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Provincial.
LINCOLN . —The Brethren of the Society of Free and Accepted Masons are all on the alert to carry into effect a design which does them honour ; and , if accomplished , will recommend Freemasonry to the favourable opinion of those who may hitherto have considered it , at the least , trivial ancl unimportant . It is no less than raising a Fund towards building and supporting a Hospital or College for the reception of Aged or Distressed Brethren of the Orderwho may have been
re-, duced by unforeseen misfortunes to penury and want . It is designed to be for the poor and worthy Mason , what Chelsea and Greenwich are to the superannuated soldier and sailor . Amongst the most active in the promotion of this laudable project , we are glad to observe the Deputy Chief of our own county . The following Address , which he has recently circulated amongst the Lodges , has been forwarded to us by a friend of the cause , ancl we readily insert it ; not only because we have
hitherto been careful to give full reports of all the proceedings of _ the Craft , for which , though not ourselves of the initiate , we entertain a high respect ; but because the appeal to the best feelings of humanity , which is embodied in the document , can scarcely fail to conduce most effectually to the purpose which it professedly has in view . * " Scopwick Vicarage , Jan . II , 1838 . " Worshipful Sir and Brother , —The unanimous opinion in behalf
ofthe projected Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemason , which was expressed at the late P . G . Lodge , has created a sensation , I am happy to find , amongst the Fraternity ; and I have received complimentary letters from several influential Brethren who are interested in
its success . I was indeed highly gratified at the outpouring of kindly sentiment and feeling which characterized that meeting ; ancl I congratulate you most cordially on the warmth and energy of your emotions , for they are a pure emanation of the science we profess . " The resolution of the last quarterly communication , That ' this' Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the worthy Aged and Lecayed Freemason to the favourable consideration of the Craft } will form an era in Masonry . The fountains of charity thus opened will
produce streams so copious and salutary , as to bring down the blessing of the grey head—sheltered from the storms of life , and nurtured in the imbecility of tottering age , ancl the hopefulness of irremediable infirmity . The sexagenarian Brother will now have a home . The virtuous distressed will find the protection of a roof , which he may proudly appropriate , as the triumph of principles which he has long advocated in theory ; and the destitution which follows a series of misfortunes , will derive
consolation amidst the heaviest pressure of adversity , from the prospect of a happy retreat , where the busy scenes of life may he closed in peace , harmony , ancl brotherly love . " Under these circumstances , both duty ancl inclination combine to impress upon my mind the necessity of calling your particular attention to the subject . " I look upon Freemasonry as an institution , which , with the Divine
blessing , cannot fail to renovate and reform mankind , if practised according to that pure and perfect model which is prescribed in its lectures . It is the Angel of Peace—clad in unsullied WHITE and crowned with olive—stretching forth the arms of love to embrace the offspring of
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Provincial.
LINCOLN . —The Brethren of the Society of Free and Accepted Masons are all on the alert to carry into effect a design which does them honour ; and , if accomplished , will recommend Freemasonry to the favourable opinion of those who may hitherto have considered it , at the least , trivial ancl unimportant . It is no less than raising a Fund towards building and supporting a Hospital or College for the reception of Aged or Distressed Brethren of the Orderwho may have been
re-, duced by unforeseen misfortunes to penury and want . It is designed to be for the poor and worthy Mason , what Chelsea and Greenwich are to the superannuated soldier and sailor . Amongst the most active in the promotion of this laudable project , we are glad to observe the Deputy Chief of our own county . The following Address , which he has recently circulated amongst the Lodges , has been forwarded to us by a friend of the cause , ancl we readily insert it ; not only because we have
hitherto been careful to give full reports of all the proceedings of _ the Craft , for which , though not ourselves of the initiate , we entertain a high respect ; but because the appeal to the best feelings of humanity , which is embodied in the document , can scarcely fail to conduce most effectually to the purpose which it professedly has in view . * " Scopwick Vicarage , Jan . II , 1838 . " Worshipful Sir and Brother , —The unanimous opinion in behalf
ofthe projected Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemason , which was expressed at the late P . G . Lodge , has created a sensation , I am happy to find , amongst the Fraternity ; and I have received complimentary letters from several influential Brethren who are interested in
its success . I was indeed highly gratified at the outpouring of kindly sentiment and feeling which characterized that meeting ; ancl I congratulate you most cordially on the warmth and energy of your emotions , for they are a pure emanation of the science we profess . " The resolution of the last quarterly communication , That ' this' Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the worthy Aged and Lecayed Freemason to the favourable consideration of the Craft } will form an era in Masonry . The fountains of charity thus opened will
produce streams so copious and salutary , as to bring down the blessing of the grey head—sheltered from the storms of life , and nurtured in the imbecility of tottering age , ancl the hopefulness of irremediable infirmity . The sexagenarian Brother will now have a home . The virtuous distressed will find the protection of a roof , which he may proudly appropriate , as the triumph of principles which he has long advocated in theory ; and the destitution which follows a series of misfortunes , will derive
consolation amidst the heaviest pressure of adversity , from the prospect of a happy retreat , where the busy scenes of life may he closed in peace , harmony , ancl brotherly love . " Under these circumstances , both duty ancl inclination combine to impress upon my mind the necessity of calling your particular attention to the subject . " I look upon Freemasonry as an institution , which , with the Divine
blessing , cannot fail to renovate and reform mankind , if practised according to that pure and perfect model which is prescribed in its lectures . It is the Angel of Peace—clad in unsullied WHITE and crowned with olive—stretching forth the arms of love to embrace the offspring of