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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. ← Page 3 of 5 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
Brethren are ready to come forward , not only with open hearts , but open purses , to the great good work . The interest taken by prominent members in procuring the nomination of a child to a vacant position in either establishment , often displays a perseverance which might well be imitated by many wealthier
fraternities ; and we have the happiness of knowing , at this moment , many to whom the convivial enjoyments of Masonry are their least enjoyments—whose charity , in proportion to their means , is as exemplary as is the honour and purity of their lives .
But , unhappily , there are many such of our Brethren who are called upon to do too much , because others do too little . It has been a subject of regret to us long since , that we should so frequently see the same faces , and the same faces only , at Grand Lodge , and at other meetings where the golden principle
of Charity should assert its sway . How is it , that , out of the large mass of wealthy and influential Brethren , who succeed to the honours of the Grand Lodge , frequently as much by virtue of worldly position as by Masonic efficiency , we find so fewand those few so scantily forthcoming in the great work ?
Shall we , with grief and regret , avow the fact that Masonic tradesmen show more of this great feeling than those , on whom the gentler gifts of life have been bestowed ? Shall we state how often substantial and effectual help comes from the humble
and unpretending Brother , when the wealthy , perhaps titled one , has little to do beyond a stray half-sovereign bestowed for no very clear reason ? Shall we attempt to " go into figures , " and try to show how much money is spent on Masonics , and how little on Masonry ? Best-beloved brother Masons—you , to whose kindliness of
heart and generosity of principle we have seldom personally appealed in vain— bethink you a little of those sacred obligations upon which you entered—on which , remember , you entered freely ancl devotedly , without bias or compulsion , but under pledges so solemn that we would fain believe you required
no words of ours to bring them back to your minds . Are you satisfied with your own conduct and present position ? Is there not a sense of something wanting—a feeling of some unfulfilled H 2
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
Brethren are ready to come forward , not only with open hearts , but open purses , to the great good work . The interest taken by prominent members in procuring the nomination of a child to a vacant position in either establishment , often displays a perseverance which might well be imitated by many wealthier
fraternities ; and we have the happiness of knowing , at this moment , many to whom the convivial enjoyments of Masonry are their least enjoyments—whose charity , in proportion to their means , is as exemplary as is the honour and purity of their lives .
But , unhappily , there are many such of our Brethren who are called upon to do too much , because others do too little . It has been a subject of regret to us long since , that we should so frequently see the same faces , and the same faces only , at Grand Lodge , and at other meetings where the golden principle
of Charity should assert its sway . How is it , that , out of the large mass of wealthy and influential Brethren , who succeed to the honours of the Grand Lodge , frequently as much by virtue of worldly position as by Masonic efficiency , we find so fewand those few so scantily forthcoming in the great work ?
Shall we , with grief and regret , avow the fact that Masonic tradesmen show more of this great feeling than those , on whom the gentler gifts of life have been bestowed ? Shall we state how often substantial and effectual help comes from the humble
and unpretending Brother , when the wealthy , perhaps titled one , has little to do beyond a stray half-sovereign bestowed for no very clear reason ? Shall we attempt to " go into figures , " and try to show how much money is spent on Masonics , and how little on Masonry ? Best-beloved brother Masons—you , to whose kindliness of
heart and generosity of principle we have seldom personally appealed in vain— bethink you a little of those sacred obligations upon which you entered—on which , remember , you entered freely ancl devotedly , without bias or compulsion , but under pledges so solemn that we would fain believe you required
no words of ours to bring them back to your minds . Are you satisfied with your own conduct and present position ? Is there not a sense of something wanting—a feeling of some unfulfilled H 2