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An Address,
AN ADDRESS ,
For the Eighth Anniversary Festival in aid of the Asylum for the Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemason ; circulated on the 21 si of June , 18 ' 13 , at the Freemasons' Hall .
ONCE more we meet where oft we met before , In holy Charity ' s behest ; once more We plead the AGED MASON ' claim , to share Whatever wealth can give or comfort spare . For him , domestic joys that smiled upon , But who , alas ! hath lost them , one by one
;—For him , who ample means could once command , And gave with eager heart and ready hand;—For him , once highly honoured , widely known . But living now—mid multitudes—alone;—For him , who joined the Craft in early youth , And followed Science through the paths of Truth;—For himwho step by step the summit gained
, , And even to the sacred fane attained;—For liim , unfriended now , new friends we seek , And every generous sympathy bespeak ! Nor shall we plead in vain ! We have no fear For such as he , from those assembled here !—The cause is won already , where we find
Sincere in I'urpose—eloquent and kind—ABOYNE presiding : —where around we see Of hearty friends a goodly company;—And where , with trustful tears of tenderness , Virtue and Beauty all our efforts bless ! Come then , poor wanderer ! nor wander more : —
In our Asylum there shall be a door - Flung open to receive thee;—there shall be Seats for the friends who come to comfort thee—And food , and raiment;—to the ASYLUM come , And in its refuge find A CHEERFUL HO . IIK . ' Bno . J . LEE STEVENS , P . M . , P . G . S ., & c .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Address,
AN ADDRESS ,
For the Eighth Anniversary Festival in aid of the Asylum for the Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemason ; circulated on the 21 si of June , 18 ' 13 , at the Freemasons' Hall .
ONCE more we meet where oft we met before , In holy Charity ' s behest ; once more We plead the AGED MASON ' claim , to share Whatever wealth can give or comfort spare . For him , domestic joys that smiled upon , But who , alas ! hath lost them , one by one
;—For him , who ample means could once command , And gave with eager heart and ready hand;—For him , once highly honoured , widely known . But living now—mid multitudes—alone;—For him , who joined the Craft in early youth , And followed Science through the paths of Truth;—For himwho step by step the summit gained
, , And even to the sacred fane attained;—For liim , unfriended now , new friends we seek , And every generous sympathy bespeak ! Nor shall we plead in vain ! We have no fear For such as he , from those assembled here !—The cause is won already , where we find
Sincere in I'urpose—eloquent and kind—ABOYNE presiding : —where around we see Of hearty friends a goodly company;—And where , with trustful tears of tenderness , Virtue and Beauty all our efforts bless ! Come then , poor wanderer ! nor wander more : —
In our Asylum there shall be a door - Flung open to receive thee;—there shall be Seats for the friends who come to comfort thee—And food , and raiment;—to the ASYLUM come , And in its refuge find A CHEERFUL HO . IIK . ' Bno . J . LEE STEVENS , P . M . , P . G . S ., & c .