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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 2 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
a degree fettered by a moral construction of his office to carry out the A'ieAVS and objects of the illustrious individual who appointed him ; for although the supreme power became vested in him during the interregnum occasioned by
the lamented decease of the late Grand Master , he could not but follow the steps of that illustrious Brother ; and in proof of this , Ave are reminded , that his Lordship stated at the especial Grand Lodge in April 1843 , that the
appointments he then made , were from the list selected by H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex . At the especial Grand Lodge in April last , the
appointments ivere all his own ; and however ive may question the probability that he could acquaint himself ivith the respective merits of all whom he has named for promotion , still the responsibility rests entirely Avith himself—for the powers granted him by the Constitutions are sufficiently arbitrary to
require no other reference , unless , indeed , Ave may quote from page 6 of that book , wherein it states , that " all preferment among Masons is grounded upon real -worth and personal merit only . " Some excellent words follow , and
the charge concludes Avith observing that if otherwise qualified , a Brother may at length become " the Grand Master of all the Lodges , according to his merit . " We will now advert to the appointments of the year .
THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER . —In the selection of the estimable nobleman , who has been invested with the dignity of this distinguished office , public opinion , we will venture to say . is unanimous in its favour , and the Grand
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
a degree fettered by a moral construction of his office to carry out the A'ieAVS and objects of the illustrious individual who appointed him ; for although the supreme power became vested in him during the interregnum occasioned by
the lamented decease of the late Grand Master , he could not but follow the steps of that illustrious Brother ; and in proof of this , Ave are reminded , that his Lordship stated at the especial Grand Lodge in April 1843 , that the
appointments he then made , were from the list selected by H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex . At the especial Grand Lodge in April last , the
appointments ivere all his own ; and however ive may question the probability that he could acquaint himself ivith the respective merits of all whom he has named for promotion , still the responsibility rests entirely Avith himself—for the powers granted him by the Constitutions are sufficiently arbitrary to
require no other reference , unless , indeed , Ave may quote from page 6 of that book , wherein it states , that " all preferment among Masons is grounded upon real -worth and personal merit only . " Some excellent words follow , and
the charge concludes Avith observing that if otherwise qualified , a Brother may at length become " the Grand Master of all the Lodges , according to his merit . " We will now advert to the appointments of the year .
THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER . —In the selection of the estimable nobleman , who has been invested with the dignity of this distinguished office , public opinion , we will venture to say . is unanimous in its favour , and the Grand