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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 6 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
fraternity , who now write and speak so powerfully on the excellencies of the institution , were induced to enrich our numbers with their honoured names through reading the pages of that faithfully Masonic publication . Sir , pardon me , but 1 am at a loss to conceive a sufficient reason for your withdrawing this indulgence from us ; I have seen it surmount frowning difficulties and dangers of no ordinary calibre—when powerful favour and patronage were convertedas if by magicinto obstruction
, , and dislike , as unexpected as it was misplaced . I have sighed over the tyrant , / a $ / jo ) i ) when it instigated many to side with might , and pour in their reckless interruptions ; and I have observed its then intrepid editor , steadily ancl unshaken ( except in health ) , endure the fury of the storm , and pursue the even tenure of hia way , to the glory of / Vee-masonry , and the maintaining of its most precious attributes ! These , Sir , were seasons of perilous difficulty , which might well appal the stoutest , and
would justify the contemplation which I have alluded to ; but , Sir , they are passed away ; all is now peace , and it is to be hoped , harmony—no party or faction is tolerated by the present periodical ; it appears to be founded on the purest principles ; it has amusement and proper information to the Craft for its aim , ancl CHARITY for its end ! Then , Sir , looking at it as a useful Masonic publication alone , apart from every other consideration but that of an occasional friendly grip , I trust those who are desirous of its continuance will do as I have clone now , not under shelter of anonymous communication , but in the mode most becoming the object solicited . "
Bno . WILLIAM PRINGLE . — " Touching the menaced extinction of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " I am not without hope of its surviving ; surely the original architect will step forward to support ancl preserve our Palladium , should it be doomed , which I cannot bring myself to believe . I , in common with many Scottish Masons , will lose a fertile source of edification and instruction—one to ivhich we looked forward quarterly with anxious pleasure and expectation . In a public
point of view , as a great moral and Masonic instructor—as the vehicle of interchange of sentiments among the Brethren of every quarter—as the depository of historic facts and Masonic statistics , in my humble opinion it is truly invaluable . No man can rise from its perusal without being , I will venture to say , both a better and a wiser man . Under such circumstances would you be justified in distroying such a structure ? AVith deference , I think it must not be allowed to perish . I await , with anxiety , the divulging of the mystic reasons for the threatened loss of our intellectual Review . "
FRATER . BuisTOLiiE . — " Having been a reader of your publication from its commencement , and watched its progress with interest , until I thought I saw it emerging from its difficulties , and about to become firmly established as the organ of the Craft , I was grieved at the perusal of your notice in the last number— " that it is more than probable the close of this year may terminate your labours . " I hope not ; and I hope , also , that the " Freemasons ' Quarterly" may continue to advocate the cause of
the charities , and live to congratulate the Brethren upon the union of the Asylum with the Benevolent Annuity Fund ; for , to my mind , ( looking at the subject from a distance , and unprejudiced by the unhappy differences ivhich have been excited by the discussions upon these subjects ) , the true interest of all parties concerned , and of the Craft at large ,
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
fraternity , who now write and speak so powerfully on the excellencies of the institution , were induced to enrich our numbers with their honoured names through reading the pages of that faithfully Masonic publication . Sir , pardon me , but 1 am at a loss to conceive a sufficient reason for your withdrawing this indulgence from us ; I have seen it surmount frowning difficulties and dangers of no ordinary calibre—when powerful favour and patronage were convertedas if by magicinto obstruction
, , and dislike , as unexpected as it was misplaced . I have sighed over the tyrant , / a $ / jo ) i ) when it instigated many to side with might , and pour in their reckless interruptions ; and I have observed its then intrepid editor , steadily ancl unshaken ( except in health ) , endure the fury of the storm , and pursue the even tenure of hia way , to the glory of / Vee-masonry , and the maintaining of its most precious attributes ! These , Sir , were seasons of perilous difficulty , which might well appal the stoutest , and
would justify the contemplation which I have alluded to ; but , Sir , they are passed away ; all is now peace , and it is to be hoped , harmony—no party or faction is tolerated by the present periodical ; it appears to be founded on the purest principles ; it has amusement and proper information to the Craft for its aim , ancl CHARITY for its end ! Then , Sir , looking at it as a useful Masonic publication alone , apart from every other consideration but that of an occasional friendly grip , I trust those who are desirous of its continuance will do as I have clone now , not under shelter of anonymous communication , but in the mode most becoming the object solicited . "
Bno . WILLIAM PRINGLE . — " Touching the menaced extinction of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " I am not without hope of its surviving ; surely the original architect will step forward to support ancl preserve our Palladium , should it be doomed , which I cannot bring myself to believe . I , in common with many Scottish Masons , will lose a fertile source of edification and instruction—one to ivhich we looked forward quarterly with anxious pleasure and expectation . In a public
point of view , as a great moral and Masonic instructor—as the vehicle of interchange of sentiments among the Brethren of every quarter—as the depository of historic facts and Masonic statistics , in my humble opinion it is truly invaluable . No man can rise from its perusal without being , I will venture to say , both a better and a wiser man . Under such circumstances would you be justified in distroying such a structure ? AVith deference , I think it must not be allowed to perish . I await , with anxiety , the divulging of the mystic reasons for the threatened loss of our intellectual Review . "
FRATER . BuisTOLiiE . — " Having been a reader of your publication from its commencement , and watched its progress with interest , until I thought I saw it emerging from its difficulties , and about to become firmly established as the organ of the Craft , I was grieved at the perusal of your notice in the last number— " that it is more than probable the close of this year may terminate your labours . " I hope not ; and I hope , also , that the " Freemasons ' Quarterly" may continue to advocate the cause of
the charities , and live to congratulate the Brethren upon the union of the Asylum with the Benevolent Annuity Fund ; for , to my mind , ( looking at the subject from a distance , and unprejudiced by the unhappy differences ivhich have been excited by the discussions upon these subjects ) , the true interest of all parties concerned , and of the Craft at large ,