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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review, And General Assurance Advocate.
THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW , AND GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVOCATE .
SECOND SERIES—MARCH 31 , 1849 .
** ' I have ever felt it my duty to support and encourage its principles and practice , because it powerfully developes all social anil benevolent affections ; because it mitigates without , and annihilates within , the virulence of political ancl theological controversy—because it affords thc only neutral ground on which all ranks and classes can meet in perfect equality , and associate without degradation or mortification , whether for p urposes of moral instruction or social intercourse . ''—Tlie EAIIL OK DURHAM on Freemasonry , 21 st Jan . 1831 . ¦• This obedience , which must be vigorously observed , tloes not prevent us , however , from investigating the inconvenience of laws , which at the time they were framed may have heen
political , prudent—nay , even necessary ; but now , from a total change of circumstances and events , may have becomeunjust , oppressive , and equally useless . * * ** - " Justinian declares that he acts contrary to the law who , confining himself to the letter , acts contrary to the spirit anil intent of it . "—H . It . II . the DUKE OF SUSSEX , -April 21 , 1812 , House of Lords .
THE Earl of Zetland , on the 7 th instant , was elected Grand Master for the ensuing year , nem . con . The following announcement will no doubt be read with some interest , as heralding the too probable retirement of a brother , who for upwards of twenty years has held a prominent station in the masonic world . We
do not venture to offer any comment . " To the Masonic Craft . " A most consistent Mason , who many years since was summoned from this earthly scene to the land of spirits , was wont to observe , that he never knew an instance of a man entering the Craft at forty who
proved to be of any use to the Order . This opinion struck me as strange , having myself passed that very rubicon ; perhaps that circumstance and Bro . Gilkes' experience tended not a little to interest me more anxiously than otherwise might have been the case . Certain , however , it is , that from the moment I offered my fealty on the altar of my mother lodge ( the Burlington , then 152 , now 113 ) , I devoted myself first to the VOIi . VII . B
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review, And General Assurance Advocate.
THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW , AND GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVOCATE .
SECOND SERIES—MARCH 31 , 1849 .
** ' I have ever felt it my duty to support and encourage its principles and practice , because it powerfully developes all social anil benevolent affections ; because it mitigates without , and annihilates within , the virulence of political ancl theological controversy—because it affords thc only neutral ground on which all ranks and classes can meet in perfect equality , and associate without degradation or mortification , whether for p urposes of moral instruction or social intercourse . ''—Tlie EAIIL OK DURHAM on Freemasonry , 21 st Jan . 1831 . ¦• This obedience , which must be vigorously observed , tloes not prevent us , however , from investigating the inconvenience of laws , which at the time they were framed may have heen
political , prudent—nay , even necessary ; but now , from a total change of circumstances and events , may have becomeunjust , oppressive , and equally useless . * * ** - " Justinian declares that he acts contrary to the law who , confining himself to the letter , acts contrary to the spirit anil intent of it . "—H . It . II . the DUKE OF SUSSEX , -April 21 , 1812 , House of Lords .
THE Earl of Zetland , on the 7 th instant , was elected Grand Master for the ensuing year , nem . con . The following announcement will no doubt be read with some interest , as heralding the too probable retirement of a brother , who for upwards of twenty years has held a prominent station in the masonic world . We
do not venture to offer any comment . " To the Masonic Craft . " A most consistent Mason , who many years since was summoned from this earthly scene to the land of spirits , was wont to observe , that he never knew an instance of a man entering the Craft at forty who
proved to be of any use to the Order . This opinion struck me as strange , having myself passed that very rubicon ; perhaps that circumstance and Bro . Gilkes' experience tended not a little to interest me more anxiously than otherwise might have been the case . Certain , however , it is , that from the moment I offered my fealty on the altar of my mother lodge ( the Burlington , then 152 , now 113 ) , I devoted myself first to the VOIi . VII . B