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Freemasonry In 1899.
Freemasonry in 1899 .
I |^ SI the Proceedings of the English Craft have not ti 8 J W obtained < luite as much P ublic attention during the wWi IPf- present year as in 1898 , we have every reason to t j ^ l ISa a * , be satisfied with the sure , yet certain , progress it ' lias macle > not ° "' y in the United Kingdom , but throughout the British Empire generally , and in tll 0 SC C 0 UllU ' in wllich Iias bcen permitted to establish itself . At home it has gained strength not only by the addition of many
» ew lodges , but chiefly by the better equipment of those alread y established ancl thc greater care that is being taken in the admission of candidates . Thc advice which has been so frequentl y and so earnestly impressed by Masons high in authority upon the brethren generally , but more especially at the inauguration of new lodge ' s has not been thrown away , and lodges—though
tbc y arc not unn ; iU , ru " y anxious to secure recruits—are becoming increasingly careful in the matter of quality . It is wcl 1 for * Worslli P ful Mastcr t 0 havc somc work t 0 do dur >» g his tcrm ° ^ ° ^ ce ' ^ ' std ' better that he should have it to do onl y m rcs P of those who fro m their character and antecedents are likely to prove a credit to the Society . The advice thus tendered has been taken to heart with thc result that our lodyes . if
not as nulnei'ieall \ - strong as they might have been , are stronger ' ^ onc : UK ' eharacter than they would have been had a policy of indifference in this respect been followed . In our Colonies and Abroad new homes have bcen formed for Masonry , while as regards the Charitable Institutions which are so generously fostered wherever Masons do congregate all alike , whether thev re
' y for tIlc ' " PP ort u P the "'hole body of the Craft or ] ook t 0 t ] ie bret , iren in the more restricted Province or District , 1 , avc not appealed in vain for the sinews of Charity . As will be secn ^ l ' sect ' ° ^ our review in which the work of our Institutions , both central and local , and the moneys which ' , ave becn ra , ' scd lor 'heir maintenance , are referred to ' in some detail , the year has been well uii to the average . It has had
no Centenary or Jubilee to boast of , but it has produced sonic good all-round work , of which the members of our Order may WC e P - CRAFT MASONRY , it is on
as the basis which our whole system rests , necessaril y claims our first attention , and in so far as the creation of new centres of work may be taken as a criterion , has fared even better than in any erf the six preceding years . In our review of Freemasonry in 18 9 8 , the new lodges enumerated year by year from 1893 were given as follows : in 1893 there were warranted
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry In 1899.
Freemasonry in 1899 .
I |^ SI the Proceedings of the English Craft have not ti 8 J W obtained < luite as much P ublic attention during the wWi IPf- present year as in 1898 , we have every reason to t j ^ l ISa a * , be satisfied with the sure , yet certain , progress it ' lias macle > not ° "' y in the United Kingdom , but throughout the British Empire generally , and in tll 0 SC C 0 UllU ' in wllich Iias bcen permitted to establish itself . At home it has gained strength not only by the addition of many
» ew lodges , but chiefly by the better equipment of those alread y established ancl thc greater care that is being taken in the admission of candidates . Thc advice which has been so frequentl y and so earnestly impressed by Masons high in authority upon the brethren generally , but more especially at the inauguration of new lodge ' s has not been thrown away , and lodges—though
tbc y arc not unn ; iU , ru " y anxious to secure recruits—are becoming increasingly careful in the matter of quality . It is wcl 1 for * Worslli P ful Mastcr t 0 havc somc work t 0 do dur >» g his tcrm ° ^ ° ^ ce ' ^ ' std ' better that he should have it to do onl y m rcs P of those who fro m their character and antecedents are likely to prove a credit to the Society . The advice thus tendered has been taken to heart with thc result that our lodyes . if
not as nulnei'ieall \ - strong as they might have been , are stronger ' ^ onc : UK ' eharacter than they would have been had a policy of indifference in this respect been followed . In our Colonies and Abroad new homes have bcen formed for Masonry , while as regards the Charitable Institutions which are so generously fostered wherever Masons do congregate all alike , whether thev re
' y for tIlc ' " PP ort u P the "'hole body of the Craft or ] ook t 0 t ] ie bret , iren in the more restricted Province or District , 1 , avc not appealed in vain for the sinews of Charity . As will be secn ^ l ' sect ' ° ^ our review in which the work of our Institutions , both central and local , and the moneys which ' , ave becn ra , ' scd lor 'heir maintenance , are referred to ' in some detail , the year has been well uii to the average . It has had
no Centenary or Jubilee to boast of , but it has produced sonic good all-round work , of which the members of our Order may WC e P - CRAFT MASONRY , it is on
as the basis which our whole system rests , necessaril y claims our first attention , and in so far as the creation of new centres of work may be taken as a criterion , has fared even better than in any erf the six preceding years . In our review of Freemasonry in 18 9 8 , the new lodges enumerated year by year from 1893 were given as follows : in 1893 there were warranted