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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
THE MASONIC MONTHLY . New Series of the "Masonic Magazine . "
1 / iOLLOWTNG a time-honoured custom , which , though old-world - * - usages seem passing away , still lingers amid our literary fraternity , with a new series of Maga , and under its new name , we think it well to say a few words , and they will be but few , to those many kindly readers who have honoured us with their confidence
and cheered us with their sympathy for the last nine years . To those whose kindly patronage we have succeeded in retaining we can only reiterate our grateful thanks ; to those new readers whom we trust to enlist in our support , we can only promise , perseveringly and zealously , to deserve their approval and win their
suffrages . We note that the question is often asked in America , " Why is Masonic literature not supported or read as it deserves ?" We venture to think that the answer is plain .
The students and readers in Freemasonry are necessarily few , and for this reason . After all is said , we ought not to shut our eyes to the fact , clear and indubitable as it is , that the social side of Freemasonry has its abiding and prevailing attractions for the great majority of Freemasons . If it be true , as
true it equally is , that English Freemasonry boasts an ardent band of Masonic students , yet that humble confraternity is a very small one , and only gradually and slowly increasing . As a large section of our brethren in Freemasonry are dominated by the idea of its pleasant sociality , and hearty good fellowship , and
beneficent and practical charity , beyond the ordinary routine of lodge ritual and ceremonial , which takes up all their available spare time , they cannot find opportunity or interest for VOL . I . —NO . I . -R
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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
THE MASONIC MONTHLY . New Series of the "Masonic Magazine . "
1 / iOLLOWTNG a time-honoured custom , which , though old-world - * - usages seem passing away , still lingers amid our literary fraternity , with a new series of Maga , and under its new name , we think it well to say a few words , and they will be but few , to those many kindly readers who have honoured us with their confidence
and cheered us with their sympathy for the last nine years . To those whose kindly patronage we have succeeded in retaining we can only reiterate our grateful thanks ; to those new readers whom we trust to enlist in our support , we can only promise , perseveringly and zealously , to deserve their approval and win their
suffrages . We note that the question is often asked in America , " Why is Masonic literature not supported or read as it deserves ?" We venture to think that the answer is plain .
The students and readers in Freemasonry are necessarily few , and for this reason . After all is said , we ought not to shut our eyes to the fact , clear and indubitable as it is , that the social side of Freemasonry has its abiding and prevailing attractions for the great majority of Freemasons . If it be true , as
true it equally is , that English Freemasonry boasts an ardent band of Masonic students , yet that humble confraternity is a very small one , and only gradually and slowly increasing . As a large section of our brethren in Freemasonry are dominated by the idea of its pleasant sociality , and hearty good fellowship , and
beneficent and practical charity , beyond the ordinary routine of lodge ritual and ceremonial , which takes up all their available spare time , they cannot find opportunity or interest for VOL . I . —NO . I . -R