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Article ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS. ← Page 2 of 2 Article THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT ANNUITY FUND. Page 1 of 2 →
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Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
The thanks of the subscribers were then unanimously voted to the chairman , and the meeting adjourned . At a subsequent meeting of the committee , the auditors were appointed , when Brother H . Browse was elected , vice Brother ( Rev . ) C . Vink , resigned .
The Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund.
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT ANNUITY FUND .
THE following extiacts from a letter addressed by the M . W . Grand Master to the Grand Lodge , on the 6 th December , 1837 , relating to the proposed Asylum , are , at the present time , particularly interesting . " That the Grand Lodge had already TWO * public charities to support , and which it is our duty to secure from future wants , by making their permament funds equal to the present expenditure . ^ Such object "being once obtainedit would facilitate the consideration and adoption
, of measures favourable to the new establishment proposed ; but always with the express understanding of the conditions previously stated . " The Grand Master is induced to make these observations , with a view of warning the Brethren not to allow their good feelings to carry them away , and by a hasty vote , peril the Charitable Institutions already existing , and from which the Craft derives so much benefit . J
" I he Grand Master has further to remark , that the Brethren are annually called upon to furnish a certain number of Stewards to manage business for those two establishments , which becomes very irksome and expensive ; it would , therefore , be both improvident and imprudent to impose an additional burden upon the Lodges , by a call for a third Board of Stewards on the formation of a new institution ; and the exertion of which Stewards , however great , could hardly be expected to realise a collection of more than one-third the aggregate receipts at the
anniversary meetings on behalf of the existing charities , and that mainly at the cost and loss of these two charities . ]] " The Grand Master has moreover to add , that although similar institutions may be found in various parts of the Continent , yet the same excuse cannot be pleaded for their existence in this country , because the many charitable foundations throughout England , and to which the BRETHREN MAY HAVE ACCESS , § preclude the urgency of their appeal to their charitable exertions as Masons . " The recommendation of the Asylum was , however , unanimous . il
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Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
The thanks of the subscribers were then unanimously voted to the chairman , and the meeting adjourned . At a subsequent meeting of the committee , the auditors were appointed , when Brother H . Browse was elected , vice Brother ( Rev . ) C . Vink , resigned .
The Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund.
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT ANNUITY FUND .
THE following extiacts from a letter addressed by the M . W . Grand Master to the Grand Lodge , on the 6 th December , 1837 , relating to the proposed Asylum , are , at the present time , particularly interesting . " That the Grand Lodge had already TWO * public charities to support , and which it is our duty to secure from future wants , by making their permament funds equal to the present expenditure . ^ Such object "being once obtainedit would facilitate the consideration and adoption
, of measures favourable to the new establishment proposed ; but always with the express understanding of the conditions previously stated . " The Grand Master is induced to make these observations , with a view of warning the Brethren not to allow their good feelings to carry them away , and by a hasty vote , peril the Charitable Institutions already existing , and from which the Craft derives so much benefit . J
" I he Grand Master has further to remark , that the Brethren are annually called upon to furnish a certain number of Stewards to manage business for those two establishments , which becomes very irksome and expensive ; it would , therefore , be both improvident and imprudent to impose an additional burden upon the Lodges , by a call for a third Board of Stewards on the formation of a new institution ; and the exertion of which Stewards , however great , could hardly be expected to realise a collection of more than one-third the aggregate receipts at the
anniversary meetings on behalf of the existing charities , and that mainly at the cost and loss of these two charities . ]] " The Grand Master has moreover to add , that although similar institutions may be found in various parts of the Continent , yet the same excuse cannot be pleaded for their existence in this country , because the many charitable foundations throughout England , and to which the BRETHREN MAY HAVE ACCESS , § preclude the urgency of their appeal to their charitable exertions as Masons . " The recommendation of the Asylum was , however , unanimous . il