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Oue Ajaohitecturill; Ehikptee.
honorary architect is sought in the ease of a diocesan society / or of some focal institution , we may te will be much more welcome to those architects who are Masons . There are likewise engineers and clergymen who are versed in arehitecture and zealous for its promotion , and they also will have an inducement to undertakcLthe ofiice . The increase of Masonic Halls throughout the country and in the colonies is a most gratifying circumstance ; we have contributed to help forward the movement because we are convinced it will tend
to the stability and moral progress of Masonry . At the- present moment the Craft is in an unexampled state of popularity , and the number of its members rapidly increasing ; but we have . seen other occasions , and within the memory of most of us , when the state of
aSairs was difierent—and we may see it again , r ^ t any time danger may threaten from within may disturb harmony and impair ou ^ in . admission ^ too gre at catering to publicity , popularity , display ; the indiscretion of a few Br or a foreign Grand Lodge , the in
of a hostile statesman , or the opposition of a powerful preacher or sect , may at any time hinder the wavering from enrolling themselves and slacken the energies of timid Brethren . It therefore becomes . the whole body in a time like this to husband resources , to keep each Lodge free from debt , and with a balance in hand , to strengthen the charity funds and to provide permanent buildings ; so that if a time of
torpor comes , the resources of the Craft may not suffer iiiipairment It is in times of diminished activity and slackened energy that Lodges lose their members , by withdrawals and non-attendance , and at length even the zealous find no work to be done ; then a warrant becomes dormant and too often lost . Such is the fate which befals
some of our oldest Lodges , and which deprives the list of many of its members . A . Lodge ^ however , which keeps its treasury free from obligation , and has its own hall , is in a position of independence , and can maintain its prosperity when those around sink because they have fewer privileges to offer .
The valuable measure proposed . in G-Fand Lodge by the Board of General Purposes is another important event of the year— -one , if rightly considered which , will do more for the OrJift than any other which has been lately agitator ! . A uniformity of working is really of minor importance . It will add nothing to our strength , nothing to our responsibility ; and it will in the end share tho fete of all such , measures by
becoming the fruitful parent of new irregularities , line purification of tho Temple , and tho " dovottftn of the hall to the purposes of the Rrcthfcl" alone , will have a very great moral influence . It will strengthen the Craft in many ways , bring in new resources , stimulate energy , and directly and indirectly give fresh vitality to every institution of the Order . 'That the proposition maybe successful must be the first wish of every rifflit thinking Mason . Tho competition in connection with the re-oonstruction of the Hal ] 4 ii 2
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Oue Ajaohitecturill; Ehikptee.
honorary architect is sought in the ease of a diocesan society / or of some focal institution , we may te will be much more welcome to those architects who are Masons . There are likewise engineers and clergymen who are versed in arehitecture and zealous for its promotion , and they also will have an inducement to undertakcLthe ofiice . The increase of Masonic Halls throughout the country and in the colonies is a most gratifying circumstance ; we have contributed to help forward the movement because we are convinced it will tend
to the stability and moral progress of Masonry . At the- present moment the Craft is in an unexampled state of popularity , and the number of its members rapidly increasing ; but we have . seen other occasions , and within the memory of most of us , when the state of
aSairs was difierent—and we may see it again , r ^ t any time danger may threaten from within may disturb harmony and impair ou ^ in . admission ^ too gre at catering to publicity , popularity , display ; the indiscretion of a few Br or a foreign Grand Lodge , the in
of a hostile statesman , or the opposition of a powerful preacher or sect , may at any time hinder the wavering from enrolling themselves and slacken the energies of timid Brethren . It therefore becomes . the whole body in a time like this to husband resources , to keep each Lodge free from debt , and with a balance in hand , to strengthen the charity funds and to provide permanent buildings ; so that if a time of
torpor comes , the resources of the Craft may not suffer iiiipairment It is in times of diminished activity and slackened energy that Lodges lose their members , by withdrawals and non-attendance , and at length even the zealous find no work to be done ; then a warrant becomes dormant and too often lost . Such is the fate which befals
some of our oldest Lodges , and which deprives the list of many of its members . A . Lodge ^ however , which keeps its treasury free from obligation , and has its own hall , is in a position of independence , and can maintain its prosperity when those around sink because they have fewer privileges to offer .
The valuable measure proposed . in G-Fand Lodge by the Board of General Purposes is another important event of the year— -one , if rightly considered which , will do more for the OrJift than any other which has been lately agitator ! . A uniformity of working is really of minor importance . It will add nothing to our strength , nothing to our responsibility ; and it will in the end share tho fete of all such , measures by
becoming the fruitful parent of new irregularities , line purification of tho Temple , and tho " dovottftn of the hall to the purposes of the Rrcthfcl" alone , will have a very great moral influence . It will strengthen the Craft in many ways , bring in new resources , stimulate energy , and directly and indirectly give fresh vitality to every institution of the Order . 'That the proposition maybe successful must be the first wish of every rifflit thinking Mason . Tho competition in connection with the re-oonstruction of the Hal ] 4 ii 2