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upon the judgment and good taste with which preliminary arrangements are conducted ; it is impossible , I think , to overrate the kind , liberal , and disinterested services you have rendered to us in this particular . As the Treasurer of our body , we have every reason to be satisfied with your conduct . Upon this topic I have left myself but little time to speak , after having so long occupied the attention of the Brethrennor can it be necessary to enlarge upon it . You have been the provident and faithful steward of our funds , and we feel that they cannot be committed to honester guardianship , or to better management than
yours . It is from a consideration of these your many claims on our regard , that the Brethren of this Lodge have resolved on presenting you with the tribute which , on their behalf , I am about to hand to you . The Cup now before me , and which , at the request of the Worship ful Master , it is my gratifying duty to deliver to you , is intended , as the inscription on it expresses , to convey " the gratitude of the Brethren of Masonic Lodge , No 642 for the kind laryand unremitted zealwith which
. , , exemp , , you have on all occasions laboured to promote the interests of the Lodge . " I have but too much reason to apprehend , Brother Aikenhead , that I have altogether failed to do justice to the feelings of my Brethren upon this occasion—I know that I have not been able to do justice to my own . It now only remains for me , in the name of the Lodge , to request your acceptance of this Cup ; and I shall but just add , that , in my judgment , never was a gift more worthily bestowed , because never was one more
honourably earned . ( Great applause ) . Brother Bracken having presented the Cup , Brother Clifford rose and said , that after what had fallen from the Junior Warden , Counsellor Bracken , it would be absurd in him to address the Brethren at any length . He concurred most fully in all that had been said as to the merits of Brother Aikenhead , by the J . W . ; more particularly of his valuable exertions at a period when the Lodge
was labouring under peculiar difficulties . To these exertions , and the great benefits which had arisen from them , he ( Brother Clifford ) was enabled to bear personal testimony . As 'Treasurer of the Lodge , too , it was impossible to have husbanded its resources with greater fidelity and judgment than their worthy Brother had uniformly done . Brother Aikenhead then rose , evidently under very strong amotions , and in a tone of the deepest feeling , expressed the gratitude with which
he received the splendid gift bestowed upon him by the kindness of the Brethren . The following is a pretty accurate report of his brief , but feeling , acknowledgment of the favour conferred upon him : — Worshipful Master and Brethren , to say 1 have not words to convey my feelings , is a commonplace observation ; yet I find it impossible to give expression to those sentiments of gratitude created in my bosom for this kind and too flattering mark of your brotherly regard towards me .
This , your very handsome and valuable gift , is quite unmerited —( No , no)—and although I value it highly , yet it is a hig her gratification to me to feel , that your good opinion has drawn forth this mark of your approbation . —( Applause . ) The unbounded confidence which you have placed in me as your Treasurer for the last fourteen years , has more than recompensed me for any exertions I may have used for your happiness or comfort . I assure you , Brethren , that this is one of the proudest moments of my life . I feel my heart too full to proceed , or to
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Ireland.
upon the judgment and good taste with which preliminary arrangements are conducted ; it is impossible , I think , to overrate the kind , liberal , and disinterested services you have rendered to us in this particular . As the Treasurer of our body , we have every reason to be satisfied with your conduct . Upon this topic I have left myself but little time to speak , after having so long occupied the attention of the Brethrennor can it be necessary to enlarge upon it . You have been the provident and faithful steward of our funds , and we feel that they cannot be committed to honester guardianship , or to better management than
yours . It is from a consideration of these your many claims on our regard , that the Brethren of this Lodge have resolved on presenting you with the tribute which , on their behalf , I am about to hand to you . The Cup now before me , and which , at the request of the Worship ful Master , it is my gratifying duty to deliver to you , is intended , as the inscription on it expresses , to convey " the gratitude of the Brethren of Masonic Lodge , No 642 for the kind laryand unremitted zealwith which
. , , exemp , , you have on all occasions laboured to promote the interests of the Lodge . " I have but too much reason to apprehend , Brother Aikenhead , that I have altogether failed to do justice to the feelings of my Brethren upon this occasion—I know that I have not been able to do justice to my own . It now only remains for me , in the name of the Lodge , to request your acceptance of this Cup ; and I shall but just add , that , in my judgment , never was a gift more worthily bestowed , because never was one more
honourably earned . ( Great applause ) . Brother Bracken having presented the Cup , Brother Clifford rose and said , that after what had fallen from the Junior Warden , Counsellor Bracken , it would be absurd in him to address the Brethren at any length . He concurred most fully in all that had been said as to the merits of Brother Aikenhead , by the J . W . ; more particularly of his valuable exertions at a period when the Lodge
was labouring under peculiar difficulties . To these exertions , and the great benefits which had arisen from them , he ( Brother Clifford ) was enabled to bear personal testimony . As 'Treasurer of the Lodge , too , it was impossible to have husbanded its resources with greater fidelity and judgment than their worthy Brother had uniformly done . Brother Aikenhead then rose , evidently under very strong amotions , and in a tone of the deepest feeling , expressed the gratitude with which
he received the splendid gift bestowed upon him by the kindness of the Brethren . The following is a pretty accurate report of his brief , but feeling , acknowledgment of the favour conferred upon him : — Worshipful Master and Brethren , to say 1 have not words to convey my feelings , is a commonplace observation ; yet I find it impossible to give expression to those sentiments of gratitude created in my bosom for this kind and too flattering mark of your brotherly regard towards me .
This , your very handsome and valuable gift , is quite unmerited —( No , no)—and although I value it highly , yet it is a hig her gratification to me to feel , that your good opinion has drawn forth this mark of your approbation . —( Applause . ) The unbounded confidence which you have placed in me as your Treasurer for the last fourteen years , has more than recompensed me for any exertions I may have used for your happiness or comfort . I assure you , Brethren , that this is one of the proudest moments of my life . I feel my heart too full to proceed , or to