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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION. ← Page 3 of 7 →
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Quarterly Communication.
" That His Royal Highness was not unfriendly to the measure , but that tbe Hrethren must be cautious not to be carried away by their feelings , nor by a hasty vote to peril the existing Charities . " Dr . Crucefix then resumed his address : M y Lord , that letter having been read will of course be entered on the minutes . It contains all that could be hoped for from the nobleminded writerand in his absence will cheer me through my task
, , rendered now no longer difficult . That letter indicates the line of conduct which H . R . H . would have pursued had he been present , pointing out our strict line of duty , which is simply this , —while advocating the cause of the worth y , Aged , and Decayed Freemason not to endanger , in the slightest possible degree , the orphan and the friendless child . Be this my promise on behalf of all who are associated in the cause for which I now plead , " That this communication of the Grand Master shall be
observed to tbe very letter ; we will not endanger those mainstays of our Order , but , on the contrary , will exert ourselves still more energetically to support them . " It is , however , deeply indeed to be regretted that His Royal Highness is not present with us this evening . His power , which is of the heart , would have been shown in that unaffected manner , that while he ivould have discoursed on such a subjectit would have fallen like " sweet music" on the earand sure we
, , all are that the worthy veterans of his Craft ivould not have wanted a zealous advocate in their Grand Master . Before I proceed further , 1 must pay a debt of honour where it is due . M y immediate successor in office , the present Junior Grand Deacon , some years since issued a circular to the Craft , and an eminent counsel also advocated in Grand Lodge the leading points connected
with my notice of motion . Good fortune , however , did not attend their praiseworthy efforts ; their advocacy fell to the ground like seed hy the way side . But I eagerly sieze this the first public opportunity to thank them , and to state honestly that had 1 known of these circumstances in proper time I would most gratefully have taken counsel with them . At length " good report" has been heard in favour of the cause , and this night I am instructed b y its friends and supporters to plead
before you as its advocate . AVhy an Asylum for tbe meritorious Craftsman should have been so long delayed is indeed an anomaly ; surely it cannot be that ive are so fond of secrecy that we feel ashamed of a public temple . In that book—THE GREAT POE . II OF LIFE—it is not so stated , and that book is the guide of the Mason ' s faith . Let us boldly avow that ive owe to AGE , to ourselves , and to the illustrious and noble-minded Prince and Grand Master-Masonthat some
, honourable memorial of our icraand of his protectorate shall be handed down to future ages . We often in general life begin at the wrong end , and I am inclined to believe that in the case of our Charities this has been the case , or surely , without prejudice to the Schools for youth , the Aged should firsthave been provided for . The infant pleads at once and successfully to the heart of man ; its prayer is resistless ; and there is not one now present who could hear a liant child without affording
supp it some relief ' . HE DARE NOT ; his life-blood would rise in judgment . Yet how many of us can—nay , do—pass by the aged mendicant , who can scarce speak his poverty , which is too evident , were it not that mortality in its decadence is revolting to behold ; yet how many honest hearts are thus doomed to the loneliest desolation in the busiest haunts of men ? May the God of our faith dispose aud turn our hearts this night in his favour .
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Quarterly Communication.
" That His Royal Highness was not unfriendly to the measure , but that tbe Hrethren must be cautious not to be carried away by their feelings , nor by a hasty vote to peril the existing Charities . " Dr . Crucefix then resumed his address : M y Lord , that letter having been read will of course be entered on the minutes . It contains all that could be hoped for from the nobleminded writerand in his absence will cheer me through my task
, , rendered now no longer difficult . That letter indicates the line of conduct which H . R . H . would have pursued had he been present , pointing out our strict line of duty , which is simply this , —while advocating the cause of the worth y , Aged , and Decayed Freemason not to endanger , in the slightest possible degree , the orphan and the friendless child . Be this my promise on behalf of all who are associated in the cause for which I now plead , " That this communication of the Grand Master shall be
observed to tbe very letter ; we will not endanger those mainstays of our Order , but , on the contrary , will exert ourselves still more energetically to support them . " It is , however , deeply indeed to be regretted that His Royal Highness is not present with us this evening . His power , which is of the heart , would have been shown in that unaffected manner , that while he ivould have discoursed on such a subjectit would have fallen like " sweet music" on the earand sure we
, , all are that the worthy veterans of his Craft ivould not have wanted a zealous advocate in their Grand Master . Before I proceed further , 1 must pay a debt of honour where it is due . M y immediate successor in office , the present Junior Grand Deacon , some years since issued a circular to the Craft , and an eminent counsel also advocated in Grand Lodge the leading points connected
with my notice of motion . Good fortune , however , did not attend their praiseworthy efforts ; their advocacy fell to the ground like seed hy the way side . But I eagerly sieze this the first public opportunity to thank them , and to state honestly that had 1 known of these circumstances in proper time I would most gratefully have taken counsel with them . At length " good report" has been heard in favour of the cause , and this night I am instructed b y its friends and supporters to plead
before you as its advocate . AVhy an Asylum for tbe meritorious Craftsman should have been so long delayed is indeed an anomaly ; surely it cannot be that ive are so fond of secrecy that we feel ashamed of a public temple . In that book—THE GREAT POE . II OF LIFE—it is not so stated , and that book is the guide of the Mason ' s faith . Let us boldly avow that ive owe to AGE , to ourselves , and to the illustrious and noble-minded Prince and Grand Master-Masonthat some
, honourable memorial of our icraand of his protectorate shall be handed down to future ages . We often in general life begin at the wrong end , and I am inclined to believe that in the case of our Charities this has been the case , or surely , without prejudice to the Schools for youth , the Aged should firsthave been provided for . The infant pleads at once and successfully to the heart of man ; its prayer is resistless ; and there is not one now present who could hear a liant child without affording
supp it some relief ' . HE DARE NOT ; his life-blood would rise in judgment . Yet how many of us can—nay , do—pass by the aged mendicant , who can scarce speak his poverty , which is too evident , were it not that mortality in its decadence is revolting to behold ; yet how many honest hearts are thus doomed to the loneliest desolation in the busiest haunts of men ? May the God of our faith dispose aud turn our hearts this night in his favour .