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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
Brother , is also to be cared for , and comforted . The circle of Masonic charity is therefore now complete , and we look to the ensuing year , 1851 , —the commencement of a new cycle as it is , — as another great starting point , from which , in the present spirit and resolution of the Order ,
benefits untold shall spring , and incalculable blessings inevitably result . Few , very few , can expect to live to sec the completion of the present century ; but if Freemasonry goes on advancing in this portion of the British dominions , as it is noAv " going forward , " it will still rear its head ,
and maintain its reputation as second only to Christianity in its influences , and maintain its proud position as the most wonderful human institution which the world has ever
seen . We attribute much of the advancement of Freemasonry to the growing desire of newly initiated Brethren to attend Lodges of Improvement , ancl , by means of instruction therein received , to perfect themselves , not only in the ritual
of the Order , but to imbibe the spirit of its teaching . Without these means Freemasonry could not fail to decay ; but the growing desire to attend these Lodges , for the sake of the work itself , and for no other purpose , than to enter upon the research of the hidden mysteries of nature and science ,
must " strengthen its stakes , and lengthen its cords . " There the craving desire for " refreshment , " —the bane of manycannot be satisfied , neither are the ceremonies hurried over , nor portions omitted , to enable the Brethren to surround " the festive board" as soon as possible . Masonry is here
followed for its own sake . And it is because so many of the intelligent of the newly initiated support the wiser of their elder brethren , and make a point of considering the Improvement Lodge evenings a strict engagement , that the science is day by day advancing , and its usefulness rapidly
increasing . So long as his state of things prospers—so long as the desire is fulfilled , not merely to make the Brethren "letter perfect , " and to repeat the ceremonies as parrots , without the slightest idea or consideration as to their refer-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
Brother , is also to be cared for , and comforted . The circle of Masonic charity is therefore now complete , and we look to the ensuing year , 1851 , —the commencement of a new cycle as it is , — as another great starting point , from which , in the present spirit and resolution of the Order ,
benefits untold shall spring , and incalculable blessings inevitably result . Few , very few , can expect to live to sec the completion of the present century ; but if Freemasonry goes on advancing in this portion of the British dominions , as it is noAv " going forward , " it will still rear its head ,
and maintain its reputation as second only to Christianity in its influences , and maintain its proud position as the most wonderful human institution which the world has ever
seen . We attribute much of the advancement of Freemasonry to the growing desire of newly initiated Brethren to attend Lodges of Improvement , ancl , by means of instruction therein received , to perfect themselves , not only in the ritual
of the Order , but to imbibe the spirit of its teaching . Without these means Freemasonry could not fail to decay ; but the growing desire to attend these Lodges , for the sake of the work itself , and for no other purpose , than to enter upon the research of the hidden mysteries of nature and science ,
must " strengthen its stakes , and lengthen its cords . " There the craving desire for " refreshment , " —the bane of manycannot be satisfied , neither are the ceremonies hurried over , nor portions omitted , to enable the Brethren to surround " the festive board" as soon as possible . Masonry is here
followed for its own sake . And it is because so many of the intelligent of the newly initiated support the wiser of their elder brethren , and make a point of considering the Improvement Lodge evenings a strict engagement , that the science is day by day advancing , and its usefulness rapidly
increasing . So long as his state of things prospers—so long as the desire is fulfilled , not merely to make the Brethren "letter perfect , " and to repeat the ceremonies as parrots , without the slightest idea or consideration as to their refer-