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To Our Readers.
TO OUE EEABEES .
It is with , much pleasure that we so soon again greet our friends , after closing our monthly 3 Iagazine and comerting it into a weekly —a pleasure derived from the very many proofs of sympathy with
us in our undertaking , and promises of cordial support , which we have received during the last few days . Indeed , those promises have far exceeded our moat sanguine expectations ; and if we have to regret the loss , we trust only temporary , of a few friends , we have to congratulate ourselves upon having added many more to our list of subscribers whose names were before unknown to us .
We could fill pages with the compliments we have received , did we not think it unbecoming in us so to do ; but there is a sentence in one communication—from a Brother holding a most distinguished position in the Order , and whose name would carry with it the
greatest of weight were we at liberty to publish it—which we cannot resist the opportunity of placing before our readers . He becomes a subscriber for twelve months , " trusting that truthful and honest ^ -exertions may meet with their legitimate reward . " Two years since
we believe there was not in the Craft a more determined opponent to the publication of Masonic proceedings than tho Brother whose letter we have quoted . Two years of unwearying exertion by the present conductors of the Freemasons' Magazine to raise the character of the Masonic Press have now elicited from that Brother an
opinion which ifc will ever be our utmost endeavours to continue to deserve , not only from the writer of the letter , but from every
Brother in the Craft . To strengthen the ties of harmony and brotherly love amongst the members of the Order ; to extend a knowledge of , and promote the vol . iv „ n
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To Our Readers.
TO OUE EEABEES .
It is with , much pleasure that we so soon again greet our friends , after closing our monthly 3 Iagazine and comerting it into a weekly —a pleasure derived from the very many proofs of sympathy with
us in our undertaking , and promises of cordial support , which we have received during the last few days . Indeed , those promises have far exceeded our moat sanguine expectations ; and if we have to regret the loss , we trust only temporary , of a few friends , we have to congratulate ourselves upon having added many more to our list of subscribers whose names were before unknown to us .
We could fill pages with the compliments we have received , did we not think it unbecoming in us so to do ; but there is a sentence in one communication—from a Brother holding a most distinguished position in the Order , and whose name would carry with it the
greatest of weight were we at liberty to publish it—which we cannot resist the opportunity of placing before our readers . He becomes a subscriber for twelve months , " trusting that truthful and honest ^ -exertions may meet with their legitimate reward . " Two years since
we believe there was not in the Craft a more determined opponent to the publication of Masonic proceedings than tho Brother whose letter we have quoted . Two years of unwearying exertion by the present conductors of the Freemasons' Magazine to raise the character of the Masonic Press have now elicited from that Brother an
opinion which ifc will ever be our utmost endeavours to continue to deserve , not only from the writer of the letter , but from every
Brother in the Craft . To strengthen the ties of harmony and brotherly love amongst the members of the Order ; to extend a knowledge of , and promote the vol . iv „ n