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Address To Our Readers.
we may be permitted to remark , that we shall be happy to give our most earneat attention to any suggestions with which we may be furnished , for its improvement and efficiency . The most noteworthy events in the outer world , during the past half-year , were the loss of the ill-fated London , in the Bay of Biscay . Amongst those who perished were our two brethren ,
the Rev . Dr . Woolley , and G-. Y . Brooke , the tragedian ; the outbreak of Fenianism in Canada , and it 3 suppression ; the marriage of the Princess Mary of Cambridge to the Prince Von Teck ; and the defeat of the Government on the Reform Bill .
Whilst we write , news of the most important nature is arriving from the Continent . A war of gigantic proportions has broken out in Central Europe . Austria , Italy , and Prussia are engaged in deadly strife . Our brother , the King of Hanover , has had his kingdom wrested from him by Prussia , and his army has been obliged to succumb before overwhelming numbers . What may be the issue of this fearful war is known only to the Great Architect of the Universe . May He spare our . beloved
Country the horrors consequent upon being involved in a struggle , into which it is possible that she may by European complications be plunged ; and may our numerous brethren who are fighting in the hostile ranks of these Continental armies be enabled to remember , even amid the carnage of war , that they are "brethren of the mystic tye , " and render to each other on the battle field , and in the death agonies , that relief and assistance which our gentle and loving Craft ever dictates to those who submit to her teaching !
Finally , may we , as true Masons , offer to the world ' s Great Architect our orisons that He would be mercifully pleased to protect our Queen and country , and to hasten the time when religion and Masonry hand in hand shall have performed their sacred mission of teaching to the world the lessona . of brotherly IOYO ; and then shall the nations learn war no more ! . ' ...-. .-. L ;; " So mote it be . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Address To Our Readers.
we may be permitted to remark , that we shall be happy to give our most earneat attention to any suggestions with which we may be furnished , for its improvement and efficiency . The most noteworthy events in the outer world , during the past half-year , were the loss of the ill-fated London , in the Bay of Biscay . Amongst those who perished were our two brethren ,
the Rev . Dr . Woolley , and G-. Y . Brooke , the tragedian ; the outbreak of Fenianism in Canada , and it 3 suppression ; the marriage of the Princess Mary of Cambridge to the Prince Von Teck ; and the defeat of the Government on the Reform Bill .
Whilst we write , news of the most important nature is arriving from the Continent . A war of gigantic proportions has broken out in Central Europe . Austria , Italy , and Prussia are engaged in deadly strife . Our brother , the King of Hanover , has had his kingdom wrested from him by Prussia , and his army has been obliged to succumb before overwhelming numbers . What may be the issue of this fearful war is known only to the Great Architect of the Universe . May He spare our . beloved
Country the horrors consequent upon being involved in a struggle , into which it is possible that she may by European complications be plunged ; and may our numerous brethren who are fighting in the hostile ranks of these Continental armies be enabled to remember , even amid the carnage of war , that they are "brethren of the mystic tye , " and render to each other on the battle field , and in the death agonies , that relief and assistance which our gentle and loving Craft ever dictates to those who submit to her teaching !
Finally , may we , as true Masons , offer to the world ' s Great Architect our orisons that He would be mercifully pleased to protect our Queen and country , and to hasten the time when religion and Masonry hand in hand shall have performed their sacred mission of teaching to the world the lessona . of brotherly IOYO ; and then shall the nations learn war no more ! . ' ...-. .-. L ;; " So mote it be . "