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Article THE CRUCEFIX TESTIMONIAL. ← Page 2 of 3 →
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The Crucefix Testimonial.
ternity who has devoted so much time , used so much exertion , stimulated so much charity , elicited so much literary and Masonic ability , or suffered so much in personal comfort for the sake of the Order , as Brother R . T . Crucefix . From the commencement of his Masonic career to the present momenthis unwearied exertions have been directed
, to the prosperity of the Craft , through the medium of those immutable principles , brotherl y love , relief , and truth . In him the honest of heart have ever found a steady friend ; from him the poverty stricken , or the distressed , never turned away without assistance or sympathy suitable to the occasion ; and bhim the glittering dross has been separated from the
y sterling ore . Untarnished by the breath of sycophancy , and unpolluted by the shadowy semblance of hypocrisy , truth has been sustained , by him , in all the purity of her attributes and the divinity of her origin . It would little become us to place the literary efforts of our predecessoramong the most forcible of his claims upon
, the Fraternity ; even if they had escaped the notice of others . But on this point there prevails an universality of opinion , of which the reports given in this present number of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review alone , offer ample proof . From every part of the United Kingdom , from every portion of the habitable globe , emanate these pleasing
evidences ; and their combined spirit and warmth would seem to have inspired the latest efforts of tbe Masonic historian , with the very eloquence of praise . To a man , and above all to a Mason , constituted like Brother Crucefix , the preface to the Rev . Dr . Oliver ' s " History of Freemasonry , from 1829 * to 1841 , " must be indeed a sovereign balm to every wound inflicted upon him in editorial martyrdom . We , therefore , select another ground upon which mentally to erect the shrine of our thankfulness . One so unassailable
by either prejudice or rivalry , so unimpeachable in motive or in act , that any man might find in it fame enough to place him first in the rank of the best and most honoured Masons of the day . Our readers will have anticipated that we mean his advocacy of that noble Institutionthe Asylum for Worth
, y Aged and Decayed Freemasons—the key-stone to the Masonic arch of charity . And to this most glorious of all reasons ^ for Masonic gratitude , were we to add many that readil y present themselves , they would tend only to swell
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Crucefix Testimonial.
ternity who has devoted so much time , used so much exertion , stimulated so much charity , elicited so much literary and Masonic ability , or suffered so much in personal comfort for the sake of the Order , as Brother R . T . Crucefix . From the commencement of his Masonic career to the present momenthis unwearied exertions have been directed
, to the prosperity of the Craft , through the medium of those immutable principles , brotherl y love , relief , and truth . In him the honest of heart have ever found a steady friend ; from him the poverty stricken , or the distressed , never turned away without assistance or sympathy suitable to the occasion ; and bhim the glittering dross has been separated from the
y sterling ore . Untarnished by the breath of sycophancy , and unpolluted by the shadowy semblance of hypocrisy , truth has been sustained , by him , in all the purity of her attributes and the divinity of her origin . It would little become us to place the literary efforts of our predecessoramong the most forcible of his claims upon
, the Fraternity ; even if they had escaped the notice of others . But on this point there prevails an universality of opinion , of which the reports given in this present number of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review alone , offer ample proof . From every part of the United Kingdom , from every portion of the habitable globe , emanate these pleasing
evidences ; and their combined spirit and warmth would seem to have inspired the latest efforts of tbe Masonic historian , with the very eloquence of praise . To a man , and above all to a Mason , constituted like Brother Crucefix , the preface to the Rev . Dr . Oliver ' s " History of Freemasonry , from 1829 * to 1841 , " must be indeed a sovereign balm to every wound inflicted upon him in editorial martyrdom . We , therefore , select another ground upon which mentally to erect the shrine of our thankfulness . One so unassailable
by either prejudice or rivalry , so unimpeachable in motive or in act , that any man might find in it fame enough to place him first in the rank of the best and most honoured Masons of the day . Our readers will have anticipated that we mean his advocacy of that noble Institutionthe Asylum for Worth
, y Aged and Decayed Freemasons—the key-stone to the Masonic arch of charity . And to this most glorious of all reasons ^ for Masonic gratitude , were we to add many that readil y present themselves , they would tend only to swell