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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION. ← Page 8 of 12 →
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Quarterly Communication.
The learned Brother warmly supported the petition in a long and able speech . Bro . ROWLAND ALSTON , Jun ., should have given a silent vote after the eloquent addresses on behalf of the distressed that they had just heard , had not one point , ancl he believed but one , been omitted by the speakers , one no less important , however , than any that had been named ; it was that this petition came to them with the support and
recommendation of a Lodge at Oxford—a Lodge yielding to none in respectability , in talent , and in charity . He spoke from an intimate knowledge of the Lodge , after being connected with it many years . That Lodge would not recommend a petition unless they were ivell assured of the truth of the assertions it contained . In this case , the Lodge hacl , he believed , clone themselves the honour of relieving the widowand the other Brethren of that province had been called upon
, , and intended to render support . It ivould require but little eloquence to induce Grand Lodge to grant the prayer of the petition , the recommendation of the Boarcl of Benevolence , ancl the motion of the Vice-President ofthe Board of General Purposes ; he was sure they already felt a yearning to vote the sum asked for , ancl contribute to cheer the misery of so afflicted a lady as the petitioner , who had , in her maternal capacity in tending the sick-bedbeen deprived of that invaluable blessing
, —sight . He hoped the assistance she would this clay receive from them ivould enable her to support herself , at least help to do so ; and with her trust in the great Architect of the Universe she need not despair —( cheers . ) Bro . SPIERS had attended Grand Lodge for the purpose of speaking
to the merits of the petition , had come up from Oxford expressly ; but those who knew the Lodge , ancl who knew the petitioner , ancl had knoivn her late husband , had so fully and beautifully urged her case that it left him nothing to say but to thank them for the support they hacl given—they would be thanked by the widow and the orphans . They had not said one word more in favour than could be proved ; but they had removed a weight from his mind , as no doubt could be entertained of the result of this motion after what they had heard . As
Master of the Alfred Lodge he thanked them in advance , ancl assured them their grant was well ancl worthily bestowed . Unanimously carried . Dr . CRUCEPIX had to ask them for the sum of 50 / ., on the recommendation of the Board of Benevolence , for a widow at Liverpool . This was one of those cases that , although in itself most distressing , yet gave the members of the Grand Lodge the opportunity of proving how readily they appreciated the attention of the members of the Boarcl of Benevolence , who unanimously recommended the grant . The husband ,
during his useful and active lite , was tor many years Provincial Grancl Secretary , and had , in every respect , so ably , consistently , and satisfactorily fulfilled his duties , that a puhlic testimonial was subscribed for , and would have been presented to him at an especial festival , but , alas . ' it reached him only in the chamber of death . He would not weaken the deep interest felt in this case further than to observe that the estimable lady for whom he pleaded had six children , and most eminently deserved the grant , which , if unanimously carried , ivould probably lead other friends to aid her ; whereas , if it were withheld , it might tend to a belief that her dear departed husband was not held in the high estimation he so richly deserved to be . Would any one stand forth and gain-i
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Quarterly Communication.
The learned Brother warmly supported the petition in a long and able speech . Bro . ROWLAND ALSTON , Jun ., should have given a silent vote after the eloquent addresses on behalf of the distressed that they had just heard , had not one point , ancl he believed but one , been omitted by the speakers , one no less important , however , than any that had been named ; it was that this petition came to them with the support and
recommendation of a Lodge at Oxford—a Lodge yielding to none in respectability , in talent , and in charity . He spoke from an intimate knowledge of the Lodge , after being connected with it many years . That Lodge would not recommend a petition unless they were ivell assured of the truth of the assertions it contained . In this case , the Lodge hacl , he believed , clone themselves the honour of relieving the widowand the other Brethren of that province had been called upon
, , and intended to render support . It ivould require but little eloquence to induce Grand Lodge to grant the prayer of the petition , the recommendation of the Boarcl of Benevolence , ancl the motion of the Vice-President ofthe Board of General Purposes ; he was sure they already felt a yearning to vote the sum asked for , ancl contribute to cheer the misery of so afflicted a lady as the petitioner , who had , in her maternal capacity in tending the sick-bedbeen deprived of that invaluable blessing
, —sight . He hoped the assistance she would this clay receive from them ivould enable her to support herself , at least help to do so ; and with her trust in the great Architect of the Universe she need not despair —( cheers . ) Bro . SPIERS had attended Grand Lodge for the purpose of speaking
to the merits of the petition , had come up from Oxford expressly ; but those who knew the Lodge , ancl who knew the petitioner , ancl had knoivn her late husband , had so fully and beautifully urged her case that it left him nothing to say but to thank them for the support they hacl given—they would be thanked by the widow and the orphans . They had not said one word more in favour than could be proved ; but they had removed a weight from his mind , as no doubt could be entertained of the result of this motion after what they had heard . As
Master of the Alfred Lodge he thanked them in advance , ancl assured them their grant was well ancl worthily bestowed . Unanimously carried . Dr . CRUCEPIX had to ask them for the sum of 50 / ., on the recommendation of the Board of Benevolence , for a widow at Liverpool . This was one of those cases that , although in itself most distressing , yet gave the members of the Grand Lodge the opportunity of proving how readily they appreciated the attention of the members of the Boarcl of Benevolence , who unanimously recommended the grant . The husband ,
during his useful and active lite , was tor many years Provincial Grancl Secretary , and had , in every respect , so ably , consistently , and satisfactorily fulfilled his duties , that a puhlic testimonial was subscribed for , and would have been presented to him at an especial festival , but , alas . ' it reached him only in the chamber of death . He would not weaken the deep interest felt in this case further than to observe that the estimable lady for whom he pleaded had six children , and most eminently deserved the grant , which , if unanimously carried , ivould probably lead other friends to aid her ; whereas , if it were withheld , it might tend to a belief that her dear departed husband was not held in the high estimation he so richly deserved to be . Would any one stand forth and gain-i