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Article TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONs' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. ← Page 2 of 2 Article MASONRY IN FRANCE. Page 1 of 6 →
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
that the remarks of our Yankee Friend at Boston are quite uncalled for . The Boston editor , of course , penned his remarks in ignorance ; but the cause must be a bad one that requires American bolstering . I remain , my clear Sir and Brother , Fraternally yours , A . P . G . MASTER , Quebec and Three Rivers .
Masonry In France.
MASONRY IN FRANCE .
AUX MA 9 ONS DE ERANCE . Paris , le 25 Avril , 1853 . MES TRES-CUERS FRERES , — LE 25 Avril , 1851 , le Grand-Orient cle France , roimi en Assemblee generale , me designait Chef du Secretariat-General de l'Ordre par soixante-et-un suffrages sur quatre-vingt-dix A otants .
Vous savez si , depuis cette epoque , je n ' ai pas consacre tout ce que j ' avais cle devouement et d'intelligence , pour le bien et la prosper ! to de notre Institution . Nous avons traverse ensemble des jours difficiles pour la Maconnerie , et aucun de nous n ' a failli a l ' apostolat que nous avions embrasse .
Je eomptais rester quelque temps encore , sentinelle avaneee , clans cette lutte que nous soutenons pour le progres de Thumanite , 1 ' amelioration morale de nos FF . Je m ' etais trompe . Le 12 Avril , Depute , je eras que , quoique Chef du Secretariat , je ne releA ~ ais que de ma conscience . II s ' agissait de former la liste de presentation des Candidats a la Presidence du G . O .
safe keeping , and regular transmission of these fees , once at the least in each year , to the Prov . Grand Treasurer in each Masonic province or district , together with proper lists of the members of such Lodge in duplicate , one copy of which shall be transmitted to the Grand Secretaries of this Grand Lodge , and the other shall be deposited with the Prov . Grand Registrar . " 3 d . —That one equal moiety of the amount of such fees shall , once at the least in each year , be remitted by such Prov . Grand Treasurer to the Grand Secretaries of this Grand Lodge , together with the said lists of the members of Lodges , in
order to their names being registered in the books of the Grand Lodge ; and that the other equal moiety of the said amounts be applied in such manner as each such Prov . Grand Lodge shall direct , to defray the expense of the provincial registry . But that these payments shall not entitle Brethren to receive Grand Lodge certificates , but that Brethren requiring such certificates must pay , in addition , the sum of 65 . 6 d . " At a Quarterly Communication , holden at Freemasons' Hall , London , on Wednesday , the 6 th September , 1826 , the above Resolutions were confirmed . Extracted from the Minutes , WILLIAM H . WHITE , ) n „ EDWAED HAE _ . , J ^ becs -
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
that the remarks of our Yankee Friend at Boston are quite uncalled for . The Boston editor , of course , penned his remarks in ignorance ; but the cause must be a bad one that requires American bolstering . I remain , my clear Sir and Brother , Fraternally yours , A . P . G . MASTER , Quebec and Three Rivers .
Masonry In France.
MASONRY IN FRANCE .
AUX MA 9 ONS DE ERANCE . Paris , le 25 Avril , 1853 . MES TRES-CUERS FRERES , — LE 25 Avril , 1851 , le Grand-Orient cle France , roimi en Assemblee generale , me designait Chef du Secretariat-General de l'Ordre par soixante-et-un suffrages sur quatre-vingt-dix A otants .
Vous savez si , depuis cette epoque , je n ' ai pas consacre tout ce que j ' avais cle devouement et d'intelligence , pour le bien et la prosper ! to de notre Institution . Nous avons traverse ensemble des jours difficiles pour la Maconnerie , et aucun de nous n ' a failli a l ' apostolat que nous avions embrasse .
Je eomptais rester quelque temps encore , sentinelle avaneee , clans cette lutte que nous soutenons pour le progres de Thumanite , 1 ' amelioration morale de nos FF . Je m ' etais trompe . Le 12 Avril , Depute , je eras que , quoique Chef du Secretariat , je ne releA ~ ais que de ma conscience . II s ' agissait de former la liste de presentation des Candidats a la Presidence du G . O .
safe keeping , and regular transmission of these fees , once at the least in each year , to the Prov . Grand Treasurer in each Masonic province or district , together with proper lists of the members of such Lodge in duplicate , one copy of which shall be transmitted to the Grand Secretaries of this Grand Lodge , and the other shall be deposited with the Prov . Grand Registrar . " 3 d . —That one equal moiety of the amount of such fees shall , once at the least in each year , be remitted by such Prov . Grand Treasurer to the Grand Secretaries of this Grand Lodge , together with the said lists of the members of Lodges , in
order to their names being registered in the books of the Grand Lodge ; and that the other equal moiety of the said amounts be applied in such manner as each such Prov . Grand Lodge shall direct , to defray the expense of the provincial registry . But that these payments shall not entitle Brethren to receive Grand Lodge certificates , but that Brethren requiring such certificates must pay , in addition , the sum of 65 . 6 d . " At a Quarterly Communication , holden at Freemasons' Hall , London , on Wednesday , the 6 th September , 1826 , the above Resolutions were confirmed . Extracted from the Minutes , WILLIAM H . WHITE , ) n „ EDWAED HAE _ . , J ^ becs -