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The Charities.
" SPECIAL EEPOET OF THE GENEEAL COMMITTEE OF THE ASYLUM FOB WORTHY , AGED , AND DECAYED FREEMASONS . " In presenting to the subscribers a statement of the financial affairs of this Institution , your Committeelkleeni it an occasion fur making a special report . " It is with emotions of the deepest sorrow , that your Committee have to announce the demise of your late much esteemed and respected Treasurer
, Brother Crucefix , the benevolent founder of this Charity ; a loss ivhich ivili he deeply deplored , not only hy the Governors and Subscribers at large , but by an extended circle of Masonic friends , lvho knew , and could appreciate the many virtues which adorned his life and character . "By his death , your Committee feel that this Institution loses a patron and supporter , whose place will not easily be supplied ; they trust , however , that this melancholy event will furnish an incentive to increased exertion amongst its zealous and tried friends , and that in addition to their devotion
to its cause , will be superadded a desire to emulate his unceasing energy . " To turn , however , to a more pleasing subject , your Committee have to announce that the centre and north wing of the building are on the point of completion ; and anxiously do they hope , that through the timely aid and bounty of the Craft , they may speedily be enabled to consecrate it to its intended purpose . It may reasonably be expected that your Committee will make some reference to a subject which is known to have involved much time , and very grave consideration , and of which the Craft at large , hy the tongue of common rumour , have acquired certain information—they allude to the proceedings that have taken place fir tlie purpose of promoting au union of this Charity
with the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund . * " In referring to the-present state of the funds of the Institution , your Committee feel that they do not appear so prosperous as might have been anticipated ; yet , in other respects there is abundant cause for congratulation , and for entertaining the conviction , that ere long it will take its appropriate place amongst the many other noble and excellent charities of this country . " But whence , it may be asked , are derived these sanguine and pleasing anticipations ?
" To this query , your Committee would answer , from the history of the Charity itself—a source sufficient to justify hopes and expectations far beyond any iu which they have ventured to indulge . " This Institution , in every phase of its varied and chequered career , amidst all its struggles with opposition and prejudice , shews most brightly and vividly the virtue of steady perseverance . " This one great attribute in the character of its late benevolent founder , sustained and cheered him through the trying period of its greatest
depression , provided him with a remedy for every exigence , and enabled him to avert every threatened danger ; till , at length , as prejudice began to fade , and opposition to grow weary , the ' Wisdom , Strength , and Beauty ' of its cause became patent to the minds of the Fraternity ; and now , after a protracted ¦ struggle of nearly fifteen years duration—which nothing less than the most indomitable energy and determination could have sustained , your Committee have the proud satisfaction of believing , that throughout the entire Craft there exists an unanimous feeling in its favour , and that hearts and hands
will not be wanting to complete this noble structure , which will at once be the best monument of him , ivhose philanthropy designed it , and tlie happy resting place of the ' Worthy , Aged , and Decayed Freemason . " J . WHITMORE , Secretary . "
* These arrangements . we have reason to believe , are prggrecsing most satisfactorily , -and give pronu 3 e , o £ being speedily brought to a successful issue . — ED .
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The Charities.
" SPECIAL EEPOET OF THE GENEEAL COMMITTEE OF THE ASYLUM FOB WORTHY , AGED , AND DECAYED FREEMASONS . " In presenting to the subscribers a statement of the financial affairs of this Institution , your Committeelkleeni it an occasion fur making a special report . " It is with emotions of the deepest sorrow , that your Committee have to announce the demise of your late much esteemed and respected Treasurer
, Brother Crucefix , the benevolent founder of this Charity ; a loss ivhich ivili he deeply deplored , not only hy the Governors and Subscribers at large , but by an extended circle of Masonic friends , lvho knew , and could appreciate the many virtues which adorned his life and character . "By his death , your Committee feel that this Institution loses a patron and supporter , whose place will not easily be supplied ; they trust , however , that this melancholy event will furnish an incentive to increased exertion amongst its zealous and tried friends , and that in addition to their devotion
to its cause , will be superadded a desire to emulate his unceasing energy . " To turn , however , to a more pleasing subject , your Committee have to announce that the centre and north wing of the building are on the point of completion ; and anxiously do they hope , that through the timely aid and bounty of the Craft , they may speedily be enabled to consecrate it to its intended purpose . It may reasonably be expected that your Committee will make some reference to a subject which is known to have involved much time , and very grave consideration , and of which the Craft at large , hy the tongue of common rumour , have acquired certain information—they allude to the proceedings that have taken place fir tlie purpose of promoting au union of this Charity
with the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund . * " In referring to the-present state of the funds of the Institution , your Committee feel that they do not appear so prosperous as might have been anticipated ; yet , in other respects there is abundant cause for congratulation , and for entertaining the conviction , that ere long it will take its appropriate place amongst the many other noble and excellent charities of this country . " But whence , it may be asked , are derived these sanguine and pleasing anticipations ?
" To this query , your Committee would answer , from the history of the Charity itself—a source sufficient to justify hopes and expectations far beyond any iu which they have ventured to indulge . " This Institution , in every phase of its varied and chequered career , amidst all its struggles with opposition and prejudice , shews most brightly and vividly the virtue of steady perseverance . " This one great attribute in the character of its late benevolent founder , sustained and cheered him through the trying period of its greatest
depression , provided him with a remedy for every exigence , and enabled him to avert every threatened danger ; till , at length , as prejudice began to fade , and opposition to grow weary , the ' Wisdom , Strength , and Beauty ' of its cause became patent to the minds of the Fraternity ; and now , after a protracted ¦ struggle of nearly fifteen years duration—which nothing less than the most indomitable energy and determination could have sustained , your Committee have the proud satisfaction of believing , that throughout the entire Craft there exists an unanimous feeling in its favour , and that hearts and hands
will not be wanting to complete this noble structure , which will at once be the best monument of him , ivhose philanthropy designed it , and tlie happy resting place of the ' Worthy , Aged , and Decayed Freemason . " J . WHITMORE , Secretary . "
* These arrangements . we have reason to believe , are prggrecsing most satisfactorily , -and give pronu 3 e , o £ being speedily brought to a successful issue . — ED .