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Freemasons' Quarterly Advertiser. No. Xvi.—December 31, 1846.
FREEMASONS' QUARTERLYADVERTISER No . XVI . —DECEMBER 31 , 1846 .
ASYLUM POR THE WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED EREEMASONS .
" That this Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemason to the favourable consideration of the Graft . "— Unanimous Resolution of Grand Lodge , December 6 , 1837 . GEWESilL COMMITTEE ! , THE TRUSTEES , TREASURER , LIFE GOVERNORS , AND BROS . J . P . ACKLAM , J . BARNES , JUN ., E . BREWSTER , H . BROWSE , D . DAVIES , J . HUGHES , S . H . LEE , R . OSBORNE , ED . PHILLIPS , JAMES PIKE , J . POWIS , T . PRYER , W . RACKSTRAW ,
W . RAYNER , M . SANGSTER , W . H . SMITH , R . SPENCER , J . LEE STEVENS , T . TOMBLESON , W . WILCOCKSON , W . L . WRIGHT . Trustees—Right Hon . EARL OP ABOYNE ; Right Hon . LORD SOUTHAMPTON , * Col . the Hon . G . ANSON , M . P .- ; B . B . CABBELL , M . P ., F . R . S . ;¦ It . T . CRUCEFIX , LL . D . Treasurer—BRO . ROBERT T . CRUCEFIX , L . L . D ., Grove , Gravesend . Bankers—MESSRS . PRESCOTT , GROTE & Co ., Threadneedle-street . Auditors—Bns . BROWSE , PIKE , STAPLES , and G . W . TURNER . Secretary—BRO . JOHN WHITMORE , 125 , Oxford- street . Collector—BRO . S . SOLOMONS , 2 , Bevis Marks , Leadenhall-street . ¦¦ '• By all of whom Subscriptions are received .
THE object of the contemplated Asylum is simple- —to provide . that shelter and support in his latter days for the Worthy Aged ancl Decayed Freemason , which , nearly all other classes have already done for those connected with their happier hours , arid dependent on their benevolence . It would be unnecessary to say any thing in support of such a charity , to a body with whom the exercise of that virtue , in its most boundless extent , is a primary obligation . Its friends and projectors utterly disclaim all idea of interference with the other Masonic Charitiesbut they simply urge this as the crowning stone of the edificeas the
, , sacred ark in which those who have in better times contributed to the support of these two admirable institutions , may themselves , should the dark hour of distress come , find refuge and succour . While England abounds in homes of benevolence for the distressed , it appears a strange anomaly that the Aged arid Decayed Freemason alone , is without this cheering prospectan anomaly rendered more striking from the fact that no body of men has had hi gher patronage , richer member ' s , or more benevolent objects .
fig THE GENERAL COMMITTEE OF THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED FREE - MASONS most earnestly direct the attention of their Provincial Brethren to the state of the Funds of that excellent Institution , and trust , that by the aid of Lodges and private Contributions , the serious expense to which the Charity has been subjected may be met by thc kindness-and liberality' ofthe Craft . , ¦¦ "" ¦ ¦ : "•'•' ¦ ""' . ] Post Office Orders , Bank paper ; or referenced on London Houses , mUie , thankfully acknowledged by the Bankers , MESSRS . PRESCOTT AND CO ., 62 , Threadneedle Street ,
London % : i [ iC ., iyeusurer ; J ) n ,. CRUCEFIX , Grove ,. Gravesend , Kent ; , or the : Secretary , MR . JOHN WHITMORE , 125 , Oxford Street , London . ' . '' . '''' . "' ' / ,,. . . , Jy , V THE . ANBJP ^ AL BALL will take place in February , at Freemasons' Hall , under an ' efficieht'Bba ' rd of Stewards ; among those already associated aire Brbs . S . H . Lee , H . Udall , Dr . Crucefix , J . Weichbrodt , J . Spiers , Whitmore , Spencer , Hodgkinson , E . Brewster , T . Pryer , W . L ., Wright , T . Lemati . ¦ ¦ ' . ' ¦ ' ; 'V '•• - > •>¦ ¦ Thie arrangements will be on the usual liberal plan .
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Freemasons' Quarterly Advertiser. No. Xvi.—December 31, 1846.
FREEMASONS' QUARTERLYADVERTISER No . XVI . —DECEMBER 31 , 1846 .
ASYLUM POR THE WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED EREEMASONS .
" That this Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemason to the favourable consideration of the Graft . "— Unanimous Resolution of Grand Lodge , December 6 , 1837 . GEWESilL COMMITTEE ! , THE TRUSTEES , TREASURER , LIFE GOVERNORS , AND BROS . J . P . ACKLAM , J . BARNES , JUN ., E . BREWSTER , H . BROWSE , D . DAVIES , J . HUGHES , S . H . LEE , R . OSBORNE , ED . PHILLIPS , JAMES PIKE , J . POWIS , T . PRYER , W . RACKSTRAW ,
W . RAYNER , M . SANGSTER , W . H . SMITH , R . SPENCER , J . LEE STEVENS , T . TOMBLESON , W . WILCOCKSON , W . L . WRIGHT . Trustees—Right Hon . EARL OP ABOYNE ; Right Hon . LORD SOUTHAMPTON , * Col . the Hon . G . ANSON , M . P .- ; B . B . CABBELL , M . P ., F . R . S . ;¦ It . T . CRUCEFIX , LL . D . Treasurer—BRO . ROBERT T . CRUCEFIX , L . L . D ., Grove , Gravesend . Bankers—MESSRS . PRESCOTT , GROTE & Co ., Threadneedle-street . Auditors—Bns . BROWSE , PIKE , STAPLES , and G . W . TURNER . Secretary—BRO . JOHN WHITMORE , 125 , Oxford- street . Collector—BRO . S . SOLOMONS , 2 , Bevis Marks , Leadenhall-street . ¦¦ '• By all of whom Subscriptions are received .
THE object of the contemplated Asylum is simple- —to provide . that shelter and support in his latter days for the Worthy Aged ancl Decayed Freemason , which , nearly all other classes have already done for those connected with their happier hours , arid dependent on their benevolence . It would be unnecessary to say any thing in support of such a charity , to a body with whom the exercise of that virtue , in its most boundless extent , is a primary obligation . Its friends and projectors utterly disclaim all idea of interference with the other Masonic Charitiesbut they simply urge this as the crowning stone of the edificeas the
, , sacred ark in which those who have in better times contributed to the support of these two admirable institutions , may themselves , should the dark hour of distress come , find refuge and succour . While England abounds in homes of benevolence for the distressed , it appears a strange anomaly that the Aged arid Decayed Freemason alone , is without this cheering prospectan anomaly rendered more striking from the fact that no body of men has had hi gher patronage , richer member ' s , or more benevolent objects .
fig THE GENERAL COMMITTEE OF THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED FREE - MASONS most earnestly direct the attention of their Provincial Brethren to the state of the Funds of that excellent Institution , and trust , that by the aid of Lodges and private Contributions , the serious expense to which the Charity has been subjected may be met by thc kindness-and liberality' ofthe Craft . , ¦¦ "" ¦ ¦ : "•'•' ¦ ""' . ] Post Office Orders , Bank paper ; or referenced on London Houses , mUie , thankfully acknowledged by the Bankers , MESSRS . PRESCOTT AND CO ., 62 , Threadneedle Street ,
London % : i [ iC ., iyeusurer ; J ) n ,. CRUCEFIX , Grove ,. Gravesend , Kent ; , or the : Secretary , MR . JOHN WHITMORE , 125 , Oxford Street , London . ' . '' . '''' . "' ' / ,,. . . , Jy , V THE . ANBJP ^ AL BALL will take place in February , at Freemasons' Hall , under an ' efficieht'Bba ' rd of Stewards ; among those already associated aire Brbs . S . H . Lee , H . Udall , Dr . Crucefix , J . Weichbrodt , J . Spiers , Whitmore , Spencer , Hodgkinson , E . Brewster , T . Pryer , W . L ., Wright , T . Lemati . ¦ ¦ ' . ' ¦ ' ; 'V '•• - > •>¦ ¦ Thie arrangements will be on the usual liberal plan .