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Preface.
PREFACE .
\ A / E have again the satisfaction of presenting to our readers a fresh volume of the Freemason , and again offer to them our sincere thanks for the
large and increasing support they have extended towards this Journal during the past twelve months . This support justifies us in the belief that our efforts to
promote , as far as in us lies , the well-being of the Craft have been appreciated , and that having steadfastly observed the rule we have always prescribed for
ourselves of regarding increased encouragement as a stimulus to increased exertions , we now stand higher in the estimation of our brethren , and are therefore in a
better position to continue and even enlarge our operations than we were at the corresponding period of 1885 . We have endeavoured to make this Journal more
and more worthy of the Society it represents . We have met the wishes of our Subscribers and Contributors , both individually and collectively , to the best of our ability , and in repeating our promise to pursue in the future the course we
have followed in the past , we ask no more of our supporters than that they will extend towards us , only in an increased degree if possible , the kindness they have
so uniformly shown us heretofore . We wish them all a Happy New Year , and sincerely trust there will be the same friendly relations between them and us at the close of 1887 as prevail now .
16 & I 6 A , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , W . C , Sth January , 1887 .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Preface.
PREFACE .
\ A / E have again the satisfaction of presenting to our readers a fresh volume of the Freemason , and again offer to them our sincere thanks for the
large and increasing support they have extended towards this Journal during the past twelve months . This support justifies us in the belief that our efforts to
promote , as far as in us lies , the well-being of the Craft have been appreciated , and that having steadfastly observed the rule we have always prescribed for
ourselves of regarding increased encouragement as a stimulus to increased exertions , we now stand higher in the estimation of our brethren , and are therefore in a
better position to continue and even enlarge our operations than we were at the corresponding period of 1885 . We have endeavoured to make this Journal more
and more worthy of the Society it represents . We have met the wishes of our Subscribers and Contributors , both individually and collectively , to the best of our ability , and in repeating our promise to pursue in the future the course we
have followed in the past , we ask no more of our supporters than that they will extend towards us , only in an increased degree if possible , the kindness they have
so uniformly shown us heretofore . We wish them all a Happy New Year , and sincerely trust there will be the same friendly relations between them and us at the close of 1887 as prevail now .
16 & I 6 A , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , W . C , Sth January , 1887 .