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iii existence about thirty years , its wan-ant having been granted in 1829 . ( Laughter ) . To return to tho preservation of their landmarks—anil they might ask how they were to know the genuine landmarks . He would reply by following the working of their preceptors and not looking for information to every body who thought he could teach Masonry . Let them endeavour to preserve their work as pure as possible , and when they found individuals like their late Bros . Broadfoot and Peter Thompson , or their worthy successor , Bro . Muggeridge —( cheers)—able and willing to give
them instruction , let them avail themselves of their kindness and their aptitude for teaching . ( Cheers ) . Bro . Muggeridge possessed a kindness of manner—and he would add a modesty which endeared him to all who came into contact with him . ( Cheers ) . He believed that he had now for twelve years been tbe preceptor of that Lodge , and during the whole of that lengthened period the Stability Lodge of Instruction bad borne a high character in the Craffc , and afforded great instruction to the younger Masons . He begged to give them success to the Stability Lodge of Instruction
, ancl health to Bro . Muggeridge . Bro . MUGGERIDGE , who was loudly applauded , said that this was the tenth time that he had had the honour of replying to the toast just so eloquently proposed and so kindly responded to , ancl he could assure them that he never felt greater gratification iu doing so than upon the present occasion . His gratification arose from various circumstances ; first , that he should have been enabled so long to conduct the Lodge to their satisfaction , following as he did so able a Mason as their late
preceptor , Bro . Thompson ; secondly , from having been so ably assisted in the discharge of his duties by his friends and pupils , of whom he felt he had a right to be proud , ( Cheers ) . Aud , thirdly , at the excellent meeting of that evening which was a testimony alike to their character for working and the reputation ofthe Lodge . ( Cheers ) . He had another source of gratification in seeing so excellent an attendance of Grand Officers , many of whom had warmly supported the Stability Lodge of Instruction . ( Cheers ) . It was always his desire to attend to his Masonic
duties to the utmost of his ability , and during the twenty-one years he had been a Mason he had been a constant attendant at that Lodge of Instruction , and there were many friends about him who could bear testimony how conscientiously he had endeavoured to discharge tbe duties whieh hacl devolved upon him . ( Cheers ) . AA'hen some nine or ten years ago he succeeded to the position as their preceptor , which hacl beeu so long held by Bro . Thompson , he felt some diffidence as to how he could carry it out , but it gave him great gratification to find that he not only met with , but that he continued to enjoy , their approbation
and support . ( Cheers ) . He begged to thank the brethren who had so kindly assisted him in the working ; to return his most sincere thanks to the R . AA . brother in the chair for the very complimentary manner in which he had proposed the toast , and to the brethren for having so heartily responded to it . BRO . HALL , Prov . G . M . for Cambridgeshire , hacl been permitted to propose the next toast , and gratifying as it was to discharge that duty , he could assure them he could not approach it but with some
diffidence . _ In proposing the health of their chairman , he knew that it would receive ready acceptance from the company at large . ( Cheers ) . But in speaking in his presence of so valued a friend , he felt almost as much embarrassed as though speaking of himself , and he could hardly tell them , how highly he appreciated the friendship of their worthy Bro . Havers . ( Cheers ) . He had the pleasure of the intimate acquaintance of thafc brother , both in and out of Masonry , and he could truly say a more thoroughly impartial , just , and honest mau , or a more steadfast
; aud firm friend was not to be found iu the world . ( Cheers ) . He had long had the pleasure of working with him—they had pulled together in the business of Masonry , but Bro . Havers had always taken the labouring oar . AAlietber the tide was with or against tbem , be had never left the boat , nor had it ever been swamped , and though their Craft might have threatened to lose its balance or to run on shore , he kept its head steadily to the wind and carried it safely into harbour . ( Cheers ) . There was no man who looked more practicallto their positionand
y , who more steadfastly advocated necessary reforms in their government , bnt he ever opposed himself to sudden changes or to measures tending to the destruction of order and authority . ( Cheers ) . Bro . Havers filled a high position in Grand Lodge—he enjoyed tbe confidence of fche Grand Master—and the respect and esteem of every brother who had the honour of his acquaintance . ( Cheers ) . They had been pleased to put Bro . Havers in the chair that evening—he succeeded not to it by routine but by their choice ; he was satisfied that tbe duties of the office had been fulfilled
to their satisfaction , ( cheers ); aucl he was sure no man more valued the honour of presiding over them than did Bro . Havers . He would therefore ask them cordially to join him in drinking to his health and happiness . ( Cheers ) . BRO . HAVERS , P . G . D ., in responding , said he would beg the brethren to bear with him one minute , even if he appeared a little egotistical , whilst he alluded to himself . He remembered that ifc was twenty-two years that night since he was initiated into Masonry—ancl he could truly say that he entered into the Order unsolicited and of his
own free will and inclination . Indeed he sought an introduction to a brother who sat on his right for the purpose of entering Freemasonry , and through the kind offices of that good brother ( Bro . Patten ) , who now sat on his right hand , was he twenty-two years since first received as a member of a Lodge . He hacl delivered in that Lodge of Instruction , whose anniversary they were then celebrating , some of those beautiful sections they had heard thafc
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evening , aud many of his happiest hours had beeu spent m Freemasonry . ( Cheers ) . AA ith regard to his public life iu Masonry he hacl no desire to speak . He entered upon it with an earnest desire to do his duty aud to benefit the Craft , so far as was in his power . He had had the pleasure of making many friends in Freemasonry and amongst , not the least valued the members of that Lodge . He " thanked them for their confidence , which he trusted was not undeserved , and hacl experienced the greatest pleasure from the support they had afforded him that evening .
( Cheers ) . He would now ask them to fill their glasses for another toast , and drink to those worthy brethren who hacl so delighted them by their working that evening . Ho was sure all must agree that the working of that Lodgo of Instruction might well bear comparison with tho Lodgo of Emulation , and—without derogating from the excellent working of that Lodge—no sections could have been better worked than they had that evening . He gave them " The working brethren , Bros . Presant , Myers , Boughey , Packwood , and Pratt . " ( Cheers ) .
Bro . PRATT , S . AA ., returned thanks 011 behalf of the Working brethren for the very eulogistic terms in which the toast had been proposed , ancl the kindness with which it hacl been received . He felt that they did not deserve'the eulogiuiu of their worthy president , the more especially as the working brethren were only mere machines in the hands of their excellent preceptor , Bro . Muggeridge , to whom alone was any credit due . At the same time he could assure them that the working brethren had endeavoured to do their bestand the best coulcl do no more ( Cheers ) .
, . The AA onsinrFUL MASTER would be sorry to see tbe members of the Lodge of Stability separate without remembering their sister Lodge of Instruction . He was sure thafc they had none but the kindliest feelings towards the Lodge of Emulation , ancl there was nothing like rivalry between them . They all felt that it would be desirable that all differences in working should cease aucl that there should be but one system , but in the meantime they agreed only to rival one another in the excellence of their working . He regretted that bis good friend Bro . S . B . AA
ilson , to whom the Lodge of Emulation owed so much , had beeu unable to be present that evening ; and that thoy were also deprived of the presence of Bro . Savage , whose excellent working was so well known . There was however , present , another brother connected with that Lodge who , from the deep interest he took in the prosperity of their charities and strict attendance to the duties of the Board of General Purposes ancl the other boards with which he was connected , deserved well of the Craft . He would therefore ask them to drink " To the prosperity of the Lodge of
Emulation , and health to Bro . Symonds . ( Cheers ) . Bro . SYMONDS scarcely knew how his name came to be coupled with the toasfc just drunk , though it was true he was as old a member of the Emulation Lodge of Instruction as be could be ; for that being a Lodge of Master Masons , as he was raised on the Thursday he joined it on the Friday . ( Hear . ) It was true that he had worked one or two sections , hut beyond that , and working the different ceremonies aud the installation , he could not pretend to place himself up as a fitting representative of the
Lodge of Emulation . He regretted that there was not present to answer for the toast Bro . Stephen Barton AVilson , Bro . Savage , or Bro . John Hervey , than whom better Masons did not exist , ancl who had done so much for the Lodge ; but at the same time he could assure them the members of the Lodge of Emulation reciprocated all their feeling of kindliness , and had no greater ambition than to be good workers in Masonry . It had been a great source of gratification to him to be present that evening , for he had never heard the lectures better worked ,
nor could they be . On behalf of himself and the Lodge of Emulation he most cordially thanked them for the compliment paid them . ' The chairman next pro ] 50 sed " Success to the Masonic Charities / which was drunk with loud applause . Bro . JAMES ROBINSON , P . M . of the Jordan Lodge , as one of the stewards for the approaching festival ofthe Girls' School , acknowledged the compliment , and the company separated at a somewhat late hour . The speeches of the evening were diversified by some excellent singing by Bros . G . Tedder , Fielding , Percy , and Paget .
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE LODGE ( NO . 100 S ) . —A meeting was convened for Monday , April 30 th , and held in the Masonic Hall , AA ool \ vich , for the purpose of hearing a lecture on a cubical stone of a century old on which are delineated the symbols of certain degrees in Masonry . The Lodge was opened by Bro . Colonel Henry Clerk , who resigned the chair to Bro . Jeremiah How , he having undertaken the task of explaining the several degrees in such general terms as might be communicated to Craffc Masons . . As some of the degrees figured on the stone are not to theo
now in practice , the lecturer to a certain extent was compelled - rize upon them . He illustrated tbe argument be desired to establish by quotations from Holy AAl'it and various Masonic writers . He endeavoured , and to some extent successfully , to prove the value of the historical degrees , as they are called , more especially the Rose Croix : he showed how , as society advanced , Masonry would necessarily receive some colouring from the change of man ' s religious faith from time to timeand hence the importance of those degrees in Christian countries .
, But the most noticeable part of the lecture was the opinion broached as to the perfection of Masonry , which Bro . How stated his belief to be the Holy lloyal Arch ; not the degree as we now have it , but such as he conceives it to have been according to the emblem on the stone . As the lecture will probably be printed at length , we forbear any further opinion regarding it at present . There were twenty-five brethren in the Lodge , and at the conclusion a unanimous vote of thanks was accorded to the lecturer .
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iii existence about thirty years , its wan-ant having been granted in 1829 . ( Laughter ) . To return to tho preservation of their landmarks—anil they might ask how they were to know the genuine landmarks . He would reply by following the working of their preceptors and not looking for information to every body who thought he could teach Masonry . Let them endeavour to preserve their work as pure as possible , and when they found individuals like their late Bros . Broadfoot and Peter Thompson , or their worthy successor , Bro . Muggeridge —( cheers)—able and willing to give
them instruction , let them avail themselves of their kindness and their aptitude for teaching . ( Cheers ) . Bro . Muggeridge possessed a kindness of manner—and he would add a modesty which endeared him to all who came into contact with him . ( Cheers ) . He believed that he had now for twelve years been tbe preceptor of that Lodge , and during the whole of that lengthened period the Stability Lodge of Instruction bad borne a high character in the Craffc , and afforded great instruction to the younger Masons . He begged to give them success to the Stability Lodge of Instruction
, ancl health to Bro . Muggeridge . Bro . MUGGERIDGE , who was loudly applauded , said that this was the tenth time that he had had the honour of replying to the toast just so eloquently proposed and so kindly responded to , ancl he could assure them that he never felt greater gratification iu doing so than upon the present occasion . His gratification arose from various circumstances ; first , that he should have been enabled so long to conduct the Lodge to their satisfaction , following as he did so able a Mason as their late
preceptor , Bro . Thompson ; secondly , from having been so ably assisted in the discharge of his duties by his friends and pupils , of whom he felt he had a right to be proud , ( Cheers ) . Aud , thirdly , at the excellent meeting of that evening which was a testimony alike to their character for working and the reputation ofthe Lodge . ( Cheers ) . He had another source of gratification in seeing so excellent an attendance of Grand Officers , many of whom had warmly supported the Stability Lodge of Instruction . ( Cheers ) . It was always his desire to attend to his Masonic
duties to the utmost of his ability , and during the twenty-one years he had been a Mason he had been a constant attendant at that Lodge of Instruction , and there were many friends about him who could bear testimony how conscientiously he had endeavoured to discharge tbe duties whieh hacl devolved upon him . ( Cheers ) . AA'hen some nine or ten years ago he succeeded to the position as their preceptor , which hacl beeu so long held by Bro . Thompson , he felt some diffidence as to how he could carry it out , but it gave him great gratification to find that he not only met with , but that he continued to enjoy , their approbation
and support . ( Cheers ) . He begged to thank the brethren who had so kindly assisted him in the working ; to return his most sincere thanks to the R . AA . brother in the chair for the very complimentary manner in which he had proposed the toast , and to the brethren for having so heartily responded to it . BRO . HALL , Prov . G . M . for Cambridgeshire , hacl been permitted to propose the next toast , and gratifying as it was to discharge that duty , he could assure them he could not approach it but with some
diffidence . _ In proposing the health of their chairman , he knew that it would receive ready acceptance from the company at large . ( Cheers ) . But in speaking in his presence of so valued a friend , he felt almost as much embarrassed as though speaking of himself , and he could hardly tell them , how highly he appreciated the friendship of their worthy Bro . Havers . ( Cheers ) . He had the pleasure of the intimate acquaintance of thafc brother , both in and out of Masonry , and he could truly say a more thoroughly impartial , just , and honest mau , or a more steadfast
; aud firm friend was not to be found iu the world . ( Cheers ) . He had long had the pleasure of working with him—they had pulled together in the business of Masonry , but Bro . Havers had always taken the labouring oar . AAlietber the tide was with or against tbem , be had never left the boat , nor had it ever been swamped , and though their Craft might have threatened to lose its balance or to run on shore , he kept its head steadily to the wind and carried it safely into harbour . ( Cheers ) . There was no man who looked more practicallto their positionand
y , who more steadfastly advocated necessary reforms in their government , bnt he ever opposed himself to sudden changes or to measures tending to the destruction of order and authority . ( Cheers ) . Bro . Havers filled a high position in Grand Lodge—he enjoyed tbe confidence of fche Grand Master—and the respect and esteem of every brother who had the honour of his acquaintance . ( Cheers ) . They had been pleased to put Bro . Havers in the chair that evening—he succeeded not to it by routine but by their choice ; he was satisfied that tbe duties of the office had been fulfilled
to their satisfaction , ( cheers ); aucl he was sure no man more valued the honour of presiding over them than did Bro . Havers . He would therefore ask them cordially to join him in drinking to his health and happiness . ( Cheers ) . BRO . HAVERS , P . G . D ., in responding , said he would beg the brethren to bear with him one minute , even if he appeared a little egotistical , whilst he alluded to himself . He remembered that ifc was twenty-two years that night since he was initiated into Masonry—ancl he could truly say that he entered into the Order unsolicited and of his
own free will and inclination . Indeed he sought an introduction to a brother who sat on his right for the purpose of entering Freemasonry , and through the kind offices of that good brother ( Bro . Patten ) , who now sat on his right hand , was he twenty-two years since first received as a member of a Lodge . He hacl delivered in that Lodge of Instruction , whose anniversary they were then celebrating , some of those beautiful sections they had heard thafc
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evening , aud many of his happiest hours had beeu spent m Freemasonry . ( Cheers ) . AA ith regard to his public life iu Masonry he hacl no desire to speak . He entered upon it with an earnest desire to do his duty aud to benefit the Craft , so far as was in his power . He had had the pleasure of making many friends in Freemasonry and amongst , not the least valued the members of that Lodge . He " thanked them for their confidence , which he trusted was not undeserved , and hacl experienced the greatest pleasure from the support they had afforded him that evening .
( Cheers ) . He would now ask them to fill their glasses for another toast , and drink to those worthy brethren who hacl so delighted them by their working that evening . Ho was sure all must agree that the working of that Lodgo of Instruction might well bear comparison with tho Lodgo of Emulation , and—without derogating from the excellent working of that Lodge—no sections could have been better worked than they had that evening . He gave them " The working brethren , Bros . Presant , Myers , Boughey , Packwood , and Pratt . " ( Cheers ) .
Bro . PRATT , S . AA ., returned thanks 011 behalf of the Working brethren for the very eulogistic terms in which the toast had been proposed , ancl the kindness with which it hacl been received . He felt that they did not deserve'the eulogiuiu of their worthy president , the more especially as the working brethren were only mere machines in the hands of their excellent preceptor , Bro . Muggeridge , to whom alone was any credit due . At the same time he could assure them that the working brethren had endeavoured to do their bestand the best coulcl do no more ( Cheers ) .
, . The AA onsinrFUL MASTER would be sorry to see tbe members of the Lodge of Stability separate without remembering their sister Lodge of Instruction . He was sure thafc they had none but the kindliest feelings towards the Lodge of Emulation , ancl there was nothing like rivalry between them . They all felt that it would be desirable that all differences in working should cease aucl that there should be but one system , but in the meantime they agreed only to rival one another in the excellence of their working . He regretted that bis good friend Bro . S . B . AA
ilson , to whom the Lodge of Emulation owed so much , had beeu unable to be present that evening ; and that thoy were also deprived of the presence of Bro . Savage , whose excellent working was so well known . There was however , present , another brother connected with that Lodge who , from the deep interest he took in the prosperity of their charities and strict attendance to the duties of the Board of General Purposes ancl the other boards with which he was connected , deserved well of the Craft . He would therefore ask them to drink " To the prosperity of the Lodge of
Emulation , and health to Bro . Symonds . ( Cheers ) . Bro . SYMONDS scarcely knew how his name came to be coupled with the toasfc just drunk , though it was true he was as old a member of the Emulation Lodge of Instruction as be could be ; for that being a Lodge of Master Masons , as he was raised on the Thursday he joined it on the Friday . ( Hear . ) It was true that he had worked one or two sections , hut beyond that , and working the different ceremonies aud the installation , he could not pretend to place himself up as a fitting representative of the
Lodge of Emulation . He regretted that there was not present to answer for the toast Bro . Stephen Barton AVilson , Bro . Savage , or Bro . John Hervey , than whom better Masons did not exist , ancl who had done so much for the Lodge ; but at the same time he could assure them the members of the Lodge of Emulation reciprocated all their feeling of kindliness , and had no greater ambition than to be good workers in Masonry . It had been a great source of gratification to him to be present that evening , for he had never heard the lectures better worked ,
nor could they be . On behalf of himself and the Lodge of Emulation he most cordially thanked them for the compliment paid them . ' The chairman next pro ] 50 sed " Success to the Masonic Charities / which was drunk with loud applause . Bro . JAMES ROBINSON , P . M . of the Jordan Lodge , as one of the stewards for the approaching festival ofthe Girls' School , acknowledged the compliment , and the company separated at a somewhat late hour . The speeches of the evening were diversified by some excellent singing by Bros . G . Tedder , Fielding , Percy , and Paget .
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE LODGE ( NO . 100 S ) . —A meeting was convened for Monday , April 30 th , and held in the Masonic Hall , AA ool \ vich , for the purpose of hearing a lecture on a cubical stone of a century old on which are delineated the symbols of certain degrees in Masonry . The Lodge was opened by Bro . Colonel Henry Clerk , who resigned the chair to Bro . Jeremiah How , he having undertaken the task of explaining the several degrees in such general terms as might be communicated to Craffc Masons . . As some of the degrees figured on the stone are not to theo
now in practice , the lecturer to a certain extent was compelled - rize upon them . He illustrated tbe argument be desired to establish by quotations from Holy AAl'it and various Masonic writers . He endeavoured , and to some extent successfully , to prove the value of the historical degrees , as they are called , more especially the Rose Croix : he showed how , as society advanced , Masonry would necessarily receive some colouring from the change of man ' s religious faith from time to timeand hence the importance of those degrees in Christian countries .
, But the most noticeable part of the lecture was the opinion broached as to the perfection of Masonry , which Bro . How stated his belief to be the Holy lloyal Arch ; not the degree as we now have it , but such as he conceives it to have been according to the emblem on the stone . As the lecture will probably be printed at length , we forbear any further opinion regarding it at present . There were twenty-five brethren in the Lodge , and at the conclusion a unanimous vote of thanks was accorded to the lecturer .