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The building expenses ( amounting to upwards of nine hundred pounds ) were defrayed by subscriptions amongst the members , in amounts varying from ten pounds each to two hundred pounds ; the debentures for all of which ( save tho sum of fifty-five pounds ) were voluntarily cancelled on the completion of the works .
Connected with the Howe are a Royal Arch Chapter of forty-fi \ 'e members , and a Mark Masters Lodge of nearly one hundred members with a Lodge of Instruction , held weekly . Arrangements have been made for the formation of a library ; a yearly sum has been voted towards that purpose ; and already some valuable works have been presented—a set of the Freemasons' Magazinefrom its
commence-, ment to the present time , forming the nucleus , The sums expended on furniture ( including that for the Royal Arch Chapter and the Mark Lodge ) amount to about six hundred and seventy-five pounds , but of this much has been contributed by individual members . The
immediate Past Master , Brother Weiss , in addition to several other costly gifts , during the period he occupied the chair , presented to the Lodge , on bis retirement , a beautiful case of working tools , formed of silver and ivory . Perfect success has thus been the result of the experiment ; the members , ( betiveen fifty and sixty ) , all of the highest respectability ,
being one only less than those of the most numerous Lodge in Birmingham , the Lodge of Light . But the chief subject for congratulation is , that the example set by this Lodge has g iven " a heavy bloAV and great discouragement" to the vicious system of tavernhaunting—that miserable relic of bygone days , Avhen men , void of education and ideas , in order to get through their evenings , habitually
resorted to the public house , simply because they had no mental resources , either in themse ' iA'es or at their homes ; and because , as Johnson expresses it , " when drunk , the vacuity of their intellects became the less insupportable . "
FOUGTVENESS . —The brai'e only know how to forgive . It is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at . Coivai'ds have done good and kind actions—cowards have even fought , nay , sometimes , even conquered—but a coward never forgave . It is not in his nature ; the power of doing it flows only from a strength and greatness of soul , conscious of its own force and security , and above the little temptations of resenting every fruitless attempt to interrupt its happiness
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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The building expenses ( amounting to upwards of nine hundred pounds ) were defrayed by subscriptions amongst the members , in amounts varying from ten pounds each to two hundred pounds ; the debentures for all of which ( save tho sum of fifty-five pounds ) were voluntarily cancelled on the completion of the works .
Connected with the Howe are a Royal Arch Chapter of forty-fi \ 'e members , and a Mark Masters Lodge of nearly one hundred members with a Lodge of Instruction , held weekly . Arrangements have been made for the formation of a library ; a yearly sum has been voted towards that purpose ; and already some valuable works have been presented—a set of the Freemasons' Magazinefrom its
commence-, ment to the present time , forming the nucleus , The sums expended on furniture ( including that for the Royal Arch Chapter and the Mark Lodge ) amount to about six hundred and seventy-five pounds , but of this much has been contributed by individual members . The
immediate Past Master , Brother Weiss , in addition to several other costly gifts , during the period he occupied the chair , presented to the Lodge , on bis retirement , a beautiful case of working tools , formed of silver and ivory . Perfect success has thus been the result of the experiment ; the members , ( betiveen fifty and sixty ) , all of the highest respectability ,
being one only less than those of the most numerous Lodge in Birmingham , the Lodge of Light . But the chief subject for congratulation is , that the example set by this Lodge has g iven " a heavy bloAV and great discouragement" to the vicious system of tavernhaunting—that miserable relic of bygone days , Avhen men , void of education and ideas , in order to get through their evenings , habitually
resorted to the public house , simply because they had no mental resources , either in themse ' iA'es or at their homes ; and because , as Johnson expresses it , " when drunk , the vacuity of their intellects became the less insupportable . "
FOUGTVENESS . —The brai'e only know how to forgive . It is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at . Coivai'ds have done good and kind actions—cowards have even fought , nay , sometimes , even conquered—but a coward never forgave . It is not in his nature ; the power of doing it flows only from a strength and greatness of soul , conscious of its own force and security , and above the little temptations of resenting every fruitless attempt to interrupt its happiness