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Article THE LATE BROTHER DANIEL O'CONNELL. ← Page 7 of 7 Article REV. DR. JOSEPH WOLFF. Page 1 of 3 →
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The Late Brother Daniel O'Connell.
has started . If otherwise , do we forgive?—yes , with all our heart—his private virtues would redeem even a greater error—for error it is ; and , after all , Mr . O'Connell is a Brother . " We have purposely avoided any allusion to the controversial arguments which the partisan in politics or the bigot in faith has adduced , or may think fit to bring forward ; our business rests only as between Bro . O'Connell and Freemasonry ; and in this spirit we shall refrain
from republishing the great mass of papers which have appeared on the subject of Bro . O'Connell ' s ill-timed letter to the Pilot , which has merely tended to cause an angry feeling , without the possibility of doing auy service . " In 1838 , Bro . O'Connell was expelled from the Grand Lodge of Ireland ! for the publication of his letter to the editor of the Pilot . We refer to our past Correspondence , and find the following brief
announcement;" To the Editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review . —Dear Sir and Brother , —I take the earliest opportunity of sending you a copy of the report of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , wherein you will find the expulsion of our friend , " Daniel O'Connell ; and what makes the circumstance more particular , it was moved and seconded by two Roman Catholics , and passed in a very full room without one dissentient voice . " Yours fraternally , P . G . O . "
When Bro . Daniel O'Connell lived we reproved his defalcation from the standard of Freemasonry , now that he is numbered among the departed we revere his memory . Among the great faults committed by the Grand Lodge of Ireland was the expulsion from their ranks of this gifted and illustrious Brother —did they attempt one step to admonish him ? no- —impressed with an unseemly desire to exercise a prerogative , the Grand Lodge paused not to inquire into its nature or effect—in a full noosi f they passed his expulsion , because he objected to the required oaths ! forgetting that over the conscience of man , man has no power whatever .
Rev. Dr. Joseph Wolff.
REV . DR . JOSEPH WOLFF .
We extract the following from the Provincial Press . " Tu E celebrated oriental traveller , Dr . Joseph Wolff , who was initiated into Masonry in the hope of being thereby made more serviceable to his fellow-creatures , has written " to the Masons in England , Scotland , and Ireland , " stating that he is ready ( provided he is paid his expenses for travelling by third class carriages on rails ) " to deliver lectures during
the week days in the different towns in England , for the purpose of contributing towards the relief of the starving population of England , Ireland , and Scotland , let them be Protestants , Roman Catholics , Jews , or
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The Late Brother Daniel O'Connell.
has started . If otherwise , do we forgive?—yes , with all our heart—his private virtues would redeem even a greater error—for error it is ; and , after all , Mr . O'Connell is a Brother . " We have purposely avoided any allusion to the controversial arguments which the partisan in politics or the bigot in faith has adduced , or may think fit to bring forward ; our business rests only as between Bro . O'Connell and Freemasonry ; and in this spirit we shall refrain
from republishing the great mass of papers which have appeared on the subject of Bro . O'Connell ' s ill-timed letter to the Pilot , which has merely tended to cause an angry feeling , without the possibility of doing auy service . " In 1838 , Bro . O'Connell was expelled from the Grand Lodge of Ireland ! for the publication of his letter to the editor of the Pilot . We refer to our past Correspondence , and find the following brief
announcement;" To the Editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review . —Dear Sir and Brother , —I take the earliest opportunity of sending you a copy of the report of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , wherein you will find the expulsion of our friend , " Daniel O'Connell ; and what makes the circumstance more particular , it was moved and seconded by two Roman Catholics , and passed in a very full room without one dissentient voice . " Yours fraternally , P . G . O . "
When Bro . Daniel O'Connell lived we reproved his defalcation from the standard of Freemasonry , now that he is numbered among the departed we revere his memory . Among the great faults committed by the Grand Lodge of Ireland was the expulsion from their ranks of this gifted and illustrious Brother —did they attempt one step to admonish him ? no- —impressed with an unseemly desire to exercise a prerogative , the Grand Lodge paused not to inquire into its nature or effect—in a full noosi f they passed his expulsion , because he objected to the required oaths ! forgetting that over the conscience of man , man has no power whatever .
Rev. Dr. Joseph Wolff.
REV . DR . JOSEPH WOLFF .
We extract the following from the Provincial Press . " Tu E celebrated oriental traveller , Dr . Joseph Wolff , who was initiated into Masonry in the hope of being thereby made more serviceable to his fellow-creatures , has written " to the Masons in England , Scotland , and Ireland , " stating that he is ready ( provided he is paid his expenses for travelling by third class carriages on rails ) " to deliver lectures during
the week days in the different towns in England , for the purpose of contributing towards the relief of the starving population of England , Ireland , and Scotland , let them be Protestants , Roman Catholics , Jews , or