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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 7 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE MASONIC LIFE ASSURANCE AND SAVINGS' BANK ASSOCIATION . —In our late numbers for September , December , and March , we entered at some length into the subject of life assurance . In the first instance , we found it necessary to use the words of caution to our readers on a matter
of such deep importance to their vital interests , and we feel extreme satisfaction in knowing that the caution has been very gratefully accepted , and that evil consequences have been probably averted ; at any rate , wc did our duty . In the second , we were induced very strongly to recommend
a society , which up to that and even to a later period promised to supply the evident deficiency that had hitherto existed ; but finding that the original principles of the latter were one by one abandoned , leaving scarcely a wreck behind , we most cordially joined those who were desirous
of affording to the Fraternity , and the public generally , an institution , in which they might place implicit confidence .
The ARK Societ y having ceased to follow the principles it was founded upon , and for some time professed , and the Masonic Association having exceeded those points of benevolent utility abandoned by the former , our readers will clearly perceive that there is no change of principle in us
when we declare that we repudiate the selfish character of the one , and withdraw all expressions made in its favour , while we apply every commendation to the other . The simple statement made by Brother Stevens in another part of the Review , is much to the point ; to which we refer our readers , and Request them further to re-peruse our former articles on Life Assurance .
Of all the sections that compose the great human family , there is none , no , not even one , that so perfectly epitomises all the varieties of mankind as does the Fraternity of Freemasons . There is not a class , however exalted or however humble , that is not included within the pale of the moral protection of the Order ; the interests of all , but more especially of the humbler Brethren , should be most espe-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE MASONIC LIFE ASSURANCE AND SAVINGS' BANK ASSOCIATION . —In our late numbers for September , December , and March , we entered at some length into the subject of life assurance . In the first instance , we found it necessary to use the words of caution to our readers on a matter
of such deep importance to their vital interests , and we feel extreme satisfaction in knowing that the caution has been very gratefully accepted , and that evil consequences have been probably averted ; at any rate , wc did our duty . In the second , we were induced very strongly to recommend
a society , which up to that and even to a later period promised to supply the evident deficiency that had hitherto existed ; but finding that the original principles of the latter were one by one abandoned , leaving scarcely a wreck behind , we most cordially joined those who were desirous
of affording to the Fraternity , and the public generally , an institution , in which they might place implicit confidence .
The ARK Societ y having ceased to follow the principles it was founded upon , and for some time professed , and the Masonic Association having exceeded those points of benevolent utility abandoned by the former , our readers will clearly perceive that there is no change of principle in us
when we declare that we repudiate the selfish character of the one , and withdraw all expressions made in its favour , while we apply every commendation to the other . The simple statement made by Brother Stevens in another part of the Review , is much to the point ; to which we refer our readers , and Request them further to re-peruse our former articles on Life Assurance .
Of all the sections that compose the great human family , there is none , no , not even one , that so perfectly epitomises all the varieties of mankind as does the Fraternity of Freemasons . There is not a class , however exalted or however humble , that is not included within the pale of the moral protection of the Order ; the interests of all , but more especially of the humbler Brethren , should be most espe-