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The Festival.
charity , of which it would be the crowning stone —( hear , hear ) . He hoped that as long as " the Old Man ' s Asylum" made an appeal to the benevolent feelings of tbe Brethren , an Irishman would be found in London to attend to its festivals , to testify the attachment of the Irish Masons to the great principles of this noble institution —( hear , hear ) . After dwelling upon the advantages of Masonry , ami paying a well deserved compliment to the Duke of Leinsterto whom heowed Masonic
, allegiance , he concluded hy again returning thanks , and resumed his seat amid the cheers of the company . The CHAIRMAN again rose , and said that they had now come to that which might properly be considered the toast of the evening , namely , "Success to the Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons " —( loud cheers ) . Two Masonic Charities had already been foundedthe Boys' and Girls' Schools—from which great good had resulted
, , when it occurred to certain members of the body that it was somewhat extraordinary that while tlie child of the decayed , and the orphan of the deceased Mason , were cared for , there should be no provision made for the iV / ason himself , if , in his latter years , it should happen that he was overtaken by adversity —( hear , hear ) . To supply this want , then , was the task which had been taken up by the founders of the Asylum—( cheers ) , and which had been performed with a degree of zeal and
perseverance in the cause of charity which was truly worthy of the character of Masons—( cheers ) . He would not more pointedly advert to the difficulties with which these excellent Brethren had bad to contend— - ( hear , hear ) . Suffice it to say , that it was unfortunatel y the opinion of some of those who had great power and influence in
the Craft—an honest opinion , no doubt , however erroneous —( hear , hear ) , that a third Masonic charity might prejudice the two previously established—( no , no ); and this circumstance made it necessary that those who had begun the good work should possess a more than ordinary degree of perseverance to induce them to go on with that which they thought a design worthy of the brotherhood —( hear , and cheers ) . Perseverance , however , they had , in no ordinary degree . They went
on ; no opposition deterred them from the good work , and a considerable amount of success had attended their labours , notwithstanding all the obstacles which had been thrown in their way —( cheers' ) . Now , a fact which it was of the greatest importance to know , was this , that although the institution had grown in strength , had increased in stature , and , to a certain extent , realised the hopes and expectations of its founders—( hearhear ) , the other two Masonic Charities had in no degree been
, injured by its success —( loud cheers ) . It was a still greater gratification to know that that princi ple which at the outset was deemed fallacious in itself , and prejudicial to other institutions , had so far gained ground that it had converted many of those who had at first most strenuousl y opposed it—( hear , and renewed cheers ) and the very principle upon which this institution was founded was actually , at the present time , being carried out by parties who set their face against it when it was proposed
to be carried in execution by those with whom it had originated—( loud cheers ) . They , however , did not quarrel with this fact ; they were happy and proud to witness it— ( hear , hear ) , and congratulated themselves that they had called into existence a principle which operated in furtherance of charity , and which was accompanied by a degree of power which could not fail to ensure its success—( hear , hear ) . Let them , therefore , go on with that determined perseverance with which
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The Festival.
charity , of which it would be the crowning stone —( hear , hear ) . He hoped that as long as " the Old Man ' s Asylum" made an appeal to the benevolent feelings of tbe Brethren , an Irishman would be found in London to attend to its festivals , to testify the attachment of the Irish Masons to the great principles of this noble institution —( hear , hear ) . After dwelling upon the advantages of Masonry , ami paying a well deserved compliment to the Duke of Leinsterto whom heowed Masonic
, allegiance , he concluded hy again returning thanks , and resumed his seat amid the cheers of the company . The CHAIRMAN again rose , and said that they had now come to that which might properly be considered the toast of the evening , namely , "Success to the Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons " —( loud cheers ) . Two Masonic Charities had already been foundedthe Boys' and Girls' Schools—from which great good had resulted
, , when it occurred to certain members of the body that it was somewhat extraordinary that while tlie child of the decayed , and the orphan of the deceased Mason , were cared for , there should be no provision made for the iV / ason himself , if , in his latter years , it should happen that he was overtaken by adversity —( hear , hear ) . To supply this want , then , was the task which had been taken up by the founders of the Asylum—( cheers ) , and which had been performed with a degree of zeal and
perseverance in the cause of charity which was truly worthy of the character of Masons—( cheers ) . He would not more pointedly advert to the difficulties with which these excellent Brethren had bad to contend— - ( hear , hear ) . Suffice it to say , that it was unfortunatel y the opinion of some of those who had great power and influence in
the Craft—an honest opinion , no doubt , however erroneous —( hear , hear ) , that a third Masonic charity might prejudice the two previously established—( no , no ); and this circumstance made it necessary that those who had begun the good work should possess a more than ordinary degree of perseverance to induce them to go on with that which they thought a design worthy of the brotherhood —( hear , and cheers ) . Perseverance , however , they had , in no ordinary degree . They went
on ; no opposition deterred them from the good work , and a considerable amount of success had attended their labours , notwithstanding all the obstacles which had been thrown in their way —( cheers' ) . Now , a fact which it was of the greatest importance to know , was this , that although the institution had grown in strength , had increased in stature , and , to a certain extent , realised the hopes and expectations of its founders—( hearhear ) , the other two Masonic Charities had in no degree been
, injured by its success —( loud cheers ) . It was a still greater gratification to know that that princi ple which at the outset was deemed fallacious in itself , and prejudicial to other institutions , had so far gained ground that it had converted many of those who had at first most strenuousl y opposed it—( hear , and renewed cheers ) and the very principle upon which this institution was founded was actually , at the present time , being carried out by parties who set their face against it when it was proposed
to be carried in execution by those with whom it had originated—( loud cheers ) . They , however , did not quarrel with this fact ; they were happy and proud to witness it— ( hear , hear ) , and congratulated themselves that they had called into existence a principle which operated in furtherance of charity , and which was accompanied by a degree of power which could not fail to ensure its success—( hear , hear ) . Let them , therefore , go on with that determined perseverance with which