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The Charities.
Tin- ] ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FHEEMASON . —The list of subscribers to the present time is published , and the attention of the Alasonic community is called to the following extracts : "PRELIMINARY REGULATIONS . —The first meeting of the projectors of this contemplated benevolent Institution , ivas held at the New London Hotel , Bridge-streetBlackfriarson the 22 nd of June 1835 when
, , , ; , among other Preliminary Regulations , the following were adopted : — " That it is expedient to provide for the wants of the meritorious , but Aged and Decayed Freemason , by the erection of an Asylum to receive him within its sanctuary . " That a donation of FIFTY GUINEAS and upwards shall render the donor eligible to be proposed as a Vice-President . "That a donation of TWENTY GUINEAS shall constitute a
Life-Governor . " That a donation of TEN GUINEAS shall constitute a Life-Subscriber . " That Two GUINEAS annually shall constitute a Governor . " That ONE G UINEA annually shall constitute a Subscriber .
( THE PRIVILEGES TO BE ACCORDINGLY . ) " That FIFTY GUINEAS from a Lodge shall entitle it to the privilege of a Life-Governor so long as the Lodge shall exist . " That TWENTY GUINEAS from a Lodge , shall entitle it to the like jirivilege for TWENTY-FIVE YEARS . " That TEN GUINEAS from a Lodge shall entitle it to the privilege of a Subscriber for FOURTEEN YEARS . "
"ADDRESS . —The object of the contemplated Asylum is simple—to provide that shelter and support in his latter days for the worthy Aged and Decayed Freemason , which nearly all other classes have already done for those connected with their happier hours , and dependent on their benevolence . "It ivould be unnecessary to say anything in support of such a charity , to a body with whom the exercise of that virtuein its most boundless
, extent , is a primary obligation . Its friends and projectors utterly disclaim all idea of interference with the existing Masonic Charities , but they simply urge this as the crowning stone of the edifice , as the sacred ark in which those who have in better times contributed to the support of these two admirable Institutions , may themselves , should the dark hour of distress come , find refuge and succour . " AVhile England abounds in homes of benevolence for the distressed ,
it appears a strange anomaly that the Aged and Decayed Freemason alone , is ivithout tills cheering prospect—an anomaly rendered more striking from the fact that no body of men has higher patronage , richer members , or more benevolent objects . "
Oct . 11 . CO 3 IMITTEE . —The Treasurer laid before the Committee a letter addressed by him to the Grand Master , on the subject of the Asylum , which wns ordered to be entered on the Minutes . A vote of thanks to the Treasurer , and of unabated confidence in his vigilance and devotion to the cause , passed unanimously ; as was a vot 3 of thanks to the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon , for their liberal contribution of twenty guineas . VOL . iv . 3 s
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The Charities.
Tin- ] ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FHEEMASON . —The list of subscribers to the present time is published , and the attention of the Alasonic community is called to the following extracts : "PRELIMINARY REGULATIONS . —The first meeting of the projectors of this contemplated benevolent Institution , ivas held at the New London Hotel , Bridge-streetBlackfriarson the 22 nd of June 1835 when
, , , ; , among other Preliminary Regulations , the following were adopted : — " That it is expedient to provide for the wants of the meritorious , but Aged and Decayed Freemason , by the erection of an Asylum to receive him within its sanctuary . " That a donation of FIFTY GUINEAS and upwards shall render the donor eligible to be proposed as a Vice-President . "That a donation of TWENTY GUINEAS shall constitute a
Life-Governor . " That a donation of TEN GUINEAS shall constitute a Life-Subscriber . " That Two GUINEAS annually shall constitute a Governor . " That ONE G UINEA annually shall constitute a Subscriber .
( THE PRIVILEGES TO BE ACCORDINGLY . ) " That FIFTY GUINEAS from a Lodge shall entitle it to the privilege of a Life-Governor so long as the Lodge shall exist . " That TWENTY GUINEAS from a Lodge , shall entitle it to the like jirivilege for TWENTY-FIVE YEARS . " That TEN GUINEAS from a Lodge shall entitle it to the privilege of a Subscriber for FOURTEEN YEARS . "
"ADDRESS . —The object of the contemplated Asylum is simple—to provide that shelter and support in his latter days for the worthy Aged and Decayed Freemason , which nearly all other classes have already done for those connected with their happier hours , and dependent on their benevolence . "It ivould be unnecessary to say anything in support of such a charity , to a body with whom the exercise of that virtuein its most boundless
, extent , is a primary obligation . Its friends and projectors utterly disclaim all idea of interference with the existing Masonic Charities , but they simply urge this as the crowning stone of the edifice , as the sacred ark in which those who have in better times contributed to the support of these two admirable Institutions , may themselves , should the dark hour of distress come , find refuge and succour . " AVhile England abounds in homes of benevolence for the distressed ,
it appears a strange anomaly that the Aged and Decayed Freemason alone , is ivithout tills cheering prospect—an anomaly rendered more striking from the fact that no body of men has higher patronage , richer members , or more benevolent objects . "
Oct . 11 . CO 3 IMITTEE . —The Treasurer laid before the Committee a letter addressed by him to the Grand Master , on the subject of the Asylum , which wns ordered to be entered on the Minutes . A vote of thanks to the Treasurer , and of unabated confidence in his vigilance and devotion to the cause , passed unanimously ; as was a vot 3 of thanks to the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon , for their liberal contribution of twenty guineas . VOL . iv . 3 s