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Article FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. ← Page 2 of 2
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Freemasons' Repository.
order to negoctate a composition for the debts , was a business of labour and trouble . This trust your Committee have discharged , to the comfort of the afflicted , and much to their own credit and honour . Twenty-seven persons have felt the generous effects of your last year ' s bounty . Plow must it fill the juvenile mind with veneration and respect for an institution productive of such happy effects , when children learnby joyful experiencewhat flows from MASONIC
, , BENEVOLENCE ! From a late stagnation of trade , and want of the usual stir of business in this great metropolis , a few Brethren , with helpless families , have the hard lot to be now confined , in the different marshalseas , for small debts ; and those contracted for articles of life , food to' supply the demands of craving necessity . Oh , my friends ! you whom the Almi ghty has placed in happier situations !
you whom he has blessed with opulence I and you whom he has appointed to the middle , and perhaps the happiest line , be not unmindful of your poorer brethren ! We have known them in better times ; forsake them not in their affliction 1 Ah I while you sit in cheerful circles round your fires ; while you have the soft pillow to repose on ; while 3 'our tables are coveredsome with the delicacies '
, , all , however , with the necessaries of life ;—forget not those whom cruel mischance has bereft of resources of comfort . Think of a poor unfriended man , beset with a large family , broken with misfortunes , pining with poverty , and silent grief preying on his" vitals I Such are the persons who now look up to you this day for your friendly aid ! How often do we behold a large and innocent family deprived of
all the comforts and necessaries of life , by an unforeseen and unexpected stroke , without the power of making any provision for themselves , unable through weakness to earn their bread , and ashamed , from the recollection of better days , to beg it ! Instances , God knows , of such uncertainty of all human good , meet us . very often in our passage through life . Whatsoever wc do then in behalf of our fellow-creatureswe may consider as donein some respectto that
, , , divine person , who hath said , inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these , my brethren , ye have done it unto me ; for I was an hungered , and ye gave me meat ; I was thirsty , and ye gave me drink ; I was a stranger , and ye look me in ; naked , and ye cloathed me ; I was sick , and ye visited me ; I was in prison , and ye came unto me . That Godwho highly extolled the widow ' s offering ; that God
, , who hath graciously annexed a blessing , even to a cup of cold water , when hallowed by the benevolent and charitable heart and hand ; that merciful God will graciously accept our generous attempts on this day . Finally then , my Brethren , I call on you now to do your duty at this auspicious moment ; let not the business or the gaieties of the world obtrude themselves on your thoughts ; let not one idea
of mean self-interest arise to quench the fervour of your brotherly affections ; give liberally , as you have liberally received , from the hand of God ; he will not forget your labour of love ; be assured of an ample return ; be assured , that the distribution of your charity to the poor and afflicted , will obtain from Heaven , blessings on your heads , iu their selectest influence .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasons' Repository.
order to negoctate a composition for the debts , was a business of labour and trouble . This trust your Committee have discharged , to the comfort of the afflicted , and much to their own credit and honour . Twenty-seven persons have felt the generous effects of your last year ' s bounty . Plow must it fill the juvenile mind with veneration and respect for an institution productive of such happy effects , when children learnby joyful experiencewhat flows from MASONIC
, , BENEVOLENCE ! From a late stagnation of trade , and want of the usual stir of business in this great metropolis , a few Brethren , with helpless families , have the hard lot to be now confined , in the different marshalseas , for small debts ; and those contracted for articles of life , food to' supply the demands of craving necessity . Oh , my friends ! you whom the Almi ghty has placed in happier situations !
you whom he has blessed with opulence I and you whom he has appointed to the middle , and perhaps the happiest line , be not unmindful of your poorer brethren ! We have known them in better times ; forsake them not in their affliction 1 Ah I while you sit in cheerful circles round your fires ; while you have the soft pillow to repose on ; while 3 'our tables are coveredsome with the delicacies '
, , all , however , with the necessaries of life ;—forget not those whom cruel mischance has bereft of resources of comfort . Think of a poor unfriended man , beset with a large family , broken with misfortunes , pining with poverty , and silent grief preying on his" vitals I Such are the persons who now look up to you this day for your friendly aid ! How often do we behold a large and innocent family deprived of
all the comforts and necessaries of life , by an unforeseen and unexpected stroke , without the power of making any provision for themselves , unable through weakness to earn their bread , and ashamed , from the recollection of better days , to beg it ! Instances , God knows , of such uncertainty of all human good , meet us . very often in our passage through life . Whatsoever wc do then in behalf of our fellow-creatureswe may consider as donein some respectto that
, , , divine person , who hath said , inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these , my brethren , ye have done it unto me ; for I was an hungered , and ye gave me meat ; I was thirsty , and ye gave me drink ; I was a stranger , and ye look me in ; naked , and ye cloathed me ; I was sick , and ye visited me ; I was in prison , and ye came unto me . That Godwho highly extolled the widow ' s offering ; that God
, , who hath graciously annexed a blessing , even to a cup of cold water , when hallowed by the benevolent and charitable heart and hand ; that merciful God will graciously accept our generous attempts on this day . Finally then , my Brethren , I call on you now to do your duty at this auspicious moment ; let not the business or the gaieties of the world obtrude themselves on your thoughts ; let not one idea
of mean self-interest arise to quench the fervour of your brotherly affections ; give liberally , as you have liberally received , from the hand of God ; he will not forget your labour of love ; be assured of an ample return ; be assured , that the distribution of your charity to the poor and afflicted , will obtain from Heaven , blessings on your heads , iu their selectest influence .