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Ninth Anniversary Festial Of The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
aid excellent body in London , and having had the honour of being hdn „ ff l , n r ema ^ my now for forty years- ( cheers ) , he could not JiLlp ottering a few observations on the beneficial effects of Masonrycheers ) . He and his father before bim , had frequently felt , however , the necessity of the benefits of such an institution as this- ( hear , hear )! « e Ur . Knapp ) had taken every opportunity of showing the effects t ° ,. " I tltnt «? n must produce , and he begged to tender his tlianks , and to acknowled the obli gations which the Masonic
ge body were uneer , to the founders of this trul y useful and charitable assor t Z h lri t ) - ° , , ° , who had com , n ^ ced it , was to be attributed the highest praise ; and he hoped , and doubted not , that it ivould be cair ed out to a complete realization of the intentions of those benevolent JSietnren—( renewed cheers ) . Encouraged and fostered by such a Bro-( Ioud cheere ) '" MS eVenin « U could not ™
prosper-P Jll ° ' r , t ' r ° ? . ' r 1 Se the " eXt toast * He sakl > however anxious eiery one present might be to contribute towards the prosperity anel success of this admirable institution , all together , they could not do anything to be compared with that ivhich would be effected by the poiver of that engine which he was about to make the subject of the next toast- ( hear ) . I bey ivould readil y antici pate that he meant "the iress- ( cheers ) . In good deed that done and in act
every was , every of satisfaction perrormed towards an aggrieved person , the press of JMigland was foremost with its aid , without regard to political principles or private feelmgs- ( cheers ) . He concluded by giving " the Press " with three times three . ' ° '
I he Rev . Mr . RICHARDSON very briefly returned thanks . Ihe next toast was , " Our Musical Friends , and thanks to them for the excellent entertainment they had afforded , " which Dr . Crucefix prefaced in a neat speech , in which he thanked them for the aid they had so handsomely and gratuitousl y given to the institution —( loud cneers * . 1 he toast was responded to with much warmth of feelin ^ , anel drunk with three times tln-ep . ° '
The CHAIRMAN now gave a toast , in which he was sure all the company would share the pleasure which he experienced in proposing it , namely the health of the Stewards of the day- ( louel cheers ) . They must all feel with him how much they owed to those Brethren for the excellent arrangement made on this occasion , and that their best praises were due to them for the good taste and good management which they had displayed—a proof of their cordial feeling towards this excellent institution—( cheers ) Without
. such management it would be difficult to preserve the perfect order and harmony which had marked that night s proceedings , and he therefore tendered to them his personal thanks for the assistance they had given him—( cheers ) . Without lurthei- remark he would call upon them to do honour to the toast which he had proposed , namely , " the health of the Stewards of the day " - ( loud cheers ) . The toast was drunk with three times three hearty cheers . J
Bro . J . HonoiviNsoN , President of the Board , returned thanks for the Honour done himself and his Brother Stewards . He could assure the company that they felt the utmost gratification in having rendered some service to a charity so highly deserving of support as the Asylum for A ged and Decayed freemasons —( cheers ) . So many excellent sentiments had been uttered with regarel to this institution , by those who
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ninth Anniversary Festial Of The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
aid excellent body in London , and having had the honour of being hdn „ ff l , n r ema ^ my now for forty years- ( cheers ) , he could not JiLlp ottering a few observations on the beneficial effects of Masonrycheers ) . He and his father before bim , had frequently felt , however , the necessity of the benefits of such an institution as this- ( hear , hear )! « e Ur . Knapp ) had taken every opportunity of showing the effects t ° ,. " I tltnt «? n must produce , and he begged to tender his tlianks , and to acknowled the obli gations which the Masonic
ge body were uneer , to the founders of this trul y useful and charitable assor t Z h lri t ) - ° , , ° , who had com , n ^ ced it , was to be attributed the highest praise ; and he hoped , and doubted not , that it ivould be cair ed out to a complete realization of the intentions of those benevolent JSietnren—( renewed cheers ) . Encouraged and fostered by such a Bro-( Ioud cheere ) '" MS eVenin « U could not ™
prosper-P Jll ° ' r , t ' r ° ? . ' r 1 Se the " eXt toast * He sakl > however anxious eiery one present might be to contribute towards the prosperity anel success of this admirable institution , all together , they could not do anything to be compared with that ivhich would be effected by the poiver of that engine which he was about to make the subject of the next toast- ( hear ) . I bey ivould readil y antici pate that he meant "the iress- ( cheers ) . In good deed that done and in act
every was , every of satisfaction perrormed towards an aggrieved person , the press of JMigland was foremost with its aid , without regard to political principles or private feelmgs- ( cheers ) . He concluded by giving " the Press " with three times three . ' ° '
I he Rev . Mr . RICHARDSON very briefly returned thanks . Ihe next toast was , " Our Musical Friends , and thanks to them for the excellent entertainment they had afforded , " which Dr . Crucefix prefaced in a neat speech , in which he thanked them for the aid they had so handsomely and gratuitousl y given to the institution —( loud cneers * . 1 he toast was responded to with much warmth of feelin ^ , anel drunk with three times tln-ep . ° '
The CHAIRMAN now gave a toast , in which he was sure all the company would share the pleasure which he experienced in proposing it , namely the health of the Stewards of the day- ( louel cheers ) . They must all feel with him how much they owed to those Brethren for the excellent arrangement made on this occasion , and that their best praises were due to them for the good taste and good management which they had displayed—a proof of their cordial feeling towards this excellent institution—( cheers ) Without
. such management it would be difficult to preserve the perfect order and harmony which had marked that night s proceedings , and he therefore tendered to them his personal thanks for the assistance they had given him—( cheers ) . Without lurthei- remark he would call upon them to do honour to the toast which he had proposed , namely , " the health of the Stewards of the day " - ( loud cheers ) . The toast was drunk with three times three hearty cheers . J
Bro . J . HonoiviNsoN , President of the Board , returned thanks for the Honour done himself and his Brother Stewards . He could assure the company that they felt the utmost gratification in having rendered some service to a charity so highly deserving of support as the Asylum for A ged and Decayed freemasons —( cheers ) . So many excellent sentiments had been uttered with regarel to this institution , by those who