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Article THE ARK LIFE ASSOCIATION. ← Page 3 of 5 →
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The Ark Life Association.
insurers , will tend generally to the peace and comfort of the contributors , and the protection they will derive from such an Association , will diffuse the manifold blessings of Masonic union . The Patrons and Directors will be rewarded by the consciousness that they will be really
promoting the good of others , while they are in their own immediate sphere intimately associating with each other , and contributing to preserve , in the zenith of Masonry , a benevolent influence , which futurity will be bound to appreciate , and , happily , to emulate . To the advantages of a General Proprietary Life Association , and other prominent features , it is proposed to add
the more peculiar , but not less important plan of an extensive Mutual Benefit Society . Out of the profits of the former , which from the novel and favourable conditions introduced , and the great influx of business , will necessarily be very considerable , it is proposed to set aside a certain
amount in aid of the Masonic charities ; and in the subordinate feature , the humbler classes of Freemasons and Others will find a safe medium of effecting suitable insurances , or of accumulating savings , with a periodical division among them of the profits produced on their premiums;—thus
providing unexceptionable means of profitable and precautionary investment for the wealthy , prudential encouragement for the industrious , and a continual accumulation of charitable funds for the unfortunate .
Should it be advanced as a proposition against the institution , that it may perchance interfere with the existing interests of some estimable Masons , whose capital and prospects have become identified with various companies of acknowledged honor and established reputation ; our reply is
simple . The Ark cannot affect such ; for so progressive is the estimation which the utility and necessity of life assurance is obtaining among all classes , that there is ample
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Ark Life Association.
insurers , will tend generally to the peace and comfort of the contributors , and the protection they will derive from such an Association , will diffuse the manifold blessings of Masonic union . The Patrons and Directors will be rewarded by the consciousness that they will be really
promoting the good of others , while they are in their own immediate sphere intimately associating with each other , and contributing to preserve , in the zenith of Masonry , a benevolent influence , which futurity will be bound to appreciate , and , happily , to emulate . To the advantages of a General Proprietary Life Association , and other prominent features , it is proposed to add
the more peculiar , but not less important plan of an extensive Mutual Benefit Society . Out of the profits of the former , which from the novel and favourable conditions introduced , and the great influx of business , will necessarily be very considerable , it is proposed to set aside a certain
amount in aid of the Masonic charities ; and in the subordinate feature , the humbler classes of Freemasons and Others will find a safe medium of effecting suitable insurances , or of accumulating savings , with a periodical division among them of the profits produced on their premiums;—thus
providing unexceptionable means of profitable and precautionary investment for the wealthy , prudential encouragement for the industrious , and a continual accumulation of charitable funds for the unfortunate .
Should it be advanced as a proposition against the institution , that it may perchance interfere with the existing interests of some estimable Masons , whose capital and prospects have become identified with various companies of acknowledged honor and established reputation ; our reply is
simple . The Ark cannot affect such ; for so progressive is the estimation which the utility and necessity of life assurance is obtaining among all classes , that there is ample