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Masonic Benevolence In 1882.
in so doing . Moreover , though in the nature of things it is not in the power of the next and succeeding generations to show any consideration to the present , it is certainly part of the latter ' s duty to avoid committing those who may
comeafterifc toan expenditure which they may be ill-qualified or incapable to bear . Moreover , " Q . 's " letter comes the more opportunely , seeing that the Girls' School is not yet up to its full strength , while , as regards the Boys' School , we are to a certain extent commit tod to the establishment
in connection with it of a Preparatory School . Consequently , there Avill , in the course of a short time , be a still larger amount of permanent liability placed upon our shoulders , and ( he duty of caution becomes moro imperative
still . We have reason to bo proud of what wc have done of late , and we must not mar the excellent effect of that good work by overtaxing our strength . Even the generoushearted Mason must occasionally draw tight his purse ¦ trings .
Ourselves.
OURSELVES .
IT is not often that we obtrude matters of a personal character upon our readers , but the receipt of so many kindly letters , from friends and subscribers in various parts of the country , emboldens us to say a few words respecting the progress and present position of this "journal .
We thank our correspondents most sincerely for these expressions of their sympathy and fraternal recognition , and also for their reciprocated wishes for our enlarged prosperity in the year upon which we have just entered . As we observed last week , wc hope by steadily and consistently
following the course we have pursued during the eight years of our existence , and by the improvements which are contemplated in the various departments of this journal , we may succeed in securing for ourselves a greater share of public confidence than we have enjoyed in the
past , and thafc the CHRONICLE may be the means of constantly increasing usefulness to all sections of the Craft . We take the opportunity , at the opening of a new yearwhen men are forming their plans and entering into arrangements for the future—of bringing somewhat more
into detail than it would be good taste often to do the claims that a paper like our own possesses upon the class to whose welfare it is devoted . And we do so on this
occasion with entire kindness and frankness , knowing that our own interests are inseparably associated with those of the vast and important Fraternity amongst whom the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE circulates .
The further our experience as journalists extends , the more conscious we are how far our paper comes short of the standard we should desire it to reach ; but yet we must be content for our work to be judged on its own merits . As we have never made promises or professions , ifc would ill
become us now by a resort to such means to conciliate public favour , if we have not already by onr past efforts succeeded in securing it . These efforts , however , we may
truly say , have been appreciated in a degree far beyond what we could have hoped , and that onr paper has found a circulation , and commands an influence , amongst the Craft generally it would be ungrateful to deny .
That in one respect , however , we have deserved the success that has attended our exertions we have no difficulty in saying . With whatever inefficiency ifc may have been , we have yefc endeavoured to adhere to the great principles which guided us at the outset of our venture .
We have always felfc the importance of providing a journal worthy of general support amongst Masons , containing information on all matters of interest to the Craft , affording every opportunity for criticism and interchange of thought and opinion ; and this we have sought to do in a
manner free from any language or allusion that would offend the most fastidious sense of delicacy or propriety . As a class journal , addressing the vast number of thoughtful and studious men who are ranged under the banner of our
Ancient and Honourable Institution , we have been free to admit all matters bearing upon the progress ancl welfare of the Order , deprecating the introduction of factious jealousy in anything affecting the general interests of the Brotherhood .
We are desirous , however , of extending , if we nan , still more widely the influence of our paper , ancl to make ifc a still more compVte nnd interesting reporter of iiasonic events ancl oni : ions ; unci wo have thought that we should
Ourselves.
take the present opportunity of explamng to our many thousands of readers why and hoiv they should aid us in doing so . Ancl first , perhaps , it may be proper to ask what are the legitimate uses of what is called a " class " newspaper ? Some are inclined to ascribe to it a very
circumscribed field indeed , and suppose that its functions are limited to the mere detail , without note or comment , of the affairs of the circle amongst which it moves ; and that if it assumes in any degree tho position of a moral or social teacher , or an advocate of over-increasing
improvement , it goes beyond its province . We have never accepted this definition of our duties . We do , indeed , hold most fully tho desirableness of making our journal a medium for circulating with accuracy , and with a fulness proportionate to their interest and importance , the various occurrences of
the Craft . Care and judgment are also needed in no small degree not to give undue prominence to any one interest , or to the affairs of any special locality , but to present , as it were , a bird's-eye view of the entire occurrences in Freemasonry , both at home , in the colonies , and abroad .
But while accomplishing this , the intelligent and conscientious journalist has other responsibilities . Addressing himself as he does every week to the minds and thoughts of students of tho Art , it is for him to interest and instruct , as well as to amuse ; and so , alike by his
own writings as by his selections from those of others , he is called to point the moral of the tale of current events his columns tell , and to enforce the great principles of Brotherly Love , Relief and Truth which it is the object of his journal to promote .
But a Masonic paper has other duties , of a less lofty , yefc perhaps of more direct , interest to its readers . It is called as a sentinel to guard the special interests of the Craft , to watch the conduct of the various Lodges and branches of the Order , to expose wrongdoing when it has
been made manifest , to foster intelligently the spirit of Masonic enterprise and charity , and to facilitate and stimulate measures of a moral or material nature—in a word , to exercise an honest , faithful , and fearless guardianship over all the interests of the community amongst whom it is
circulated . To be qualified to discharge a trust so important as this , a journal must commend itself , by the straightforward honesty of its tone , to the confidence of its readers ; maintaining a spirit of manly independence , it must never descend to unworfchy personalities ; and whilst zealously
promoting every project calculated to further the general good , it must keep itself unspotted from even the suspicion of partisanship with cliques or coteries . The influence of
a paper or magazine conducted on such principles as this must be healthful and beneficial to the audience by whom it is listened to , and the effect of such a messenger of information and instruction cannot be other than the most potent .
At the same time , it is a fact that the sheet we sell our readers costs us more money than we receive for it , and if the price we get for our paper merely was considered , we should expend our industry , and capital , and . thought not only without pecuniary return , but at a positive loss , for ,
as is very well known , the profits of such a paper as ours are derived almost exclusively from the advertisements that are published in its columns . We , then , have no difficulty in appealing to all who are interested in the Craft , and its literary support , to . sustain us liberally by
their advertisements . To those engaged in business we shall nofc repeat the familiar arguments in favour of advertising . They are so generally understood now by intelligent commercial men that it has come to be accepted as an axiom that , for ordinary business , advertising is essential to
success . We shall , therefore , only say to the vast audience to whom we speak that there is no other agency in existence so effective for making business announcements public as in the columns of this journal . And we must remind our business friends that the gain they thus derive
from advertising is not only direct , bufc incidental . The general effect upon the interests of any community of a good paper is , as every one knows who has studied the subject , mosfc important ; ancl , as we have shown , a good -journal cannot be sustained without liberal advertising .
Thus it will be seen that the judicious advertiser not only increases his own business , but at the same time the prosperity of the Craffc , by the policy he pursues ; and we might cite the highest commercial authorities in support of the statement that no investment pays so certain and so large a per centage as advertising of this character . Nor less useful are the pages of a respectable journal for bringing under the notice of the entire class sought to be
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Masonic Benevolence In 1882.
in so doing . Moreover , though in the nature of things it is not in the power of the next and succeeding generations to show any consideration to the present , it is certainly part of the latter ' s duty to avoid committing those who may
comeafterifc toan expenditure which they may be ill-qualified or incapable to bear . Moreover , " Q . 's " letter comes the more opportunely , seeing that the Girls' School is not yet up to its full strength , while , as regards the Boys' School , we are to a certain extent commit tod to the establishment
in connection with it of a Preparatory School . Consequently , there Avill , in the course of a short time , be a still larger amount of permanent liability placed upon our shoulders , and ( he duty of caution becomes moro imperative
still . We have reason to bo proud of what wc have done of late , and we must not mar the excellent effect of that good work by overtaxing our strength . Even the generoushearted Mason must occasionally draw tight his purse ¦ trings .
Ourselves.
OURSELVES .
IT is not often that we obtrude matters of a personal character upon our readers , but the receipt of so many kindly letters , from friends and subscribers in various parts of the country , emboldens us to say a few words respecting the progress and present position of this "journal .
We thank our correspondents most sincerely for these expressions of their sympathy and fraternal recognition , and also for their reciprocated wishes for our enlarged prosperity in the year upon which we have just entered . As we observed last week , wc hope by steadily and consistently
following the course we have pursued during the eight years of our existence , and by the improvements which are contemplated in the various departments of this journal , we may succeed in securing for ourselves a greater share of public confidence than we have enjoyed in the
past , and thafc the CHRONICLE may be the means of constantly increasing usefulness to all sections of the Craft . We take the opportunity , at the opening of a new yearwhen men are forming their plans and entering into arrangements for the future—of bringing somewhat more
into detail than it would be good taste often to do the claims that a paper like our own possesses upon the class to whose welfare it is devoted . And we do so on this
occasion with entire kindness and frankness , knowing that our own interests are inseparably associated with those of the vast and important Fraternity amongst whom the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE circulates .
The further our experience as journalists extends , the more conscious we are how far our paper comes short of the standard we should desire it to reach ; but yet we must be content for our work to be judged on its own merits . As we have never made promises or professions , ifc would ill
become us now by a resort to such means to conciliate public favour , if we have not already by onr past efforts succeeded in securing it . These efforts , however , we may
truly say , have been appreciated in a degree far beyond what we could have hoped , and that onr paper has found a circulation , and commands an influence , amongst the Craft generally it would be ungrateful to deny .
That in one respect , however , we have deserved the success that has attended our exertions we have no difficulty in saying . With whatever inefficiency ifc may have been , we have yefc endeavoured to adhere to the great principles which guided us at the outset of our venture .
We have always felfc the importance of providing a journal worthy of general support amongst Masons , containing information on all matters of interest to the Craft , affording every opportunity for criticism and interchange of thought and opinion ; and this we have sought to do in a
manner free from any language or allusion that would offend the most fastidious sense of delicacy or propriety . As a class journal , addressing the vast number of thoughtful and studious men who are ranged under the banner of our
Ancient and Honourable Institution , we have been free to admit all matters bearing upon the progress ancl welfare of the Order , deprecating the introduction of factious jealousy in anything affecting the general interests of the Brotherhood .
We are desirous , however , of extending , if we nan , still more widely the influence of our paper , ancl to make ifc a still more compVte nnd interesting reporter of iiasonic events ancl oni : ions ; unci wo have thought that we should
Ourselves.
take the present opportunity of explamng to our many thousands of readers why and hoiv they should aid us in doing so . Ancl first , perhaps , it may be proper to ask what are the legitimate uses of what is called a " class " newspaper ? Some are inclined to ascribe to it a very
circumscribed field indeed , and suppose that its functions are limited to the mere detail , without note or comment , of the affairs of the circle amongst which it moves ; and that if it assumes in any degree tho position of a moral or social teacher , or an advocate of over-increasing
improvement , it goes beyond its province . We have never accepted this definition of our duties . We do , indeed , hold most fully tho desirableness of making our journal a medium for circulating with accuracy , and with a fulness proportionate to their interest and importance , the various occurrences of
the Craft . Care and judgment are also needed in no small degree not to give undue prominence to any one interest , or to the affairs of any special locality , but to present , as it were , a bird's-eye view of the entire occurrences in Freemasonry , both at home , in the colonies , and abroad .
But while accomplishing this , the intelligent and conscientious journalist has other responsibilities . Addressing himself as he does every week to the minds and thoughts of students of tho Art , it is for him to interest and instruct , as well as to amuse ; and so , alike by his
own writings as by his selections from those of others , he is called to point the moral of the tale of current events his columns tell , and to enforce the great principles of Brotherly Love , Relief and Truth which it is the object of his journal to promote .
But a Masonic paper has other duties , of a less lofty , yefc perhaps of more direct , interest to its readers . It is called as a sentinel to guard the special interests of the Craft , to watch the conduct of the various Lodges and branches of the Order , to expose wrongdoing when it has
been made manifest , to foster intelligently the spirit of Masonic enterprise and charity , and to facilitate and stimulate measures of a moral or material nature—in a word , to exercise an honest , faithful , and fearless guardianship over all the interests of the community amongst whom it is
circulated . To be qualified to discharge a trust so important as this , a journal must commend itself , by the straightforward honesty of its tone , to the confidence of its readers ; maintaining a spirit of manly independence , it must never descend to unworfchy personalities ; and whilst zealously
promoting every project calculated to further the general good , it must keep itself unspotted from even the suspicion of partisanship with cliques or coteries . The influence of
a paper or magazine conducted on such principles as this must be healthful and beneficial to the audience by whom it is listened to , and the effect of such a messenger of information and instruction cannot be other than the most potent .
At the same time , it is a fact that the sheet we sell our readers costs us more money than we receive for it , and if the price we get for our paper merely was considered , we should expend our industry , and capital , and . thought not only without pecuniary return , but at a positive loss , for ,
as is very well known , the profits of such a paper as ours are derived almost exclusively from the advertisements that are published in its columns . We , then , have no difficulty in appealing to all who are interested in the Craft , and its literary support , to . sustain us liberally by
their advertisements . To those engaged in business we shall nofc repeat the familiar arguments in favour of advertising . They are so generally understood now by intelligent commercial men that it has come to be accepted as an axiom that , for ordinary business , advertising is essential to
success . We shall , therefore , only say to the vast audience to whom we speak that there is no other agency in existence so effective for making business announcements public as in the columns of this journal . And we must remind our business friends that the gain they thus derive
from advertising is not only direct , bufc incidental . The general effect upon the interests of any community of a good paper is , as every one knows who has studied the subject , mosfc important ; ancl , as we have shown , a good -journal cannot be sustained without liberal advertising .
Thus it will be seen that the judicious advertiser not only increases his own business , but at the same time the prosperity of the Craffc , by the policy he pursues ; and we might cite the highest commercial authorities in support of the statement that no investment pays so certain and so large a per centage as advertising of this character . Nor less useful are the pages of a respectable journal for bringing under the notice of the entire class sought to be