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Asylum For Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS .
We request our readers to turn to our last number , wherein they will observe how high the spirits were raised , and how joyously the heart pulsated at the ail-but perfect conclusion of the labours of the committee . The 31 st of May was named as the auspicious and glorious completion of nearly sixteen years' unceasing labour . At the especial Grand Festival , the Grand Master announced the
forthcoming union of the two charities for the aged Masons , and expressed his unqualified concurrence . Some time having been absorbed in the necessary preliminaries for this much wished-for union , the ceremonial was deferred until the 14 th of June .
Meantime , however , the evil demon of discord prevailed for a time , and denounced the site as a mere swamp , and perfectly undrainablethe locality insalubrious , and the design itself altogether unworthy the honour and dignity of the Craft . These wretched sophistries were so triumphantly refuted , that we will not waste much time in expressing our regret at the disgusting and unmasonie conduct , relying , as we do
most confidently , on the publication by the committee of the entire circumstances . The foundation-stone , however , will be laid ; and all that demon spirits will gain by their ill-timed opposition , will be certainly a considerable increase of expense to the Asylum , but which will be counterbalanced by a more than equal addition to the number of friends and supporters . The particulars of the Festival will be found appended to our leading article .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Asylum For Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS .
We request our readers to turn to our last number , wherein they will observe how high the spirits were raised , and how joyously the heart pulsated at the ail-but perfect conclusion of the labours of the committee . The 31 st of May was named as the auspicious and glorious completion of nearly sixteen years' unceasing labour . At the especial Grand Festival , the Grand Master announced the
forthcoming union of the two charities for the aged Masons , and expressed his unqualified concurrence . Some time having been absorbed in the necessary preliminaries for this much wished-for union , the ceremonial was deferred until the 14 th of June .
Meantime , however , the evil demon of discord prevailed for a time , and denounced the site as a mere swamp , and perfectly undrainablethe locality insalubrious , and the design itself altogether unworthy the honour and dignity of the Craft . These wretched sophistries were so triumphantly refuted , that we will not waste much time in expressing our regret at the disgusting and unmasonie conduct , relying , as we do
most confidently , on the publication by the committee of the entire circumstances . The foundation-stone , however , will be laid ; and all that demon spirits will gain by their ill-timed opposition , will be certainly a considerable increase of expense to the Asylum , but which will be counterbalanced by a more than equal addition to the number of friends and supporters . The particulars of the Festival will be found appended to our leading article .