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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
bond and ' covenant , from time immemorial ; they rescued its noble properties from the hands of the destroyer . It is a remarkable fact , that in every instance , in which Freemasonry has revived , either from the effects of neglect , or from the damage of misconduct , the work of reformation
has commenced with neAvly initiated Brethren . Wherever a Lodge has fallen into decay , and wherever the principles of the Craft have been laid aside , or forgotten , it is the infusion of young blood which has blown the slumbering embers into a flame . In many instances disgust at the
prostration of this noble system has made that blood to flow a little too rapidly through the veins , and induced those whom it warmed and vivified , to go faster than prudence or discretion dictated ; but in general the body , grown nearly effete by lapse of time , or decayed by reason
of neglect , has sprung into youthful vigour , whilst the experience of a few years has shewn that it is with Freemasonry as with the actions of a life , —that however honest , open-hearted , and sincere the impulses of early days may be , it is not until those feelings are tempered , and tamed
clown by controlling influences , that wisdom is attained , strength consolidated , and beauty enhanced by these united combinations .
Just this state of things has been going on , and is still going on . Throughout the English Lodges , both metropolitan and provincial , the majority of initiated Brethren , as we have said , in the present time , enter more into the spirit of the Order , than into its festivities . A man must
be of the most impassive temperament who is not moved by the applicability of the three first degrees to his moral state and condition . If he possess a mind bent upon investigation , —and how few minds there are in the present day which are not so inclined , —he will be stirred up to search
and see what more is to be discovered of a system , at the very threshhold of which his thoughts have been solemnized , and the better princip les of his nature strengthened . We know many instances where the introduction to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
bond and ' covenant , from time immemorial ; they rescued its noble properties from the hands of the destroyer . It is a remarkable fact , that in every instance , in which Freemasonry has revived , either from the effects of neglect , or from the damage of misconduct , the work of reformation
has commenced with neAvly initiated Brethren . Wherever a Lodge has fallen into decay , and wherever the principles of the Craft have been laid aside , or forgotten , it is the infusion of young blood which has blown the slumbering embers into a flame . In many instances disgust at the
prostration of this noble system has made that blood to flow a little too rapidly through the veins , and induced those whom it warmed and vivified , to go faster than prudence or discretion dictated ; but in general the body , grown nearly effete by lapse of time , or decayed by reason
of neglect , has sprung into youthful vigour , whilst the experience of a few years has shewn that it is with Freemasonry as with the actions of a life , —that however honest , open-hearted , and sincere the impulses of early days may be , it is not until those feelings are tempered , and tamed
clown by controlling influences , that wisdom is attained , strength consolidated , and beauty enhanced by these united combinations .
Just this state of things has been going on , and is still going on . Throughout the English Lodges , both metropolitan and provincial , the majority of initiated Brethren , as we have said , in the present time , enter more into the spirit of the Order , than into its festivities . A man must
be of the most impassive temperament who is not moved by the applicability of the three first degrees to his moral state and condition . If he possess a mind bent upon investigation , —and how few minds there are in the present day which are not so inclined , —he will be stirred up to search
and see what more is to be discovered of a system , at the very threshhold of which his thoughts have been solemnized , and the better princip les of his nature strengthened . We know many instances where the introduction to