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Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
example to others—faultless he could not have been—hut as far as man seeth , he was just , upright , honourable , and benevolent . The Committee have also to announce the decease of Bro . George Colcott , a venerable and much respected annuitant . The Committee nothing daunted by the repulse they sustained at their first endeavour to effect an union with the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fundhave again renewed negotiationsand they trust not
, , without success , for sub-committees have been formed , and the issue is hopefully abided . The finances of the charity may be thus stated : —invested in the names of the new trustees , viz ., the ' Earl of Aboyne . Lord Southampton , Col . the Hon . Geo . Anson , M . P ., Benj . Bond Cabbell , F . R . S ., and Robert Thomas Crucefix . /_ . _/_ . 7 }—
Consols 33 . 53 18 11 Cripplegate Savings Bank . . . 122 13 3 Dividend due in July . . . 48 1 G 10 In Banker ' s and Treasurer ' s hands . 275 9 4 Making a total of . . . £ 3800 18 4 The Committee having issued an explanatory circular forbear further remark , except to express their fervent hope that under all circumstances , their honest exertions to maintain the best interests of the institution will meet the approbation of its patrons . "
It will be apparent tbat if our finances have not greatly advanced , they have at least become consolidated , aud that notwithstanding the drag-chain has been attached to the vehicle during an uphill movement , yet such is the moral power of the Asylum that it has successfully contended with this difficulty , and without infringing on its funded property . More need not be said on this head—may the past be a lesson for the future ! Sub-committees from the Asylum and the Royal Masonic Benevolent
Annuity Fund have met , and they have expressed their opinion , that it is desirable that the two charities should be brought into such an united operation as may not interfere with the legitimate objects of either ; but there appears to exist some technical difficulty . Let there , however , be but a sincere determination to remove such difficulties , and they will not only disappear , but I prophecy that we shall , to use the parlance of the day , shortly announce that an extended grand junction line of charity will be in full operation . The report , in prayerful solicitude , implores vour aid in replacing
those advances which delinquency , and consequent law expenses , have withdrawn , and we rely with hopeful confidence that you will meet this appeal by even more than usual kindness and liberality . Well do I know , because it is pleasing to have yielded to its influence , the effect on the heart by the appeal of the girl and boy to the visible senses , and the great contrast caused by the absence of those objects for whom we supplicate your aid ; but your justice to ageand the kindest
, consideration for its wants , must supply the hallowed influence . Dr . Johnson well observes of charity , that " it could have no place if there were no want , for a virtue that could not be practised , the omissioir could not be culpable . Evil is not only the occasional but the efficient cause of charity . AVe are all incited to the relief of misery by the con-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
example to others—faultless he could not have been—hut as far as man seeth , he was just , upright , honourable , and benevolent . The Committee have also to announce the decease of Bro . George Colcott , a venerable and much respected annuitant . The Committee nothing daunted by the repulse they sustained at their first endeavour to effect an union with the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fundhave again renewed negotiationsand they trust not
, , without success , for sub-committees have been formed , and the issue is hopefully abided . The finances of the charity may be thus stated : —invested in the names of the new trustees , viz ., the ' Earl of Aboyne . Lord Southampton , Col . the Hon . Geo . Anson , M . P ., Benj . Bond Cabbell , F . R . S ., and Robert Thomas Crucefix . /_ . _/_ . 7 }—
Consols 33 . 53 18 11 Cripplegate Savings Bank . . . 122 13 3 Dividend due in July . . . 48 1 G 10 In Banker ' s and Treasurer ' s hands . 275 9 4 Making a total of . . . £ 3800 18 4 The Committee having issued an explanatory circular forbear further remark , except to express their fervent hope that under all circumstances , their honest exertions to maintain the best interests of the institution will meet the approbation of its patrons . "
It will be apparent tbat if our finances have not greatly advanced , they have at least become consolidated , aud that notwithstanding the drag-chain has been attached to the vehicle during an uphill movement , yet such is the moral power of the Asylum that it has successfully contended with this difficulty , and without infringing on its funded property . More need not be said on this head—may the past be a lesson for the future ! Sub-committees from the Asylum and the Royal Masonic Benevolent
Annuity Fund have met , and they have expressed their opinion , that it is desirable that the two charities should be brought into such an united operation as may not interfere with the legitimate objects of either ; but there appears to exist some technical difficulty . Let there , however , be but a sincere determination to remove such difficulties , and they will not only disappear , but I prophecy that we shall , to use the parlance of the day , shortly announce that an extended grand junction line of charity will be in full operation . The report , in prayerful solicitude , implores vour aid in replacing
those advances which delinquency , and consequent law expenses , have withdrawn , and we rely with hopeful confidence that you will meet this appeal by even more than usual kindness and liberality . Well do I know , because it is pleasing to have yielded to its influence , the effect on the heart by the appeal of the girl and boy to the visible senses , and the great contrast caused by the absence of those objects for whom we supplicate your aid ; but your justice to ageand the kindest
, consideration for its wants , must supply the hallowed influence . Dr . Johnson well observes of charity , that " it could have no place if there were no want , for a virtue that could not be practised , the omissioir could not be culpable . Evil is not only the occasional but the efficient cause of charity . AVe are all incited to the relief of misery by the con-