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The Tenth Anniversary Festival Of The Asyluam For Aged Freemasons ,
Scotland and Ireland . ( Cheers ) . These distinguished Brethren , he regretted to say , were not present ; and on looking round for a reply , he did not see any Brother of either of the two Lodges , except their excellent Bro . Aloran , who , he had no doubt , would speak on behalf of the Grand Master for Ireland . ( Cheers . ) He begged to give the health of the " Grand Masters of Scotland and Ireland , coupling with the toast the name of Bro . Aloran . " ( Loud cheers . )
The toast was drunk with three times three hearty cheers . Bro . MOHAN rose to return thanks on behalf of the Grand Alaster of Ireland , ancl for the honour they had done him in coupling the name of so humble an individual as himself with that country , wliich be trusted would ever continue to be a part of England . ( Cheers . ) He earnestly hoped the two countries might remain united in the pure principles of Jlasonry , and by those sentiments which should make them
one , not in name only , but in feeling , thought , and will . ( Loud cheers . ) He accepted the compliment they had paid him , and having repeated his warmest thanks both for the manner in which it had been proposed by their excellent Chairman , and the manner in which his Brethren and friends had responded to it , he resumed his seat amid cheers . The Chairman again rose and said , they had now arrived at the chief business of the evening , 'i'he toast which he was about to
propose was one that especially claimed their attention , ancl which , when given , would , he was sure , be received with all that cordiality and affection to which it was pre-eminently entitled . ( Cheers . ) But in offering it he felt himself placed in difficulties , which he hacl hardly ever before experienced , in making an appeal on behalf of a charitable institution .
( Hear . ) Those who were acquainted with this institution , and its history , for the last seven or eight years , were well aware of the proceedings connected with it , and with tbe feelings of the illustrious individual , now no more , in relation thereto ; and he was sure it must be a matter of grief and lamentation to every one , that , upon a subject connected with charity there should be any difference of opinion . ( Hear , hear . ) Because the principles of Masonry did not inculcate charity in the sense of mere almsgiving , but in the largest and most comprehensive
meaning , of putting the best construction upon the acts and deeds of our Brethren and friends . ( Loud cheers . ) All who were acquainted with the character of their late illustrious Grand Alaster , IT . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , must be aware that , ivhether regarding him in respect of his rank and station , or as a man of letters , a scholar , a man of taste and of genius , he could have no hesitation in saying , that they would agree with him in asserting , that his rank and station were just tbe last
ancl least of his excellent qualifications for the distinguished position he held among Alasons ; ancl that when his name descended to posterity , engraved in everlasting letters on the page of England's history , his rank and station would be felt as the most insignificant of those high qualifications . ( Hear , hear . ) Doubtlessly he was distinguished as a man of letters , as a man of taste , as a scholar , and a man of genius ; but , above allhe was emimentldistinguished as a man of a free ancl liberal
, y turn of mind , giving free scope to that enlightened reason , and to those poivers , which were imparted by the hand of nature to man in almost every rank and station in life . ( Loud cheers . ) His royal highness was one of those men who are anxious , on all occasions , to extern ! a helping hand to the humblest and the lowest , in order to assist him in acquiring rank ancl position in society . These were qualifications which he mani-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Tenth Anniversary Festival Of The Asyluam For Aged Freemasons ,
Scotland and Ireland . ( Cheers ) . These distinguished Brethren , he regretted to say , were not present ; and on looking round for a reply , he did not see any Brother of either of the two Lodges , except their excellent Bro . Aloran , who , he had no doubt , would speak on behalf of the Grand Master for Ireland . ( Cheers . ) He begged to give the health of the " Grand Masters of Scotland and Ireland , coupling with the toast the name of Bro . Aloran . " ( Loud cheers . )
The toast was drunk with three times three hearty cheers . Bro . MOHAN rose to return thanks on behalf of the Grand Alaster of Ireland , ancl for the honour they had done him in coupling the name of so humble an individual as himself with that country , wliich be trusted would ever continue to be a part of England . ( Cheers . ) He earnestly hoped the two countries might remain united in the pure principles of Jlasonry , and by those sentiments which should make them
one , not in name only , but in feeling , thought , and will . ( Loud cheers . ) He accepted the compliment they had paid him , and having repeated his warmest thanks both for the manner in which it had been proposed by their excellent Chairman , and the manner in which his Brethren and friends had responded to it , he resumed his seat amid cheers . The Chairman again rose and said , they had now arrived at the chief business of the evening , 'i'he toast which he was about to
propose was one that especially claimed their attention , ancl which , when given , would , he was sure , be received with all that cordiality and affection to which it was pre-eminently entitled . ( Cheers . ) But in offering it he felt himself placed in difficulties , which he hacl hardly ever before experienced , in making an appeal on behalf of a charitable institution .
( Hear . ) Those who were acquainted with this institution , and its history , for the last seven or eight years , were well aware of the proceedings connected with it , and with tbe feelings of the illustrious individual , now no more , in relation thereto ; and he was sure it must be a matter of grief and lamentation to every one , that , upon a subject connected with charity there should be any difference of opinion . ( Hear , hear . ) Because the principles of Masonry did not inculcate charity in the sense of mere almsgiving , but in the largest and most comprehensive
meaning , of putting the best construction upon the acts and deeds of our Brethren and friends . ( Loud cheers . ) All who were acquainted with the character of their late illustrious Grand Alaster , IT . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , must be aware that , ivhether regarding him in respect of his rank and station , or as a man of letters , a scholar , a man of taste and of genius , he could have no hesitation in saying , that they would agree with him in asserting , that his rank and station were just tbe last
ancl least of his excellent qualifications for the distinguished position he held among Alasons ; ancl that when his name descended to posterity , engraved in everlasting letters on the page of England's history , his rank and station would be felt as the most insignificant of those high qualifications . ( Hear , hear . ) Doubtlessly he was distinguished as a man of letters , as a man of taste , as a scholar , and a man of genius ; but , above allhe was emimentldistinguished as a man of a free ancl liberal
, y turn of mind , giving free scope to that enlightened reason , and to those poivers , which were imparted by the hand of nature to man in almost every rank and station in life . ( Loud cheers . ) His royal highness was one of those men who are anxious , on all occasions , to extern ! a helping hand to the humblest and the lowest , in order to assist him in acquiring rank ancl position in society . These were qualifications which he mani-