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Civic Visitors At The Neptune Lodge.
CIVIC VISITORS AT THE NEPTUNE LODGE .
The brethren of thc good old Neptune Lodge , No . 22 , are to be congratulated upon the brilliant meeting which took place last week , and which was attended " by the Lord Mayor and Sheriff Savory . There were one or two drawbacks , it must be confessed , in the fact that , Bro . Alderman De Keyser , whose popularity , both as a Sheriff
and a member of the Craft is so well known , had accepted a prior invitation to go on a short holiday trip to Belgium , whilst the Chief Magistrate himself had to claim the indulgence of his colleagues of the Fruiterers' Company , of which he is a member , to " let him off at a tolerably early hour , ' so that he might share in the post-prandial festivities of the Neptunians . However , these little matters rendered none the less hearty thc reception which had been prepared bv
Bro . Henry Povey , the W . M ., and his officers for the distinguished guests who honoured their assembly , at the invitation of Bro . E . F . Storr , P . M . and Treas ., and the affair was characterised by the utmost warmth and heartiness of pleasure . Soon after live o ' clock the brethren met at the Guildhall Tavern , and although there was no business on the agenda , soon the interchange of mutual greetings invariably witnessed in this lodge was experienced ,
and on the arrival of Bios . Sheriff Savory , Sir John Bennett , the Grand Treasurer elect , and other prominent guests , they were received with the most unmistakable tokens of welcome . At an earl y hour the brethren adjourned to the banqueting room , which had been laid out in excellent taste , the tables being adorned with vases and epergnes of exqusisite flowers and ornamental foliage plants , which gave to the room a luxurious and elegant appearance . Bro . Henry
Povey presided , supported on the right by , 'Bro . the Lord Mayor ( Alderman H . E . Knight ) , who on arriving just before the toast list was commenced was received with enthusiastic applause ; Bros . J . Derby Allcroft , P . M . 1657 , Grand Treasurer elect ; Sheriff Savory , 21 ; Sir John Bennett , 1 ; and many other visitors , including Bros . T . D . Hamer , P . M . 1426 ; E . Swanborough , P . M . 13 in ; G . Gabb , P . M . 902 ; G . Vane , P . G . A . D . C Herts ;
J . VV . Brooke , P . M . 1 S 39 ; H . M . Levy , P . M . iSS ; VV . Webb , 235 ; P . Mfiller , 73 ; G . Cook , 1 . 5 S 0 ; G . Bawtry , 1445 ; E . Stillwell , No . 1 . ; H . Richardson , late 22 ; T . Light ( Star of India ); VV . S . Rose ( VVhittington ); F . J . Hunt , 1 S 07 ; M . C . Creame , and others . The officers and members of tlie lodge present included Bros . J . Harper , Ph . D ., l . P . M . ; Isaac Wilcox , P . M . ( lateTreasurer ); C . VV . Gray , P . M . ; VV . L . Holden
P . M . ; J . J . blater , S . W . ; R . W . Coulcher , J . W . ; K . F . Storr , P . M ., Treas . ; George Britton , P . M ., Sec ; VV . Cook , S . D . ; J . Corbett , J . D . ; Allan Heddevley , I . G . j Thos . P . Collings , P . M ., D . of C . j T . J . Lawrence , E . S . Hooper , W . J . Charles , R . King , G . M . Vane , H . Roberts , A . Macgregor , J . R . Taylor , E . Y . Jolliffe , R . Brooks , R . Peart , C . V . Walker , F . Frost , H . C . Roberts , E . R . Curtice , J . Murray , Emil Hollandt ,
and J . Parkinson , lylcr . At the conclusion of a well-served banquet the Worshipful Master intimated that letters expressing regret at being unable to accept the invitation of the brethren had been received from Bros . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser , Sir John B . Monckton ( Town Clerk ) , President of the Board of General Purposes j Alderman Whitehead ; H . G . Buss , Assistant Grand Secretary ; and George Kenning ,
P . M . nj 2 and 1657 . The WORSH 1 ri"u L MASTER gave the toast of the evening , "The Health of the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex . " ( Loud cheers . ) In the course of his observations he said he was sure the brethren would agree with him that it was an act of great kindness on the part of his lordship and Bro . Savory to come to their festivities on that occasion . When they considered that the of
l ^ ord Mayor London was looked upon as the representative of the commerce and industry of this great city they ought to feel themselves highly honoured by his presence . The Lord Mayor for the time being occupied the chair of Walworth , Whittington , and Gresham , and Bro . Alderman Knight possessed all the qualifications which made him a worthy successor to those historic celebrities . ( Cheers . ) Considering the number of engagements
which necessarily occupied his lordship ' s attention , it was a great condescension on his part to honour this meeting of the good old Neptune Lodge . The Sheriff also represented a very ancient and time honoured office , though as far as Masonry was concerned he was only as yet a fledgling ; but in the name of the lodge he congratuled Bro . Savory upon having been admitted a member of their ancient and honourable Institution . ( Cheers . ) He trusted the day
might not be far distant when he might occupy in his own lodge the proud position which he ( the speaker ) now held through the kindness of the brethren . ( Cheers . ) Bro . the LORD MAYOR , who was enthusiastically received , on rising to respond thanked the brethren for the hearty reception given to the toast , and for the opportunity they had given him of meeting the members of thc Neptune Lodge at the festive board . He was much indebted
for being there to his mend Bro . btorr , who had been unremitting in his determination to keep him well posted up in their meetings , so that he should not possibly lose sight of it . From the multiplicity of engagements which crowded on him he had been unable to fulfil entirely that which he had hoped to have done , namely to witnsss the work done in the lodge room . He had an engagement with one of his old companies , in connection with the
Corporation , to which he felt bound to do honour , before coming amongst the brethren of the Neptune Lodge . They had been kind enough , however , to let him off at a tolerably early hour , and so he had managed to join them . ( Cheers . ) Thc post he had the honour to fill as Lord Mayor had frequently been occupied by brethren of thc Craft , but he thought there was something unique in thc present year , for he did not recollect it had occurred before that thc Lord
Mayor and both his Sheriffs had the honour of belonging to the Order of Freemasons . They were a trio , working together in a most friendly and amicable manner , and they found delight in supporting each other . There might be something in Freemasonry which caused that . They knew there was a deep and hearty sympathy between brethren
ot the Craft , and when they lelt that brethren were worth y of this sympathy , it increased their zest in working with men with whom they were associated in other relations in life , and with whom they were bound by strong ties in the great brotherhood of Freemasonry . He did not think it necessary in an after-dinner speech to make any remarks upon the Craft in general , or upon Freemasonry
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'n any of its various branches . He had himself been a Mason for nearly 20 years , and had passed through the various offices in his lodge , but he had never gone higher than a Master . When he filled the chair in his lodge he worked the Three Degrees and gave the traditional history , which they would admit was no light duty . But he entered into Masonry as was his custom with all else that he undertook , and considered if a thing was worth doing at all it
was worth doing well . ( Hear , hear . ) That was a principle which should always guide Freemasons . Although they should never make it obtrusive , or force it before the world so as to lower the Order in thc estimation of others , and although they were forbidden to induce men to join the Craft , still the principles which actuated the brethren must necessarily make them good men and true friends . ( Applause . ) As regarded the position of Lord Mayor , he only
last week was called upon to preside over one of our large East-end wards under melancholy circumstances , font was in consequence of the loss of a respected friend and brother ( Alderman Sir Thomas White)— -a brother in Masonry as well as an esteemed colleague on the magisterial bench ; and his duty was to preside over the election of his successor in office . There was one thing he found there , to a great extent—the manner in which Freemasonry was used
in uniting people together in one aim and in one bond . Those he had never seen before , so far as he knew , made themselves thoroughly known to him and he seemed to be quite one amongst them . Indeed they seemed to regard him as an old friend and brother . ( Applause . ) There was an illustration of thc value of their connection with thc Brotherhood of Masonry . He should not soon forget the extent to which Fceeemasonry seemed to be cultivated and
the manner in which it was carried out among the Jews . He had always understood that a great number of Jews were Freemasons , but he was not aware that it existed to so large an extent as was evident to him in the ward of Portsoken . It was one of the privileges attached to his office which enabled him to become acquainted with those citizens in the East part of London . The fact of being a Freemason enabled him to go to their hearts at once ,
and he had not the slightest doubt helped him materially to perform the duties he had to carry out in what was called the most turbulent ward in thc City . Certainly , under his chairmanship it proved one of the most orderly wards he had ever experienced . He thanked the brethren of the Neptune Lodge for their hospitality , and for the greeting they had extended to him ; it would ever make him grateful for the opportunity allowed him
of joining them on that occasion . He looked upon Masonry as affording him some of the happiest hours of his life . He must say that amongst the hospitalities he had received from all classes of his fellow-citizens , none had exceeded that which had been offered to him by the fraternity to which they all rejoiced to belong . Night after night , almost , he might be a welcome—and he believed an honoured—guest at any of the lodges . ( Cheers . ) They had come to him
from all parts , and his only grief was that he had been unable to accept the kind invitations so frequently as he should have liked . He looked upon Freemasonry as an institution which had for its object the benefit of and the promotion of happiness amongst mankind . An institution which had this for its . object was worthy of all admiration and support , and he should do all he could in the position he held to advance the means of doing good to his
fellow men . He wished this lodge every prosperity , and might it continue to flourish to the very end . Bro . Sheriff SAVORY said it should be his endeavour to do his utmost for the cause of Freemasonry . Their excellent Master had made a few pertinent remarks on the principles of the Craft , amongst which he said law and order were engrained in the heart of every Freemason . He felt that the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex were
especially the officers of law and order , and one event which had happened since his accession to office had impressed itself deeply on his mind—that was the remarkable prosecution for blasphemy recently at the Central Criminal Court . ( Hear , hear . ) He could not help thinking that every Freemason rejoiced heartily at thc result of th 3 t prosecution . ( Applause . ) It reflected the greatest credit upon the Corporation , who initiated and brought it to such
a successful issue : for thc Corporation of London had a right to purge its streets of such disgraceful publications as of any other offence against the senses of public morality and decency . He had no sympathy with any one who perpetrated acts of sacrilege in St . Paul's Cathedral , or who had a hand in the publication of such prints as those to which he referred . ( Hear , hear . ) He regretted the absence of his colleague , Bro . Alderman De Keyser , who
was spending a short holiday in Belgium ; but they both esteemed it a privilege to rank with the Lord Mayor in the cause of Freemasonry . Bro . HARPER , LP . M ., proposed in felicitous terms " Thc Health of thc VV . M ., " who suitably responded , and in turn gave " The Visitors , " the toast being cordially received . Bro . J . D . ALLCROFT and Bro . Sir J BENNETT responded .
Bro , ISAAC WILCOX , who had been 27 years Treasurer of the lodge ; Bro . E . F . STORR , the present Treasurer ; and Bro . G . BRITTON acknowledged the toast of " The Past Masters ; " and Bro . J . J . SLATER acknowledged the compliment paid to the officers of the lodge . The interesting proceedings were enlivened with an abundance of vocal and instrumental music .
Hospital For Sick Children, Great Ormond-Street.
HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN , GREAT ORMOND-STREET .
We desire to call attention to the festival of this excellent institution , which is to be held at Willis ' s Rooms on Wednesday next , the nth inst ., when our R . W . Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . Gloucestershire , will take the chair . We hope our worthy brother will
be supported by many readers of the Freemason , Masons are known to be charitable , and their charity is not by any means limited to within the Craft , though that rightly has the first claim in the same way that one ' s own family is provided for before one assists those who have no claims through
relationship ; but our bowels of compassion and our charity are not shut up against those who are not members of our Fraternity . Masonry rather stimulates to all good works . What better cause can we support after the Masonic Charities than helping the little ones who cannot help themselves . ? We would recommend our readers to take a stroll some day to Great Ormond-street , Bloomsbury , and see over
Hospital For Sick Children, Great Ormond-Street.
this hospital , now languishing and being crippled for want of money . They would see a cot which s ruck us on our last visit endowed by a brother , Col . Wilkinson , P . M . Cholmeley Lodge , in memory of a son who died a few years ago . They will see another kept by the boys of Harrow and Marlboroug h Schools out of their pocket money , and the boys do not let their interest cease there , but from time to time m their holidays pay a visit to the institution and
see the inmates ot the cot they support . The president of the Great Ormond-street Hospital for sick children is Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G-, whilst Bro . Earl Granville , K . G ., and Bro . Col . Wilkinson are amongst its supporters . Last year the anniversary dinner was presided over by H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , P . G . S . W ., when the sum of £ 1 C 00 was collected . Amongst the royal duke ' s supporters on the occasion were Lord Abcrdare , Lord
O Hagan , Lord Crewe , Sir James Paget , Bart ., Hon . Syoney CarrGlyn , Sir Howard Klphinstone , Major General Loivry , Rev . Teignmouth Shore , Mr . Kemp Welch , and Dr . Russell Sturgis . We venture to hope that some of our readers will feel inclined to attend the dinner and become subscribers to this worthy charity . Hospitals have fallen on evil days , and to plead their cause or draw attention to their needs is to point to institutions which
according to some rash utterances require reforming off the face of the earth . But in spite ot the attacks made upon them , and in spite of the "alleged misconduct of their officials " ( a heading which by the way always attracts eager notice ) , hospitals exist , and arc sought after and thronged by the necessitous poor ; therefore , having regard to thc law laid down by Adam Smith that supply and demand bear an exact proportion to each other fairl
, we may y conclude that hospitals arc stil needed by the community . In their defence we mioht perhaps be allowed to say that considering that they d ' eal with the sick poor , and that in the time of sickness in a house , be it of the rich or the poor , a different order of things is necessary , they must be judged by that standard and not the rule of evcry-day file . Strict rules of visiting are necessary , the exclusion of the public from wards & cin
, , which their presence would be detrimental either to the good of the patient or the visitor , insistence upon quiet and reverence in the sick room , and upon such a mode of living among the officials as is consistent with the presence of sorrow and death under the same roof ; the carrying out firmly and with discrimination the discipline and order of the hospital—a course which when consistently pursued , is sooner or later sure to bring an accusation of
heartlessnessand want of feeling . What is required is more trust and confidence on the part of the outside public , so that they should not be led into a hasty error by some sensational police-report , think that it is the invariable practice of hospital officials to emulate the bumblcism of the parish beadle , simply because an unreasoning , hysterical relative has not met with such gushing sympathy at the hands of the authorities as mirxht have
been her lot had she wept over the death-bed , surrounded by gossiping , quasi-condoling neighbours . When wc consider that perhaps two-thirds of the charitable public have never been inside the doors of a hospital , or come in contact with those whose lives are spent in the wards , is it marvellous that an inconceivable ignorance clouds the public mind , or that the censors of hospital work lack the training for their self-imposed duties ? But what is the sad outcome of
this malarious atmosphere ? Is it not that thc sinews of war are becoming paralysed , and that whilst the poor are still in daily , pressing need of help , the energies of the institutions arc languishing for want of funds . A puff of envenomed abuse , a new sensation , a fresh plaything , any one of these is sufficient to divert the life-giving stream , and to leave to a struggling or palsied life a hospital which by its very length of existence might claim a certain share of support .
me SICK cnuuren ot London are in my mind , and their mother hospital in Great Ormond-street is before my eye . I hey at least are helpless , innocent , and inoffensive , and to save their lives , or comfort them in death , is a work that , whether actually and relatively , may worthily engage the highest faculties of man or woman . That hospital ought long ere this to have completed its building , and to have been placed on such a basis that at
least it was not obliged to devote some of its energies to making "both ends meet . " We know how hindering that process is in the family life , when the father must keep at some uncongenial drudgery to raise food for his family , and the mother ' s best hours are spent in patching the garments or economising thc resources . Surely we ought not to enforce such a task on the managers of this hospital ; but rather by a more unfailing supnlv set them
tree to devclope their energies . 'Ihat lam speaking the truth is patent to any one who will look at the balancesheet of the last two years . On that of 1 SS 0 is a record ° ; £ 3 « o in debt , on that of 1 SS 1 a record of £ 550 deficit . Ihe chairman of the committee at the annual dinner stated that the reliable income was £ 3300 , and the investments brought in £ 350 more ; the opposite end is £ 10 , 000 . this represents an amount of pulling that must try thc
parental strength . More building has to be done to provide beds for whooping cough and diphtheria patients , but how ? that is the question . This hospital is always open at stated hours in the afternoon , when its work can be seen , and a glance at the comfortable home provided for the little sick ones must show that a good work is being done . Down each side of the long wards are rows of little cots nearly always full , and the bright cheerful tone of the wards , with plenty of sunlight , fresh airand at this
, time lovely spring flowers , must do much towards the physical recovery of the children . It would be sad to think that this work must cease out of our midst , or that this , the parent of children's hospitals , should die because her children have diverted her supplies . It must be that thc presence of these little sick ones in our midst bring a blessing upon our great city , and thc religious tone of faith and trust in thc hospital cannot but react upon those who help in thc work .
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Civic Visitors At The Neptune Lodge.
CIVIC VISITORS AT THE NEPTUNE LODGE .
The brethren of thc good old Neptune Lodge , No . 22 , are to be congratulated upon the brilliant meeting which took place last week , and which was attended " by the Lord Mayor and Sheriff Savory . There were one or two drawbacks , it must be confessed , in the fact that , Bro . Alderman De Keyser , whose popularity , both as a Sheriff
and a member of the Craft is so well known , had accepted a prior invitation to go on a short holiday trip to Belgium , whilst the Chief Magistrate himself had to claim the indulgence of his colleagues of the Fruiterers' Company , of which he is a member , to " let him off at a tolerably early hour , ' so that he might share in the post-prandial festivities of the Neptunians . However , these little matters rendered none the less hearty thc reception which had been prepared bv
Bro . Henry Povey , the W . M ., and his officers for the distinguished guests who honoured their assembly , at the invitation of Bro . E . F . Storr , P . M . and Treas ., and the affair was characterised by the utmost warmth and heartiness of pleasure . Soon after live o ' clock the brethren met at the Guildhall Tavern , and although there was no business on the agenda , soon the interchange of mutual greetings invariably witnessed in this lodge was experienced ,
and on the arrival of Bios . Sheriff Savory , Sir John Bennett , the Grand Treasurer elect , and other prominent guests , they were received with the most unmistakable tokens of welcome . At an earl y hour the brethren adjourned to the banqueting room , which had been laid out in excellent taste , the tables being adorned with vases and epergnes of exqusisite flowers and ornamental foliage plants , which gave to the room a luxurious and elegant appearance . Bro . Henry
Povey presided , supported on the right by , 'Bro . the Lord Mayor ( Alderman H . E . Knight ) , who on arriving just before the toast list was commenced was received with enthusiastic applause ; Bros . J . Derby Allcroft , P . M . 1657 , Grand Treasurer elect ; Sheriff Savory , 21 ; Sir John Bennett , 1 ; and many other visitors , including Bros . T . D . Hamer , P . M . 1426 ; E . Swanborough , P . M . 13 in ; G . Gabb , P . M . 902 ; G . Vane , P . G . A . D . C Herts ;
J . VV . Brooke , P . M . 1 S 39 ; H . M . Levy , P . M . iSS ; VV . Webb , 235 ; P . Mfiller , 73 ; G . Cook , 1 . 5 S 0 ; G . Bawtry , 1445 ; E . Stillwell , No . 1 . ; H . Richardson , late 22 ; T . Light ( Star of India ); VV . S . Rose ( VVhittington ); F . J . Hunt , 1 S 07 ; M . C . Creame , and others . The officers and members of tlie lodge present included Bros . J . Harper , Ph . D ., l . P . M . ; Isaac Wilcox , P . M . ( lateTreasurer ); C . VV . Gray , P . M . ; VV . L . Holden
P . M . ; J . J . blater , S . W . ; R . W . Coulcher , J . W . ; K . F . Storr , P . M ., Treas . ; George Britton , P . M ., Sec ; VV . Cook , S . D . ; J . Corbett , J . D . ; Allan Heddevley , I . G . j Thos . P . Collings , P . M ., D . of C . j T . J . Lawrence , E . S . Hooper , W . J . Charles , R . King , G . M . Vane , H . Roberts , A . Macgregor , J . R . Taylor , E . Y . Jolliffe , R . Brooks , R . Peart , C . V . Walker , F . Frost , H . C . Roberts , E . R . Curtice , J . Murray , Emil Hollandt ,
and J . Parkinson , lylcr . At the conclusion of a well-served banquet the Worshipful Master intimated that letters expressing regret at being unable to accept the invitation of the brethren had been received from Bros . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser , Sir John B . Monckton ( Town Clerk ) , President of the Board of General Purposes j Alderman Whitehead ; H . G . Buss , Assistant Grand Secretary ; and George Kenning ,
P . M . nj 2 and 1657 . The WORSH 1 ri"u L MASTER gave the toast of the evening , "The Health of the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex . " ( Loud cheers . ) In the course of his observations he said he was sure the brethren would agree with him that it was an act of great kindness on the part of his lordship and Bro . Savory to come to their festivities on that occasion . When they considered that the of
l ^ ord Mayor London was looked upon as the representative of the commerce and industry of this great city they ought to feel themselves highly honoured by his presence . The Lord Mayor for the time being occupied the chair of Walworth , Whittington , and Gresham , and Bro . Alderman Knight possessed all the qualifications which made him a worthy successor to those historic celebrities . ( Cheers . ) Considering the number of engagements
which necessarily occupied his lordship ' s attention , it was a great condescension on his part to honour this meeting of the good old Neptune Lodge . The Sheriff also represented a very ancient and time honoured office , though as far as Masonry was concerned he was only as yet a fledgling ; but in the name of the lodge he congratuled Bro . Savory upon having been admitted a member of their ancient and honourable Institution . ( Cheers . ) He trusted the day
might not be far distant when he might occupy in his own lodge the proud position which he ( the speaker ) now held through the kindness of the brethren . ( Cheers . ) Bro . the LORD MAYOR , who was enthusiastically received , on rising to respond thanked the brethren for the hearty reception given to the toast , and for the opportunity they had given him of meeting the members of thc Neptune Lodge at the festive board . He was much indebted
for being there to his mend Bro . btorr , who had been unremitting in his determination to keep him well posted up in their meetings , so that he should not possibly lose sight of it . From the multiplicity of engagements which crowded on him he had been unable to fulfil entirely that which he had hoped to have done , namely to witnsss the work done in the lodge room . He had an engagement with one of his old companies , in connection with the
Corporation , to which he felt bound to do honour , before coming amongst the brethren of the Neptune Lodge . They had been kind enough , however , to let him off at a tolerably early hour , and so he had managed to join them . ( Cheers . ) Thc post he had the honour to fill as Lord Mayor had frequently been occupied by brethren of thc Craft , but he thought there was something unique in thc present year , for he did not recollect it had occurred before that thc Lord
Mayor and both his Sheriffs had the honour of belonging to the Order of Freemasons . They were a trio , working together in a most friendly and amicable manner , and they found delight in supporting each other . There might be something in Freemasonry which caused that . They knew there was a deep and hearty sympathy between brethren
ot the Craft , and when they lelt that brethren were worth y of this sympathy , it increased their zest in working with men with whom they were associated in other relations in life , and with whom they were bound by strong ties in the great brotherhood of Freemasonry . He did not think it necessary in an after-dinner speech to make any remarks upon the Craft in general , or upon Freemasonry
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'n any of its various branches . He had himself been a Mason for nearly 20 years , and had passed through the various offices in his lodge , but he had never gone higher than a Master . When he filled the chair in his lodge he worked the Three Degrees and gave the traditional history , which they would admit was no light duty . But he entered into Masonry as was his custom with all else that he undertook , and considered if a thing was worth doing at all it
was worth doing well . ( Hear , hear . ) That was a principle which should always guide Freemasons . Although they should never make it obtrusive , or force it before the world so as to lower the Order in thc estimation of others , and although they were forbidden to induce men to join the Craft , still the principles which actuated the brethren must necessarily make them good men and true friends . ( Applause . ) As regarded the position of Lord Mayor , he only
last week was called upon to preside over one of our large East-end wards under melancholy circumstances , font was in consequence of the loss of a respected friend and brother ( Alderman Sir Thomas White)— -a brother in Masonry as well as an esteemed colleague on the magisterial bench ; and his duty was to preside over the election of his successor in office . There was one thing he found there , to a great extent—the manner in which Freemasonry was used
in uniting people together in one aim and in one bond . Those he had never seen before , so far as he knew , made themselves thoroughly known to him and he seemed to be quite one amongst them . Indeed they seemed to regard him as an old friend and brother . ( Applause . ) There was an illustration of thc value of their connection with thc Brotherhood of Masonry . He should not soon forget the extent to which Fceeemasonry seemed to be cultivated and
the manner in which it was carried out among the Jews . He had always understood that a great number of Jews were Freemasons , but he was not aware that it existed to so large an extent as was evident to him in the ward of Portsoken . It was one of the privileges attached to his office which enabled him to become acquainted with those citizens in the East part of London . The fact of being a Freemason enabled him to go to their hearts at once ,
and he had not the slightest doubt helped him materially to perform the duties he had to carry out in what was called the most turbulent ward in thc City . Certainly , under his chairmanship it proved one of the most orderly wards he had ever experienced . He thanked the brethren of the Neptune Lodge for their hospitality , and for the greeting they had extended to him ; it would ever make him grateful for the opportunity allowed him
of joining them on that occasion . He looked upon Masonry as affording him some of the happiest hours of his life . He must say that amongst the hospitalities he had received from all classes of his fellow-citizens , none had exceeded that which had been offered to him by the fraternity to which they all rejoiced to belong . Night after night , almost , he might be a welcome—and he believed an honoured—guest at any of the lodges . ( Cheers . ) They had come to him
from all parts , and his only grief was that he had been unable to accept the kind invitations so frequently as he should have liked . He looked upon Freemasonry as an institution which had for its object the benefit of and the promotion of happiness amongst mankind . An institution which had this for its . object was worthy of all admiration and support , and he should do all he could in the position he held to advance the means of doing good to his
fellow men . He wished this lodge every prosperity , and might it continue to flourish to the very end . Bro . Sheriff SAVORY said it should be his endeavour to do his utmost for the cause of Freemasonry . Their excellent Master had made a few pertinent remarks on the principles of the Craft , amongst which he said law and order were engrained in the heart of every Freemason . He felt that the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex were
especially the officers of law and order , and one event which had happened since his accession to office had impressed itself deeply on his mind—that was the remarkable prosecution for blasphemy recently at the Central Criminal Court . ( Hear , hear . ) He could not help thinking that every Freemason rejoiced heartily at thc result of th 3 t prosecution . ( Applause . ) It reflected the greatest credit upon the Corporation , who initiated and brought it to such
a successful issue : for thc Corporation of London had a right to purge its streets of such disgraceful publications as of any other offence against the senses of public morality and decency . He had no sympathy with any one who perpetrated acts of sacrilege in St . Paul's Cathedral , or who had a hand in the publication of such prints as those to which he referred . ( Hear , hear . ) He regretted the absence of his colleague , Bro . Alderman De Keyser , who
was spending a short holiday in Belgium ; but they both esteemed it a privilege to rank with the Lord Mayor in the cause of Freemasonry . Bro . HARPER , LP . M ., proposed in felicitous terms " Thc Health of thc VV . M ., " who suitably responded , and in turn gave " The Visitors , " the toast being cordially received . Bro . J . D . ALLCROFT and Bro . Sir J BENNETT responded .
Bro , ISAAC WILCOX , who had been 27 years Treasurer of the lodge ; Bro . E . F . STORR , the present Treasurer ; and Bro . G . BRITTON acknowledged the toast of " The Past Masters ; " and Bro . J . J . SLATER acknowledged the compliment paid to the officers of the lodge . The interesting proceedings were enlivened with an abundance of vocal and instrumental music .
Hospital For Sick Children, Great Ormond-Street.
HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN , GREAT ORMOND-STREET .
We desire to call attention to the festival of this excellent institution , which is to be held at Willis ' s Rooms on Wednesday next , the nth inst ., when our R . W . Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . Gloucestershire , will take the chair . We hope our worthy brother will
be supported by many readers of the Freemason , Masons are known to be charitable , and their charity is not by any means limited to within the Craft , though that rightly has the first claim in the same way that one ' s own family is provided for before one assists those who have no claims through
relationship ; but our bowels of compassion and our charity are not shut up against those who are not members of our Fraternity . Masonry rather stimulates to all good works . What better cause can we support after the Masonic Charities than helping the little ones who cannot help themselves . ? We would recommend our readers to take a stroll some day to Great Ormond-street , Bloomsbury , and see over
Hospital For Sick Children, Great Ormond-Street.
this hospital , now languishing and being crippled for want of money . They would see a cot which s ruck us on our last visit endowed by a brother , Col . Wilkinson , P . M . Cholmeley Lodge , in memory of a son who died a few years ago . They will see another kept by the boys of Harrow and Marlboroug h Schools out of their pocket money , and the boys do not let their interest cease there , but from time to time m their holidays pay a visit to the institution and
see the inmates ot the cot they support . The president of the Great Ormond-street Hospital for sick children is Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G-, whilst Bro . Earl Granville , K . G ., and Bro . Col . Wilkinson are amongst its supporters . Last year the anniversary dinner was presided over by H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , P . G . S . W ., when the sum of £ 1 C 00 was collected . Amongst the royal duke ' s supporters on the occasion were Lord Abcrdare , Lord
O Hagan , Lord Crewe , Sir James Paget , Bart ., Hon . Syoney CarrGlyn , Sir Howard Klphinstone , Major General Loivry , Rev . Teignmouth Shore , Mr . Kemp Welch , and Dr . Russell Sturgis . We venture to hope that some of our readers will feel inclined to attend the dinner and become subscribers to this worthy charity . Hospitals have fallen on evil days , and to plead their cause or draw attention to their needs is to point to institutions which
according to some rash utterances require reforming off the face of the earth . But in spite ot the attacks made upon them , and in spite of the "alleged misconduct of their officials " ( a heading which by the way always attracts eager notice ) , hospitals exist , and arc sought after and thronged by the necessitous poor ; therefore , having regard to thc law laid down by Adam Smith that supply and demand bear an exact proportion to each other fairl
, we may y conclude that hospitals arc stil needed by the community . In their defence we mioht perhaps be allowed to say that considering that they d ' eal with the sick poor , and that in the time of sickness in a house , be it of the rich or the poor , a different order of things is necessary , they must be judged by that standard and not the rule of evcry-day file . Strict rules of visiting are necessary , the exclusion of the public from wards & cin
, , which their presence would be detrimental either to the good of the patient or the visitor , insistence upon quiet and reverence in the sick room , and upon such a mode of living among the officials as is consistent with the presence of sorrow and death under the same roof ; the carrying out firmly and with discrimination the discipline and order of the hospital—a course which when consistently pursued , is sooner or later sure to bring an accusation of
heartlessnessand want of feeling . What is required is more trust and confidence on the part of the outside public , so that they should not be led into a hasty error by some sensational police-report , think that it is the invariable practice of hospital officials to emulate the bumblcism of the parish beadle , simply because an unreasoning , hysterical relative has not met with such gushing sympathy at the hands of the authorities as mirxht have
been her lot had she wept over the death-bed , surrounded by gossiping , quasi-condoling neighbours . When wc consider that perhaps two-thirds of the charitable public have never been inside the doors of a hospital , or come in contact with those whose lives are spent in the wards , is it marvellous that an inconceivable ignorance clouds the public mind , or that the censors of hospital work lack the training for their self-imposed duties ? But what is the sad outcome of
this malarious atmosphere ? Is it not that thc sinews of war are becoming paralysed , and that whilst the poor are still in daily , pressing need of help , the energies of the institutions arc languishing for want of funds . A puff of envenomed abuse , a new sensation , a fresh plaything , any one of these is sufficient to divert the life-giving stream , and to leave to a struggling or palsied life a hospital which by its very length of existence might claim a certain share of support .
me SICK cnuuren ot London are in my mind , and their mother hospital in Great Ormond-street is before my eye . I hey at least are helpless , innocent , and inoffensive , and to save their lives , or comfort them in death , is a work that , whether actually and relatively , may worthily engage the highest faculties of man or woman . That hospital ought long ere this to have completed its building , and to have been placed on such a basis that at
least it was not obliged to devote some of its energies to making "both ends meet . " We know how hindering that process is in the family life , when the father must keep at some uncongenial drudgery to raise food for his family , and the mother ' s best hours are spent in patching the garments or economising thc resources . Surely we ought not to enforce such a task on the managers of this hospital ; but rather by a more unfailing supnlv set them
tree to devclope their energies . 'Ihat lam speaking the truth is patent to any one who will look at the balancesheet of the last two years . On that of 1 SS 0 is a record ° ; £ 3 « o in debt , on that of 1 SS 1 a record of £ 550 deficit . Ihe chairman of the committee at the annual dinner stated that the reliable income was £ 3300 , and the investments brought in £ 350 more ; the opposite end is £ 10 , 000 . this represents an amount of pulling that must try thc
parental strength . More building has to be done to provide beds for whooping cough and diphtheria patients , but how ? that is the question . This hospital is always open at stated hours in the afternoon , when its work can be seen , and a glance at the comfortable home provided for the little sick ones must show that a good work is being done . Down each side of the long wards are rows of little cots nearly always full , and the bright cheerful tone of the wards , with plenty of sunlight , fresh airand at this
, time lovely spring flowers , must do much towards the physical recovery of the children . It would be sad to think that this work must cease out of our midst , or that this , the parent of children's hospitals , should die because her children have diverted her supplies . It must be that thc presence of these little sick ones in our midst bring a blessing upon our great city , and thc religious tone of faith and trust in thc hospital cannot but react upon those who help in thc work .
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