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Ireland.
Bro . LLOYD acknowledged , he said , with pride and pleasure , the distinguished comjiliment that hacl been paid him ; but no expressions of his could convey as he could wish the sentiments of his regard for the members of that Lodge , in which he had first seen the light of Freemasonry , —the Leinster Lodge . To promote its welfare had been his most anxious wish , but he did not deserve a recompense so splendid ; forhe thoughtall who enter the Order are
, , bound to exert themselves to the utmost for its advancement and benefit . But the gift would prove to all , whether within or without the Masonic body , what are the sentiments which its true members entertain to each other , —sentiments which enhanced the value even of that very handsome present . After some allusions to a very liberal collection of money that night made in the Lodge for the relief of an unfortunate gentleman who hacl been compelled to seek
their assistance , Bro . Lloyd said , he trusted that , as he had that night been re-elected to his office , there would be no sejiaration between him ancl those with whom he had so long been associated in the closest ties of mutual friendship and regard , and assured them that their good opinion and the welfare of the Order were equally clear to his heart . These are incidents—not rare oneswe hope—which prove the
, real existence of those feelings of which Masons boast . A more pleasing scene can hardly be contemplated than a number of men associated together for charitable purposes , fulfilling them liberally and cheerfully , and terminating their praiseworthy exertions by this delightful disjilay of reciprocal good feeling and pure social
enjoyment . Bro . Brereton , on his part , took occasion , on his Installation , to present to his Lodge a silver column , the badge of the Junior Warden , for which the thanks of the Lodge were unanimously voted to that very zealous ancl efficient friend and member of the Order . It would be unjust to omit all notice of this further instance of the feeling which animates the Leinster Lodge . We can also jioint with jileasure to a still more general striking
jiroof of the jirevalence and extension of the true Masonic jirinciple in Ireland . The Female Orphan School for the Daughters of deceased Freemasons has participated in the good results to be exjiected when men who hold an influential position in society exert themselves to carry into practical use the various elements of power , which are contained in a body so widely extended and so wealthy as that of the Freemasons . It is needless to recur to the
various circumstances through which that charity , so worthy in every respect of attention and support , had , in late years , been somewhat neglected by the Order in general in Ireland . Some , however , ( foremost amongst whom , in Masonic feeling and generous liberality as in rank , stood the Duke of Leinster , G . M . of the Order ) , continued to support an institution the value of which was too little appreciated . By the munificent aid of the noble Dukeand
, the judicious management of the other governors , the school was preserved . In it about sixteen orphans find a home , ancl are clothed and educated . They are all the children of parents who had held a respectable position in life—some of them an affluent one . The calamities of the last five years in Ireland will render this fact but too easil y intelligible . The number is small—too small for the VOL . in . n
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Ireland.
Bro . LLOYD acknowledged , he said , with pride and pleasure , the distinguished comjiliment that hacl been paid him ; but no expressions of his could convey as he could wish the sentiments of his regard for the members of that Lodge , in which he had first seen the light of Freemasonry , —the Leinster Lodge . To promote its welfare had been his most anxious wish , but he did not deserve a recompense so splendid ; forhe thoughtall who enter the Order are
, , bound to exert themselves to the utmost for its advancement and benefit . But the gift would prove to all , whether within or without the Masonic body , what are the sentiments which its true members entertain to each other , —sentiments which enhanced the value even of that very handsome present . After some allusions to a very liberal collection of money that night made in the Lodge for the relief of an unfortunate gentleman who hacl been compelled to seek
their assistance , Bro . Lloyd said , he trusted that , as he had that night been re-elected to his office , there would be no sejiaration between him ancl those with whom he had so long been associated in the closest ties of mutual friendship and regard , and assured them that their good opinion and the welfare of the Order were equally clear to his heart . These are incidents—not rare oneswe hope—which prove the
, real existence of those feelings of which Masons boast . A more pleasing scene can hardly be contemplated than a number of men associated together for charitable purposes , fulfilling them liberally and cheerfully , and terminating their praiseworthy exertions by this delightful disjilay of reciprocal good feeling and pure social
enjoyment . Bro . Brereton , on his part , took occasion , on his Installation , to present to his Lodge a silver column , the badge of the Junior Warden , for which the thanks of the Lodge were unanimously voted to that very zealous ancl efficient friend and member of the Order . It would be unjust to omit all notice of this further instance of the feeling which animates the Leinster Lodge . We can also jioint with jileasure to a still more general striking
jiroof of the jirevalence and extension of the true Masonic jirinciple in Ireland . The Female Orphan School for the Daughters of deceased Freemasons has participated in the good results to be exjiected when men who hold an influential position in society exert themselves to carry into practical use the various elements of power , which are contained in a body so widely extended and so wealthy as that of the Freemasons . It is needless to recur to the
various circumstances through which that charity , so worthy in every respect of attention and support , had , in late years , been somewhat neglected by the Order in general in Ireland . Some , however , ( foremost amongst whom , in Masonic feeling and generous liberality as in rank , stood the Duke of Leinster , G . M . of the Order ) , continued to support an institution the value of which was too little appreciated . By the munificent aid of the noble Dukeand
, the judicious management of the other governors , the school was preserved . In it about sixteen orphans find a home , ancl are clothed and educated . They are all the children of parents who had held a respectable position in life—some of them an affluent one . The calamities of the last five years in Ireland will render this fact but too easil y intelligible . The number is small—too small for the VOL . in . n