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The Charities.
which the noble Chairman addressed the company on behalf of the Institution . HYMN . A r , i . hail to thee , O pow ' r supreme ! While thus we chaunt , thc sacred theme Of gratitude divine ; and bend To thee our God—our father—friend .
And next ,-around we turn our eyes To you , blcs . 'd Guardians , whom' we prize As Heaven ' s vicegerents , here below To save—protect the child of woe . O , but for you , how hard our lot ! Forlorn and helpless—lost—forgot ! Now taught iu Heav ' ns bright path to tread . Instructed—foster'd—cher ish'd—fed . Hut turn wc now to him whose eye Sheds pity o ' er the that
poor cry ; In radient beams , to cheer their heart . To banish woe , and joy impart . O Rritons' glory—Rritoos' praise Augustus—hear our lisping lays Attend on high—to Heaven for thee , To bless thy Faith— Hope—Charily .
Then deign to lift thine eyes , and view These infant hands held up for you , Ihlto that God , to whom belong The strains divine of grateful song . Now may eacli voice with ours combine . To laud the Architect divine ; The great eternal Trine above , The God of Pow ' r—of life , and love . HALLELUJAH—AMEN . LORD AVORSLEY . — " I have nowBrethrento to the toast
, , propose you so immediatel y connected with the Festival of this day , and I am sure you will join with me in wishing prosperity to the Royal Freemasons ' Charity for Female Children . Some of you are perhaps in a similar situation to myself , that of being present for the first time at this Festival , ancl if so , you will be struck , as I am , with the solemnity of this scene .
" This Charity , Brethren , has now existed for upwards of half a century ; it was instituted and long supported by the Chevalier Ruspini , and it will , I am sure , he gratifying for you to know , that two of his grand children have been educated in the school , one of them is at this moment in the course of education . " I feel that this clay I am justified in calling on you for extraordinary contributions , inasmuch as money , to a large amount , has been borrowed to
meet recent necessary repairs of this Masonic edifice . "It may be an additional inducement for a very liberal contribution this day to know , that since the establishment of this School , five hundred poor and orphan children of worth y and respected Brother Masons have been clothed , supported , and educated , and that all , with scarcel y a partial exception , have become useful and respected members of society , it is pleasing , indeedto feel that we have been the means of
, providing for the moral ancl intellectual benefit ofthe poor ancl helpless , and to know that amidst the numerous charities for the aged with which this metropolis abounds , we have excellent charities for the support and instruction of the young of our Order . " I hope the children now present , will ever remember that they owe a great deal to many of the Brethren who often , at great inconvenience , are zealously providing for their future support and comfort , and that
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The Charities.
which the noble Chairman addressed the company on behalf of the Institution . HYMN . A r , i . hail to thee , O pow ' r supreme ! While thus we chaunt , thc sacred theme Of gratitude divine ; and bend To thee our God—our father—friend .
And next ,-around we turn our eyes To you , blcs . 'd Guardians , whom' we prize As Heaven ' s vicegerents , here below To save—protect the child of woe . O , but for you , how hard our lot ! Forlorn and helpless—lost—forgot ! Now taught iu Heav ' ns bright path to tread . Instructed—foster'd—cher ish'd—fed . Hut turn wc now to him whose eye Sheds pity o ' er the that
poor cry ; In radient beams , to cheer their heart . To banish woe , and joy impart . O Rritons' glory—Rritoos' praise Augustus—hear our lisping lays Attend on high—to Heaven for thee , To bless thy Faith— Hope—Charily .
Then deign to lift thine eyes , and view These infant hands held up for you , Ihlto that God , to whom belong The strains divine of grateful song . Now may eacli voice with ours combine . To laud the Architect divine ; The great eternal Trine above , The God of Pow ' r—of life , and love . HALLELUJAH—AMEN . LORD AVORSLEY . — " I have nowBrethrento to the toast
, , propose you so immediatel y connected with the Festival of this day , and I am sure you will join with me in wishing prosperity to the Royal Freemasons ' Charity for Female Children . Some of you are perhaps in a similar situation to myself , that of being present for the first time at this Festival , ancl if so , you will be struck , as I am , with the solemnity of this scene .
" This Charity , Brethren , has now existed for upwards of half a century ; it was instituted and long supported by the Chevalier Ruspini , and it will , I am sure , he gratifying for you to know , that two of his grand children have been educated in the school , one of them is at this moment in the course of education . " I feel that this clay I am justified in calling on you for extraordinary contributions , inasmuch as money , to a large amount , has been borrowed to
meet recent necessary repairs of this Masonic edifice . "It may be an additional inducement for a very liberal contribution this day to know , that since the establishment of this School , five hundred poor and orphan children of worth y and respected Brother Masons have been clothed , supported , and educated , and that all , with scarcel y a partial exception , have become useful and respected members of society , it is pleasing , indeedto feel that we have been the means of
, providing for the moral ancl intellectual benefit ofthe poor ancl helpless , and to know that amidst the numerous charities for the aged with which this metropolis abounds , we have excellent charities for the support and instruction of the young of our Order . " I hope the children now present , will ever remember that they owe a great deal to many of the Brethren who often , at great inconvenience , are zealously providing for their future support and comfort , and that