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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE AND REVIEW. ← Page 8 of 11 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
may not be so palpable to all , but we confess that to ourselves they are undeniable , and we will therefore enumerate such of them as at this moment occur to us . B y such a congress of the Masters and Wardens of foreign Lodges , ( or of the Masters onl y , were the numbers
too great and the space limited ) , we should have an opportunity ; Firstly . Of obtaining authentic information respecting Foreign Lodges , their ivorhing and principles .
At present we possess scarcel y any information on this head , and but few means of communication with the Freemasons ofthe Continent . We know of no accessible work , to which the enquirer can refer for any correct matter , which mi ght tend to elucidate a subject so interesting , as
the history and progress of Freemasonry on the Continent . The only attempt to throw any li g ht upon the general darkness which prevails appeared in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review some years ago , and has since been reprinted and published b y Bro . Spencer . * For the want of a better ,
we strongl y recommend a perusal of this little work to all Brethren who , apropos to the impending event , may desire to know something of their Continental Brethren .
Secondly . We should be able to form a comparison between our oivn ritual and ceremonies and those adopted b y Foreign Lodges , and test the relative merits of both . English Masons who have ever made it their general practice to visit Foreign Lodges , must be sensible of many
differences between the ritual and ceremonies observed , and those to which they have- been accustomed . These variation , though they sometimes tend to confuse a young Mason , and shake his opinion of the universality of the science and the uniformity of its details , lie onl y upon the surface , and in
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
may not be so palpable to all , but we confess that to ourselves they are undeniable , and we will therefore enumerate such of them as at this moment occur to us . B y such a congress of the Masters and Wardens of foreign Lodges , ( or of the Masters onl y , were the numbers
too great and the space limited ) , we should have an opportunity ; Firstly . Of obtaining authentic information respecting Foreign Lodges , their ivorhing and principles .
At present we possess scarcel y any information on this head , and but few means of communication with the Freemasons ofthe Continent . We know of no accessible work , to which the enquirer can refer for any correct matter , which mi ght tend to elucidate a subject so interesting , as
the history and progress of Freemasonry on the Continent . The only attempt to throw any li g ht upon the general darkness which prevails appeared in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review some years ago , and has since been reprinted and published b y Bro . Spencer . * For the want of a better ,
we strongl y recommend a perusal of this little work to all Brethren who , apropos to the impending event , may desire to know something of their Continental Brethren .
Secondly . We should be able to form a comparison between our oivn ritual and ceremonies and those adopted b y Foreign Lodges , and test the relative merits of both . English Masons who have ever made it their general practice to visit Foreign Lodges , must be sensible of many
differences between the ritual and ceremonies observed , and those to which they have- been accustomed . These variation , though they sometimes tend to confuse a young Mason , and shake his opinion of the universality of the science and the uniformity of its details , lie onl y upon the surface , and in