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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 2 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
the important events which for more than four years have been evolving , during a period of unexampled interest to the Mason , and has thereby justly incurred the displeasure of the Craft , and ought therefore to be denounced;—or , as we would fain hope , it has , with unflinching determination ,
abided by its bond—a bond ratified by the implied consent of ALL parties , looking neither to the right nor to the lefttaking no devious path , but steadily advancing in the straight course , —no matter the impediment . If we mistake not , it has endeavoured to advocate all the
principles of Freemasonry , however diffusive their range ; it has , with whatever spirit and intelligence were possessed by its Contributors , been unceasingly occupied in collecting from the whole civilised world , a means of social intercourse and Masonic con-fraternity previously unknown in the memory
of man ; and which , if before unfelt , becomes now , by possession , the more needful . If we err not , it has laboured to establish a principle of healthful a ctiouin place of a listlessness that was becoming but too apparent ; arid the consequence has been a greater
demand for the exercise of the great principles . As a proof that an extensive change—and that change for the betterhas taken place , we ask , has not the Fraternity , in the triple kingdoms , become nearly tripled in numbers and respectability . Have not whole provinces arisen , as it were , with
gigantic strength ? and have not communities of Masons assumed a proud attitude in the Colonies , and in East and Western India ! and thereb y disseminating over boundless space the blessings of that civil code which enjoins the observance ofthe benevolent affections of humanity , based upon adoration to God , and peace and good-will to man ?
Such have been the aim and the hope of those who have toiled for many years , and hence the conviction that they have not toiled in vain—hence the assurance , that among
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
the important events which for more than four years have been evolving , during a period of unexampled interest to the Mason , and has thereby justly incurred the displeasure of the Craft , and ought therefore to be denounced;—or , as we would fain hope , it has , with unflinching determination ,
abided by its bond—a bond ratified by the implied consent of ALL parties , looking neither to the right nor to the lefttaking no devious path , but steadily advancing in the straight course , —no matter the impediment . If we mistake not , it has endeavoured to advocate all the
principles of Freemasonry , however diffusive their range ; it has , with whatever spirit and intelligence were possessed by its Contributors , been unceasingly occupied in collecting from the whole civilised world , a means of social intercourse and Masonic con-fraternity previously unknown in the memory
of man ; and which , if before unfelt , becomes now , by possession , the more needful . If we err not , it has laboured to establish a principle of healthful a ctiouin place of a listlessness that was becoming but too apparent ; arid the consequence has been a greater
demand for the exercise of the great principles . As a proof that an extensive change—and that change for the betterhas taken place , we ask , has not the Fraternity , in the triple kingdoms , become nearly tripled in numbers and respectability . Have not whole provinces arisen , as it were , with
gigantic strength ? and have not communities of Masons assumed a proud attitude in the Colonies , and in East and Western India ! and thereb y disseminating over boundless space the blessings of that civil code which enjoins the observance ofthe benevolent affections of humanity , based upon adoration to God , and peace and good-will to man ?
Such have been the aim and the hope of those who have toiled for many years , and hence the conviction that they have not toiled in vain—hence the assurance , that among