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was prevented by circumstances from attending . It may also bo proper to state , that an examination into the list of those who supported this meeting will show that it embraces many who are not in the habit of attending either the girls' or the boys' festival . " Altogether , the reply was so convincing and satisfactory that Dr . Crueefix came out of the dispute with honour , and at the next
appointment of officers he was named by the Duke of Sussex as Junior Grand Deacon of England . His chief consideration , as we have already seen , was the establishment of an Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons ; and he rightly thought that the most certain method of testing the feelings of the Fraternity on tho propriety of the measure would be by submitting it to the deliberations of a general assembly of the Brethren
, if such a thing was practicable , and a full meeting of influential members of the Craft could bo obtained . He , therefore , in the month of June , 1835 , after a few preliminary arrangements , convened a public meeting , in his character of Worshipful Master of
the Temple Lodge , No . 118 , at the New London Hotel , Bridgestreet , Blackfriars . The call was responded to , and he laid before tho assembly a candid statement of his own views and details , which bemg fully and fairly investigated , a series of resolutions were agreed upon ; a society was organized , and the Doctor was appointed permanent treasurer and trustee with the Earl of Durham and Bro . Prescott . He was so delighted with the successful result of his
experiment , that in the joy of his heart he penned a few simple and affecting lines , which appeared in the leading article of the next number of tho " Freemasons' Quarterly Review . " " But , " says ho , " shall we trust ourselves to speak of the Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemason ; we can hardly cairn our feelings in announcing that this splendid offering to Freemasonry is no longer doubtful . Lodges have been appealed toand nobly have they acted—Brethren
, , unsolicited , have rallied around the pom- old Mason ' s cause—his sufferings have been made known—the standard of his hopes has been at length unfurled , and if till now many have died unaided , unreraemberecl , joy , joy to the hope which pronounces
that" The stone is laid—the Temple is begun—Help ! and its walls will glisten in the sun . " About this time Dr . Crueefix was elected an honorary member of the Trinosophes at Paris , and also of Lodges No . 4 , 50 , and 100 on the registry of Ireland , and Grand Procurator from the Grand Lodge of Scotland . He was appointed Grand Junior Deacon of England
, Grand Standard Bearer of the Supreme Chapter , E . Commander of tho Cross of Christ ; Vice-President of the Board of General Purposes , and chairman of the first Asylum Festival . One of the most remarkable occurrences which distinguished tho year 1836 in tho annals of Masonry was thc project of a magnificent offering to the
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was prevented by circumstances from attending . It may also bo proper to state , that an examination into the list of those who supported this meeting will show that it embraces many who are not in the habit of attending either the girls' or the boys' festival . " Altogether , the reply was so convincing and satisfactory that Dr . Crueefix came out of the dispute with honour , and at the next
appointment of officers he was named by the Duke of Sussex as Junior Grand Deacon of England . His chief consideration , as we have already seen , was the establishment of an Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons ; and he rightly thought that the most certain method of testing the feelings of the Fraternity on tho propriety of the measure would be by submitting it to the deliberations of a general assembly of the Brethren
, if such a thing was practicable , and a full meeting of influential members of the Craft could bo obtained . He , therefore , in the month of June , 1835 , after a few preliminary arrangements , convened a public meeting , in his character of Worshipful Master of
the Temple Lodge , No . 118 , at the New London Hotel , Bridgestreet , Blackfriars . The call was responded to , and he laid before tho assembly a candid statement of his own views and details , which bemg fully and fairly investigated , a series of resolutions were agreed upon ; a society was organized , and the Doctor was appointed permanent treasurer and trustee with the Earl of Durham and Bro . Prescott . He was so delighted with the successful result of his
experiment , that in the joy of his heart he penned a few simple and affecting lines , which appeared in the leading article of the next number of tho " Freemasons' Quarterly Review . " " But , " says ho , " shall we trust ourselves to speak of the Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemason ; we can hardly cairn our feelings in announcing that this splendid offering to Freemasonry is no longer doubtful . Lodges have been appealed toand nobly have they acted—Brethren
, , unsolicited , have rallied around the pom- old Mason ' s cause—his sufferings have been made known—the standard of his hopes has been at length unfurled , and if till now many have died unaided , unreraemberecl , joy , joy to the hope which pronounces
that" The stone is laid—the Temple is begun—Help ! and its walls will glisten in the sun . " About this time Dr . Crueefix was elected an honorary member of the Trinosophes at Paris , and also of Lodges No . 4 , 50 , and 100 on the registry of Ireland , and Grand Procurator from the Grand Lodge of Scotland . He was appointed Grand Junior Deacon of England
, Grand Standard Bearer of the Supreme Chapter , E . Commander of tho Cross of Christ ; Vice-President of the Board of General Purposes , and chairman of the first Asylum Festival . One of the most remarkable occurrences which distinguished tho year 1836 in tho annals of Masonry was thc project of a magnificent offering to the