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The Reporter.
ing feeling in favour of this charity was daily becoming more and more apparent . He , Bro . Whitmore , was happy , however , in being able to give them more pleasing information respecting the progress of the building . Bro . Savage had just told them that in two or three weeks the Asylum would be tiled in ; but he begged to acquaint them that the Asylum was already tiled in . He , Bro . Whitmore , might fairly apply an observation which had fallen from Bro . Mountainwho said
, , that as this Lodge of Instruction was composed of representatives from most of the lodges in the Craft , there was no egotism in the assumption that the testimonial , which had been presented to him that night , was given by the Craft at large . So it was in the hearty and unanimous cheers with which the toast of the Asylum had been received . He considered those cheers as expressing the general feeling of the fraternity in its favour .
For many years past there had existed great opposition to this charity , but time was smoothing down the asperities which envy and jealousy had created ; the brief feverish existence of prejudice had almost become extinct , and this noble Institution , which many had facetiously satirized as a pleasant fiction , had now become a great and glorious fact . It was no longer necessary for its friends to beg for patronage , they had but to make known boldly and fearlessly the objects and purposes of their charity , and every Freemason would feel it a duty , a part of his
masonic creed , to give it his support . Let it be remembered that the Grand Master himself had publicly expressed his approval of the Asylum ; let it also be borne in mind , that following this declaration , many of the magnates of our Order had suddenly become enlightened as to its merits ; and then they would see how easy was the task before them . For thirteen years they had upheld this charity , through good report and ill report , and nobly had they sustained it under many great and trying difficulties ; but the period of the fruition of their hopes and aspirations was at hand ; they had now nearly erected a home for the
old Mason , a home worthy of him and of the Craft to which he belonged . He , Bro . Whitmore , would not fail to communicate to the respected founder of that Institution , the gratifying proceedings of that evening , and he was sure his heart would bound with joy and delight , at hearing that his herculean exertions in the cause of masonic charity were so well appreciated . He regretted to state , that Bro . Crucefix had for some months past been suffering under very severe indisposition , and that the
utmost care was still to be observed by him to ensure a restoration to health , but it would do him good to hear of the truly fraternal and affectionate manner in which his health had been drunk that evening . With respect to the other masonic charities little need be said . The Girls' School was an admirable Institution , and its excellence was well appreciated by the Craft ; the Boys' School was also a valuable charity , although he was inclined to think that its usefulness might be greatly
increased ; and for the Annuity Fund , all he should think it necessary to say was , that when it became engrafted on the parent stem , when it was united to the Aged Masons' Asylum , the circle of masonic duty would then be completed . That would be the crowning stone to the Arch of Freemasonry . The brother then sat down . Bro . J . J . Blake , ( a member of the Committee of the Girls' School , ) returned thanks on behalf of the Female Charity . Bro . WurTMORE proposed the health of Bro . John Savage . He paid a well-merited tribute to the masonic learning of this distinguished
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The Reporter.
ing feeling in favour of this charity was daily becoming more and more apparent . He , Bro . Whitmore , was happy , however , in being able to give them more pleasing information respecting the progress of the building . Bro . Savage had just told them that in two or three weeks the Asylum would be tiled in ; but he begged to acquaint them that the Asylum was already tiled in . He , Bro . Whitmore , might fairly apply an observation which had fallen from Bro . Mountainwho said
, , that as this Lodge of Instruction was composed of representatives from most of the lodges in the Craft , there was no egotism in the assumption that the testimonial , which had been presented to him that night , was given by the Craft at large . So it was in the hearty and unanimous cheers with which the toast of the Asylum had been received . He considered those cheers as expressing the general feeling of the fraternity in its favour .
For many years past there had existed great opposition to this charity , but time was smoothing down the asperities which envy and jealousy had created ; the brief feverish existence of prejudice had almost become extinct , and this noble Institution , which many had facetiously satirized as a pleasant fiction , had now become a great and glorious fact . It was no longer necessary for its friends to beg for patronage , they had but to make known boldly and fearlessly the objects and purposes of their charity , and every Freemason would feel it a duty , a part of his
masonic creed , to give it his support . Let it be remembered that the Grand Master himself had publicly expressed his approval of the Asylum ; let it also be borne in mind , that following this declaration , many of the magnates of our Order had suddenly become enlightened as to its merits ; and then they would see how easy was the task before them . For thirteen years they had upheld this charity , through good report and ill report , and nobly had they sustained it under many great and trying difficulties ; but the period of the fruition of their hopes and aspirations was at hand ; they had now nearly erected a home for the
old Mason , a home worthy of him and of the Craft to which he belonged . He , Bro . Whitmore , would not fail to communicate to the respected founder of that Institution , the gratifying proceedings of that evening , and he was sure his heart would bound with joy and delight , at hearing that his herculean exertions in the cause of masonic charity were so well appreciated . He regretted to state , that Bro . Crucefix had for some months past been suffering under very severe indisposition , and that the
utmost care was still to be observed by him to ensure a restoration to health , but it would do him good to hear of the truly fraternal and affectionate manner in which his health had been drunk that evening . With respect to the other masonic charities little need be said . The Girls' School was an admirable Institution , and its excellence was well appreciated by the Craft ; the Boys' School was also a valuable charity , although he was inclined to think that its usefulness might be greatly
increased ; and for the Annuity Fund , all he should think it necessary to say was , that when it became engrafted on the parent stem , when it was united to the Aged Masons' Asylum , the circle of masonic duty would then be completed . That would be the crowning stone to the Arch of Freemasonry . The brother then sat down . Bro . J . J . Blake , ( a member of the Committee of the Girls' School , ) returned thanks on behalf of the Female Charity . Bro . WurTMORE proposed the health of Bro . John Savage . He paid a well-merited tribute to the masonic learning of this distinguished