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Letters To The Editor.
favour , " and the preference of right to might—of truth to simulationof facts to fictitious analogy—of honest advocacy to sophistry and special pleading—ancl of untainted justice to any purchasable perversion of the law . I beg to remain , Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully June llth , 1840 . J . LEE STEVENS .
DEAR SIR . AND BROTHER , —Allow me to enquire through the medium of your excellent periodical , the rank of a Past Grancl Steward of one of the eighteen Lodges of England ; it being questioned whether the broad crimson border of the one apron shall give way to the narrow garter-blue of the other , partly on the ground that one is only entitled to silver tassels , while tbe other legally wears gold . Also , whether an officer of a Provincial Lodge or a Past Grand Steward takes precedence ? and whether a Past Grancl Steward may embody his Provincial Grand
Loclge position , in purple or gold embroidery , upon his crimson apron , and wear gold tassels attached to two-inch garter-blue ribbon . These distinctions are not pointed out in our Constitutions , which only relate to GRAND LODGE PROCESSIONS , and the wider garter-blue ribbon . AVe are agreed to be decided by your opinion , feeling satisfied that no Brother existing is better qualified to decide upon matters relating to Masonic etiquette . I am , Dear Sir ancl Brother , Yours Faithfully and Fraternally ,
Ihe Author of the Song to the air of" Poor Mary A ? me , " dedicated to Brother Lofty , of Lodge 21 , inserted in an early number ofthe Review . [ In a Provincial Grand Lodge , the officers thereof rank precisely as in the table of precedence laid down by the Const , p . 17 . When Grand Stewards of England are present , being Grand Officers ofthe year , they are usually placed in their rank accordingly ; but Past Grand Stewards
retain no other rank than what their position otherwise has acquired . For example , a Grancl Steward may be merely a Master Mason , not even an Inner Guard ; yet as Grand Steward of the year he ranks as Grancl Officer , but on the termination of the year of office his rank ceases with it . A Grand Steward cannot alter his Badge , nor can a Provincial Grand Officer attach to his Badge any of the appointments of a Grancl steward—either red and silver , or purple ancl gold—each must be separate ancl distinct . !
SIR AND BROTHER , —Having been called upon to give an opinion with regard to Brother Ribbans' retirement from office of P . M . in the St . Paul ' s Loclge , which his exertions raised from " death unto life , " I deemed it most prudent to satisfy myself by consulting , if possible , the minute-book , and , by consent , I have seen that tbe following vote is entered as on the last visit of Brother Ribbans to the Lodge : — vor ,. vir . K E
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Letters To The Editor.
favour , " and the preference of right to might—of truth to simulationof facts to fictitious analogy—of honest advocacy to sophistry and special pleading—ancl of untainted justice to any purchasable perversion of the law . I beg to remain , Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully June llth , 1840 . J . LEE STEVENS .
DEAR SIR . AND BROTHER , —Allow me to enquire through the medium of your excellent periodical , the rank of a Past Grancl Steward of one of the eighteen Lodges of England ; it being questioned whether the broad crimson border of the one apron shall give way to the narrow garter-blue of the other , partly on the ground that one is only entitled to silver tassels , while tbe other legally wears gold . Also , whether an officer of a Provincial Lodge or a Past Grand Steward takes precedence ? and whether a Past Grancl Steward may embody his Provincial Grand
Loclge position , in purple or gold embroidery , upon his crimson apron , and wear gold tassels attached to two-inch garter-blue ribbon . These distinctions are not pointed out in our Constitutions , which only relate to GRAND LODGE PROCESSIONS , and the wider garter-blue ribbon . AVe are agreed to be decided by your opinion , feeling satisfied that no Brother existing is better qualified to decide upon matters relating to Masonic etiquette . I am , Dear Sir ancl Brother , Yours Faithfully and Fraternally ,
Ihe Author of the Song to the air of" Poor Mary A ? me , " dedicated to Brother Lofty , of Lodge 21 , inserted in an early number ofthe Review . [ In a Provincial Grand Lodge , the officers thereof rank precisely as in the table of precedence laid down by the Const , p . 17 . When Grand Stewards of England are present , being Grand Officers ofthe year , they are usually placed in their rank accordingly ; but Past Grand Stewards
retain no other rank than what their position otherwise has acquired . For example , a Grancl Steward may be merely a Master Mason , not even an Inner Guard ; yet as Grand Steward of the year he ranks as Grancl Officer , but on the termination of the year of office his rank ceases with it . A Grand Steward cannot alter his Badge , nor can a Provincial Grand Officer attach to his Badge any of the appointments of a Grancl steward—either red and silver , or purple ancl gold—each must be separate ancl distinct . !
SIR AND BROTHER , —Having been called upon to give an opinion with regard to Brother Ribbans' retirement from office of P . M . in the St . Paul ' s Loclge , which his exertions raised from " death unto life , " I deemed it most prudent to satisfy myself by consulting , if possible , the minute-book , and , by consent , I have seen that tbe following vote is entered as on the last visit of Brother Ribbans to the Lodge : — vor ,. vir . K E