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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
JUNE 30 , 1853 . THE INCREASE OE EREEMASONRY .
" We arc certainly in tlie highest condition of prosperity m this btate ; but whether our very prosperity does not contain the elements of destruction , is a grave question . My own opinion is , that we are driving along recklessly , and that the ' inner door' of our temple is not properl y guarded . In our great anxiety to swell our numbers , we witness ' suspension ot the By-Laws '— ' cases of emergency , ' and see . or hear of initiations in the morning , when at sun-down the evening before it was not known that thc to thousands ol
initiated were petitioners . You speak monthly our Brotherhood , and I urge you to continue your voice and influence against this ruinous practice . Too many new Lodges are created , and too many - persons are admitted into them , and that in . too great haste . Ihe word ' emergency , ' is doing great mischief wherever it is found inserted m the By-Laws o ' f our Lodges : " —Boston ( U . S . ) Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , April , 1853 .
THAT Ereemasonry is on tlie increase all oyer tlie world cannot be questioned . Wherever we look , east or west , north or south , the same scene meets our eye , the same fact is reported . In the United States , as . may be perceived from the above observations , the rapidity of the growth of the Order , and the increase of its funds , are becoming matters of serious conhazards the inion set out
sideration '; for as the Brother , who op in those observations , rightly observes , such prosperity may turn out : to be the prelude to its . destruction . _ It must be confessed that the growth of Ereemasonry m this country is not less rapid than in America , and other parts of the world . The returns , which are periodically made to the accumulation of funds
Grand Lodge , announce a considerable , bespeaking an increase of membership unparalleled m the history of the Order . The funds could not be so largely augmented , unless initiations had become more frequent tha , n heretofore , ancl were not a greater number of persons pressing into the various Lodges , which abound throughout the country , tlie VOL . I . Q
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
JUNE 30 , 1853 . THE INCREASE OE EREEMASONRY .
" We arc certainly in tlie highest condition of prosperity m this btate ; but whether our very prosperity does not contain the elements of destruction , is a grave question . My own opinion is , that we are driving along recklessly , and that the ' inner door' of our temple is not properl y guarded . In our great anxiety to swell our numbers , we witness ' suspension ot the By-Laws '— ' cases of emergency , ' and see . or hear of initiations in the morning , when at sun-down the evening before it was not known that thc to thousands ol
initiated were petitioners . You speak monthly our Brotherhood , and I urge you to continue your voice and influence against this ruinous practice . Too many new Lodges are created , and too many - persons are admitted into them , and that in . too great haste . Ihe word ' emergency , ' is doing great mischief wherever it is found inserted m the By-Laws o ' f our Lodges : " —Boston ( U . S . ) Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , April , 1853 .
THAT Ereemasonry is on tlie increase all oyer tlie world cannot be questioned . Wherever we look , east or west , north or south , the same scene meets our eye , the same fact is reported . In the United States , as . may be perceived from the above observations , the rapidity of the growth of the Order , and the increase of its funds , are becoming matters of serious conhazards the inion set out
sideration '; for as the Brother , who op in those observations , rightly observes , such prosperity may turn out : to be the prelude to its . destruction . _ It must be confessed that the growth of Ereemasonry m this country is not less rapid than in America , and other parts of the world . The returns , which are periodically made to the accumulation of funds
Grand Lodge , announce a considerable , bespeaking an increase of membership unparalleled m the history of the Order . The funds could not be so largely augmented , unless initiations had become more frequent tha , n heretofore , ancl were not a greater number of persons pressing into the various Lodges , which abound throughout the country , tlie VOL . I . Q