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Quarterly Communication.
increased payment . He at the same time disclaimed any intention to disparage the personal character or services of the Brother in question , but that the grant was uncalled for , and not supported by any necessity whatever ; he should therefore move as an amendment , "that such portion of the Report of the Board of General Purposes be not confirmed . " Some discussion ensued , and the original motion was carried b y a large majority .
ANNUITIES TO WIDOWS . The Grand Master in the Chair then called on Bro . Crucefix to proceed with his motion for Annuities to Widows , which having been read by the Grand Secretary , Bro . CRUCEFIX briefly entered into the explanation of the subject , which was of too obvious and important a nature to require a lengthened development ; it was a subject that came home to every thinking mind
ancl feeling heart—that the Grand Lodge having that evening rewarded the twenty years' services of their clerk—would they refuse to cheer the desolate home of the bereaved widow , more especially , as the means at hand were most ample for the purpose ; was she , whose husband had by her permission supported Freemasonry , to he told when Providence had removed her sole support , that she was to be cast on the desolation of poverty in mockery and derision ? He spoke with less pain and greater
hope than ever , in the belief that the claims of the widow would at length be met by a just ancl honourable acknowledgment , he would say no more , ancl hardly anticipating any occasion to reply , he moved the resolution , which was seconded by Bro . the Rev . W . J . Carver . Bro . DOBIE thought that Bro . Crucefix having held up his hand against the grant to Bro . Farufield , was not warranted in alluding to that matter in the support of his own motionto whichhoweverhe ( Bro .
, , , D . ) did not otherwise object , than that it was not sufficiently definite , and should be deferred for consideration and amendment . He would enquire if the widows were to undergo election ; in fact , there required many alterations in the motion before it could succeed . Bro . PEARCE ( Penzance ) observed that widows at present were relieved by the Board of Benevolence;—could not that mode of relief be increased ?
Bro . Mq MULLEN thought that a future time the motion would be entertained with some prospect of success , but not at present . The Committee of the Benevolent Annuity Fund , at the commencement of their labours , intimated their desire , when that system was matured , to consider the subject of annuities to widows , but they had twenty-five annuitants , and a vast number of candidates , from which but few could be selected at the next annual meeting ; he trusted , therefore , the mover would withdraw the motion for the present .
Bro . WHITE ( G . S . ) entered into a very elaborate statement of the Fund of Benevolence from 1840 to the present time , shewing that , although for the first three years of that period , the Grand Treasurer hacl always been in advance ; that , subsequently , the case was otherwise , for that the balance had so gradually increased in its favour , that on an average of the last seven years there was an excess of income over expenditure of two hundred ancl fifty pounds . He thought it his duty to give these particulars , but was not desirous of offering any opinion . Bro . CRUCEFIX , in reply , congratulated the Grand Lodge on the mani-
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Quarterly Communication.
increased payment . He at the same time disclaimed any intention to disparage the personal character or services of the Brother in question , but that the grant was uncalled for , and not supported by any necessity whatever ; he should therefore move as an amendment , "that such portion of the Report of the Board of General Purposes be not confirmed . " Some discussion ensued , and the original motion was carried b y a large majority .
ANNUITIES TO WIDOWS . The Grand Master in the Chair then called on Bro . Crucefix to proceed with his motion for Annuities to Widows , which having been read by the Grand Secretary , Bro . CRUCEFIX briefly entered into the explanation of the subject , which was of too obvious and important a nature to require a lengthened development ; it was a subject that came home to every thinking mind
ancl feeling heart—that the Grand Lodge having that evening rewarded the twenty years' services of their clerk—would they refuse to cheer the desolate home of the bereaved widow , more especially , as the means at hand were most ample for the purpose ; was she , whose husband had by her permission supported Freemasonry , to he told when Providence had removed her sole support , that she was to be cast on the desolation of poverty in mockery and derision ? He spoke with less pain and greater
hope than ever , in the belief that the claims of the widow would at length be met by a just ancl honourable acknowledgment , he would say no more , ancl hardly anticipating any occasion to reply , he moved the resolution , which was seconded by Bro . the Rev . W . J . Carver . Bro . DOBIE thought that Bro . Crucefix having held up his hand against the grant to Bro . Farufield , was not warranted in alluding to that matter in the support of his own motionto whichhoweverhe ( Bro .
, , , D . ) did not otherwise object , than that it was not sufficiently definite , and should be deferred for consideration and amendment . He would enquire if the widows were to undergo election ; in fact , there required many alterations in the motion before it could succeed . Bro . PEARCE ( Penzance ) observed that widows at present were relieved by the Board of Benevolence;—could not that mode of relief be increased ?
Bro . Mq MULLEN thought that a future time the motion would be entertained with some prospect of success , but not at present . The Committee of the Benevolent Annuity Fund , at the commencement of their labours , intimated their desire , when that system was matured , to consider the subject of annuities to widows , but they had twenty-five annuitants , and a vast number of candidates , from which but few could be selected at the next annual meeting ; he trusted , therefore , the mover would withdraw the motion for the present .
Bro . WHITE ( G . S . ) entered into a very elaborate statement of the Fund of Benevolence from 1840 to the present time , shewing that , although for the first three years of that period , the Grand Treasurer hacl always been in advance ; that , subsequently , the case was otherwise , for that the balance had so gradually increased in its favour , that on an average of the last seven years there was an excess of income over expenditure of two hundred ancl fifty pounds . He thought it his duty to give these particulars , but was not desirous of offering any opinion . Bro . CRUCEFIX , in reply , congratulated the Grand Lodge on the mani-