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The Eeeemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
The advancement which Freemasonry has been making on all hands Avithin the last few years , even by the confession of those who set themselves to the task of assailing and defaming it , undoubtedly results in a primary sense from the reasons we have already cited . In a secondary
point of view it has also made way through the resumption of more public demonstrations than of late years have been permitted . From some cause , —we believe chiefly from the disinclination of the late M . W . and Illustrious G . M . the
Duke of Sussex , to make a public parade of the Order , — processions at Provincial Grand Lodges and other meetings had been very much laid aside ; so much so that it has come to pass that the first stones of very many of the most important public buildings , both in London and the country ,
have been laid without the assistance of the Craft , and that portion of a duty which has peculiarly belonged to them from time immemorial , has thus been taken out of their hands . It requires but little time in this age of change and movement to obliterate old impressions and to
substitute new and altered customs in their place and stead . Freemasonry having been held back from taking its proper stand on all such occasions as those , to which we have alluded , has consequently been all but put out of sight ; indeed , it has come to be almost considered as an antiquated
and a useless system , the operative portions of which are out of date , and the speculative purposes of no moment . And this very circumstance has had the effect of keeping many upright and worthy men from joining an Order to which they would have done credit , and of which they
might have become the brightest ornaments . Had the Freemasons of England taken their part , as they ought to have done , on such occasions as the laying of the first stones of the new Royal Exchange , of the Royal Coal Exchange , of the new Houses of Parliament , and other
metropolitan , public , and stately edifices , —as formerly was the prevailing custom , —doubtless many high minded persons of rank , influence , and fortune would have instantl y
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Eeeemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
The advancement which Freemasonry has been making on all hands Avithin the last few years , even by the confession of those who set themselves to the task of assailing and defaming it , undoubtedly results in a primary sense from the reasons we have already cited . In a secondary
point of view it has also made way through the resumption of more public demonstrations than of late years have been permitted . From some cause , —we believe chiefly from the disinclination of the late M . W . and Illustrious G . M . the
Duke of Sussex , to make a public parade of the Order , — processions at Provincial Grand Lodges and other meetings had been very much laid aside ; so much so that it has come to pass that the first stones of very many of the most important public buildings , both in London and the country ,
have been laid without the assistance of the Craft , and that portion of a duty which has peculiarly belonged to them from time immemorial , has thus been taken out of their hands . It requires but little time in this age of change and movement to obliterate old impressions and to
substitute new and altered customs in their place and stead . Freemasonry having been held back from taking its proper stand on all such occasions as those , to which we have alluded , has consequently been all but put out of sight ; indeed , it has come to be almost considered as an antiquated
and a useless system , the operative portions of which are out of date , and the speculative purposes of no moment . And this very circumstance has had the effect of keeping many upright and worthy men from joining an Order to which they would have done credit , and of which they
might have become the brightest ornaments . Had the Freemasons of England taken their part , as they ought to have done , on such occasions as the laying of the first stones of the new Royal Exchange , of the Royal Coal Exchange , of the new Houses of Parliament , and other
metropolitan , public , and stately edifices , —as formerly was the prevailing custom , —doubtless many high minded persons of rank , influence , and fortune would have instantl y