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Masonic Testimonial To Brother Robert Thomas Crucefix , M.D.
editor of the Review , if I had not seen , in the news last received from England , that all concealment on the subject has been dropped , and that the editor has appeared under the much-honoured appellation of Dr . Robert Thomas Crucefix . " * From America he could produce a similar testimony . On his own part , he ( the Chairman ) was so struck by the importance of the Review to the Craft , and so satisfied with the first numberthat he immediatelput himself into correspondence with
, y the editor ; that correspondence , as might be expected , had ripened into esteem and perfect friendship . He became a regular contributor , and cheerfully and gratuitously gave to that periodical his utmost support . Now he would ask , what was due to the spirited individual who had conferred all these benefits on the Order through the medium of this periodical ?—to the man whose genius formed the great design ?—to him who hacl incurred all the risk—who had sustained all the labour
—who had borne the heat ancl burthen of the day , for the benefit of the Fraternity at large ?—( hear ) . They would every one of them replyunbounded gratitude and unlimited protection—( loud cheers ) . He then proceeded to point out the very many and great advantages which Masonic institutions had derived from the aid and talents of their worthy Brother , and the resolute and persevering manner in which he had continued in the good workancl his co-operation was considered so
; advantageous by the several Masonic boards , as to be worthy of a deliberate vote of thanks , as appeared from an entry in the books of the Royal Freemasons' Charity for Female Children : — " Oct . 9 . Quarterly General Court . —Present , Mr . Shadbolt in the Chair , ancl many other
governors . Mr . Henry Rowe proposed , and Mr . William Henry White seconded , a vote of thanks to the editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , for his advocacy in favour of the charity , which the secretary has duly announced , in the following very flattering manner . —Resolved —That the thanks of the court be , and they are hereby offered , to the editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , for the very powerful manner in which he advocated the cause of this Masonic charity , by an
article in the last number of that work , ' On the necessity of a Building Fund in aid of Masonic Asylums . ' William Fletcher Hope , Secretary . " -f But time would fail , were he to attempt to enumerate all the benefits which the Craft had derived from his unwearied assiduity and zeal . Who suggested the addition of Past Masters to the Board of General Purposes —a measure which has received the applause and sanction of H . R . H . the roost Worshipful Grancl Master ?—Dr . Crucefix . Who suggested the Who
founding of the Past Masters' Club?—Dr . Crucefix —( cheers ) . suggested the propriety of a Masonic offering to the most Worshipful the Grancl Master , and used such unwearied assiduity and exertion in its accomplishment , as to bring the measure to a successful and triumphant termination ?—Dr . Crucefix —( loud cheering ) . But the crown of glory which will encircle his brow so long as Freemasonry shall exist , was the noble desigu of au Asylum for WorthAged and Decayed
Freemay sons . Here he had completed the triangle of Masonic Benevolencehere he hacl left nothing for his successors to perform . Masonry now provided for infancy and old age . The orphan , aud the venerable Brother , tottering beneath the weight of years and infirmity , were now equally the objects of a Mason ' s care ; and Brother Crucefix has , and
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Masonic Testimonial To Brother Robert Thomas Crucefix , M.D.
editor of the Review , if I had not seen , in the news last received from England , that all concealment on the subject has been dropped , and that the editor has appeared under the much-honoured appellation of Dr . Robert Thomas Crucefix . " * From America he could produce a similar testimony . On his own part , he ( the Chairman ) was so struck by the importance of the Review to the Craft , and so satisfied with the first numberthat he immediatelput himself into correspondence with
, y the editor ; that correspondence , as might be expected , had ripened into esteem and perfect friendship . He became a regular contributor , and cheerfully and gratuitously gave to that periodical his utmost support . Now he would ask , what was due to the spirited individual who had conferred all these benefits on the Order through the medium of this periodical ?—to the man whose genius formed the great design ?—to him who hacl incurred all the risk—who had sustained all the labour
—who had borne the heat ancl burthen of the day , for the benefit of the Fraternity at large ?—( hear ) . They would every one of them replyunbounded gratitude and unlimited protection—( loud cheers ) . He then proceeded to point out the very many and great advantages which Masonic institutions had derived from the aid and talents of their worthy Brother , and the resolute and persevering manner in which he had continued in the good workancl his co-operation was considered so
; advantageous by the several Masonic boards , as to be worthy of a deliberate vote of thanks , as appeared from an entry in the books of the Royal Freemasons' Charity for Female Children : — " Oct . 9 . Quarterly General Court . —Present , Mr . Shadbolt in the Chair , ancl many other
governors . Mr . Henry Rowe proposed , and Mr . William Henry White seconded , a vote of thanks to the editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , for his advocacy in favour of the charity , which the secretary has duly announced , in the following very flattering manner . —Resolved —That the thanks of the court be , and they are hereby offered , to the editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , for the very powerful manner in which he advocated the cause of this Masonic charity , by an
article in the last number of that work , ' On the necessity of a Building Fund in aid of Masonic Asylums . ' William Fletcher Hope , Secretary . " -f But time would fail , were he to attempt to enumerate all the benefits which the Craft had derived from his unwearied assiduity and zeal . Who suggested the addition of Past Masters to the Board of General Purposes —a measure which has received the applause and sanction of H . R . H . the roost Worshipful Grancl Master ?—Dr . Crucefix . Who suggested the Who
founding of the Past Masters' Club?—Dr . Crucefix —( cheers ) . suggested the propriety of a Masonic offering to the most Worshipful the Grancl Master , and used such unwearied assiduity and exertion in its accomplishment , as to bring the measure to a successful and triumphant termination ?—Dr . Crucefix —( loud cheering ) . But the crown of glory which will encircle his brow so long as Freemasonry shall exist , was the noble desigu of au Asylum for WorthAged and Decayed
Freemay sons . Here he had completed the triangle of Masonic Benevolencehere he hacl left nothing for his successors to perform . Masonry now provided for infancy and old age . The orphan , aud the venerable Brother , tottering beneath the weight of years and infirmity , were now equally the objects of a Mason ' s care ; and Brother Crucefix has , and