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Quarterly Communication.
of Brethren not professing the Christian reli gion from other Grand Lodges , they would possibly themselves become excommunicated from all . He asked this favour as a Mason , believing it to be a paramount duty to endeavour by conciliation , and even by delay , as far as justice permitted , to win the Prussian Brethren back from error lo the right path . For his own part he feared no misinterpretation of his motive ; at the commencement of the disunion he was opposed to the vote of
thanks to the Prince of Prussia , because he knew at the time of the misguided views both of his Grand Lod ge and the prince ; but at that very time , he ( Bro . Faudel ) was met by a most equivocal explanation ; and now it was perfectly clear that the information given by him at the time true to
was trie very letter . His lordship s reputation and the character of the Grand Lodge of England were of too exalted a nature to suffer b y an act of Masonic condescension ; on the contrary it most probably would gain over those , as proselytes to truth , who now were acting from misguidance and error . Freemasonry was an universal bond —not a sectarian compact—and excluded no man on account of his religion . This was the fundamental basis , and having so declared it , we were bound to maintain itand as the oriinal system of Prussian
; g Masonry derived its existence from that of England , we were bound to call the Brethren of that country back to their natural allegiance . The refusal to admit our certificates on the plea . stated , was offensive , and contrary to Masonic law . The humble request he thus made to the Grand Master , for in no other terms could he shape it , might not be approved , but this would not prevent him from moving that the grateful thanks of the Grand Lodge be most respectfully tendered to the Right Honourable
the Earl of Zetland , the M . W . Grand Master , for his uniform support of the principles of Freemasonry , but more especially for the protection thereof in the recent correspondence with the Grand Lodge of Berlin , by which the dignity of the Order has been maintained and proved . — ( Bro . F . sat down amid general cheering . ) Bro . Dr . CRUCEFIX briefly seconded the motion of Bro . Faudel , observing that he fully concurred in every observation that had fallen from that Brother
. AVith regard to the conduct of the Grand Lodge of Berlin , it was not merel y indefensible , but merited what it most surely would receive—the denunciation of the whole world ; it struck for the annihilation of Freemasonry—but even the popular world would see therein nothing but narrow prejudice . The discussion so far from injuring the Order , would only display its purity . Lord WORSLEY ( D . G . M . ) then put the motion , which was carried by acclamation .
The GRAND MASTER returned thanks in a short but fervid address . The minutes of the Board of Benevolence were then read ; among them was a recommendation for a grant of Fifty Pounds to Mrs . Eliza Field , the widow of the late Brother Robert Field . BRO . CRUCEFIX rose and stated , that as the mover of this grant at the Board of Benevolence , he became the pro-forma advocate thereof in the Grand Lod . It was wiselprovided for bthe Constitutions
ge y y that the Board of Benevolence could not grant more than ten poundsthat even the Grand Master could not exceed twenty pounds , and that higher grants should abide theapproval of Grand Lodge . By this regulated scale , the immediate impulse of excited feeling was prudently checked , and it gave a farther opportunity for consideration . He should confine
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Quarterly Communication.
of Brethren not professing the Christian reli gion from other Grand Lodges , they would possibly themselves become excommunicated from all . He asked this favour as a Mason , believing it to be a paramount duty to endeavour by conciliation , and even by delay , as far as justice permitted , to win the Prussian Brethren back from error lo the right path . For his own part he feared no misinterpretation of his motive ; at the commencement of the disunion he was opposed to the vote of
thanks to the Prince of Prussia , because he knew at the time of the misguided views both of his Grand Lod ge and the prince ; but at that very time , he ( Bro . Faudel ) was met by a most equivocal explanation ; and now it was perfectly clear that the information given by him at the time true to
was trie very letter . His lordship s reputation and the character of the Grand Lodge of England were of too exalted a nature to suffer b y an act of Masonic condescension ; on the contrary it most probably would gain over those , as proselytes to truth , who now were acting from misguidance and error . Freemasonry was an universal bond —not a sectarian compact—and excluded no man on account of his religion . This was the fundamental basis , and having so declared it , we were bound to maintain itand as the oriinal system of Prussian
; g Masonry derived its existence from that of England , we were bound to call the Brethren of that country back to their natural allegiance . The refusal to admit our certificates on the plea . stated , was offensive , and contrary to Masonic law . The humble request he thus made to the Grand Master , for in no other terms could he shape it , might not be approved , but this would not prevent him from moving that the grateful thanks of the Grand Lodge be most respectfully tendered to the Right Honourable
the Earl of Zetland , the M . W . Grand Master , for his uniform support of the principles of Freemasonry , but more especially for the protection thereof in the recent correspondence with the Grand Lodge of Berlin , by which the dignity of the Order has been maintained and proved . — ( Bro . F . sat down amid general cheering . ) Bro . Dr . CRUCEFIX briefly seconded the motion of Bro . Faudel , observing that he fully concurred in every observation that had fallen from that Brother
. AVith regard to the conduct of the Grand Lodge of Berlin , it was not merel y indefensible , but merited what it most surely would receive—the denunciation of the whole world ; it struck for the annihilation of Freemasonry—but even the popular world would see therein nothing but narrow prejudice . The discussion so far from injuring the Order , would only display its purity . Lord WORSLEY ( D . G . M . ) then put the motion , which was carried by acclamation .
The GRAND MASTER returned thanks in a short but fervid address . The minutes of the Board of Benevolence were then read ; among them was a recommendation for a grant of Fifty Pounds to Mrs . Eliza Field , the widow of the late Brother Robert Field . BRO . CRUCEFIX rose and stated , that as the mover of this grant at the Board of Benevolence , he became the pro-forma advocate thereof in the Grand Lod . It was wiselprovided for bthe Constitutions
ge y y that the Board of Benevolence could not grant more than ten poundsthat even the Grand Master could not exceed twenty pounds , and that higher grants should abide theapproval of Grand Lodge . By this regulated scale , the immediate impulse of excited feeling was prudently checked , and it gave a farther opportunity for consideration . He should confine