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Article THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 7 of 7
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
the great length of time it mi ght require to enumerate all ; but we purpose to publish the " Lodge Annals" as we shall receive the accounts from our various sources ; provincial , foreign , or metropolitan . SECOND . — The FREEMASON ' S PROVIDENT RESOURCE
has been alluded to in a former number ; we shall recur to the subject under auspices which we hope will prove to be a means of success . It is not enough , in our humble opinion , to be charitable to the destitute , but we should endeavour to awaken among the many who may be somewhat mistaken , a disposition to think upon the value of application to industry , as connected with practical economy .
THIRD . —The present excellent charities shall be upheld by every means in our power ; but the Masonic Asylum , or College , or by whatever title it may in future be designated , calls for and shall have our unceasing labours . ' It is that haven where the honest and virtuous Craftsman
may in the hour of need not only find a shelter from the storm , but where he may also find a temple for the exercise of his Masonic devotion ; — aye , what is still more soul-stirring to the hope , where the partner of his youth may in the winter of age accompany him down the hill of
life in peaceful serenity . * * * * Yet we will not profane the hallowed subject by mere promise , but bear in mind first the words of our Brother , whose inaugural o Address delighted a crowded
assembly" The stone is laid—the temple is begun , Help ! and its walls will glitter in the Sun . " Next that beautiful passage in the Grand Chaplain's invocation to the Throne of Grace" That all our doings , devoid of Charity ,
Are nothing worth . " * * * *
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
the great length of time it mi ght require to enumerate all ; but we purpose to publish the " Lodge Annals" as we shall receive the accounts from our various sources ; provincial , foreign , or metropolitan . SECOND . — The FREEMASON ' S PROVIDENT RESOURCE
has been alluded to in a former number ; we shall recur to the subject under auspices which we hope will prove to be a means of success . It is not enough , in our humble opinion , to be charitable to the destitute , but we should endeavour to awaken among the many who may be somewhat mistaken , a disposition to think upon the value of application to industry , as connected with practical economy .
THIRD . —The present excellent charities shall be upheld by every means in our power ; but the Masonic Asylum , or College , or by whatever title it may in future be designated , calls for and shall have our unceasing labours . ' It is that haven where the honest and virtuous Craftsman
may in the hour of need not only find a shelter from the storm , but where he may also find a temple for the exercise of his Masonic devotion ; — aye , what is still more soul-stirring to the hope , where the partner of his youth may in the winter of age accompany him down the hill of
life in peaceful serenity . * * * * Yet we will not profane the hallowed subject by mere promise , but bear in mind first the words of our Brother , whose inaugural o Address delighted a crowded
assembly" The stone is laid—the temple is begun , Help ! and its walls will glitter in the Sun . " Next that beautiful passage in the Grand Chaplain's invocation to the Throne of Grace" That all our doings , devoid of Charity ,
Are nothing worth . " * * * *