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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
' DECEMBER 31 , 1853 . THE BOARD OE BENEVOLENCE .
IT is universally believed that Freemasonry is a system in which charity largely abounds . Ereemasons themselves invariably insist upon this as a fact . They give proof , too , that it is so for the most part . They support the Institutions of the Order with earnestness and zeal . They encourage the inculcation of the duty to bestow relief to the needy , and assistance to the
distressed . A considerable portion of the fees , paid annually by all Lodges to the United Grand Lodge , is devoted to the purposes of benevolence . Every month a Board is formed at Freemasons' Hall to dispense this fund , and to take into consideration the afflicting circumstances of those Brethren , " Who , once in Fortune's lap high , fed , Solicit the liand of charity ;"
who , from no fault of their own , but in the dispensations of T . G . A . 0 . T . IT ., are reduced from affluence to beggary , and are compelled to throw themselves upon the good feeling aud generosity of those , with many of whom they once worked in peace and harmony . It is impossible that any fault can be found with the provision
which the Grand Lodge has made for this purpose . But we have a word to say as to the manner , in which the Fund of Benevolence is distributed . A few months since , several influential Brethren , doubtless induced by the same motive which leads us to take up this subject , endeavoured to prevail upon the Grand Lodge to make a considerable change in the constitution
of the Board of Benevolence . They failed . Many Grand Officers , who scarcely ever attend the monthly distribution of the Fund of Benevolence , except when called upon in rotation to preside , opposed the proposition most vehemently , and showed hy their observations that they were thoroughly unacquainted with the VOL . i . 2 Q
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
' DECEMBER 31 , 1853 . THE BOARD OE BENEVOLENCE .
IT is universally believed that Freemasonry is a system in which charity largely abounds . Ereemasons themselves invariably insist upon this as a fact . They give proof , too , that it is so for the most part . They support the Institutions of the Order with earnestness and zeal . They encourage the inculcation of the duty to bestow relief to the needy , and assistance to the
distressed . A considerable portion of the fees , paid annually by all Lodges to the United Grand Lodge , is devoted to the purposes of benevolence . Every month a Board is formed at Freemasons' Hall to dispense this fund , and to take into consideration the afflicting circumstances of those Brethren , " Who , once in Fortune's lap high , fed , Solicit the liand of charity ;"
who , from no fault of their own , but in the dispensations of T . G . A . 0 . T . IT ., are reduced from affluence to beggary , and are compelled to throw themselves upon the good feeling aud generosity of those , with many of whom they once worked in peace and harmony . It is impossible that any fault can be found with the provision
which the Grand Lodge has made for this purpose . But we have a word to say as to the manner , in which the Fund of Benevolence is distributed . A few months since , several influential Brethren , doubtless induced by the same motive which leads us to take up this subject , endeavoured to prevail upon the Grand Lodge to make a considerable change in the constitution
of the Board of Benevolence . They failed . Many Grand Officers , who scarcely ever attend the monthly distribution of the Fund of Benevolence , except when called upon in rotation to preside , opposed the proposition most vehemently , and showed hy their observations that they were thoroughly unacquainted with the VOL . i . 2 Q