The Masonic Charities.

upon tbem all , questioning several AvhtrcaiTOrfroin different parts of England , and Avas perfectly satisfied with their replies / ,,,.-. < ; . y . < c S . ni " &'< £ ? ' . iO A ! 0- ¦ ' ¦> ' ¦ ' " Here there is one Head Ma ^ tep , s-st 4 ssj § ts > l 1 t Masters , a Matron , her Assistant , ancl twenty Household Servants ; ancl non-resident—the medical officer Dr . Hall , Drawing Master , Musical Instructor , Band Master , ancl Drill Instructor . "In giving a description of tbe buMing aid-Conveniences of tbe Girls' School , I

haA'e anticipated that QI ; the ^ Boy ^' , afl d- ^ inge ^ ,. ^ , dya ^ e .. ; . i } 3 j i -on all I saAv here . I Avas particular here , as in tlie ^ iJi'lfstj ^ cliQ . 64 , ail pht $ iniug ,, aU tbejinforrnation I coidd of their after-life , and I was most , pleased , ' to ^^ ^' | ie ,, accp } iii , ^ // o | f .. iiow invariably they succeeded in gaining satisfactory positions . in ^ life :,. ;| 'lp . ej ; iuc ^ 1 ion they receive ( Avhich is equal to that of the very . fjesjt , ^ ictdle ^ Jcfiass jpcjjools in ^ e . j ^ jjigdom ) embraces Music , German , French , Latin , , Mathematicsj ( in . c ^^ Mechanics ) , DraAving ,

Science ( Magnetism and , ElecjtriQity ) ; . Cbe . mistr ^ , ^ n , cl ; T ) rill , ) nai } d , may be illustrated by one or t . Avo of the facts ffiveii me " .. ' ,. . ! , ' . ' ., . ,.-. ' ,,-, .. ; - ¦ . - •{ , -, , < . -. "Of the twenty-four boys AVIIO entered for the 1877 Cambridge Examination , twenty-three passed—nineteen . AA » i , th ^| i 9 ng ^ slvJi \ y ^ i ^ gi ^ jD ^_ ljigh distinction in Latin . In 1876 twenty-four pi ^ se ^ t pu | j ~ o || tAY ^ honours . The result of 1878 AA'ill not be seen'till' ^ e ^ lO ' m M ^ cn ' . ' Tri 'Ji ^^ a ^ 'i ! .-D . Green passed tbe "

London University Matriculation Examination ( 1 st , class ) . He is IIOAV a student at St . Thomas ' s Hospital . Li . 1876 100 certificates Avere . obtained from the Science and Art Department of South Kensington , and one lad named Parker , in a competitive examination for naval cadets to be trained on board the Marlborough at Portsmouth as Engineers in the Royal Naiw , easily passed , being ninth out Of 1 , 080 candidates , and on the nine coming up for further examinationAvas placed second . He had no special

, preparation beyond the ordinary work of the first class . Many of the late inmates hold excellent appointments in banks and public offices . Several haA'e entered the legal profession , and one or two the . Church , but unfortunately no record is . kept of their after life .

" Among the sixty-eight Candidates for Election in April ( of AA'h ' om sixteen , only can be elected ) , there is a Worcestershire boy , tbe son of the late Bro . Benjamin Brookes , P . P . G . W . At Worcester , Avhere I attended the other day to plead tbe cause of these Charities before " 280 , " I heard there is another deseiwing case likely to be brought before the Worcestershire brethren for their votes , Avhere a Avife and five children have just been bereaved of their stay . Ancl Ave haA'e just bad brought under

our notice as a Lodge the claims of a local case , in the person of Ernest Bloomer Granger , a son of Bro . Granger , who has been removed to Avhat Ave may term a living death , having lost bis reason . Should the cause of this boy be taken up by " 377 , " we shall need the earnest endeavour and Avilling aid of all tbe brethren to carry bis candidature to a successful issue . His relations promise to . supplement such effort by contributing liberally to the object .

" I must say that Avere it not" for depriA'ing some orphan of that space be otherwise might obtain , I should certainly purchase a presentation for one of my OAVII boys , so impressed am I AA'ith Avhat I saw . " . We quite agree AA'ith Bro . Taylor Avhen be says : — "From that personal and close scrutiny , brethren , I can safely say that our Charities are such nation be proud ofand Avell

as a may , may they cause every Mason ' s heart to SAvell with pride—living monuments to tbe principles we ' profess . " Here are those principles practically applied in . all their realit y and vitality . Here , on three Institutions alone ( such as I bave endeavoured , though faintly arid "lu-riedl y , to describe ) , does Masonic charity expend upwards of £ 40 , 000 annually , Providing a sufficient answer in itself to rabid assailants , petulant objectors , and ignorant calumniators of our noble order . ¦ p

" Brethren , Ave may safely leave the value of Freemasonry 'to be tested by its many deeds of munificent and unostentatious charity .. It is great only to . the sensible 'nan , the sincere , and tbe generous , Avho is ' conscious , of the ' infirmities of man , and who leels the obligation of healing them . '" ¦ ¦ ''• ' ' * ' - " " '