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Provincial.
S ONG , Believe me if ev ' ry strange symbol and sign Which AVO gazed on so fondly to-night . Convey'd not some moral—some lesson divine . Wc would banish them all from our sight ; As this moment they are , they shall still be adored , Though ihe world , unmasonic , condemn , While to us they such precepts of virtue afford
Or our actions are measured by them . 'Tis not the mere / o . v . i of the compass and square Thai tons can such pleasures impart . No ! it is the deep moral inculcated there Which is stampt on each true Mason's hcart . Oh ! a Lodge of Freemasons , where'er it may be , Is the dwelling of friendship and love . For there ' s none Avho in thought or in action can ilee
From the all-seeing Eye that ' s above . Additional Verse for the Jubilee of the ShuJcspeare Lodge . Thus fifty long years o ' er our Lodge have down past , Since ouv forefathers founded the scene . But friendship and brotherly love to the last Are as firm as they ever have been . Oil ! peace to the souls of the founders , Avhose hand Such a structure , Masonic , could raise ; May our Lodge on the square still continue to stand . And see fifty . nore jubilee days !
The Worship ful Master having called upon the Senior Warden for o f'fii ^ r Brother FORDER , S , AA . said , he had much pleasure in responding to the call of the W . M ., ancl more especially as the subject of the toast he was about to propose was that distinguishing characteristic of Freemasons—Charity . Upon an occasion like the present , when they were met to celebrate so interesting an epoch as the jubilee of the
Shakspeare Lodge , it would be unpardonable to omit alluding to those monuments of their fame , " The Masonic Charities , " of which the Girls ' School was the first instituted . The then patroness of that charity was the late Duchess of Cumberland , and amongstits vice-patronesses might he numbered the late Duchess of Marlborough and the Marchioness of Hastings . The funded property of this institution ( saicl Bro . F . ) is about 16000 /; the childrenhy their work , produce about 1-0 / .
now , , per annum , and the deficit in the income raised for the support of the establishment is made up by voluntary subscriptions at an annual festival . The number of girls maintained ancl educated is sixty-five . Of this benevolent institution the late Chevalier Bartholomew lluspini was one of the most zealous promoters , and it is a singular fact , illustrative of the casualties antl misfortunes to which we are subject , that two of his grandchildren have been protected by this same charity . The which estab
next institution founded was that of the Boys' School , was - lished , in 1798 , for the purpose of providing education ancl clothing to the sons of poor Freemasons ; ancl the number now deriving that benefit is sixty-five . At this school the children of country Brethren are elig ible to be elected , ancl when that is the case , they are sent to a respectable school in the town in which their parents reside , and their clothing is forwarded to them . Its funded property is about 5000 / ., VOL . VIII . X X
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Provincial.
S ONG , Believe me if ev ' ry strange symbol and sign Which AVO gazed on so fondly to-night . Convey'd not some moral—some lesson divine . Wc would banish them all from our sight ; As this moment they are , they shall still be adored , Though ihe world , unmasonic , condemn , While to us they such precepts of virtue afford
Or our actions are measured by them . 'Tis not the mere / o . v . i of the compass and square Thai tons can such pleasures impart . No ! it is the deep moral inculcated there Which is stampt on each true Mason's hcart . Oh ! a Lodge of Freemasons , where'er it may be , Is the dwelling of friendship and love . For there ' s none Avho in thought or in action can ilee
From the all-seeing Eye that ' s above . Additional Verse for the Jubilee of the ShuJcspeare Lodge . Thus fifty long years o ' er our Lodge have down past , Since ouv forefathers founded the scene . But friendship and brotherly love to the last Are as firm as they ever have been . Oil ! peace to the souls of the founders , Avhose hand Such a structure , Masonic , could raise ; May our Lodge on the square still continue to stand . And see fifty . nore jubilee days !
The Worship ful Master having called upon the Senior Warden for o f'fii ^ r Brother FORDER , S , AA . said , he had much pleasure in responding to the call of the W . M ., ancl more especially as the subject of the toast he was about to propose was that distinguishing characteristic of Freemasons—Charity . Upon an occasion like the present , when they were met to celebrate so interesting an epoch as the jubilee of the
Shakspeare Lodge , it would be unpardonable to omit alluding to those monuments of their fame , " The Masonic Charities , " of which the Girls ' School was the first instituted . The then patroness of that charity was the late Duchess of Cumberland , and amongstits vice-patronesses might he numbered the late Duchess of Marlborough and the Marchioness of Hastings . The funded property of this institution ( saicl Bro . F . ) is about 16000 /; the childrenhy their work , produce about 1-0 / .
now , , per annum , and the deficit in the income raised for the support of the establishment is made up by voluntary subscriptions at an annual festival . The number of girls maintained ancl educated is sixty-five . Of this benevolent institution the late Chevalier Bartholomew lluspini was one of the most zealous promoters , and it is a singular fact , illustrative of the casualties antl misfortunes to which we are subject , that two of his grandchildren have been protected by this same charity . The which estab
next institution founded was that of the Boys' School , was - lished , in 1798 , for the purpose of providing education ancl clothing to the sons of poor Freemasons ; ancl the number now deriving that benefit is sixty-five . At this school the children of country Brethren are elig ible to be elected , ancl when that is the case , they are sent to a respectable school in the town in which their parents reside , and their clothing is forwarded to them . Its funded property is about 5000 / ., VOL . VIII . X X