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Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
fessional visitors , assisted by the ladies and the pupils of Bro . Jolley The business of the day then commenced . CHAIRMAN—Gentlemen and Brethren , it is unnecessary for me to attempt to interest you by any remarks of mine in proposing the first toast in the list . I am sure that all of you anticipate any thing that I could say , and I will , therefore , at once propose— " The Queen and her illustrious consortPrince Albert . " Drunk with all the honours— " God
, save the Queen . " CHAIRMAN—Gentlemen , the next toast on the list is that of the health of her Majesty the Queen Dowager , who is a life-governor of the institution , and also the liberal patroness of the girls' charity . Her excellence is well known to all of you , and I hope that the kind interest which her Majesty takes in the girls' charity will be extensively followed by the ladies in the gallerywhose attention I beg to call to that institution ;
, and , I am sure , if the ladies would but take the trouble to visit it , they would be of opinion that no institution could be better managed . In proposing the health of the Queen Dowager , I may mention that I saw her depart from the pier at Ramsgate yesterday . From some inattention , the vessel struck when she left the pier , but , fortunately , no damage occurred , and I hope her Majesty will soon return to this country in safety and in better health . —( Cheers ) . Drunk with three times three
and one cheer more . —Glee . CHAIRMAN—Gentlemen , I shall now give you— "The health of the Prince of Wales , and the rest of the Royal family . " Drunk with the usual honours . —Glee .
CHAIRMAN—Brethren , I now particularly address myself to you , because the name I am about to mention is better known to you than it is to the visitors . I mean the Most Worshipful Grand Master of England , the Earl of Zetland . —( Cheers . ) That name is justly endeared to you , because the conduct of that nobleman has always evinced an anxious desire , to advance the interests of Masonry , and the urbanity , the kindness , and courtesy , of his manners , are additional inducements to admire and respect him . I propose , with all respect , " The health of
our Most AVorshipful Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland . "—( Immense cheers . ) Drunk with the usual honours . —Harp . CHAIRMAN—Gentlemen , may I claim your silence and attention while I propose the next toast , for it is the toast of the evening , and I approach it labouring under the conviction that I shall have some difficulty in doing it justice . It is now eleven years since it was thought desirable that some means should be taken to afford an asylum to the aged and worn out Freemason in his days of adversity , and some members of the Craft , who ivere ornaments to it , set about supplying the
deficiency . In the various roads round the metropolis , there was scarcely one in which some charitable institution did not attract attention , but nowhere did you see an asylum for aged Freemasons . This , I feel , is a disgrace to the Craft . —( Cheers . ) If we , as Freemasons , possess such a splendid hall as this in which we are assembled—possessing , as we do , this splendid property—I feel it a disgrace that there is no home provided for our aged and worn out Brethren—that there was no asylum
opening its doors to receive our old in misfortune , who needed the assistance of the more fortunate members of the Craft . —( Cheers . ) I greatly regret the want of such an asylum , and I am surprised that , at the end of thc eleven years during which we have been endeavouring to obviate the evil , we have so small a sum in hand—a sum not reaching
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
fessional visitors , assisted by the ladies and the pupils of Bro . Jolley The business of the day then commenced . CHAIRMAN—Gentlemen and Brethren , it is unnecessary for me to attempt to interest you by any remarks of mine in proposing the first toast in the list . I am sure that all of you anticipate any thing that I could say , and I will , therefore , at once propose— " The Queen and her illustrious consortPrince Albert . " Drunk with all the honours— " God
, save the Queen . " CHAIRMAN—Gentlemen , the next toast on the list is that of the health of her Majesty the Queen Dowager , who is a life-governor of the institution , and also the liberal patroness of the girls' charity . Her excellence is well known to all of you , and I hope that the kind interest which her Majesty takes in the girls' charity will be extensively followed by the ladies in the gallerywhose attention I beg to call to that institution ;
, and , I am sure , if the ladies would but take the trouble to visit it , they would be of opinion that no institution could be better managed . In proposing the health of the Queen Dowager , I may mention that I saw her depart from the pier at Ramsgate yesterday . From some inattention , the vessel struck when she left the pier , but , fortunately , no damage occurred , and I hope her Majesty will soon return to this country in safety and in better health . —( Cheers ) . Drunk with three times three
and one cheer more . —Glee . CHAIRMAN—Gentlemen , I shall now give you— "The health of the Prince of Wales , and the rest of the Royal family . " Drunk with the usual honours . —Glee .
CHAIRMAN—Brethren , I now particularly address myself to you , because the name I am about to mention is better known to you than it is to the visitors . I mean the Most Worshipful Grand Master of England , the Earl of Zetland . —( Cheers . ) That name is justly endeared to you , because the conduct of that nobleman has always evinced an anxious desire , to advance the interests of Masonry , and the urbanity , the kindness , and courtesy , of his manners , are additional inducements to admire and respect him . I propose , with all respect , " The health of
our Most AVorshipful Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland . "—( Immense cheers . ) Drunk with the usual honours . —Harp . CHAIRMAN—Gentlemen , may I claim your silence and attention while I propose the next toast , for it is the toast of the evening , and I approach it labouring under the conviction that I shall have some difficulty in doing it justice . It is now eleven years since it was thought desirable that some means should be taken to afford an asylum to the aged and worn out Freemason in his days of adversity , and some members of the Craft , who ivere ornaments to it , set about supplying the
deficiency . In the various roads round the metropolis , there was scarcely one in which some charitable institution did not attract attention , but nowhere did you see an asylum for aged Freemasons . This , I feel , is a disgrace to the Craft . —( Cheers . ) If we , as Freemasons , possess such a splendid hall as this in which we are assembled—possessing , as we do , this splendid property—I feel it a disgrace that there is no home provided for our aged and worn out Brethren—that there was no asylum
opening its doors to receive our old in misfortune , who needed the assistance of the more fortunate members of the Craft . —( Cheers . ) I greatly regret the want of such an asylum , and I am surprised that , at the end of thc eleven years during which we have been endeavouring to obviate the evil , we have so small a sum in hand—a sum not reaching