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Address To Our Readers.
ADDRESS TO OUR READERS .
THE
PEEEMASJ ONSMAGAZINE X
MASONIC MIRROR .
THE first Half of 1862 lias come to- a close , and- we have again to acknowledge tlie support -which we have received from the Craft , though we should have heen happy if it had been a little more extended .
The first six months of the year is generally the most interesting , because it is then that the new Grand Officers are appointed , and the Festivals of our various Charities are held .
Of the new Grand Officers we need not speak here , having already laid before our readers the peculiar services of each which appear to have recommended them to the notice of the Grand Master , who , we are glad to perceive , has not as
yet made use of his power to give brevet rank to brethren as Past Grand Ofiicers of the Grand Lodge of England , as that honour ought only to be granted for very exceptional services , and with the greatest discrimination .
The Festivals of the Charities passed off most satifactorily , and some eight thousand pounds were added to the funds , upwards of three-fifths of which were
subscribed in aid of the Boys' School , which , by the great exertions of the Secretary , ^
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Address To Our Readers.
ADDRESS TO OUR READERS .
THE
PEEEMASJ ONSMAGAZINE X
MASONIC MIRROR .
THE first Half of 1862 lias come to- a close , and- we have again to acknowledge tlie support -which we have received from the Craft , though we should have heen happy if it had been a little more extended .
The first six months of the year is generally the most interesting , because it is then that the new Grand Officers are appointed , and the Festivals of our various Charities are held .
Of the new Grand Officers we need not speak here , having already laid before our readers the peculiar services of each which appear to have recommended them to the notice of the Grand Master , who , we are glad to perceive , has not as
yet made use of his power to give brevet rank to brethren as Past Grand Ofiicers of the Grand Lodge of England , as that honour ought only to be granted for very exceptional services , and with the greatest discrimination .
The Festivals of the Charities passed off most satifactorily , and some eight thousand pounds were added to the funds , upwards of three-fifths of which were
subscribed in aid of the Boys' School , which , by the great exertions of the Secretary , ^