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The Retrospect.
press , and of course many in its favor . Mr . Reid has availed himself of the opportunity to gather together the poisoned arrows into an eighteen-penny bundle , and to direct against the state of Freemasonry in Great Britain
what , if he possessed an honesty of purpose , he would at least have previously made himself somewhat better acquainted with . Is , or is it not , a little strange that not one of the many well-written tracts in favour of Masonry—the editorial articles in public newspapers , of men of judgment —and the replies of particular Freemasons , have all escaped the scientific research of the maligner of Freemasonry ?
We hardly know whether the subject was worthy our attention : Freemasonry has existed , and will exist , as long as Benevolence , Charity , and the best sympathies of our nature may be claimed as human attributes ; and Forgiveness of injuries being one of the principles of our Order ,
having now done with Mr . Reid and his London colleague , we freely forgive them both , recommending them to peruse the declaration of a candidate for admission , the charge delivered to him after the ceremony , and the charges which every Master of a Lodge must consent to before he can attain such dignity—these will be found in another part of the present number .
THE MASTERS' AND PAST MASTERS' CLUB . —Some of our brethren have considered our former observations to have been too freely written—that the proceedings of the club ought not to be made public . Entertaining a different opinion , and believing that whatever tends to the general
good should be published , we felt no scruple in diffusing , as extensively as possible , the principles upon which the club is conducted . There are others , however , who think that we have not been sufficiently explanatory , inasmuch as many brethren have been deceived by a pretence
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Retrospect.
press , and of course many in its favor . Mr . Reid has availed himself of the opportunity to gather together the poisoned arrows into an eighteen-penny bundle , and to direct against the state of Freemasonry in Great Britain
what , if he possessed an honesty of purpose , he would at least have previously made himself somewhat better acquainted with . Is , or is it not , a little strange that not one of the many well-written tracts in favour of Masonry—the editorial articles in public newspapers , of men of judgment —and the replies of particular Freemasons , have all escaped the scientific research of the maligner of Freemasonry ?
We hardly know whether the subject was worthy our attention : Freemasonry has existed , and will exist , as long as Benevolence , Charity , and the best sympathies of our nature may be claimed as human attributes ; and Forgiveness of injuries being one of the principles of our Order ,
having now done with Mr . Reid and his London colleague , we freely forgive them both , recommending them to peruse the declaration of a candidate for admission , the charge delivered to him after the ceremony , and the charges which every Master of a Lodge must consent to before he can attain such dignity—these will be found in another part of the present number .
THE MASTERS' AND PAST MASTERS' CLUB . —Some of our brethren have considered our former observations to have been too freely written—that the proceedings of the club ought not to be made public . Entertaining a different opinion , and believing that whatever tends to the general
good should be published , we felt no scruple in diffusing , as extensively as possible , the principles upon which the club is conducted . There are others , however , who think that we have not been sufficiently explanatory , inasmuch as many brethren have been deceived by a pretence