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Anniversary Of The Cumberland Freemasons' School ,
conviviality prevailed , and on the appearance of the children , the whole company seemed to be influenced by one principle , and every heart expanded to promote the interest of the charity . —The worthy Chairman , in a short speech , addressed the company in nearly the following words : ' Gentlemen ,
' I rise with extreme diffidence to solicit your indulgence , while I explain some interesting particulars of the " accpunts -if this infant Institution . which have been laid before you ; and I am convinced every breast present will anticipiate me , when I deplore the absence of the noble Earl , who has , on similar occasions , repeatedly urged , with equal eloquence and effect , the cause of these helpless infants :
a nobleman , whose amiable disposition and suavity of manners can only be surpassed by the boundless generosity of his heart ; a nobleman , in whom the fatherless and the exile are sure to find a patron and a friend . I regret the more his absence , from the consciousness of my own inability to do justice to the cause of these little ones ; but I trust their modest innocent looks will p lead sufficiently with
every breast present , and that the cause we are this day assembled to support will not suffer from my incapacity . ' He then commented on the various items of the account , and , after shewing the flourishing state of the Charity , and paying a deserved compliment to the Treasurer . Adam Gtordon , Esq . for his zeal and activity , concluded , with earnestly recommending a liberal subscription ; when , to the honour of the . gentlemen present , upwards of three hundred and forty pounds were subscribed .
CHATHAM , JUNE 5 , I 797 . THIS being the day appointed by William Perfect , Esq . the Provincial Grand Master for this county , for the celebration of the Anniversary of Free and Accepted Masons , about half past twelve o ' clock the procession began to form from the Sun Tavern in this town , and nothing could exceed the regularity and decorum with which it was conducted . The Brethrenabout one hundred in
num-, ber , consisting of the Provincial Grand Master , the Provincial Officers , and many visiting Brethren of . great respectability , proceeded to our parish church , where an excellent discourse was delivered on the occasion , by the Rev . Jethro Innwood , of Deptford , from the third chapter of St . Peter and part of the 8 th verse— ' Love as Brethren . ' A handsome contributionfor the benefit of the poor of this
, parish , was made at the church door ; and the company returned in the same order as they went ( amidst as great a concourse of people as was ever remembered upon any occasion whatever ) to the Sun Tavern , where an elegant dinner was provided : after which , the Provincial Grand Master expatiated on the utility and excellence of the Masonic institution , in an oration of considerable length and me-,
lit , which was received with every mark of fraternal joy and acclamation ; and the afternoon was spent with the greatest harmony and unanimity , diffusing joy and gladness through the whole society * ,
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Anniversary Of The Cumberland Freemasons' School ,
conviviality prevailed , and on the appearance of the children , the whole company seemed to be influenced by one principle , and every heart expanded to promote the interest of the charity . —The worthy Chairman , in a short speech , addressed the company in nearly the following words : ' Gentlemen ,
' I rise with extreme diffidence to solicit your indulgence , while I explain some interesting particulars of the " accpunts -if this infant Institution . which have been laid before you ; and I am convinced every breast present will anticipiate me , when I deplore the absence of the noble Earl , who has , on similar occasions , repeatedly urged , with equal eloquence and effect , the cause of these helpless infants :
a nobleman , whose amiable disposition and suavity of manners can only be surpassed by the boundless generosity of his heart ; a nobleman , in whom the fatherless and the exile are sure to find a patron and a friend . I regret the more his absence , from the consciousness of my own inability to do justice to the cause of these little ones ; but I trust their modest innocent looks will p lead sufficiently with
every breast present , and that the cause we are this day assembled to support will not suffer from my incapacity . ' He then commented on the various items of the account , and , after shewing the flourishing state of the Charity , and paying a deserved compliment to the Treasurer . Adam Gtordon , Esq . for his zeal and activity , concluded , with earnestly recommending a liberal subscription ; when , to the honour of the . gentlemen present , upwards of three hundred and forty pounds were subscribed .
CHATHAM , JUNE 5 , I 797 . THIS being the day appointed by William Perfect , Esq . the Provincial Grand Master for this county , for the celebration of the Anniversary of Free and Accepted Masons , about half past twelve o ' clock the procession began to form from the Sun Tavern in this town , and nothing could exceed the regularity and decorum with which it was conducted . The Brethrenabout one hundred in
num-, ber , consisting of the Provincial Grand Master , the Provincial Officers , and many visiting Brethren of . great respectability , proceeded to our parish church , where an excellent discourse was delivered on the occasion , by the Rev . Jethro Innwood , of Deptford , from the third chapter of St . Peter and part of the 8 th verse— ' Love as Brethren . ' A handsome contributionfor the benefit of the poor of this
, parish , was made at the church door ; and the company returned in the same order as they went ( amidst as great a concourse of people as was ever remembered upon any occasion whatever ) to the Sun Tavern , where an elegant dinner was provided : after which , the Provincial Grand Master expatiated on the utility and excellence of the Masonic institution , in an oration of considerable length and me-,
lit , which was received with every mark of fraternal joy and acclamation ; and the afternoon was spent with the greatest harmony and unanimity , diffusing joy and gladness through the whole society * ,