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take delight i n . It shall be shown that , if her charity is comprehensive , the intelligence of Masonry is expansive also ; no cost shall weigh against the desire to procure the highest intellectual coadjutorship upon topics calculated to make Masons , " a wise and understanding people . " Papers upon topics of present interest , upon
science , the arts , history , & c , will constantly appear ; yet , withal , ratifying , and not transgressing , the boundaries placed for the prevention of disputation ; w hilst as a calendar and compendium of strictly Masonic matters , measures have already been taken to ensure the earliest intelligence from the most influential to the remotest quarter . In this respect , the encouragement given by
Masons to our efforts has , indeed , corroborated their character as a Confraternity for good ; and , as we gratefully record our sense of the encouragement given to us , so we earnestly solicit literary Articles , especially upon architecture , history , science , & c , from our Brethren , generally , and for which we shall , in all cases , be ready to arrange , when required , a pecuniary compensation .
Whilst , however , to ourselves , as desirous of setting before the world the intellectual power of Masonry , success can only occur from the energy of the Eraternity in our : aid , we yet cannot conclude our subject without pointing out , what appear to us , the most potent methods of achieving beneficial results as to the Craft peculiarly , and the public generally . Though our system be secret ,
let not our light be so ; rather let the diffusion of the latter , like the blush of the morning , be the harbinger of every Mason ' s approach . If then it is lamented that so little knowledge of their own constitutions and real points , concealed beneath allegory , is possessed by Ereemasons , why not dispense certain Brethren , " skilled Craftsmen , " from the whole Body , to instruct the various Provincial
Lodges regularly , at certain intervals , allowing the candidates for such office , upon due examination of their fitness for it , to be nominated and appointed from , and by also , if need be , the representatives of so many provinces , which should together constitute one Masonic educational district ? We could name one province where , what has been done by the indefatigable exertions and peculiar
habits"of precision of a single Mason , is something astonishing ; suffice it , that the whole district presents a marked excellency in the working of itg several Lodges , entirely resulting from the thorough intelligence of their officers individually , who have been educated by this one man . Of course , the plan we have stated may be modified , as required ; all we urge is that Craft instruction should be amplified , and—quickly .
Then , as to the world generally ; the association of Literary Institutions of Masons , the delivery of lectures upon improving topics by the Brethren , to which the public might occasionally be admitted , could not fail to draw upon our Order the respect and grateful attention of the people , which would , of course , react to the benefit of the Eraternity . It is remarkable that the ancient " Confratories" of religious or secular association , even thpse-whose vows
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take delight i n . It shall be shown that , if her charity is comprehensive , the intelligence of Masonry is expansive also ; no cost shall weigh against the desire to procure the highest intellectual coadjutorship upon topics calculated to make Masons , " a wise and understanding people . " Papers upon topics of present interest , upon
science , the arts , history , & c , will constantly appear ; yet , withal , ratifying , and not transgressing , the boundaries placed for the prevention of disputation ; w hilst as a calendar and compendium of strictly Masonic matters , measures have already been taken to ensure the earliest intelligence from the most influential to the remotest quarter . In this respect , the encouragement given by
Masons to our efforts has , indeed , corroborated their character as a Confraternity for good ; and , as we gratefully record our sense of the encouragement given to us , so we earnestly solicit literary Articles , especially upon architecture , history , science , & c , from our Brethren , generally , and for which we shall , in all cases , be ready to arrange , when required , a pecuniary compensation .
Whilst , however , to ourselves , as desirous of setting before the world the intellectual power of Masonry , success can only occur from the energy of the Eraternity in our : aid , we yet cannot conclude our subject without pointing out , what appear to us , the most potent methods of achieving beneficial results as to the Craft peculiarly , and the public generally . Though our system be secret ,
let not our light be so ; rather let the diffusion of the latter , like the blush of the morning , be the harbinger of every Mason ' s approach . If then it is lamented that so little knowledge of their own constitutions and real points , concealed beneath allegory , is possessed by Ereemasons , why not dispense certain Brethren , " skilled Craftsmen , " from the whole Body , to instruct the various Provincial
Lodges regularly , at certain intervals , allowing the candidates for such office , upon due examination of their fitness for it , to be nominated and appointed from , and by also , if need be , the representatives of so many provinces , which should together constitute one Masonic educational district ? We could name one province where , what has been done by the indefatigable exertions and peculiar
habits"of precision of a single Mason , is something astonishing ; suffice it , that the whole district presents a marked excellency in the working of itg several Lodges , entirely resulting from the thorough intelligence of their officers individually , who have been educated by this one man . Of course , the plan we have stated may be modified , as required ; all we urge is that Craft instruction should be amplified , and—quickly .
Then , as to the world generally ; the association of Literary Institutions of Masons , the delivery of lectures upon improving topics by the Brethren , to which the public might occasionally be admitted , could not fail to draw upon our Order the respect and grateful attention of the people , which would , of course , react to the benefit of the Eraternity . It is remarkable that the ancient " Confratories" of religious or secular association , even thpse-whose vows