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Review Of Literature.
A Sermon hi aid ofthe Aged Masons' Asylum . By the Rev . H . R . Slade , Lecturer of Hampton , Middlesex . —This discourse was preached on the 27 th December last ( St . John ' s day ) , at the parish church of St . James Clerkenwell , and is published , by request , for the benefit of the Charity . " And even to your old age I am lie ; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you : I have made and I will bear ; even I will carry , and I will deliver . —ISAIAH XLVI . 4 . "
The reverend Brother enters boldly into his subject , with a determination to speak out from the pulpit words that may reach the heart , and direct its impulses to the exercise of charity . After quoting " the example of Him , even Jesus , who went about continually doing good among all , " he
observes" I find , too , on searching the archives of our Ancient and Honourable Order , that charity is a principle every where recognized by the general acts of the Brethren , but specifically so in more recent years . There can be , therefore , no just grounds for apprehension , lest we go out of the beaten paths , and make new ways for ourselves . But the surprise , in truth , is , not with respect to the question of precedents , nor to the agitation of a fresh feature in the economy of Masonic philanthropy ; but how such an Institution , as the one in contemplation , should have been so lony unerected and unendowed , side by side with other beneficent foundations which grace the list of Masonic Charities . "
The author next pays due respect to the opinions of the Rev . Dr . Oliver , and presents , in favour of his own argument , some elegant extracts from the writings of that distinguished Mason . The probable sneer of the popular world , that Freemasons have no Asylum , is met by a fervent hope that such apathy may not longer exist . His apostrophe to the female sex merits attention .
Am I reproaching you for your lack of zeal ancl liberality in this service—am I doubting your compassion and interest , when I turn ancl behold the galaxy of feminine beauty and tenderness which our benevolent object has summoned this clay around me ; ancl can I doubt of their sympathy ancl generous aid , when I regard those soft and gentle eyes beaming with intelligence , ami every emotion of charity , bedewed with the pearly drops of virtue ' s incense , at the bare recital of what may be a Brother ' s woe ! OhI am transported with the thought of the
, encouragement their sisterly presence gives to my feeble efforts , to vindicate the claims of the AA- ' orthy Aged and Decayed Brother , upon our hearts , our consciences , and our funds . By their endearing influences , I shall reach the humanities of their fathers , their brothers , and their husbands , and their betrothed , reaping a harvest of plenty , and to spare , for the comfort and repose of the Old Mason , and the fond partner of his thorny , way-worn pilgrimage . "
The fear of the Asylum being the means of injuring the Schools , is combatted with fairness and truth ; and , in pleading , he says"With regard to any apprehension that the establishment of the Asylum ivill detract from the prosperity of the two other standard charitable institutions of Freemasonry , the Boys' aud Girls' Schools , I foresee no such sordidly calculated result . God forbid , that because I would contribute my mite towards instituting , and endowing so necessary a refuge for the worthy destitute Freemason as the Asylum , I
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of Literature.
A Sermon hi aid ofthe Aged Masons' Asylum . By the Rev . H . R . Slade , Lecturer of Hampton , Middlesex . —This discourse was preached on the 27 th December last ( St . John ' s day ) , at the parish church of St . James Clerkenwell , and is published , by request , for the benefit of the Charity . " And even to your old age I am lie ; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you : I have made and I will bear ; even I will carry , and I will deliver . —ISAIAH XLVI . 4 . "
The reverend Brother enters boldly into his subject , with a determination to speak out from the pulpit words that may reach the heart , and direct its impulses to the exercise of charity . After quoting " the example of Him , even Jesus , who went about continually doing good among all , " he
observes" I find , too , on searching the archives of our Ancient and Honourable Order , that charity is a principle every where recognized by the general acts of the Brethren , but specifically so in more recent years . There can be , therefore , no just grounds for apprehension , lest we go out of the beaten paths , and make new ways for ourselves . But the surprise , in truth , is , not with respect to the question of precedents , nor to the agitation of a fresh feature in the economy of Masonic philanthropy ; but how such an Institution , as the one in contemplation , should have been so lony unerected and unendowed , side by side with other beneficent foundations which grace the list of Masonic Charities . "
The author next pays due respect to the opinions of the Rev . Dr . Oliver , and presents , in favour of his own argument , some elegant extracts from the writings of that distinguished Mason . The probable sneer of the popular world , that Freemasons have no Asylum , is met by a fervent hope that such apathy may not longer exist . His apostrophe to the female sex merits attention .
Am I reproaching you for your lack of zeal ancl liberality in this service—am I doubting your compassion and interest , when I turn ancl behold the galaxy of feminine beauty and tenderness which our benevolent object has summoned this clay around me ; ancl can I doubt of their sympathy ancl generous aid , when I regard those soft and gentle eyes beaming with intelligence , ami every emotion of charity , bedewed with the pearly drops of virtue ' s incense , at the bare recital of what may be a Brother ' s woe ! OhI am transported with the thought of the
, encouragement their sisterly presence gives to my feeble efforts , to vindicate the claims of the AA- ' orthy Aged and Decayed Brother , upon our hearts , our consciences , and our funds . By their endearing influences , I shall reach the humanities of their fathers , their brothers , and their husbands , and their betrothed , reaping a harvest of plenty , and to spare , for the comfort and repose of the Old Mason , and the fond partner of his thorny , way-worn pilgrimage . "
The fear of the Asylum being the means of injuring the Schools , is combatted with fairness and truth ; and , in pleading , he says"With regard to any apprehension that the establishment of the Asylum ivill detract from the prosperity of the two other standard charitable institutions of Freemasonry , the Boys' aud Girls' Schools , I foresee no such sordidly calculated result . God forbid , that because I would contribute my mite towards instituting , and endowing so necessary a refuge for the worthy destitute Freemason as the Asylum , I