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visible proof that these signs and tokens were worthy the seeking a knowledge of from the fact that charity prevailed among them —( loud cheers ) . Mystery was all very well while necessary to consolidate bodies , but not if it shut out those attributes which it was their chief object to uphold —( hear ) . He ( Dr . Crucefix ) was instructed by many friends of the association to reiterate their intentions of carrying out the original objects of this Institution and to do more —( hearhear ) They
; yes , , . considered the time come when all the Alasonic charities ought to be united in one indissoluble bond —( Joud cheers ) . He could not advert to a better proof of the great value and importance of this Alasonic Charity , than by stating that a subsidiary one had been successfully commenced ; and having adopted their annuity principle , obtained a grant from Grand Lodge of no less a sum than £ 400 a year !—( cheers ) . But all honour be to that which first led the way ,
awakened the sleepers , and compelled them to do that ivhich ought to have been done centuries ago —( hear ) . He thought he only expressed the sense of that company when he said , that the friends of the Asylum did not view the other institution with the slightest feeling of jealousy ; on the contrary , they looked with hope and confidence that whenever the time should come that that offspring of their own good wishes ivould act with them , it ivould be a period of great and useful results —( cheers ) Hitherto this Institution had depended entirely on voluntary contributions , but they considered that such had been their conduct and character , that whenever they should think it right to prefer a petition to Grand
Lodge , that august body ivould not turn a deaf ear to their prayer—( loud and prolonged cheering ) . The worthy Brother then , after an allusion to the ill state of health from which he had been suffering , but was now , happily , much recovered , pledged the dedication of his remaining energies in service of the Asylum —( cheers ) . He said that when he looked round and saw so many friends , and perceived too that they were delegations of power and
influence elsewhere ; and when he saw , at the same time , the truly noble Brother who was presiding over them on this occasion , ought he not to hope —( loud cheers ) ? He must , hoivever , conclude , but he could not do so withought saying there were in the gallery many ( ladies ) whose hearts had been with them —( cheers ) . But for such encouragement , indeed , they could not have existed —( cheers ) . Man ' s sufferings , and povertyand misfortunewere shared by woman —( cheers ) and they
, , ; knew , whether man deserved it or not , that woman had the power to shed a blessing even upon poverty itself ; this was no fiction , as their treasurer he could testify to the reality —( loud cheers ) . Let , then , their watchword be " The Asylum "—( hear , hear)—and an Asylum worthy of Freemasonry would be erected , which should stand the test of future ages —( renewed enthusiastic cheering ) . In attempting to effect this object—even should they be met with the fallacy that
ivould sneer at bricks and mortar—let them remember , that not even a hovel could be built without . Let them persevere , then , in the good cause , and sing their " IoTriumphe ! " or rather " Hosanna ! to the Highest , " who would " will" it in good season , and enable them to say ,
' This stone is laid , the TE . IIPI . K is begun ; Help , and its walls shall glitter in the sun ! * * * * « E * There , beneath Acacia groves , shall old men walk . And , calmly waiting death , with angels talk . " VOL . I . V Y
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visible proof that these signs and tokens were worthy the seeking a knowledge of from the fact that charity prevailed among them —( loud cheers ) . Mystery was all very well while necessary to consolidate bodies , but not if it shut out those attributes which it was their chief object to uphold —( hear ) . He ( Dr . Crucefix ) was instructed by many friends of the association to reiterate their intentions of carrying out the original objects of this Institution and to do more —( hearhear ) They
; yes , , . considered the time come when all the Alasonic charities ought to be united in one indissoluble bond —( Joud cheers ) . He could not advert to a better proof of the great value and importance of this Alasonic Charity , than by stating that a subsidiary one had been successfully commenced ; and having adopted their annuity principle , obtained a grant from Grand Lodge of no less a sum than £ 400 a year !—( cheers ) . But all honour be to that which first led the way ,
awakened the sleepers , and compelled them to do that ivhich ought to have been done centuries ago —( hear ) . He thought he only expressed the sense of that company when he said , that the friends of the Asylum did not view the other institution with the slightest feeling of jealousy ; on the contrary , they looked with hope and confidence that whenever the time should come that that offspring of their own good wishes ivould act with them , it ivould be a period of great and useful results —( cheers ) Hitherto this Institution had depended entirely on voluntary contributions , but they considered that such had been their conduct and character , that whenever they should think it right to prefer a petition to Grand
Lodge , that august body ivould not turn a deaf ear to their prayer—( loud and prolonged cheering ) . The worthy Brother then , after an allusion to the ill state of health from which he had been suffering , but was now , happily , much recovered , pledged the dedication of his remaining energies in service of the Asylum —( cheers ) . He said that when he looked round and saw so many friends , and perceived too that they were delegations of power and
influence elsewhere ; and when he saw , at the same time , the truly noble Brother who was presiding over them on this occasion , ought he not to hope —( loud cheers ) ? He must , hoivever , conclude , but he could not do so withought saying there were in the gallery many ( ladies ) whose hearts had been with them —( cheers ) . But for such encouragement , indeed , they could not have existed —( cheers ) . Man ' s sufferings , and povertyand misfortunewere shared by woman —( cheers ) and they
, , ; knew , whether man deserved it or not , that woman had the power to shed a blessing even upon poverty itself ; this was no fiction , as their treasurer he could testify to the reality —( loud cheers ) . Let , then , their watchword be " The Asylum "—( hear , hear)—and an Asylum worthy of Freemasonry would be erected , which should stand the test of future ages —( renewed enthusiastic cheering ) . In attempting to effect this object—even should they be met with the fallacy that
ivould sneer at bricks and mortar—let them remember , that not even a hovel could be built without . Let them persevere , then , in the good cause , and sing their " IoTriumphe ! " or rather " Hosanna ! to the Highest , " who would " will" it in good season , and enable them to say ,
' This stone is laid , the TE . IIPI . K is begun ; Help , and its walls shall glitter in the sun ! * * * * « E * There , beneath Acacia groves , shall old men walk . And , calmly waiting death , with angels talk . " VOL . I . V Y