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me it has seemed as if a partial revelation of the future has been permitted . " Believe me , my kind and dear friend , yours ever faithfully , ¦ 'ROBERT : THOMAS CRUCEI-IX . "
{ To the same . ) " GROVE , GRAVESEND , Sept . 22 , 1849 . "My ever dear Friend , —I hopefully trust that I am out of immediate clanger ; but I have only a respite , not a reprieve . These few days past havo caused a relapse ; the cough has returned , though not with all its late violence . Still the sputa bear too nnmistakeable evidence that the most cautious restriction is absolutely needed . Ever yours , ROBERT THOMAS CKTJCEFIX . "
Under date of October 28 , he says— "We purpose to be in Bath about the 12 th proximo . I am packing up a cargo of papers and letters , and even books , in order to commence the work of destruction . " And I am afraid many valuable papers were committed to the flames which would have been of considerable utility towards illustrating the state of Masonry during his times . He found himself drawing by gradual steps nearer and nearer to that bourne from
which no traveller returns ; but he was fortunate enough to live till his two grand projects were completed , viz ., the Asylum and the Widows' Fund . In his Address to the Craft in September , 1849 , he thus concludes : — "I hail the tranquil proceedings of the last Grand Lodge as an auspicious omen . It was oil on the troubled watersancl carries with it hope for the future . The confirmation
, of the vote for annuities to widows , was in particular a graceful tribute paid to deserving woman , and to those who have , with untiring zeal , supported the ennobling principles of honour and justice . " At the close of the year the committee of the Asylum announced that " the ceremony of laying the foundation stone had been waived
in consideration of deep respect for one of its leading institutors , amid universal regret for the severe illness which must have precluded his personal attendance ; but the ceremony of consecration will be conducted with all due regard to the solemnity of the occasion , and the magnitude of the high principles involved . The edifice already presents a very imposing appearance , ancl the
lnstitutor may well be proud of his estimable colleagues ; in his regretted retirement it may be a devout consolation to him to know how powerfully his spirit has enkindled such kindred actions . "
" To THE REV . DE . OLIVER . BATH , Dec . 20 , 1849 . " My dear Friend , —Although as yet I can neither dress or undress myself , yet I have , after a month ' s close confinement , been out to-day and basked in the sun . This indulgence has greatly inspirited me , and I almost dare to hope that our common Father may vouchsafe me still greater blessings . On the whole I am certainly better .
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me it has seemed as if a partial revelation of the future has been permitted . " Believe me , my kind and dear friend , yours ever faithfully , ¦ 'ROBERT : THOMAS CRUCEI-IX . "
{ To the same . ) " GROVE , GRAVESEND , Sept . 22 , 1849 . "My ever dear Friend , —I hopefully trust that I am out of immediate clanger ; but I have only a respite , not a reprieve . These few days past havo caused a relapse ; the cough has returned , though not with all its late violence . Still the sputa bear too nnmistakeable evidence that the most cautious restriction is absolutely needed . Ever yours , ROBERT THOMAS CKTJCEFIX . "
Under date of October 28 , he says— "We purpose to be in Bath about the 12 th proximo . I am packing up a cargo of papers and letters , and even books , in order to commence the work of destruction . " And I am afraid many valuable papers were committed to the flames which would have been of considerable utility towards illustrating the state of Masonry during his times . He found himself drawing by gradual steps nearer and nearer to that bourne from
which no traveller returns ; but he was fortunate enough to live till his two grand projects were completed , viz ., the Asylum and the Widows' Fund . In his Address to the Craft in September , 1849 , he thus concludes : — "I hail the tranquil proceedings of the last Grand Lodge as an auspicious omen . It was oil on the troubled watersancl carries with it hope for the future . The confirmation
, of the vote for annuities to widows , was in particular a graceful tribute paid to deserving woman , and to those who have , with untiring zeal , supported the ennobling principles of honour and justice . " At the close of the year the committee of the Asylum announced that " the ceremony of laying the foundation stone had been waived
in consideration of deep respect for one of its leading institutors , amid universal regret for the severe illness which must have precluded his personal attendance ; but the ceremony of consecration will be conducted with all due regard to the solemnity of the occasion , and the magnitude of the high principles involved . The edifice already presents a very imposing appearance , ancl the
lnstitutor may well be proud of his estimable colleagues ; in his regretted retirement it may be a devout consolation to him to know how powerfully his spirit has enkindled such kindred actions . "
" To THE REV . DE . OLIVER . BATH , Dec . 20 , 1849 . " My dear Friend , —Although as yet I can neither dress or undress myself , yet I have , after a month ' s close confinement , been out to-day and basked in the sun . This indulgence has greatly inspirited me , and I almost dare to hope that our common Father may vouchsafe me still greater blessings . On the whole I am certainly better .