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Asylum For The Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemason.
feasible , and when I shall call upon the Fraternity for that assistance ivhich I have never found them unwilling to afford , when useful objects are proposed for their consideration . Southwick Park , Fareham , Augustus , 1839 . To Brothers—R . T . CRUCEFIX . J . C . MOMULLEN .
J . C . BELL . Z . WATKINS . " The Letter of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , dated the 26 th of August , 1839 , and addressed to Brothers Crucefix , McMullen , Bell , and Watkins , the Committee appointed by the last General Meeting of this Institution to wait on his Royal Plighness , having been read to the present Meeting , —
RESOLVED : — __ That the Subscribers to tbe Asylum for Worthy , Aged , and Decayed Freemasons feel themselves called upon respectfully to state why they are unable to adopt the course therein proposed . That the Asylum for Worthy , Aged , and Decayed Freemasons was intended to supply a defect in the Board of Benevolence , ivhich being constituted for the purpose of granting temporary relief only , is totally inefficient when the and ofthe
age infirmity applicant demand continued support ; and where such temporary relief may be more than sufficient for an applicant ' s present wants , yet far too small to be of permanent service . And that such defect should be remedied by providing shelter and support for worthy Masons , who from the exigencies of age , infirmity , or misfortune , were destitute of all resources except what charity supplied ; whilst it was further and justly considered that in thus specially providing for such a class of applicants , tbe utility of the Board of Benevolence would be increased , by leaving the lication of its fundswhere
app , peculiarly serviceable , to cases of temporary distress . That the consideration ofthe plan of this Institution was brought before the Grand Lodge of England on the 6 th December , 1837 , on which occasion a letter was read from the Most Worshipful Grand Master , wherein His Royal Highness was graciously pleased to say that : — " The Grand Master having learned that the subject of tbe proposed Asylum for Decayed Masons was to be brought forward again in Grand Lodthis thinks it riht to
ge evening , g repeat the explanation which he made verbally to the Grand Lodge on that subject at a former period . " On that occasion the Grand Master declared , as to the matter proposed , that he was not unfriendly ; but in his situation as Grand Master , he could not at present give to it the sanction of his name , and thus recommend it to the Grand Lodge and the Craft at large . That such assent could not be obtained from him until he was satisfied that such a sum had been collected as would meet the for the erection and furnishing tlie buildings
expences which were proposed , as likewise give reasonable hope that some provision would be funded , which , with a little addition , might enable the inhabitants of those dwellings to maintain themselves without a severe call upon the existing funds of the Grand Lodge . " The most Worshipful Grand Master was pleased in that communication further to remark— " that the Brethren are annually called upon to furnish a certain number of Stewards to manage dinners for those two establishments , ( the Girls' and Boys' Schools , ) which become very irksome and expensive ; it would , therefore , be both impru ..
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Asylum For The Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemason.
feasible , and when I shall call upon the Fraternity for that assistance ivhich I have never found them unwilling to afford , when useful objects are proposed for their consideration . Southwick Park , Fareham , Augustus , 1839 . To Brothers—R . T . CRUCEFIX . J . C . MOMULLEN .
J . C . BELL . Z . WATKINS . " The Letter of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , dated the 26 th of August , 1839 , and addressed to Brothers Crucefix , McMullen , Bell , and Watkins , the Committee appointed by the last General Meeting of this Institution to wait on his Royal Plighness , having been read to the present Meeting , —
RESOLVED : — __ That the Subscribers to tbe Asylum for Worthy , Aged , and Decayed Freemasons feel themselves called upon respectfully to state why they are unable to adopt the course therein proposed . That the Asylum for Worthy , Aged , and Decayed Freemasons was intended to supply a defect in the Board of Benevolence , ivhich being constituted for the purpose of granting temporary relief only , is totally inefficient when the and ofthe
age infirmity applicant demand continued support ; and where such temporary relief may be more than sufficient for an applicant ' s present wants , yet far too small to be of permanent service . And that such defect should be remedied by providing shelter and support for worthy Masons , who from the exigencies of age , infirmity , or misfortune , were destitute of all resources except what charity supplied ; whilst it was further and justly considered that in thus specially providing for such a class of applicants , tbe utility of the Board of Benevolence would be increased , by leaving the lication of its fundswhere
app , peculiarly serviceable , to cases of temporary distress . That the consideration ofthe plan of this Institution was brought before the Grand Lodge of England on the 6 th December , 1837 , on which occasion a letter was read from the Most Worshipful Grand Master , wherein His Royal Highness was graciously pleased to say that : — " The Grand Master having learned that the subject of tbe proposed Asylum for Decayed Masons was to be brought forward again in Grand Lodthis thinks it riht to
ge evening , g repeat the explanation which he made verbally to the Grand Lodge on that subject at a former period . " On that occasion the Grand Master declared , as to the matter proposed , that he was not unfriendly ; but in his situation as Grand Master , he could not at present give to it the sanction of his name , and thus recommend it to the Grand Lodge and the Craft at large . That such assent could not be obtained from him until he was satisfied that such a sum had been collected as would meet the for the erection and furnishing tlie buildings
expences which were proposed , as likewise give reasonable hope that some provision would be funded , which , with a little addition , might enable the inhabitants of those dwellings to maintain themselves without a severe call upon the existing funds of the Grand Lodge . " The most Worshipful Grand Master was pleased in that communication further to remark— " that the Brethren are annually called upon to furnish a certain number of Stewards to manage dinners for those two establishments , ( the Girls' and Boys' Schools , ) which become very irksome and expensive ; it would , therefore , be both impru ..