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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION*. ← Page 2 of 2 Article THE GRAND STEWARDS. Page 1 of 2 →
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Quarterly Communication*.
the force of the observations of the Grand Master , which he appeared to comprehend very readily ; and after offering a salute to the throne , after the fashion of the East , he concluded what was felt to be a mental invocation , by clasping his hands as if in prayer , and briefly offered a few sentences in English , which were equally creditable to his attainments as a scholar , as to the proficiency he had made in the comprehension of our mysteries .
His Koyal Highness then addressed tile Grancl Lodge , and took an enlarged view of the princi ples of the Order , and " its influence on society both at home and abroad : he congratulated the Brethren and himself upon the fullest , clearest , and broadest interpretation of " good opinion , " one amongst another , which , hy engendering " mutual confidence , " enabled a brother to walk in that erect position of which he himself as an Englishman was justly proud . The Grand Lodge was afterwards closed in ample form .
The Grand Stewards.
THE GRAND STEWARDS .
THE Grand Stewards of the present year , although not yet associated as a board , we are pleased to hear meet together regularly on the days of quarterly communication ; ancl thus are prepared to encourage a fraternal intimacy , which probably may lead to a permanent friendship . Why they should not be formed into a board , it would be difficult to explain ; the constitution-does not provide against such an essential regulation , while the want of it , in many cases , is productive of
serious inconvenience , by the change of names sometimes rendered necessary at the latest moment . Much misunderstanding , too , would he prevented , indeed , if we are not very much out of our reckoning , it coulcl be shown , that were the present Grand Stewards now associated as a board , they would probably settle , without any trouble , what may create some difficulty hereafter . Nor is it any answer to our position , that it has not been hitherto the custom to appoint the officers until it became needful to make public preparations for the Grand Festival , as if the services of the Grand Stewards were simply confined to the " flesh pots : "
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Quarterly Communication*.
the force of the observations of the Grand Master , which he appeared to comprehend very readily ; and after offering a salute to the throne , after the fashion of the East , he concluded what was felt to be a mental invocation , by clasping his hands as if in prayer , and briefly offered a few sentences in English , which were equally creditable to his attainments as a scholar , as to the proficiency he had made in the comprehension of our mysteries .
His Koyal Highness then addressed tile Grancl Lodge , and took an enlarged view of the princi ples of the Order , and " its influence on society both at home and abroad : he congratulated the Brethren and himself upon the fullest , clearest , and broadest interpretation of " good opinion , " one amongst another , which , hy engendering " mutual confidence , " enabled a brother to walk in that erect position of which he himself as an Englishman was justly proud . The Grand Lodge was afterwards closed in ample form .
The Grand Stewards.
THE GRAND STEWARDS .
THE Grand Stewards of the present year , although not yet associated as a board , we are pleased to hear meet together regularly on the days of quarterly communication ; ancl thus are prepared to encourage a fraternal intimacy , which probably may lead to a permanent friendship . Why they should not be formed into a board , it would be difficult to explain ; the constitution-does not provide against such an essential regulation , while the want of it , in many cases , is productive of
serious inconvenience , by the change of names sometimes rendered necessary at the latest moment . Much misunderstanding , too , would he prevented , indeed , if we are not very much out of our reckoning , it coulcl be shown , that were the present Grand Stewards now associated as a board , they would probably settle , without any trouble , what may create some difficulty hereafter . Nor is it any answer to our position , that it has not been hitherto the custom to appoint the officers until it became needful to make public preparations for the Grand Festival , as if the services of the Grand Stewards were simply confined to the " flesh pots : "