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The Editor To The Craft.
THE EDITOR TO THE CRAFT .
I ' ouiiTGEN months since , we laid before the Craft our first number , with the determination of providing—what we then believed lo be its great want —a journal published at reasonable intervals , which should be the reflex of the proceedings of the various Lodges , and the position of our Charities . Prior to that time , the Craft had possessed no organ excepting the ' -hreemason ' s Quarterly Magazine , " the dates of which publication felt to be too distant
were for a journal professing to give a record ol passing events , and the management of which for some time appeared to want that vigour essential to secure the interest and co-operation of the great bod y of the class to whom it was especially addressed . Since that period matters have essentially changed—the « Quarterly Magazine '" has been converted into a Monthly , and its management has passed into other hands ; and the question came to be considered , whether the Craft could support two publications—or whether it would not be for fbn best .
interests ^ of the Order that , bearing in mind the motto of " Unity is strength , ' we should combine our forces , and merge our power in one journal . We think that a body so strong , so wealthy , and so inihientml as the Freemasons , ought to be able to support two publications —aye and many more—devoted to their interests ; but experience has proved that they will notFrom the first have received most flatter
. we - ing testimonials to our exertions , but we are compelled to add , that they have not been accompanied by that solid support which would justify us in any longer continuing- the contest with the " Monthly Magazine / 'it being evident to the Managers of both journals , that the continued existence of either must be dependent on the circumstance of which has the longest at its
purse command . How far we have kept the promises which we made at starting we are content to leave to the judgment of those who have honored us with their ' support . When we put forward our prospectus , we promised that we would give lo our readers each month forty-eight pages of printed matter for sixpence . The pressure of intelli-P v
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Editor To The Craft.
THE EDITOR TO THE CRAFT .
I ' ouiiTGEN months since , we laid before the Craft our first number , with the determination of providing—what we then believed lo be its great want —a journal published at reasonable intervals , which should be the reflex of the proceedings of the various Lodges , and the position of our Charities . Prior to that time , the Craft had possessed no organ excepting the ' -hreemason ' s Quarterly Magazine , " the dates of which publication felt to be too distant
were for a journal professing to give a record ol passing events , and the management of which for some time appeared to want that vigour essential to secure the interest and co-operation of the great bod y of the class to whom it was especially addressed . Since that period matters have essentially changed—the « Quarterly Magazine '" has been converted into a Monthly , and its management has passed into other hands ; and the question came to be considered , whether the Craft could support two publications—or whether it would not be for fbn best .
interests ^ of the Order that , bearing in mind the motto of " Unity is strength , ' we should combine our forces , and merge our power in one journal . We think that a body so strong , so wealthy , and so inihientml as the Freemasons , ought to be able to support two publications —aye and many more—devoted to their interests ; but experience has proved that they will notFrom the first have received most flatter
. we - ing testimonials to our exertions , but we are compelled to add , that they have not been accompanied by that solid support which would justify us in any longer continuing- the contest with the " Monthly Magazine / 'it being evident to the Managers of both journals , that the continued existence of either must be dependent on the circumstance of which has the longest at its
purse command . How far we have kept the promises which we made at starting we are content to leave to the judgment of those who have honored us with their ' support . When we put forward our prospectus , we promised that we would give lo our readers each month forty-eight pages of printed matter for sixpence . The pressure of intelli-P v