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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 7 of 12 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
1844 , is given in that form , simply because we have had no opportunity of knoiving , from the very influential and able Brother who penned it , Avhether or not it ivould be pleasing to him to have his name announced . Of his rank and hi gh standing in the Craft , hoAvever , Ave can have no difficulty in
speaking . He is Deputy Provincial Grand Master of one of the northern counties . After some introductory matter , chiefl y personal to himself , our excellent Brother says : —
" Aud now , my dear sir , with reference to the Review . It MUST NOT be discontinued . It is the only medium of communication which the Masonic world possesses ; and , if it expire , the Masonic body will be in ignorance of what is passing among their Brethren , not only in this kingdom , but throughout the globe . It must not be , if your powerful influence can prevent it . Is a subscription necessary to maintain it on its footing ? If soI will commence onein this provincewith
, , , my offering . " I receive the Review always with delight—turn to it with avidityand read it with intense interest . Pray exert your power to keep it up . I beseech you , most earnestly , let it not die ! And—must I tell you?—my wife joins me in this prayer !"
To these extremel y interesting , honest , emphatic , and truly Masonic appeals , we quote one . from the many remarks of a similar tendency , made b y the London , Dublin , Edinburgh , and Provincial press of the United Kingdom . Tlie following paragraph , Avith the omission of less relevant matter , appeared in the Globe of the 1 st of October last : —¦
'' THE FREEMASONS'QUARTERLY REVIEW . —There is something about the Secret Societies of the present day that might be turned to proper and valuable account . Most of them profess , beneath the hidden veil of their operations , the great object of humanity—the relief of worthy indigent fellow man . None of these societies , at least so far as what we have heard of their operations enables us to judge , have been so comprehensively charitable as the Ancient Order of Speculative Freemasons ;
and . certainly—trusting again to what , has been told us about it—none lias higher claims upon persons of rank and social condition than the Masonic Fraternity . That a body so full of men of inquisitive mind should have an organ of their own , is indubitably a matter of course ; but that this exclusive organ should lack support from the children of Masonry , is not more an anomaly than it is a reproach ; and yet it would appear that even a cheap quarteily record of the doings of the Craft
languishes from want of adequate support . The opening article by Dr . ( lliver , one of the best antiquarian scholars that England has produced , is of that masterly description which attracts attention to any subject ; how very attractive it must be to the Masonic reader we can easil y imagine . " The Avhole case being thus p laced before the readers of the Ifeview , a declaration of our intentions Will be naturally
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
1844 , is given in that form , simply because we have had no opportunity of knoiving , from the very influential and able Brother who penned it , Avhether or not it ivould be pleasing to him to have his name announced . Of his rank and hi gh standing in the Craft , hoAvever , Ave can have no difficulty in
speaking . He is Deputy Provincial Grand Master of one of the northern counties . After some introductory matter , chiefl y personal to himself , our excellent Brother says : —
" Aud now , my dear sir , with reference to the Review . It MUST NOT be discontinued . It is the only medium of communication which the Masonic world possesses ; and , if it expire , the Masonic body will be in ignorance of what is passing among their Brethren , not only in this kingdom , but throughout the globe . It must not be , if your powerful influence can prevent it . Is a subscription necessary to maintain it on its footing ? If soI will commence onein this provincewith
, , , my offering . " I receive the Review always with delight—turn to it with avidityand read it with intense interest . Pray exert your power to keep it up . I beseech you , most earnestly , let it not die ! And—must I tell you?—my wife joins me in this prayer !"
To these extremel y interesting , honest , emphatic , and truly Masonic appeals , we quote one . from the many remarks of a similar tendency , made b y the London , Dublin , Edinburgh , and Provincial press of the United Kingdom . Tlie following paragraph , Avith the omission of less relevant matter , appeared in the Globe of the 1 st of October last : —¦
'' THE FREEMASONS'QUARTERLY REVIEW . —There is something about the Secret Societies of the present day that might be turned to proper and valuable account . Most of them profess , beneath the hidden veil of their operations , the great object of humanity—the relief of worthy indigent fellow man . None of these societies , at least so far as what we have heard of their operations enables us to judge , have been so comprehensively charitable as the Ancient Order of Speculative Freemasons ;
and . certainly—trusting again to what , has been told us about it—none lias higher claims upon persons of rank and social condition than the Masonic Fraternity . That a body so full of men of inquisitive mind should have an organ of their own , is indubitably a matter of course ; but that this exclusive organ should lack support from the children of Masonry , is not more an anomaly than it is a reproach ; and yet it would appear that even a cheap quarteily record of the doings of the Craft
languishes from want of adequate support . The opening article by Dr . ( lliver , one of the best antiquarian scholars that England has produced , is of that masterly description which attracts attention to any subject ; how very attractive it must be to the Masonic reader we can easil y imagine . " The Avhole case being thus p laced before the readers of the Ifeview , a declaration of our intentions Will be naturally