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Royal Freemasons' Charity For Female Children.
The musical department was well supported , and the stewards merited every praise for their liberality . The wines were of excellent quality , and care taken to supply them cool ; and what was still more satisfactory , the Past Grand stewards were admitted without reservation to the laches' room : but what a different scene awaited them there ; instead of the cheerfulness ancl p leasurable satisfaction which
the Concert always caused , the ladies , beautiful as ever , could not but acknowledge how highly they should have enjoyed the delig ht which the vocal Brethren always inspired . One arch beauty ventured to hint that she would address us on the subject ; we now invite her to do so , and promise every attention to her correspondence . The following verses by a Member of the audit Committee , were
spoken before the Ladies by Sophia Deaken : — When Nature her unerring course began , And planted Reason in the soul of man , Truths in succession open'd to the view , Till on their solid bases Knowledge grew : Knowledge to Reason thus became a friend ,
And both united for one glorious end—To raise the soul , to elevate mankind , Till Wisdom sprang to being in the mind .
Thus one truth brought another to the test , Till Charity , benignant as the rest , With meek and lowly heart and open hand , Appear'd to bless the world at God's command . Why heaves her breast ? what bids the sad tear flow ? Feeling hath made her sensible of woe .
'Tis hers to sympathize -with hearts distress'd , And sooth the pangs that rend the mourner ' s breast ; To raise the crush'd , to bind the broken reed , And succour mis ' ry in her hour of need ; To seek the wretched , and with patience mild , With Education train the orphan child .
To you , then , generous Patrons , who pursue The dictates here that Virtue holds to view , ¦ Who spread the balm that charity provides , That reason honours , and that virtue guides . Our thanks , our heartfelt thanks are due—All that of good we have proceeds from you .
Heaven will approve each off ' ring this night , And crown the donor with a pure delight ; A blessing nobler far than earth bestows , Futurity ' s sublime and bright repose .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Royal Freemasons' Charity For Female Children.
The musical department was well supported , and the stewards merited every praise for their liberality . The wines were of excellent quality , and care taken to supply them cool ; and what was still more satisfactory , the Past Grand stewards were admitted without reservation to the laches' room : but what a different scene awaited them there ; instead of the cheerfulness ancl p leasurable satisfaction which
the Concert always caused , the ladies , beautiful as ever , could not but acknowledge how highly they should have enjoyed the delig ht which the vocal Brethren always inspired . One arch beauty ventured to hint that she would address us on the subject ; we now invite her to do so , and promise every attention to her correspondence . The following verses by a Member of the audit Committee , were
spoken before the Ladies by Sophia Deaken : — When Nature her unerring course began , And planted Reason in the soul of man , Truths in succession open'd to the view , Till on their solid bases Knowledge grew : Knowledge to Reason thus became a friend ,
And both united for one glorious end—To raise the soul , to elevate mankind , Till Wisdom sprang to being in the mind .
Thus one truth brought another to the test , Till Charity , benignant as the rest , With meek and lowly heart and open hand , Appear'd to bless the world at God's command . Why heaves her breast ? what bids the sad tear flow ? Feeling hath made her sensible of woe .
'Tis hers to sympathize -with hearts distress'd , And sooth the pangs that rend the mourner ' s breast ; To raise the crush'd , to bind the broken reed , And succour mis ' ry in her hour of need ; To seek the wretched , and with patience mild , With Education train the orphan child .
To you , then , generous Patrons , who pursue The dictates here that Virtue holds to view , ¦ Who spread the balm that charity provides , That reason honours , and that virtue guides . Our thanks , our heartfelt thanks are due—All that of good we have proceeds from you .
Heaven will approve each off ' ring this night , And crown the donor with a pure delight ; A blessing nobler far than earth bestows , Futurity ' s sublime and bright repose .