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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE AND REVIEW. ← Page 3 of 11 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
strongest emotions of brotherly love . To the true-hearted and zealous Mason the events of the past , and the opening of the present , year , are cheering indeed . He is avowedly devoted to the furtherance of investigations into science and art ; he engages heart and soul in every scheme for
the promotion of education and civilised life ; he eagerly contributes his best endeavours to assist in carrying out every effort to ameliorate the social position of his poorer Brethren , but above all he recognises in every attempt to bring together nations differing in language , creed , and
habits of life , and to unite them under the wide-spreading banner of civilization , those glorious princip les of his Order which , next to those solemn duties which he owes to his Maker , and to the church of his profession , it is his constant care and anxiety to preserve and maintain inviolate
The thoughtful Mason , too , must have watched with no ordinary interest the progress of the beautiful palace in which the " World's Great Fair , " is to be held . The
details of its structure , the appliances of science and art which have been called into requisition to assist and develope its progress , the wonderful precision and celerity with which each stage of the work has been completed , the vast bodies of workmen employed , and the systematic
regularity of their operations , all these circumstances , in themselves immaterial must , when combined , summon to his recollection the outline of that glorious fabric so intimately connected with the early history of our Order , and from which so many of our most expressive symbols and
metaphors are derived . His speculative mind sees in every trifling incident some faint point of resemblance , and every day the connecting links between the present and the past are more clearly developed , till at last he is enabled to
discern—, " A noble edifice design'd , That time and envy should defy ; Founded on Truth's eternal base , Vast as the ample bounds of space , And sacred to fraternal unity .
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
strongest emotions of brotherly love . To the true-hearted and zealous Mason the events of the past , and the opening of the present , year , are cheering indeed . He is avowedly devoted to the furtherance of investigations into science and art ; he engages heart and soul in every scheme for
the promotion of education and civilised life ; he eagerly contributes his best endeavours to assist in carrying out every effort to ameliorate the social position of his poorer Brethren , but above all he recognises in every attempt to bring together nations differing in language , creed , and
habits of life , and to unite them under the wide-spreading banner of civilization , those glorious princip les of his Order which , next to those solemn duties which he owes to his Maker , and to the church of his profession , it is his constant care and anxiety to preserve and maintain inviolate
The thoughtful Mason , too , must have watched with no ordinary interest the progress of the beautiful palace in which the " World's Great Fair , " is to be held . The
details of its structure , the appliances of science and art which have been called into requisition to assist and develope its progress , the wonderful precision and celerity with which each stage of the work has been completed , the vast bodies of workmen employed , and the systematic
regularity of their operations , all these circumstances , in themselves immaterial must , when combined , summon to his recollection the outline of that glorious fabric so intimately connected with the early history of our Order , and from which so many of our most expressive symbols and
metaphors are derived . His speculative mind sees in every trifling incident some faint point of resemblance , and every day the connecting links between the present and the past are more clearly developed , till at last he is enabled to
discern—, " A noble edifice design'd , That time and envy should defy ; Founded on Truth's eternal base , Vast as the ample bounds of space , And sacred to fraternal unity .