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The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
cially bound to strive , " to do to others as they would wish to be done unto themselves , " will not move them to spare something from their means for the object , which now calls most loudly for aid , —surely the prospect of a home in after life—should poverty befal them—will induce some , at least ,
to see how they may best devote a portion of their time and money , in their present prosperity , to help their Brethren in distress , and to " lay up in store for themselves a good rew * ard against the day . of necessity , " should such' a day ever arrive .
We look forward with certainty , after this earnest appeal , to be able to record in our next Number , that the Lodges , Metropolitan , Provincial , and Colonial , have nobly responded , and that the assurance has been cheerfully accorded , that THE MONEY WILL BE SPEEDILY RAISED , to make the OLD MAN ' S
ASYLUM , in its completion , an ornament and a credit to the entire Craft of the Free and Accepted Freemasons of England . G . C .
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The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
cially bound to strive , " to do to others as they would wish to be done unto themselves , " will not move them to spare something from their means for the object , which now calls most loudly for aid , —surely the prospect of a home in after life—should poverty befal them—will induce some , at least ,
to see how they may best devote a portion of their time and money , in their present prosperity , to help their Brethren in distress , and to " lay up in store for themselves a good rew * ard against the day . of necessity , " should such' a day ever arrive .
We look forward with certainty , after this earnest appeal , to be able to record in our next Number , that the Lodges , Metropolitan , Provincial , and Colonial , have nobly responded , and that the assurance has been cheerfully accorded , that THE MONEY WILL BE SPEEDILY RAISED , to make the OLD MAN ' S
ASYLUM , in its completion , an ornament and a credit to the entire Craft of the Free and Accepted Freemasons of England . G . C .