-
Articles/Ads
Article METROPOLITAN. ← Page 5 of 8 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Metropolitan.
lion , visited the Lodge , but he hoped that they might have the pleasure of seeing him there on many other occasions . Bro . K . G . ALSTON , in returning thanks , said , that in connection with what had fallen from the W . M ., he could bear testimony to the interest taken by the Earl of Yarborough in the welfare of the Craft . For himself he felt deeply gratified by his reception that evening . The Ionic Lodge had been known to him breputation for some timebut that
y , was the first occasion on which he had had the pleasure of visiting it ; he felt more especially happy in doing so on the occasion of the installation of a Brother , who was not only esteemed for his worth as an individual but for being deeply skilled in Masonry . The immediate P . M ., Bro . CHAMPION , then proposed " the health of the W . M . " He had the greater pleasure in doing so , as it was by him that the W . M . had been introduced into Masonry . It was
unnecessary for him to dilate upon his merits , the number of distinguished Brethren who had rallied round him on that occasion bore testimony to the estimation in which lie was held in the Craft . He could not but contrast their present meeting with that by which it had been immediately preceded , and over which a peculiar gloom had , to his mind , appeared to hang , as of the approach of some coming ill , which was realised in the event which had terminated their meeting—he alluded to the death of
, their late respected Bro . Bleadon . The present was one of the most brilliant openings that any W . M . had ever experienced , and he would particularl y impress on the Brethren their duty to render his whole year of office as brilliant throughout , by giving him their undivided support . He had known the W . M . for many years ; their friendship had sprung up in youth , had ripened in manhood , and been consummated in
Masonry . The W . M ., in returning thanks , said that it had been remarked that " out of the fulness of the heart the mouth speaketh ; " we were , however , differently constituted , and while it might be so with some , his feelings on that occasion told him that in his own case it was otherwise —his heart was too full to allow him to express adequately what he felt , and it was the more overpowering to his feelings to have his health proposed in such warm termsbone with whom he had been acquainted
, y almost from childhood , and of whom he could truly say , he knew of no human power in whom , in all cases of danger and difficulty , he could put his trust with such sure confidence . It was indeed gratifying to find himself occupying so proud a position in the Lodge , in which he had been initiated hi to Masonry within a period of only three years , and which had attained so high a reputation in the Craft . The next toast was " the Visitors . " The W . M . said that the Ionic
Lodge was always gratified to see its board graced by a large assemblage of visitors , and especially so on the present occasion , when so many distinguished Brethren were present , and , indeed , the number of visitors far exceeded that of the members of the Lodge . With the toast he would couple the name of Bro . Lloyd , an active member of the Board of General Purposes , and a most efficient working Mason , as his re-election to the chair of the Tuscan Lodge had proved .
Bro . Lnoyn , in returning thanks , remarked that the W . M . might have selected from among the distinguished visitors present one more worthy than himself , with whose name to couple the toast . He had been a frequent visitor to the Ionic Lodge , and had known and esteemed many of its P . M . ' s for several years , lie had had the pleasure of being acvofi . II . 3 u
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Metropolitan.
lion , visited the Lodge , but he hoped that they might have the pleasure of seeing him there on many other occasions . Bro . K . G . ALSTON , in returning thanks , said , that in connection with what had fallen from the W . M ., he could bear testimony to the interest taken by the Earl of Yarborough in the welfare of the Craft . For himself he felt deeply gratified by his reception that evening . The Ionic Lodge had been known to him breputation for some timebut that
y , was the first occasion on which he had had the pleasure of visiting it ; he felt more especially happy in doing so on the occasion of the installation of a Brother , who was not only esteemed for his worth as an individual but for being deeply skilled in Masonry . The immediate P . M ., Bro . CHAMPION , then proposed " the health of the W . M . " He had the greater pleasure in doing so , as it was by him that the W . M . had been introduced into Masonry . It was
unnecessary for him to dilate upon his merits , the number of distinguished Brethren who had rallied round him on that occasion bore testimony to the estimation in which lie was held in the Craft . He could not but contrast their present meeting with that by which it had been immediately preceded , and over which a peculiar gloom had , to his mind , appeared to hang , as of the approach of some coming ill , which was realised in the event which had terminated their meeting—he alluded to the death of
, their late respected Bro . Bleadon . The present was one of the most brilliant openings that any W . M . had ever experienced , and he would particularl y impress on the Brethren their duty to render his whole year of office as brilliant throughout , by giving him their undivided support . He had known the W . M . for many years ; their friendship had sprung up in youth , had ripened in manhood , and been consummated in
Masonry . The W . M ., in returning thanks , said that it had been remarked that " out of the fulness of the heart the mouth speaketh ; " we were , however , differently constituted , and while it might be so with some , his feelings on that occasion told him that in his own case it was otherwise —his heart was too full to allow him to express adequately what he felt , and it was the more overpowering to his feelings to have his health proposed in such warm termsbone with whom he had been acquainted
, y almost from childhood , and of whom he could truly say , he knew of no human power in whom , in all cases of danger and difficulty , he could put his trust with such sure confidence . It was indeed gratifying to find himself occupying so proud a position in the Lodge , in which he had been initiated hi to Masonry within a period of only three years , and which had attained so high a reputation in the Craft . The next toast was " the Visitors . " The W . M . said that the Ionic
Lodge was always gratified to see its board graced by a large assemblage of visitors , and especially so on the present occasion , when so many distinguished Brethren were present , and , indeed , the number of visitors far exceeded that of the members of the Lodge . With the toast he would couple the name of Bro . Lloyd , an active member of the Board of General Purposes , and a most efficient working Mason , as his re-election to the chair of the Tuscan Lodge had proved .
Bro . Lnoyn , in returning thanks , remarked that the W . M . might have selected from among the distinguished visitors present one more worthy than himself , with whose name to couple the toast . He had been a frequent visitor to the Ionic Lodge , and had known and esteemed many of its P . M . ' s for several years , lie had had the pleasure of being acvofi . II . 3 u