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Article THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR. Page 1 of 1
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The Close Of The Year.
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In closing Mr second our Iriends and subscribers the compliments of the season , vre must Le peruiitted
to express our acknpmedgm fyihg cpmmtinicatlons which we ha of our leading article of last week . Upon that ; subject we shall here sa ^ no more / being quite m atter In the h and s of the Brethren .
In reviewing our labours for the past six months , though they have been attended by many encouraging circumstances , we cannot but regret that so large a portion of our pages has been devoted to events and discussions which do not tend to elevate the character of the Craft , or to encourage those brotherly and charitable feelings which should at
all times exist amongst us . That our pages / however , have been so occupied , is no fault of ours , and if anything we may have done to restore harmony amongst the Brethren and uphold the authority and dignity of those elected to preside over the Craft , shall have
tendedas we believe it has—to that end , and to point out the real bearings of the various questions which have been brought under discussion , we shall have been amply rewarded by the increased confidence and support of the Brethren , which will undoubtedly be the result .
Trusting that , ii ^ closing our volume , we may also see a close of many subjects of dispute , we respectfully thank our Brethren for their past support , hoping that they , will unite with us in making tho Magazine for 1859 equally if not more acceptable than that of 1858 ; especially would we appeal to Brethren to favour us with early and
concise reports of any event of interest which may take place in their Lodges or districts , which may tend to mark the progress ol the Order . VOL . V , 4 H ' I : « I I
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Close Of The Year.
; : ;/; f ; : ^ : —
In closing Mr second our Iriends and subscribers the compliments of the season , vre must Le peruiitted
to express our acknpmedgm fyihg cpmmtinicatlons which we ha of our leading article of last week . Upon that ; subject we shall here sa ^ no more / being quite m atter In the h and s of the Brethren .
In reviewing our labours for the past six months , though they have been attended by many encouraging circumstances , we cannot but regret that so large a portion of our pages has been devoted to events and discussions which do not tend to elevate the character of the Craft , or to encourage those brotherly and charitable feelings which should at
all times exist amongst us . That our pages / however , have been so occupied , is no fault of ours , and if anything we may have done to restore harmony amongst the Brethren and uphold the authority and dignity of those elected to preside over the Craft , shall have
tendedas we believe it has—to that end , and to point out the real bearings of the various questions which have been brought under discussion , we shall have been amply rewarded by the increased confidence and support of the Brethren , which will undoubtedly be the result .
Trusting that , ii ^ closing our volume , we may also see a close of many subjects of dispute , we respectfully thank our Brethren for their past support , hoping that they , will unite with us in making tho Magazine for 1859 equally if not more acceptable than that of 1858 ; especially would we appeal to Brethren to favour us with early and
concise reports of any event of interest which may take place in their Lodges or districts , which may tend to mark the progress ol the Order . VOL . V , 4 H ' I : « I I