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The Asylum.
The widow ' s sorrow or the mother ' s grief ; And never , having means , withheld relief ! Shall he , then , totter hel pless to the grave ? For one like him is there no friend to save ? Has Masonry no home , in such distress , For one the homeless had such cause to bless ? Forbid it you , who cherish human kind !
Nor tothis humble homil y be blind : — AVhate ' er your station now , the time may come AVhen even you may vainly seek a home In which to shelter your declining years ! Aid , then , the noble effort that uprears A meet ASYLUM for MASONIC POOR ! Give , without stinting , to the goodly store—Give , MASONS ! that reproach be yours no more—That food and raiment , comfort ancl repose May CHEER YOUR AGED FRIENDS , and haply SOOTHE THEIR WOES !
After which , « The Aged Brothers , " a Masonic Song , written for the occasion by Brother John F . Smith , and set to music by Brother Negri , was sung by Mr . H . Seguin . RUBY wine is circling round us , Joy in rosy chains has bound us , And music ' s strains breathe sweet deli ght . constant
Our pledge we haste to fill , Be mid our mirth remembered still , The AGED BROTHER ' health to-ni ght . If tossing on life ' s troubled wave , His hopes a wreck—no hand to save—Or bark , or friendly port in sight , Be THOU , GREAT ARCHITECT , the stay , — Be ^ THOU the guide—the beacon ray—THE AGED BROTHER ' Friend to night .
The CHAIRMAN again rose . He said the finest shi p which was ever to woTbel ( I C T ° US ai \ , useiess b
* em L ; Th n W ° , !? btIeSS be showere ( 1 down ujo them . Let the company now show their gratitude to those gentlemen by drinking the toast with as much enthusiasm as they felt i cfeserveT ( cheers ) . He concluded by giving the health of Dr . Crucefix the Sw ' f th ^ ° ther 0 f F l the institution . The toast was drunk with three times three and enthusiastic cheers . Brother CRUCEFIX rose and requested before he
, returned thanks for the honour done to himself and brother ' officers , to reacUhe fXwing REPORT . " ¦ Tbe ^ iftb A „ nnual Report of your Treasurer will not prove less gratifying for its financial explanation than creditable to those of your
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Asylum.
The widow ' s sorrow or the mother ' s grief ; And never , having means , withheld relief ! Shall he , then , totter hel pless to the grave ? For one like him is there no friend to save ? Has Masonry no home , in such distress , For one the homeless had such cause to bless ? Forbid it you , who cherish human kind !
Nor tothis humble homil y be blind : — AVhate ' er your station now , the time may come AVhen even you may vainly seek a home In which to shelter your declining years ! Aid , then , the noble effort that uprears A meet ASYLUM for MASONIC POOR ! Give , without stinting , to the goodly store—Give , MASONS ! that reproach be yours no more—That food and raiment , comfort ancl repose May CHEER YOUR AGED FRIENDS , and haply SOOTHE THEIR WOES !
After which , « The Aged Brothers , " a Masonic Song , written for the occasion by Brother John F . Smith , and set to music by Brother Negri , was sung by Mr . H . Seguin . RUBY wine is circling round us , Joy in rosy chains has bound us , And music ' s strains breathe sweet deli ght . constant
Our pledge we haste to fill , Be mid our mirth remembered still , The AGED BROTHER ' health to-ni ght . If tossing on life ' s troubled wave , His hopes a wreck—no hand to save—Or bark , or friendly port in sight , Be THOU , GREAT ARCHITECT , the stay , — Be ^ THOU the guide—the beacon ray—THE AGED BROTHER ' Friend to night .
The CHAIRMAN again rose . He said the finest shi p which was ever to woTbel ( I C T ° US ai \ , useiess b
* em L ; Th n W ° , !? btIeSS be showere ( 1 down ujo them . Let the company now show their gratitude to those gentlemen by drinking the toast with as much enthusiasm as they felt i cfeserveT ( cheers ) . He concluded by giving the health of Dr . Crucefix the Sw ' f th ^ ° ther 0 f F l the institution . The toast was drunk with three times three and enthusiastic cheers . Brother CRUCEFIX rose and requested before he
, returned thanks for the honour done to himself and brother ' officers , to reacUhe fXwing REPORT . " ¦ Tbe ^ iftb A „ nnual Report of your Treasurer will not prove less gratifying for its financial explanation than creditable to those of your