If a wealthy Brother is afflicted with sorrow or sickness, we are to strive to comfort him with our sympathy, our kindness, and our attention, but we are to bestow our eleemosynary aid only on the indigent or the destitute.
He must also be worthy.

There is no obligation on a Mason to relieve the distresses, however real they may be, of an unworthy Brother.

The claimant must be, in the language of the Charge, "true and genuine." True here is used in its good old Saxon meaning, of "faithful" or "trusty." A true Mason is one who is mindful of his obligations, and who faithfully observes and practices all his duties.

Such a man, alone, can rightfully claim the assistance of his Brethren.
But a third provision is made in the fundamental law; namely, that the assistance is not to be beyond the ability of the giver.

One of the most important landmarks, contained in our unwritten law, more definitely announces this provision, by the words, that the aid and assistance shall be without injury to oneself or his family.