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Article THE FEEEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. ← Page 2 of 12 →
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The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
occasions have occurred , in which it has been deemed necessary to animadvert upon some of the proceedings of the Craft , no less than to expostulate with several Brethren upon their apparent misinterpretation of Masonic law ; but one decisive rule of conduct was from the first laid down , and has been studiously adhered to , — " Nothing to extenuate , Nor set down aught in malice ;"
the consequence of which has been—as it is firmly believedthat the publication has obtained the respect of the Fraternity , and received general approbation . Whilst , however , the proceedings of the Masonic body in the metropolis and the provinces , in Scotland and Ireland , no less
than in the colonies , have been fully reported , it has been apparent , but to no parties more positively than to the present proprietors and editor , that in original literary matter , the publication has not been altogether proportionate to that general advancement of mind , or that noble progress of intellect ,
which are now so rapidly advancing in every rank and class of society . The causes for such deficiency will be at once apparent , when those circumstances are stated , which gave occasion for an anomaly , which , to the general reader , was doubtless unaccountable . For two entire years—1850 and 1851 : —the editor
conducted the periodical entirely by means of gratuitous aid . The difficulties which he had to encounter , the labour to which he was exposed , and the anxieties which harassed him from month to month , may be easily supposed ; and nothing but his devotion to the interests of Freemasonry , his ardent aspirations
for the general advantage of the Craft , and his belief that " a good time was coming , " made him determined to weather the storm at all hazards and as best he coidd , in order that he might keep his vessel afloat , till there should be a favourable opportunity of bringing it into smooth water . Again and again he was inclined to despair ; but as often as this feeling took possession of his mind ,
"A change came o'er the spirit of his dream ;" for the moment he considered the advantages which a publication of this kind conferred upon the Craft at large , and dwelt
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The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
occasions have occurred , in which it has been deemed necessary to animadvert upon some of the proceedings of the Craft , no less than to expostulate with several Brethren upon their apparent misinterpretation of Masonic law ; but one decisive rule of conduct was from the first laid down , and has been studiously adhered to , — " Nothing to extenuate , Nor set down aught in malice ;"
the consequence of which has been—as it is firmly believedthat the publication has obtained the respect of the Fraternity , and received general approbation . Whilst , however , the proceedings of the Masonic body in the metropolis and the provinces , in Scotland and Ireland , no less
than in the colonies , have been fully reported , it has been apparent , but to no parties more positively than to the present proprietors and editor , that in original literary matter , the publication has not been altogether proportionate to that general advancement of mind , or that noble progress of intellect ,
which are now so rapidly advancing in every rank and class of society . The causes for such deficiency will be at once apparent , when those circumstances are stated , which gave occasion for an anomaly , which , to the general reader , was doubtless unaccountable . For two entire years—1850 and 1851 : —the editor
conducted the periodical entirely by means of gratuitous aid . The difficulties which he had to encounter , the labour to which he was exposed , and the anxieties which harassed him from month to month , may be easily supposed ; and nothing but his devotion to the interests of Freemasonry , his ardent aspirations
for the general advantage of the Craft , and his belief that " a good time was coming , " made him determined to weather the storm at all hazards and as best he coidd , in order that he might keep his vessel afloat , till there should be a favourable opportunity of bringing it into smooth water . Again and again he was inclined to despair ; but as often as this feeling took possession of his mind ,
"A change came o'er the spirit of his dream ;" for the moment he considered the advantages which a publication of this kind conferred upon the Craft at large , and dwelt