that when he participated hereafter in the festivities of the lodges and chapters he should not be able to so heartily enjoy himself as he should have done a few years
ago . The G . SUPERINTENDENT then proposed "The Prov . G . H . and J . and the Prov . Grand Officers , " remarking that it was an immense advantage to have men of such calibre as Comp . Thrupp and the other Prov . Grand Officers . Comp . RAYMOND H . TIIRUIT , Prov . G . H ,, replied , after which Comp . Dr . F . LAWRANCE , P . G . S . B ., acknowledged "The Visitors , " The Janitor ' s toast closed the proceedings .
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Hidden Mystery , No.4.
each increase of about one-tenth of thc number of frequencies . In my installation address I showed that Light , as appreciated by us , was situated about 40 octaves above the highest sound we can hear , and that the whole visual spectrum was comprised in less than one octave ; what then would be the result if our appreciation of Light vibrations was bwered only one octave ? Matter would then be visible to us only by means of what we now
call the frequencies of Radiant Heat ; glass would h ? qiite opaque—our windows would have to be made of carbon , ebonite or other substances , which are transparent to the infra red rays , in fact , under these conditions even iron would be more transparent than glass ; a fresh set of new conditions would also come into force if our sense of Sight was raised one octave ,
and yet it is inconceivable that there can be any limit to the rate of frequencies which must , as shown in my former paper , extend in one direction to the infinitely quick , and in the other to the infinitely slow . Once more we come face to face with the Mysteries of Time and Space , and in conclusion , I would like to carry the consideration of these one step further .
In my Installation Address 1 suggested that what we required in order to carry the subject further was a Microscope by which we could examine these enormous frequencies , and I will now try and lay before you a mode of thought by which we can approach nearer the unravelling of theie Mysteries . Our sense of Sight is caused by the fact lhat the nerves of the Retina are influenced by , or respond sympathetically to , a certain known
frequency of vibration , the limit of this sympathetic action is less than one octave , namely , the vibrations which give the impression cf red , are rather more than one-half of the number of vibrations which give 113 the impression of violet , and all colours between these two , namely , orange , yellow , green , blue , and indigo are the impressions which intermediate rates of
vibration make upon our Retina . But the space between these limits is infinitely small , it is only a mathematical point on the line of Infinite extent stretching from the Creator down to the Created , it is the narrow bounds of our sense 0 / Sight ; on both sides are similar vibrations , but they are either too long or too short to influence vUion , and the result is darkness .
But let us look at our subject in a different aspect and we shall grasp more clearly that Time is not a reality , but is only a mode or condition under which our material senses act ; a tune may be played either a thousand times slower or a thousand times quicker , but it still remains the same tune , it contains the same sequence of notes and proportion in time ; so in the same way with our sense of Sight , an event may be drawn out to a thousand
times its lengtn or acted a thousand times quicker , but it is still the same scene ; an insect vibrates its wings 20 , 000 times in a second and must be cognisant of each beat , whereas we have seen that we with our senses of Sight and Hearing can only appreciate respectively six and 20 vibrations in a second as separate beats , that insect must therefore be able to follow the life of a plant ora flash of lightning under the conditions of a microscope magnifying
several thousand times compared with our vision . The whole life of some of these insects extends over a few hours only , to them there is therefore no day or night , the Sun is always stationary in the Heavens , they can have no cognizance of seasons ; if on the other hand we take the converse of this we may conceive conditions under which our own power of appreciation might be reduced to only one vibration in 24 hourswe could then have
, no knowledge ofthe sun except as a broad band of light extending across the Heavens , we could not follow its movements so as to sec its shape . Let us look at this from another aspect : We are looking at the insect whose wings are beating 20 , 000 per second and we travel away from it at the rate of Light , the present will then always be with us , the wing although still vibrat - ing at that enormous rate would appear to be stationary and would
continue in that state for a million years provided we continued our flight with the rays of light . It is thus possible to uhderstand how the growth of a flower , the flight of a bird or the lightning Hash nvght be drawn out and examined under conditions of time which would lead to the discovery and tracing of even the principle of life itself ; but let us go one step further and increase our flight beyond the rate at which L-ght travels , scenes would now
progress in the oppositedirec ! ion to that which we are accustomed to , men would get out of bed and dress themselves at night and go to bsd in the morning , old men would grow young again , tall trees would grow backwards and enter the earth , embedding themselves in the seed , and the seed would rise upwards to the branch that nourished it ; but once more we must call a halt ; Time and space are only relative modes by which our senses appreciate our
surroundings ; if everything connected with us were from this moment to move twice as quicker be half the size , we should be absolutely ignorant of Ihe change and if this were carried to extremes and everything happened infinitel y quicker and all the surroundings became infinitely smaller we could have no cognizance of the change ; our sun and the stars with their respective distances might be reduced in size until they were no larger than
the molecules of iron in the blade of a pocket knife ; an eternity compressed mio a moment and yet we should have no knowledge of change ; we must iccognise therefore that lime and space are not realities but are limits only , set to our corporeal senses , in fact they are but the transient conditions under which matter exists . The Spii-ilual , the Present , the Here are the only realities , all else is but shadow which will cease to exist when the Light of Truth reigns supreme .
Ihe beginning and end coalesce ; a million years is coincident with a ijioment of time , and we can now see the fallacy of the stock argument ¦¦ ¦ at "the belief in Omniscience necessitates a belief in fatalism , " the future is present to the spiritual ; though to our senses a million years « almost unimaginable , and every moment of that time the result is ¦ iiijjcct to the freewill action of man , yet to the spiritual there are no "ch limits ; the creation of the world and its future dismemberment ,
- each one ot us and our death , must be at the same "lorr . ent . We can , therefore , understand how the Deity is cognisant at this ) "ry moment of what is taking place millions of years hence without in iiy way interfering with the freewill of those who live and act during that Period ; m fact to the Spiritual the present includes the whole of past u-rnity and overlaps future eternity . When y / 2 have once grasped this we c fiin perhaps for the first time to penetrate the meaning of those mysterious w ° rds of Christ : " Veril y , verily I say unto you , before Abraham was , / am . " ( e ' -yw dat )
"i ( ,,,, 'J * , " •; - l'IN ' CK "'' ' WALKS proposes to prolong his stay on board the Osborne ¦ li- hntVL "" ,, , , en < J of t ,, e ' -ion- ' - The s . des of the pavilion built for his Royal Attains' ik" L oi tlle Ko - yal yacht liave been •¦ 1 'ecl W 1 'h R'asssashes to replace the 0 ut with C at llrst forrne ( i t * - e walls of ' structure , and other work has been carried '" tended V" ^ ' ° - " stay on the part of his Koyal "iff - * - 55 than originally able u , Yn , has V * - " -- '"' - greatly in health by his stay in the Solent , and has bsen " > spend most of the day on deck .
Provincial Grand Capter Of Middlesex.
PROVINCIAL GRAND CAPTER OF MIDDLESEX .
The 24 th annual convocation of the above Provincial Grand Chapter was held at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on Saturday , the 6 th inst The Right Hon . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., the Grand Superintendent , was supported by Comps . Raymond H . Thrupp , ProV . G . H . ; Lieut .-Col . Clifford Probyn , Grand Treas ., as Prov . G . J . ; James M . Small , Prov . G . S . E . ; Major-General Astley Terry , Prov . G . S . N . ; H . E . Herman , Prov . G . Treas . ; C . Robinson , Prov . G .
Reg . ; F . C . Austin , Prov . 2 nd A . G . S . ; J . S . Tavener , Prov . G . Std . Br . ; H . Wharton Wells , P . P . G . Org ., as Org . ; Dr . Frederick Lawrance , P . G . S . B . ; W . G . Kentish , P . G . S . B . ; H . Higgins , P . P . G . D . C . ; D . W . Pearse , P . P . G . Reg . ; R . W . Forge , P . P . G . P . S . ; W . Fisher , P . P . G . P . S . ; Douglas Gordon , P . P . G . J . ; Vivian Orchard , J . 1293 ; F . Wallace Ingram , H . 946 ; J . Tilley , M . E . Z . 16 91 ; W . P . Fuller , M . E . Z . 382 ; W . W . Barber , P . Z . 1194 ; G . H . Lewis , P . Z . 2048 ; H . Woodley , 1327 ; C . Morton Challender , P . Z . 1004 ; Hugh Squires , 946 ; W . W . Lee , P . Z . 1524 ; and others .
Provincial Grand Chapter was formally opened and the minutes were read and confirmed , and the Audit Report , showing a balance in hand of ^ Si ios . yd .,, was received and adopted . On the nomination of Comp . V . ORCHARD , seconded by Comp . D . W . PEARSE , Comp . H . E . Herman was re-elected Prov . G . Treasurer , and a vote of thanks was subsequently accorded him for his services during the past year .
The G . Superintendent nominated Comps . Sir R . Han son , Bart ., M . P ., Major-Gen . Astley Terry , and C . Robinson as members of the Audit Committee ; and Comps . W . Fisher , W . G . Kentish , and G . R . Langley were elected by Prov . G . Chapter . The G . SUPERINTENDENT in re-appointing Comp . Raymond H . Thrupp
as Prov . G . H ., said he could not have undertaken the duties of G . Superintendent but for the great assistance received from Comp . Thrupp , whoss knowledge of the rules and regulations was only equalled by the unvarying kindness always shown by him to others requiring information or advice . The other Prov . G . Officers appointed
were—Comp . Sir F . Dixon Hartland , M . P ., 778 ... Prov . G . J . ,, James M . Small , 1691 ( re-appointed ) ... Prov . G . S . E . „ VVm . P . Fuller , 382 ... ... ... Prov . G . S . N . ,, H . E . Herman , 1293 ( re-elected ) ... Prov . G . Treas . ,, Chas . Robinson , 1503 ( re-appointed ) ... Prov . G . Reg . ,, Joseph Tilley , 1 G 91 ... ... ... Prov . G . P . S .
„ Walter W . Barber , ti 94 ... ... Prov . 1 st A . G . S . „ Edmund Walter Davis , 1503 .,. .,. Prov . 2 nd A . G . S . ,, Frederick Jackson , 132 G ... ... Prov . G . S . B . „ George H . Lewis , 2048 ... ... Prov . G . Std . Br . „ Wm . Hibberdine , 1237 ... ,., Prov . G . D . C .
„ H . Barton , 946 ... ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C . ,, J . W . Hinton , Mus . Doc . ... ... Prov . G . Org . ,, John Gilbert ( re-appointed ) ... ... Prov . G . Janitor . The roll of chapters was called , and all were represented , with one exception .
A vote of thanks to the Bard of Avon Chapter for the use of furniture was acknowledged by Comp . Col . CLIFFORD PROBYN . Letters of regret were announced from Comps . Lord Onslow , F . West , Sir Reginald Hanson , E . Letchworth ( G . Scribe E . ) , Gordon Miller , SirF . Dixon Hartland , and others , and Prov . Grand Chapter was closed in due form .
I he banquet which followed fully sustained the reputation of the wellknown hostelry , and the usual toasts were subsequently given . Comp . Lieut .-Col . CLIFFORD PROIIYN , G . Treas ., briefly returned thanks for " The Grand Officers . " Comp . RAYMOND H . TIIRUPP , Prov . G . H ., proposed " The Grand Superintendent , " and said the companions present had shown by their
reception of the toast how Middlesex Masons appreciated their Grand Superintendent , and the ready support they were prepared to give him . As thc head of the province , he had won the heart of every Mason , and whenever he came amongst them they desired to give him a hearty welcoms . The GRAND SUPERINTENDENT , in reply , said he appreciated the kindly reception of his name , especially as it was associated with such sympathetic
remarks from Comp . Thrupp . If he had known when he was offered the position of head of the province that he would have such heavy official public duties to perform he should have declined , because he had a reluctance to undertake duties it was impossible to perform . During the past three or four years , from the fact that he had had other absorbing duties to perform—he had inadequately performed his functions in the province .
They had been good enough to make allowances for this difficulty , and he would not say he hoped he would soon be in a different position . He would , however , assure them that if he were placed in a position , with more time , he would try to respond more than he had hitherto been able , to the duties of the office he occupied . Nothing had struck him more than the admirable feeling that existed among the brethren and companions of the
province , for there was a concord of opinion , and a kindly feeling such as he had never met with in any association or body of men , or displayed to the same extent . That was largely due to the work which Comp . Thrupp for many years past had done in Freemasonry , and the manner in which he had brought all the lodges and chapters together . If hereafter he ( the Grand Superintendent ) was in
a position of greater liberty , he would reciprocate the feelings expressed that evening . His only regret was that as they got on in life they could not enjoy themselves quite as much as before without having recourse to the medical profession afterwards , and the golden epoch in which he might have thoroughly enjoyed himself was passing away , so that when he participated hereafter in the festivities of the lodges and chapters he should not be able to so heartily enjoy himself as he should have done a few years
ago . The G . SUPERINTENDENT then proposed "The Prov . G . H . and J . and the Prov . Grand Officers , " remarking that it was an immense advantage to have men of such calibre as Comp . Thrupp and the other Prov . Grand Officers . Comp . RAYMOND H . TIIRUIT , Prov . G . H ,, replied , after which Comp . Dr . F . LAWRANCE , P . G . S . B ., acknowledged "The Visitors , " The Janitor ' s toast closed the proceedings .