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Article THE MOTION FOR INCREASING DUES, ← Page 3 of 3
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The Motion For Increasing Dues,
deeply impressed by any Grand Master than by Lord Zetland , ivhose nomination for re-election in March was received with the most affectionate demonstration . Yet it is said there are spots on the disc of the sun .
THE ASYLUM . —We understand every difficulty in regard to the funds of this institution is finally removed , and that the entire stock lias . been transferred to the names of the new trustees . The annual ball will take place in January , and the annual festival is fixed for the 17 th of June , at which , it is expected , that a noble Brother will preside . The serious loss sustained by the Chancery Suit might in a great
measure , if not entirely , be repaired by a truthful and spirited appeal to every Lodge under the English Masonic jurisdiction . The other charities are progressing , as will be' seen by their several reports . The subscription for the portrait of Mrs . Crook , the matron of the Girls ' School , should be amply ancl promptly met ; it would be as ungallant as ungrateful not to do justice to so estimable a woman . ....
Our foreign intelligence is more than usually interesting , and among the most pleasing is the contrast presented by many members of the Church of England to the maligners of our Order , more especially in that of the Bishop of Antigua , with other of the clergy , in assisting the Freemasons to lay the foundation stone of the cathedral of St . John ' s , in that island . Gloria TDeo in TExceisis .
" Death is the crown cf life : Were death denied , poor men would live in vain . " The death of that estimable man , Brother Ramshottom , is recorded elsewhere , but his decease reminds us of his successor to the chair of Third Grand Principal , who cannot do better than to take as his model all the excellencies , and he had as few defects as fall to the lot of man ,
of his predecessor . Companion Alston , a most estimable Brother , is but new in office , having been only installed as Principal at the last Grand Chapter , and being thus promoted to so high a station , it is of course expected that he will fill it practically as well as theoreticall y to the advantage of the Order . We have heard that expectation pointed at more than one Companion of greater experience , but the " prerogative is vested in the First Grand Principal , with whose selection , no one can interfere .
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The Motion For Increasing Dues,
deeply impressed by any Grand Master than by Lord Zetland , ivhose nomination for re-election in March was received with the most affectionate demonstration . Yet it is said there are spots on the disc of the sun .
THE ASYLUM . —We understand every difficulty in regard to the funds of this institution is finally removed , and that the entire stock lias . been transferred to the names of the new trustees . The annual ball will take place in January , and the annual festival is fixed for the 17 th of June , at which , it is expected , that a noble Brother will preside . The serious loss sustained by the Chancery Suit might in a great
measure , if not entirely , be repaired by a truthful and spirited appeal to every Lodge under the English Masonic jurisdiction . The other charities are progressing , as will be' seen by their several reports . The subscription for the portrait of Mrs . Crook , the matron of the Girls ' School , should be amply ancl promptly met ; it would be as ungallant as ungrateful not to do justice to so estimable a woman . ....
Our foreign intelligence is more than usually interesting , and among the most pleasing is the contrast presented by many members of the Church of England to the maligners of our Order , more especially in that of the Bishop of Antigua , with other of the clergy , in assisting the Freemasons to lay the foundation stone of the cathedral of St . John ' s , in that island . Gloria TDeo in TExceisis .
" Death is the crown cf life : Were death denied , poor men would live in vain . " The death of that estimable man , Brother Ramshottom , is recorded elsewhere , but his decease reminds us of his successor to the chair of Third Grand Principal , who cannot do better than to take as his model all the excellencies , and he had as few defects as fall to the lot of man ,
of his predecessor . Companion Alston , a most estimable Brother , is but new in office , having been only installed as Principal at the last Grand Chapter , and being thus promoted to so high a station , it is of course expected that he will fill it practically as well as theoreticall y to the advantage of the Order . We have heard that expectation pointed at more than one Companion of greater experience , but the " prerogative is vested in the First Grand Principal , with whose selection , no one can interfere .