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The worthy Brother resumed his seat , amid loud and long-continued cheering . An Irish song . Brother Crouch . Rev . Bro . SLADE said , he rose with the most gratifying feelings to discharge the trust which had been imposed upon him ivithin the period during which they had sat under that noble roof —( hear ) . He came accidentallto townivhich had iven him the opportunity of associating
y , g with them on the present happy occasion , which he had not had the opportunity of celebrating for three years . The last time he had the pleasure of sitting at that table was when Brother the Hon . Henry Fitzroy , M . P ., ( since promoted to the Senior Grand Wardenship , ) occupied the chair , —which had never been effaced from his memory , either from its moral and intellectual , or its pecuniary effects —( cheers ) . He feared he might not acquit himself in such a manner either as his
mind conceived or his heart dictated . It gave him , and it must give all present , infinite pleasure to see a distinguished nobleman among them who did honour to his elevated position by his conduct in that chair this evening —( loud cheers ) . He ( Bro . Slade ) congratulated the company on the manner in which the chair had been filled —( renewed cheers)—by a very warm-hearted and zealous Alason —( hear , hear ) . His were "deedsnot words "—( cheers ) . From what he saw to-day
, , he augured well for the cause , and felt satisfied that it would flourish and prosper —( hear ) . He trusted they all felt to-day that the cause of the Asylum was more than triumphant —( cheers ) ; and that it ivould vindicate itself in the eyes of Masons and of the world at large . They must feel that there were some among them who had fled chasms—he was not going to unveil the mysteries of Masonry—but they must well
know that the greatest obligation imposed upon them as Alasons was the cause of charity —( hear ) . This institution had no reference to infants , or the offspring of the Fraternity , which were otherwise pfo-¦ vided for , but had peculiar reference to the adult—to the aged and decayed Alason . He would not trespass upon their time by marking but the line which he ivas drawing in his oivn 'mind ' s eye ; but he would say that this Asylum ivas the very thing that was required to
carry out the spirit , to effect the development , and to illustrate and confirm that principle which was imposed upon them in so solemn and impressive a manner —( hear , hear ) . The Asylum was specially and peculiarly adapted to carry out that one principle which the other Alasonic charities did not —( cheers ) . Although the Boys' and the Girls' Schools were admirable charities , "the new institution" was hut the offspring—a lant or shootivhich had at the root of
p , grown up this majestic oak —( cheers ) . He meant to contend in that room—and he wished it to be carried on the wings of heaven to every quarter of the globe—that the Asylum was the one institution which carried out the great principle that , as Brothers , they were bound by the most solemn ties and sacred symbols to hold out the hand of fellowship and charity wherever a Brother was found in distress—( cheers ) . After some further appropriate remarksthe revBrother—without wishing
, . in the slightest degree to detract from the merits of the other charities —called upon the company to support the Asylum , as he thought they were bound to do , above any other charity ; and concluded by giving the toast which he had now to propose , namely , " The health of their Right Worshipful and noble Chairman , tho Right Hon . the Earl of Aboyne , with three times three , "—which was responded to in the most enthusiastic manner .
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The worthy Brother resumed his seat , amid loud and long-continued cheering . An Irish song . Brother Crouch . Rev . Bro . SLADE said , he rose with the most gratifying feelings to discharge the trust which had been imposed upon him ivithin the period during which they had sat under that noble roof —( hear ) . He came accidentallto townivhich had iven him the opportunity of associating
y , g with them on the present happy occasion , which he had not had the opportunity of celebrating for three years . The last time he had the pleasure of sitting at that table was when Brother the Hon . Henry Fitzroy , M . P ., ( since promoted to the Senior Grand Wardenship , ) occupied the chair , —which had never been effaced from his memory , either from its moral and intellectual , or its pecuniary effects —( cheers ) . He feared he might not acquit himself in such a manner either as his
mind conceived or his heart dictated . It gave him , and it must give all present , infinite pleasure to see a distinguished nobleman among them who did honour to his elevated position by his conduct in that chair this evening —( loud cheers ) . He ( Bro . Slade ) congratulated the company on the manner in which the chair had been filled —( renewed cheers)—by a very warm-hearted and zealous Alason —( hear , hear ) . His were "deedsnot words "—( cheers ) . From what he saw to-day
, , he augured well for the cause , and felt satisfied that it would flourish and prosper —( hear ) . He trusted they all felt to-day that the cause of the Asylum was more than triumphant —( cheers ) ; and that it ivould vindicate itself in the eyes of Masons and of the world at large . They must feel that there were some among them who had fled chasms—he was not going to unveil the mysteries of Masonry—but they must well
know that the greatest obligation imposed upon them as Alasons was the cause of charity —( hear ) . This institution had no reference to infants , or the offspring of the Fraternity , which were otherwise pfo-¦ vided for , but had peculiar reference to the adult—to the aged and decayed Alason . He would not trespass upon their time by marking but the line which he ivas drawing in his oivn 'mind ' s eye ; but he would say that this Asylum ivas the very thing that was required to
carry out the spirit , to effect the development , and to illustrate and confirm that principle which was imposed upon them in so solemn and impressive a manner —( hear , hear ) . The Asylum was specially and peculiarly adapted to carry out that one principle which the other Alasonic charities did not —( cheers ) . Although the Boys' and the Girls' Schools were admirable charities , "the new institution" was hut the offspring—a lant or shootivhich had at the root of
p , grown up this majestic oak —( cheers ) . He meant to contend in that room—and he wished it to be carried on the wings of heaven to every quarter of the globe—that the Asylum was the one institution which carried out the great principle that , as Brothers , they were bound by the most solemn ties and sacred symbols to hold out the hand of fellowship and charity wherever a Brother was found in distress—( cheers ) . After some further appropriate remarksthe revBrother—without wishing
, . in the slightest degree to detract from the merits of the other charities —called upon the company to support the Asylum , as he thought they were bound to do , above any other charity ; and concluded by giving the toast which he had now to propose , namely , " The health of their Right Worshipful and noble Chairman , tho Right Hon . the Earl of Aboyne , with three times three , "—which was responded to in the most enthusiastic manner .