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" I need not' dilate upon the excellence of charity / after referring you to the 13 th chapter of the 1 st Corinthians . Although I have no treasures to cast indiscriminately into the fund now progressing for the laudable object of securing a life governorship of the Asylum to our Junior Warden , for the time being , in perpetuity ; and although I hope I have no boastings about my own intentions , yet I do glory , and I will continue to gloryin the full force of that feeling ivhich now prompts
, me to beg of you all to remember , that the toast I am about to propose is one ivhich we are all called upon to support with heart , and mind , and strength , —a toast which every Brother ivill reflect upon with remembrance of what the Great Architect has done , and still continues to do for us . Although , Brethren , I have met with a powerful opponent to the motion carried this day— ' That every Brother " promoted from the St . Paul ' s Lodge , Birmingham , to any office in the P . G . L . of
Warwickshire , shall give to the Asylum fund , now raising to secure a life governorship to the office of our Junior Warden , and when that object is effected , shall pay to the Asylum fund the sum of one guinea , '—yet neither that nor any other opposition for the benefit of the charity , shall ever check my humble endeavours to render the circle of the Masonic duties of the Lodge to which I may attach myself , complete . I was one of the first of the few who publicly offered a mite for the
Asylumeven when many arrayed themselves under the flag of opposition . Nor was it an easy matter to overcome the powerful arguments which were adduced against the measure , until TRUTH burnt forth in all her brightness , and beamed her startling and convincing rays into the deepest recesses of opposing hearts . " Doubt then steadily subsided to give place to perseverance , and the chaplet of hilanthropy was placed on the brow of our honourary
p member , the Treasurer to the Asylum , whose zeal in the cause has secured to him the friendship of hundreds of his applauding Brethren . " Let other Lodges of this province , in this era of Masonic prosperity , unite under our banner , even though at the expense of occasional fasting ; and thus shall we secure to ourselves the silent satisfaction of ' having embraced an opportunity of practising that which we profess so much to admire . '
" You will perceive , however , Brethren , that pure charity does not consist in the merely ' visiting the fatherless and widow in affliction ;' it is not merely contributing our money to relieve the wretched ;—if this were all , who amongst us would not purchase contentment in this life , and happiness in the life to come ? No , my Brethren , true charity will do all this ; pure and undefiled charity will visit and relieve the forlorn and destitute , and she will teach us ' to keep ourselves
unspotted from the world ' . "As nothing could have induced me to accept the office of your Master but the zeal I entertain for the principles on ivhich our society is established , and as long , Brethren , as I have the honour and the pleasure to preside over you , my theme shall be THE CHARITIES OF ouit ORDER ; and as soon as I discover that theme to be neglected , and my endeavours for the old man unsupportedI shall conclude that the time
, has arrived for me to make room for one more congenial to your wishes ; but , I greatly mistake , if ever I shall discover a majority of the members of this Lodge disposed to relax in this point of our profession . And while we continue to increase in useful , good , active , and generous members , and in that fund of universal charity which we profess , I shall
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Provincial.
" I need not' dilate upon the excellence of charity / after referring you to the 13 th chapter of the 1 st Corinthians . Although I have no treasures to cast indiscriminately into the fund now progressing for the laudable object of securing a life governorship of the Asylum to our Junior Warden , for the time being , in perpetuity ; and although I hope I have no boastings about my own intentions , yet I do glory , and I will continue to gloryin the full force of that feeling ivhich now prompts
, me to beg of you all to remember , that the toast I am about to propose is one ivhich we are all called upon to support with heart , and mind , and strength , —a toast which every Brother ivill reflect upon with remembrance of what the Great Architect has done , and still continues to do for us . Although , Brethren , I have met with a powerful opponent to the motion carried this day— ' That every Brother " promoted from the St . Paul ' s Lodge , Birmingham , to any office in the P . G . L . of
Warwickshire , shall give to the Asylum fund , now raising to secure a life governorship to the office of our Junior Warden , and when that object is effected , shall pay to the Asylum fund the sum of one guinea , '—yet neither that nor any other opposition for the benefit of the charity , shall ever check my humble endeavours to render the circle of the Masonic duties of the Lodge to which I may attach myself , complete . I was one of the first of the few who publicly offered a mite for the
Asylumeven when many arrayed themselves under the flag of opposition . Nor was it an easy matter to overcome the powerful arguments which were adduced against the measure , until TRUTH burnt forth in all her brightness , and beamed her startling and convincing rays into the deepest recesses of opposing hearts . " Doubt then steadily subsided to give place to perseverance , and the chaplet of hilanthropy was placed on the brow of our honourary
p member , the Treasurer to the Asylum , whose zeal in the cause has secured to him the friendship of hundreds of his applauding Brethren . " Let other Lodges of this province , in this era of Masonic prosperity , unite under our banner , even though at the expense of occasional fasting ; and thus shall we secure to ourselves the silent satisfaction of ' having embraced an opportunity of practising that which we profess so much to admire . '
" You will perceive , however , Brethren , that pure charity does not consist in the merely ' visiting the fatherless and widow in affliction ;' it is not merely contributing our money to relieve the wretched ;—if this were all , who amongst us would not purchase contentment in this life , and happiness in the life to come ? No , my Brethren , true charity will do all this ; pure and undefiled charity will visit and relieve the forlorn and destitute , and she will teach us ' to keep ourselves
unspotted from the world ' . "As nothing could have induced me to accept the office of your Master but the zeal I entertain for the principles on ivhich our society is established , and as long , Brethren , as I have the honour and the pleasure to preside over you , my theme shall be THE CHARITIES OF ouit ORDER ; and as soon as I discover that theme to be neglected , and my endeavours for the old man unsupportedI shall conclude that the time
, has arrived for me to make room for one more congenial to your wishes ; but , I greatly mistake , if ever I shall discover a majority of the members of this Lodge disposed to relax in this point of our profession . And while we continue to increase in useful , good , active , and generous members , and in that fund of universal charity which we profess , I shall