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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
Grand Festival , may bring down upon us some degree of obloquy ; that many who were present , and have not the feeling to perceive how sadly such conduct , in which they shared , must tell against the usefulness , no less than the character of the Craft , will be very angry that we should
have brought this matter to " light ; " and that others who were present , and reprobated such conduct—and some who were not present—may blame us for taking such cognizance of a noisy scene , of which " the least said , " in their opinion , "the better . " Much as we shall regret to be exposed to the angry
vituperation of the one , or the vehement objurgation of the other , we will not shrink from doing our duty to the Craft , — - the welfare and the usefulness of which we have devoutly at heart , and which—we fearlessly repeat it—is brought into immense discredit in the popular world , by the too frequent
repetition of habits and bearing , which belong rather to a former than to the present century . We speak out thus freely , faithfully , and unequivocally , because we know that
the proceedings of the last Grand Festival have engendered feelings of disgust in the minds of many highly respectable and influential Brethren from the Provinces , —who have not hesitated to avow their sentiments , — to assert that nothing shall induce them ever again to subject themselves to similar annoyance . We speak freely , faithfully , unequivocally ,
because we also know that hundreds of Brethren are annually kept away from the Grand Festival in consequence of the noise and uproar which invariably prevail . They will not be put to inconvenience and be made uncomfortable at seeing the M . W . the G . M . treated so discourteously , or endure the
heat and suffocation of the room , combined with doings that excite disgust and painful recriminations afterwards . However much we must blame such Brethren from abstaining from the Grand Festival , —because if they would " put their shoulder to the wheel" to effect a reformation , it would speedily
come , and if they would but attend they could at once put down such a spirit of insubordination , — they undoubtedl y feel that the nuisance is too great to be encountered .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
Grand Festival , may bring down upon us some degree of obloquy ; that many who were present , and have not the feeling to perceive how sadly such conduct , in which they shared , must tell against the usefulness , no less than the character of the Craft , will be very angry that we should
have brought this matter to " light ; " and that others who were present , and reprobated such conduct—and some who were not present—may blame us for taking such cognizance of a noisy scene , of which " the least said , " in their opinion , "the better . " Much as we shall regret to be exposed to the angry
vituperation of the one , or the vehement objurgation of the other , we will not shrink from doing our duty to the Craft , — - the welfare and the usefulness of which we have devoutly at heart , and which—we fearlessly repeat it—is brought into immense discredit in the popular world , by the too frequent
repetition of habits and bearing , which belong rather to a former than to the present century . We speak out thus freely , faithfully , and unequivocally , because we know that
the proceedings of the last Grand Festival have engendered feelings of disgust in the minds of many highly respectable and influential Brethren from the Provinces , —who have not hesitated to avow their sentiments , — to assert that nothing shall induce them ever again to subject themselves to similar annoyance . We speak freely , faithfully , unequivocally ,
because we also know that hundreds of Brethren are annually kept away from the Grand Festival in consequence of the noise and uproar which invariably prevail . They will not be put to inconvenience and be made uncomfortable at seeing the M . W . the G . M . treated so discourteously , or endure the
heat and suffocation of the room , combined with doings that excite disgust and painful recriminations afterwards . However much we must blame such Brethren from abstaining from the Grand Festival , —because if they would " put their shoulder to the wheel" to effect a reformation , it would speedily
come , and if they would but attend they could at once put down such a spirit of insubordination , — they undoubtedl y feel that the nuisance is too great to be encountered .