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The New Appointments.
all previously recorded annals , will be readily admitted . Steadily and successfully has the tide of Masonic improvement flowed ou—smiling at the fear expressed by some , and fearlessly explaining away the doubt of others ; and by the purity of its motive , finding a generous support , under a
difficulty of no common kind . A fair examination , at any time , may tend to re-action in opinion as in mechanics ; but such reaction must not endanger the " Principle . " Even philosophy , when launching into discussion , contemplates those moral changes that may
be likened to a planetary motion evolving into space , but requires that no greater force should be used than that which is reserved for the return , when necessary , to the proper orbit . Ancl this is the true business of nature , which is never in error . The wants of all men grow with the spirit of the age
in which they Jive , and should be attended to as a matter of course , with due security to the orbit in which they move . No one can be indifferent to public opinion , —he may assume indifference , but it is far otherwise : even the journalist who records events , ancl treats of them for the
information of his readers , is not exempt from this power ; and having embarked his venture upon the tide and current of the waters , he must make up his mind occasionally to encounter some gales , which serve to convince him that there are shoals ancl quicksands which he might have
avoided had he kept a sharper look-out . The mariner gains that by experience which is of priceless value to the world , by the very tempests which he encounters , and from which he is preserved . Therefore we shall , with the strictest scrutiny , examine our Masonic chart , and steer our course with all the zeal and perseverance which our experience ' may permit .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The New Appointments.
all previously recorded annals , will be readily admitted . Steadily and successfully has the tide of Masonic improvement flowed ou—smiling at the fear expressed by some , and fearlessly explaining away the doubt of others ; and by the purity of its motive , finding a generous support , under a
difficulty of no common kind . A fair examination , at any time , may tend to re-action in opinion as in mechanics ; but such reaction must not endanger the " Principle . " Even philosophy , when launching into discussion , contemplates those moral changes that may
be likened to a planetary motion evolving into space , but requires that no greater force should be used than that which is reserved for the return , when necessary , to the proper orbit . Ancl this is the true business of nature , which is never in error . The wants of all men grow with the spirit of the age
in which they Jive , and should be attended to as a matter of course , with due security to the orbit in which they move . No one can be indifferent to public opinion , —he may assume indifference , but it is far otherwise : even the journalist who records events , ancl treats of them for the
information of his readers , is not exempt from this power ; and having embarked his venture upon the tide and current of the waters , he must make up his mind occasionally to encounter some gales , which serve to convince him that there are shoals ancl quicksands which he might have
avoided had he kept a sharper look-out . The mariner gains that by experience which is of priceless value to the world , by the very tempests which he encounters , and from which he is preserved . Therefore we shall , with the strictest scrutiny , examine our Masonic chart , and steer our course with all the zeal and perseverance which our experience ' may permit .