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The Present Aspect.
but are not equally sensitive in their regard for the feelings of those who may differ with them in opinion . Finally , we may aver that an improvement in the governing boards must benefit the Order : nay , further , there will be no question hereafter but that a moral improvement
will attend increased confidence ; and that an unbiassed consideration and an uninfluenced judgment are the surest means to perpetuate a happier result : there will succeed to indifference an affectionate and reverential esteem ;
conscience will unite all in one opinion—ALL , be they rich or poor , or old or young . Let confidence , then , supersede suspicion—let good-will secure a unity in purpose . THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE YEAR . —In former
observations upon this subject , we have endeavoured to so shape our discourse as to avoid all personal allusions ; being sufficiently aware of the difficulty there exists in conveying to the hig hest quarter that peculiar information which would generalize the merits of individuals and the essential interests of the Order . Several of the present appointments have much promise in them . The Senior Grand Warden , Mr .
Alstone , M . P ., a distinguished Member of the Society , has earned his Masonic laurels in " the county of Hertford ; and Mr . Sandford , M . P ., as Junior Grand Warden , has , we understand , been equally zealous in the county of Somerset . Our provincial brethren will no doubt be pleased with the
selection ; it demonstrates the prudence and delicacy of the appointments , in not confining these hig h distinctions to metropolitan brethren . The promotion of a distinguished Freemason to the purple * is hailed with a very general feeling of satisfaction , and gives hope that individual merit may in future supersede the necessity of promoting from
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The Present Aspect.
but are not equally sensitive in their regard for the feelings of those who may differ with them in opinion . Finally , we may aver that an improvement in the governing boards must benefit the Order : nay , further , there will be no question hereafter but that a moral improvement
will attend increased confidence ; and that an unbiassed consideration and an uninfluenced judgment are the surest means to perpetuate a happier result : there will succeed to indifference an affectionate and reverential esteem ;
conscience will unite all in one opinion—ALL , be they rich or poor , or old or young . Let confidence , then , supersede suspicion—let good-will secure a unity in purpose . THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE YEAR . —In former
observations upon this subject , we have endeavoured to so shape our discourse as to avoid all personal allusions ; being sufficiently aware of the difficulty there exists in conveying to the hig hest quarter that peculiar information which would generalize the merits of individuals and the essential interests of the Order . Several of the present appointments have much promise in them . The Senior Grand Warden , Mr .
Alstone , M . P ., a distinguished Member of the Society , has earned his Masonic laurels in " the county of Hertford ; and Mr . Sandford , M . P ., as Junior Grand Warden , has , we understand , been equally zealous in the county of Somerset . Our provincial brethren will no doubt be pleased with the
selection ; it demonstrates the prudence and delicacy of the appointments , in not confining these hig h distinctions to metropolitan brethren . The promotion of a distinguished Freemason to the purple * is hailed with a very general feeling of satisfaction , and gives hope that individual merit may in future supersede the necessity of promoting from