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upon the toast he was about to offer to their notice . He would only ask them to join with him in praying that Heaven would shed its choicest blessings on their most excellent Provincial Grand Master , and that for many years he might continue to preside over them , before it should please the Great Disposer of all events to call him to himself " Colonel Tynte , R . W . P . G . M . of Somerset . —( Immense cheers and the fullest honours ) .
The Chairman . —I do assure you , that after such a manifestation of your kindness and attachment , I feel the greatest difficulty in finding terms to express the deep sense of gratitude I entertain towards you . I felt myself quite unable this morning to express to you how sensible I was of your generous kindness , and you may well suppose that after the excitement of the day , I am still less able to do so . In regard to the superb present before me , I can only assure you that I shall ever value it of the treasures
as one proudest I possess , and that the inscription upon it calls forth my sincerest gratitude , and has made an indelible impression upon my mind . For all your favours , all your attentions , all your support , I can only assure you , that if I have hitherto ever been deficient in any of my duties , ever backward at your call , I shall now use double dili gence ; and I sit down with the heartiest and most fervent good wishes to you all , drinking health , wealth , and prosperity to yourselves and families Loud cheers
. —( ) . Glee . — " Hail smiling morn . " The Chairman . —I am now about to propose to you the " Province of Bristol . " They have frequentl y done us the honour of visiting us as Brethren , and of receiving us at their workings . I regret greatly that the P . G . M . himself ( Col . Baillie ) has been prevented by illness from attending on tMs occasion ; but he has sent so excellent a Brother , and so worthy a Mason , to represent him , that we shall still less feel the absence of his principal . I give you , " Brother Smith and the Grand Lodge of Bristol . "—( Loud cheers and the fullest honours ') .
Brother Smith . —R . W . Sir , and Brethren , I join most sincerel y in the regret that my worth y Master , Col . Baillie , is not here ; and I know it is a matter of most sincere regret to himself . With respect to the kind manner in which you have been pleased to compliment me as a Masonic Brother , I will only claim the merit of endeavouring to do my duty , in the bosom of my family , as I may say , for the family of Masons is the Lodge . ( Cheers ) . With respect to the reciprocal visits which we pay and receive that it has afforded
, I can assure you ever , and will afford us the greatest possible pleasure , to see a Brother of Bath , Wiltshire , Gloucestershire , or Dorset , and that they may always rely upon a hearty welcome and kind civility in the province of Bristol . And now , R . W . Sir , I am about to ask your permission to give a toast—Have I that permission ? ( Col . Tynte assented ) . Then I give you " The D . P . G . M . of Somerset , Brother Maddison , " than whom a better man or a better does not existTremendous cheers and the
Mason . ( fullest honours ) . Brother Maddison . —R . W . Sir , Officers , and Brethren , I could not expect less from the friendship and Brotherly affection which have subsisted for so many years between us , than the kindness which has just been expressed towards me by my worthy Brother of Bristol . He has been kind enough to compliment me as a Mason . If I am at all entitled to the compliment , I can say , with sincerity , " that my greatest delight has been centred , and some of the happiest hours of my life have been spent in the study and practice of Masonry ; and that nothing affords me so much pleasure as to witness the deep attention , the zeal ,
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Provincial.
upon the toast he was about to offer to their notice . He would only ask them to join with him in praying that Heaven would shed its choicest blessings on their most excellent Provincial Grand Master , and that for many years he might continue to preside over them , before it should please the Great Disposer of all events to call him to himself " Colonel Tynte , R . W . P . G . M . of Somerset . —( Immense cheers and the fullest honours ) .
The Chairman . —I do assure you , that after such a manifestation of your kindness and attachment , I feel the greatest difficulty in finding terms to express the deep sense of gratitude I entertain towards you . I felt myself quite unable this morning to express to you how sensible I was of your generous kindness , and you may well suppose that after the excitement of the day , I am still less able to do so . In regard to the superb present before me , I can only assure you that I shall ever value it of the treasures
as one proudest I possess , and that the inscription upon it calls forth my sincerest gratitude , and has made an indelible impression upon my mind . For all your favours , all your attentions , all your support , I can only assure you , that if I have hitherto ever been deficient in any of my duties , ever backward at your call , I shall now use double dili gence ; and I sit down with the heartiest and most fervent good wishes to you all , drinking health , wealth , and prosperity to yourselves and families Loud cheers
. —( ) . Glee . — " Hail smiling morn . " The Chairman . —I am now about to propose to you the " Province of Bristol . " They have frequentl y done us the honour of visiting us as Brethren , and of receiving us at their workings . I regret greatly that the P . G . M . himself ( Col . Baillie ) has been prevented by illness from attending on tMs occasion ; but he has sent so excellent a Brother , and so worthy a Mason , to represent him , that we shall still less feel the absence of his principal . I give you , " Brother Smith and the Grand Lodge of Bristol . "—( Loud cheers and the fullest honours ') .
Brother Smith . —R . W . Sir , and Brethren , I join most sincerel y in the regret that my worth y Master , Col . Baillie , is not here ; and I know it is a matter of most sincere regret to himself . With respect to the kind manner in which you have been pleased to compliment me as a Masonic Brother , I will only claim the merit of endeavouring to do my duty , in the bosom of my family , as I may say , for the family of Masons is the Lodge . ( Cheers ) . With respect to the reciprocal visits which we pay and receive that it has afforded
, I can assure you ever , and will afford us the greatest possible pleasure , to see a Brother of Bath , Wiltshire , Gloucestershire , or Dorset , and that they may always rely upon a hearty welcome and kind civility in the province of Bristol . And now , R . W . Sir , I am about to ask your permission to give a toast—Have I that permission ? ( Col . Tynte assented ) . Then I give you " The D . P . G . M . of Somerset , Brother Maddison , " than whom a better man or a better does not existTremendous cheers and the
Mason . ( fullest honours ) . Brother Maddison . —R . W . Sir , Officers , and Brethren , I could not expect less from the friendship and Brotherly affection which have subsisted for so many years between us , than the kindness which has just been expressed towards me by my worthy Brother of Bristol . He has been kind enough to compliment me as a Mason . If I am at all entitled to the compliment , I can say , with sincerity , " that my greatest delight has been centred , and some of the happiest hours of my life have been spent in the study and practice of Masonry ; and that nothing affords me so much pleasure as to witness the deep attention , the zeal ,