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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE AND REVIEW. ← Page 2 of 11 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
Again , to those amongst us whose imaginations are not so easily and so powerfully wrought upon by the visions of the past , —who perhaps do not possess in the highest degree the speculative turn of mind so necessary to the right understanding and due appreciation of the figurative
language of our Craft , —to those whose time is too much occupied in reviewing the stern realities of every-day life , to allow of their occasionally indulging a visionary vein , and whose commonplace occupations forbid their basking in a gleam of happy sunshine reflected from the mirror of
antiquity , —even to these the approaching event is an omen of good , and , as such , they hail it with all the heartiness , if not with the characteristic ardour , of their more speculative Brethren . In the forthcoming international Exhibition , they recognize at once an opportunity afforded them of testing one of the great principles of Freemasonry—that
axis upon which the whole system revolves , —without which the institution itself is but as " sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal ; " and they hail the approach of the happy day which shall unite them with Brethren from every part of the world upon which the light of Masonry
has , up to the present time , shed its humanizing influence . Well may we consider , and that most seriously , the responsibility which hangs over our heads , and endeavour , to the best of our power , to assist the commonweal of the Craft , in elucidating the best plan for the due performance of a
sacred duty . Are we not responsible if we omit to take advantage of the opportunity thus offered to us , of proving to the world at large that Freemasonry is not a mere matter of signs and symbols—of local charity and individual benefaction , but that it is a great vital principle of
universal tendency ; and , in the words of Dr . Oliver , " a science confined to no particular country , but extending over the whole terrestrial globe ?"
Should we not be guilty of a breach of duty , were we to allow such an occasion to pass by without testifying , in a more than ordinary manner , our appreciation of the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
Again , to those amongst us whose imaginations are not so easily and so powerfully wrought upon by the visions of the past , —who perhaps do not possess in the highest degree the speculative turn of mind so necessary to the right understanding and due appreciation of the figurative
language of our Craft , —to those whose time is too much occupied in reviewing the stern realities of every-day life , to allow of their occasionally indulging a visionary vein , and whose commonplace occupations forbid their basking in a gleam of happy sunshine reflected from the mirror of
antiquity , —even to these the approaching event is an omen of good , and , as such , they hail it with all the heartiness , if not with the characteristic ardour , of their more speculative Brethren . In the forthcoming international Exhibition , they recognize at once an opportunity afforded them of testing one of the great principles of Freemasonry—that
axis upon which the whole system revolves , —without which the institution itself is but as " sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal ; " and they hail the approach of the happy day which shall unite them with Brethren from every part of the world upon which the light of Masonry
has , up to the present time , shed its humanizing influence . Well may we consider , and that most seriously , the responsibility which hangs over our heads , and endeavour , to the best of our power , to assist the commonweal of the Craft , in elucidating the best plan for the due performance of a
sacred duty . Are we not responsible if we omit to take advantage of the opportunity thus offered to us , of proving to the world at large that Freemasonry is not a mere matter of signs and symbols—of local charity and individual benefaction , but that it is a great vital principle of
universal tendency ; and , in the words of Dr . Oliver , " a science confined to no particular country , but extending over the whole terrestrial globe ?"
Should we not be guilty of a breach of duty , were we to allow such an occasion to pass by without testifying , in a more than ordinary manner , our appreciation of the