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Address To The Masonic Body, And Public In General.
spondence may be conveyed one to another , and by circulating throug h distant Climates , dilate the welcome and heartfelt information of the increasing Honour and Consequence of our Order in these Countries , under the immediate and benign ausp ices of our RIGHT WORSHIPFUL and R OYAL G RAND have since
M ASTER , whose beloved and amiable Virtues long been known amongst them . —In short , when we reflect , that the literary Stores of the Society are as inexhaustible as its Benevolence ; when we reflect , that our Order justly boasts the possession of the most learned Men of all Countries ; we are compelled to pause at thevastness of the Idea : —yet proudly exult in the high Honour of having sent forth , under their
" Brooding Wings , ' it Work , which we doubt not will , e ' er long , become , through their kind Patronage and Protection , one of the richest Mines of literary Information , and attain the most enviable and universal Estimation .
We propose , as an additional testimony of our zeal , to embellish every succeeding Number of the Freemasons' Magazine with a fine Portrait ( accompanied with a biographical Sketch ) of . some one of our various Brethren , who have ranked conspicuously in ' their several Lodges ; especially those Gentlemen , whose abilities
in Masonry , or in the Republic of Letters , have done honour to the Society , or to the Public at large .
Finally , we request , as a particular favour , of the Masters , Officers and Brethren of the various Lodges , that they will be pleased , at times , to communicate to us the account of any thing remarkable , which they may think will tend to throw a further light on the Science , or to instruct it ' s Members ; any Anecdote of
a pleasing or interesting nature ; in short , any matter or circumstance which will promote that good understanding and benevolence , so long subsisting in a Society , of which our principal Pride ' . s—that we have the Honour to be Members .
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Address To The Masonic Body, And Public In General.
spondence may be conveyed one to another , and by circulating throug h distant Climates , dilate the welcome and heartfelt information of the increasing Honour and Consequence of our Order in these Countries , under the immediate and benign ausp ices of our RIGHT WORSHIPFUL and R OYAL G RAND have since
M ASTER , whose beloved and amiable Virtues long been known amongst them . —In short , when we reflect , that the literary Stores of the Society are as inexhaustible as its Benevolence ; when we reflect , that our Order justly boasts the possession of the most learned Men of all Countries ; we are compelled to pause at thevastness of the Idea : —yet proudly exult in the high Honour of having sent forth , under their
" Brooding Wings , ' it Work , which we doubt not will , e ' er long , become , through their kind Patronage and Protection , one of the richest Mines of literary Information , and attain the most enviable and universal Estimation .
We propose , as an additional testimony of our zeal , to embellish every succeeding Number of the Freemasons' Magazine with a fine Portrait ( accompanied with a biographical Sketch ) of . some one of our various Brethren , who have ranked conspicuously in ' their several Lodges ; especially those Gentlemen , whose abilities
in Masonry , or in the Republic of Letters , have done honour to the Society , or to the Public at large .
Finally , we request , as a particular favour , of the Masters , Officers and Brethren of the various Lodges , that they will be pleased , at times , to communicate to us the account of any thing remarkable , which they may think will tend to throw a further light on the Science , or to instruct it ' s Members ; any Anecdote of
a pleasing or interesting nature ; in short , any matter or circumstance which will promote that good understanding and benevolence , so long subsisting in a Society , of which our principal Pride ' . s—that we have the Honour to be Members .