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Royal Masonic Institution Foe Boys.
ho had purchased in the Three perC ' cnt . Reduced the uOOl . voted , and vested it in the names of the D . G . M . Lord Yarborough , Bro . B . Bond Cabbell , C . Scott , Esq ., and the Treasurer , l ^ rom that they xvould see that no time had been lost iu carrying into effect the intentions of Grand Lodge . They xvould understand that that fund xvould not go towards the building , but for the sustentation of it , xx-hen it xvas completed . He trusted that they xvould follow the example of the Grand Lodge , and shoxv that the Brethren did take up the subject xvith the greatest
liberality and cordiality ( cheers ) . Lord DCJDLEV STUART said , in rising to return thanks for the toast which they had just been pleased to drink to theD . G . M . and the past and present Officers of Grand Lodge , he regretted that it had fallen to his lot to make the acknoxvledgments due to them . He regretted that the D . G . M was not able to be present on this occasion ; his absence xvas much lamented by the noble Lord , and xvas a source of tbe greatest regret to themselves . Lord Yarborough came up a long distance from the country for the special purpose of being present at this Festix'al , and
having seen him himself this morning he was able to confirm that he was pre-X'ented attending by severe indisposition . He ( Lord Dudley Stuart ) , therefore , must endeavour to express to them , on behalf of the D . G . M . and the Grand Officers , his thanks for the honour which they had done them . He xvas sure that they were all very inueh indebted to the " Brethren present , and encouraged by this mark of their kindness to proceed in the discharge of tlieir duties . He could not help expressing the gratification he felt in having the privilege of being present on this great occasion ; he called it a great occasionwhen men and Masons were
, assembled together as they xvere this evening , to carry out an object so eminently Masonic . He begged to direct their attention to the circular of the Boys' School , xvhere it xvould be seen that its objects were such as deserved the sympathy , and ought to command the support of all xvho desired the xvell-being of their felloxv creatures ; because it there stated , "That the object of this Institution xvas to receive under its protection the sons of indigent and deceased Brethren , to
provide them with decent clothing , and to afford them an education adapted to the si tuation in life they are most probably destined to occupy , and to inculcate such religious instructions as may be conformable to the tenets of their parents , and , ultimately , to apprentice them to suitable trades . " There they had every thing xvhich could be possibly desired ; for these children xvere clothed , educated , and brought up as useful members of society , and placed out in situations xvhere tbey might work out an honourable independence for themselves ; and , at the same time , be brought up in those religious tenets xvhich their parents approved
of . This was as it ought to be ; for there xvas nothing of an exclusive , sectarian , or a narroxv description ( cheers ); but this Institution , pi-oceeding on the broad and universal principles of Masonry , embraced all that required its assistance . He was sure that it xvould meet with support among those present , and that they xvould make it their business to recommend it to others when they left this room . In the present day , the attention of statesmen of the highest position xvas directed more than ever it used to be to the subject of education , because it xx as generallfeltthat to make men happy xvas to train them up in the xvay they
y , should go : and if that xvere the general feeling , surely it behoved them , as Masons , to further it , and to assist to the utmost that Institution where education would be dispensed by them in a more generous , a more liberal , and a more extended spirit ( cheers ) . If any thing xvere wanting to shoxv that there was a growing- anxiety among some of the Craft for the Boys' School , it xvould be found in the Eeport ; from xvhich he learned , that in 1850 , the donations and subscriptions amounted , to Hit . 18 s . Gd . ; in 1851 , to 7202 . 6 s . Od . ; and in 1 S 52 , to 11092 . lis . Sd . ; thus shoxvingthat within the last tliree years the amount had
, been nearly trebled ( cheers ) . He trusted that the result of this evening would surpass that of previous years , and that the earnestness and enthusiasm of the Brethren xvould go far beyond what they had ever before seen . He acknoxvledged with great pleasure and gratification the assistance rendered by the M . W . G . M ., not only on the behalf of this , but of all their charitable institutions . He had referred to the Girls' School , xvhich xvas progressing in a xvay xvhich it xvas most cheering to behold , and he ( Lord Dudley Stuart ) had the good fortune to be
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Royal Masonic Institution Foe Boys.
ho had purchased in the Three perC ' cnt . Reduced the uOOl . voted , and vested it in the names of the D . G . M . Lord Yarborough , Bro . B . Bond Cabbell , C . Scott , Esq ., and the Treasurer , l ^ rom that they xvould see that no time had been lost iu carrying into effect the intentions of Grand Lodge . They xvould understand that that fund xvould not go towards the building , but for the sustentation of it , xx-hen it xvas completed . He trusted that they xvould follow the example of the Grand Lodge , and shoxv that the Brethren did take up the subject xvith the greatest
liberality and cordiality ( cheers ) . Lord DCJDLEV STUART said , in rising to return thanks for the toast which they had just been pleased to drink to theD . G . M . and the past and present Officers of Grand Lodge , he regretted that it had fallen to his lot to make the acknoxvledgments due to them . He regretted that the D . G . M was not able to be present on this occasion ; his absence xvas much lamented by the noble Lord , and xvas a source of tbe greatest regret to themselves . Lord Yarborough came up a long distance from the country for the special purpose of being present at this Festix'al , and
having seen him himself this morning he was able to confirm that he was pre-X'ented attending by severe indisposition . He ( Lord Dudley Stuart ) , therefore , must endeavour to express to them , on behalf of the D . G . M . and the Grand Officers , his thanks for the honour which they had done them . He xvas sure that they were all very inueh indebted to the " Brethren present , and encouraged by this mark of their kindness to proceed in the discharge of tlieir duties . He could not help expressing the gratification he felt in having the privilege of being present on this great occasion ; he called it a great occasionwhen men and Masons were
, assembled together as they xvere this evening , to carry out an object so eminently Masonic . He begged to direct their attention to the circular of the Boys' School , xvhere it xvould be seen that its objects were such as deserved the sympathy , and ought to command the support of all xvho desired the xvell-being of their felloxv creatures ; because it there stated , "That the object of this Institution xvas to receive under its protection the sons of indigent and deceased Brethren , to
provide them with decent clothing , and to afford them an education adapted to the si tuation in life they are most probably destined to occupy , and to inculcate such religious instructions as may be conformable to the tenets of their parents , and , ultimately , to apprentice them to suitable trades . " There they had every thing xvhich could be possibly desired ; for these children xvere clothed , educated , and brought up as useful members of society , and placed out in situations xvhere tbey might work out an honourable independence for themselves ; and , at the same time , be brought up in those religious tenets xvhich their parents approved
of . This was as it ought to be ; for there xvas nothing of an exclusive , sectarian , or a narroxv description ( cheers ); but this Institution , pi-oceeding on the broad and universal principles of Masonry , embraced all that required its assistance . He was sure that it xvould meet with support among those present , and that they xvould make it their business to recommend it to others when they left this room . In the present day , the attention of statesmen of the highest position xvas directed more than ever it used to be to the subject of education , because it xx as generallfeltthat to make men happy xvas to train them up in the xvay they
y , should go : and if that xvere the general feeling , surely it behoved them , as Masons , to further it , and to assist to the utmost that Institution where education would be dispensed by them in a more generous , a more liberal , and a more extended spirit ( cheers ) . If any thing xvere wanting to shoxv that there was a growing- anxiety among some of the Craft for the Boys' School , it xvould be found in the Eeport ; from xvhich he learned , that in 1850 , the donations and subscriptions amounted , to Hit . 18 s . Gd . ; in 1851 , to 7202 . 6 s . Od . ; and in 1 S 52 , to 11092 . lis . Sd . ; thus shoxvingthat within the last tliree years the amount had
, been nearly trebled ( cheers ) . He trusted that the result of this evening would surpass that of previous years , and that the earnestness and enthusiasm of the Brethren xvould go far beyond what they had ever before seen . He acknoxvledged with great pleasure and gratification the assistance rendered by the M . W . G . M ., not only on the behalf of this , but of all their charitable institutions . He had referred to the Girls' School , xvhich xvas progressing in a xvay xvhich it xvas most cheering to behold , and he ( Lord Dudley Stuart ) had the good fortune to be