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The Present Aspect.
our readers to the proceedings of that happy day , a report of which will be found in another part of this number—and we congratulate his Lordshi p upon his noble exertionswhicli were the moi-e valuable from the personal sacrifice of health , which he too evidentl y endured in the performance of a public duty .
But shall we trust ourselves to speak of the ASYLUM TTO II THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON ; we can hardl y calm our feelings in announcing that this splendid offering to Freemasonry is no longer doubtful . Lodges have been appealed to , and nobly have they acted— -Brethren ,
unsolicited , have rallied around the " Poor old Mason ' s Cause " —his sufferings have been made known—the standard of his hopes has at length been unfurled , and if , till now , many have " unaided , unremembered , died " - —joy—joy to the hope , which pronounces that" The stone is laid—the temple is
begun—Help !—and its walls will glitter in the sun . We can no more—the reader will find , under its proper head , a full account of many interesting proceedings relative to this most grateful theme .
The crowning feature , however , of the season , has been the auspicious termination of the deliberate discussion in Grand Lodge upon the subject ofthe addition of four Past Masters to the two governing Boards of General Purposes and Finance ; which , after a most animated debate ,
interesting from its importance—the character of those who conducted it , the princi p le it involved , and the interests it embraced—was finall y determined upon . We should here close our observations , and leave it to time to determine , whether the advantage would be in the change , or rather in the addition , were we not fearful that
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The Present Aspect.
our readers to the proceedings of that happy day , a report of which will be found in another part of this number—and we congratulate his Lordshi p upon his noble exertionswhicli were the moi-e valuable from the personal sacrifice of health , which he too evidentl y endured in the performance of a public duty .
But shall we trust ourselves to speak of the ASYLUM TTO II THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON ; we can hardl y calm our feelings in announcing that this splendid offering to Freemasonry is no longer doubtful . Lodges have been appealed to , and nobly have they acted— -Brethren ,
unsolicited , have rallied around the " Poor old Mason ' s Cause " —his sufferings have been made known—the standard of his hopes has at length been unfurled , and if , till now , many have " unaided , unremembered , died " - —joy—joy to the hope , which pronounces that" The stone is laid—the temple is
begun—Help !—and its walls will glitter in the sun . We can no more—the reader will find , under its proper head , a full account of many interesting proceedings relative to this most grateful theme .
The crowning feature , however , of the season , has been the auspicious termination of the deliberate discussion in Grand Lodge upon the subject ofthe addition of four Past Masters to the two governing Boards of General Purposes and Finance ; which , after a most animated debate ,
interesting from its importance—the character of those who conducted it , the princi p le it involved , and the interests it embraced—was finall y determined upon . We should here close our observations , and leave it to time to determine , whether the advantage would be in the change , or rather in the addition , were we not fearful that