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Freemasonry's Gift To The Unemployed Of London.
FREEMASONRY'S GIFT TO THE UNEMPLOYED OF LONDON .
THE five hundred pounds which Grand Lodge so readily granted , on the proposition of the Most "Worshipful Grand Master , ' towards the relief of the present distress among the deserving poor of the metropolis , was last week distributed , in accordance
with the desire of the Craft , by H . B . H . the Prince of Wales , who is to be complimented on the judicious way in which he spread the amount over the area it was intended to benefit . Great difficulties must necessarily present themselves when it comes to a question of deciding how such an amount can best be spent ; so many schemes having been started with II 1 * 1 (» " 1 •It » -i •I •1 ti •»•1 oi tne evil
me oDject lessening , it is Hard to decide which is best , and a sum oi £ 500 is not nearly sufficient on which to attempt independent action . As one of our evening contemporaries puts it , such amounts can scarcely count as more than drops in the ocean , when compared with the sum required for the relief
oi the unemployed of London ; although the same journal is not unmindful of what has been done , and considers it " extremely kind of the Freemasons to send the amount , and quite in accordance with the traditional spirit of Masonic benevolence . " There is not one of us who wanted even this expression of thanks , but we must feel pleasure that the efforts of
the Craft , to carry its traditional spirit of benevolence outside the actual limits of the Order , is deemed worthy of this and such other notice as it has received during the last few days in the general press of the kingdom . The ^ 500 placed at the disposal of the Grand Master was distributed by him as follows : —
£ 100 to the Parks and Pleasure Gardens Fund . 50 Mansion Hoase Poor-box Fund . 60 Guildhall Poor-box Fund . 300 ( in sums of £ 25 each ) to the Poor-boxes of the following
Police courts : —( 1 ) Bow Street , ( 2 ) Clerkenwell , ( 3 ) Greenwiob and Woolwich , ( 4 ) Hammersmith and Wandsworth , ( 5 ) Lambeth , ( 6 ) Marlborough Street ( 7 ) Marylebone , ( 8 ) Southwark , ( 9 ) Thames , ( 10 ) West Ham , ( 11 ) Westminster , ( 12 ) Worship Street .
It will thus be seen that every part of the metropolis will reap some benefit from the sum voted , and we can only hope that the , comparatively speaking , small help that Freemasonry has been able to afford may do as much good as its donors desire ; further , that the example set may be followed bv others , individuals
as well as corporate bodies , who are equally able to make a grant for the same cause . It appears to be generally recognised that the amount of relief forthcoming this vear is verv far short of last year ' s , and
no doubt much of the falling off is due to the bluster and threats of those who , erroneously we think , advised violence as the best remedy for misfortune . It is Freemasonry ' s mission to act charitably to all men , and as this grant for the unemployed was voted
Freemasonry's Gift To The Unemployed Of London.
at the express desire of H . R . H . the Prince of Waler , we hope it will serve as a peace-offering to smooth away the ill feeling which perhaps exists , and once more cause the well disposed to open their pursestrings on behalf of a really necessitous , if ill-advised , body of the community .
" A Good Heart."
" A GOOD HEART . "
"A good leg will fall j a straight back will stoop ; a black beard will tnrn white ; a curled pate will grow bald ; a fair faso will wither ; a fall eye will wax hollow ; but a good heart is the snn and moon ; or , rather the sun , and not the moon ; for it . * h ' nes bright , and neyer changes , but keeps his course truly . "
ALTHOUGH controversy may wax warm and discussion continue , in the hope of proving the anfchorsbip of Shakspeare ' s plays , the facb will continue that they are the work of a master mind , and they will remain a
living memorial , a monument of true greatness . "What
cave we if fashion should decree that the revered name of Shakspeare ought to be for ever banished from our mind ? The gems we havo regarded as his will remain , and nothing can rob them of their beauty . The roses we have
known as Shakspearian will not smell loss sweet even though they be presented to us under another name ; and so is it with all things which possess a merit of their own . Even humanity itself is governed by similar laws , and men
of worth come to tho fore , no matter in what part of the world they may find themselves . In the words of the immortal bard , quoted above , a good heart shine 3 bright ,
and never changes , keeping his course truly , like that groat luminary of nature to which forcible reference is made in the ritual of our Order . It is not only bright in itself , but it diffuses light and brightness on all around .
The subject of our sketch is unquestionably a man of " good heart , " and although he has accomplished much in his personal dealings with those around him , and has won
esteem in many quarters , the example he has set will prove of greater value to humanity , and will do honour to his deeds long after his name may be forgotten . He may not have won distinction , as recognised by the world at large , but he has done sufficient to prove the sincerity of his nature , and his desire has ever been to help those unable
to help themselves . Surely such distinction , although it may be known only to the few , is to be preferred to much of the loudly-proclaimed honours conferred on fur less worthy men . His avocation in life placed him in a position
where many less benevolently disposed would havo taken little or no interest in those around him ; yet he found many opportunities of displaying his kindliness of manner , doing much to smooth away the inequalities which so ofton
exist between the representatives of capital and labour , and continually working with a view of easing the cares , and advancing tho lot of those with whom ho came more directly in contact .
In Masonry we find him displaying the same good traiti as unquestionably have guided him in tho outer world , and tb ^ same success appears to have attended his efforts . He was initiated upwards of 40 years back , the light of Mas > nry
having been conferred upon him in the Medina Ledge , No . 35 , West Cowes , in the Isle of Wight , on the 1 st June
1846 , He is a Pa & ii Master of the Medina Lodge , and
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Freemasonry's Gift To The Unemployed Of London.
FREEMASONRY'S GIFT TO THE UNEMPLOYED OF LONDON .
THE five hundred pounds which Grand Lodge so readily granted , on the proposition of the Most "Worshipful Grand Master , ' towards the relief of the present distress among the deserving poor of the metropolis , was last week distributed , in accordance
with the desire of the Craft , by H . B . H . the Prince of Wales , who is to be complimented on the judicious way in which he spread the amount over the area it was intended to benefit . Great difficulties must necessarily present themselves when it comes to a question of deciding how such an amount can best be spent ; so many schemes having been started with II 1 * 1 (» " 1 •It » -i •I •1 ti •»•1 oi tne evil
me oDject lessening , it is Hard to decide which is best , and a sum oi £ 500 is not nearly sufficient on which to attempt independent action . As one of our evening contemporaries puts it , such amounts can scarcely count as more than drops in the ocean , when compared with the sum required for the relief
oi the unemployed of London ; although the same journal is not unmindful of what has been done , and considers it " extremely kind of the Freemasons to send the amount , and quite in accordance with the traditional spirit of Masonic benevolence . " There is not one of us who wanted even this expression of thanks , but we must feel pleasure that the efforts of
the Craft , to carry its traditional spirit of benevolence outside the actual limits of the Order , is deemed worthy of this and such other notice as it has received during the last few days in the general press of the kingdom . The ^ 500 placed at the disposal of the Grand Master was distributed by him as follows : —
£ 100 to the Parks and Pleasure Gardens Fund . 50 Mansion Hoase Poor-box Fund . 60 Guildhall Poor-box Fund . 300 ( in sums of £ 25 each ) to the Poor-boxes of the following
Police courts : —( 1 ) Bow Street , ( 2 ) Clerkenwell , ( 3 ) Greenwiob and Woolwich , ( 4 ) Hammersmith and Wandsworth , ( 5 ) Lambeth , ( 6 ) Marlborough Street ( 7 ) Marylebone , ( 8 ) Southwark , ( 9 ) Thames , ( 10 ) West Ham , ( 11 ) Westminster , ( 12 ) Worship Street .
It will thus be seen that every part of the metropolis will reap some benefit from the sum voted , and we can only hope that the , comparatively speaking , small help that Freemasonry has been able to afford may do as much good as its donors desire ; further , that the example set may be followed bv others , individuals
as well as corporate bodies , who are equally able to make a grant for the same cause . It appears to be generally recognised that the amount of relief forthcoming this vear is verv far short of last year ' s , and
no doubt much of the falling off is due to the bluster and threats of those who , erroneously we think , advised violence as the best remedy for misfortune . It is Freemasonry ' s mission to act charitably to all men , and as this grant for the unemployed was voted
Freemasonry's Gift To The Unemployed Of London.
at the express desire of H . R . H . the Prince of Waler , we hope it will serve as a peace-offering to smooth away the ill feeling which perhaps exists , and once more cause the well disposed to open their pursestrings on behalf of a really necessitous , if ill-advised , body of the community .
" A Good Heart."
" A GOOD HEART . "
"A good leg will fall j a straight back will stoop ; a black beard will tnrn white ; a curled pate will grow bald ; a fair faso will wither ; a fall eye will wax hollow ; but a good heart is the snn and moon ; or , rather the sun , and not the moon ; for it . * h ' nes bright , and neyer changes , but keeps his course truly . "
ALTHOUGH controversy may wax warm and discussion continue , in the hope of proving the anfchorsbip of Shakspeare ' s plays , the facb will continue that they are the work of a master mind , and they will remain a
living memorial , a monument of true greatness . "What
cave we if fashion should decree that the revered name of Shakspeare ought to be for ever banished from our mind ? The gems we havo regarded as his will remain , and nothing can rob them of their beauty . The roses we have
known as Shakspearian will not smell loss sweet even though they be presented to us under another name ; and so is it with all things which possess a merit of their own . Even humanity itself is governed by similar laws , and men
of worth come to tho fore , no matter in what part of the world they may find themselves . In the words of the immortal bard , quoted above , a good heart shine 3 bright ,
and never changes , keeping his course truly , like that groat luminary of nature to which forcible reference is made in the ritual of our Order . It is not only bright in itself , but it diffuses light and brightness on all around .
The subject of our sketch is unquestionably a man of " good heart , " and although he has accomplished much in his personal dealings with those around him , and has won
esteem in many quarters , the example he has set will prove of greater value to humanity , and will do honour to his deeds long after his name may be forgotten . He may not have won distinction , as recognised by the world at large , but he has done sufficient to prove the sincerity of his nature , and his desire has ever been to help those unable
to help themselves . Surely such distinction , although it may be known only to the few , is to be preferred to much of the loudly-proclaimed honours conferred on fur less worthy men . His avocation in life placed him in a position
where many less benevolently disposed would havo taken little or no interest in those around him ; yet he found many opportunities of displaying his kindliness of manner , doing much to smooth away the inequalities which so ofton
exist between the representatives of capital and labour , and continually working with a view of easing the cares , and advancing tho lot of those with whom ho came more directly in contact .
In Masonry we find him displaying the same good traiti as unquestionably have guided him in tho outer world , and tb ^ same success appears to have attended his efforts . He was initiated upwards of 40 years back , the light of Mas > nry
having been conferred upon him in the Medina Ledge , No . 35 , West Cowes , in the Isle of Wight , on the 1 st June
1846 , He is a Pa & ii Master of the Medina Lodge , and