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Provincial.
for those who , through age , sickness , infirmity , or any unforeseen accident in life , may be reduced to want . These particularly claim our attention , and seldom fail to experience the happy effects of our friendly associations . To such objects , whose situation is more easy to be conceived than expressed , we are induced liberally to extend relief . Thus we confirm the propriety of the title we bear , and convince the world at large that BROTHER among Masons is more than the name . But our
charity is not restricted to the Fraternity alone . The bounds of the greatest nation or the most extensive empire cannot circumscribe the generosity of a liberal mind . Men , in whatever position they are placed , are still in a great measure the same . They are exposed to similar dangers and misfortunes . They have not wisdom to foresee , or power to prevent , the evils incident to human nature . They hang , as it werein a perpetual suspense between hope and fearsickness and health
, , , plenty and want . A mutual claim of dependence subsists throughout the creation . Therefore , it is the bounden duty of all whom Providence has blessed with plenty , to contribute , in proportion to their circumstances , to alleviate the misfortunes of their fellow-creatures . Considering , however , the variety of objects the dictates of our nature incline us to
relieve , we find it necessary to make a proper distinction in the choice of objects . AVe have made our choice , and have this day met together to put your Board in possession of our contribution , viz ., the ward furnished by the Freemasons of this town , which we trust , under the blessing of Almighty God , through the instrumentality of your medical staff , and the co-operation of your Board of Directors , will henceforward afford additional facilities to mitigate or cure the pain of the unhappy sufferer .
Bro . SOHOFIELD said that by full and fair exposition of the great leading principles of their Order they violated no secrets . Such had ever been his opinion , and such ( as far as he was able to judge ) was the opinion of every intelligent Mason . He referred to the fact of his being the oldest member in the town , and having for a long series of years belonged to this ancient and honourable Fraternity—ancient , they knew it wasas having subsisted from time immemorial ; and honourable they
, were sure it was , as tending in every particular so to render all men who would conform to its precepts . Freemasonry was a peculiar but most beautiful system of morality , veiled in allegory , and as was most beautifully expressed by their worthy Vicar on the 22 nd September last , illustrated by symbols . Freemasonry was an universal system , teaching the relative moral and social duties of man on the broad and extensive
basis of philanthropy . It comprehended within ils circle every branch of useful knowledge and learning , which justly stamped an indelible mark of pre-eminence on its genuine professor , which neither chance , power , nor riches could bestow . AVhen its rules and precepts were strictly adhered to , they were intimately connected and blended with all that was near and dear to us both in this and in another state of existence . Our divine and human affairs were interwoven awfully and minutely , in all its disquisitions . They had virtue for their aimthe
, glory of God for their object ; the eternal welfare of man was considered in every point and letter of their symbolical illustrations . The scientific philosophy of Freemasonry formed a rational employment of their time , in acquiring the wisdom and experience resulting from human knowledge ; but it was the theocratic or divine philosophy of the Order which most elevated the industrious Freemason above the things of this life ,
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Provincial.
for those who , through age , sickness , infirmity , or any unforeseen accident in life , may be reduced to want . These particularly claim our attention , and seldom fail to experience the happy effects of our friendly associations . To such objects , whose situation is more easy to be conceived than expressed , we are induced liberally to extend relief . Thus we confirm the propriety of the title we bear , and convince the world at large that BROTHER among Masons is more than the name . But our
charity is not restricted to the Fraternity alone . The bounds of the greatest nation or the most extensive empire cannot circumscribe the generosity of a liberal mind . Men , in whatever position they are placed , are still in a great measure the same . They are exposed to similar dangers and misfortunes . They have not wisdom to foresee , or power to prevent , the evils incident to human nature . They hang , as it werein a perpetual suspense between hope and fearsickness and health
, , , plenty and want . A mutual claim of dependence subsists throughout the creation . Therefore , it is the bounden duty of all whom Providence has blessed with plenty , to contribute , in proportion to their circumstances , to alleviate the misfortunes of their fellow-creatures . Considering , however , the variety of objects the dictates of our nature incline us to
relieve , we find it necessary to make a proper distinction in the choice of objects . AVe have made our choice , and have this day met together to put your Board in possession of our contribution , viz ., the ward furnished by the Freemasons of this town , which we trust , under the blessing of Almighty God , through the instrumentality of your medical staff , and the co-operation of your Board of Directors , will henceforward afford additional facilities to mitigate or cure the pain of the unhappy sufferer .
Bro . SOHOFIELD said that by full and fair exposition of the great leading principles of their Order they violated no secrets . Such had ever been his opinion , and such ( as far as he was able to judge ) was the opinion of every intelligent Mason . He referred to the fact of his being the oldest member in the town , and having for a long series of years belonged to this ancient and honourable Fraternity—ancient , they knew it wasas having subsisted from time immemorial ; and honourable they
, were sure it was , as tending in every particular so to render all men who would conform to its precepts . Freemasonry was a peculiar but most beautiful system of morality , veiled in allegory , and as was most beautifully expressed by their worthy Vicar on the 22 nd September last , illustrated by symbols . Freemasonry was an universal system , teaching the relative moral and social duties of man on the broad and extensive
basis of philanthropy . It comprehended within ils circle every branch of useful knowledge and learning , which justly stamped an indelible mark of pre-eminence on its genuine professor , which neither chance , power , nor riches could bestow . AVhen its rules and precepts were strictly adhered to , they were intimately connected and blended with all that was near and dear to us both in this and in another state of existence . Our divine and human affairs were interwoven awfully and minutely , in all its disquisitions . They had virtue for their aimthe
, glory of God for their object ; the eternal welfare of man was considered in every point and letter of their symbolical illustrations . The scientific philosophy of Freemasonry formed a rational employment of their time , in acquiring the wisdom and experience resulting from human knowledge ; but it was the theocratic or divine philosophy of the Order which most elevated the industrious Freemason above the things of this life ,