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The Practical Benevolence Of Freemasonry.

project with every demonstration of joy , as being in strict accordance with the best principles of the Order ; and an emanation of that Divine ardour which prompted the first Christians to divide their substance amongst the poor and the maimed , the halt and the blind . This noble project , when carried into active operation , will not only prove a refuge to the destitute Brother , and bring down daily blessigns on the heads of its supporters ; but it will seal for ever the high position ivhich Masonry undoubtedly possesses amongst the scientific and charitable institutions of our country , and will he an object of imitation to the Brethren , in all other lands where the Order flourishes or is known . If we look at

the consequences , whether contingent or direct , they will equally serve to illustrate the principal point of Masonry , Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth ; and show to the world that our professions are not merel y nominal , but that they are indications of great and substantial benefits . I am a friend to the Asylum on its own simple and intrinsic merits . It deserves to be popular ; and it ivill undoubtedly meet with the support ivhich its importance so imperiousl y demands . The present moment

is a crisis of great scientific improvement and mental amelioration . The public mind is sensitively alive to the calls and invitations of charity , to meet the wants , whether temporal or spiritual , of the inferior classes of our population ; as witness the numerous appeals ivhich are made in the great manufacturing toivns to the benevolence of Christian congregations , both of the church , ancl those which dissent from her communion ; which are always heard with pleasureand answered with

, liberality . And shall Freemasonry—shall that Institution ivhich claims precedence in all works which have Charity , and Brotherly love for their basis , linger behind , and resign the first place to any other establishment ? Shall Freemasonry be content ivith a subordinate station in the dignified march of benevolence ? I am not , I firmly believe , misrepresenting our noble and wealthy Brethren , when I say that they will never submit that Masonry shall relinquish the rank which public estimation has

assigned to it , as a reward for the practical virtues by which its precepts are illustrated . Masonry is in the van , and she will not fail to maintain the high distinction which her charitable institutions have secured . The Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons is a noble idea , and will add fresh laurels to the great body by which it is fostered and protected .

There can he no doubt of its ultimate success ; and the above suggestions have been thrown out with a view of awakening those Brothers to its merits , who , like myself , have no pretensions whatever to participate in the credit of its establishment . I should rejoice , nulla ambitione , to see an institution in existence attached to the Order which I so highly esteem , where the aged and destitute Freemason who has seen better days , may have leisure to reflect , that the lessons he has

heard from the Master ' s Chair , were not vapid and uninteresting , but pregnant ivith real benefits , of which himself ivould be so happy an illustration . It is from this simple and unmixed feeling that I have been induced to place my sentiments on record in this valuable periodical , respecting the general outline of the plan . Its minor details I am unacquainted with ; and though I conceive that much grave consideration ivill be necessary before they can be brought to perfection , yet I am not without an -entire confidence that the philanthropy ivhich could project such a noble institution , will not want genius to devise the best means of carrying it into effective operation .

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THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. Article 1
ON FREEMASONRY. Article 9
CABALISTIC OBSERVATIONS ON FREEMASONRY. Article 19
MASONIC DIDACTICS; OR, SHORT MORAL ESSAYS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATON. Article 21
THE PRACTICAL BENEVOLENCE OF FREEMASONRY. Article 23
THE CONVERT. Article 27
FEMALE PREJUDICES AND ANTIPATHIES. Article 33
FREEMASONRY ON BOARD AN INDIAMAN IN 1836. Article 36
FREEMASONRY. Article 37
MASONIC ANECDOTE. Article 37
LINES Article 38
GENIUS OF FREEMASONRY. Article 39
TO EVADNE. Article 40
ODE Article 40
MASTER MASON'S SONG. Article 41
THE FREEMASONS' CALENDAR, 1775. Article 41
THE VARIOUS MASONIC CHARITIES Article 45
ROYAL FREEMASON'S CHARITY FOR FEMALE CHILDREN , Article 46
ELEVATION. Article 47
DE RE NON-MASONICA.* Article 58
ON THE PRESENT STATE OF ROYAL ARCH MASONRY. Article 60
TO THE EDITOR. Article 62
TO THE EDITOR. Article 63
TO THE EDITOR. Article 64
TO THE EDITOR. Article 64
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 65
FREEMASON'S HALL. BIRTH DAY OF H.R.H. THE DUKE OF SUSSEX, M.W.G.M. Article 66
ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS. Article 72
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER. Article 79
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION. Article 80
AUDIT OF THE GRAND LODGE. Article 81
MASONIC KNIGHTS' TEMPLARS. Article 85
MASONIC CHIT CHAT. Article 86
Obituary. Article 90
TO THE EDITOR. Article 94
TO THE EDITOR. Article 94
PROVINCIAL. Article 95
SCOTLAND. Article 113
IRELAND. Article 124
MASONIC GOD SAVE THE KING. Article 132
FOREIGN. Article 134
INDIA. Article 135
UNITED STATES. Article 135
REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Article 136
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 140
INDEX. Article 144
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' I f . JUST PUBLISHED, BY SHERWOOD, GIL... Article 147
FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY ADVERTISER. Article 148
FREEMASONRY. ' ROYAL FREEMASONS' SCHOOL ... Article 149
FREEMASONRY. ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED... Article 149
PREEMASONRY. ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION E... Article 149
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PREEMASONRY. A LADY, the WIDOW of a FREE... Article 150
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The Practical Benevolence Of Freemasonry.

project with every demonstration of joy , as being in strict accordance with the best principles of the Order ; and an emanation of that Divine ardour which prompted the first Christians to divide their substance amongst the poor and the maimed , the halt and the blind . This noble project , when carried into active operation , will not only prove a refuge to the destitute Brother , and bring down daily blessigns on the heads of its supporters ; but it will seal for ever the high position ivhich Masonry undoubtedly possesses amongst the scientific and charitable institutions of our country , and will he an object of imitation to the Brethren , in all other lands where the Order flourishes or is known . If we look at

the consequences , whether contingent or direct , they will equally serve to illustrate the principal point of Masonry , Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth ; and show to the world that our professions are not merel y nominal , but that they are indications of great and substantial benefits . I am a friend to the Asylum on its own simple and intrinsic merits . It deserves to be popular ; and it ivill undoubtedly meet with the support ivhich its importance so imperiousl y demands . The present moment

is a crisis of great scientific improvement and mental amelioration . The public mind is sensitively alive to the calls and invitations of charity , to meet the wants , whether temporal or spiritual , of the inferior classes of our population ; as witness the numerous appeals ivhich are made in the great manufacturing toivns to the benevolence of Christian congregations , both of the church , ancl those which dissent from her communion ; which are always heard with pleasureand answered with

, liberality . And shall Freemasonry—shall that Institution ivhich claims precedence in all works which have Charity , and Brotherly love for their basis , linger behind , and resign the first place to any other establishment ? Shall Freemasonry be content ivith a subordinate station in the dignified march of benevolence ? I am not , I firmly believe , misrepresenting our noble and wealthy Brethren , when I say that they will never submit that Masonry shall relinquish the rank which public estimation has

assigned to it , as a reward for the practical virtues by which its precepts are illustrated . Masonry is in the van , and she will not fail to maintain the high distinction which her charitable institutions have secured . The Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons is a noble idea , and will add fresh laurels to the great body by which it is fostered and protected .

There can he no doubt of its ultimate success ; and the above suggestions have been thrown out with a view of awakening those Brothers to its merits , who , like myself , have no pretensions whatever to participate in the credit of its establishment . I should rejoice , nulla ambitione , to see an institution in existence attached to the Order which I so highly esteem , where the aged and destitute Freemason who has seen better days , may have leisure to reflect , that the lessons he has

heard from the Master ' s Chair , were not vapid and uninteresting , but pregnant ivith real benefits , of which himself ivould be so happy an illustration . It is from this simple and unmixed feeling that I have been induced to place my sentiments on record in this valuable periodical , respecting the general outline of the plan . Its minor details I am unacquainted with ; and though I conceive that much grave consideration ivill be necessary before they can be brought to perfection , yet I am not without an -entire confidence that the philanthropy ivhich could project such a noble institution , will not want genius to devise the best means of carrying it into effective operation .

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