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The Freemasons' Magazine: Or, General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE:OR , GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR SEPTEMBER 1 793 . A CHARGE ,
Delivered to the Members of the Lodge of FREE and ACCEPTED MASONS , held at the Castle Inn , Marlborough , at a Meeting for the Distribution of CHARITY to twenty-four poor People , at which most of the Ladies in Marlborough were present , Sept . II , A . L . $ 7 6 9 . RT THOMAS DUNCKERLET , Esq . Right Worshipful Provincial © rand Master Over the Lodges in Dorset , with
Essex , Gloster , Hereford , Somerset , and Southampton , the City and County of . Bristol , and the Isle of Wight . BLESSED IS HE THAT CONSIDERETH THE POOR . Psal . xlhv . I .
' BRETHREN , IT is with the -greatest satisfaction I meet you here iri the cause of charity : Charity is the basis of our Order ; it is For this pur * pose we have a Grand Lodge at London , another at Edinburgh , and a third at Dublin . Lodges are now held on every part of this jglobeand charities are collected and sent to the respective Grand
, Lodge of each kingdom or state : there tile distress'd brethren apply and find relief : nor is any exception made to difference of country or religion . ' For , as in the sight of God we are all equally his children , having the same common parent and preserver ^ So we , in like manner , look on every Free-Mason as our brother ; nor regard where he
was born or educated , provided he is a good man , an honest man , which is " the noblest work of God . " A laudable custom prevailed among our ancient brethren ; after they had sent their donations to the , g' £ « era / charities , they considered the distresses of those in particular that resided in their respective neighbourhoods , and assisted them with such a sum as could be con-Nn
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine: Or, General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE:OR , GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR SEPTEMBER 1 793 . A CHARGE ,
Delivered to the Members of the Lodge of FREE and ACCEPTED MASONS , held at the Castle Inn , Marlborough , at a Meeting for the Distribution of CHARITY to twenty-four poor People , at which most of the Ladies in Marlborough were present , Sept . II , A . L . $ 7 6 9 . RT THOMAS DUNCKERLET , Esq . Right Worshipful Provincial © rand Master Over the Lodges in Dorset , with
Essex , Gloster , Hereford , Somerset , and Southampton , the City and County of . Bristol , and the Isle of Wight . BLESSED IS HE THAT CONSIDERETH THE POOR . Psal . xlhv . I .
' BRETHREN , IT is with the -greatest satisfaction I meet you here iri the cause of charity : Charity is the basis of our Order ; it is For this pur * pose we have a Grand Lodge at London , another at Edinburgh , and a third at Dublin . Lodges are now held on every part of this jglobeand charities are collected and sent to the respective Grand
, Lodge of each kingdom or state : there tile distress'd brethren apply and find relief : nor is any exception made to difference of country or religion . ' For , as in the sight of God we are all equally his children , having the same common parent and preserver ^ So we , in like manner , look on every Free-Mason as our brother ; nor regard where he
was born or educated , provided he is a good man , an honest man , which is " the noblest work of God . " A laudable custom prevailed among our ancient brethren ; after they had sent their donations to the , g' £ « era / charities , they considered the distresses of those in particular that resided in their respective neighbourhoods , and assisted them with such a sum as could be con-Nn