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The Charities.
School , " and resumed his seat amid loud and continued cheering from all parts of the Hall . The D . G . M . next proposed the health of Bro . B . Bond Cabbell , who was not only Treasurer to the Freemasons' Girls' School , and of the Boys' School , but tbe liberal supporter of this and most of the charities of the kingdom . Pie trusted that they would testify by their cordial response to the toast , the pleasure it afforded them to see Bro . Cabbel
once more among them in renewed health . Bro . B . BOND CABBELL said that , assembled as they were on that occasion to promote the prosperity and welfare of this institution , he hoped they should gain such an accession of subscribers as would make it a permanent benefit and a lasting honour to tbe Order . He felt that the returning thanks for a compliment paid was an ungracious task , but in this case tbe compliment was paid to tbe office rather than to the officer .
The institution which they were that day commemorating was founded for the great , good , and holy purpose of rearing the offspring of those , who perhaps were once companions at these festive boards , but upon whom fortune had not continued to smile , and it was therefore reserved to others to administer to their wants and place them in a way of regaining that position in society which their fathers once occupied . It was to him highly gratifying to witness this large assembly under the presidency
of the D . G . M ., the Earl of Yarborougb , for on some previous occasions when his lordship occupied the chair , tiie number was small compared to the present meeting ; and the reason of the increase was , that they now had Stewards from the provincial lodges . It was reserved for the province of Oxfordshire to set the example , as it was the first to send a brother to act on this occasion . Since that time tlie example had been followed by others ; and he hoped it would be so hereafter , and that provincial lodges generally would take an interest in this charity . It was their duty
to do so , because its doors were open to all , and it offered a shelter to the children of those whose habitations spread over the whole length and breadth of the land . He trusted that their meetings would continue to increase ; and he was gratified to see so many brethren assembled to do honour to their noble Chairman , and to the valuable institution whose funds they were met to benefit . He had attended for twenty-five years , and during that time bad acted as Treasurer to this Charity , in whicb it
was scarcely necessary to say he felt the deepest interest . He should continue to feel as warml y in its welfare as ever ; he cordiall y concurred in the noble sentiments expressed by the D . G . M ., that the only way for the great and powerful to obtain respect was to shoiv that they had a deep interest in the welfare of the people . The subscription papers having been handed in , the Secretary , Bro . F . Crew , read the names and amounts which elicited repeated marks of approbation .
The P . G . M . said it was his duty to call upon them to keep the other charities of the . Order in remembrance , for though they were assembled on this occasion as the friends and supporters of the Freemasons' Girls' School , yet it must not be supposed that they had no other institutions to uphold . It was not surprising to find it urged by those who did not belong to the Order , that they did no good by meeting in their lodges , but if it were more generall y known that they did support various charitable institutions , perhaps not so striking in themselves as this which they had witnessed this evening , but not less calculated to flo good , they would find that opinion vanish that Freemasonry was not vm ,. i . o o
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Charities.
School , " and resumed his seat amid loud and continued cheering from all parts of the Hall . The D . G . M . next proposed the health of Bro . B . Bond Cabbell , who was not only Treasurer to the Freemasons' Girls' School , and of the Boys' School , but tbe liberal supporter of this and most of the charities of the kingdom . Pie trusted that they would testify by their cordial response to the toast , the pleasure it afforded them to see Bro . Cabbel
once more among them in renewed health . Bro . B . BOND CABBELL said that , assembled as they were on that occasion to promote the prosperity and welfare of this institution , he hoped they should gain such an accession of subscribers as would make it a permanent benefit and a lasting honour to tbe Order . He felt that the returning thanks for a compliment paid was an ungracious task , but in this case tbe compliment was paid to tbe office rather than to the officer .
The institution which they were that day commemorating was founded for the great , good , and holy purpose of rearing the offspring of those , who perhaps were once companions at these festive boards , but upon whom fortune had not continued to smile , and it was therefore reserved to others to administer to their wants and place them in a way of regaining that position in society which their fathers once occupied . It was to him highly gratifying to witness this large assembly under the presidency
of the D . G . M ., the Earl of Yarborougb , for on some previous occasions when his lordship occupied the chair , tiie number was small compared to the present meeting ; and the reason of the increase was , that they now had Stewards from the provincial lodges . It was reserved for the province of Oxfordshire to set the example , as it was the first to send a brother to act on this occasion . Since that time tlie example had been followed by others ; and he hoped it would be so hereafter , and that provincial lodges generally would take an interest in this charity . It was their duty
to do so , because its doors were open to all , and it offered a shelter to the children of those whose habitations spread over the whole length and breadth of the land . He trusted that their meetings would continue to increase ; and he was gratified to see so many brethren assembled to do honour to their noble Chairman , and to the valuable institution whose funds they were met to benefit . He had attended for twenty-five years , and during that time bad acted as Treasurer to this Charity , in whicb it
was scarcely necessary to say he felt the deepest interest . He should continue to feel as warml y in its welfare as ever ; he cordiall y concurred in the noble sentiments expressed by the D . G . M ., that the only way for the great and powerful to obtain respect was to shoiv that they had a deep interest in the welfare of the people . The subscription papers having been handed in , the Secretary , Bro . F . Crew , read the names and amounts which elicited repeated marks of approbation .
The P . G . M . said it was his duty to call upon them to keep the other charities of the . Order in remembrance , for though they were assembled on this occasion as the friends and supporters of the Freemasons' Girls' School , yet it must not be supposed that they had no other institutions to uphold . It was not surprising to find it urged by those who did not belong to the Order , that they did no good by meeting in their lodges , but if it were more generall y known that they did support various charitable institutions , perhaps not so striking in themselves as this which they had witnessed this evening , but not less calculated to flo good , they would find that opinion vanish that Freemasonry was not vm ,. i . o o