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Article ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS. ← Page 8 of 12 →
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Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
" TheCommittee entertain no doubt on the subject , and hopefully abide the generous aid of an Order , whose watch-word is' charity , ' and whose peculiar objects are ' brotherly love , relief , and truth . ' Financial Account . £ s . d . In the 3 per Cent . Consols .... 3553 18 11 Savings' Bank 126 0 0 Dividend due in July 50 6 2 In Banker ' s and Treasurer ' s hands . . . 385 14 11
£ 4116 0 0 " The Committee consider that they would not be justified in advising any further delay in perfecting the great object for which they were first associated , and which object received the unanimous recommendation of Grand Lodge , they therefore purpose to lay before the general meeting in July such plans as , they trust , will meet approbation . "
A few remarks , Brethren , will , I presume , be expected from your Treasurer , and as time is precious I will be as brief as possible . I hail this the second presidency of our excellent Chairman as a most auspicious omen , for it proves incontrovertibly that the supporters of the Asylum have merited the approbation of so accomplished and distinguished a Brother ; it also proves that we have carried out , as far at least as possible the unanimous recommendation of Grand Lod ge
—( cheers ) . I renew our thanks to him on behalf of the Asylum for the lucid Masonic opinions he has so admirabl y delivered this day—( cheers ) . I remember to have said that the greater difficulty would be to come , when we should have surmounted what appeared at the time to be insurmountable , and I now find that I spoke prophetically , for we have defeated , although we may not have crushed , that hydra-headed monsterprejudice ; and that this the parent institution has iven rise to
, g many others , among them to one of giant proportions , and the chorus of grateful veterans is hymned on the gentle breezes of Masonic benevolence —( great cheering ) . We may well pray for aid in the time of our wealth , that we may not become regardless of our duty ; the difficulty is now to be honest and true to each other , to encourage no other rivalry but what flows from the most generous impulse , from the most extensive benevolence .
Agreeing , then , in all that has fallen from our kind-hearted Chairman , the supporters of the Asylum fervently , devoutly hope , that such a federal union , or amalgamation ( the term is immaterial ) , of the two charities for the support of aged Masons may be effected , as shall best conduce to the perfection of every useful object contemplated . I readily admit , that among the annuitants on the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund there are many who , having sons or daughters to cheer
their solitude , may be indisposed to enter the temple ; but I declare , because 1 know the fact , that there are many of those annuitants who have prayed , and who continue to pray , for the erection of that temple , which has been alread y too long delayed . I avow myself to be one who , if deprived of the greatest blessing granted to man , would hopefully enter those portals that promise a sacred retreat from the ills of the world , and from future disappointment . I speak for a class of Brethren who have seen better days than I have , and you would not condemn
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
" TheCommittee entertain no doubt on the subject , and hopefully abide the generous aid of an Order , whose watch-word is' charity , ' and whose peculiar objects are ' brotherly love , relief , and truth . ' Financial Account . £ s . d . In the 3 per Cent . Consols .... 3553 18 11 Savings' Bank 126 0 0 Dividend due in July 50 6 2 In Banker ' s and Treasurer ' s hands . . . 385 14 11
£ 4116 0 0 " The Committee consider that they would not be justified in advising any further delay in perfecting the great object for which they were first associated , and which object received the unanimous recommendation of Grand Lodge , they therefore purpose to lay before the general meeting in July such plans as , they trust , will meet approbation . "
A few remarks , Brethren , will , I presume , be expected from your Treasurer , and as time is precious I will be as brief as possible . I hail this the second presidency of our excellent Chairman as a most auspicious omen , for it proves incontrovertibly that the supporters of the Asylum have merited the approbation of so accomplished and distinguished a Brother ; it also proves that we have carried out , as far at least as possible the unanimous recommendation of Grand Lod ge
—( cheers ) . I renew our thanks to him on behalf of the Asylum for the lucid Masonic opinions he has so admirabl y delivered this day—( cheers ) . I remember to have said that the greater difficulty would be to come , when we should have surmounted what appeared at the time to be insurmountable , and I now find that I spoke prophetically , for we have defeated , although we may not have crushed , that hydra-headed monsterprejudice ; and that this the parent institution has iven rise to
, g many others , among them to one of giant proportions , and the chorus of grateful veterans is hymned on the gentle breezes of Masonic benevolence —( great cheering ) . We may well pray for aid in the time of our wealth , that we may not become regardless of our duty ; the difficulty is now to be honest and true to each other , to encourage no other rivalry but what flows from the most generous impulse , from the most extensive benevolence .
Agreeing , then , in all that has fallen from our kind-hearted Chairman , the supporters of the Asylum fervently , devoutly hope , that such a federal union , or amalgamation ( the term is immaterial ) , of the two charities for the support of aged Masons may be effected , as shall best conduce to the perfection of every useful object contemplated . I readily admit , that among the annuitants on the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund there are many who , having sons or daughters to cheer
their solitude , may be indisposed to enter the temple ; but I declare , because 1 know the fact , that there are many of those annuitants who have prayed , and who continue to pray , for the erection of that temple , which has been alread y too long delayed . I avow myself to be one who , if deprived of the greatest blessing granted to man , would hopefully enter those portals that promise a sacred retreat from the ills of the world , and from future disappointment . I speak for a class of Brethren who have seen better days than I have , and you would not condemn