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Freemason's Quarterly Review.
FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW .
OCTOBER J , 1834 .
ON THE APPROACHING ELECTION TO THE MASONIC CHAIRS . " All preferment among Masons is grounded upon real worth and personal merit only . "—Constitutions , p . 6 . BEFORE another number of this Review can be published ,
many of the Lodges will have re-assembled for the exercise of one of the most important franchises which the Masonic character offers—THE ELECTION OF MASTER FOR THE ENSUING TWELVE BIONTHS . — « The qualifications necessary are , that the candidate should be true and trusty , of
good repute , held in hi gh estimation amongst the fraternity , skilled in Masonic knowled ge , and moreover a lover of the Craft ; he ought to be exemplary in his conduct , courteous in his manner , but , above all , stead y and firm in princi p le . "
Unless the Brother who aspires-to the Chair of a Freemason ' s Lodge can conscientiousl y feel himself so qualified , he should pause ere he assumes or rather morally usurps it , and by tarrying somewhat , profit by the example of another , by whose conduct he may improve his own
unskilfulness , or amend in himself what his observations may have perceived to be defective in his Brother . The fulfilment of the duties of a Mastershi p requires much personal inconvenience , and some sacrifice of time . The interests of a Lodge , alike with its immediate welfare and ultimate prosperity , depend upon the skill ' and sa-VOL . J . 1 i
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Freemason's Quarterly Review.
FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW .
OCTOBER J , 1834 .
ON THE APPROACHING ELECTION TO THE MASONIC CHAIRS . " All preferment among Masons is grounded upon real worth and personal merit only . "—Constitutions , p . 6 . BEFORE another number of this Review can be published ,
many of the Lodges will have re-assembled for the exercise of one of the most important franchises which the Masonic character offers—THE ELECTION OF MASTER FOR THE ENSUING TWELVE BIONTHS . — « The qualifications necessary are , that the candidate should be true and trusty , of
good repute , held in hi gh estimation amongst the fraternity , skilled in Masonic knowled ge , and moreover a lover of the Craft ; he ought to be exemplary in his conduct , courteous in his manner , but , above all , stead y and firm in princi p le . "
Unless the Brother who aspires-to the Chair of a Freemason ' s Lodge can conscientiousl y feel himself so qualified , he should pause ere he assumes or rather morally usurps it , and by tarrying somewhat , profit by the example of another , by whose conduct he may improve his own
unskilfulness , or amend in himself what his observations may have perceived to be defective in his Brother . The fulfilment of the duties of a Mastershi p requires much personal inconvenience , and some sacrifice of time . The interests of a Lodge , alike with its immediate welfare and ultimate prosperity , depend upon the skill ' and sa-VOL . J . 1 i