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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 2 of 6 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
upon the latter of which we cannot refrain from making a few remarks . On that occasion an assertion was hazarded , and followed immediately by a deliberate act disproving its truth ; for , after the address had been carried by acclamation , it was
proposed that a copy of it should be forwarded to His Royal Highness the Queen's Consort by the Grand Master , who said this could be done , and that it was the only way in which Grand Lodge could communicate with a subjectso far , so well ; but he afterwards went on to say , that that
Grand Lodge could not vote an address to any but the Sovereign ofthe land . And now let it be remarked , scarcely had this opinion been given , when a Grand Officer rose to propose an address , previously submitted to the Grand Master , for adoption by Grand Lodge , to the illustrious mother of
the Queen , congratulating her on Her Majesty s providential escape , which the Grand Master was to present to Her Royal Highness . This being put to the Grand Lodge was , of course , carried by acclamation . But , why this wavering ? And why should there not also have been an address to His Royal Highness Prince Albert ? Surely
this want of common feeling did not follow merely because at a late Grand Lodge it was ruled to be improper to address him on his marriage—not that it was felt by the many to be improper—but that the proposed address did not emanate from the highest quarter . Is it for this that
the Grand Lodge is to be told that it is irregular to address any other than the Sovereign of the Realm , and yet on the instant called on to adopt an address' to a subject ( most worthy indeed of all praise love and duty ) , and which had been proposed under his direction ?
THE PRO-GRAND MASTER . THE Earl of Durham , unhappily for Masonry , remains too indisposed to take any part in the proceedings at this eventful time , when his valuable advice would prove most serviceable , and never was so much needed . Masons
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
upon the latter of which we cannot refrain from making a few remarks . On that occasion an assertion was hazarded , and followed immediately by a deliberate act disproving its truth ; for , after the address had been carried by acclamation , it was
proposed that a copy of it should be forwarded to His Royal Highness the Queen's Consort by the Grand Master , who said this could be done , and that it was the only way in which Grand Lodge could communicate with a subjectso far , so well ; but he afterwards went on to say , that that
Grand Lodge could not vote an address to any but the Sovereign ofthe land . And now let it be remarked , scarcely had this opinion been given , when a Grand Officer rose to propose an address , previously submitted to the Grand Master , for adoption by Grand Lodge , to the illustrious mother of
the Queen , congratulating her on Her Majesty s providential escape , which the Grand Master was to present to Her Royal Highness . This being put to the Grand Lodge was , of course , carried by acclamation . But , why this wavering ? And why should there not also have been an address to His Royal Highness Prince Albert ? Surely
this want of common feeling did not follow merely because at a late Grand Lodge it was ruled to be improper to address him on his marriage—not that it was felt by the many to be improper—but that the proposed address did not emanate from the highest quarter . Is it for this that
the Grand Lodge is to be told that it is irregular to address any other than the Sovereign of the Realm , and yet on the instant called on to adopt an address' to a subject ( most worthy indeed of all praise love and duty ) , and which had been proposed under his direction ?
THE PRO-GRAND MASTER . THE Earl of Durham , unhappily for Masonry , remains too indisposed to take any part in the proceedings at this eventful time , when his valuable advice would prove most serviceable , and never was so much needed . Masons