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On The Necessity Of A Building Fund In Aid Of Masonic Asylums.
America , the colonies , and all parts where the English warrants are in force , there will , in all probability , be very liberal remittances made . Seventh . —That a nig ht for an annual ball shall be fixed at such period of the season as may be considered most eligible . The proceedings to be under the sanction and arrangement of an especial committee . Eighth . —A concert in the Hall would probably produce a handsome
sum . In such a cause our vocal brethren , we are confident , would rally round the standard of charity ; aye , more , we could vouch for the splendid services of more than one sister of mercy to hallow the sacred
cause . Ninth . —That as the excursions to the Nore have already produced for the boys' school nearly a thousand pounds ; it is probable that an additional excursion would materially aid the general building fund . Tenth . —That a fancy fair be held in the Zoological , Surrey Zoological , or Vauxhall Gardens , under the management of a committee . We need hardly allude to the peculiar advantages with which the
brethren could conduct a festival of this description . Eleventh . —That the L ADIES be earnestly solicited to aid this laudable object by those acts of private charity , which , when exerted with the all-persuasive force of their own sympathy , must crown our success , by the resistless charms of an advocacy , to which nature adds the sanction of LOVE itself .
SHALL WE SUCCEED ?—SHALL WE NOT . Under the constitution of England there are upwards of six hundred Ledges ; it is impossible , therefore , to look forward merely in hope , we feel justified in the expectation of success . When the girls' school was first established , the London and country Lodges vied with a noble and generous rivalry , in prompt and efficient assistance . It would be
unnecessary to record ah the honourable traits which characterised their mutual determination ; we select the two following , merely that we may render our humble tribute to the memory of brethren , who have left us so valuable a legacy in their noble examples , which will be perused with peculiar interest at this moment . The Shakspeare Lodge , now No . 116 , on the 22 d December , 1796 ,
in half an hour subscribed upwards of EIGHTY POUNDS for the girls ' school . This spontaneous tribute was the more generous , from the circumstance of the members having just previously taken and paid for a hundred and twenty tickets , to support a concert for the benefit of the charity , which took p lace on the 9 th of February in the same year : it should also be observed , that the Lodge had voted FIFTY GUINEAS two
months previously , in aid of the school . In the year 1797 , upwards of ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE POUNDS were collected , at the Chelmsford Lodge , after dinner , for the same laudable purpose .
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On The Necessity Of A Building Fund In Aid Of Masonic Asylums.
America , the colonies , and all parts where the English warrants are in force , there will , in all probability , be very liberal remittances made . Seventh . —That a nig ht for an annual ball shall be fixed at such period of the season as may be considered most eligible . The proceedings to be under the sanction and arrangement of an especial committee . Eighth . —A concert in the Hall would probably produce a handsome
sum . In such a cause our vocal brethren , we are confident , would rally round the standard of charity ; aye , more , we could vouch for the splendid services of more than one sister of mercy to hallow the sacred
cause . Ninth . —That as the excursions to the Nore have already produced for the boys' school nearly a thousand pounds ; it is probable that an additional excursion would materially aid the general building fund . Tenth . —That a fancy fair be held in the Zoological , Surrey Zoological , or Vauxhall Gardens , under the management of a committee . We need hardly allude to the peculiar advantages with which the
brethren could conduct a festival of this description . Eleventh . —That the L ADIES be earnestly solicited to aid this laudable object by those acts of private charity , which , when exerted with the all-persuasive force of their own sympathy , must crown our success , by the resistless charms of an advocacy , to which nature adds the sanction of LOVE itself .
SHALL WE SUCCEED ?—SHALL WE NOT . Under the constitution of England there are upwards of six hundred Ledges ; it is impossible , therefore , to look forward merely in hope , we feel justified in the expectation of success . When the girls' school was first established , the London and country Lodges vied with a noble and generous rivalry , in prompt and efficient assistance . It would be
unnecessary to record ah the honourable traits which characterised their mutual determination ; we select the two following , merely that we may render our humble tribute to the memory of brethren , who have left us so valuable a legacy in their noble examples , which will be perused with peculiar interest at this moment . The Shakspeare Lodge , now No . 116 , on the 22 d December , 1796 ,
in half an hour subscribed upwards of EIGHTY POUNDS for the girls ' school . This spontaneous tribute was the more generous , from the circumstance of the members having just previously taken and paid for a hundred and twenty tickets , to support a concert for the benefit of the charity , which took p lace on the 9 th of February in the same year : it should also be observed , that the Lodge had voted FIFTY GUINEAS two
months previously , in aid of the school . In the year 1797 , upwards of ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE POUNDS were collected , at the Chelmsford Lodge , after dinner , for the same laudable purpose .