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Provincial.
all be builders of that magnificent moral temple , which is our highest boast , and promote the advancement of the Order , towards that period when it shall reach the top stone of the edifice . " We can have no fear , my Brethren , for the safety of the institution so long as it holds fast to what our ancestors bequeathed to us . To this institution belongs the honour of being preserved as in an ark , whilst all around have either been swept away as with a flood or transformed so as scarcely to be recognised—the best informed
are persuaded that the same earnest zeal and practical wisdom which founded and kept in order , and made our constitution an object of admiration , will , if we zealously pursue its principles , result in a more prosperous state of our several Lodges ; not meeting merely for the purpose of social intercourse , but for the attainment of those legitimate ends for which its founders were distinguished , which our Prov . G . M . in his various addresses has so beautifully illustrated , and which I consider it to be the duty of the
W . M . and Officers of the several Lodges to inculcate , without craving excuse from any cause whatever . I must be allowed to enforce those topics , and I think it my duty to press those remarks on such of my Brethren present as hold office , that success can only be looked for where these principles are fully carried out , and wholesome discipline enforced . I know that there are some highly praiseworthy instances hereof in our province , and as our members increaselet there be an increase of zeala laudable
, , ambition , not so much to add to our numbers , as to add efficiency as working Brethren . When I see so respectable a number of Brethren present on this occasion , I congratulate them on then- presence , and hope their gathering together is not simply for the excitement of this present hour , but will result in a more enduring effort , to raise the standard of the
Order to a more elevated position . Of the philanthropic tendency of the Order there is the most convincing testimony in its manifold benevolent institutions , such as— " The Royal Freemasons' Charity for Female Children , " instituted 1788 , where children are admitted between the ages of eight and eleven , and continue to fifteen ; and it is remarkable of the hundreds who have received the advantages of this charity , not one has ever been known to disgrace it . They are taught useful employment and assist in the general superintendence of the establishmentthereby rendering them fit to take
, useful situations in the world . No less than 1 , 500 ? . was subscribed at thenlast festival . There are also " The Royal Masonic Institution for Clothing , educating , and apprenticing the Sons of indigent and decayed Freemasons . " " The Royal Benevolent Institution for Infirm Freemasons , " residing where they please , and " The Asylum for worthy aged , and decayed Masons . " ( They had aged Masons in May last receiving annuities , & c , to the amount of about 1000 Z . annually . ) " The Asylum for widows of worthyagedand
, , , decayed Masons . " " The Fund of Benevolence , for granting sums of 51 . and upwards in distressed cases of emergency . Funds for Orphans of departed Brethren were cherished in Dublin , Cork , and Limerick ; Committees of charity of inspection , ( giving large amounts of aid ); Lying-in-Hospital at Schleswic . The Alms and Orphan houses at Prague ; the School house at Berlin ; the Institute for Blind at Amsterdam ; the Orphan house at Stockholm ; the magnificent Institution for poor children at
Lyons ; the Grand Orient of France ; the Philanthropic Brethren in all the States , and numerous others , Grand Provincial and Dependent Lodges in addition throughout the world , shed their benign influence , endeavouring to subdue the worst passions of the human race , and to cultivate the Divine command , " love one another" without distinction of creed or country , to stay the impulse , and to cherish and propagate the
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Provincial.
all be builders of that magnificent moral temple , which is our highest boast , and promote the advancement of the Order , towards that period when it shall reach the top stone of the edifice . " We can have no fear , my Brethren , for the safety of the institution so long as it holds fast to what our ancestors bequeathed to us . To this institution belongs the honour of being preserved as in an ark , whilst all around have either been swept away as with a flood or transformed so as scarcely to be recognised—the best informed
are persuaded that the same earnest zeal and practical wisdom which founded and kept in order , and made our constitution an object of admiration , will , if we zealously pursue its principles , result in a more prosperous state of our several Lodges ; not meeting merely for the purpose of social intercourse , but for the attainment of those legitimate ends for which its founders were distinguished , which our Prov . G . M . in his various addresses has so beautifully illustrated , and which I consider it to be the duty of the
W . M . and Officers of the several Lodges to inculcate , without craving excuse from any cause whatever . I must be allowed to enforce those topics , and I think it my duty to press those remarks on such of my Brethren present as hold office , that success can only be looked for where these principles are fully carried out , and wholesome discipline enforced . I know that there are some highly praiseworthy instances hereof in our province , and as our members increaselet there be an increase of zeala laudable
, , ambition , not so much to add to our numbers , as to add efficiency as working Brethren . When I see so respectable a number of Brethren present on this occasion , I congratulate them on then- presence , and hope their gathering together is not simply for the excitement of this present hour , but will result in a more enduring effort , to raise the standard of the
Order to a more elevated position . Of the philanthropic tendency of the Order there is the most convincing testimony in its manifold benevolent institutions , such as— " The Royal Freemasons' Charity for Female Children , " instituted 1788 , where children are admitted between the ages of eight and eleven , and continue to fifteen ; and it is remarkable of the hundreds who have received the advantages of this charity , not one has ever been known to disgrace it . They are taught useful employment and assist in the general superintendence of the establishmentthereby rendering them fit to take
, useful situations in the world . No less than 1 , 500 ? . was subscribed at thenlast festival . There are also " The Royal Masonic Institution for Clothing , educating , and apprenticing the Sons of indigent and decayed Freemasons . " " The Royal Benevolent Institution for Infirm Freemasons , " residing where they please , and " The Asylum for worthy aged , and decayed Masons . " ( They had aged Masons in May last receiving annuities , & c , to the amount of about 1000 Z . annually . ) " The Asylum for widows of worthyagedand
, , , decayed Masons . " " The Fund of Benevolence , for granting sums of 51 . and upwards in distressed cases of emergency . Funds for Orphans of departed Brethren were cherished in Dublin , Cork , and Limerick ; Committees of charity of inspection , ( giving large amounts of aid ); Lying-in-Hospital at Schleswic . The Alms and Orphan houses at Prague ; the School house at Berlin ; the Institute for Blind at Amsterdam ; the Orphan house at Stockholm ; the magnificent Institution for poor children at
Lyons ; the Grand Orient of France ; the Philanthropic Brethren in all the States , and numerous others , Grand Provincial and Dependent Lodges in addition throughout the world , shed their benign influence , endeavouring to subdue the worst passions of the human race , and to cultivate the Divine command , " love one another" without distinction of creed or country , to stay the impulse , and to cherish and propagate the