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Article THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 9 of 11 →
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
they may in some measure repair the misery they have , let us hope , unintentionally caused ; and whenever for the future a Master may accidentally be absent under such circumstances , let us remind him of the conduct of a nobleminded Brotherwho some time since came too late to
, support a petition—yet be it observed , he did come . He inquired what was the probable amount of relief , and knowing that " hope deferred maketh the heart sick , " freely gave the amount from his own pocket . " Go thou , and do likewise . "
VALEDICTORY R EMARKS . —We cannot close this Number —the conclusion of our third year of pleasing labourwithout offering our sincere , our grateful acknowledgments to our numerous readers , for the support we have received ¦ from them as subscribers , without which support even the
brightest emanations of intellect fall abortive from the press ; nor can we hesitate to confess , that however zealous we ourselves may be in the pursuit of Masonic intelligence , and however anxious we may be to place it before the Fraternity in its proper form and shape , we have not ourselves yet learned the fittest manner to approach its beauty and its might . For all the articles wherein the holiness of
Masonry , its poetry , and its moral power , have been displayed to the benefit of the reader , we have been indebted to the gratuitous and fraternal aid of friends who have felt so impressed with the importance of the object , as to sanction our efforts by their talent and approbation . No acknowledgthem
ment on our part can reach their merits ; we greet with the gratulations of the truest sincerity , and accord to them most cheerfully all the honour . They have earned it nobly , and will wear it gracefully . Our Charities have prospered , the public fund is in a healthy and sound state , the Boys' School almost beyond the fear of chance , the Girls ' VOL . in . 3 H
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
they may in some measure repair the misery they have , let us hope , unintentionally caused ; and whenever for the future a Master may accidentally be absent under such circumstances , let us remind him of the conduct of a nobleminded Brotherwho some time since came too late to
, support a petition—yet be it observed , he did come . He inquired what was the probable amount of relief , and knowing that " hope deferred maketh the heart sick , " freely gave the amount from his own pocket . " Go thou , and do likewise . "
VALEDICTORY R EMARKS . —We cannot close this Number —the conclusion of our third year of pleasing labourwithout offering our sincere , our grateful acknowledgments to our numerous readers , for the support we have received ¦ from them as subscribers , without which support even the
brightest emanations of intellect fall abortive from the press ; nor can we hesitate to confess , that however zealous we ourselves may be in the pursuit of Masonic intelligence , and however anxious we may be to place it before the Fraternity in its proper form and shape , we have not ourselves yet learned the fittest manner to approach its beauty and its might . For all the articles wherein the holiness of
Masonry , its poetry , and its moral power , have been displayed to the benefit of the reader , we have been indebted to the gratuitous and fraternal aid of friends who have felt so impressed with the importance of the object , as to sanction our efforts by their talent and approbation . No acknowledgthem
ment on our part can reach their merits ; we greet with the gratulations of the truest sincerity , and accord to them most cheerfully all the honour . They have earned it nobly , and will wear it gracefully . Our Charities have prospered , the public fund is in a healthy and sound state , the Boys' School almost beyond the fear of chance , the Girls ' VOL . in . 3 H