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General Remarks.
with increased gratitude to Him who lias thus abundantly supp lied the wants of the young , by opening the hearts of the liberal—shall we not seize the happy moment to continue before our readers and the Masonic world , the cause of the aged and decayed Freemason—must he alone , of all societies , be the only one to be marked
" As houseless , and a wanderer ? " Shall other societies brand us with merely professing Avhat THEY practice ? We will not believe it . The time , we trust , is approaching when Ave shall , with honest pride , look back upon the present struggle in a ri g hteous cause , with
honourable satisfaction—when the prudence which directed , the temperance that chastened , the fortitude that supported , and the justice that guided the effort in the cause of the aged Freemason , shall , Avith the blessing of the ETERNAL , illustrate , that Benevolence and Charity will be the entrance p illars to the temple of the Masonic College ,,
Patience in such a cause is indeed a virtue ; and we may , without arrogance , dignify all , who have the moral courage to aivaken the apathy of many , as the supporters of a holy and a ri g hteous cause . To their hig h-mindedness , and to their patience , a tribute will one day be paid , which time
itself will make as lasting as their hearts deserve ; for the Order of Freemasonry cannot much longer be unobservant of that propriety which is now demanded of it from every quarter of the g lobe , Avhich points to the grandest views of its own elevation in the scale of nature , by leading the wayworn old Brother to the shelter of home—to the temple of
peace . We claim , on behalf of our less fortunate but equally , if not more , deserving ¦ Brethren , the clue consideration of those means of exemption from the disci p line of a " workhouse , " w-hich the sympathy of all other classes are now deter-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
General Remarks.
with increased gratitude to Him who lias thus abundantly supp lied the wants of the young , by opening the hearts of the liberal—shall we not seize the happy moment to continue before our readers and the Masonic world , the cause of the aged and decayed Freemason—must he alone , of all societies , be the only one to be marked
" As houseless , and a wanderer ? " Shall other societies brand us with merely professing Avhat THEY practice ? We will not believe it . The time , we trust , is approaching when Ave shall , with honest pride , look back upon the present struggle in a ri g hteous cause , with
honourable satisfaction—when the prudence which directed , the temperance that chastened , the fortitude that supported , and the justice that guided the effort in the cause of the aged Freemason , shall , Avith the blessing of the ETERNAL , illustrate , that Benevolence and Charity will be the entrance p illars to the temple of the Masonic College ,,
Patience in such a cause is indeed a virtue ; and we may , without arrogance , dignify all , who have the moral courage to aivaken the apathy of many , as the supporters of a holy and a ri g hteous cause . To their hig h-mindedness , and to their patience , a tribute will one day be paid , which time
itself will make as lasting as their hearts deserve ; for the Order of Freemasonry cannot much longer be unobservant of that propriety which is now demanded of it from every quarter of the g lobe , Avhich points to the grandest views of its own elevation in the scale of nature , by leading the wayworn old Brother to the shelter of home—to the temple of
peace . We claim , on behalf of our less fortunate but equally , if not more , deserving ¦ Brethren , the clue consideration of those means of exemption from the disci p line of a " workhouse , " w-hich the sympathy of all other classes are now deter-