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but broken to the hope , "—the case of " broken heart , " is notunfrequent ; and even with the sterner sex the same result does occasionally happen , —we have known it happen . AVith man , owing to his great intercourse with the world , the feelings become less domestic ; yet he suffers as poignantly from popular , social , and commercial disappointment ; and suffers , too , exactly according to the natural bias of constitutional diathesis : thus a mild-heartedbenevolent manrepinesbut yields to
, , , —the social man regrets , but becomes accustomed to—the high-minded , austere man contends with , and assumes to be beyond the effect ° of—commercial disappointment . It is a hard matter to front the " loud laugh that scarce the firm philosopher can scorn . " "We have known in our time many commercial men who based their principle of action on the belief that as no man should be dishonest , so no industrious man could be unsuccessful . Alasfor the foresiht of poor erring man ! Canst
, g thou controul thy destiny ?—No ! but thy conduct should be always such as to command the respect , as well as the sympathies of thy fellows . Better—oh ! how far better—to be associated among the benevolences of human nature , than to be enlisted among its animosities . AA ^ e cannot refrain from speaking the truth , else why do we write ? The late Bro . Isaac AAralton was initiated , many years since , in a country Lodge . For a long time he was unobserved . About the year
1835 , we hear of him as a member of the Moira Lodge , of which he became the Past Master ; and distinguished himself as the avowed opponent of the Aged Masons' Asylum , as uncalled for and unnecessary . So uncontrolled was his opposition to that Institution , that he enlarged the measure of his prejudice by so peculiar an elasticity that he embraced
therein those who supported it , more especially those who were actively engaged in the goodly work . For a time , this appeared to be an enigma , but the solution was soon manifested . Finding that opposition but aided the Asylum , he adopted the plan of competition , and hoisted the standard of a Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund . This new project was so startling a subject to H . R . II . the Duke of Sussex , the Grand Master , who having opposed the Asylum on similar grounds of objection to those professed by Bro . AValton , viz ., that it was uncalled for and
unnecessary , that he for a long time denied his patronage , and the project lingered . At length , however , Bro . AA alton sought an interview with His Royal Highness , and meeting with a repulse on his favourite theme , he fairly told the Grand Master , on taking leave , that there remained no other means of preventing the Asylum from being built and endowed . This decided the matter , the Grand Master relaxed—adopted Bro . Walton ' s scheme , and thus proved the fallacy of all opposition to the Asylum principle ; which , so far from being uncalled for and
unnecessary , became the parent of a second Masonic charity ! Thus good came out of evil . Had not the mistaken prejudices of the Duke of Sussex and Bro . AA alton against the Asylum been so violent , for violent they were , the Asylum would have stood alone in its glory ; whereas now it has a noble and powerful rival in Masonic benevolence ; and assuredly the great merit of unceasing industry and perseverance in effecting this object is clue to the deceased Brother . During the year of Masonic terror , 1840 , Bro . AAralton did not
conceal his antipathy against the main promoter of the Asylum ; he both spoke and voted for his expulsion from Freemasonry ! This was , however , consistent with his own character . He was an austere man , with much haughtiness of manner ; was feared bv many , but by none less so
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
but broken to the hope , "—the case of " broken heart , " is notunfrequent ; and even with the sterner sex the same result does occasionally happen , —we have known it happen . AVith man , owing to his great intercourse with the world , the feelings become less domestic ; yet he suffers as poignantly from popular , social , and commercial disappointment ; and suffers , too , exactly according to the natural bias of constitutional diathesis : thus a mild-heartedbenevolent manrepinesbut yields to
, , , —the social man regrets , but becomes accustomed to—the high-minded , austere man contends with , and assumes to be beyond the effect ° of—commercial disappointment . It is a hard matter to front the " loud laugh that scarce the firm philosopher can scorn . " "We have known in our time many commercial men who based their principle of action on the belief that as no man should be dishonest , so no industrious man could be unsuccessful . Alasfor the foresiht of poor erring man ! Canst
, g thou controul thy destiny ?—No ! but thy conduct should be always such as to command the respect , as well as the sympathies of thy fellows . Better—oh ! how far better—to be associated among the benevolences of human nature , than to be enlisted among its animosities . AA ^ e cannot refrain from speaking the truth , else why do we write ? The late Bro . Isaac AAralton was initiated , many years since , in a country Lodge . For a long time he was unobserved . About the year
1835 , we hear of him as a member of the Moira Lodge , of which he became the Past Master ; and distinguished himself as the avowed opponent of the Aged Masons' Asylum , as uncalled for and unnecessary . So uncontrolled was his opposition to that Institution , that he enlarged the measure of his prejudice by so peculiar an elasticity that he embraced
therein those who supported it , more especially those who were actively engaged in the goodly work . For a time , this appeared to be an enigma , but the solution was soon manifested . Finding that opposition but aided the Asylum , he adopted the plan of competition , and hoisted the standard of a Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund . This new project was so startling a subject to H . R . II . the Duke of Sussex , the Grand Master , who having opposed the Asylum on similar grounds of objection to those professed by Bro . AValton , viz ., that it was uncalled for and
unnecessary , that he for a long time denied his patronage , and the project lingered . At length , however , Bro . AA alton sought an interview with His Royal Highness , and meeting with a repulse on his favourite theme , he fairly told the Grand Master , on taking leave , that there remained no other means of preventing the Asylum from being built and endowed . This decided the matter , the Grand Master relaxed—adopted Bro . Walton ' s scheme , and thus proved the fallacy of all opposition to the Asylum principle ; which , so far from being uncalled for and
unnecessary , became the parent of a second Masonic charity ! Thus good came out of evil . Had not the mistaken prejudices of the Duke of Sussex and Bro . AA alton against the Asylum been so violent , for violent they were , the Asylum would have stood alone in its glory ; whereas now it has a noble and powerful rival in Masonic benevolence ; and assuredly the great merit of unceasing industry and perseverance in effecting this object is clue to the deceased Brother . During the year of Masonic terror , 1840 , Bro . AAralton did not
conceal his antipathy against the main promoter of the Asylum ; he both spoke and voted for his expulsion from Freemasonry ! This was , however , consistent with his own character . He was an austere man , with much haughtiness of manner ; was feared bv many , but by none less so