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Tolerance And Intolerance.
for a moment to what we have called the virtues of Intolerance . We have said there are many among us who are intolerant to a fault , who make no allowance whatever for the frailty of human nature , but condemn utterly ,
without one spark of charitable feeling , the faults to which this or that brother is unfortunately given . This kind or degreo of intolerance is the least likely to prove of any effect , the last that will bring about a reform in the coi . duct of tho condemned brother . Intolerance becomes a
tyranny when it closes all the avenues against his reinstatement in the good graces of tho Craft . It was said , on a certain memorable occasion , by one of the greatest teachers of Morality tho world has ever seen—by the greatest Teacher in the estimation of
some hundred millions of our fellow-creatures— " Let him that is without sin cast tho first stone . " This implied that before utterly condemning , before showing ourselves wholly intolerant towards tho sins which others commit , it is well we should bear in mind that we are not ourselves entirely
without stain . When , then , a brother errs in his conduct , let us not send him to Coventry , but rather encourage him , by that kind forbearance which a sense of our own frailty will suggest , to repent him of the evil he has clone . The just condemnation of human error must be tempered with
mercy , which blesseth him that showeth it as well as him towards whom it is shown . It is no duty of ours to condemn utterly the man who has sinned . Charity—that Charity which is the proudest boast of our Freemasonryrequires rather that we should encourage him to abandon
his evil ways . We must be intolerant of error , but virtuously « o ; and this is what we mean when we exhort our friends to remember the virtues of Intolerance . We have a mind to prolong tho subject , but we have said enough to fulfil our original aim , which was to show that
even the virtue of Tolerance may have its vices , and tho vice of Intolerance its virtues . As Charity is the mainspring of Freemasonry , and the avoidance of error and the encouragement of rectitude are among the leading
principles which Charity inculcates , we exhort our readers to be neither tolerant nor intolerant to a fault ; and we do this in the name of that Charity without which Freemasonry is nothing worth .
Le Monde Maconmtiue announces , that with the concurrence of Grand Master Mazzoni , the Lodgo Tito Vezio , of the Orient of Rome , is about to establish a Masonic Mutual Benefit Society , and that , in all probability , it will be a great success . The same journal announces that Bro . Pasquali ,
of Turin , is engaged m writing a history of Piedmontese Freemasonry , and also that a certain militant priest of Corsica is about entering the lists against Freemasonry , and will commence his onslaught by translating the pamphlet of Bishop Dupanloup .
The Masonic Jewel for last month records the death of Bro . Dr . John Dove , Grand Secretary of the Masonic Grand Bodies of Virginia , at the ripe age of eighty-four . Bro . Dove was , it seems , the oldest Grand Secretary in the world at the time of his decease , having been elected
Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter of Virginia in 1813 , and of Grand Lodge in 1832 . In 1822 ho was a Deputy District Grand Master , and had also at different times held the offices of Grand Junior and' Senior Deacon , and Grand Junior Warden . He was the author of several
Masonic works , the most valuable among them being his " Masonic Text Book , " containing a history of Freemasonry and Digest of the Laws , Rules , and Regulations of the Grand Lodge of Virginia . He was born in Richmond , Va .,
in September , 1 / 92 , and was initiated into Freemasonry in St . John ' s Lodge , No . 36 , of that city , in 1813 . He joined the Randolph Lodge , No . 19 , at an early date , and remained a subscriber to both these Lodges till his death .
He was also honorary membor of several Lodges and Chapters , and two Lodges in his native State bear his name . One who knew him well speaks of him thus : " Dr . Dove was a model man , kindly , courteous , intelligent , and considerate to all ; he was an honour to his
native City and State . But it was as a Freemason he was best known . Never father loved a child more devotedly than John Dove loved Masonry . Never child loved a
father more devotedly than the Masons of Virginia loved John Dove . " He was buried with Masonic honours by St . John ' s Lodge , No . 36 , assisted by the Grand Lodge of Virginia and the Masonic bodies in and near Richmond .
United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
THE PROPOSED INDIAN THANKOFFERING .
ON Wednesday evening an Especial Grand Lodge ot Ancient , TYeo , and Accepted Masons , waa held at Freemasons' ILtll to rocoivo and consider tho Special Committeo ' s Report ou the most appropriate mode of commemorating " tho Most Worshipful Grand Master ' s safo roturu from India . " Tho Temple was thickly tilled , and a great many of tho brethren eonld not obtain seats . Tho E irl of Carnarvon , Ri ght Worshipful Pro Grand Master , presided , having tho Earl of
Donoughmore S . G . W . in his place , Bro . F . Pattison as J . G . W ., Lord Leigh as D . G . M ., and Lord do Tabley as Past G . M . Among tho other brethren who wero present were Bros . zE . J . Mclntyre i ^ . U . G . R ., the Earl of Limerick , Sir Albert Woods ( Garter ) G . D . C ., Dr . Rhys Williams A . G . D . C ., Gen . Brownrigg Prov . G . M . Surrey , Capt . Piatt P . G . D ., Bro . S . Tomkins G . R ., lie v . Sir J . Warren Haves , Bros . W . CUxm
Br-ackstono Baker , Clabon , Joshna Is mm , Rev . It . J . Simpson , Bro . Grissell , Revs . C . J . Martin , S . R . Wigram and 0 . W . Arnold , P . ros Horvev Grand Soerotary , S . Raw son P . District G . M . of China , Itov . A . B . iYa / . or , Bros . Boord M . P . G . D ., A . J . Filer P . G . S . B ., Cottobruno , James Mason , James Gluishor , J . A . Racket * P . G . D ., Thomas Cubitt P . G . P ., Joseph Wright , E . P . Albert , S . G . Foxall , Raynham Stewart ,
J . M . Caso G . D ., & c . The dais was quite full . After Grand Lodge had been formally opened , Grand Secretary , by direction of the Earl of Carnarvon , read the following report of the special committee : — " Tho committeo havo carefully considered tho matters submitted to them , and beg to report as follows : — 1 st . That the sum of £ 1 , 000 bo votod for tho Roval National Life-boat
Institution , for the purpose of ioanding two life-boat stations in porpetnity , and in such localities on tho English coast as the sub-corn , mittee horoinaftor mentioned shall decido ; 2 nd . That a sub-committee , consisting of tho Right Worshipful Pro Grand Master , tho Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Mastor , and the Right Worshipful Senior Grand Deacon , be appointed to wait on the Socrotary of the
Royal National Life-boat Institution , with full powors to arrange all matters as to locality , dotails , & o •3 rd . That a memorial tablet be erected in Grand Lodgo in commemoration of tho event . " The Earl of Carnarvon rose , amidst loud cheers , to propose , " That this report bo now recoived , and that the scheme which it proposos be recommended for adoption to the next Quarterly Communication .
In doing so he said that his general duty in that chair and his desire wa 3 to act simply as a speaker , to offer no personal opinion , and not to influence in any degrao the resolutions which might be arrivod at . His general duty , to which he desired to confine himself , was to regulate the proceedings , and to see that they were conducted with that propriety and dignity which befitted this great meotingof
Freemasons of England . But on that evening thero were exceptional circumstances , and he passed beyond all that limit and took upon himself , as chairman of the special committee , to make a spocial and exceptional recommendation to Grand Lodge . Under thoso circumstances ho asked tho brethren to givo him that cordial support which ho had invariably met with at their hands . Tho committee ,
of which he was tho chairman , met , and ho wished , in the first instance , to do that committee tho simple jn « tico of saying that no inquiries could have been fuller , no discissions could have been more exhaustive , no attention could havo been more patient than that which the committee gave to the question before them . They wore a committeo which . Tcpveaculed very fully the opinions of tho Craft .
Each separate opinion that could find favour with tho Craft , eithor in its general body cr in its individual section , wore fully brought forward and discussed , and lie had now , as the chairman of the committee , to present the brethren with their resolutions , which embodied in fact tho report which had been read by the Grand Secretary . Tho cause of their attendance in Grand Lodge that
night was due solely and entirely to himself . Ho felt—and felt strongly—that in a matter of this sort and of this importance , whoro snch an nnusnal courso wa 3 proposed , it was clue to the Craft that every conceivablo opportunity for discussion should be afforded , aud tho fullest publicity granted , that no ono should have a right heroafter to say that a course had been adopted withont the full
knowledge and sanction of the Craft , as represented in Grand Lodgo . This was his excuse for putting the brethren to the trouble of coming to an especial meeting of Grand Lodge . He hoped that tho resolution which he proposed would meet with no opposition . Ho did not ask this for himself , though he was entitled to look for the brethren ' s support ; but he asked it in consideration of the importance of this
question , and above all of tho illustrious person in whoso name and for whoso sake he wns now proposing it ( hear , hear ) . It was not so long sinco his Royal Highness made that most remarkable progress through India that he need recall any of its special incidouts to the brethren ; it was doubtless fresh in their minds how his Royal Highness passed through the length and breadth of that wonderful—he might almost
say fabulous—empire , which it was tho boagtand glory of the English Crown to hold as its own . They wonld remember how he passed from one native state to another ; how tho whole pageantry , so to speak , of Iudian pomp , was unrolled buforohiin ; and how he , the first of English princes , bocame acquainted , as it were , both with the public and the private life of the great chiefs of that vast dependency ( hear ,
hear . ) It was not merely a matter ot private interest and of legitimate curiosity ; he fulfilled from his ( Lord Carnarvon ' s ) point of view a great public duty ( hear ) ; he learned a lesson that no books , no public offices , no documents could possibly have taught him ; ho saw the inner life of India ; and ho returned moro fitted to adviso and to govern than when he left these shores . He discharged a great
public duty , and he discharged it well ; and when ho returned to this country he met with a welcome and a reception such as no Prince of Wales ever met with before . From one end of the country to the other there ran a thrill of congratulation that he had be-j ' n preserved through all the difficulties and the perils of this long ourney , and that he had been restored , as they truly hoped , for the good
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Tolerance And Intolerance.
for a moment to what we have called the virtues of Intolerance . We have said there are many among us who are intolerant to a fault , who make no allowance whatever for the frailty of human nature , but condemn utterly ,
without one spark of charitable feeling , the faults to which this or that brother is unfortunately given . This kind or degreo of intolerance is the least likely to prove of any effect , the last that will bring about a reform in the coi . duct of tho condemned brother . Intolerance becomes a
tyranny when it closes all the avenues against his reinstatement in the good graces of tho Craft . It was said , on a certain memorable occasion , by one of the greatest teachers of Morality tho world has ever seen—by the greatest Teacher in the estimation of
some hundred millions of our fellow-creatures— " Let him that is without sin cast tho first stone . " This implied that before utterly condemning , before showing ourselves wholly intolerant towards tho sins which others commit , it is well we should bear in mind that we are not ourselves entirely
without stain . When , then , a brother errs in his conduct , let us not send him to Coventry , but rather encourage him , by that kind forbearance which a sense of our own frailty will suggest , to repent him of the evil he has clone . The just condemnation of human error must be tempered with
mercy , which blesseth him that showeth it as well as him towards whom it is shown . It is no duty of ours to condemn utterly the man who has sinned . Charity—that Charity which is the proudest boast of our Freemasonryrequires rather that we should encourage him to abandon
his evil ways . We must be intolerant of error , but virtuously « o ; and this is what we mean when we exhort our friends to remember the virtues of Intolerance . We have a mind to prolong tho subject , but we have said enough to fulfil our original aim , which was to show that
even the virtue of Tolerance may have its vices , and tho vice of Intolerance its virtues . As Charity is the mainspring of Freemasonry , and the avoidance of error and the encouragement of rectitude are among the leading
principles which Charity inculcates , we exhort our readers to be neither tolerant nor intolerant to a fault ; and we do this in the name of that Charity without which Freemasonry is nothing worth .
Le Monde Maconmtiue announces , that with the concurrence of Grand Master Mazzoni , the Lodgo Tito Vezio , of the Orient of Rome , is about to establish a Masonic Mutual Benefit Society , and that , in all probability , it will be a great success . The same journal announces that Bro . Pasquali ,
of Turin , is engaged m writing a history of Piedmontese Freemasonry , and also that a certain militant priest of Corsica is about entering the lists against Freemasonry , and will commence his onslaught by translating the pamphlet of Bishop Dupanloup .
The Masonic Jewel for last month records the death of Bro . Dr . John Dove , Grand Secretary of the Masonic Grand Bodies of Virginia , at the ripe age of eighty-four . Bro . Dove was , it seems , the oldest Grand Secretary in the world at the time of his decease , having been elected
Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter of Virginia in 1813 , and of Grand Lodge in 1832 . In 1822 ho was a Deputy District Grand Master , and had also at different times held the offices of Grand Junior and' Senior Deacon , and Grand Junior Warden . He was the author of several
Masonic works , the most valuable among them being his " Masonic Text Book , " containing a history of Freemasonry and Digest of the Laws , Rules , and Regulations of the Grand Lodge of Virginia . He was born in Richmond , Va .,
in September , 1 / 92 , and was initiated into Freemasonry in St . John ' s Lodge , No . 36 , of that city , in 1813 . He joined the Randolph Lodge , No . 19 , at an early date , and remained a subscriber to both these Lodges till his death .
He was also honorary membor of several Lodges and Chapters , and two Lodges in his native State bear his name . One who knew him well speaks of him thus : " Dr . Dove was a model man , kindly , courteous , intelligent , and considerate to all ; he was an honour to his
native City and State . But it was as a Freemason he was best known . Never father loved a child more devotedly than John Dove loved Masonry . Never child loved a
father more devotedly than the Masons of Virginia loved John Dove . " He was buried with Masonic honours by St . John ' s Lodge , No . 36 , assisted by the Grand Lodge of Virginia and the Masonic bodies in and near Richmond .
United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
THE PROPOSED INDIAN THANKOFFERING .
ON Wednesday evening an Especial Grand Lodge ot Ancient , TYeo , and Accepted Masons , waa held at Freemasons' ILtll to rocoivo and consider tho Special Committeo ' s Report ou the most appropriate mode of commemorating " tho Most Worshipful Grand Master ' s safo roturu from India . " Tho Temple was thickly tilled , and a great many of tho brethren eonld not obtain seats . Tho E irl of Carnarvon , Ri ght Worshipful Pro Grand Master , presided , having tho Earl of
Donoughmore S . G . W . in his place , Bro . F . Pattison as J . G . W ., Lord Leigh as D . G . M ., and Lord do Tabley as Past G . M . Among tho other brethren who wero present were Bros . zE . J . Mclntyre i ^ . U . G . R ., the Earl of Limerick , Sir Albert Woods ( Garter ) G . D . C ., Dr . Rhys Williams A . G . D . C ., Gen . Brownrigg Prov . G . M . Surrey , Capt . Piatt P . G . D ., Bro . S . Tomkins G . R ., lie v . Sir J . Warren Haves , Bros . W . CUxm
Br-ackstono Baker , Clabon , Joshna Is mm , Rev . It . J . Simpson , Bro . Grissell , Revs . C . J . Martin , S . R . Wigram and 0 . W . Arnold , P . ros Horvev Grand Soerotary , S . Raw son P . District G . M . of China , Itov . A . B . iYa / . or , Bros . Boord M . P . G . D ., A . J . Filer P . G . S . B ., Cottobruno , James Mason , James Gluishor , J . A . Racket * P . G . D ., Thomas Cubitt P . G . P ., Joseph Wright , E . P . Albert , S . G . Foxall , Raynham Stewart ,
J . M . Caso G . D ., & c . The dais was quite full . After Grand Lodge had been formally opened , Grand Secretary , by direction of the Earl of Carnarvon , read the following report of the special committee : — " Tho committeo havo carefully considered tho matters submitted to them , and beg to report as follows : — 1 st . That the sum of £ 1 , 000 bo votod for tho Roval National Life-boat
Institution , for the purpose of ioanding two life-boat stations in porpetnity , and in such localities on tho English coast as the sub-corn , mittee horoinaftor mentioned shall decido ; 2 nd . That a sub-committee , consisting of tho Right Worshipful Pro Grand Master , tho Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Mastor , and the Right Worshipful Senior Grand Deacon , be appointed to wait on the Socrotary of the
Royal National Life-boat Institution , with full powors to arrange all matters as to locality , dotails , & o •3 rd . That a memorial tablet be erected in Grand Lodgo in commemoration of tho event . " The Earl of Carnarvon rose , amidst loud cheers , to propose , " That this report bo now recoived , and that the scheme which it proposos be recommended for adoption to the next Quarterly Communication .
In doing so he said that his general duty in that chair and his desire wa 3 to act simply as a speaker , to offer no personal opinion , and not to influence in any degrao the resolutions which might be arrivod at . His general duty , to which he desired to confine himself , was to regulate the proceedings , and to see that they were conducted with that propriety and dignity which befitted this great meotingof
Freemasons of England . But on that evening thero were exceptional circumstances , and he passed beyond all that limit and took upon himself , as chairman of the special committee , to make a spocial and exceptional recommendation to Grand Lodge . Under thoso circumstances ho asked tho brethren to givo him that cordial support which ho had invariably met with at their hands . Tho committee ,
of which he was tho chairman , met , and ho wished , in the first instance , to do that committee tho simple jn « tico of saying that no inquiries could have been fuller , no discissions could have been more exhaustive , no attention could havo been more patient than that which the committee gave to the question before them . They wore a committeo which . Tcpveaculed very fully the opinions of tho Craft .
Each separate opinion that could find favour with tho Craft , eithor in its general body cr in its individual section , wore fully brought forward and discussed , and lie had now , as the chairman of the committee , to present the brethren with their resolutions , which embodied in fact tho report which had been read by the Grand Secretary . Tho cause of their attendance in Grand Lodge that
night was due solely and entirely to himself . Ho felt—and felt strongly—that in a matter of this sort and of this importance , whoro snch an nnusnal courso wa 3 proposed , it was clue to the Craft that every conceivablo opportunity for discussion should be afforded , aud tho fullest publicity granted , that no ono should have a right heroafter to say that a course had been adopted withont the full
knowledge and sanction of the Craft , as represented in Grand Lodgo . This was his excuse for putting the brethren to the trouble of coming to an especial meeting of Grand Lodge . He hoped that tho resolution which he proposed would meet with no opposition . Ho did not ask this for himself , though he was entitled to look for the brethren ' s support ; but he asked it in consideration of the importance of this
question , and above all of tho illustrious person in whoso name and for whoso sake he wns now proposing it ( hear , hear ) . It was not so long sinco his Royal Highness made that most remarkable progress through India that he need recall any of its special incidouts to the brethren ; it was doubtless fresh in their minds how his Royal Highness passed through the length and breadth of that wonderful—he might almost
say fabulous—empire , which it was tho boagtand glory of the English Crown to hold as its own . They wonld remember how he passed from one native state to another ; how tho whole pageantry , so to speak , of Iudian pomp , was unrolled buforohiin ; and how he , the first of English princes , bocame acquainted , as it were , both with the public and the private life of the great chiefs of that vast dependency ( hear ,
hear . ) It was not merely a matter ot private interest and of legitimate curiosity ; he fulfilled from his ( Lord Carnarvon ' s ) point of view a great public duty ( hear ) ; he learned a lesson that no books , no public offices , no documents could possibly have taught him ; ho saw the inner life of India ; and ho returned moro fitted to adviso and to govern than when he left these shores . He discharged a great
public duty , and he discharged it well ; and when ho returned to this country he met with a welcome and a reception such as no Prince of Wales ever met with before . From one end of the country to the other there ran a thrill of congratulation that he had be-j ' n preserved through all the difficulties and the perils of this long ourney , and that he had been restored , as they truly hoped , for the good