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Chapter Ii.

avowed purpose of producing a genial effect on the morals of the people ; and is displayed in those valuable publications on the subject , which have received the sanction and patronage of successive Grand Masters , and are considered to contain the fundamental principles of the Order . These books are open to the inspection of the public ; ancl their operation is by no means equivocal . It is not to be believed that they are read only by Masonsand that uninitiated persons feel no interest in

, their perusal . They are read more universally than is generally supposed , and the effects they have produced are not hidden under a bushel . A comparison between the public feeling with regard to Freemasonry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , will place this result in a clear and intelligible light . In the eighteenth century Freemasonry was regarded with great suspicion . It was believed to be a vehicle for the inculcation of principles

which were opposed to human happiness and the general welfare of society . Some thought it a system of alchymy and superstition—others pronounced it to be concealed atheism or infidelity—some supposed it to be political and revolutionary—while others , more indulgent , considered it to be a mere convivial society , which afforded materials for spending

a social evening with a company of known friends ; but all pronounced it to be useless—a waste of time—and an insult to the softer sex—of that sex which Ledyard , the universal traveller , justly says , are " in all countries civil , obliging , tender , and humane . " And he adds , that " in wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark , through honest Sweden , frozen Lapland , rude and churlish Finland , ancl the wide spread regions of the wandering Tartar ; if hungry , dry , cold , wet , or

sick , the women have ever been friendly to me , and uniformly so ; and to add to this virtue , so worthy of the appellation of benevolence , these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner , that if I was thirsty , I drank the sweetest draught ; and if hungry , I ate the coarsest food with a double relish . " This confession is highly honourable to the sex , ancl is , in fact , the exercise of practical Freemasonry . At the present timea radical change has taken place in public opinion

, on the merits of Freemasonry , which has been produced chiefly through the influence of masonic publications . The Order is no longer proscribed as a baleful institution , unproductive of useful fruits ; nor is it believed to be either infidel , superstitious , political , or revolutionary . Its public administrations are attended freely by all classes of people—¦ its members enjoy the respect of the public—and its influence is allowed freely to operate for the general benefit of the community .

The second point proposed for our consideration is example ; which , being publicly enunciated hy the fraternity , is calculated , by its influence , to produce the most salutary effects on society at large ; thus showing , in a striking point of view , the essential benefits which it derives from the operation of Freemasonry . Example is all powerful in virtue or in vice . The human mind is weak ancl unstable , and man being an imitative animal , is easily led away by appearances . How very essential it isthenthat those appearances should range themselves on

, , the side of virtue . As the parent is , so will the child become . The servant will be like his master ; and those who occupy the superior ranks of life ivill always lead their inferiors to good or evil . Here , then , we see the advantages that society derives from the beneficent example of Masons in their brotherly love—their mutual assistance—their support of each other in prosperity and adversity , in trouble and in joy .

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THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLYREVIEW, Article 1
MASONIC REPROOF. Article 8
ON FREEMASONRY, Article 9
CHAPTER II. Article 14
THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. Article 18
IMPORTANT MASONIC RECORD. Article 26
AM ACCOUNT OF THE NEAPOLITAN MASONRY ; Article 31
A SUCCINCT ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE WRITER. Article 33
TO THE EDITOR. Article 40
TO THE EDITOR. Article 40
TO THE EDITOR. Article 41
TO THE EDITOR. Article 43
TO THE EDITOR. Article 45
TO THE EDITOR. Article 45
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 46
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. Article 47
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION, JUNE 7. Article 58
GRAND CONCLAVE OF ENGLAND AND WALES. Article 64
THE EARLY GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF ENGLAND AND CONCLAVE OF FAITH AND FIDELITY. Article 66
THE FREDERICK ENCAMPMENT, Article 66
SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND AND WALES. Article 67
RE-UNION OF THE BURLINGTON AND BANK OF ENGLAND LODGES. Article 68
THE CHARITIES. Article 69
ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS. Article 70
Untitled Article 71
CHIT CHAT. Article 80
Obituary. Article 87
PROVINCIAL. Article 90
SCOTLAND. Article 98
IRELAND. Article 99
FOREIGN. Article 102
INDIA. Article 104
THE GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVOCATE. Article 108
LITERARY NOTICES. Article 116
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 119
CONTENTS. Article 121
TO THE MANAGING DIRECTOR S, ACTUARIES, & SECRETARIES , OF INSURANCE COMPANIES. Article 122
W^^^^^^^^^^^^^M^M Article 123
GALL'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS —Tbe most usefu... Article 124
FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY ADVERTISER. SECOND... Article 125
FREEMASONS' HOTEL, GREAT QUEEN STREET, L... Article 126
EREEMASONRY. OROTHER J. CURTIS, PIER HOT... Article 126
FREEMASONRY. LINE ENGRAVING OF THE STATU... Article 126
FREEMASONRY. BROTHER J. P. ACKLAM, MASON... Article 127
BEMOTAI ! !! W. EVANS, MASONIC JEWELLER ... Article 127
FREEMASONRY. A. D. LOEWENSTARK, MANUFACT... Article 127
Untitled Ad 128
Untitled Ad 128
Untitled Ad 128
Untitled Ad 128
CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Article 129
BONUSES. The two first Divisions average... Article 129
MUTUAL LIEE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, HEAD OFFI... Article 130
HPOSSVILL & Co.'s CIGAR WAREHOUSES, G an... Article 132
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Chapter Ii.

avowed purpose of producing a genial effect on the morals of the people ; and is displayed in those valuable publications on the subject , which have received the sanction and patronage of successive Grand Masters , and are considered to contain the fundamental principles of the Order . These books are open to the inspection of the public ; ancl their operation is by no means equivocal . It is not to be believed that they are read only by Masonsand that uninitiated persons feel no interest in

, their perusal . They are read more universally than is generally supposed , and the effects they have produced are not hidden under a bushel . A comparison between the public feeling with regard to Freemasonry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , will place this result in a clear and intelligible light . In the eighteenth century Freemasonry was regarded with great suspicion . It was believed to be a vehicle for the inculcation of principles

which were opposed to human happiness and the general welfare of society . Some thought it a system of alchymy and superstition—others pronounced it to be concealed atheism or infidelity—some supposed it to be political and revolutionary—while others , more indulgent , considered it to be a mere convivial society , which afforded materials for spending

a social evening with a company of known friends ; but all pronounced it to be useless—a waste of time—and an insult to the softer sex—of that sex which Ledyard , the universal traveller , justly says , are " in all countries civil , obliging , tender , and humane . " And he adds , that " in wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark , through honest Sweden , frozen Lapland , rude and churlish Finland , ancl the wide spread regions of the wandering Tartar ; if hungry , dry , cold , wet , or

sick , the women have ever been friendly to me , and uniformly so ; and to add to this virtue , so worthy of the appellation of benevolence , these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner , that if I was thirsty , I drank the sweetest draught ; and if hungry , I ate the coarsest food with a double relish . " This confession is highly honourable to the sex , ancl is , in fact , the exercise of practical Freemasonry . At the present timea radical change has taken place in public opinion

, on the merits of Freemasonry , which has been produced chiefly through the influence of masonic publications . The Order is no longer proscribed as a baleful institution , unproductive of useful fruits ; nor is it believed to be either infidel , superstitious , political , or revolutionary . Its public administrations are attended freely by all classes of people—¦ its members enjoy the respect of the public—and its influence is allowed freely to operate for the general benefit of the community .

The second point proposed for our consideration is example ; which , being publicly enunciated hy the fraternity , is calculated , by its influence , to produce the most salutary effects on society at large ; thus showing , in a striking point of view , the essential benefits which it derives from the operation of Freemasonry . Example is all powerful in virtue or in vice . The human mind is weak ancl unstable , and man being an imitative animal , is easily led away by appearances . How very essential it isthenthat those appearances should range themselves on

, , the side of virtue . As the parent is , so will the child become . The servant will be like his master ; and those who occupy the superior ranks of life ivill always lead their inferiors to good or evil . Here , then , we see the advantages that society derives from the beneficent example of Masons in their brotherly love—their mutual assistance—their support of each other in prosperity and adversity , in trouble and in joy .

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