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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
slow nor disproportionate to the progress of the age in which their lot is cast . Two examinations have been held during the year , the satisfactory result of the first has been recorded in a former number of the " Freemasons ' Quarterly Magazine and Review , " * as well as in that of the present month . Considerable improvements have also been
made in the system upon which the Boys are taught , and , in London , greater concentration , with respect to masters and scholars , has been very happily effected . At the moment at which we write , the proposition is on foot to raise a building , in which to house the Boys of this Charity , in the same manner as the Girls are provided for .
Upon that scheme we have our own very decided opinion , but we refrain from expressing it until we have weighed the probabilities of " raising the wherewithal" to build a school-house , and considered well the pros and cons for and against such an establishment . The time is clearly come when the utmost should be done for the Boys , no less
than for the Girls;—the question has yet to be decidedwhat may be the best manner of doing it ? We turn now to a slight and brief review of the progress which the Craft has made in 1851 , by the initiation of new members . And we believe we may say on this head , that in no one year has it been upon record , that a greater number
of more respectable gentlemen have been admitted into our time-honoured Order . Both in town and country , no less than in the Colonies , and Foreign dependencies , members are increasing ; and whilst care is taken not to admit men rashly , but only upon proof , that the tongue of good report can be vouched for them , there is not the slightest
fear that the Craft will either degenerate , or decrease in usefulness . Several Lodges , which , from untoward circumstances , have fallen into abeyance , have been erased by order of the Grand Lodge ; but new ones have been consecrated in different parts of the world , over which the G . M . of England rules , more than compensating for the necessary removal of the others from the Register of the Grand Lodge of England .
Thus , upon the whole , the year 1851 may be set down as having conferred much benefit on the Craft , and as having given considerable extension to its many and admirable appliances for good .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
slow nor disproportionate to the progress of the age in which their lot is cast . Two examinations have been held during the year , the satisfactory result of the first has been recorded in a former number of the " Freemasons ' Quarterly Magazine and Review , " * as well as in that of the present month . Considerable improvements have also been
made in the system upon which the Boys are taught , and , in London , greater concentration , with respect to masters and scholars , has been very happily effected . At the moment at which we write , the proposition is on foot to raise a building , in which to house the Boys of this Charity , in the same manner as the Girls are provided for .
Upon that scheme we have our own very decided opinion , but we refrain from expressing it until we have weighed the probabilities of " raising the wherewithal" to build a school-house , and considered well the pros and cons for and against such an establishment . The time is clearly come when the utmost should be done for the Boys , no less
than for the Girls;—the question has yet to be decidedwhat may be the best manner of doing it ? We turn now to a slight and brief review of the progress which the Craft has made in 1851 , by the initiation of new members . And we believe we may say on this head , that in no one year has it been upon record , that a greater number
of more respectable gentlemen have been admitted into our time-honoured Order . Both in town and country , no less than in the Colonies , and Foreign dependencies , members are increasing ; and whilst care is taken not to admit men rashly , but only upon proof , that the tongue of good report can be vouched for them , there is not the slightest
fear that the Craft will either degenerate , or decrease in usefulness . Several Lodges , which , from untoward circumstances , have fallen into abeyance , have been erased by order of the Grand Lodge ; but new ones have been consecrated in different parts of the world , over which the G . M . of England rules , more than compensating for the necessary removal of the others from the Register of the Grand Lodge of England .
Thus , upon the whole , the year 1851 may be set down as having conferred much benefit on the Craft , and as having given considerable extension to its many and admirable appliances for good .