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The Asylum.
Brother MACKENZIE , M . P ., rose to return his most cordial thanks for the honour done him . The Craft in Scotland was , he could assure them , emulous of the Craft of England —( cheers)—and although they knew little of her , she knew a great deal of them —( cheers ) . It was a great advantage to Masonry in Scotland that some of her sons should go forth to see what was clone in other countries—( hear ) . Some of them had seen the project for the Aged Masons' Asylum , in aid of which
they had assembled to-day * ancl he was so much pleased with it himself , that he should do his utmost , on his return to Scotland , to establish something of the same sort there —( cheers)—ancl he only hoped they would assist them to the utmost of their power—( loud cheers ) .
The CHAIRMAN again rose . He said , in rising to propose the toast which he next had the honour of submitting to the company , it was one more especially connected with the objects of their meeting to-night—( hear ) . He should not say much in bringing the toast under their notice , because by so doing he should undervalue the subject itself , as well as underrate their philanthropy , by acting as if he supposed that it required the stimulation of strong argument —( hear , hear ) . It could not be necessary to dwell at any length on the importance of the objects
which they had met together to-night to advocate . It would be as presumptuous in him to talk to Masons of the paramount necessity of charity—charity the very key-stone of the Arch upon which Masonry rested—as it would be presumptuous to press the same point upon Christians , who were taught , as part of their religion , to love their neighbour as themselves , and that without charity all other qualities were worthless —( cheers ) . They were told in a valuable work on
Masonry , that to sooth the sorrows and tend the declining years of the aged was the greatest part of Masonry , which was well known ancl universally acknowledged as applicable also to religion by the whole of the Christian members —( hear , hear ) . Pie was aware , however , that there was an impression existing in the minds of some of their Brethren , although a very erroneous impression , that the advocacy of a new charity would tend to deprive the other charities of those revenues which have hitherto flowed into their aid , hut he ( the chairman ) did not believe
that such would be the case —( hear ancl cheers ) . Lord Durham bad himself said , in a memorable speech of his , that the exercise of charity and the practice of benevolence should be as wide and general among Masons as the principle of admission was comprehensive —( loud cheers ) .
He knew that the heart of a Mason was ever open to the cry of distress , ancl that there was no institution which should be once proved beneficial to his fellow man , that he would not go out of his way to support . But while all objects of Christian charity had claims upon his sympathies , there were some objects whicli more immediately called them into action , and although youth ancl manhood had their sufferings , what could be a more distressing picture than destitute ancl indigent old age ?—( hear ,
hear ) . Let them picture to themselves a man , who possessed of every virtue , after toiling up hill through a long , virtuous , righteous , ancl industrious life , and practising the sublime precepts of their Craft , suddenl y deprived of every comfort , ancl even necessity of old age —( hear ) . Behold him destitute of every support at a time when he most required it ! Behold their destitute and indigent Brother with no brotherly hand to smooth his passage down the rugged hill of life , ancl say whether this was a picture which any Brother of the Craft could look upon coollyhear , hear . )—AA'as this picture overcharged ? AVasit not , a very short
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Asylum.
Brother MACKENZIE , M . P ., rose to return his most cordial thanks for the honour done him . The Craft in Scotland was , he could assure them , emulous of the Craft of England —( cheers)—and although they knew little of her , she knew a great deal of them —( cheers ) . It was a great advantage to Masonry in Scotland that some of her sons should go forth to see what was clone in other countries—( hear ) . Some of them had seen the project for the Aged Masons' Asylum , in aid of which
they had assembled to-day * ancl he was so much pleased with it himself , that he should do his utmost , on his return to Scotland , to establish something of the same sort there —( cheers)—ancl he only hoped they would assist them to the utmost of their power—( loud cheers ) .
The CHAIRMAN again rose . He said , in rising to propose the toast which he next had the honour of submitting to the company , it was one more especially connected with the objects of their meeting to-night—( hear ) . He should not say much in bringing the toast under their notice , because by so doing he should undervalue the subject itself , as well as underrate their philanthropy , by acting as if he supposed that it required the stimulation of strong argument —( hear , hear ) . It could not be necessary to dwell at any length on the importance of the objects
which they had met together to-night to advocate . It would be as presumptuous in him to talk to Masons of the paramount necessity of charity—charity the very key-stone of the Arch upon which Masonry rested—as it would be presumptuous to press the same point upon Christians , who were taught , as part of their religion , to love their neighbour as themselves , and that without charity all other qualities were worthless —( cheers ) . They were told in a valuable work on
Masonry , that to sooth the sorrows and tend the declining years of the aged was the greatest part of Masonry , which was well known ancl universally acknowledged as applicable also to religion by the whole of the Christian members —( hear , hear ) . Pie was aware , however , that there was an impression existing in the minds of some of their Brethren , although a very erroneous impression , that the advocacy of a new charity would tend to deprive the other charities of those revenues which have hitherto flowed into their aid , hut he ( the chairman ) did not believe
that such would be the case —( hear ancl cheers ) . Lord Durham bad himself said , in a memorable speech of his , that the exercise of charity and the practice of benevolence should be as wide and general among Masons as the principle of admission was comprehensive —( loud cheers ) .
He knew that the heart of a Mason was ever open to the cry of distress , ancl that there was no institution which should be once proved beneficial to his fellow man , that he would not go out of his way to support . But while all objects of Christian charity had claims upon his sympathies , there were some objects whicli more immediately called them into action , and although youth ancl manhood had their sufferings , what could be a more distressing picture than destitute ancl indigent old age ?—( hear ,
hear ) . Let them picture to themselves a man , who possessed of every virtue , after toiling up hill through a long , virtuous , righteous , ancl industrious life , and practising the sublime precepts of their Craft , suddenl y deprived of every comfort , ancl even necessity of old age —( hear ) . Behold him destitute of every support at a time when he most required it ! Behold their destitute and indigent Brother with no brotherly hand to smooth his passage down the rugged hill of life , ancl say whether this was a picture which any Brother of the Craft could look upon coollyhear , hear . )—AA'as this picture overcharged ? AVasit not , a very short