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The Success Of The " Chronicle."
THE SUCCESS OF THE " CHRONICLE . "
"VTOTWITHSTANDING the homely maxim which J _ 1 warns us not to halloo until we are out of the wood , we are constrained , in consequence of the marked success of our First Number , to say a few words upon matters which , since they concern the well-being of a journal that has the interest of Masonry at heart , can scarcely be
regarded as merely personal . Our success has been so unqualified , and Ave have received so many letters of encouragement ; from high and influential quarters , that we have now no doubt at all that we shall be able , with the cordial co-operation of our brethren , to make THE
FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE in every way worthy of the Craft it aspires to represent . In spite of the counsels of many half-hearted friends , who insisted upon tho assumed fact that Freemasons , as a rule , were regardless of the press , and indisposed to use it as a channel of
intercommunication , we cud . our brethren the justice to believe that any apparent apathy on their part with respect to Masonic journalism merely arose from the acknowledged inferiority of the organs which have hitherto solicited the confidence of the Order . We felt assured that an honest effort to
p lace before them a high class Masonic journal , whose literary matter and style of printing would not shame the most fastidious , would , be appreciated ; and . the result proves that we were right in crediting the Order with high public spirit , and something more than even Masonic
esprit de corps . Oar First Number , which has been eagerly sought for , has circulated through tho length and breadth of the land ; and every post brings us letters of thanks and congratulation from men who have made their mark in Masonry , and who may fairly be regarded , as
the official spokesmen for their colleagues . Suggestions and hints for tho development of our news columns have not been wanting , and , while thanking those who have thus given us the benefit of their large experience in the technical portion of Masonry , we may say that their
suggestions , where practicable , shall be adopted as soon as opportunity offers . We are now making arrangements for the supply of regular memoranda of all Lodge meetings of importance , and we hope to give our readers a complete weekly resume of Masonic intelligence , which shall leave
nothing to be desired in that particular . With respect to the literary department of the paper , we hope to give a series of articles on Masonic questions of high interest , from the pens of competent brothers who are well trained in literary work . We do not despair of establishing
correspondentships in India , America , and the Colonies , so that our readers may be posted up in the proceedings of the Craft throughout the wide range of the Masonic world . This latter feature , however , will necessarily be a work of time , but already we have printed an article upon
Masonry in the United States , from the pen of an able American brother , and we shall be prepared to follow this up with a further article by a distinguished English Mason Avho has recently returned from a visit to the land of the Stars and Stripes . We are of opinion that an international
exchange of views upon questions which embrace the broad principles upon which the brotherhood is based will be highly conducive to the homogeneous welding of the Order into one compact mass . Every travelling
Mason is aware that Lodges in distant countries occasionally depart somewhat from the orthodox ritual , and although our "Constitutions" may be firmly adhered to generally , yet place and circumstance , and the absence of any general communication with the distant outposts of
The Success Of The " Chronicle."
the Masonic body , renders outlying Lodges liable to errors in matters of detail . These errors might be avoided if our distant brethren were brought into immediate relationship with those founts of perfect practice and ceremonial , —the English Grand Lodge and its great provincial prototypes .
We shall not forget that Masonry is , so to speak , indigenous in the British Army , which has had the honour of carrying the mysteries of the Craf fc into every quarter of the globe . We shall do our best to keep our readers informed of the proceedings of our military brethren , and as the
regimental Lodge necessarily follows the corps to which it is attached , we hope to make our reports of this branch of the Craft co-extensive with the Great Empire over which our gracious Queen holds her benign sway .
Articles on questions of moment connected with the outer world will not be wanting , to vary the interest of our columns , and as these will be written from a Masonio standpoint , we are sanguine that they will be heartily welcome to our readers . Nor shall wo forsret the vast
mass of Masonic literature which has emanated from the pens of gifted brothers during the last generation . Books for review are already crowding upon us , but in addition to fair and impartial notices of current publications , we shall , from time to time , as occasion offers , prepare careful
papers upon the old standard works connected with the Order , in which lies embalmed the ripe experience of men who were bright stars in tho brilliant galaxy of the distinguished members of the Craft . In conclusion , we feel assured that the enthusiastic reception with which our
First Number was greeted will be extended to our future issues , since we shall spare neither time , labour , nor expense to command universal support . Even if , after all our efforts , we do not achieve permanent success , we will endeavour to show to our brethren that we deserve it .
After-Dinner Speeches.
AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES .
THE art of public speaking has been greatly neglected in this country . There is no lack of schools for the study of various systems of musical notation ; almost every village has its choral society , but who can point to an institution where oratory is cultivated as a fine art .
Homer speaks of " the smooth-tongued chief , from whose persuasive lips , sweeter than honey , flowed the stream of speech . " But that was among the sensitive Greeks , with whom eloquence was a worship ; in our colder northern latitudes great verbal fluency is often viewed with suspicion .
The vulgar have a saying , " all jaw , and the more refined tell us that " speech is silvern , silence is golden . " Like many another proverb , taken literally , this one is exceedingly foolish . You have but to carry out the idea to its logical conclusion , and we might glory in a House of Commons
that was a vast deaf and dumb asylum . As a matter of fact , a ready and fluent tongue is only ridiculous when unaccompanied by study and observation ; when , however , it is used as the medium for rendering current the results of reading and of reflection , it gives a charm and grace to
society which all the splendours of wealth might compete with in vain . Our present object is not to suggest the foundation of a great school of oratory , but to point out a few simple rules , by which every man may become an agreeable , if not a profound and brilliant speaker . All the arts of life arc said to have resulted from the inconveniences
which arose on account of the want of them , and we confess we have been led to a consideration of this subject by the sufferings we have endured in our capacity of
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The Success Of The " Chronicle."
THE SUCCESS OF THE " CHRONICLE . "
"VTOTWITHSTANDING the homely maxim which J _ 1 warns us not to halloo until we are out of the wood , we are constrained , in consequence of the marked success of our First Number , to say a few words upon matters which , since they concern the well-being of a journal that has the interest of Masonry at heart , can scarcely be
regarded as merely personal . Our success has been so unqualified , and Ave have received so many letters of encouragement ; from high and influential quarters , that we have now no doubt at all that we shall be able , with the cordial co-operation of our brethren , to make THE
FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE in every way worthy of the Craft it aspires to represent . In spite of the counsels of many half-hearted friends , who insisted upon tho assumed fact that Freemasons , as a rule , were regardless of the press , and indisposed to use it as a channel of
intercommunication , we cud . our brethren the justice to believe that any apparent apathy on their part with respect to Masonic journalism merely arose from the acknowledged inferiority of the organs which have hitherto solicited the confidence of the Order . We felt assured that an honest effort to
p lace before them a high class Masonic journal , whose literary matter and style of printing would not shame the most fastidious , would , be appreciated ; and . the result proves that we were right in crediting the Order with high public spirit , and something more than even Masonic
esprit de corps . Oar First Number , which has been eagerly sought for , has circulated through tho length and breadth of the land ; and every post brings us letters of thanks and congratulation from men who have made their mark in Masonry , and who may fairly be regarded , as
the official spokesmen for their colleagues . Suggestions and hints for tho development of our news columns have not been wanting , and , while thanking those who have thus given us the benefit of their large experience in the technical portion of Masonry , we may say that their
suggestions , where practicable , shall be adopted as soon as opportunity offers . We are now making arrangements for the supply of regular memoranda of all Lodge meetings of importance , and we hope to give our readers a complete weekly resume of Masonic intelligence , which shall leave
nothing to be desired in that particular . With respect to the literary department of the paper , we hope to give a series of articles on Masonic questions of high interest , from the pens of competent brothers who are well trained in literary work . We do not despair of establishing
correspondentships in India , America , and the Colonies , so that our readers may be posted up in the proceedings of the Craft throughout the wide range of the Masonic world . This latter feature , however , will necessarily be a work of time , but already we have printed an article upon
Masonry in the United States , from the pen of an able American brother , and we shall be prepared to follow this up with a further article by a distinguished English Mason Avho has recently returned from a visit to the land of the Stars and Stripes . We are of opinion that an international
exchange of views upon questions which embrace the broad principles upon which the brotherhood is based will be highly conducive to the homogeneous welding of the Order into one compact mass . Every travelling
Mason is aware that Lodges in distant countries occasionally depart somewhat from the orthodox ritual , and although our "Constitutions" may be firmly adhered to generally , yet place and circumstance , and the absence of any general communication with the distant outposts of
The Success Of The " Chronicle."
the Masonic body , renders outlying Lodges liable to errors in matters of detail . These errors might be avoided if our distant brethren were brought into immediate relationship with those founts of perfect practice and ceremonial , —the English Grand Lodge and its great provincial prototypes .
We shall not forget that Masonry is , so to speak , indigenous in the British Army , which has had the honour of carrying the mysteries of the Craf fc into every quarter of the globe . We shall do our best to keep our readers informed of the proceedings of our military brethren , and as the
regimental Lodge necessarily follows the corps to which it is attached , we hope to make our reports of this branch of the Craft co-extensive with the Great Empire over which our gracious Queen holds her benign sway .
Articles on questions of moment connected with the outer world will not be wanting , to vary the interest of our columns , and as these will be written from a Masonio standpoint , we are sanguine that they will be heartily welcome to our readers . Nor shall wo forsret the vast
mass of Masonic literature which has emanated from the pens of gifted brothers during the last generation . Books for review are already crowding upon us , but in addition to fair and impartial notices of current publications , we shall , from time to time , as occasion offers , prepare careful
papers upon the old standard works connected with the Order , in which lies embalmed the ripe experience of men who were bright stars in tho brilliant galaxy of the distinguished members of the Craft . In conclusion , we feel assured that the enthusiastic reception with which our
First Number was greeted will be extended to our future issues , since we shall spare neither time , labour , nor expense to command universal support . Even if , after all our efforts , we do not achieve permanent success , we will endeavour to show to our brethren that we deserve it .
After-Dinner Speeches.
AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES .
THE art of public speaking has been greatly neglected in this country . There is no lack of schools for the study of various systems of musical notation ; almost every village has its choral society , but who can point to an institution where oratory is cultivated as a fine art .
Homer speaks of " the smooth-tongued chief , from whose persuasive lips , sweeter than honey , flowed the stream of speech . " But that was among the sensitive Greeks , with whom eloquence was a worship ; in our colder northern latitudes great verbal fluency is often viewed with suspicion .
The vulgar have a saying , " all jaw , and the more refined tell us that " speech is silvern , silence is golden . " Like many another proverb , taken literally , this one is exceedingly foolish . You have but to carry out the idea to its logical conclusion , and we might glory in a House of Commons
that was a vast deaf and dumb asylum . As a matter of fact , a ready and fluent tongue is only ridiculous when unaccompanied by study and observation ; when , however , it is used as the medium for rendering current the results of reading and of reflection , it gives a charm and grace to
society which all the splendours of wealth might compete with in vain . Our present object is not to suggest the foundation of a great school of oratory , but to point out a few simple rules , by which every man may become an agreeable , if not a profound and brilliant speaker . All the arts of life arc said to have resulted from the inconveniences
which arose on account of the want of them , and we confess we have been led to a consideration of this subject by the sufferings we have endured in our capacity of