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The Charities.
returned to their friends or otherwise provided for ; and it was most creditable to the Committee , and to those ladies to whom he had alluded , that not one of the children who had been provided with situations had been known to have done anything in any way whatever discreditable to this institution . There was also another circumstance which deserved to be noticed , that although the number in this establishment was large , there was onlone servant kept for domestic purposesthe children
y , themselves doing the work . He felt likewise that he should fail in bis duty if he did not bear his testimony to the anxious solicitude and indefatigable exertions of the Secretary , Bro . F . Crew , and he was happy in being able to state to this large assembly of Freemasons , a circumstance , which occurred to his knowledge about a year ago . At that time Bro . F . Crew was an applicant for the Secretaryship of another charitable institution and he wrote a letter in his behalfrepresenting his great fitness
, for the office . Bro . F . Crew , however , found that he should be obliged to give up so much of his time , and that it would so interfere with his attention to the Freemasons' Girls' School , that , although the emolument was greater , he relinquished the one , in order that he might devote more attention to the other . At this stage of the proceedings Bro . W . F . Beadon , P . J . G . W ., and one of the Trustees of the schoolpresented to the D . G . M . Ann Firth
, , , who had conducted herself to the entire satisfaction of the Matron and the House Committee , and was declared by the unanimous votes of the children to he most entitled to the silver medal . The D . G . M ., addressing Ann Firth , said he was very glad to have the opportunity of presenting her with the medal voted to her by the
unanimous voice of her school-fellows , and given by the Committee as a mark of approbation of her general and uniform good conduct . It was a gratifying fact and a proud reflection that for five years her conduct had met with the approbation of those who were set over her , and he hoped that it would stimulate others , that by following her example they might attain similar distinction , and gain a mark of approbation of which they might be proud to the latest period of their lives . They were , by the charity of those whom the Most Hih had placed in better
circumstancesedug , cated , clothed , and provided for ; ancl they were most anxious to give them the means of gaining a good position for themselves in after life . Though they were at this moment placed in an humble situation , yet it was the privilege of this country that , by their own good conduct , honesty and attention to those who were set over them , and by the right application of those talents with which they had been blessed , they might rise to a position where they miht be enabled to afford assistance to otherswho
g , by misfortune or other circumstances might be driven to have recourse to them . He hoped that they would always bear this in view , obey their superiors , ar . cl strive to do their duty both to God and their neighbour ; —that they would not be forgetful of tbe anxiety of those who were set over them , and who studied their welfare , but that they would repay their debt of gratitude by always , and in every situation of life , remembering that "honesty was the best policy" that they were responsible
, beings , and would have to give an account hereafter for every thought , word , and deed . In conclusion , he earnestly hoped that it would please the Most High to bless them with health and prosperity , and that they would ever feel grateful for the education which the supporters of this school had been enabled to give them . The D . G . M . then proposed " Success to the Freemasons' Uiris'
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The Charities.
returned to their friends or otherwise provided for ; and it was most creditable to the Committee , and to those ladies to whom he had alluded , that not one of the children who had been provided with situations had been known to have done anything in any way whatever discreditable to this institution . There was also another circumstance which deserved to be noticed , that although the number in this establishment was large , there was onlone servant kept for domestic purposesthe children
y , themselves doing the work . He felt likewise that he should fail in bis duty if he did not bear his testimony to the anxious solicitude and indefatigable exertions of the Secretary , Bro . F . Crew , and he was happy in being able to state to this large assembly of Freemasons , a circumstance , which occurred to his knowledge about a year ago . At that time Bro . F . Crew was an applicant for the Secretaryship of another charitable institution and he wrote a letter in his behalfrepresenting his great fitness
, for the office . Bro . F . Crew , however , found that he should be obliged to give up so much of his time , and that it would so interfere with his attention to the Freemasons' Girls' School , that , although the emolument was greater , he relinquished the one , in order that he might devote more attention to the other . At this stage of the proceedings Bro . W . F . Beadon , P . J . G . W ., and one of the Trustees of the schoolpresented to the D . G . M . Ann Firth
, , , who had conducted herself to the entire satisfaction of the Matron and the House Committee , and was declared by the unanimous votes of the children to he most entitled to the silver medal . The D . G . M ., addressing Ann Firth , said he was very glad to have the opportunity of presenting her with the medal voted to her by the
unanimous voice of her school-fellows , and given by the Committee as a mark of approbation of her general and uniform good conduct . It was a gratifying fact and a proud reflection that for five years her conduct had met with the approbation of those who were set over her , and he hoped that it would stimulate others , that by following her example they might attain similar distinction , and gain a mark of approbation of which they might be proud to the latest period of their lives . They were , by the charity of those whom the Most Hih had placed in better
circumstancesedug , cated , clothed , and provided for ; ancl they were most anxious to give them the means of gaining a good position for themselves in after life . Though they were at this moment placed in an humble situation , yet it was the privilege of this country that , by their own good conduct , honesty and attention to those who were set over them , and by the right application of those talents with which they had been blessed , they might rise to a position where they miht be enabled to afford assistance to otherswho
g , by misfortune or other circumstances might be driven to have recourse to them . He hoped that they would always bear this in view , obey their superiors , ar . cl strive to do their duty both to God and their neighbour ; —that they would not be forgetful of tbe anxiety of those who were set over them , and who studied their welfare , but that they would repay their debt of gratitude by always , and in every situation of life , remembering that "honesty was the best policy" that they were responsible
, beings , and would have to give an account hereafter for every thought , word , and deed . In conclusion , he earnestly hoped that it would please the Most High to bless them with health and prosperity , and that they would ever feel grateful for the education which the supporters of this school had been enabled to give them . The D . G . M . then proposed " Success to the Freemasons' Uiris'