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The Revelations Of A Square.
all this excitement , to move from his seat , quietly asked , ' Who examined him ? ' And others , acting under the impulse so universally displayed by the young men on the bench , were clamorous that the watch should be called in , and the intruder transferred to the roundhouse . " MeanwhileBro . Dunckerley had matured his lanand
, p , having ascended into the chair , and given the signal which appeased the tumult , and brought every Brother to his seat in a moment , he said : — " ' Brethren , —I need not tell you that we are placed at this moment in a situation where a false step may involve not only this Lodge but the entire Craft in unknown difficulties .
It was the maxim of Socrates , —it is well to punish an enemy , but it is better to make him your friend . Now we must not content ourselves with asking who examined him ? or why he was admitted ? for he is actually amongst us ; and it is too
late to prevent the intrusion . And if we were to adopt that worthy Brother ' s advice who recommended him to be turned out , the matter would not be greatly mended ;—the principal difficulty would still remain . I conceive , therefore , that the wisest course we can pursue under these untoward circumstances will be , to use our best endeavours towards converting
this temporary evil into a permanent benefit , as the bee extracts honey from the most poisonous flowers , by transforming the unwelcome cowan into a worthy Mason . For this purpose I propose that—if his station in life be not objectionable—the provision of our bye-laws respecting the admission of candidates be suspended in this single instanceand that he be
, initiated on the spot . ' " The proposition was regularly seconded by the S . W ., and was unanimously agreed to ; and the intruder was again introduced by the senior E . A . P ., for we had in our Lodges at that time neither Deacons nor Inner Guard . The R . W . M .
first examined him as to his residence , trade , and respectability of character ; and these inquiries being satisfactorily disposed of , the question was proposed , whether he would adopt the alternative of being made a Mason , to avoid the disgrace of being posted as an impostor . " He said nothing could be more acceptable to his wishes .
In fact , it was the very proposal he intended to make himself , as an atonement for his error , and a means of wiping away his disgrace . He accordingly received the first degree ; and not only proved an excellent and zealous Mason , but in due course rose to the chair of the Lodge .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
all this excitement , to move from his seat , quietly asked , ' Who examined him ? ' And others , acting under the impulse so universally displayed by the young men on the bench , were clamorous that the watch should be called in , and the intruder transferred to the roundhouse . " MeanwhileBro . Dunckerley had matured his lanand
, p , having ascended into the chair , and given the signal which appeased the tumult , and brought every Brother to his seat in a moment , he said : — " ' Brethren , —I need not tell you that we are placed at this moment in a situation where a false step may involve not only this Lodge but the entire Craft in unknown difficulties .
It was the maxim of Socrates , —it is well to punish an enemy , but it is better to make him your friend . Now we must not content ourselves with asking who examined him ? or why he was admitted ? for he is actually amongst us ; and it is too
late to prevent the intrusion . And if we were to adopt that worthy Brother ' s advice who recommended him to be turned out , the matter would not be greatly mended ;—the principal difficulty would still remain . I conceive , therefore , that the wisest course we can pursue under these untoward circumstances will be , to use our best endeavours towards converting
this temporary evil into a permanent benefit , as the bee extracts honey from the most poisonous flowers , by transforming the unwelcome cowan into a worthy Mason . For this purpose I propose that—if his station in life be not objectionable—the provision of our bye-laws respecting the admission of candidates be suspended in this single instanceand that he be
, initiated on the spot . ' " The proposition was regularly seconded by the S . W ., and was unanimously agreed to ; and the intruder was again introduced by the senior E . A . P ., for we had in our Lodges at that time neither Deacons nor Inner Guard . The R . W . M .
first examined him as to his residence , trade , and respectability of character ; and these inquiries being satisfactorily disposed of , the question was proposed , whether he would adopt the alternative of being made a Mason , to avoid the disgrace of being posted as an impostor . " He said nothing could be more acceptable to his wishes .
In fact , it was the very proposal he intended to make himself , as an atonement for his error , and a means of wiping away his disgrace . He accordingly received the first degree ; and not only proved an excellent and zealous Mason , but in due course rose to the chair of the Lodge .