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To The Editor .
Gibbins ( the then W . M ., ) was fully justified in bringing the matter before the Board ; in fact it was his duty to do so . " Presuming upon your candour and desire to do justice to all parties , I rely upon your inserting this communication in your next number , and that more particularly from the circumstance of the Board of General Purposes having thought it proper to severely censure thc
Worshipful Master of the Old King ' s Arms Lodge , No . 30 , for having sent forth such a garbled statement of their decision on this case ; b y doing which you will oblige , Your obedient Servant , JAS . GIBBINS , P . M ., No . 30 . [ In compliance with Bro . Gibbins ' s desire we publish his letter , and with the greater pleasureinasmuch as it confirms the general good
, sense of the statement complained of by him in the letter of the W . Master of No . 30 , to the members of his Lodge . The terms " garbled statement" may or may not have been used by the Board ; but the complimentary allusion to Bro . Gibbins in bringing a matter before , the Board ( of which he was a member , " ) that was not proved , conveys somewhat a sense of the ludicrous . Is Bro . Gibbins aware that since a certain member of the Board has joined the Lodge No . 30 , there has
been nothing but discord and quarrelling . Let Bro . G . advise tlie party alluded to , to depart in peace—Kindness and goodwill will resume their sway ; but , by the very " pillars of Hercules , " while such a member remains , farewell to peace and harmony . —En . ]
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
London , Ist June , 1040 . SIR AND BROTHEU , —A long series of ill health and imminent danger of death , have been the reasons for suspending my pen until the present moment , in answer to your intimation , page 206 , June 1845 . Although I am fully aware of the great difficulty of reaching the ear of the Court of Rome , I am equally conscious that this Court is not impervious to truth or impenetrable to reason . Every question submitted to Rome is laid before the properly constituted tribunal—most
minutely weighed and considered in all its bearings , before being determined , according to the strictest rules of truth and justice . I have , therefore , long entertained an opinion on the efficacy of a respectful and courteous address or remonstrance , signed by the members of as many Lodges as possible , in England , Ireland , and even the colonies , indiscriminately by Catholics and others , to he sent to us here for the purpose of transmission through the hands of our bishop
, Griffiths , in London . When I wrote some time ago , to enquire whether the Grand Lodge would be induced to afford their Roman Catholic Brethren any assistance on such an occasion , it was at a moment when a cardinal ( C'apacini , since dead , ) was here on his way to Rome . His stay was short , and I was not sufficiently recovered in time to resume the subject . These few words may , for the present , perhaps , he sufficient for the
purpose of exciting attention upon a very important point , involving , in the estimation of many , if not the salvation , the peace of mind of many thousand " good Catholics . " A CATHOLIC .
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To The Editor .
Gibbins ( the then W . M ., ) was fully justified in bringing the matter before the Board ; in fact it was his duty to do so . " Presuming upon your candour and desire to do justice to all parties , I rely upon your inserting this communication in your next number , and that more particularly from the circumstance of the Board of General Purposes having thought it proper to severely censure thc
Worshipful Master of the Old King ' s Arms Lodge , No . 30 , for having sent forth such a garbled statement of their decision on this case ; b y doing which you will oblige , Your obedient Servant , JAS . GIBBINS , P . M ., No . 30 . [ In compliance with Bro . Gibbins ' s desire we publish his letter , and with the greater pleasureinasmuch as it confirms the general good
, sense of the statement complained of by him in the letter of the W . Master of No . 30 , to the members of his Lodge . The terms " garbled statement" may or may not have been used by the Board ; but the complimentary allusion to Bro . Gibbins in bringing a matter before , the Board ( of which he was a member , " ) that was not proved , conveys somewhat a sense of the ludicrous . Is Bro . Gibbins aware that since a certain member of the Board has joined the Lodge No . 30 , there has
been nothing but discord and quarrelling . Let Bro . G . advise tlie party alluded to , to depart in peace—Kindness and goodwill will resume their sway ; but , by the very " pillars of Hercules , " while such a member remains , farewell to peace and harmony . —En . ]
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
London , Ist June , 1040 . SIR AND BROTHEU , —A long series of ill health and imminent danger of death , have been the reasons for suspending my pen until the present moment , in answer to your intimation , page 206 , June 1845 . Although I am fully aware of the great difficulty of reaching the ear of the Court of Rome , I am equally conscious that this Court is not impervious to truth or impenetrable to reason . Every question submitted to Rome is laid before the properly constituted tribunal—most
minutely weighed and considered in all its bearings , before being determined , according to the strictest rules of truth and justice . I have , therefore , long entertained an opinion on the efficacy of a respectful and courteous address or remonstrance , signed by the members of as many Lodges as possible , in England , Ireland , and even the colonies , indiscriminately by Catholics and others , to he sent to us here for the purpose of transmission through the hands of our bishop
, Griffiths , in London . When I wrote some time ago , to enquire whether the Grand Lodge would be induced to afford their Roman Catholic Brethren any assistance on such an occasion , it was at a moment when a cardinal ( C'apacini , since dead , ) was here on his way to Rome . His stay was short , and I was not sufficiently recovered in time to resume the subject . These few words may , for the present , perhaps , he sufficient for the
purpose of exciting attention upon a very important point , involving , in the estimation of many , if not the salvation , the peace of mind of many thousand " good Catholics . " A CATHOLIC .