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St. Alban's Cathedral.
penny and their food . He also obtained a charter from the Emperor Carausius according to which the workmen in the whole of Britain were made into a society by themselves , and were placed under the architects , which had not been the case before , as each individual had taken work where he found it to do . St . Alban belonged to this society himself , helped to admit new workmen , and took care that they had always lenty of workand he was the first to do this in Britain . ' With this unvarying
tradip , tion then before us , it seems most reasonable that the Freemasons of to-day , remembering their own Guild legends , wid be glad to co-operate in the present seasonable and needful effort to restore that noble memorial of the pious labours of the past , which so appeals to our sympathies as patriots , lovers of architecture , and as Freemasons .
" Is it too much to hope that the present scheme will commend itself to the Freemasons of England , as it has to those of Hertfordshire , as wed as to our Eoyal Grand Master and the Central Committee in London , and that our numerous and generous brotherhood wdl gladly embrace the opportunity of aiding to restore the goodly fabric of St . Alban's Cathedral , and thus , as speculative Masons , identify themselves with those famous operative sodalities which have left such striking witnesses of their devotion to art and religion in these glorious ' Houses of God in our land , ' which , like that at St .
Alban ' s , remain to attest the good and kindly ' art of Masonrye ?' " To carry out this object ) subscriptions are invited from the entire craft , in such amounts as the brethren maybe disposed to give , the maximum donation of each individual brother being limited to . £ 5 . Payments may be made either to the London and County Bank , Head Office , Lombard Street , E . C ., or to the Branch at St . Alban ' s ; or direct to the Hon . Secretary , Bro . C . E . Keyser , by whom formal receipts for all Contributions wdl be given . "
To Hope.
TO HOPE .
BY BRO . W . PEED . VEEJTOS ' , W . M . lODffiE " KELSOj" NO . 58 , S . E . A store star , Thou shin ' st afar , But in my heart I feel thy gleaming : Where'er I be
I turn to thee Encouraged by thy kindly beaming . Tho' tempest tost , Yet never lost , And never doubting aught or fearing ; Tho' storms arise
Ancl rend the skies Thou shin'st through aU the storms careering . With thee for guide , No ills betide , No dark despair my soul engrosses : I count but small
Both one and all My troubles , trials , and my crosses , Unto life ' s end Do though befriend , Stdl let me be on thee depending ; For without hope We only grope In darkness dense , and never ending .
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St. Alban's Cathedral.
penny and their food . He also obtained a charter from the Emperor Carausius according to which the workmen in the whole of Britain were made into a society by themselves , and were placed under the architects , which had not been the case before , as each individual had taken work where he found it to do . St . Alban belonged to this society himself , helped to admit new workmen , and took care that they had always lenty of workand he was the first to do this in Britain . ' With this unvarying
tradip , tion then before us , it seems most reasonable that the Freemasons of to-day , remembering their own Guild legends , wid be glad to co-operate in the present seasonable and needful effort to restore that noble memorial of the pious labours of the past , which so appeals to our sympathies as patriots , lovers of architecture , and as Freemasons .
" Is it too much to hope that the present scheme will commend itself to the Freemasons of England , as it has to those of Hertfordshire , as wed as to our Eoyal Grand Master and the Central Committee in London , and that our numerous and generous brotherhood wdl gladly embrace the opportunity of aiding to restore the goodly fabric of St . Alban's Cathedral , and thus , as speculative Masons , identify themselves with those famous operative sodalities which have left such striking witnesses of their devotion to art and religion in these glorious ' Houses of God in our land , ' which , like that at St .
Alban ' s , remain to attest the good and kindly ' art of Masonrye ?' " To carry out this object ) subscriptions are invited from the entire craft , in such amounts as the brethren maybe disposed to give , the maximum donation of each individual brother being limited to . £ 5 . Payments may be made either to the London and County Bank , Head Office , Lombard Street , E . C ., or to the Branch at St . Alban ' s ; or direct to the Hon . Secretary , Bro . C . E . Keyser , by whom formal receipts for all Contributions wdl be given . "
To Hope.
TO HOPE .
BY BRO . W . PEED . VEEJTOS ' , W . M . lODffiE " KELSOj" NO . 58 , S . E . A store star , Thou shin ' st afar , But in my heart I feel thy gleaming : Where'er I be
I turn to thee Encouraged by thy kindly beaming . Tho' tempest tost , Yet never lost , And never doubting aught or fearing ; Tho' storms arise
Ancl rend the skies Thou shin'st through aU the storms careering . With thee for guide , No ills betide , No dark despair my soul engrosses : I count but small
Both one and all My troubles , trials , and my crosses , Unto life ' s end Do though befriend , Stdl let me be on thee depending ; For without hope We only grope In darkness dense , and never ending .