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Royal Freemasons' Girls' School.
cent operations of our charity . The nature of tho locality , tho spaciousness of tho grounds , the seclusion of tho place from demoralizing influences , from every sight and sound likely to contaminate , admirably adapt it for the purpose , by God ' s blessing , of making the children healthy and happy , rendering them amiable in temper and cheerful in duty , and disposing then- minds to the reception of moral and religious impressions . When your own households are broken up by calamity and distress , and its members dispersed abroad , and they can no longer be tho recipients of those home influences , the importance
of whicli I have just been engaged in placing before you , they will find in this asylum the best substitute for that domestic happiness and that family training and intercourse so blessed in the results which have been thus early taken away from them . View it in another aspect . We all know the importance of woman in domestic life . It is mainly upon her that the happiness of families depends . Home is the special scene of her benificent influences , —the circle within which her purity , her gentleness , her bravery , and her affection make themselves felt . No pains are too costly to be expended upon the work of educating her for her mission and her destinyand in contributing your
, efforts to train the female part of the rising generation , you are contributing materials to the formation of future happy homes , and doing your best to diffuse the principles of domestic peace , purity , and comfort . It is a fact most gratifying , one indeed , which reflects vast credit upon this Institution , and all connected with its management , that not cue of the 600 girls who have been educated within its walls has ever given the least occasion of distress to the Governors by her subsequent behaviour . I have only to observe , in conclusion , that the parents of those for whom I plead were once in affluence , and little
thought that their offspring would ever become the objects of charity . And who is there who may not be brought down to circumstances of adversity ? Two grand-daughters of the Chevalier Ruspini , who founded this school , were indebted to it for their education . In a community so artificial ancl complicated , and so subject to fluctuations as that in which we live , even the richespecially where their incomes depend upon their exertions—have no security against the inroads of distress ; they may sink in a moment from health to sickness , and from wealth to want , and be no longer able to afford then- little ones the care and protection of a home ; or death may strike them down , and
with the same blow plunge their families into destitution . Then , would it not be a comfort to such a one to know that there are places of repose in our land like this , which open their friendly portals to the orphan and the destitute ? And would it not be a keen and bitter memory if , in his days of plenty , he had refused to such his sympathy and assistance , —if he had been deaf to the cry of agony and want , —till that cry rung upon his heart from the lips of his own children ? But I plead with you on higher motives—motives drawn from a coming eternity , and from the love of Him who gave His life for us . Your charity will notindeedpurchase for yon a title to the bright inheritance
, , ofthe future ; that is already made out by the atoning sacrifice ofthe Son of God , and secured to all who repent and believe . But God is not unrighteous to forget any work and labour of love . The widow's mite dwells in the memory of Omnipotence , and even a drop of water bestowed on one of Christ ' s little ones shall not lose its reward . Those who are received into eternity with the benedictions of Heaven , are they who feed the hungry and clothe the naked , —who help on , according to then- ability , the great work of human improvement and human happiness . "
At the conclusion of the sermon , which was listened to with the greatest attention , the following hymn , written b y one of the children in the school , when only fourteen years of age , was sung : — Almighty God ! give us Thy grace , That we may find a resting place ; Teach us to walk in heaven's highway , Nor let us from Thy precepts stray . And , dearest Lord , show us Thy love , That we from Thee may never move ; Be Thou our guardian , Thou om- friend , On us , 0 Lord , Thy blessing send .
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Royal Freemasons' Girls' School.
cent operations of our charity . The nature of tho locality , tho spaciousness of tho grounds , the seclusion of tho place from demoralizing influences , from every sight and sound likely to contaminate , admirably adapt it for the purpose , by God ' s blessing , of making the children healthy and happy , rendering them amiable in temper and cheerful in duty , and disposing then- minds to the reception of moral and religious impressions . When your own households are broken up by calamity and distress , and its members dispersed abroad , and they can no longer be tho recipients of those home influences , the importance
of whicli I have just been engaged in placing before you , they will find in this asylum the best substitute for that domestic happiness and that family training and intercourse so blessed in the results which have been thus early taken away from them . View it in another aspect . We all know the importance of woman in domestic life . It is mainly upon her that the happiness of families depends . Home is the special scene of her benificent influences , —the circle within which her purity , her gentleness , her bravery , and her affection make themselves felt . No pains are too costly to be expended upon the work of educating her for her mission and her destinyand in contributing your
, efforts to train the female part of the rising generation , you are contributing materials to the formation of future happy homes , and doing your best to diffuse the principles of domestic peace , purity , and comfort . It is a fact most gratifying , one indeed , which reflects vast credit upon this Institution , and all connected with its management , that not cue of the 600 girls who have been educated within its walls has ever given the least occasion of distress to the Governors by her subsequent behaviour . I have only to observe , in conclusion , that the parents of those for whom I plead were once in affluence , and little
thought that their offspring would ever become the objects of charity . And who is there who may not be brought down to circumstances of adversity ? Two grand-daughters of the Chevalier Ruspini , who founded this school , were indebted to it for their education . In a community so artificial ancl complicated , and so subject to fluctuations as that in which we live , even the richespecially where their incomes depend upon their exertions—have no security against the inroads of distress ; they may sink in a moment from health to sickness , and from wealth to want , and be no longer able to afford then- little ones the care and protection of a home ; or death may strike them down , and
with the same blow plunge their families into destitution . Then , would it not be a comfort to such a one to know that there are places of repose in our land like this , which open their friendly portals to the orphan and the destitute ? And would it not be a keen and bitter memory if , in his days of plenty , he had refused to such his sympathy and assistance , —if he had been deaf to the cry of agony and want , —till that cry rung upon his heart from the lips of his own children ? But I plead with you on higher motives—motives drawn from a coming eternity , and from the love of Him who gave His life for us . Your charity will notindeedpurchase for yon a title to the bright inheritance
, , ofthe future ; that is already made out by the atoning sacrifice ofthe Son of God , and secured to all who repent and believe . But God is not unrighteous to forget any work and labour of love . The widow's mite dwells in the memory of Omnipotence , and even a drop of water bestowed on one of Christ ' s little ones shall not lose its reward . Those who are received into eternity with the benedictions of Heaven , are they who feed the hungry and clothe the naked , —who help on , according to then- ability , the great work of human improvement and human happiness . "
At the conclusion of the sermon , which was listened to with the greatest attention , the following hymn , written b y one of the children in the school , when only fourteen years of age , was sung : — Almighty God ! give us Thy grace , That we may find a resting place ; Teach us to walk in heaven's highway , Nor let us from Thy precepts stray . And , dearest Lord , show us Thy love , That we from Thee may never move ; Be Thou our guardian , Thou om- friend , On us , 0 Lord , Thy blessing send .