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Asylum For Aged Freemasons.
the funds of the lodge have not been granted in aid of it . This can only be accounted for because that object has been misrepresented ; and I cannot help saying that it is a stigma upon them that no member of the Grand Lodge has come forward to have that resolution carried into operation . It has been said that there are other charities that have claims upon the Grand Lodge , antl that it cannot extend its support to this institution— " we have other Institutions and other Charities , " it is said ,
which are more deserving of support ; and besides , if this institution be erected , persons may become recipients of its benefits who have not claims upon the sympathy of the general body . Such answers remind me of the old
verse" Br . Fell , the reasnn why we cannot tell . But this we know , and know full well , We do not like thee . Dr . Fell . " ( Cheers and laughter ) . Boswell has recorded an anecdote of George the Third and Dr . Johnson , from which it appeared that the doctor having had an interview with His Majesty , and being asked the result , he said , " Why , sir , His Majesty was very multiform and multifarious , but , thank Godhe answered his own questions ; " and so with respect to the
, opponents of the site , who say it is not the best ; but let us pardon that sin in expectation of the glory which will follow repentance . I rise to propose the health of " The Office-bearers of the Institution , Lord Southampton , Dr . Crucefix , and the other Office-bearers connected with it . " —( cheers . ) I should tell you that this Asylum was projected in 1834 , and ever since then I have carefully followed Dr . Crucefix , but at a humble distance . There must be a master spirit in every great
undertaking , and in founding an institution like this it could not , as you may well suppose , be accomplished without a master spirit—that master spirit is Dr . Crucefix—( loud cheers ) . Four years after the Doctor submitted his plan to the Craft , I met him , and although the plan was not then very encouraging , he told me that he was determined to persevere , and that we must erect the Asylum . I know the energy , zeal , and
perseverence with which he has worked to promote this noble object ; and let me tell of that noble man —( cheers)—who has gone on without turning to the right or to the left , and despite the frowns of power and the many attempts which were made to induce him to give up his object , and who has not swerved from that course which he had laid down for himself , to raise an Asylum for the father and the child—that he has had many a sleepless night in his maturing exertions . No committee meeting has
been called without his presence , and no step taken without his advice and support ; and to him is due the crown and the laurel for the successful issue of the institution —( great cheering ) . If I could for a few moments imitate the heart-stirring eloquence of the noble lord in the chair , I would expatiate at greater length and with more power on the merits of my . friend , but suffice it to say that he is the man who has called ihis institution into existence , and who has supported it since amidst
many difficulties anil differences of opinion , and who has now realized his object and placed the coping stone upon the top of the edifice —( cheers ) . I cannot but feebly do justice to the merits of Bro . Crucefix , but I am sure , feebly as I have expressed those merits , you will willingly and cordially join me in dedicating this glass to his health—or rather , I should say , to his better health—for he has come here , labouring under indisposition , in order to carry forward the labour in which he has been so long and so successfully engaged —( cheers ) . Brethren , I hope you will
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Asylum For Aged Freemasons.
the funds of the lodge have not been granted in aid of it . This can only be accounted for because that object has been misrepresented ; and I cannot help saying that it is a stigma upon them that no member of the Grand Lodge has come forward to have that resolution carried into operation . It has been said that there are other charities that have claims upon the Grand Lodge , antl that it cannot extend its support to this institution— " we have other Institutions and other Charities , " it is said ,
which are more deserving of support ; and besides , if this institution be erected , persons may become recipients of its benefits who have not claims upon the sympathy of the general body . Such answers remind me of the old
verse" Br . Fell , the reasnn why we cannot tell . But this we know , and know full well , We do not like thee . Dr . Fell . " ( Cheers and laughter ) . Boswell has recorded an anecdote of George the Third and Dr . Johnson , from which it appeared that the doctor having had an interview with His Majesty , and being asked the result , he said , " Why , sir , His Majesty was very multiform and multifarious , but , thank Godhe answered his own questions ; " and so with respect to the
, opponents of the site , who say it is not the best ; but let us pardon that sin in expectation of the glory which will follow repentance . I rise to propose the health of " The Office-bearers of the Institution , Lord Southampton , Dr . Crucefix , and the other Office-bearers connected with it . " —( cheers . ) I should tell you that this Asylum was projected in 1834 , and ever since then I have carefully followed Dr . Crucefix , but at a humble distance . There must be a master spirit in every great
undertaking , and in founding an institution like this it could not , as you may well suppose , be accomplished without a master spirit—that master spirit is Dr . Crucefix—( loud cheers ) . Four years after the Doctor submitted his plan to the Craft , I met him , and although the plan was not then very encouraging , he told me that he was determined to persevere , and that we must erect the Asylum . I know the energy , zeal , and
perseverence with which he has worked to promote this noble object ; and let me tell of that noble man —( cheers)—who has gone on without turning to the right or to the left , and despite the frowns of power and the many attempts which were made to induce him to give up his object , and who has not swerved from that course which he had laid down for himself , to raise an Asylum for the father and the child—that he has had many a sleepless night in his maturing exertions . No committee meeting has
been called without his presence , and no step taken without his advice and support ; and to him is due the crown and the laurel for the successful issue of the institution —( great cheering ) . If I could for a few moments imitate the heart-stirring eloquence of the noble lord in the chair , I would expatiate at greater length and with more power on the merits of my . friend , but suffice it to say that he is the man who has called ihis institution into existence , and who has supported it since amidst
many difficulties anil differences of opinion , and who has now realized his object and placed the coping stone upon the top of the edifice —( cheers ) . I cannot but feebly do justice to the merits of Bro . Crucefix , but I am sure , feebly as I have expressed those merits , you will willingly and cordially join me in dedicating this glass to his health—or rather , I should say , to his better health—for he has come here , labouring under indisposition , in order to carry forward the labour in which he has been so long and so successfully engaged —( cheers ) . Brethren , I hope you will