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On The Necessity Of A Building Fund In Aid Of Masonic Asylums.
evidence that abundant means exist to ensure the completion of so desirable an object . It will hardly be denied , that the domiciliary discipline of a wellregulated establishment has ensured , for the female claimants upon Masonic sympathy , the most important advantages ; and the surest proof ( if indeedwere wanting ) of the inestimable value of " The
any , , Royal Freemason ' s Charity for Female Children , " will be found in the avidity with which parents seek admission for their children within its peaceful walls . Several , indeed we may say a great number , of the Brethren are anxious to procure for the boys the same advantages as are possessed by the governors of the girls' school , and are ready to offer both their
active services and pecuniary aid ; on the latter point , we speak advisedly in stating , that the whole of the sum required would be raised within twelve months , if proper and full explanations are addressed to the Craft . That the AGED MASON , whose earlier years have been passed in the active and cheerful exercise of his avocations , whose summer has been warmed by friendship and cherished in hope , should , in the winter of life , find no haven to receive him , is a NEGLECT in the Order itself . Individual cases of an irreproachable nature will occur , where due
advantage may not have been taken which opportunity of independence has probably afforded ; indeed , how often is success the mere result of a lucky chance . The pure and blessed spirit of Masonry will readily cast a veil over the frailties of many , but oh ! let her enshrine the few choicer but aged veterans , whose misfortunes and not their faults lead them to seek a shelter , when no longer able to work , even for a morsel
of bread . That the lessons of experience may assist youth in its earlier thoughts , let the aged Mason and the youthful orphan be associated under one roof , thus proving the truly majestic beauty of a system where the provident care and the fostering hand of the more fortunate Brethren can afford protection alike to the infant and the aged .
We would now enter upon a plan to raise the necessary funds for this most desirable object ; but , as we have already stated , a serious dilapidation has been discovered in the foundation of the female school edifice , which , although built scarcely forty years since , has become so thoroughly decayed , as to require a sum exceeding 1200 / . to defray the expenses attending its repair .
Our first duty is to return sincere , grateful , and heartfelt thanks to the merciful Protector of all His creatures , that a timely discovery was made of the danger to which our infant community might have been exposed , from the ( alas ! but too probable ) sudden falling in of the entire building . Under this serious visitation , it is imperative upon us
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Necessity Of A Building Fund In Aid Of Masonic Asylums.
evidence that abundant means exist to ensure the completion of so desirable an object . It will hardly be denied , that the domiciliary discipline of a wellregulated establishment has ensured , for the female claimants upon Masonic sympathy , the most important advantages ; and the surest proof ( if indeedwere wanting ) of the inestimable value of " The
any , , Royal Freemason ' s Charity for Female Children , " will be found in the avidity with which parents seek admission for their children within its peaceful walls . Several , indeed we may say a great number , of the Brethren are anxious to procure for the boys the same advantages as are possessed by the governors of the girls' school , and are ready to offer both their
active services and pecuniary aid ; on the latter point , we speak advisedly in stating , that the whole of the sum required would be raised within twelve months , if proper and full explanations are addressed to the Craft . That the AGED MASON , whose earlier years have been passed in the active and cheerful exercise of his avocations , whose summer has been warmed by friendship and cherished in hope , should , in the winter of life , find no haven to receive him , is a NEGLECT in the Order itself . Individual cases of an irreproachable nature will occur , where due
advantage may not have been taken which opportunity of independence has probably afforded ; indeed , how often is success the mere result of a lucky chance . The pure and blessed spirit of Masonry will readily cast a veil over the frailties of many , but oh ! let her enshrine the few choicer but aged veterans , whose misfortunes and not their faults lead them to seek a shelter , when no longer able to work , even for a morsel
of bread . That the lessons of experience may assist youth in its earlier thoughts , let the aged Mason and the youthful orphan be associated under one roof , thus proving the truly majestic beauty of a system where the provident care and the fostering hand of the more fortunate Brethren can afford protection alike to the infant and the aged .
We would now enter upon a plan to raise the necessary funds for this most desirable object ; but , as we have already stated , a serious dilapidation has been discovered in the foundation of the female school edifice , which , although built scarcely forty years since , has become so thoroughly decayed , as to require a sum exceeding 1200 / . to defray the expenses attending its repair .
Our first duty is to return sincere , grateful , and heartfelt thanks to the merciful Protector of all His creatures , that a timely discovery was made of the danger to which our infant community might have been exposed , from the ( alas ! but too probable ) sudden falling in of the entire building . Under this serious visitation , it is imperative upon us