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Article TO OUE EEABEES. ← Page 2 of 2 Article A RETROSPECT, Page 1 of 7 →
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To Oue Eeabees.
best interests of our charities ; to prevent undue innovations in the conducting of our ceremonies ; and in every possible way within our power support the best interests of Freeinasonry—is the task we have set ourselves . ' And , whilst denouncing anything which we
believe to be injurious to the Order without fear or affection , to that task we shall continuously devote ourselves , not fearing that the more the IPreemasoris' Magazine becomes known amongst the Craffc the greater will be our success , and that in due time the legitimate reward will crown our labours .
A Retrospect,
A KETBOSPECT ,
That grand luminary which diffuses light and lustre to the human race has completed another cycle in its revolutions , and added another year to the world ' s history ; a j ^ ear variegated and chequered by a strange contrariety of events , and rife with instruction to all who in a truly Masonic spirit study its progress , for to us in its black as well
as in its white spots , it presents a moral piece of Mosaic . Polities and Masonry are so antagonistic , that we do not in these remarks refer to anything outside the Craft , save so far as they in their reflex may affect our Order ; but the history of the nation in which it is our privilege to live is the grand parallel of the history of the Order to which it is our pride to belong . The nation has had during the
past year to mourn the demise of many who by head and hand were ever labouring for her advantage , and to record wars , rumours of wars , and insurrections . In like manner the Craft has to lament that many of its worthiest members have been summoned from this sublunary sphere to the Grand Lodge above , where the world ' s
Great Architect reigns and rules for ever , and to regret that in a body where peace and harmony should ever be predominant , there have been disagreements , dissensions , and revolt . Yet we must take credit to ourselves , and say that in our quarrels there has been no acrimony—nothing to impinge upon the grand principles of our Order , brotherly love , relief , and truth . Our differences have been
differences of form , for neither of the contending parties for a moment forgot its charity—taking charity in the sense in which the Apostle used it— " Charity suffereth long and is kind ; charity envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself ; is not puffed up ; doth not behave itself unseemly ; seeketh not her own ; is not easily
provoked ; thinketh no evil ; rejoiceth not in iniquity , but rejoiceth in the truth ; beareth all things , believeth all things , hopeth all things , and endureth all things . " Thus , when our Canadian Brethren declared their independence of the United Grand Lodge of England , and established a Grand Lodge of their own , there was not a single member of the Craft in this country , who did not regret the sove-
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To Oue Eeabees.
best interests of our charities ; to prevent undue innovations in the conducting of our ceremonies ; and in every possible way within our power support the best interests of Freeinasonry—is the task we have set ourselves . ' And , whilst denouncing anything which we
believe to be injurious to the Order without fear or affection , to that task we shall continuously devote ourselves , not fearing that the more the IPreemasoris' Magazine becomes known amongst the Craffc the greater will be our success , and that in due time the legitimate reward will crown our labours .
A Retrospect,
A KETBOSPECT ,
That grand luminary which diffuses light and lustre to the human race has completed another cycle in its revolutions , and added another year to the world ' s history ; a j ^ ear variegated and chequered by a strange contrariety of events , and rife with instruction to all who in a truly Masonic spirit study its progress , for to us in its black as well
as in its white spots , it presents a moral piece of Mosaic . Polities and Masonry are so antagonistic , that we do not in these remarks refer to anything outside the Craft , save so far as they in their reflex may affect our Order ; but the history of the nation in which it is our privilege to live is the grand parallel of the history of the Order to which it is our pride to belong . The nation has had during the
past year to mourn the demise of many who by head and hand were ever labouring for her advantage , and to record wars , rumours of wars , and insurrections . In like manner the Craft has to lament that many of its worthiest members have been summoned from this sublunary sphere to the Grand Lodge above , where the world ' s
Great Architect reigns and rules for ever , and to regret that in a body where peace and harmony should ever be predominant , there have been disagreements , dissensions , and revolt . Yet we must take credit to ourselves , and say that in our quarrels there has been no acrimony—nothing to impinge upon the grand principles of our Order , brotherly love , relief , and truth . Our differences have been
differences of form , for neither of the contending parties for a moment forgot its charity—taking charity in the sense in which the Apostle used it— " Charity suffereth long and is kind ; charity envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself ; is not puffed up ; doth not behave itself unseemly ; seeketh not her own ; is not easily
provoked ; thinketh no evil ; rejoiceth not in iniquity , but rejoiceth in the truth ; beareth all things , believeth all things , hopeth all things , and endureth all things . " Thus , when our Canadian Brethren declared their independence of the United Grand Lodge of England , and established a Grand Lodge of their own , there was not a single member of the Craft in this country , who did not regret the sove-