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The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
THE FEEEMASONS 'QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
MARCH 31 , 1853 . INTRODUCTION .
IT is now just twenty years since this Masonic publication was first commenced . Up to that time no periodical had , for many years , been regularly issued , detailing the proceedings of the Fraternity ; as it was known to be illegal to report the business of the meetings of Grand Lodge , and
other communications , except from the regularly authorised documents from time to time issued by the Grand Lodge as occasion might serve . One Brother , however , thought fit to attempt to establish the publication ; and , notwithstanding the vicissitudes which it encountered , it still lives ; though it is at this time presented in a vastly different form to that in which it
originally appeared and is conducted , it is hoped , in a spirit altogether opposite to that which for many years pervaded its pages . It was originally antagonistic to the ruling ofthe M . W . the G . M ., his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , and continued to be so to his successor , the present M . W . the G . M . the Right Hon .
the Earl of Zetland , and his past and present Officers , till it passed into other hands , A . L . 5850 , since which time the greatest efforts have been made to conduct it in conformity with the true principles of Freemasonry—BROTHERLY LOVE , RELIEF , AND TRUTH .
Doubtless , during the three years , in which it has been in the present editor ' s hands , and under two distinct proprietorships , VOL . I . B
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
THE FEEEMASONS 'QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
MARCH 31 , 1853 . INTRODUCTION .
IT is now just twenty years since this Masonic publication was first commenced . Up to that time no periodical had , for many years , been regularly issued , detailing the proceedings of the Fraternity ; as it was known to be illegal to report the business of the meetings of Grand Lodge , and
other communications , except from the regularly authorised documents from time to time issued by the Grand Lodge as occasion might serve . One Brother , however , thought fit to attempt to establish the publication ; and , notwithstanding the vicissitudes which it encountered , it still lives ; though it is at this time presented in a vastly different form to that in which it
originally appeared and is conducted , it is hoped , in a spirit altogether opposite to that which for many years pervaded its pages . It was originally antagonistic to the ruling ofthe M . W . the G . M ., his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , and continued to be so to his successor , the present M . W . the G . M . the Right Hon .
the Earl of Zetland , and his past and present Officers , till it passed into other hands , A . L . 5850 , since which time the greatest efforts have been made to conduct it in conformity with the true principles of Freemasonry—BROTHERLY LOVE , RELIEF , AND TRUTH .
Doubtless , during the three years , in which it has been in the present editor ' s hands , and under two distinct proprietorships , VOL . I . B