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Asylum.
ASYLUM .
EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE . " I am satisfied of one thing , and it is this : that had it not been for the Asylum , 1 should not have received such support for the other chai ities . " * ' I send you a remittance for the Girls' School ; but I beg you to understand , that this would not have been granted , but from the conviction that no authority can prevent us from subscribing hereafter to the Asylum . " " And now that you have succeeded in successfully breasting the ebb-tide of prejudice , we School have
will soon enable you to pay over a good subscription to the Boys' . We already subscribed to the Girls ' . The words , on—on !* should be inscribed on the Aged Mason's banner . " " We arc not satisfied to be treated as mere automatons . It may be easier work to pat our noddles , and cry aye , aye ; ' but if we hope to earn a character for consistency , and to leave behind us some record of our intentions in favour of Masonry , let tlie watch-word be the * PRINCIPLES OF THE ASYLUM , ' and as close an observance as possible with the manifesto of October J ) J 1 U 3 U . " " lt is indisputable that the Asylum has carried the two Schools through their most trying
difficulties . " " We mean now , most unequivocally , to support the Masonic Triangle . " " The document circulated is extraordinary , and has not much of a Masonic complexion ; while the Asylum is in proud contrast . " " The proofs already existing , that so considerable a sum has been collected for the Asylum , not merely without interrupting , but actually , at tlie same time , aiding the other charities , might have satisfied the most delicate apprehension . "
"To divert a swelling tide , flowing smoothly , —aye , and sufficiently to accomplish the great end and aim of our exalted profession , without proving by incontrovertible evidence that its intention is unjustifiable , and its object therefore properly unattainable , is to incur a responsibility from wliich most men would shrink . You ask for my opinion ;—it is given with all truth . " " My feeble efforts are to continue the line of duty and good example . I might be tempted to obey wishes which are to me always commands ; but in this ease , were I to swerve from the slightest point of allegiance to the Asylum , my heart would rebel against my judgment —I should be like a house divided against itself . "
** 1 cannot attend general meetings in London . My advice is to gather and temper the cement , even though the corner stone be nofc absolutely laid ; the granting of the annuities , in the meanwhile , is the proudest acknowledgment of the intention of the founders of the Asylum , who first conceived , and then resolutely matured the noble project . Fear not ! No second institution can , in soundness of principle , ever rival the Asylum . "
BRO . W- D . MOORE . —Many thanks for the subscription , and for the kind remarks . The contents of the glove have merged into Dr . Crucefix' snuft-box . BRO * T . B . RIBBANS . —In Lodge or out of Lodge , the kindness of yourself and friends is most welcome . St . Paul ' s Lodge demands our personal service ; and , weather permitting , we hope to redeem our pledge , with cheerfulness . B . B . —It is one thing to assert that the affair shall be laid before the Board of General Purposes , and another to place it there . Let apostates beware . BRO . WEICHBROCHT can incur no charge for inconsistency in patronizing the forthcoming ballnor should advantage be taken where a difference of opinion is expressed in terms
, any of Masonic courtesy . We request him to re-peruse a most important extract from the printed circular of Grand Lodge , which faces our leading article of March , 1 U 3 D . That is a clencher , any how . We regret that his letter reached us too late ( the Hth ) for insertion in its proper place . We may add , that ihe profits of the ball are to be devoted to the very plan our Brother advocates . The principle is actually in operation ; aud , please GOD , may it continue unto all Eternity ! Bno . THOMSON . —Kind friend , remember the " Cock-Crow . " " To YOUR TENTS , O ISRAEL ! ' *
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Asylum.
ASYLUM .
EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE . " I am satisfied of one thing , and it is this : that had it not been for the Asylum , 1 should not have received such support for the other chai ities . " * ' I send you a remittance for the Girls' School ; but I beg you to understand , that this would not have been granted , but from the conviction that no authority can prevent us from subscribing hereafter to the Asylum . " " And now that you have succeeded in successfully breasting the ebb-tide of prejudice , we School have
will soon enable you to pay over a good subscription to the Boys' . We already subscribed to the Girls ' . The words , on—on !* should be inscribed on the Aged Mason's banner . " " We arc not satisfied to be treated as mere automatons . It may be easier work to pat our noddles , and cry aye , aye ; ' but if we hope to earn a character for consistency , and to leave behind us some record of our intentions in favour of Masonry , let tlie watch-word be the * PRINCIPLES OF THE ASYLUM , ' and as close an observance as possible with the manifesto of October J ) J 1 U 3 U . " " lt is indisputable that the Asylum has carried the two Schools through their most trying
difficulties . " " We mean now , most unequivocally , to support the Masonic Triangle . " " The document circulated is extraordinary , and has not much of a Masonic complexion ; while the Asylum is in proud contrast . " " The proofs already existing , that so considerable a sum has been collected for the Asylum , not merely without interrupting , but actually , at tlie same time , aiding the other charities , might have satisfied the most delicate apprehension . "
"To divert a swelling tide , flowing smoothly , —aye , and sufficiently to accomplish the great end and aim of our exalted profession , without proving by incontrovertible evidence that its intention is unjustifiable , and its object therefore properly unattainable , is to incur a responsibility from wliich most men would shrink . You ask for my opinion ;—it is given with all truth . " " My feeble efforts are to continue the line of duty and good example . I might be tempted to obey wishes which are to me always commands ; but in this ease , were I to swerve from the slightest point of allegiance to the Asylum , my heart would rebel against my judgment —I should be like a house divided against itself . "
** 1 cannot attend general meetings in London . My advice is to gather and temper the cement , even though the corner stone be nofc absolutely laid ; the granting of the annuities , in the meanwhile , is the proudest acknowledgment of the intention of the founders of the Asylum , who first conceived , and then resolutely matured the noble project . Fear not ! No second institution can , in soundness of principle , ever rival the Asylum . "
BRO . W- D . MOORE . —Many thanks for the subscription , and for the kind remarks . The contents of the glove have merged into Dr . Crucefix' snuft-box . BRO * T . B . RIBBANS . —In Lodge or out of Lodge , the kindness of yourself and friends is most welcome . St . Paul ' s Lodge demands our personal service ; and , weather permitting , we hope to redeem our pledge , with cheerfulness . B . B . —It is one thing to assert that the affair shall be laid before the Board of General Purposes , and another to place it there . Let apostates beware . BRO . WEICHBROCHT can incur no charge for inconsistency in patronizing the forthcoming ballnor should advantage be taken where a difference of opinion is expressed in terms
, any of Masonic courtesy . We request him to re-peruse a most important extract from the printed circular of Grand Lodge , which faces our leading article of March , 1 U 3 D . That is a clencher , any how . We regret that his letter reached us too late ( the Hth ) for insertion in its proper place . We may add , that ihe profits of the ball are to be devoted to the very plan our Brother advocates . The principle is actually in operation ; aud , please GOD , may it continue unto all Eternity ! Bno . THOMSON . —Kind friend , remember the " Cock-Crow . " " To YOUR TENTS , O ISRAEL ! ' *