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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 8 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
cially considered ; and in the advantages of a Life Assurance and Savings' Bank Association , the humblest Brother should be enabled to participate in the advantages which security , prudence , and economy hold out . The blessings , for such they may be termed , which can
be obtained by the prudent employment of a surplus fund however small , will be obvious at a glance ; and that every one may have , indeed has a surplus , can be readily proved by the mode in which even weekly wages are disbursed . It is not too much to say , that where thirty shillings per
week is received , from three to five shillings are regularly expended in a manner that conduces neither to the health nor the improvement of the family ; while the deposit of even half that sum , would , in a short time , not merely create a timely resource for any urgent necessity , but would ,
by its abstraction from an evil tendency , tend to lessen the evil itself , and thereby assist in improving moral and mental culture by visible means .
Li this view we advocate one sterling truth—that if the humbler classes of society would be but just to their own interest , they could soon comprehend the mode , then estimate the value , and by no personal sacrifice , but simply by the practice of that economy which the middling classes
adopt , attain a proportionate security against poverty ; and surely the enjoyment of social life , wherein sense and economy shall have superseded foolish and selfish indulgence , is a prize too great not to strike the heart and mind of any man not totally lost in thoughtlessness and apathy .
Let the working Brother feel that these real blessings are attainable by his own perseverance , and that however in a pecuniary sense the voluntary or charitable contribution of society may be at hand to relieve absolute want and misery , yet the exercise of economy may effectually save his
independence , and enable him to afford instead of craving aid . It is by the efforts of the middle classes to prevent future poverty , that public prosperity is ensured , and the strength of a nation displayed ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
cially considered ; and in the advantages of a Life Assurance and Savings' Bank Association , the humblest Brother should be enabled to participate in the advantages which security , prudence , and economy hold out . The blessings , for such they may be termed , which can
be obtained by the prudent employment of a surplus fund however small , will be obvious at a glance ; and that every one may have , indeed has a surplus , can be readily proved by the mode in which even weekly wages are disbursed . It is not too much to say , that where thirty shillings per
week is received , from three to five shillings are regularly expended in a manner that conduces neither to the health nor the improvement of the family ; while the deposit of even half that sum , would , in a short time , not merely create a timely resource for any urgent necessity , but would ,
by its abstraction from an evil tendency , tend to lessen the evil itself , and thereby assist in improving moral and mental culture by visible means .
Li this view we advocate one sterling truth—that if the humbler classes of society would be but just to their own interest , they could soon comprehend the mode , then estimate the value , and by no personal sacrifice , but simply by the practice of that economy which the middling classes
adopt , attain a proportionate security against poverty ; and surely the enjoyment of social life , wherein sense and economy shall have superseded foolish and selfish indulgence , is a prize too great not to strike the heart and mind of any man not totally lost in thoughtlessness and apathy .
Let the working Brother feel that these real blessings are attainable by his own perseverance , and that however in a pecuniary sense the voluntary or charitable contribution of society may be at hand to relieve absolute want and misery , yet the exercise of economy may effectually save his
independence , and enable him to afford instead of craving aid . It is by the efforts of the middle classes to prevent future poverty , that public prosperity is ensured , and the strength of a nation displayed ,