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United Grand Lodge Of Free And Accepted Masons Of England.
taken the appointment , would feel desirous of forwarding the well-being of the Order in his district , and would be competent to judge if the appointment of his Secretary in or out of the province would do that most effectually ; he thought it a desirable arrangement , and should certainly vote for it . The GRAND MASTER . —I think I can meet the case , and suggest what will be satisfactory to all partiesand save the time of the Brethren .
, I should have done so before , but have delicacy about it , as it would appear as if I asked for more power than the Grand Master already possesses , which is not my object , but to carry out the views that have been expressed , I think that if it were put that the Grand Master might authorise a Prov . Grand Master to appoint a Prov . Grand Secretary out of the province , by dispensation , it would be all that is asked for .
Bro . JOHN SAVGAE hoped the Prov . Grand Master of Sumatra would not ask for a dispensation . The suggestion of the Grand Master having been seconded , was carried . Bro . CRUCEFIX was called upon to bring on the motion , that a grant of three hundred pounds per annum be given to establish a fund for annuities to widows of Masons , under such laws as the Board of General Purposes shall agree upon , submit toand have the sanction of Grand
, Lodge . He did so with the greatest pleasure , after having given notice six successive times to Grand Lodge—a repetition of an imperative duty that would possibly have disheartened many ; but as there -was nothing dishonourable in leading even a forlorn hope , so he could not but anticipate the result of the present resolution as an achievement
that would redound to the honour of Freemasonry . He had , on former occasions , alluded so pointedly and at length to the nature of the motion , that he would confidently rely on the justice of Grand Lodge to recognise the powerful claims of the widow to its sympathy and liberality . To some , the amount he moved for might appear to be large ; in his opinion it was but a small instalment of a debt , the payment of which would go more to strengthen the value of Freemasonry without the walls of Grand Lodge than any outward visible sign . To
cheer the heart of the desolate widow , who had been bereaved by the chastening hand of Providence , became the duty of man , and more especially of the Freemason , who , in this age of improvement , would , he hoped , become at last unselfish , and having provided for his own sex , might at length seriously consider the desolation of home of that better sex to whom he was indebted for the lesson of piety , virtue , and honour , and to whom he owed whatever happiness he was permitted to enjoy .
He should use no further appeal , but fearlessly leave the motion in the hands of the Brethren , confident that it would be carried by acclamation . Bro . Dr . LANE seconded the motion in a very eloquent address , during which he adverted very happily to the natural confidence entertained by his friend Dr . Crucefix , that the motion was of such a nature as to command the acclamation of Grand Lodge . He fully agreed in the sentiments of the moverand urgentlimpressed the Brethren with the
, y stringent necessity there was to do justice to the widow by removing a stigma caused by delay . Bro . DOBIE thought that a grant from the funds of Grand Lodge annually , to form annuities to the widows of Masons , very desirable ; he thought , also , the more extended the charity that Grand Lodge could grant , the more praiseworthy it would be . He had himself always ad-
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United Grand Lodge Of Free And Accepted Masons Of England.
taken the appointment , would feel desirous of forwarding the well-being of the Order in his district , and would be competent to judge if the appointment of his Secretary in or out of the province would do that most effectually ; he thought it a desirable arrangement , and should certainly vote for it . The GRAND MASTER . —I think I can meet the case , and suggest what will be satisfactory to all partiesand save the time of the Brethren .
, I should have done so before , but have delicacy about it , as it would appear as if I asked for more power than the Grand Master already possesses , which is not my object , but to carry out the views that have been expressed , I think that if it were put that the Grand Master might authorise a Prov . Grand Master to appoint a Prov . Grand Secretary out of the province , by dispensation , it would be all that is asked for .
Bro . JOHN SAVGAE hoped the Prov . Grand Master of Sumatra would not ask for a dispensation . The suggestion of the Grand Master having been seconded , was carried . Bro . CRUCEFIX was called upon to bring on the motion , that a grant of three hundred pounds per annum be given to establish a fund for annuities to widows of Masons , under such laws as the Board of General Purposes shall agree upon , submit toand have the sanction of Grand
, Lodge . He did so with the greatest pleasure , after having given notice six successive times to Grand Lodge—a repetition of an imperative duty that would possibly have disheartened many ; but as there -was nothing dishonourable in leading even a forlorn hope , so he could not but anticipate the result of the present resolution as an achievement
that would redound to the honour of Freemasonry . He had , on former occasions , alluded so pointedly and at length to the nature of the motion , that he would confidently rely on the justice of Grand Lodge to recognise the powerful claims of the widow to its sympathy and liberality . To some , the amount he moved for might appear to be large ; in his opinion it was but a small instalment of a debt , the payment of which would go more to strengthen the value of Freemasonry without the walls of Grand Lodge than any outward visible sign . To
cheer the heart of the desolate widow , who had been bereaved by the chastening hand of Providence , became the duty of man , and more especially of the Freemason , who , in this age of improvement , would , he hoped , become at last unselfish , and having provided for his own sex , might at length seriously consider the desolation of home of that better sex to whom he was indebted for the lesson of piety , virtue , and honour , and to whom he owed whatever happiness he was permitted to enjoy .
He should use no further appeal , but fearlessly leave the motion in the hands of the Brethren , confident that it would be carried by acclamation . Bro . Dr . LANE seconded the motion in a very eloquent address , during which he adverted very happily to the natural confidence entertained by his friend Dr . Crucefix , that the motion was of such a nature as to command the acclamation of Grand Lodge . He fully agreed in the sentiments of the moverand urgentlimpressed the Brethren with the
, y stringent necessity there was to do justice to the widow by removing a stigma caused by delay . Bro . DOBIE thought that a grant from the funds of Grand Lodge annually , to form annuities to the widows of Masons , very desirable ; he thought , also , the more extended the charity that Grand Lodge could grant , the more praiseworthy it would be . He had himself always ad-