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Obituary.
On the 18 th of April , 1820 , our late lamented Brother was appointed , by special recommendation of the Duke of Sussex , . AI . W . G . M „ Treasurer to the then "Masonic Institution for Boys ; " At that period the funds of the Institution were in a very precarious state , and the number of boys upon the charity were only 35 ; actuated b y true Masonic feeling , Bro . Moore at once , with the able assistance of the R . W . Bro . John FinlaisonP . G . O . the Actuary to the National Debt
Officepro-, , , ceeded to revise the system of conducting the affairs of the charity , ancl the success of the measures they took are visible at the present time by the admirable result of their views , viz . the clothing and education of seventy boys ; and the funded property of the charity is so progressing as to render the stability of this useful and noble charity no longer doubtful . In the year 1832 , H- R . H . the Duke of Sussex was pleased to announce
an annual subscription of 10 / . 10 * . from " The King , " and also His Majesty ' s gracious consent to become Patron of the Institution ; ancl shortly after this period the title of the Institution , by royal command , was designated as " The Royal Masonic Institution for Clothing , Educating , and apprenticing the Sons of Indigent and deceased Freemasons /' In the year 1841 , Bro . Moore , who had been for some time labouring under a severe state of ill health , was induced to tender to H . R . H . the
Duke of Sussex , as President , his resignation of the office of Treasurer , which communication was not only received with regret by His Royal Highness , but by the Governors and Subscribers at large , who justly felt the very great and valuable services which had been rendered to them by Bro . Moore . In accordance with a resolution of the General Court of the 4 th of October , 1841 , the following vote of thanks , framed and glazed , was presented by a committee , to Bro . Moore , at his residence : —•
"Royal Masonic Institution for clothing , educating , and apprenticing thc sons of indigent and deceased Freemasons . To the R . W . Bro . Thomas Moore , Esq ., P . G . D ., SJC . SJC . " AVe , the undersigned , having been entrusted by the General-Court with the honourable and pleasing duty of conveying to you their warm , grateful , and unanimous thanks for your long , active , and zealous services as their Treasurerwherebyunder Providencethe best interests of
, , , this Charity have been advanced and secured , and the youthful objects of its Masonic benevolence fostered and protected , congratulate you on the successful result of those praiseworthy exertions which have so largely increased their funds , and of those exemplary labours which have been productive of so much visible good , by combining educational discipline with the practice of pure morality , you have obtained the approbation of your fellows ; ancl in thus gratefully recording their
sentiments , we desire personally to add our sense of the high estimation in which you are held , not only by the Governors of this Institution , but by the Craft at large . " AVe devoutly pray the benevolent Dispenser of all good may prolong your useful life , and grant you health to enjoy it . "By order of the General Court , held on the 4 th of October , 1841 . " AV . J . Rodber , Treasurer ancl Grand Chaplain . "RT . Crucefix , P . G . D . j , . "R . H . Giraud , P . M . G . S . L . " Brother Moore , in addition to his acknowledged character of a scholar
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
On the 18 th of April , 1820 , our late lamented Brother was appointed , by special recommendation of the Duke of Sussex , . AI . W . G . M „ Treasurer to the then "Masonic Institution for Boys ; " At that period the funds of the Institution were in a very precarious state , and the number of boys upon the charity were only 35 ; actuated b y true Masonic feeling , Bro . Moore at once , with the able assistance of the R . W . Bro . John FinlaisonP . G . O . the Actuary to the National Debt
Officepro-, , , ceeded to revise the system of conducting the affairs of the charity , ancl the success of the measures they took are visible at the present time by the admirable result of their views , viz . the clothing and education of seventy boys ; and the funded property of the charity is so progressing as to render the stability of this useful and noble charity no longer doubtful . In the year 1832 , H- R . H . the Duke of Sussex was pleased to announce
an annual subscription of 10 / . 10 * . from " The King , " and also His Majesty ' s gracious consent to become Patron of the Institution ; ancl shortly after this period the title of the Institution , by royal command , was designated as " The Royal Masonic Institution for Clothing , Educating , and apprenticing the Sons of Indigent and deceased Freemasons /' In the year 1841 , Bro . Moore , who had been for some time labouring under a severe state of ill health , was induced to tender to H . R . H . the
Duke of Sussex , as President , his resignation of the office of Treasurer , which communication was not only received with regret by His Royal Highness , but by the Governors and Subscribers at large , who justly felt the very great and valuable services which had been rendered to them by Bro . Moore . In accordance with a resolution of the General Court of the 4 th of October , 1841 , the following vote of thanks , framed and glazed , was presented by a committee , to Bro . Moore , at his residence : —•
"Royal Masonic Institution for clothing , educating , and apprenticing thc sons of indigent and deceased Freemasons . To the R . W . Bro . Thomas Moore , Esq ., P . G . D ., SJC . SJC . " AVe , the undersigned , having been entrusted by the General-Court with the honourable and pleasing duty of conveying to you their warm , grateful , and unanimous thanks for your long , active , and zealous services as their Treasurerwherebyunder Providencethe best interests of
, , , this Charity have been advanced and secured , and the youthful objects of its Masonic benevolence fostered and protected , congratulate you on the successful result of those praiseworthy exertions which have so largely increased their funds , and of those exemplary labours which have been productive of so much visible good , by combining educational discipline with the practice of pure morality , you have obtained the approbation of your fellows ; ancl in thus gratefully recording their
sentiments , we desire personally to add our sense of the high estimation in which you are held , not only by the Governors of this Institution , but by the Craft at large . " AVe devoutly pray the benevolent Dispenser of all good may prolong your useful life , and grant you health to enjoy it . "By order of the General Court , held on the 4 th of October , 1841 . " AV . J . Rodber , Treasurer ancl Grand Chaplain . "RT . Crucefix , P . G . D . j , . "R . H . Giraud , P . M . G . S . L . " Brother Moore , in addition to his acknowledged character of a scholar