of your interests and of those
of the Craft, and, though I am prevented by my many duties from
meeting you as often as I should like, still I hope that you are
convinced that your interests are none the less dear to me. We
have heard an address from the King of Sweden this evening which
none of us are likely to forget, and I think, if he will allow
me to say so, that we Englishmen have reason to envy his
facility in speaking our language. It is, I believe, the first
time that a foreign Sovereign has honoured a gathering of this
kind. I think that we may look upon this as a red-letter day,
and we are not likely to forget the King's presence, or the
kind and useful words which he has spoken. Our watchword,
'Religion and Charity,' is one which has been inculcated in us
ever since we belonged to the Craft, and it is one which we
shall do well to remember. If we uphold those principles, and,
above all, that idea of patriotism of which the King has spoken,
there is little doubt that the Craft will remain as prosperous
as it is now, and that our lodges and members will increase. I
do not wish to allude to foreign lodges with whom we are not in
accord; but I would ask that at any rate we should strive to
pick out what is good in them, and remember that we are not only
English Freemasons, but Freemasons of the entire universe. I
trust that as long as I live, or as long as I may be permitted
to hold the high office of your Grand Master, I may continue to
do my duty to the Craft and to my country. I wish now to ask his
Majesty the King of Sweden to accept the Steward's badge of this
festival."

His Majesty was then invested with the badge, amidst loud cheers. The
Grand Master then said he had much pleasure in reading a telegram from
New York to the following effect:--"Grand Lodge in annual communication
congratulates the fraternity in England on the one-hundredth anniversary
of the foundation of the Royal Masonic Institute for Girls."

Again rising, the Prince of Wales said:--

"Your Majesty and Brethren,--I have now the honour to give you
the last toast, though it may be safely called the most
important, as the object with which we have met at this enormous
and unprecedented gathering is to celebrate the centenary of the
Royal Masonic Institute for Girls. That an institution should
have existed a hu