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Article THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS. ← Page 4 of 6 →
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The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
means , than those whom T . G . A . O . T . U . has blessed with more ample sources . The Lodges having responded to this appeal , as we believe they will , and the Brethren having contributed , as they can afford , their shillings , half crowns , five shillings , half
sovereigns , and sovereigns , it may be inquired , how shall the sums be remitted , and to whom ? There will be no difficult } '' about this . Bro . Farnfield , the worthy ancl indefatigable Secretary of the Institution , * will onl y be too g lad we are confident , to receive remittances , and to place them
to the account of the Asylum , with the Grand Treasurer , Bro . Percival , of the firm of Willis , Percival and Co ., Bankers , London ; and , independentl y of this means of sending up such remittances , we will ourselves g ladl y undertake to receive them , if made payable through Bro .
Richard Spencer , -j- our publisher ; and hold ourselves responsible to see them faithfully applied , and properly accounted for . " But what will the Grand Lodge of England say to this scheme ? " some over-scrupulous Brother maybe disposed to ask . We answer , " GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND IS NEVER DEAF TO THE CALLS OF CHARITY AND BENEVOLENCE !
We believe , —in fact we know , —that the Grand Lodge would be onl y too glad to congratulate the Craft , upon the funds having been provided , which should make THE OLD MAN ' ASYLUM as noble and as enduring an institution , as those of the Girls' and Boys' Schools . The Grand Lodge has
assented to the amalgamation of the Annuity Fund with this Charity . Whatever doubts once existed , as to the expediency of a building in connection with the Order , those doubts are now removed . Whatever differences of opinion formerl y prevailed , those differences have been blotted out , since the death of that Brother , J who first mooted the design ,
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The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
means , than those whom T . G . A . O . T . U . has blessed with more ample sources . The Lodges having responded to this appeal , as we believe they will , and the Brethren having contributed , as they can afford , their shillings , half crowns , five shillings , half
sovereigns , and sovereigns , it may be inquired , how shall the sums be remitted , and to whom ? There will be no difficult } '' about this . Bro . Farnfield , the worthy ancl indefatigable Secretary of the Institution , * will onl y be too g lad we are confident , to receive remittances , and to place them
to the account of the Asylum , with the Grand Treasurer , Bro . Percival , of the firm of Willis , Percival and Co ., Bankers , London ; and , independentl y of this means of sending up such remittances , we will ourselves g ladl y undertake to receive them , if made payable through Bro .
Richard Spencer , -j- our publisher ; and hold ourselves responsible to see them faithfully applied , and properly accounted for . " But what will the Grand Lodge of England say to this scheme ? " some over-scrupulous Brother maybe disposed to ask . We answer , " GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND IS NEVER DEAF TO THE CALLS OF CHARITY AND BENEVOLENCE !
We believe , —in fact we know , —that the Grand Lodge would be onl y too glad to congratulate the Craft , upon the funds having been provided , which should make THE OLD MAN ' ASYLUM as noble and as enduring an institution , as those of the Girls' and Boys' Schools . The Grand Lodge has
assented to the amalgamation of the Annuity Fund with this Charity . Whatever doubts once existed , as to the expediency of a building in connection with the Order , those doubts are now removed . Whatever differences of opinion formerl y prevailed , those differences have been blotted out , since the death of that Brother , J who first mooted the design ,