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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
used for any great or public demonstration on the part of the authorities of the Order . There was , however , a disposition to do so , and the matter was considered ; but the difficulties that environed the proposition were too great to be overcome , and the impossibility of inviting ALL the foreign Brethren , who visited our shores , to any full
Masonic reunion , formed an insuperable barrier to an attempt being made in this manner to bring them together . Had some of the foreign Brethren been invited to such an entertainment , others must have been excluded ; and jealousy , inherent as it is in human nature , might have been introduced , where Peace , Harmony , and Brotherly Love only ought to prevail . Whilst , however , the holding of any great Masonic meeting was thus impracticable , means were still offered
by private Lodges for mutual intercourse and expressions of good will , whereby , in numerous instances , that spirit , which has ever marked the practices of the Order , was liberally and Fraternally manifested . We know of many cases , in which Brethren from all parts of the world joined with their Anglican relations in witnessing the working of
the Craft , and in partaking of its hospitalities ; and we rejoice to be able to say , that in every instance , which has come under our cognizance , — and they are not a few , —mutual good will and the best feeling were reciprocated . But it is not with reference to the visits of foreign
Brethren alone to private Lodges , that Masonry may be said to have prospered amongst us . The condition of the Charities of the Order tell a tale , except in one instance , which ought to satisfy the most fastidious . In announcing that the funds of these Institutions have never been better
supported , nor their welfare more anxiously promoted , we know that we say no more than what ought to be the pride of the Order ; for unless its Charities are liberally kept up , Masonry is but a disreputable fiction , and its profession an unhappy delusion . Of those which have been least considered , the youngest has the only cause to complain
—the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons . To this the heJping hand has been too sparingly extended , and we regret that we cannot congratulate the Craft either upon the completion of the building , or upon any present prospect of such a desirable end , or upon that large amount of sustenance , which the Asylum ought immediately to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
used for any great or public demonstration on the part of the authorities of the Order . There was , however , a disposition to do so , and the matter was considered ; but the difficulties that environed the proposition were too great to be overcome , and the impossibility of inviting ALL the foreign Brethren , who visited our shores , to any full
Masonic reunion , formed an insuperable barrier to an attempt being made in this manner to bring them together . Had some of the foreign Brethren been invited to such an entertainment , others must have been excluded ; and jealousy , inherent as it is in human nature , might have been introduced , where Peace , Harmony , and Brotherly Love only ought to prevail . Whilst , however , the holding of any great Masonic meeting was thus impracticable , means were still offered
by private Lodges for mutual intercourse and expressions of good will , whereby , in numerous instances , that spirit , which has ever marked the practices of the Order , was liberally and Fraternally manifested . We know of many cases , in which Brethren from all parts of the world joined with their Anglican relations in witnessing the working of
the Craft , and in partaking of its hospitalities ; and we rejoice to be able to say , that in every instance , which has come under our cognizance , — and they are not a few , —mutual good will and the best feeling were reciprocated . But it is not with reference to the visits of foreign
Brethren alone to private Lodges , that Masonry may be said to have prospered amongst us . The condition of the Charities of the Order tell a tale , except in one instance , which ought to satisfy the most fastidious . In announcing that the funds of these Institutions have never been better
supported , nor their welfare more anxiously promoted , we know that we say no more than what ought to be the pride of the Order ; for unless its Charities are liberally kept up , Masonry is but a disreputable fiction , and its profession an unhappy delusion . Of those which have been least considered , the youngest has the only cause to complain
—the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons . To this the heJping hand has been too sparingly extended , and we regret that we cannot congratulate the Craft either upon the completion of the building , or upon any present prospect of such a desirable end , or upon that large amount of sustenance , which the Asylum ought immediately to