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Monthly Masonic Summary.
Monthly Masonic Summary .
TffE have little to report this month , except what the Freemason bears witness to week after week , the steady increase of Craft Lodges and R . A . Chapters . We are among those , as we have often said before , who welcome the increase of our benevolent Order , as fraught with utility to the Brotherhood , and benefit to mankind . doubt
No , and we say it thoughtfully on this our last appearance for 1878 , there are counterbalancing disadvantages to this continued advance of material prosperity . AVe cannot be insensible if we would , and we should not if we could , to some anomalies pressing upon us just now , as a great and widespread Order . Some hare objected to the unwieldiness of the machinebut such fear
, a we dismiss at once as a childish chimera . But we do observe , at least wo think we do , signs of weakness in our proceedings which it is needful to note , and advisable to do away with .
1 . We are receiving into our ranks a large number of persons who evidently look upon Freemasonry as a great Benefit Society ; and this is a delusion which we ought to spare no pains to counteract and dispel . and n ^ neXt P kCe WG ale Mt d ° ing moiieJ >'' for Masonic Charity , qua Lodges an Chaptersand a large proportion of Brotherhood does
, our numerous nothing either , and eaves the « burden and heat" of the clay to be borne by liberal hands and willing "ids . Let us hope that 1879 will witness a marked improval amongst us in this respect .
_ 3 . And once more we have-too many applicants for office , and brethren make eredT T ^ r ™ ™ " ^ ** ^ ^ ° ' ^ d ° get " the fore ' " ^ uo it to Masonry m any way . Against all these palpable signs of weakness and de'tence , common to all earthl y associations , let us set our face " sternly , " for unless ; jolted and " stamped out , " they will work much mischief to Freemasonry . It is Peiid
neari " * ^ ° ° f ^ 7 & a n 0 t t 0 remember how another twelve mon & s h ™ ary sped awaj ; and the ^ gQod brethim and fellow . memLel . s who ] mve left 0 U 1 . beg t ' ^ ° haS f 0 lI ° m ° PuWisher and Eclitor > ™ this December Magazine , l , P ! i . , f PreSS t 0 a 11 theh' fri 611 cll 7 supporters their fraternal good wishes and their "earty thanks . 10
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Masonic Summary.
Monthly Masonic Summary .
TffE have little to report this month , except what the Freemason bears witness to week after week , the steady increase of Craft Lodges and R . A . Chapters . We are among those , as we have often said before , who welcome the increase of our benevolent Order , as fraught with utility to the Brotherhood , and benefit to mankind . doubt
No , and we say it thoughtfully on this our last appearance for 1878 , there are counterbalancing disadvantages to this continued advance of material prosperity . AVe cannot be insensible if we would , and we should not if we could , to some anomalies pressing upon us just now , as a great and widespread Order . Some hare objected to the unwieldiness of the machinebut such fear
, a we dismiss at once as a childish chimera . But we do observe , at least wo think we do , signs of weakness in our proceedings which it is needful to note , and advisable to do away with .
1 . We are receiving into our ranks a large number of persons who evidently look upon Freemasonry as a great Benefit Society ; and this is a delusion which we ought to spare no pains to counteract and dispel . and n ^ neXt P kCe WG ale Mt d ° ing moiieJ >'' for Masonic Charity , qua Lodges an Chaptersand a large proportion of Brotherhood does
, our numerous nothing either , and eaves the « burden and heat" of the clay to be borne by liberal hands and willing "ids . Let us hope that 1879 will witness a marked improval amongst us in this respect .
_ 3 . And once more we have-too many applicants for office , and brethren make eredT T ^ r ™ ™ " ^ ** ^ ^ ° ' ^ d ° get " the fore ' " ^ uo it to Masonry m any way . Against all these palpable signs of weakness and de'tence , common to all earthl y associations , let us set our face " sternly , " for unless ; jolted and " stamped out , " they will work much mischief to Freemasonry . It is Peiid
neari " * ^ ° ° f ^ 7 & a n 0 t t 0 remember how another twelve mon & s h ™ ary sped awaj ; and the ^ gQod brethim and fellow . memLel . s who ] mve left 0 U 1 . beg t ' ^ ° haS f 0 lI ° m ° PuWisher and Eclitor > ™ this December Magazine , l , P ! i . , f PreSS t 0 a 11 theh' fri 611 cll 7 supporters their fraternal good wishes and their "earty thanks . 10