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Address To Our Readers.
ADDRESS TO OUR READERS .
THE
EKEEMAS 0 NS MAGAZINE AND
MASONIC MIEEOS
."WITH our present number another six months of our labours , and another Volume of the FREEMASONS MAGAZINE , is closed , and marks the speed of time , it being but as the other day—apparently but as yesterday , since Ave last addressed our readers on a similar
occasion . During the six months UOAV passed , and indeed Ave may say , throughout the year , nothing has occurred to disturb the harmony of the Craft , Avhich is making steady progress
in adding to its numbers , and Ave trust , as evidenced by the growing prosperity of our Charities , to its usefulness . During the twelve months , 46 lodges have been added to the roll , and upwards of 4000 new members received their certificates of "initiation . HOAV many have ceased to be active members of the Craft it is impossible to say , though such a record —Ave speak only of our own lodges—should be in existence .
Death , the grand leveller of all , has been amongst us , and our Brethren the Duke of Richmond , Prov . G . Master of Sussex ; Col . Tynte , G . Master of Knights Templar ; the Marquis of Dalhousie ; the Earl of Mexborough , Prov . G . M . West Yorkshire ; Sir
Charles Napier , M . P . ; Herbert Ingram , M . P . ; and many others , have passed away to that bourne from whence no traveller returns , to enjoy , we trust , everlasting happiness , as the
reward of lives well spent .
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Address To Our Readers.
ADDRESS TO OUR READERS .
THE
EKEEMAS 0 NS MAGAZINE AND
MASONIC MIEEOS
."WITH our present number another six months of our labours , and another Volume of the FREEMASONS MAGAZINE , is closed , and marks the speed of time , it being but as the other day—apparently but as yesterday , since Ave last addressed our readers on a similar
occasion . During the six months UOAV passed , and indeed Ave may say , throughout the year , nothing has occurred to disturb the harmony of the Craft , Avhich is making steady progress
in adding to its numbers , and Ave trust , as evidenced by the growing prosperity of our Charities , to its usefulness . During the twelve months , 46 lodges have been added to the roll , and upwards of 4000 new members received their certificates of "initiation . HOAV many have ceased to be active members of the Craft it is impossible to say , though such a record —Ave speak only of our own lodges—should be in existence .
Death , the grand leveller of all , has been amongst us , and our Brethren the Duke of Richmond , Prov . G . Master of Sussex ; Col . Tynte , G . Master of Knights Templar ; the Marquis of Dalhousie ; the Earl of Mexborough , Prov . G . M . West Yorkshire ; Sir
Charles Napier , M . P . ; Herbert Ingram , M . P . ; and many others , have passed away to that bourne from whence no traveller returns , to enjoy , we trust , everlasting happiness , as the
reward of lives well spent .