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Article ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON. ← Page 5 of 5 Article TO THE EDITOR. Page 1 of 6 →
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Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
it frequently shelters the worst characters , who claim it as their birthriSso tbat , on the whole , the being an inmate of a workhouae is ve ^ JLnerlv a te / m of reproach . It differs , no doubt , from a charity to ^ Slm ^ teleced for good conduct , and which may . for that reason be considered an honour and not a disgrace . -Stil there are many ; poms of resemblance between the two charities , which justify me m using te workhouse is properly so called because little
term In the first place , a orno work sever done in it ; we do not call a cotton factory , where Sen work ten hours a day ; or the chambers * a barter ,. who works fifteen hours a day ; or a goal , where prisoners work all day , a wortK house ; the name is only correctly given to buildings , where he tenants live rent-free , without doing any profitable work , . ^ emblmg , *¦*» ™ int of view not only certain large houses in the mghbourhood of St . Sames ' s to also the Aged Malms' Asylum . It also resembles the Sf viewvizthat theinmates are all prisoners ;
Asvlum in another point , , . for aktouTthey may nominally have the power of quitting whenever they pleas ! yet being confined by the strictest of all goalers , poverty , t L ^& a t WoAhouses , Almshouses , and Asylums are all so many pr ion " and as imp risonment is one of the greatest crue ties , flurt man can inflict on his fellow , I trust to the humanity of the Brethren to saye ^ Craft from a reproach , which hitherto they have only deserved in rt . » «« nf little children imprisoned at schools . _
I hone Sir that I have said enough to satisfy the brethren , ana particulS those Past Grand Officers who previously knew nothing of the matter of the folly , and iniquity of building houses for those who hav none ofthek own ; and toprove how much better off a Mason milst be who , having an annuity of a few pounds per annum , has the XlteVof pending it in rent ; than when deprived of so great a privilege by being imprisoned in the Aged Masons' Asylum . & J ' I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , ONE OF THE O LD SCHOOL .
ONE OF THE OLD S CHOOL is doubtless a friend in disguise , and if we JSStodSU we feel pretty certain ^ that his . "J j ^ shewn in that species of cognommal satire yclept Sly-boots . H- D .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
MR E DITOR AND R ESPECTED BKOTHER , -MUC 1 I having been written on Fr ' eemasonrv and many conjectures being afloat about its origin , I am not filing to dwell on , and much less to criticise the labours of those ritertman / ofwhom I highly respect : for * eir ^ te r «^ cb « mt antiquity and for their subsequent modest conclusions . But allowing freSuiry fo ortiers , I may perhaps be allowed the same privilege , and observations in va uable journal I
n addition , o my former your request you will allow a space in your Review to the following not altofethefun Mlsonic ideas , on the origin and progress of human mvenfislriLg from the imitation of'the acts of the brute creation , and by so doing you will oblige your old corresponJ e £ j ^ ° * <* ' P . Dep . Prov . Grand Master for Bristol .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
it frequently shelters the worst characters , who claim it as their birthriSso tbat , on the whole , the being an inmate of a workhouae is ve ^ JLnerlv a te / m of reproach . It differs , no doubt , from a charity to ^ Slm ^ teleced for good conduct , and which may . for that reason be considered an honour and not a disgrace . -Stil there are many ; poms of resemblance between the two charities , which justify me m using te workhouse is properly so called because little
term In the first place , a orno work sever done in it ; we do not call a cotton factory , where Sen work ten hours a day ; or the chambers * a barter ,. who works fifteen hours a day ; or a goal , where prisoners work all day , a wortK house ; the name is only correctly given to buildings , where he tenants live rent-free , without doing any profitable work , . ^ emblmg , *¦*» ™ int of view not only certain large houses in the mghbourhood of St . Sames ' s to also the Aged Malms' Asylum . It also resembles the Sf viewvizthat theinmates are all prisoners ;
Asvlum in another point , , . for aktouTthey may nominally have the power of quitting whenever they pleas ! yet being confined by the strictest of all goalers , poverty , t L ^& a t WoAhouses , Almshouses , and Asylums are all so many pr ion " and as imp risonment is one of the greatest crue ties , flurt man can inflict on his fellow , I trust to the humanity of the Brethren to saye ^ Craft from a reproach , which hitherto they have only deserved in rt . » «« nf little children imprisoned at schools . _
I hone Sir that I have said enough to satisfy the brethren , ana particulS those Past Grand Officers who previously knew nothing of the matter of the folly , and iniquity of building houses for those who hav none ofthek own ; and toprove how much better off a Mason milst be who , having an annuity of a few pounds per annum , has the XlteVof pending it in rent ; than when deprived of so great a privilege by being imprisoned in the Aged Masons' Asylum . & J ' I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , ONE OF THE O LD SCHOOL .
ONE OF THE OLD S CHOOL is doubtless a friend in disguise , and if we JSStodSU we feel pretty certain ^ that his . "J j ^ shewn in that species of cognommal satire yclept Sly-boots . H- D .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
MR E DITOR AND R ESPECTED BKOTHER , -MUC 1 I having been written on Fr ' eemasonrv and many conjectures being afloat about its origin , I am not filing to dwell on , and much less to criticise the labours of those ritertman / ofwhom I highly respect : for * eir ^ te r «^ cb « mt antiquity and for their subsequent modest conclusions . But allowing freSuiry fo ortiers , I may perhaps be allowed the same privilege , and observations in va uable journal I
n addition , o my former your request you will allow a space in your Review to the following not altofethefun Mlsonic ideas , on the origin and progress of human mvenfislriLg from the imitation of'the acts of the brute creation , and by so doing you will oblige your old corresponJ e £ j ^ ° * <* ' P . Dep . Prov . Grand Master for Bristol .