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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 4 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
one good , however , resulted—it was clearly necessary to ask the question in Grand Chapter before coming to a decision . Although it was decided against the first Principal , yet the information thereby obtained was important ; ancl hence , Ave are thankful for the good that often results from a mistaken view , for had mere numbers at first decided the
matter , the doubts of most Arch-Masons would still have remained unsatisfied . There are many who do not look beyond the surface of things , even this mi ght be excused if they confined themselves only to what they know . On the part of the Provincial Chapters we hope some means will
be taken to make the course of disci pline run smooth—A committee of well informed practical Companions appears to be indispensible .
That the most palmy days of Freemasonry never approached , unless at an humble distance , the present prosperous state of the Order , may be safely averred . That at some particular periods there may have been some grand movement , whereby a considerable accession of nobility was
now and then made to our ranks , is freely acknowledgedand we can readily credit the excitement and eclat developed by the splendid addition of nearly all the Princes of the Royal Family—thereby crowning the fidelity and loyalty of the Order by such powerful proofs of its purity—nor are we thankless—but grateful for the countenance and
support which successive monarchs have condescended to afford it . Still , with all this in view , we have not hesitated to examine , and cautiously too , into the general state of things ; and although we have not , at the present day , either the great advantages of princely additions ,
and for the simple reason , that all the Royal family ( His R . H . the Duke of Cambridge excepted ) are Masons , yet the number of registered Brethren is now greater than can
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
one good , however , resulted—it was clearly necessary to ask the question in Grand Chapter before coming to a decision . Although it was decided against the first Principal , yet the information thereby obtained was important ; ancl hence , Ave are thankful for the good that often results from a mistaken view , for had mere numbers at first decided the
matter , the doubts of most Arch-Masons would still have remained unsatisfied . There are many who do not look beyond the surface of things , even this mi ght be excused if they confined themselves only to what they know . On the part of the Provincial Chapters we hope some means will
be taken to make the course of disci pline run smooth—A committee of well informed practical Companions appears to be indispensible .
That the most palmy days of Freemasonry never approached , unless at an humble distance , the present prosperous state of the Order , may be safely averred . That at some particular periods there may have been some grand movement , whereby a considerable accession of nobility was
now and then made to our ranks , is freely acknowledgedand we can readily credit the excitement and eclat developed by the splendid addition of nearly all the Princes of the Royal Family—thereby crowning the fidelity and loyalty of the Order by such powerful proofs of its purity—nor are we thankless—but grateful for the countenance and
support which successive monarchs have condescended to afford it . Still , with all this in view , we have not hesitated to examine , and cautiously too , into the general state of things ; and although we have not , at the present day , either the great advantages of princely additions ,
and for the simple reason , that all the Royal family ( His R . H . the Duke of Cambridge excepted ) are Masons , yet the number of registered Brethren is now greater than can