Provincial Lodges.

Prov . Grand Director of Ceremonies A Steward , with blue and gold wand on each side . Prov . Grand Registrar . Prov . Grand Treasurer . Bible , Square and Compasses on a crimson velvet and gold cushion , borne bv a Master

Mason . Steward , with blue and gold wand on each side , Prov . Grand Junior and Senior Wardens . Deputy Prov . Grand Master . Banner of the Prov . Grand Master . Steward , with blue and gold wand on each side . Right Worshipful Prov . Grand Master . Edward John Hutchins , Esq ., M . P . Prov . Grand Stewards , with blue and gold wands Prov . Grand Pursuivant , with sword of state .

On its arrival at St . Mary's Church , the procession halted , and opened right and left , so as to allow space for the Provincial Grand Master and his officers , preceded by the Provincial Grand Pursuivant , to enter the sacred edifice according to the established usage of the craft . Divine service commenced by the choir singing the 100 th Psalm ; after which prayers were read by the Vicar , the Rev . E . B . Squire . At the special request of the Brethren , Brother Geo . Allen presided at the organ , and in the course of the

service , the united choirs of St . Mary's and Trinity Church sang very effectively the "Venite , " Dr . Aylward's chant in F ; " Te Deum , " Jackson ' s service in F ; " Jubilate , " Mornington in B , and Calah ' s fine anthem ( composed expressly for Masonic festivals ) taken from the 133 rd Psalm , " Behold how good and joyful a thing it is for brethren . " & c . The concerted parts in this beautiful classic composition were very effectively rendered by Messrs . Snarey , of Bristol Cathedral , W . Bowen , St . Mary ' s and JonesTrinity . The solo by Snarey elicited merited and universal praise . The

, sermon was preached by the Rev . M . E . Welby , Incumbent of St . Paul's , Sketty , from Gen . 13 c . 8 v . In treating this very appropriate text , the reverend gentleman referred preliminarily to the common heritage of man , and to the decree of change and vicissitude which the Creator had impressed upon all things . One generation cometh and another passeth away—nothing abideth—there is one universal law of change . It is with a reflection partaking of the melancholv that we contemplate those convulsions of our planet in

past eras in which races of lower animal life have perished , but the thought is far more solemn that successive generations of our fellow men are swept away—re-converted to the parent dust from which they were formed . The contemplation of this mortality of the race of man is an overwhelming thought , and strongly suggests the question in this large waste of human life , what am I , the individual worth ? The reverend gentleman then proceeded to connect these and similar reflections with the exhortation embodied in the text , observing that the words inculcate a duty which is ,

in fact , a commission to exercise a mission of benevolence over the wide-spread family of man . There are two portions in every generation—the good and the bad , the passive or useless , ancl the active or useful . The former have no love of man—their aim in life is nothing great , but self-seeking . They embark in nothing grand—they coast along this world's shore , leaving no blessing behind them . What a contrast does the career of the other class present—he leaves a track of light behind , ancl of him it is recorded that he served his generation . The preacher then went on to observe that

the brotherly feeling referred to in the text implied the higher feeling of love to God . After an elaborate enumeration of the duties which flowed respectively from these two principles , the rev . gentleman commented , with more immediate reference to the present occasion , on the modes in which our duty to our brethren could be carried out , in doing good . The way of doing good individually is giving , but this should not be estimated solely by its cost in money ; kind words and offices , gentle attentions , and little services , go further than the mere dole of money , for they go straight to the