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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 7 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
D ISCIPLINE . —Our attention has for some time been excited by various provincial correspondents , to several points of discip line . We have hitherto refrained from any editorial remarks , and contented ourselves with private answers ; but the requirement of public opinion at length tells us that silence , the Mason ' s virtue , may be abused . comment
We shall only select one subject for present , premising , however , that in proportion as the numbers and respectability of our Order shall still increase , general discipline , in its strictest possible sense , becomes the more necessary . Numbers do not create discipline , but discipline can regulate numbers , and give to them a consequence and a value , by which they may operate on society at large , as well as to the benefit of the state , and the credit of
Freemasonry . The point for comment is the admission of candidates , and the introduction of visitors . It has been shewn to us , that sufficient discrimination has . not been observed in some parts , in the introduction of fit and proper persons to be made Masons ; and that , consequentlthe harmony of Lod and that good order
y , ges , , so essential to Masonic character and credit , has been endangered—many Lodges have suffered by a want of timely caution . It may be remarked , that members may become divided amongst themselves ; and that many well disposed and intelligent Brethren may retire , rather than be parties toor rather witnesses ofindisciline . But
, , p what is even of greater importance is , the probability that the high moral principles of Masonry may become questionable in the mind of the popular world , should they find that certain parties have been hastily admitted . Let but our excellent precautionary measures be observed , and danger will be averted .
In continuation , we now proceed to the introduction of visitors , and at once avow , that the principle embodied in the moral declaration by the highest authority , when the subject was brought under his consideration , that " a Mason's Lodge was a Mason ' s Church , " and that no qualified Brother could be refused admittanceshould be reverenced
, as a LAND-MARK of the Order ; but this land-mark must be respected , nay , reverenced . So little difficulty will attend the clue practice of this most essential safeguard , that we are almost surprised that it should be necessary to particularise the line of duty to be observed . A visitor may be readily
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
D ISCIPLINE . —Our attention has for some time been excited by various provincial correspondents , to several points of discip line . We have hitherto refrained from any editorial remarks , and contented ourselves with private answers ; but the requirement of public opinion at length tells us that silence , the Mason ' s virtue , may be abused . comment
We shall only select one subject for present , premising , however , that in proportion as the numbers and respectability of our Order shall still increase , general discipline , in its strictest possible sense , becomes the more necessary . Numbers do not create discipline , but discipline can regulate numbers , and give to them a consequence and a value , by which they may operate on society at large , as well as to the benefit of the state , and the credit of
Freemasonry . The point for comment is the admission of candidates , and the introduction of visitors . It has been shewn to us , that sufficient discrimination has . not been observed in some parts , in the introduction of fit and proper persons to be made Masons ; and that , consequentlthe harmony of Lod and that good order
y , ges , , so essential to Masonic character and credit , has been endangered—many Lodges have suffered by a want of timely caution . It may be remarked , that members may become divided amongst themselves ; and that many well disposed and intelligent Brethren may retire , rather than be parties toor rather witnesses ofindisciline . But
, , p what is even of greater importance is , the probability that the high moral principles of Masonry may become questionable in the mind of the popular world , should they find that certain parties have been hastily admitted . Let but our excellent precautionary measures be observed , and danger will be averted .
In continuation , we now proceed to the introduction of visitors , and at once avow , that the principle embodied in the moral declaration by the highest authority , when the subject was brought under his consideration , that " a Mason's Lodge was a Mason ' s Church , " and that no qualified Brother could be refused admittanceshould be reverenced
, as a LAND-MARK of the Order ; but this land-mark must be respected , nay , reverenced . So little difficulty will attend the clue practice of this most essential safeguard , that we are almost surprised that it should be necessary to particularise the line of duty to be observed . A visitor may be readily