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Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
Architect of the universe , the adoration of whcse attributes "lives and breatnes" through all our mysteries , that he will he graciously pleased to leave him long amongst us , to adorn b y his brilliant presence , and to regulate b y his wise experience , th . e affairs of our Order . 1 shall now "ive you the health of our " M . AV . Grand Master , his Royal Highness the Duke ol Sussex . "—( Loud and protracted cheering . ) Glee—'' Weirdy , merrily goes the bark . "
The Chairman-Gentlemen , the next toast I have to pronose is one which every true Mason will drink with pleasure : I shall give you conjointly the "Grand Masters of Scotland ancl Ireland , Lord Viscount i'mcastle , and his Grace tlie Duke of Leinster . " AVith regard to the latter , I should not be performing my duty , as chairman of a meeting luce tne present , were I to omit calling to your recollection his services to ins masonic Brethren of these kingdoms , in his place in Parliament during die discussion
on the Irish Constabulary Bill . In this , his Grar-e was ably supported b y the Marquess of Salisbury , and other peers . And while upon this subject , I must not omit to exhibit before an assembly like the present , where all are not exactly . Masons , the striking proof of the holiness of our Order , and its moral power , when among the Alasonic phalanx who nobly stood forward , were to be numbered noble Brethren , who on other subjects were directl opposed in inionbut in
y op , Masonry they united , wuh one voice . —( Cheers . ) _ Brother Edward Moran said , that as an Irish Mason , having been initiated in a Lod ge under the Masonic sway of his Grace the Duke of J ^ einster , he felt called on to acknowledge the toast , particularly as no other Brother rose to discharge so pleasing a duty . He was sure were
tne . Duke himself present , he would have heard with delight the rapturous announcement with which this body , assembled in the sacred cause of charity , had hailed his name and that of the Grand Master for Scotland ; he coulcl also bear testimony to the zeal of the Grancl Master or Ireland in the recent parliamentary passages to which their respected Chairman had alluded . He ( Brother Moran ) had the honour to be also a member of No . 1 the Grancl Master ' Lod of landand if he
, s ge , Eng , might be allowed , however , incidentally to allude to extraneous topics on an occasion like the present , he could not sit down without givin" expression to his ardent wish , that no repeal of the Masonic union between the two countries mi ght ever take place . —( Applause . ) 1 he Chairman next gave together the healths of " Lord Dundas , tlie nrT _«? i T > Mter ' < ? ° ] m Chure , ' » tlle deputy Grancl Master , and all the Present and Past Grand Officers . "
Bro her Pitt then recited the address , from the pen of Brother Dou-das Jerrold , which was delivered last year at the English Opera House - " 1 he conclusion of the address , which was very impressively given , was followed by loud applause . /_ , '" - »> The Chairman . —Gentlemen , the moment has now arrived , a trying one to me and yet one of supreme gratification , when it becomes ; my duty , as the organ of wishesto advert to the for which
your , object wc have all assembled here this evening . I shall endeavour to clo so to the best of my poiver . Some of those whom I have the honour to address are not Masons , but they have equally and as purely , in a cause like this , those feelings winch clo honour to the human heart . I trust I shall not stand attainted of any want of explicitness , when , at this early part of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
Architect of the universe , the adoration of whcse attributes "lives and breatnes" through all our mysteries , that he will he graciously pleased to leave him long amongst us , to adorn b y his brilliant presence , and to regulate b y his wise experience , th . e affairs of our Order . 1 shall now "ive you the health of our " M . AV . Grand Master , his Royal Highness the Duke ol Sussex . "—( Loud and protracted cheering . ) Glee—'' Weirdy , merrily goes the bark . "
The Chairman-Gentlemen , the next toast I have to pronose is one which every true Mason will drink with pleasure : I shall give you conjointly the "Grand Masters of Scotland ancl Ireland , Lord Viscount i'mcastle , and his Grace tlie Duke of Leinster . " AVith regard to the latter , I should not be performing my duty , as chairman of a meeting luce tne present , were I to omit calling to your recollection his services to ins masonic Brethren of these kingdoms , in his place in Parliament during die discussion
on the Irish Constabulary Bill . In this , his Grar-e was ably supported b y the Marquess of Salisbury , and other peers . And while upon this subject , I must not omit to exhibit before an assembly like the present , where all are not exactly . Masons , the striking proof of the holiness of our Order , and its moral power , when among the Alasonic phalanx who nobly stood forward , were to be numbered noble Brethren , who on other subjects were directl opposed in inionbut in
y op , Masonry they united , wuh one voice . —( Cheers . ) _ Brother Edward Moran said , that as an Irish Mason , having been initiated in a Lod ge under the Masonic sway of his Grace the Duke of J ^ einster , he felt called on to acknowledge the toast , particularly as no other Brother rose to discharge so pleasing a duty . He was sure were
tne . Duke himself present , he would have heard with delight the rapturous announcement with which this body , assembled in the sacred cause of charity , had hailed his name and that of the Grand Master for Scotland ; he coulcl also bear testimony to the zeal of the Grancl Master or Ireland in the recent parliamentary passages to which their respected Chairman had alluded . He ( Brother Moran ) had the honour to be also a member of No . 1 the Grancl Master ' Lod of landand if he
, s ge , Eng , might be allowed , however , incidentally to allude to extraneous topics on an occasion like the present , he could not sit down without givin" expression to his ardent wish , that no repeal of the Masonic union between the two countries mi ght ever take place . —( Applause . ) 1 he Chairman next gave together the healths of " Lord Dundas , tlie nrT _«? i T > Mter ' < ? ° ] m Chure , ' » tlle deputy Grancl Master , and all the Present and Past Grand Officers . "
Bro her Pitt then recited the address , from the pen of Brother Dou-das Jerrold , which was delivered last year at the English Opera House - " 1 he conclusion of the address , which was very impressively given , was followed by loud applause . /_ , '" - »> The Chairman . —Gentlemen , the moment has now arrived , a trying one to me and yet one of supreme gratification , when it becomes ; my duty , as the organ of wishesto advert to the for which
your , object wc have all assembled here this evening . I shall endeavour to clo so to the best of my poiver . Some of those whom I have the honour to address are not Masons , but they have equally and as purely , in a cause like this , those feelings winch clo honour to the human heart . I trust I shall not stand attainted of any want of explicitness , when , at this early part of