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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
membrance in order to be successful . Nothing but the strictest impartiality can ever secure this desirable end ; and if "the points of fellowship , " ivhich were intended to promote , and have in all agfs of tlie world promoted , " brotherly love , relief , ancl truth , " be engraven on our hearts , —whenever we may be compelled in
justice to the Order to condemn or to find fault , —the Brethren maybe assured that we shall strive " nothing" to " extenuate , nor set down aught in malice , " but to be as careful to maintain the
integrity and the honour of each individual member ol this great Fraternity as ive would desire to preserve our own . Partisanship we shall altogether eschew and avoid . In true Masonry , the word is as unknown as the existence of the feeling ivhich it designates .. That noble society , wherever its intentions are strictly carried out - —ancl nowhere are they more so than in the British Islands and
their dependencies—not only inculcates the golden rule , "Bear ye one another ' s burdens , and so fulfil the Law of Love , " but insists upon the practice . Whilst , therefore , this rule is the guiding motive of our actions , we cannot doubt of success ; the moment that is laid aside , we shall forfeit all right to consideration , and meet with that reprobation and withdrawal of sympathy and support which we no longer should deserve to claim .
Whilst , however , we thus state frankly and openly what our designs and intentions are , we must ask forgiveness , if ive shall ever seem to come short of them . It is the lot of men sometimes to err , and Masons are but men . If , ever , it should so happen , the error will be that of human fallibility , not of Masonic purpose ; it will be attributable to the imperfection of our nature , not to the
principles of the Order . Thus , we have in all candour and ingenuousness avowed our purpose . Jf it can only be fulfilled , as ive shall strive to fulfil it , it will command approbation ; under such circumstances , we have no fears for the future . We here launch our vessel in the confident
anticipation , that we shall , of necessity , meet with some difficulties , and have to contend against circumstances , over which no human being can ever have control ; but , possessing the" Mens sibi conseia recti , " we shall pursue our voyage fearlessly and with undiminished zeal , nothing doubting but that our venture will havo a prosperous completion .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
membrance in order to be successful . Nothing but the strictest impartiality can ever secure this desirable end ; and if "the points of fellowship , " ivhich were intended to promote , and have in all agfs of tlie world promoted , " brotherly love , relief , ancl truth , " be engraven on our hearts , —whenever we may be compelled in
justice to the Order to condemn or to find fault , —the Brethren maybe assured that we shall strive " nothing" to " extenuate , nor set down aught in malice , " but to be as careful to maintain the
integrity and the honour of each individual member ol this great Fraternity as ive would desire to preserve our own . Partisanship we shall altogether eschew and avoid . In true Masonry , the word is as unknown as the existence of the feeling ivhich it designates .. That noble society , wherever its intentions are strictly carried out - —ancl nowhere are they more so than in the British Islands and
their dependencies—not only inculcates the golden rule , "Bear ye one another ' s burdens , and so fulfil the Law of Love , " but insists upon the practice . Whilst , therefore , this rule is the guiding motive of our actions , we cannot doubt of success ; the moment that is laid aside , we shall forfeit all right to consideration , and meet with that reprobation and withdrawal of sympathy and support which we no longer should deserve to claim .
Whilst , however , we thus state frankly and openly what our designs and intentions are , we must ask forgiveness , if ive shall ever seem to come short of them . It is the lot of men sometimes to err , and Masons are but men . If , ever , it should so happen , the error will be that of human fallibility , not of Masonic purpose ; it will be attributable to the imperfection of our nature , not to the
principles of the Order . Thus , we have in all candour and ingenuousness avowed our purpose . Jf it can only be fulfilled , as ive shall strive to fulfil it , it will command approbation ; under such circumstances , we have no fears for the future . We here launch our vessel in the confident
anticipation , that we shall , of necessity , meet with some difficulties , and have to contend against circumstances , over which no human being can ever have control ; but , possessing the" Mens sibi conseia recti , " we shall pursue our voyage fearlessly and with undiminished zeal , nothing doubting but that our venture will havo a prosperous completion .