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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 7 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
preferred to fact—falsehood to truth . For that must be either fallacious or false , which , professing annual election , is tantamount to election for life—which assuming to govern districts effectually , prevents local election , and leaves representative Lodges without active government ,
and nominal governors without representative Lodgesand which , mocking the humbler classes of Freemasons with the mere semblance of power , in Grand Lodge , virtuall y substitutes nomination for election . Who can gainsay this ?
GENERAL MATTERS . The transactions of the past three months present their usual quota of intelligence . The demise of the Grand Master has given rise to many meetings of melanchol y interest . - The address of the Rev . Bro . Boyle , at the
Funeral Lodge , Edinburgh , was perhaps the most instructive ; those of Bros , Teetham and Stark , at Hull , were in happier contrast on the occasion of the presentation of testimonials to those worthy Brethren .
In the Colonies , Masonry is wending its useful way . A prayerful hope is generally offered up for the establishment of Provincial Grand Lodges ; and , if possible , for a regulation as to work , which was provided for by the Articles of Union , but was never put into practice .
THE CHARITIES have been well sustained . At the Girls' Festival £ 500 were collected in aid of that most excellent institution . The new Benevolent Institution has held its inaugural general meeting , and a blessing will attend it . Let it only partake of that charity which
" endureth all things , " and it must succeed . The Asylum , too , has held its eighth anniversary , under the presidency of the Earl of Aboyne , Provincial Grand Master for Northamptonshire : for the details of a meeting unprecedented in true Masonic and social example , we refer our
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
preferred to fact—falsehood to truth . For that must be either fallacious or false , which , professing annual election , is tantamount to election for life—which assuming to govern districts effectually , prevents local election , and leaves representative Lodges without active government ,
and nominal governors without representative Lodgesand which , mocking the humbler classes of Freemasons with the mere semblance of power , in Grand Lodge , virtuall y substitutes nomination for election . Who can gainsay this ?
GENERAL MATTERS . The transactions of the past three months present their usual quota of intelligence . The demise of the Grand Master has given rise to many meetings of melanchol y interest . - The address of the Rev . Bro . Boyle , at the
Funeral Lodge , Edinburgh , was perhaps the most instructive ; those of Bros , Teetham and Stark , at Hull , were in happier contrast on the occasion of the presentation of testimonials to those worthy Brethren .
In the Colonies , Masonry is wending its useful way . A prayerful hope is generally offered up for the establishment of Provincial Grand Lodges ; and , if possible , for a regulation as to work , which was provided for by the Articles of Union , but was never put into practice .
THE CHARITIES have been well sustained . At the Girls' Festival £ 500 were collected in aid of that most excellent institution . The new Benevolent Institution has held its inaugural general meeting , and a blessing will attend it . Let it only partake of that charity which
" endureth all things , " and it must succeed . The Asylum , too , has held its eighth anniversary , under the presidency of the Earl of Aboyne , Provincial Grand Master for Northamptonshire : for the details of a meeting unprecedented in true Masonic and social example , we refer our