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Article THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 7 of 8 →
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
leaders , more especiall y such as were anticipating their election to the Masonic Chairs , to the duties they were about to undertake . To repeat the observations Ave hope is unnecessary , and it mi g ht be considered tiresome ; we content ourselves , therefore , with entreating such of the
Brethren as may noAv be contemplating such a mark of confidence from their respective constitnences , to peruse carefull y the Book of Constitutions , ancl to determine zealousl y " TO ACT AND ABIDE BY THE ANCIENT USAGES AND ESTABLISHED CUSTOMS OF THE ORDER . "
THE AGED MASON ' S ASYLUM . —While writing our former comments upon this subject , we , Avith confidence , anticipated that the 30 th of July would have proved trul y a day of joy ; that the Earl of Durham would have presided over upwards of tAvo hundred Masons whose proceedings were to
have been regulated by a board of twenty stewards , among whom were numbered twelve Masters of Lodges ; that provincial brethren were making arrangements to attend the votive feast ; that subscriptions were promised to a considerable amount ; that a blot , as it were , upon the escutcheon of masonic heraldry Avas about to be expunged , by which the heart-writhings of the virtuous Freemason
were to be alleviated ; ancl that we should have proved ourselves to be the happy harbingers of a new era in the charities of our Order . Yet circumstances have occured to defer the fulfilment of a moment of such promise . We say to defer , in the full consciousness that the time
is merel y deferred ; and we trust that our next p ublication will contain the happy assurance that all obstacles will be removed ; and , in the meantime , Ave direct our readers to the details of the " Asylum , " and remind them that the subscription-list is open at the banking-house of Messrs . Grote and Co . in Threadneedle-street .
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
leaders , more especiall y such as were anticipating their election to the Masonic Chairs , to the duties they were about to undertake . To repeat the observations Ave hope is unnecessary , and it mi g ht be considered tiresome ; we content ourselves , therefore , with entreating such of the
Brethren as may noAv be contemplating such a mark of confidence from their respective constitnences , to peruse carefull y the Book of Constitutions , ancl to determine zealousl y " TO ACT AND ABIDE BY THE ANCIENT USAGES AND ESTABLISHED CUSTOMS OF THE ORDER . "
THE AGED MASON ' S ASYLUM . —While writing our former comments upon this subject , we , Avith confidence , anticipated that the 30 th of July would have proved trul y a day of joy ; that the Earl of Durham would have presided over upwards of tAvo hundred Masons whose proceedings were to
have been regulated by a board of twenty stewards , among whom were numbered twelve Masters of Lodges ; that provincial brethren were making arrangements to attend the votive feast ; that subscriptions were promised to a considerable amount ; that a blot , as it were , upon the escutcheon of masonic heraldry Avas about to be expunged , by which the heart-writhings of the virtuous Freemason
were to be alleviated ; ancl that we should have proved ourselves to be the happy harbingers of a new era in the charities of our Order . Yet circumstances have occured to defer the fulfilment of a moment of such promise . We say to defer , in the full consciousness that the time
is merel y deferred ; and we trust that our next p ublication will contain the happy assurance that all obstacles will be removed ; and , in the meantime , Ave direct our readers to the details of the " Asylum , " and remind them that the subscription-list is open at the banking-house of Messrs . Grote and Co . in Threadneedle-street .