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Freemasons' Quarterly Advertiser. No. Xv...
FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY ADVERTISER . No . XV . —SEPTEMBER 30 , 1846 .
Asylum Eor The Worthy Aged And Decayed F...
ASYLUM EOR THE WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS . " That this Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemason to the favourable consideration ofthe Craft . "—Unanimous Resolution oj Grand Lodge , December G , 1837 . CEMBEA 1 COSVUBESTTEE ,
THE TRUSTEES , TREASURER , LIFE GOVERNORS , AND BROS . J . P . ACKLAM . BROS . R . OSBORNE . BROS . MARTIN SANGSTER . „ J . BARNES , JUN . „ ED . PHILLIPS . „ W . H . SMITH . „ E . BREWSTER . „ . JAMES PIKE . „ R . SPENCER . „ H . BROWSE . „ J . POWIS . „ JOHN LEE STEVENS . „ D . DAVIES . „ T . PRYER . „ T . TOMBLESON . „ J . HUGHES . „ WILLIAM RACKSTRAW . „ W . WILCOCKSON .
„ S . H . LEE . ,, W . RAYNER . „ W . L . WRIGHT . Trustees—Right Hon . EARL OF ABOYNE ; Right Hon . LORD SOUTHAMPTON ; Col . the Hon . G . ANSON , M . P . ; B . B . CABBELL , M . P ., F . R . S . ; R . T . CRUCEFIX , LL . D . Treasurer—BRO . ROBERT T . CRUCEFIX , L . L . D ., Grove , Gravesend . Bankers—MESSRS . PRESCOTT , GROTE & Co ., Threadneedle-street . Auditors—BRS . BROWSE , PIKE , STAPLES , and G . W . TURNER . Secretary—BRO . JOHN WHITMOUE , 125 , Oxford-street . By all of whom Subscriptions are received .
THE object of the contemplated Asylum is simple—to provide that shelter and support in his latter days for the Worthy Aged aud Decayed Freemason , which nearly all other classes have already done for those connected with their happier hours , and dependent bn their benevolence . It would be unnecessary to say any thing in support of such a charity , to a body with whom the exercise of that virtue , in its most boundless extent , is a primary obligation . Its friends and projectors utterly disclaim all idea of interference with the other Masonic Charitiesbut they simply urge this as the crowning stone of the edificeas the
, , sacred ark in which those who have in better times contributed to the support of these two admirable institutions , may themselves , should the dark hour of distress come , find refuge and succour . While England abounds in homes of benevolence for the distressed , it appears a strange anomaly that the Aged and Decayed Freemason alone , is without this cheering prospectan anomaly rendered more striking from the fact that no body of men has had higher patronage , richer members , or more benevolent objects .
! gg * THE GENERAL COMMITTEE OF THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS most earnestly direct the attention of their Provincial Brethren to the state of the Funds of that excellent Institution , and trust , that by the aid of Lodges and private Contributions , the serious expense to which the Charity has been subjected may be met by the kindness and liberality of the Craft . Post Office Orders , Bank paper , or references on London Houses , will be thankfully acknowledged by the Bankers , MESSRS . PRESCOTT AND CO ., 62 , Threadneedle Street , London ; the Treasurer , Dit . CRUCEFIX , Grove , Gravesend , Kent ; or the Secretary , MR . JOHN WHITMORE , 125 , Oxford Street , London .
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Freemasons' Quarterly Advertiser. No. Xv...
FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY ADVERTISER . No . XV . —SEPTEMBER 30 , 1846 .
Asylum Eor The Worthy Aged And Decayed F...
ASYLUM EOR THE WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS . " That this Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemason to the favourable consideration ofthe Craft . "—Unanimous Resolution oj Grand Lodge , December G , 1837 . CEMBEA 1 COSVUBESTTEE ,
THE TRUSTEES , TREASURER , LIFE GOVERNORS , AND BROS . J . P . ACKLAM . BROS . R . OSBORNE . BROS . MARTIN SANGSTER . „ J . BARNES , JUN . „ ED . PHILLIPS . „ W . H . SMITH . „ E . BREWSTER . „ . JAMES PIKE . „ R . SPENCER . „ H . BROWSE . „ J . POWIS . „ JOHN LEE STEVENS . „ D . DAVIES . „ T . PRYER . „ T . TOMBLESON . „ J . HUGHES . „ WILLIAM RACKSTRAW . „ W . WILCOCKSON .
„ S . H . LEE . ,, W . RAYNER . „ W . L . WRIGHT . Trustees—Right Hon . EARL OF ABOYNE ; Right Hon . LORD SOUTHAMPTON ; Col . the Hon . G . ANSON , M . P . ; B . B . CABBELL , M . P ., F . R . S . ; R . T . CRUCEFIX , LL . D . Treasurer—BRO . ROBERT T . CRUCEFIX , L . L . D ., Grove , Gravesend . Bankers—MESSRS . PRESCOTT , GROTE & Co ., Threadneedle-street . Auditors—BRS . BROWSE , PIKE , STAPLES , and G . W . TURNER . Secretary—BRO . JOHN WHITMOUE , 125 , Oxford-street . By all of whom Subscriptions are received .
THE object of the contemplated Asylum is simple—to provide that shelter and support in his latter days for the Worthy Aged aud Decayed Freemason , which nearly all other classes have already done for those connected with their happier hours , and dependent bn their benevolence . It would be unnecessary to say any thing in support of such a charity , to a body with whom the exercise of that virtue , in its most boundless extent , is a primary obligation . Its friends and projectors utterly disclaim all idea of interference with the other Masonic Charitiesbut they simply urge this as the crowning stone of the edificeas the
, , sacred ark in which those who have in better times contributed to the support of these two admirable institutions , may themselves , should the dark hour of distress come , find refuge and succour . While England abounds in homes of benevolence for the distressed , it appears a strange anomaly that the Aged and Decayed Freemason alone , is without this cheering prospectan anomaly rendered more striking from the fact that no body of men has had higher patronage , richer members , or more benevolent objects .
! gg * THE GENERAL COMMITTEE OF THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS most earnestly direct the attention of their Provincial Brethren to the state of the Funds of that excellent Institution , and trust , that by the aid of Lodges and private Contributions , the serious expense to which the Charity has been subjected may be met by the kindness and liberality of the Craft . Post Office Orders , Bank paper , or references on London Houses , will be thankfully acknowledged by the Bankers , MESSRS . PRESCOTT AND CO ., 62 , Threadneedle Street , London ; the Treasurer , Dit . CRUCEFIX , Grove , Gravesend , Kent ; or the Secretary , MR . JOHN WHITMORE , 125 , Oxford Street , London .