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The Masonic Charities.
THE MASONIC CHARITIES .
No , IV .-JANUAEY 26 , 1859 .
U last week published an elaborate report from Bros . Symond , and Lyall , upon the inquiries they have made with the view of aseertammg how best the claims of the Freemasons' Schools could beconstantly brought under the attention of the conntryLod . es and hereby ensure a more combined and better support to those iustitu turns from the provinces than
they have hitherto obtained . We are convinced that there is no want of true Masonic charity amongst our country Bretnren ; and if they have hitherto not i pportod h chanties to the extent that could be desired , it has been principally Tg i ° ° ° 01 'ganizatin 7 uld be '
T ? ° * **** ** - efficiently kept before them as they are before the London Brethren and because what is everybody ' s business is nobody ' s . In London ' the annual festels-the constant appeals to Brethren to se B ewards-fe by-laws which exist in some of the red apron Lodge " that prior to bemg elected a Grand Steward a Brother must W served the
stewardship of one or more of the charities-the constant visiting o Lodges by the secretaries or other influential advocates ! the chanties-and the emulation which exists amongst tl e S « to present good lists of subscri ptions at the festivals-all tend to keep he matter before the eyes of the Brethren , and conduce to then bZ the heaviest supporters of the institutions
. In the country all flris js wantxng , and the question now is-what organization is the most hkelyto conduce to the desired end , that of obtaining the greate possible amount of support fro . the country brethren f 01 & the charife so as to develop their -resources to the fullest extent '
. And here we maybe allowed to express our decided opinion , that whateve arrangements are entered into , they should be made to include tl whole of the four charities ; for the Eoyal Benevolent Institution having two distinct funds , the one for the relief of aged Mason ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Masonic Charities.
THE MASONIC CHARITIES .
No , IV .-JANUAEY 26 , 1859 .
U last week published an elaborate report from Bros . Symond , and Lyall , upon the inquiries they have made with the view of aseertammg how best the claims of the Freemasons' Schools could beconstantly brought under the attention of the conntryLod . es and hereby ensure a more combined and better support to those iustitu turns from the provinces than
they have hitherto obtained . We are convinced that there is no want of true Masonic charity amongst our country Bretnren ; and if they have hitherto not i pportod h chanties to the extent that could be desired , it has been principally Tg i ° ° ° 01 'ganizatin 7 uld be '
T ? ° * **** ** - efficiently kept before them as they are before the London Brethren and because what is everybody ' s business is nobody ' s . In London ' the annual festels-the constant appeals to Brethren to se B ewards-fe by-laws which exist in some of the red apron Lodge " that prior to bemg elected a Grand Steward a Brother must W served the
stewardship of one or more of the charities-the constant visiting o Lodges by the secretaries or other influential advocates ! the chanties-and the emulation which exists amongst tl e S « to present good lists of subscri ptions at the festivals-all tend to keep he matter before the eyes of the Brethren , and conduce to then bZ the heaviest supporters of the institutions
. In the country all flris js wantxng , and the question now is-what organization is the most hkelyto conduce to the desired end , that of obtaining the greate possible amount of support fro . the country brethren f 01 & the charife so as to develop their -resources to the fullest extent '
. And here we maybe allowed to express our decided opinion , that whateve arrangements are entered into , they should be made to include tl whole of the four charities ; for the Eoyal Benevolent Institution having two distinct funds , the one for the relief of aged Mason ,