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article in the treaty—the erection of the Asylum ; but they have bequeathed the cause as a legacy to the Craft , and let us hope to be by them carried into the most perfect success . It will be observed , when penning a few tributary lines to the late Brother Meyrick , we stated , that he did not live to perform a conditional promise . In the case of Brother Prescott there are subjects of consideration still more impressivewhich are not altogether improper to introduce .
, On the very last day that he attended business in London , the third party waited upon him to take his sentiments upon some topics—one of which has since failed in Grand Lodge ; the second has been marked by three dissentient hands ( not voices ); the third is before the Masonic world—its streamers waving in the breeze which " G ratitude" has fanned ; and the fourth topic was the Asylum , when , in conclusion of a conversation now deeply imprinted in memory , lis spoke nearly as follows .
" My leg is but very indifferent— I never have thoroughly recovered from a serious illness with which I was afflicted some years since , and I must retire for a time from business , to my house in the country . Your object ought to be taken up by Grand Lodge , it is deserving of support from every Mason , and I hope yet to be one of the trustees . I ' trust to see you again , and think that if a strenuous application were made to some of the wealthier Masons , they might be induced to
remember the Asylum by bequest . " His words were indeed prophetic , they were alas ! too soon and fleeting , a family of affectionate kindred were about to be bereaved , by the will of Providence , of their best friend . The words were uttered too late for the thoughtful consideration of him who might , had he been spared a little longer , have acted upon the sentiment they conveyedhe never returned to business . He has , indeed , retired to his house in the country!—a good man has been gathered to his fathers . We know not why we tremble as we write—but we do tremble .
Sept . 2 S «/ i . —Brother JAMES A . FRAMPTON . The deceased Brother had retired some time from Masonic publicity , nor have we been able to glean many particulars . It appears , however , that he was nominated by the Grand Master to serve as a Grand Steward on the 29 th May , 1815 , and that he acted as Secretary to the Board . In 1818 he was appointed Senior Grand Deacon ; in May , 1 S 29 , he was appointed Assistant Sojourner in the brand Chapter .
THOMAS RITCIIINGS S MITH , Esq ., Past S . G . Deacon , and trustee of the Masonic Institution for Boys , died on the 14 th of October last , in a manner most awfully sudden and unexpected , by the rupture of a blood-vessel in the head , and although medical assistance was immediately had , he breathed his last on the same day , in the sixty-fifth year of his age . Our lamented Brother was received into Freemasonry in the year
1819 , in the Grand Masters' Lodge ; after serving the various subordinate offices , he was elected , and presided as W . M . in the year 1825 . He acted as Steward to the Masonic Charities ( to both of which he was a life-governor ) , as also to the festival in honour of the M . W . Grand Master ' s birth-day . In 1 S 21 he likewise represented the Lodge as Grand Steward , at the annual Grand Festival . He then became a member of the Grand Stewards' Lodge , over which he presided with great zeal and ability . In the year 1 S 22 , when his late Royal Highness the Duke of York , VOL . ill . ^ ft
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Obituary.
article in the treaty—the erection of the Asylum ; but they have bequeathed the cause as a legacy to the Craft , and let us hope to be by them carried into the most perfect success . It will be observed , when penning a few tributary lines to the late Brother Meyrick , we stated , that he did not live to perform a conditional promise . In the case of Brother Prescott there are subjects of consideration still more impressivewhich are not altogether improper to introduce .
, On the very last day that he attended business in London , the third party waited upon him to take his sentiments upon some topics—one of which has since failed in Grand Lodge ; the second has been marked by three dissentient hands ( not voices ); the third is before the Masonic world—its streamers waving in the breeze which " G ratitude" has fanned ; and the fourth topic was the Asylum , when , in conclusion of a conversation now deeply imprinted in memory , lis spoke nearly as follows .
" My leg is but very indifferent— I never have thoroughly recovered from a serious illness with which I was afflicted some years since , and I must retire for a time from business , to my house in the country . Your object ought to be taken up by Grand Lodge , it is deserving of support from every Mason , and I hope yet to be one of the trustees . I ' trust to see you again , and think that if a strenuous application were made to some of the wealthier Masons , they might be induced to
remember the Asylum by bequest . " His words were indeed prophetic , they were alas ! too soon and fleeting , a family of affectionate kindred were about to be bereaved , by the will of Providence , of their best friend . The words were uttered too late for the thoughtful consideration of him who might , had he been spared a little longer , have acted upon the sentiment they conveyedhe never returned to business . He has , indeed , retired to his house in the country!—a good man has been gathered to his fathers . We know not why we tremble as we write—but we do tremble .
Sept . 2 S «/ i . —Brother JAMES A . FRAMPTON . The deceased Brother had retired some time from Masonic publicity , nor have we been able to glean many particulars . It appears , however , that he was nominated by the Grand Master to serve as a Grand Steward on the 29 th May , 1815 , and that he acted as Secretary to the Board . In 1818 he was appointed Senior Grand Deacon ; in May , 1 S 29 , he was appointed Assistant Sojourner in the brand Chapter .
THOMAS RITCIIINGS S MITH , Esq ., Past S . G . Deacon , and trustee of the Masonic Institution for Boys , died on the 14 th of October last , in a manner most awfully sudden and unexpected , by the rupture of a blood-vessel in the head , and although medical assistance was immediately had , he breathed his last on the same day , in the sixty-fifth year of his age . Our lamented Brother was received into Freemasonry in the year
1819 , in the Grand Masters' Lodge ; after serving the various subordinate offices , he was elected , and presided as W . M . in the year 1825 . He acted as Steward to the Masonic Charities ( to both of which he was a life-governor ) , as also to the festival in honour of the M . W . Grand Master ' s birth-day . In 1 S 21 he likewise represented the Lodge as Grand Steward , at the annual Grand Festival . He then became a member of the Grand Stewards' Lodge , over which he presided with great zeal and ability . In the year 1 S 22 , when his late Royal Highness the Duke of York , VOL . ill . ^ ft