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Article THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 11 of 12 →
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
to the satisfaction of the Craft , and who has fixed their love and affection for him b y his recent conduct , has thou g ht it necessary to recommend some measures , which have been sanctioned b y the Grand Lodge , for the protection of the Order , and a proclamation , founded upon its deliberation , has been very generall y circulated .
OUR CHARITIES . —The excursion to the Nore has taken p lace , which we hope will add something handsome to the funds of the Boys' School . The festival in May , in aid of the Girls' School , produced subscriptions which , with what has since been received in
donations , amount to , if they do not exceed one thousand pounds , which sum has , by the liberality of the Craft , been p laced at the disposal of the treasurer , in support of the female children . Further comment is unnecessary . The annual instalment of the debt of sympathy and
protection having been paid to the innocent objects of our care , let us now consider the greater debt of HONOUR , HONESTY , ancl JUSTICE , that is due to the Aged ancl Decayed Mason , of which as yet no instalment has been paid ; be it borne in mind , that those most anxious to render this justice , are to be found enrolled in the lists of Stewards who swelled
the amount of the collections for either school ; whose hearts pant to erect another edifice to charity , and thus to make perfect her clearest behest . On the 22 d of July , a festival is to be held : we supplicate the Great Architect so to inspire our Brethren , that that day may prove the happy source of
peaceful joy to many who have long been strangers to any thing but hopeless penury . The Masonic princi p les that are involved in this leading question are indeed important , they embrace a union of justice with p hilanthropy . We are not merel y to examine into the doubt , as to whether we are to exercise the mere
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
to the satisfaction of the Craft , and who has fixed their love and affection for him b y his recent conduct , has thou g ht it necessary to recommend some measures , which have been sanctioned b y the Grand Lodge , for the protection of the Order , and a proclamation , founded upon its deliberation , has been very generall y circulated .
OUR CHARITIES . —The excursion to the Nore has taken p lace , which we hope will add something handsome to the funds of the Boys' School . The festival in May , in aid of the Girls' School , produced subscriptions which , with what has since been received in
donations , amount to , if they do not exceed one thousand pounds , which sum has , by the liberality of the Craft , been p laced at the disposal of the treasurer , in support of the female children . Further comment is unnecessary . The annual instalment of the debt of sympathy and
protection having been paid to the innocent objects of our care , let us now consider the greater debt of HONOUR , HONESTY , ancl JUSTICE , that is due to the Aged ancl Decayed Mason , of which as yet no instalment has been paid ; be it borne in mind , that those most anxious to render this justice , are to be found enrolled in the lists of Stewards who swelled
the amount of the collections for either school ; whose hearts pant to erect another edifice to charity , and thus to make perfect her clearest behest . On the 22 d of July , a festival is to be held : we supplicate the Great Architect so to inspire our Brethren , that that day may prove the happy source of
peaceful joy to many who have long been strangers to any thing but hopeless penury . The Masonic princi p les that are involved in this leading question are indeed important , they embrace a union of justice with p hilanthropy . We are not merel y to examine into the doubt , as to whether we are to exercise the mere