SHERWOOD, GILBERT, AND PIPER, PATERNOSTER-ROW; SUTHERLAND, CALTON-STREET, EDINBURGH; J PORTER, GRAFTON-ST., A FREEMASON, WHOSE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE ARE HUMBLY, BUT FAITHFULLY, CONNECTED WITH, AND NOT ALTOGETHER UNKNOWN TO, THE ORDER, HAS BEEN DESIRED TO DEDICATE THIS VOLUME AS HE MAY THINK FIT. THE MASONIC CRAFT IS UNIVERSAL; AND IT IS WITH A GRATEFUL SENSE OF THE ADVANTAGES DERIVED FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS, (HOLDING ORIGINALLY FROM THE MOTHER GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND), AND ITS MOST WORSHIPFUL PRESENT AND PAST GRAND MASTERS, THAT HE HOPES SUCH AUGUST BODY AND ITS ILLUSTRIOUS RULERS WILL DEIGN TO ACCEPT, AS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR MERITS, AN OFFERING THAT PROCEEDS FROM ᎢᎻᎬ ᎻᎬᎪᎡᎢ ; A REMEMBRANCE OF COMPLIMENTARY KINDNESS PAID TO THREE ENGLISH FREEMASONS, IS AN ADDITIONAL MOTIVE, WERE ANY NEEDED, FOR THUS DEDICATING THE FOURTEENTH VOLUME OF The Freemasons' Quarterly Review. 1847. |