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The Tenth Anniversary Festival Of The Asyluam For Aged Freemasons ,
longed cheers . ) Before he sat down , he wished to say one word as to bis occupancy of the chair this evening . Their excellent Bro . Brewster , had asked him to preside over the Aleeting , and he hacl thought it his duty at once to accede to his request . ( Loud cheers . ) The toast of " Prosperity to the Asylum for aged and decayed Freemasons ' ' was then drunk with three times three enthusiastic cheers , and all the honours .
The Chairman having called upon Bro . Brewster to propose the health of the Treasurer as the next toast—Bro . Bn F . WSTER rose and said , that he felt theWorshipful Chairman hacl placed him in a position , proud but dangerous—proud , indeed , for he hacl been pleased to speak of him in terms ivhieh must be highly complimentary to any one to whom they were applied ; but dangerous from the difficulty there was in doing justice to the toast which he had done him the honour of confiding to his care . ( Hearbear . ) He felt particular
, pleasure in proposing to them the health of the Treasurer ofthe Asylum ( Dr . Crucefix ) , regarding it as an honour ancl a distinction . ( Cheers . ) He was proud of having to rank that excellent Brother among his private ancl personal friends ( hear , and cheers ) , and on this account he did approach towards the proposition ofliisname without a single feeling of doubt or difficulty , because he knew it ivould be received with acclamations ; ( cheers ) while , on the other hand , he experienced both doubt
ancl difficulty from a feeling lest he should not do justice to the subject . ( Hear , hear . ) He was proud to acknowledge the compliment which their AVorshipful Chairman had paid him in saying , that it was in consequence of his solicitation that he was there that night . ( Cheers . ) If he had been there many years ago— -if Providence bad placed him in that chair seven or nine years previously , it was more than probable that those differences to which he hacl alluded in so gentle , and proper , and gentlemanly a manner ( cheers ) would never have existed . ( Renewed
cheers . ) The weight of his character , and the honour which attached to his name , were such that they would not have had to contend with the unquiet spirits which hacl troubled ancl vexed their ceremonies ; his ( the Chairman ' s ) position as the friend of the founder of this institution , would have been their best protection—their most perfect shield . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But the past was gone ; and , in the philosophy of the past , the wise man saw only the guide of the future . ( Cheers . )
The suggestion thrown out with respect to uniting the Institutions was one , he thought , wliich there was not a single Mason in the room who ivould not be prepared to take up . ( Hear , hear . ) This could be clone without the sacrifice of one iota of principle , because he who proposed that the old man should be taken care of , was the first also who thought provision should be made for the old woman too . ( Cheers . ) It hacl been well and truly said that he who suffered persecution was the
most likely to have learnt mercy ; it had been well ancl truly said , also , that a little clanger ancl difficulty at the beginning made a man wise ancl steady at the end ; the clouds of the morning changed to the jocund day ; all went right well at last if we were only patient and hopeful . ( Cheers . ) Bear a little and you will get much . ( Hear , hear . ) These reflections brought bim to the toast with which their AVorshipful Chairman had entrusted him , namely , the health of his honoured friend Bro . Dr . Crucefix . ( Loud cheers . ) That Brother began to think that something of " the sere and yellow leaf , " was coming over him ; he had , he understood , begun to think himself old . Bui he ( Bro . Brewster ) had seen
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The Tenth Anniversary Festival Of The Asyluam For Aged Freemasons ,
longed cheers . ) Before he sat down , he wished to say one word as to bis occupancy of the chair this evening . Their excellent Bro . Brewster , had asked him to preside over the Aleeting , and he hacl thought it his duty at once to accede to his request . ( Loud cheers . ) The toast of " Prosperity to the Asylum for aged and decayed Freemasons ' ' was then drunk with three times three enthusiastic cheers , and all the honours .
The Chairman having called upon Bro . Brewster to propose the health of the Treasurer as the next toast—Bro . Bn F . WSTER rose and said , that he felt theWorshipful Chairman hacl placed him in a position , proud but dangerous—proud , indeed , for he hacl been pleased to speak of him in terms ivhieh must be highly complimentary to any one to whom they were applied ; but dangerous from the difficulty there was in doing justice to the toast which he had done him the honour of confiding to his care . ( Hearbear . ) He felt particular
, pleasure in proposing to them the health of the Treasurer ofthe Asylum ( Dr . Crucefix ) , regarding it as an honour ancl a distinction . ( Cheers . ) He was proud of having to rank that excellent Brother among his private ancl personal friends ( hear , and cheers ) , and on this account he did approach towards the proposition ofliisname without a single feeling of doubt or difficulty , because he knew it ivould be received with acclamations ; ( cheers ) while , on the other hand , he experienced both doubt
ancl difficulty from a feeling lest he should not do justice to the subject . ( Hear , hear . ) He was proud to acknowledge the compliment which their AVorshipful Chairman had paid him in saying , that it was in consequence of his solicitation that he was there that night . ( Cheers . ) If he had been there many years ago— -if Providence bad placed him in that chair seven or nine years previously , it was more than probable that those differences to which he hacl alluded in so gentle , and proper , and gentlemanly a manner ( cheers ) would never have existed . ( Renewed
cheers . ) The weight of his character , and the honour which attached to his name , were such that they would not have had to contend with the unquiet spirits which hacl troubled ancl vexed their ceremonies ; his ( the Chairman ' s ) position as the friend of the founder of this institution , would have been their best protection—their most perfect shield . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But the past was gone ; and , in the philosophy of the past , the wise man saw only the guide of the future . ( Cheers . )
The suggestion thrown out with respect to uniting the Institutions was one , he thought , wliich there was not a single Mason in the room who ivould not be prepared to take up . ( Hear , hear . ) This could be clone without the sacrifice of one iota of principle , because he who proposed that the old man should be taken care of , was the first also who thought provision should be made for the old woman too . ( Cheers . ) It hacl been well and truly said that he who suffered persecution was the
most likely to have learnt mercy ; it had been well ancl truly said , also , that a little clanger ancl difficulty at the beginning made a man wise ancl steady at the end ; the clouds of the morning changed to the jocund day ; all went right well at last if we were only patient and hopeful . ( Cheers . ) Bear a little and you will get much . ( Hear , hear . ) These reflections brought bim to the toast with which their AVorshipful Chairman had entrusted him , namely , the health of his honoured friend Bro . Dr . Crucefix . ( Loud cheers . ) That Brother began to think that something of " the sere and yellow leaf , " was coming over him ; he had , he understood , begun to think himself old . Bui he ( Bro . Brewster ) had seen