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Address To Our Readers.
ADDRESS TO OUR READERS .
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE
AND MASONIC MIRROR .
THE conclusion of the year 1868 brings with it the completion of Yolumo XIX . of the Quarto Series of the weekly issne of the MAGAZINE , and our semi-annual Address to our readers . It is with some degree of gratification that we can point to the present volume , enriched as it is with contributions from many of our most valued contributors—eminent Masons . The subject matter itself constitutes the MAGAZINE one of the most important periodicals of the present clay .
The MAGAZINE is making rapid strides everywhere , and by its presence has checked the blackmail levying Masonic cadgers , that pest of the Fraternity . It has also proved of service to the young student in Freemasonry , and many brethren , who have spent their lives in study , have found a means of dispensing their lores of kno ivledge in its columns , for the benefit of the Craft at large . It has also been the means of bringing about friendships among Masons , who would not otherwise have
known of each other ' s existence , and such connections bear good fruit in the interchange of thought and information . It is therefore with considerable pride that we see the recognition of its rapidly increasing importance among all classes of the Fraternity . We feel repaid for onr labours in the instruction it affords to our younger members ; and we are happy in the knowledge that we are the means of introducing eminent brethren to one another .
The columns devoted to Notes and Queries and Correspondence have proved more attractive than heretofore , and afforded opportunities for the discussion of interesting subjects , and the chronicling of valuable facts connected with the Craft . These important branches of the MAGAZINE will still form , we trust , a leading feature in the eyes of all our readers , whom we invite to add their marks on the stones of the building .
As in time past , so in the future , it will be our endeavour to sustain the steadily increasing importance and influence of the MAGAZINE , and to keep it worthy of being- considered THE ORGA : M OF BRITISH MASONRY . In the coming year sets of papers upon various Masonic subjects will form leading features , and nothing will be wanting on our . part to keep up its interest ancl knowledge diffusing qualities . We would ask our readers to aid us in increasing its power by bringing it
before such of the Fraternity , who may not be subscribers , or know of its existence . The progress of Masonry throughout the globe has , during the past year , been most satisfactory , and the fraternal bonds between the Grand Lodges at home and abroad daily drawn closer and closer . The spirit of investigation which has within the last few years arisen among all classes of the Fraternity , has given an impetus to Masonic knowledge , which in after years will yield ample
and life-sustaining food . In the British Isles there is no reason to complain of want of energy , nor desire upon the part of the Grand Bodies to hold aloof from each other . While the members of the higher grades of Masonry in England and Ireland are gradually rivetting the links of the chain in closer harmony , the Templars of England and Scotland , thanks to the assiduity of Sir Patrick Colquhoun , have acknowledged each other , and thrown open their priories to the Knights holding under their separate Constitutions .
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Address To Our Readers.
ADDRESS TO OUR READERS .
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE
AND MASONIC MIRROR .
THE conclusion of the year 1868 brings with it the completion of Yolumo XIX . of the Quarto Series of the weekly issne of the MAGAZINE , and our semi-annual Address to our readers . It is with some degree of gratification that we can point to the present volume , enriched as it is with contributions from many of our most valued contributors—eminent Masons . The subject matter itself constitutes the MAGAZINE one of the most important periodicals of the present clay .
The MAGAZINE is making rapid strides everywhere , and by its presence has checked the blackmail levying Masonic cadgers , that pest of the Fraternity . It has also proved of service to the young student in Freemasonry , and many brethren , who have spent their lives in study , have found a means of dispensing their lores of kno ivledge in its columns , for the benefit of the Craft at large . It has also been the means of bringing about friendships among Masons , who would not otherwise have
known of each other ' s existence , and such connections bear good fruit in the interchange of thought and information . It is therefore with considerable pride that we see the recognition of its rapidly increasing importance among all classes of the Fraternity . We feel repaid for onr labours in the instruction it affords to our younger members ; and we are happy in the knowledge that we are the means of introducing eminent brethren to one another .
The columns devoted to Notes and Queries and Correspondence have proved more attractive than heretofore , and afforded opportunities for the discussion of interesting subjects , and the chronicling of valuable facts connected with the Craft . These important branches of the MAGAZINE will still form , we trust , a leading feature in the eyes of all our readers , whom we invite to add their marks on the stones of the building .
As in time past , so in the future , it will be our endeavour to sustain the steadily increasing importance and influence of the MAGAZINE , and to keep it worthy of being- considered THE ORGA : M OF BRITISH MASONRY . In the coming year sets of papers upon various Masonic subjects will form leading features , and nothing will be wanting on our . part to keep up its interest ancl knowledge diffusing qualities . We would ask our readers to aid us in increasing its power by bringing it
before such of the Fraternity , who may not be subscribers , or know of its existence . The progress of Masonry throughout the globe has , during the past year , been most satisfactory , and the fraternal bonds between the Grand Lodges at home and abroad daily drawn closer and closer . The spirit of investigation which has within the last few years arisen among all classes of the Fraternity , has given an impetus to Masonic knowledge , which in after years will yield ample
and life-sustaining food . In the British Isles there is no reason to complain of want of energy , nor desire upon the part of the Grand Bodies to hold aloof from each other . While the members of the higher grades of Masonry in England and Ireland are gradually rivetting the links of the chain in closer harmony , the Templars of England and Scotland , thanks to the assiduity of Sir Patrick Colquhoun , have acknowledged each other , and thrown open their priories to the Knights holding under their separate Constitutions .