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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
communicated the intelligence was utterly worthless . That contradiction not having yet been given , we have ground for assuming that the Committee must have seen the absurdity of " laying a first stone , " when the works had " . proceeded vigorously , " or at the completion of the building . Whether
it was so or not , we cannot positively say , inasmuch as we have not taken the trouble to inquire , and no information from any quarter has reached us . We premise that it was so , because a first stone teas not laid when the new schoolhouse was dedicated , on Monday , August 2 nd .
As it is customary at the erection of all noble and stately edifices to place a first stone at a certain corner , from which the whole building is to take its rise , ancl as every E . A . will understand what reference is drawn from that custom at his initiation , it is clear that English Freemasons of the
nineteenth century have departed from " a landmark of the Order ! " If Masonry is worth anything at all , it is worth keeping up by the strict observance of every time-honoured
custom , which has invariably been held sacred for ages past ; and no Mason is worthy to wear his badge , or to call himself a Craftsman , unless he seeks by every means in his power to preserve " the landmarks of the Order , " which he is under the most solemn obligation to maintain and uphold . If a
single individual in the Craft can be found who thinks such an obligation to be of no import , —if such an individual imagines that Masonry can still be Masonry , whilst its most important observances are neglected and contemned , he ought at once to retire from the Order , which he can only injure ,
however great may be his zeal in maintaining its benevolent institutions ; for by so doing he would no longer be a let and hindrance to the fulfilment of the solemn duties which such an event , as we are commenting \ ipon , clearly shows he has neither the mind to comprehend , nor the intelligence to
appreciate . The first stone of the Girls' New School-house not having been laid , either regularly , in order , or in form , the building having , nevertheless , been completed , —the object for which it
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
communicated the intelligence was utterly worthless . That contradiction not having yet been given , we have ground for assuming that the Committee must have seen the absurdity of " laying a first stone , " when the works had " . proceeded vigorously , " or at the completion of the building . Whether
it was so or not , we cannot positively say , inasmuch as we have not taken the trouble to inquire , and no information from any quarter has reached us . We premise that it was so , because a first stone teas not laid when the new schoolhouse was dedicated , on Monday , August 2 nd .
As it is customary at the erection of all noble and stately edifices to place a first stone at a certain corner , from which the whole building is to take its rise , ancl as every E . A . will understand what reference is drawn from that custom at his initiation , it is clear that English Freemasons of the
nineteenth century have departed from " a landmark of the Order ! " If Masonry is worth anything at all , it is worth keeping up by the strict observance of every time-honoured
custom , which has invariably been held sacred for ages past ; and no Mason is worthy to wear his badge , or to call himself a Craftsman , unless he seeks by every means in his power to preserve " the landmarks of the Order , " which he is under the most solemn obligation to maintain and uphold . If a
single individual in the Craft can be found who thinks such an obligation to be of no import , —if such an individual imagines that Masonry can still be Masonry , whilst its most important observances are neglected and contemned , he ought at once to retire from the Order , which he can only injure ,
however great may be his zeal in maintaining its benevolent institutions ; for by so doing he would no longer be a let and hindrance to the fulfilment of the solemn duties which such an event , as we are commenting \ ipon , clearly shows he has neither the mind to comprehend , nor the intelligence to
appreciate . The first stone of the Girls' New School-house not having been laid , either regularly , in order , or in form , the building having , nevertheless , been completed , —the object for which it