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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE AND REVIEW. ← Page 6 of 11 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
interest which the probability of such an event as we contemplate excites throughout the length and breadth of our land . At an ordinary meeting of one of the principal Lodges in the Province of Worcester , * at the beginning of last month , a Brother present proposed the following resolution , which was heartily seconded , and unanimously earned .
" That during the great exhibition about to take place in London , a most fitting opportunity will present itself for testifying the fraternal regard entertained by the Masons of these realms toivards their Brethren from distant lands ; and it is therefore desirable that a Masonic banquet , or a
scries of Masonic banquets , should be given in London , under the auspices of the Grand Lodge , to which all Masons from abroad should be invited , and that a suggestion to that effect be forthwith communicated by the Worshipful Master of this Lodge to the Grand Secretary . "
Wc have not yet heard the result of the communication of so laudable an expression of fraternal feeling , but we earnestly hope that the spirit which it breathes will be recognized by those in authority as an example of the impulse by which , not only the Lodge in question , but a large
hotly of the Masons of England , are actuated at this moment . We cannot but think that many Lodges , as well as individual Members of the Craft , would have ere this expressed their feelings in a manner similar to that adopted by the Lodges to which we have more particularly
alluded , hacl they not been expectant of a movement on thefpart of the supreme body , and thus hesitated to suggest a measure which might already be in an advanced stage of consideration . Confident that the immense importance of such an undertaking , and a sense of the benefits which
Masonry would derive from its accomplishment , had not escaj ^ ed the notice of those upon whom the duty of preparing the means to be adopted would inevitably devolve ,
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
interest which the probability of such an event as we contemplate excites throughout the length and breadth of our land . At an ordinary meeting of one of the principal Lodges in the Province of Worcester , * at the beginning of last month , a Brother present proposed the following resolution , which was heartily seconded , and unanimously earned .
" That during the great exhibition about to take place in London , a most fitting opportunity will present itself for testifying the fraternal regard entertained by the Masons of these realms toivards their Brethren from distant lands ; and it is therefore desirable that a Masonic banquet , or a
scries of Masonic banquets , should be given in London , under the auspices of the Grand Lodge , to which all Masons from abroad should be invited , and that a suggestion to that effect be forthwith communicated by the Worshipful Master of this Lodge to the Grand Secretary . "
Wc have not yet heard the result of the communication of so laudable an expression of fraternal feeling , but we earnestly hope that the spirit which it breathes will be recognized by those in authority as an example of the impulse by which , not only the Lodge in question , but a large
hotly of the Masons of England , are actuated at this moment . We cannot but think that many Lodges , as well as individual Members of the Craft , would have ere this expressed their feelings in a manner similar to that adopted by the Lodges to which we have more particularly
alluded , hacl they not been expectant of a movement on thefpart of the supreme body , and thus hesitated to suggest a measure which might already be in an advanced stage of consideration . Confident that the immense importance of such an undertaking , and a sense of the benefits which
Masonry would derive from its accomplishment , had not escaj ^ ed the notice of those upon whom the duty of preparing the means to be adopted would inevitably devolve ,