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Article THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 2 of 11 →
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
dual is a matter of serious import , and therefore the great body of Masonic rulers have time to consider well of the character of him to whom they shall concede the exercise of such power on the day of election—and his Royal Highness feels , we are assured , that a period of three
months elapsing between the nomination and election , recognizes a principle of such magnitude , that he almost envies the exercise of a privilege which he alone , of all English Masons , cannot personally enjoy—because of all English Masons , he is the onl y one whose conduct is thus as it were , undergoing the most rigid examination which the Masonic alembic can test .
The natal day of the Grand Master will be celebrated in the interim on the 27 th of January , and if there ever were a moment in which a spontaneous expression of gratitude could be susceptible of additional interest , it would be upon that occasion when his Royal Highness shall for the first
time since his illness mix with the Brethren at the festive board , to enliven and enlighten by his graceful and convivial kindness those whom in Grand Lodge he never fails to impress by his moral and intellectual endowments . That the attendance will be more numerous than even last year , we
have no doubt ; and it is with peculiar pleasure we observe that the list of stewards embraces a board of greater number than in general , and at the like time equally respectable with any that has preceded it .
Among the general intelligence , it will also be observed that the " Masonic offering" to his Royal Highness has commenced with a proper and becoming spirit of gratitude . . It is with unaffected pleasure that we feel enabled to announce the health of the Grand Master to be most
excellent—his spirits beaming high—that he is impelled by renewed vigour to resume the active exercise of his dutyand that he is preparing himself to examine into and to act
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
dual is a matter of serious import , and therefore the great body of Masonic rulers have time to consider well of the character of him to whom they shall concede the exercise of such power on the day of election—and his Royal Highness feels , we are assured , that a period of three
months elapsing between the nomination and election , recognizes a principle of such magnitude , that he almost envies the exercise of a privilege which he alone , of all English Masons , cannot personally enjoy—because of all English Masons , he is the onl y one whose conduct is thus as it were , undergoing the most rigid examination which the Masonic alembic can test .
The natal day of the Grand Master will be celebrated in the interim on the 27 th of January , and if there ever were a moment in which a spontaneous expression of gratitude could be susceptible of additional interest , it would be upon that occasion when his Royal Highness shall for the first
time since his illness mix with the Brethren at the festive board , to enliven and enlighten by his graceful and convivial kindness those whom in Grand Lodge he never fails to impress by his moral and intellectual endowments . That the attendance will be more numerous than even last year , we
have no doubt ; and it is with peculiar pleasure we observe that the list of stewards embraces a board of greater number than in general , and at the like time equally respectable with any that has preceded it .
Among the general intelligence , it will also be observed that the " Masonic offering" to his Royal Highness has commenced with a proper and becoming spirit of gratitude . . It is with unaffected pleasure that we feel enabled to announce the health of the Grand Master to be most
excellent—his spirits beaming high—that he is impelled by renewed vigour to resume the active exercise of his dutyand that he is preparing himself to examine into and to act