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Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS .
THE ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL AA as held in Freemasons' Hall , London , on AVednesday the 17 th June . Bro . JOHN B . BYRON , Grand Steward , in the chair . STEWARDS . Bro . Right Hon . Viscount Combermere , G . C . B ., P . G . M ., Cheshire President ;
Bro . J . B . Byron , No . 2 , Alce-President ; Bro . J . B . Bellville , No . 1 , Treasurer ; Bro . T . B . Barnard , No . 49 , Hon . Secretary . Bro . George Oliver , D . D ., Past Deputy Grand Master , G . Lodge Mass ., U . S . ; Bro . Robert Thomas Crucefix , LL . D ., P . S . G . AV ., G . Lodge Mass ., U . S ., and P . G . D ., England ; Bro . John Hodgkinson , G . Steward ; Bro . E . R . Moran , No . 1 ; Bro . Edward Brewster , No . 49 ;
Bro . John Corley , No . 49 ; Bro . Henry Meyer , No . 108 ; Bro . E . Chappell , ( Capt . R . N . J , No . 108 ; Bro . B . Beniowski , ( Major ) , No . 113 ; Bro . R . R . Crucefix , No . 113 ; Bro . Edmund Phillips , No . 113 ; Bro . Benjamin AVebster , No . 183 : Bro . John AVatson , jun ., No . 234 ; Bro . Z . AVatkins , No . 318 ; Bro . Thomas Onions , No . 328 ; Bro . J . H . Capper , No . 329 : Bro . David Davies , No . 329 ; Bro . A . Andrew LeWeau , No . 674 ; Bro . E . G . AVilloughby , No . 701 . According to the custom observed at this charity , the Brethren did not appear in Masonic costume , by which they were enabled to receive as visitors many gentlemen not members of the Fraternity .
The following address was distributed in the Hall , with the newly published list of subscriptions , & c .: — How slowly Time the human fabric rears , Thro' careworn days which swell at length to years ! Complete at last , the stately structure stands A living wonder from its Maker ' s hands . — A form of beauty , perfect as a whole :
An earthly shrine for an immortal soul . But brief , alas . ' the frail existence giv ' n To earthly temples , by the will of Heav ' n : A short-lived triumph—manhood ' s golden day—But ushers in an evening of decay . Poor scene of weakness , childhood ' s helpless hour ; AVithout that freshness of the heart , whose pow ' r
Made strength unasked , unthought of , undesired . So fair is life in youthful guise attired ! But o ' er youth ' s bud , and manhood ' s perfect bloom , Age casts the shadow of the coming tomb : Sad cheerless season , like the closing year That hangs a mourner o ' er its Summer ' s bier . If AVealth and Station can but mitigate , '
Notchange the aspect of our fallen state : How must he suffer in whose wasting years AVant opes the fountains of an Old Man ' s ( ears !
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Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS .
THE ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL AA as held in Freemasons' Hall , London , on AVednesday the 17 th June . Bro . JOHN B . BYRON , Grand Steward , in the chair . STEWARDS . Bro . Right Hon . Viscount Combermere , G . C . B ., P . G . M ., Cheshire President ;
Bro . J . B . Byron , No . 2 , Alce-President ; Bro . J . B . Bellville , No . 1 , Treasurer ; Bro . T . B . Barnard , No . 49 , Hon . Secretary . Bro . George Oliver , D . D ., Past Deputy Grand Master , G . Lodge Mass ., U . S . ; Bro . Robert Thomas Crucefix , LL . D ., P . S . G . AV ., G . Lodge Mass ., U . S ., and P . G . D ., England ; Bro . John Hodgkinson , G . Steward ; Bro . E . R . Moran , No . 1 ; Bro . Edward Brewster , No . 49 ;
Bro . John Corley , No . 49 ; Bro . Henry Meyer , No . 108 ; Bro . E . Chappell , ( Capt . R . N . J , No . 108 ; Bro . B . Beniowski , ( Major ) , No . 113 ; Bro . R . R . Crucefix , No . 113 ; Bro . Edmund Phillips , No . 113 ; Bro . Benjamin AVebster , No . 183 : Bro . John AVatson , jun ., No . 234 ; Bro . Z . AVatkins , No . 318 ; Bro . Thomas Onions , No . 328 ; Bro . J . H . Capper , No . 329 : Bro . David Davies , No . 329 ; Bro . A . Andrew LeWeau , No . 674 ; Bro . E . G . AVilloughby , No . 701 . According to the custom observed at this charity , the Brethren did not appear in Masonic costume , by which they were enabled to receive as visitors many gentlemen not members of the Fraternity .
The following address was distributed in the Hall , with the newly published list of subscriptions , & c .: — How slowly Time the human fabric rears , Thro' careworn days which swell at length to years ! Complete at last , the stately structure stands A living wonder from its Maker ' s hands . — A form of beauty , perfect as a whole :
An earthly shrine for an immortal soul . But brief , alas . ' the frail existence giv ' n To earthly temples , by the will of Heav ' n : A short-lived triumph—manhood ' s golden day—But ushers in an evening of decay . Poor scene of weakness , childhood ' s helpless hour ; AVithout that freshness of the heart , whose pow ' r
Made strength unasked , unthought of , undesired . So fair is life in youthful guise attired ! But o ' er youth ' s bud , and manhood ' s perfect bloom , Age casts the shadow of the coming tomb : Sad cheerless season , like the closing year That hangs a mourner o ' er its Summer ' s bier . If AVealth and Station can but mitigate , '
Notchange the aspect of our fallen state : How must he suffer in whose wasting years AVant opes the fountains of an Old Man ' s ( ears !