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and any deficiency there may be in the requisite amount of its annual income is , as in the case of the Oii-ls' School , provided at an annual festival . The last eleemosynary foundation is the " Asylum for worthy aged and decayed Freemasons , " which was first brought before the Craft in 1835 , and until sufficient funds are raised to erect a convenient building , it offers to worthy aged and decayed Freemasons a small annual pensionand there are now several Brethren enjoying this
ad-, vantage —( cheers . ) This institution has , by the unanimous vote of the Grand Lodge , been recommended to the favourable consideration of the Craft . Its present funds exceed 3000 / ., ancl its annual festival is always productive of a liberal addition . It must be grateful to every feeling and humane mind to reflect that whatever misfortunes we may meet with in this transitory life , however afflicting our change of circumstances may be , yet that in one or other of these schools the children of
our poor deceased Brethren may be protected . But if this be so , if we are rejoiced to find that the children ( whom we may never have seen ) of our poorer Brethren are taken care of , how much more must our sympathies be excited in favour of that Asylum which has for its object the affording relief to the grey-headed , infirm , old Freemason ; one whom we may frequently have met within the tyled recesses of the Lod—who likewise have joined us at our
ge , may festive board , and who having arrived at a venerable but infirm old age , is incapable of maintaining himself by his own exertions , and who must , if not thus benevolently provided for , perish in the parish workhouse—( applause . ) There are , I am assured , none here ivho would not readil y promote the success of such an institution . This is a subject
upon which much more might be said , but I will not further trespass upon your time , as I feel assured that , however imperfectly I may have expressed my feelings , however deficientl y I may have commented upon the subject , that yon will nevertheless cordially unite ivith me in a fervent prayer for increased ¦ ' Prosperity to the Masonic Charities " - —( great cheering . ) The AV . M . said that it was scarcely necessary to request their
kindness and most fraternal attention to the toast which he was about to propose , inasmuch as they must have already anticipated that it would be one intimately connected and identified with the honour conferred upon him , by the presence there to-day of a highly respected guest and Brother , —one , the general tenour of whose ' life had been that of unexceptionable love of mankind at large ; whose exertions in the cause of Masonry had long been familiar to the Brethren of
many a distant clime , and whose name had been closely and honourably connected with some of the noblest and most philanthropic designs that ever emanated from the mind of man . He was beloved for his virtues , —admired for his great talent , and respected for his high Masonic efficiency . He ( the AV . M . ) need scarcely remark , there were but few Masons to whom the portrait he had drawn was more applicable than to his worthy ancl excellent friend Dr . Crucefix —( cheers . ) Pie would
therefore , request that they would fill one glass—drink one bumper , to his long life , happiness and prosperity —( great applause . ) After the applause had somewhat subsided , Dr . CHUCEFIX rose , ancl was again enthusiasticall y welcomed , ivith the addition of the Masonic chorus , " Prosper the Art . " His reception by the Masons of the Province of AVarwick , the Doctor observed ,
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Provincial.
and any deficiency there may be in the requisite amount of its annual income is , as in the case of the Oii-ls' School , provided at an annual festival . The last eleemosynary foundation is the " Asylum for worthy aged and decayed Freemasons , " which was first brought before the Craft in 1835 , and until sufficient funds are raised to erect a convenient building , it offers to worthy aged and decayed Freemasons a small annual pensionand there are now several Brethren enjoying this
ad-, vantage —( cheers . ) This institution has , by the unanimous vote of the Grand Lodge , been recommended to the favourable consideration of the Craft . Its present funds exceed 3000 / ., ancl its annual festival is always productive of a liberal addition . It must be grateful to every feeling and humane mind to reflect that whatever misfortunes we may meet with in this transitory life , however afflicting our change of circumstances may be , yet that in one or other of these schools the children of
our poor deceased Brethren may be protected . But if this be so , if we are rejoiced to find that the children ( whom we may never have seen ) of our poorer Brethren are taken care of , how much more must our sympathies be excited in favour of that Asylum which has for its object the affording relief to the grey-headed , infirm , old Freemason ; one whom we may frequently have met within the tyled recesses of the Lod—who likewise have joined us at our
ge , may festive board , and who having arrived at a venerable but infirm old age , is incapable of maintaining himself by his own exertions , and who must , if not thus benevolently provided for , perish in the parish workhouse—( applause . ) There are , I am assured , none here ivho would not readil y promote the success of such an institution . This is a subject
upon which much more might be said , but I will not further trespass upon your time , as I feel assured that , however imperfectly I may have expressed my feelings , however deficientl y I may have commented upon the subject , that yon will nevertheless cordially unite ivith me in a fervent prayer for increased ¦ ' Prosperity to the Masonic Charities " - —( great cheering . ) The AV . M . said that it was scarcely necessary to request their
kindness and most fraternal attention to the toast which he was about to propose , inasmuch as they must have already anticipated that it would be one intimately connected and identified with the honour conferred upon him , by the presence there to-day of a highly respected guest and Brother , —one , the general tenour of whose ' life had been that of unexceptionable love of mankind at large ; whose exertions in the cause of Masonry had long been familiar to the Brethren of
many a distant clime , and whose name had been closely and honourably connected with some of the noblest and most philanthropic designs that ever emanated from the mind of man . He was beloved for his virtues , —admired for his great talent , and respected for his high Masonic efficiency . He ( the AV . M . ) need scarcely remark , there were but few Masons to whom the portrait he had drawn was more applicable than to his worthy ancl excellent friend Dr . Crucefix —( cheers . ) Pie would
therefore , request that they would fill one glass—drink one bumper , to his long life , happiness and prosperity —( great applause . ) After the applause had somewhat subsided , Dr . CHUCEFIX rose , ancl was again enthusiasticall y welcomed , ivith the addition of the Masonic chorus , " Prosper the Art . " His reception by the Masons of the Province of AVarwick , the Doctor observed ,