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Masonic Testimonial To Brother Robert Thomas Crucefix , M.D.
aid , and an Asylum for Masonic Female Orphans had become the proud testimony of public sympathy—such were the works of Masonry!—( loud cheers ) . Bro . JAMES SHARP , jun . ( W . M . Shakspeare Lodge , Warwick , No . 356 ) , being called upon to propose the next toast , spoke to the following effect : —Right Worshipful and Reverend Sir , as an humble member of our honourable and ancient Fraternityfrom the provincesI cannot
, , allow the present opportunity to escape me without attempting to express my heartfelt acknowledgments to the Board of Stewards , and the members of the Bank of England Lodge , for the very able and efficient manner in which they have conducted the interesting ceremonials of this day . The sentiments which I entertain upon this subject are such as , I am proud to say , are in perfect accordance with those of my respected Brethren around me ; and I only regret that my lips cannot adequately
express the high sense of obligation we feel—the large debt of gratitude we owe them , for executing , with such admirable tact , the designs of those from whose suggestions and liberality , has emanated the splendid offering before us—an offering , reverend sir , which is as expressive a ' sign and symbol' of brotherly love , as could well be devised—one , indeed , raised by Masonic gratitude , executed with strength , symmetry , and beauty , by Masonic skill , ancl bestowed by Masonic hands , as a small but sincere tribute of veneration to Masonic worth . In whatever
light , therefore , we view this meeting , whether as regards the benignant spirit which gave it birth—the universal response which the mystic call has elicited from every province in the kingdom , in approval of its design —the public services and private virtues of the object of our particular regard this day—or the splendid intellectual acquirements of our venerated chairman—its proceedings cannot fail to diffuse the highest delight among all classes of the Brotherhood , —to produce a great moral effect
among its members , and to spread , far and wide , among the uninitiated , the heaven-born principles of a science , than which none is better calculated to promote the social enjoyments of life , to shed a lustre on public station , and to preserve inviolate all the civil and religious institutions of man . Should this , sir , be the result of to-day ' s transactions , a vast debt of gratitude ivill be owing to the Masons of this great emporium of commercial wealth and enterprise—this Augustan seat of
science , of art , and of eloquence ; many of whose gifted sons , my Brethren in the provinces will be rejoiced to hear , were assembled within these walls upon this occasion , to confer honour upon a man who , by the exercise of his talents in our behalf—by his unblemished integrity and public usefulness , has rendered many invaluable benefits to the cause of intellectual Masonry;—a man , Brethren , who , the better he is known , the more he is beloved;—a man , in short , who has wreathed around his brow a coronal of never-dying bays , in crowning his public labours by a zealous , active , and humane promotion of an
institution" ¦ where happy Aged Want May gather food , and blest Asylum And From Summer ' s sun , and Winter ' s killing wind , The Old Man ' s latter days all tranquil made Beneath the spreading bounty of its shade . " ( Cheers . ) For these attempts to smooth the rugged path of our poorer Brethren , in the vale of years—for these attempts "to deliver the poor that cried , " and " him that had none to help him , " Brother Crucefix is , indeed , pre-VOL . VIII . 3 SI
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Testimonial To Brother Robert Thomas Crucefix , M.D.
aid , and an Asylum for Masonic Female Orphans had become the proud testimony of public sympathy—such were the works of Masonry!—( loud cheers ) . Bro . JAMES SHARP , jun . ( W . M . Shakspeare Lodge , Warwick , No . 356 ) , being called upon to propose the next toast , spoke to the following effect : —Right Worshipful and Reverend Sir , as an humble member of our honourable and ancient Fraternityfrom the provincesI cannot
, , allow the present opportunity to escape me without attempting to express my heartfelt acknowledgments to the Board of Stewards , and the members of the Bank of England Lodge , for the very able and efficient manner in which they have conducted the interesting ceremonials of this day . The sentiments which I entertain upon this subject are such as , I am proud to say , are in perfect accordance with those of my respected Brethren around me ; and I only regret that my lips cannot adequately
express the high sense of obligation we feel—the large debt of gratitude we owe them , for executing , with such admirable tact , the designs of those from whose suggestions and liberality , has emanated the splendid offering before us—an offering , reverend sir , which is as expressive a ' sign and symbol' of brotherly love , as could well be devised—one , indeed , raised by Masonic gratitude , executed with strength , symmetry , and beauty , by Masonic skill , ancl bestowed by Masonic hands , as a small but sincere tribute of veneration to Masonic worth . In whatever
light , therefore , we view this meeting , whether as regards the benignant spirit which gave it birth—the universal response which the mystic call has elicited from every province in the kingdom , in approval of its design —the public services and private virtues of the object of our particular regard this day—or the splendid intellectual acquirements of our venerated chairman—its proceedings cannot fail to diffuse the highest delight among all classes of the Brotherhood , —to produce a great moral effect
among its members , and to spread , far and wide , among the uninitiated , the heaven-born principles of a science , than which none is better calculated to promote the social enjoyments of life , to shed a lustre on public station , and to preserve inviolate all the civil and religious institutions of man . Should this , sir , be the result of to-day ' s transactions , a vast debt of gratitude ivill be owing to the Masons of this great emporium of commercial wealth and enterprise—this Augustan seat of
science , of art , and of eloquence ; many of whose gifted sons , my Brethren in the provinces will be rejoiced to hear , were assembled within these walls upon this occasion , to confer honour upon a man who , by the exercise of his talents in our behalf—by his unblemished integrity and public usefulness , has rendered many invaluable benefits to the cause of intellectual Masonry;—a man , Brethren , who , the better he is known , the more he is beloved;—a man , in short , who has wreathed around his brow a coronal of never-dying bays , in crowning his public labours by a zealous , active , and humane promotion of an
institution" ¦ where happy Aged Want May gather food , and blest Asylum And From Summer ' s sun , and Winter ' s killing wind , The Old Man ' s latter days all tranquil made Beneath the spreading bounty of its shade . " ( Cheers . ) For these attempts to smooth the rugged path of our poorer Brethren , in the vale of years—for these attempts "to deliver the poor that cried , " and " him that had none to help him , " Brother Crucefix is , indeed , pre-VOL . VIII . 3 SI