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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 8 of 8
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
proved that rank , station , or friendship , were considered as but secondary matters , when he thought , whether properly or not , that the prerogative of the Grand Master was involved . But who can do justice to the last moments of the dying
Mason ? Let those Brethren who remember the magnificent conception of the Third Degree pause , and wonder at the strictness with which their Grand Master illustrated every point ; and let those who , in the confusion of contending thoughts have forgotten it , now seek again the Light ,
and square their own conduct by that of the late Grand Master ; and may their last moments be as peaceful ! Still , however severe his loss to the Craft may be , the Mason ' s trust and hope , as well as that of all mankind , is in GOD . There is a moral security that time will repair it .
The Grand Master has left us the residuary legatees of his good wishes , and the devisees of his Masonic example ; and , with these impressions , we arrive at the conclusion that Freemasonry for a time may mourn , but " that it is too holy an institution to be entombed with the mortal remains of any man . "
We possess much important matter , which we hope to give by occasional papers ; for " the Duke of Sussex" forms an era in the order , and years will elapse before he can cease to be an object of the deepest interest . We shall close this Supplementary Number with an account of the
connexion of the Royal Family with Freemasonry , leaving , probably , to our successors the task of illustrating each character by appropriate comments .
The Earl of Zetland—whom God preserve!—as Pro-Grand Master , now rules the United Grand Lodge of England , until the next period of election .
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
proved that rank , station , or friendship , were considered as but secondary matters , when he thought , whether properly or not , that the prerogative of the Grand Master was involved . But who can do justice to the last moments of the dying
Mason ? Let those Brethren who remember the magnificent conception of the Third Degree pause , and wonder at the strictness with which their Grand Master illustrated every point ; and let those who , in the confusion of contending thoughts have forgotten it , now seek again the Light ,
and square their own conduct by that of the late Grand Master ; and may their last moments be as peaceful ! Still , however severe his loss to the Craft may be , the Mason ' s trust and hope , as well as that of all mankind , is in GOD . There is a moral security that time will repair it .
The Grand Master has left us the residuary legatees of his good wishes , and the devisees of his Masonic example ; and , with these impressions , we arrive at the conclusion that Freemasonry for a time may mourn , but " that it is too holy an institution to be entombed with the mortal remains of any man . "
We possess much important matter , which we hope to give by occasional papers ; for " the Duke of Sussex" forms an era in the order , and years will elapse before he can cease to be an object of the deepest interest . We shall close this Supplementary Number with an account of the
connexion of the Royal Family with Freemasonry , leaving , probably , to our successors the task of illustrating each character by appropriate comments .
The Earl of Zetland—whom God preserve!—as Pro-Grand Master , now rules the United Grand Lodge of England , until the next period of election .