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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 6 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
cial direction—this latter opinion more especially applies to the Presidencies of India , where the happiest results would speedily be perceptible . Surely these evidences of a proper spirit will not fall tamely on the ear , they must be heard far and wide ; and plentiful will be the harvest which the good sower will hereafter reap .
THE ASYLUM OR COLLEGE for the worthies of the Craft ! Aye , that Asylum which , for two years , has absorbed the attention of thinking Masons , is now recommended by the Grand Lodge to the favourable consideration of the Craft . A volume written upon the subject would fail to
convey the importance and value of this first instalment of justice due to those who have passed their zenith of health and strength , not forgetful of the wants of others . This resolution will add another link to the chain which attaches itself to the order in which we move , and will make us prize
our connexion with it . It woulcl be living to some purpose to perceive the determination to cultivate the benevolent affections , and to subdue , by personal examination into cause and effect , even the honourable pride and retiring selfishness of want and misery .
How many hearts are now elate , not with a tumultuous pride in having carried a point , but with the more ennobling sensation of gratitude to that assembly which , under Providence , has thus been the means of working out a great moral principle . We are ourselves among those whose
feelings have been awakened in the good cause—we have felt it a duty to pursue the strai ghtforward course , and never to relax in our efforts—above all , holding up the venerated standard of the Aged Mason as the rallying point of every thing noble and good . Are we not
repaidall—all is joy . The breathless silence which pervaded the Grand Lodge during the proceedings points the moral . The mover , im-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
cial direction—this latter opinion more especially applies to the Presidencies of India , where the happiest results would speedily be perceptible . Surely these evidences of a proper spirit will not fall tamely on the ear , they must be heard far and wide ; and plentiful will be the harvest which the good sower will hereafter reap .
THE ASYLUM OR COLLEGE for the worthies of the Craft ! Aye , that Asylum which , for two years , has absorbed the attention of thinking Masons , is now recommended by the Grand Lodge to the favourable consideration of the Craft . A volume written upon the subject would fail to
convey the importance and value of this first instalment of justice due to those who have passed their zenith of health and strength , not forgetful of the wants of others . This resolution will add another link to the chain which attaches itself to the order in which we move , and will make us prize
our connexion with it . It woulcl be living to some purpose to perceive the determination to cultivate the benevolent affections , and to subdue , by personal examination into cause and effect , even the honourable pride and retiring selfishness of want and misery .
How many hearts are now elate , not with a tumultuous pride in having carried a point , but with the more ennobling sensation of gratitude to that assembly which , under Providence , has thus been the means of working out a great moral principle . We are ourselves among those whose
feelings have been awakened in the good cause—we have felt it a duty to pursue the strai ghtforward course , and never to relax in our efforts—above all , holding up the venerated standard of the Aged Mason as the rallying point of every thing noble and good . Are we not
repaidall—all is joy . The breathless silence which pervaded the Grand Lodge during the proceedings points the moral . The mover , im-