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The General Assurance Advocate.
THE GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVOCATE .
30 TH JUNE , 1848 .
TO OUR READERS AND THE PUBLIC . ON entering upon a new sphere of action by adding the General Assurance Advocate to the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " we feel it to be right , while stating the claims which we hope to be able to show to the support of the public at large , especially to address some explanation of our plans and motives to those numerous Masonic readers who have so
long gone hand-in-hand with us in our efforts to advance the prosperity and usefulness of that ancient Order to which both they ancl we belong , and we enter upon the task not only as one of duty , but also as one of rightfulness , and that term comprehends , to well constituted minds , both duty and pleasure . In addressing Masons as apart from the public , we feel that we may confidently rest and rely upon it as an ascertained fact , that those who in their hearts hold fast to the great principle of brotherhood and
mutual assistance for securing a happy and enlightened progress , which is the foundation rock of the whole superstructure of the Order , will not he disposed to cavil , or take offence , or look " asklant" with the eye of dissatisfaction at the introduction into that periodical , which has been hitherto devoted exclusively to their interests , of a new topic which , although entirely separate ancl apart from the details of their
Order , nevertheless rests with it upon a common basis , and has in common the same great though simple principle—the principle of " Association " for the mutual good of all , by the concentration in one system , the application in one direction of the powers of all . It is true that in the Order the principle of Association is applied in an exclusively benevolent directionthere being neither the fear of loss nor the
, hope of gain , while in Assurance commercial motives obtain if they do not predominate ; but should that be used as an objection against the proposed combination which has led to this addition to the " Review , " it VOL , vi . o G
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The General Assurance Advocate.
THE GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVOCATE .
30 TH JUNE , 1848 .
TO OUR READERS AND THE PUBLIC . ON entering upon a new sphere of action by adding the General Assurance Advocate to the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " we feel it to be right , while stating the claims which we hope to be able to show to the support of the public at large , especially to address some explanation of our plans and motives to those numerous Masonic readers who have so
long gone hand-in-hand with us in our efforts to advance the prosperity and usefulness of that ancient Order to which both they ancl we belong , and we enter upon the task not only as one of duty , but also as one of rightfulness , and that term comprehends , to well constituted minds , both duty and pleasure . In addressing Masons as apart from the public , we feel that we may confidently rest and rely upon it as an ascertained fact , that those who in their hearts hold fast to the great principle of brotherhood and
mutual assistance for securing a happy and enlightened progress , which is the foundation rock of the whole superstructure of the Order , will not he disposed to cavil , or take offence , or look " asklant" with the eye of dissatisfaction at the introduction into that periodical , which has been hitherto devoted exclusively to their interests , of a new topic which , although entirely separate ancl apart from the details of their
Order , nevertheless rests with it upon a common basis , and has in common the same great though simple principle—the principle of " Association " for the mutual good of all , by the concentration in one system , the application in one direction of the powers of all . It is true that in the Order the principle of Association is applied in an exclusively benevolent directionthere being neither the fear of loss nor the
, hope of gain , while in Assurance commercial motives obtain if they do not predominate ; but should that be used as an objection against the proposed combination which has led to this addition to the " Review , " it VOL , vi . o G