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To Correspondents.
\ V , M . promises to send twenty guineas as soon as the patronage of a high authority shall beobtained . We believe him ; and more , will not let him on " under fifty at the least . We have a . iat of conditional supporters , merely waiting ; for the moment ; and if they would only send tlie odd shillings as a deposit , the share lists would soon be full , and the final call would be made before the next Grand Festival , or we are no conjurers . A MASON . —The Sub-Committee is the proper body to address on the subject . They are fully authorised to entertain any question , and to act upon their own responsibility , without infringing their " provisional" duty . A . A . is mistaken ; the arrangements are as complete as needful , and are termed
provisional for obvious reasons of propriety ; yet while they exist , embrace ample po . vers of security to those who are charitably disposed . TEMPLARS . A CAPTAIN P . E . C—A MEMBER OF " OBSERVANCE . " —M . —We cannot answer their question ; we only know that the fees are regularly paid ; but of their application we confess a lamentable ignorance—at present , HONESTUS . —For weighty reasons we decline to write upon the subject of his letter , but
invite him to an interview . We can and will most cheerfully explain ourselves ; but we timely caution him , for as we have ourselves been somewhat converted , by an opinion of no inconsiderable importance , we have gathered strength in the argument . POINTS OF DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . P . M . enquires if the practice in a certain Lodge of performing a part of the second ceremony in its private Lodge of Instruction to save time is authorised . Our reply is , certainly not ; and the practice is reprehensible . We of ourselves do not know that it is dona ; but P . M . should go a step further , and put a stop to it—nothing more easy .
Tvno . —The hour stated in the summonses ought to be the time of meeting . In all the public committees of the Order , and of the charities , the chair is taken punctually at the moment Lord John Churchill as D . G . M . enters Grand Lodge precisely at Eight . AN ENQUIRER . —If he will read carefully article 6 , page 19 , 20 , ofthe Constitutions , he will perceive that he is in error . The meeting is not as of the Grand Lodge , but is a Committee of the Grand Lodge , consisting of the Grand Officers and Masters of Lodges , and none other are allowed to be present , unless in the case where a Master cannot attend , and . " shall certify that fact by writing , under his hand , and at the same time appoint a past Master of his Lodge to represent him . " If ENQUIRER ' S views were correct , a Warden , who is a Member of Grand Lodgewould have equal claimIn the case in questionthe party should write his notice of
, . , motion , and address it to the President of the Committee ; and , finally , the Grand Tyler ought not to admit unqualified brethren . SEVERAL CORRESPONDENTS —We cannot do better than to give an extract from a . letter sent by authority , which it will be seen will apply to persons of colour seeking admission into the Order . Extract of a Letter as to tf Free Born . " " In reference to your inquiry as to a definition of the term " Free Born , " it is considered , that a Candidate who is , at the time of being proposed for initiation , his own Master , and capable of governing his own actionsand being otherwise qualified as required by the
, Laws and Regulations of the Craft , is admissible into our Society . ; . ; , " The terms Free Born and Bondmen , as mentioned in the Ancient Charges , had reference only to the Custom of Eastern Nations , therefore the usual form of words , as now addressed to every Candidate for initiation , which was introdjeed only at the period of the Union of the two Fraternities , might without infringement of the Land Marks ofthe Order be adapted to the occasion , by omitting the latter part of the compound word , inquiring—* Are you a Free Agent , and of mature age . " This slight deviation in a word , from what may be the general practice , may not be deemed important , while the main principles of the Craft are adhered to . "
A WARDEN . —The Master of a Lodge ( by courtesey ) may be expected to give due notice of the Quarterly Communications to the Past-Masters and Wardens of his Lodge ; at the same time , they o ' f themselves should be sufficiently acquainted with the Constitutions not to require such notice , except in cases of especial meetings of the Grand Lodge . A WARDEN may appoint ( by written document ) a Deacon of the same Lodge to represent him in Grand Lodge . —See pages fi 7 , 81 Constitutions . g ^ Omitted in Masonic Intelligence . MASTERS' PAST MASTERS' CLUB , Sept . 7 . —Brother Key was re-elected Treasurer , and Brother Archer Secretary .
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To Correspondents.
\ V , M . promises to send twenty guineas as soon as the patronage of a high authority shall beobtained . We believe him ; and more , will not let him on " under fifty at the least . We have a . iat of conditional supporters , merely waiting ; for the moment ; and if they would only send tlie odd shillings as a deposit , the share lists would soon be full , and the final call would be made before the next Grand Festival , or we are no conjurers . A MASON . —The Sub-Committee is the proper body to address on the subject . They are fully authorised to entertain any question , and to act upon their own responsibility , without infringing their " provisional" duty . A . A . is mistaken ; the arrangements are as complete as needful , and are termed
provisional for obvious reasons of propriety ; yet while they exist , embrace ample po . vers of security to those who are charitably disposed . TEMPLARS . A CAPTAIN P . E . C—A MEMBER OF " OBSERVANCE . " —M . —We cannot answer their question ; we only know that the fees are regularly paid ; but of their application we confess a lamentable ignorance—at present , HONESTUS . —For weighty reasons we decline to write upon the subject of his letter , but
invite him to an interview . We can and will most cheerfully explain ourselves ; but we timely caution him , for as we have ourselves been somewhat converted , by an opinion of no inconsiderable importance , we have gathered strength in the argument . POINTS OF DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . P . M . enquires if the practice in a certain Lodge of performing a part of the second ceremony in its private Lodge of Instruction to save time is authorised . Our reply is , certainly not ; and the practice is reprehensible . We of ourselves do not know that it is dona ; but P . M . should go a step further , and put a stop to it—nothing more easy .
Tvno . —The hour stated in the summonses ought to be the time of meeting . In all the public committees of the Order , and of the charities , the chair is taken punctually at the moment Lord John Churchill as D . G . M . enters Grand Lodge precisely at Eight . AN ENQUIRER . —If he will read carefully article 6 , page 19 , 20 , ofthe Constitutions , he will perceive that he is in error . The meeting is not as of the Grand Lodge , but is a Committee of the Grand Lodge , consisting of the Grand Officers and Masters of Lodges , and none other are allowed to be present , unless in the case where a Master cannot attend , and . " shall certify that fact by writing , under his hand , and at the same time appoint a past Master of his Lodge to represent him . " If ENQUIRER ' S views were correct , a Warden , who is a Member of Grand Lodgewould have equal claimIn the case in questionthe party should write his notice of
, . , motion , and address it to the President of the Committee ; and , finally , the Grand Tyler ought not to admit unqualified brethren . SEVERAL CORRESPONDENTS —We cannot do better than to give an extract from a . letter sent by authority , which it will be seen will apply to persons of colour seeking admission into the Order . Extract of a Letter as to tf Free Born . " " In reference to your inquiry as to a definition of the term " Free Born , " it is considered , that a Candidate who is , at the time of being proposed for initiation , his own Master , and capable of governing his own actionsand being otherwise qualified as required by the
, Laws and Regulations of the Craft , is admissible into our Society . ; . ; , " The terms Free Born and Bondmen , as mentioned in the Ancient Charges , had reference only to the Custom of Eastern Nations , therefore the usual form of words , as now addressed to every Candidate for initiation , which was introdjeed only at the period of the Union of the two Fraternities , might without infringement of the Land Marks ofthe Order be adapted to the occasion , by omitting the latter part of the compound word , inquiring—* Are you a Free Agent , and of mature age . " This slight deviation in a word , from what may be the general practice , may not be deemed important , while the main principles of the Craft are adhered to . "
A WARDEN . —The Master of a Lodge ( by courtesey ) may be expected to give due notice of the Quarterly Communications to the Past-Masters and Wardens of his Lodge ; at the same time , they o ' f themselves should be sufficiently acquainted with the Constitutions not to require such notice , except in cases of especial meetings of the Grand Lodge . A WARDEN may appoint ( by written document ) a Deacon of the same Lodge to represent him in Grand Lodge . —See pages fi 7 , 81 Constitutions . g ^ Omitted in Masonic Intelligence . MASTERS' PAST MASTERS' CLUB , Sept . 7 . —Brother Key was re-elected Treasurer , and Brother Archer Secretary .