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The Eeeemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
ranged themselves under the banners of the Craft , and the good which they and others of lower rank in society , but not less worthy on that account , might have effected , would have been incalculable . The motive which induced the
withdrawal of the presence of members of the Order from such public proceedings was undoubtedly good and well intentioned ; but events have proved that it savoured of the exercise of too much " caution , " and has not worked beneficially for the advancement of the Order . We are therefore but too
happy to find that the presence of Grand and Craft Lodges , —under the governance of their respective Provincial Grand Masters—on occasions similar to those we report on the consecration of the Asylum at Croydon , and from Guernsey and Bristol , in this number of the " Freemasons '
Quarterly Magazine and Review , " is becoming more frequent , and has already had the effect of inducing many calculated to "do good suit and service" to the Order to join it , with the determination to carry out its objects with energy , and heartiness of purpose .
For our own parts , we have no apprehensions for Freemasonry under the present aspect of affairs . It is progressing , and it must progress . The leading members of the Craft are energetic , painstaking , and honourable ,
no less than liberal minded men . A staff of worthy successors is daily rising up , who will carry on the work which has been so propitiously begun , and help to perfect it . What is annually effected in the University of Oxford alone is sufficient in itself to make every loyal member of the Order rejoice and take courage . So
long as due examination be had , and the most searching investigation be adopted , before any man , it matters not what may be his rank and station in society , be admitted into Freemasonry , —which is only in obedience to its most imperative directions , —there is no fear that the bygone
days of degeneracy , which we must both confess and deplore , will ever again return . As the Craft has already advanced with the progression of the age , so it will continue to go
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Eeeemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
ranged themselves under the banners of the Craft , and the good which they and others of lower rank in society , but not less worthy on that account , might have effected , would have been incalculable . The motive which induced the
withdrawal of the presence of members of the Order from such public proceedings was undoubtedly good and well intentioned ; but events have proved that it savoured of the exercise of too much " caution , " and has not worked beneficially for the advancement of the Order . We are therefore but too
happy to find that the presence of Grand and Craft Lodges , —under the governance of their respective Provincial Grand Masters—on occasions similar to those we report on the consecration of the Asylum at Croydon , and from Guernsey and Bristol , in this number of the " Freemasons '
Quarterly Magazine and Review , " is becoming more frequent , and has already had the effect of inducing many calculated to "do good suit and service" to the Order to join it , with the determination to carry out its objects with energy , and heartiness of purpose .
For our own parts , we have no apprehensions for Freemasonry under the present aspect of affairs . It is progressing , and it must progress . The leading members of the Craft are energetic , painstaking , and honourable ,
no less than liberal minded men . A staff of worthy successors is daily rising up , who will carry on the work which has been so propitiously begun , and help to perfect it . What is annually effected in the University of Oxford alone is sufficient in itself to make every loyal member of the Order rejoice and take courage . So
long as due examination be had , and the most searching investigation be adopted , before any man , it matters not what may be his rank and station in society , be admitted into Freemasonry , —which is only in obedience to its most imperative directions , —there is no fear that the bygone
days of degeneracy , which we must both confess and deplore , will ever again return . As the Craft has already advanced with the progression of the age , so it will continue to go