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Monthly Masonic Sumnary.
Monthly Masonic Sumnary .
THE year of 1876 is drawing to a close , and with this number we wish our kind readers farewell for the Old Year . When ive next greet them a New Year will have dawned upon us , and for what it will bring us all of good or evil , peace or war , joy or
sorrow , success or failure , we must leave humbly to the Great Disposer of all events , as it is in vain for ns poor mortals to seek to penetrate the veil which hangs over the mystic hours of futurity . But with the closing year we wish to all
our friendly patrons and zealous contributors , every happiness for their families and themselves in their home circles , in their public duties , and we trust that theirs may be , in every good sense of the words , a " Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year . "
At the close of 1876 we also , publisher and editor , beg to tender our heartfelt thanks to all who have cheered ns by their support , or aided us by their pens in the past twelve months . We hope that each succeeding month
will see the " Masonic Magazine " progressing in its true literary position , and obtaining the approval of all educated Masons .
No efforts on our part will be spared to Knder the Magazine worthy of our great CK > ft ; but we hope our friends will not "be an gry if we remind them that the surest Wa yto make the "Masonic Magazine " successful and A 1 in its literary prestige , s to enable
! the publisher , by a largely ^ creased list of subscribers , to make this agazuie a paying concern , and not a mere alo y ° baTge on Us own resom'ces stirf * increased subscription list , the ^ e of the articles would be sensibly
increased , as gratuitous contributions , however good , do not rise to the level , artistically , of those for which the morket price of literary labour is fully paid . But " verbum sat sapienti " we have no wish to complain or depreciate our own
good wares , which are offered to the open market of thought and study , without fear and without misgiving , month by month . Yet we do not think that it is ever wrong lo speak the truth , and so we have spoken to-day in all sincerity and without offence
, we hope , to any . The onward progress of Freemasonry continues , and new Lodges are continually added to the long roll of the English Grand Lodge . A case has occurred before a County
Court Judge , about an initiate refusing to pay his fees of initiation , and the County Court Judge refused to enforce the payment on the plea that the Society was not incorporated . This fact speaks volumes , as the want of
caution of the Lodge , which such a "fiasco " has occurred , and is in itself a disgrace to Freemasonry . We are a little in doubt as to whether the decision of the County Court Judge will hold good , and fancy that , on appeal such judgment will be somewhat reversed ; at any rate the point ought to be looked into .
The "Ultramontanes have still nothing better to do but to revile ns poor Freemasons . Amid the darkening signs of the times one would have thought that the Church of Eome might be more judiciously employed in setting her own house in order
and restraining the violence of her more turbulent members ; but there are some bodies which never will be wise in time , until the hand writing is on the wall , until all that is left for them is , " Mene , Mene , Tekel , Upharsin . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Masonic Sumnary.
Monthly Masonic Sumnary .
THE year of 1876 is drawing to a close , and with this number we wish our kind readers farewell for the Old Year . When ive next greet them a New Year will have dawned upon us , and for what it will bring us all of good or evil , peace or war , joy or
sorrow , success or failure , we must leave humbly to the Great Disposer of all events , as it is in vain for ns poor mortals to seek to penetrate the veil which hangs over the mystic hours of futurity . But with the closing year we wish to all
our friendly patrons and zealous contributors , every happiness for their families and themselves in their home circles , in their public duties , and we trust that theirs may be , in every good sense of the words , a " Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year . "
At the close of 1876 we also , publisher and editor , beg to tender our heartfelt thanks to all who have cheered ns by their support , or aided us by their pens in the past twelve months . We hope that each succeeding month
will see the " Masonic Magazine " progressing in its true literary position , and obtaining the approval of all educated Masons .
No efforts on our part will be spared to Knder the Magazine worthy of our great CK > ft ; but we hope our friends will not "be an gry if we remind them that the surest Wa yto make the "Masonic Magazine " successful and A 1 in its literary prestige , s to enable
! the publisher , by a largely ^ creased list of subscribers , to make this agazuie a paying concern , and not a mere alo y ° baTge on Us own resom'ces stirf * increased subscription list , the ^ e of the articles would be sensibly
increased , as gratuitous contributions , however good , do not rise to the level , artistically , of those for which the morket price of literary labour is fully paid . But " verbum sat sapienti " we have no wish to complain or depreciate our own
good wares , which are offered to the open market of thought and study , without fear and without misgiving , month by month . Yet we do not think that it is ever wrong lo speak the truth , and so we have spoken to-day in all sincerity and without offence
, we hope , to any . The onward progress of Freemasonry continues , and new Lodges are continually added to the long roll of the English Grand Lodge . A case has occurred before a County
Court Judge , about an initiate refusing to pay his fees of initiation , and the County Court Judge refused to enforce the payment on the plea that the Society was not incorporated . This fact speaks volumes , as the want of
caution of the Lodge , which such a "fiasco " has occurred , and is in itself a disgrace to Freemasonry . We are a little in doubt as to whether the decision of the County Court Judge will hold good , and fancy that , on appeal such judgment will be somewhat reversed ; at any rate the point ought to be looked into .
The "Ultramontanes have still nothing better to do but to revile ns poor Freemasons . Amid the darkening signs of the times one would have thought that the Church of Eome might be more judiciously employed in setting her own house in order
and restraining the violence of her more turbulent members ; but there are some bodies which never will be wise in time , until the hand writing is on the wall , until all that is left for them is , " Mene , Mene , Tekel , Upharsin . "