The Chickasaw messenger., 1881-05-05

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, lhe Newspaper Bot IN bis absenc
we take TIE risk % offending ri
: modesty by inserting the foll, VIM
report on the Natchez protestan
g Orphan Asylum, submitted BY Pas
Gland Master Bukiii, and adople,
, by The last Grand Lodge, which y
5 think is not only good reading 70
. Masona, bat Tor everybody possess
ing a spark Of charity in their
heats:
70 iis NJ. w.. Crasd Lodgs sf Nlssiuippi
Your Special Committee to whom
was referred that portion Of thl
Grand Masters Address relating "a
the Natehez Proteatanf Orphan Asy
lum, having carefully considered ike
sui ject, beg leave to submit the lDl-
lowing report:
The Natchez Protestant Orphan
Asylum stands pre- eminent in Mis-
/ sissippi as a charitable Institution,
and is infinitely worthy The fostering
care Of al good and true men, and
especially Mississippi Il was or
gahized BY the noble women Of
Natchez-without regard to aation-
atty or seclarial bias-in the year
| 1916, and by them dedicated to the
sacred cause Of Charity and pure
beneicenoe and we here take oeca
sion to say the present Board Of
Managers are worthy successors OF
the illustrious founders. Ia age, It
takes precedence over this Grand
/ Lodge During the past sixty-hve
years the ladies' Of Natchez. as min
istering angels, have dispensed
charity to hundreds Of helpless little
ones, whom God IN His wisdom, had
deprived Of their natural guardians
and protectors They have fed the
hungry, clothed the naked, bound 40
the wounds Of the broken hearted,
and won for themselves q reputation
for benevoleuce and philanthrophy
which your Committee would be
proud to sseribe to the Grand Lodge
OF Mississippi. There are now for
ty-two orphans at the Asylum. some
Of whom, we know, arc the children
Of deceased Masons, and this number
is likely to increase at any time.
The financial condition OF the Asy-
lum Treasury is weak, and the Board
Of Lady Managers are carrying a
burden too heavy for them to bear
alone. Under these embarrassing
circumstances the Grand Lodge isI
again appealed to. Tor aid and assis-
tance in this afduous but glorious
work Brethren, shall Il be denied
tbemg Will the representatives oil
ten thousand Mississippi Masons,
Whose ears are ever open to the cry
Of the orphan, refuse 70 bestow al
pltlanea TO make comfortable aud
happy thesa feriY-tWof lttln waifa,
who, though here6 Of parents, have
found friends among The ladies' of
Natchez, and q home In the only
Protestant Orphan Asylum IN this
Grand Jurisdiction. Your Commit
Tee are toe confident, that the true
Masonic spirit pervades the hearts
and minds Of the members of this
Grand Lodge "a answer these ques-
tions In the Affirmative
We are taught that the theological
/ ladder which Jacob saw in bis Wis
ion, ascending from earth to heaven,
1 had many rounds; each sYmbOlical
OF some cherished Masonic virtue,
but above them all, and the greatest
Of them al, was Charity Masonry
is Charity, and without it THIS Grand
/ Lodge would be appropriately liken-
ed unto q whited sepulehre, "fnll
rottenness aud dead mems bones.
But We are not dead Your devotion
to the principles Of Ffesmasonry.
and your many generous deeds og.
love and charity Ia tho past, AMONG.
which may Be enumerated your To
erality towards tie Protestant Or
phans at Natebez, proclaim the
Grand Lodge Of Mississippl dive to
good works, and your gommllteel
only regret that the atata of our
6rand lodge dnancos will not per-
unit an increased appropriation tol
/ this noble cha.ity, which is and
should be the pride ofthe BENEVOLENT
throughout the length and breadth
Of this Grand Jurisdiction
In view Of the fact, that tho num
Der Of inmates Of the Asylum and
as consequence, the expense of
providing for them-has increased IL
greater ratio than the surplus funds
/ in the Grand lodge Treasury. your
Committee have decided to offer the
following resolutions aud recommend.
their adoption; afnf
ReSolced, 1st That the sum Of.
1--we hundred (S50000) dollars be,
and the same Is hereby Appropriated
out Of any funds Ia the Grand
Treasury, not otherwise appsopFia
! ted, for the use and beneit Of the
I Protestant Orphan Asylun at
Matches, Miss, and that the Grand
Master is hereby authorized to draw
his warrant on the Grand Treasurer
for thst amount and transmit the
same 70 the proper officers Of said
Asylum a
Resaleed, 10 That IN order 70
I supplement this amount With 9 STUN
suiIoient 20 insure the relief needed,
lhe W0fshiplul Masters ot subonti.
lnaio hallges in this Grand fsris,lic-
lion be urgently rcqaeslad 20 As (
lcontributious from the members oI
their respective Lodges, aud Ehen
colleesel forwagd same b The iraqd
Seofa,Aff, Via shall lgaHsaait tha
amounts as received 20 the proper
onoeFs of the Natehez Protestant
Orphan Asylum - 'ol e
Frncrnally submittelsa -
h FRANK BBRKIrT,as
" 4fe For Commhtqel
A writer estimates that Hinds
county buys annually $4,000 Ak
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