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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
SEPTEMBER 30 , 1853
MASONIC CONGRATULATIONS
THE three months just passed are invariably the most dead periods of the year as respects the progress and -work of Masonry in the metropolitan districts . During those months very few of the London Lodges meet ,, and little or no Masonic business is transacted . Even the Quarterly Communication of
G . L . is hut thinly attended ; and unless any special business calls for debate , nothing of any very great importance is brought forward . It is but natural that this should be the case , inasmuch as by far the greater portion of the Brethren , who can get away from the metropolis , are only too glad to
escape , in order to enjoy the freshness of the sea , country , or continental air , and to lay in a stock of health for the ensuing nine months of active business and employment .
As such is the case , it is not singular that we have little or nothing of any moment to report , if we except the announcement of daily augmented funds and the increased influence of the Craft in all those localities—Home and Colonial—where " the work" is carried forward under the warrant of the G . L . of
England . A reference , however , to our metropolitan reports will show , that although the work and progress of Freemasonry in London have been , as usual , quiescent during the months VOL . i . 2 E
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
SEPTEMBER 30 , 1853
MASONIC CONGRATULATIONS
THE three months just passed are invariably the most dead periods of the year as respects the progress and -work of Masonry in the metropolitan districts . During those months very few of the London Lodges meet ,, and little or no Masonic business is transacted . Even the Quarterly Communication of
G . L . is hut thinly attended ; and unless any special business calls for debate , nothing of any very great importance is brought forward . It is but natural that this should be the case , inasmuch as by far the greater portion of the Brethren , who can get away from the metropolis , are only too glad to
escape , in order to enjoy the freshness of the sea , country , or continental air , and to lay in a stock of health for the ensuing nine months of active business and employment .
As such is the case , it is not singular that we have little or nothing of any moment to report , if we except the announcement of daily augmented funds and the increased influence of the Craft in all those localities—Home and Colonial—where " the work" is carried forward under the warrant of the G . L . of
England . A reference , however , to our metropolitan reports will show , that although the work and progress of Freemasonry in London have been , as usual , quiescent during the months VOL . i . 2 E