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than they have ever hitherto appeared . Party spirit is at an end , suspicion is lulled for ever . My Brethren , in the absence of the Gr . M ., I had the honour this year to preside at the dinner at Freemasons' Hall , when this event was celebrated ; on no occasion was such a " true Masonic spirit exhibited , everything went off well and every Brother was happy , and why 1 because he felt he was that day celebrating an event which was adding to the sum of happiness of his fellow creatures ; the ladies , more numerous than is usual on such occasions , gave us their approving smilesand I am happy to be able now to announce
, to you that tbe subscriptions that Clay made at the table , amowttted to upwards of 700 ? . Since I last saw you , the " Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine and Eeview " has passed into new hands ; it is now conducted with an ability and skill which must recommend it to the favourable notice of the Craft at large . I have had several conversations with the proprietors and editor , and I am assured the parts which had become offensive in the old publication , I mean the personal remarks and attacks , are dropped , never to be again resumed . Thus will the " Review "
become a most useful aud valuable work , the organ of pure Masonic communication and instruction , and such as no Brother , who has the means , should remain without possessing ; two numbers have already appeared , both of these I strongly recommend you all to read at all events , and I cannot but advise those who possess Masonic libraries , to place them on their shelves . No Lodge should be without them . Let us now turn to our own province . I find from a return which I have had made to me by the W . M . 's of the various Lodges that , on the whole , our Craft is on the increase ; some of the Lodges in this province are such as any P . Gr . M . may be justly proud of , while others , although they still hold their position , do not seem to make any advance ; this is much to be lamented , for it may be taken almost as an universal rule that where such cases occur in Freemasonry , some
local jealousies exist , which ever ought to be banished from the head and mind of the Mason . The success of this , the Poole Lodge , after a two years ' re-existence , is truly pleasing ; go on , my Brethren of Poole , and your Lodge will not only hold the hi g hest number , hut will also hold what is by far more important , the highest rank and character in the province . That Masonry is steadil y on the increase is a fact of which there can be no doubt whatever ; every return made to the Grand Lodge , and every assembly of the Craft at Freemasons' Hall , amply proves this fact ; but there is another fact ,
which is still more pleasing to every true lover of the Order , and it is this , that those who have lately joined , and are still continuing daily to do so , are of a class and order in society , whose object is not merely to gratify vain curiosity , nor to join in our convivial meetings , but to enter with all heart and soul into the true spirituality of our Order , to be combined with us in the bonds of Brotherly love . Such men , having before initiation " preconceived a good opinion of our society , " are sure to become bright and shining lights amongst us , they soon discover that the more they study the Masonic sciencethe more they learn ; they
, soon find out that the true sciences of Archseology and Freemasonry are so inseparably connected that the study of the one is almost absolutely necessary to the knowledge of the other . After all , what is the new study of Archaeology which is now making such rapid strides in this country ; in main , I say , it is nothing more than Masonry practically developed . Masonry is that science which includes all others , having its foundation in the most remote antiquity in by-gone years ; it has slumbered , but of late , like every other science , it has made a long and powerful stride , and has sprung forth into renewed existence
that has delighted the Craftsman , astonished the world , and g iven the lie direct to all those who have basely seceded from our Order , or who have attempted to expose that , of ivhich they were most supremely ignorant . Thus too has Archaeology been kept for ages in a state of slumber and torpor on the shelves , and iu the cabinets of the antiquarv , coin collector , and lover of curiosities ; not so now , their researches did little or no good to the world at large , while now , these for-
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than they have ever hitherto appeared . Party spirit is at an end , suspicion is lulled for ever . My Brethren , in the absence of the Gr . M ., I had the honour this year to preside at the dinner at Freemasons' Hall , when this event was celebrated ; on no occasion was such a " true Masonic spirit exhibited , everything went off well and every Brother was happy , and why 1 because he felt he was that day celebrating an event which was adding to the sum of happiness of his fellow creatures ; the ladies , more numerous than is usual on such occasions , gave us their approving smilesand I am happy to be able now to announce
, to you that tbe subscriptions that Clay made at the table , amowttted to upwards of 700 ? . Since I last saw you , the " Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine and Eeview " has passed into new hands ; it is now conducted with an ability and skill which must recommend it to the favourable notice of the Craft at large . I have had several conversations with the proprietors and editor , and I am assured the parts which had become offensive in the old publication , I mean the personal remarks and attacks , are dropped , never to be again resumed . Thus will the " Review "
become a most useful aud valuable work , the organ of pure Masonic communication and instruction , and such as no Brother , who has the means , should remain without possessing ; two numbers have already appeared , both of these I strongly recommend you all to read at all events , and I cannot but advise those who possess Masonic libraries , to place them on their shelves . No Lodge should be without them . Let us now turn to our own province . I find from a return which I have had made to me by the W . M . 's of the various Lodges that , on the whole , our Craft is on the increase ; some of the Lodges in this province are such as any P . Gr . M . may be justly proud of , while others , although they still hold their position , do not seem to make any advance ; this is much to be lamented , for it may be taken almost as an universal rule that where such cases occur in Freemasonry , some
local jealousies exist , which ever ought to be banished from the head and mind of the Mason . The success of this , the Poole Lodge , after a two years ' re-existence , is truly pleasing ; go on , my Brethren of Poole , and your Lodge will not only hold the hi g hest number , hut will also hold what is by far more important , the highest rank and character in the province . That Masonry is steadil y on the increase is a fact of which there can be no doubt whatever ; every return made to the Grand Lodge , and every assembly of the Craft at Freemasons' Hall , amply proves this fact ; but there is another fact ,
which is still more pleasing to every true lover of the Order , and it is this , that those who have lately joined , and are still continuing daily to do so , are of a class and order in society , whose object is not merely to gratify vain curiosity , nor to join in our convivial meetings , but to enter with all heart and soul into the true spirituality of our Order , to be combined with us in the bonds of Brotherly love . Such men , having before initiation " preconceived a good opinion of our society , " are sure to become bright and shining lights amongst us , they soon discover that the more they study the Masonic sciencethe more they learn ; they
, soon find out that the true sciences of Archseology and Freemasonry are so inseparably connected that the study of the one is almost absolutely necessary to the knowledge of the other . After all , what is the new study of Archaeology which is now making such rapid strides in this country ; in main , I say , it is nothing more than Masonry practically developed . Masonry is that science which includes all others , having its foundation in the most remote antiquity in by-gone years ; it has slumbered , but of late , like every other science , it has made a long and powerful stride , and has sprung forth into renewed existence
that has delighted the Craftsman , astonished the world , and g iven the lie direct to all those who have basely seceded from our Order , or who have attempted to expose that , of ivhich they were most supremely ignorant . Thus too has Archaeology been kept for ages in a state of slumber and torpor on the shelves , and iu the cabinets of the antiquarv , coin collector , and lover of curiosities ; not so now , their researches did little or no good to the world at large , while now , these for-