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Article THE LATE BRO. RICHARD SMITH, ← Page 5 of 5 Article TO THE EDITOR. Page 1 of 3 →
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The Late Bro. Richard Smith,
The theatre was closed on the nights of the decease and funeral of . Bro . Smith . Bro . Smith was initiated rather late in life ; but he made up for this delay , working with freedom , fervency , and seal . He embraced with warmth the principles and ceremonies of the Craft ; six years before his death was invested with the highest honours of the fraternity ; and had been a long time Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the district . His last Masonic act was in advocacy of a charitable object . A portrait of him , an excellent likeness by Mr . Branwhite , was two years since placed in the Masonic hall , at the expence of the Craft .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
THE ASYI , CM FOR THE WORTHY AOED AND DECAYED FREEMASON . SIR AND BROTHER , —It has been very industriously reported , by a certain " Simon Pure , " that the originators of the Asylum are but copyists ; for that the matter had been long since the subject of deliberation in Grand Lodge , and at the Board of General Purposes . If our detractor is one of those unpretending Masonic patriots who " do
good by stealth , and blush to find it fame , " let him bear in mind , that —fama volat—his day is past . Now for a few facts . In 1832 , at a meeting of theNore Committee , held at the Bull ' s-head , Leadenhall-street , to close accounts after a successful cruise in favour of the Boys' School , whereat were present , among some twenty other Brethren , the late Brothers Col . Forrest , Lythgoe , and Coe ; in a conversation with the two former , an outline of a plan for a building to receive as inmates , and protect as Masons , the worthy and aged of our Craft , was suggested . The former agreed in toto , but Bro .
Lytbgoe thought that a school-house for the boys should be the firstobject , and an asylum for the aged the second ; that , the one object effected , he would cheerfully co-operate for the erection of the other ; and , for this purpose , he would subscribe £ 25 for a building fund , to which he had already several names with a similar amount . At the very next meeting of the Boys' Committee , he advised a conference with the treasurer of the institution . That officer did not himself object , but
intimated that the project would not find favour elsewhere . Thus hope was deferred , and even the leviathan Bro . Coe was appalled : his favourite object appeared to be for ever lost . AVhoever has been to sea knows well the importance of heaving the lead—frequent soundings always effect practical benefit . It had been often proved at the Board of Benevolence that we had began at the wrong end ; which opinion was confirmed by a veteran Masonwhoalthough he has since submitted
, , to the process of holy-stoning and polishing , as practised by the " afterguard , " and of which a proof is evident in his portrait , taken during the operation , still I must regard him , for the candid declaration he made at the time— "That , desirous as he was the Boys' School should be built , he was yet more anxious that the Asylum should b" the first edifice . "
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The Late Bro. Richard Smith,
The theatre was closed on the nights of the decease and funeral of . Bro . Smith . Bro . Smith was initiated rather late in life ; but he made up for this delay , working with freedom , fervency , and seal . He embraced with warmth the principles and ceremonies of the Craft ; six years before his death was invested with the highest honours of the fraternity ; and had been a long time Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the district . His last Masonic act was in advocacy of a charitable object . A portrait of him , an excellent likeness by Mr . Branwhite , was two years since placed in the Masonic hall , at the expence of the Craft .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
THE ASYI , CM FOR THE WORTHY AOED AND DECAYED FREEMASON . SIR AND BROTHER , —It has been very industriously reported , by a certain " Simon Pure , " that the originators of the Asylum are but copyists ; for that the matter had been long since the subject of deliberation in Grand Lodge , and at the Board of General Purposes . If our detractor is one of those unpretending Masonic patriots who " do
good by stealth , and blush to find it fame , " let him bear in mind , that —fama volat—his day is past . Now for a few facts . In 1832 , at a meeting of theNore Committee , held at the Bull ' s-head , Leadenhall-street , to close accounts after a successful cruise in favour of the Boys' School , whereat were present , among some twenty other Brethren , the late Brothers Col . Forrest , Lythgoe , and Coe ; in a conversation with the two former , an outline of a plan for a building to receive as inmates , and protect as Masons , the worthy and aged of our Craft , was suggested . The former agreed in toto , but Bro .
Lytbgoe thought that a school-house for the boys should be the firstobject , and an asylum for the aged the second ; that , the one object effected , he would cheerfully co-operate for the erection of the other ; and , for this purpose , he would subscribe £ 25 for a building fund , to which he had already several names with a similar amount . At the very next meeting of the Boys' Committee , he advised a conference with the treasurer of the institution . That officer did not himself object , but
intimated that the project would not find favour elsewhere . Thus hope was deferred , and even the leviathan Bro . Coe was appalled : his favourite object appeared to be for ever lost . AVhoever has been to sea knows well the importance of heaving the lead—frequent soundings always effect practical benefit . It had been often proved at the Board of Benevolence that we had began at the wrong end ; which opinion was confirmed by a veteran Masonwhoalthough he has since submitted
, , to the process of holy-stoning and polishing , as practised by the " afterguard , " and of which a proof is evident in his portrait , taken during the operation , still I must regard him , for the candid declaration he made at the time— "That , desirous as he was the Boys' School should be built , he was yet more anxious that the Asylum should b" the first edifice . "