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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 5 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
gation , by Parliament , of an act " for preventing the administering and taking unlawful oaths in Ireland . " There is in the bill an exception in favour of " Freemasons ' Societies ; " and we invite attention to the particulars , which will be found under the head of Irish Intelligence .
It may be remarked , that both in the Lords and Commons the bill has evidentl y passed without much , if any , comment b y the Masonic Brethren in either house , as touching the particular interests of the Order . The exception in favour of " Freemasons' Societies , " therefore ,
may be looked on as hi ghly complimentary , the bill , as we are informed , being brought in by gentlemen not of the Fraternity . We hope that , next session , the same
gentlemen may be induced to carry out their friendly aid to a further point . There have been , it may be observed , some emendations since the introduction of the bill ; as , for instance , the extension of the like privilege to the benevolent Order of St . Patrick ;—a protective clause has also been
extended to all existing Masonic Lodges in Ireland . The sixth clause will be found to be the most essential , and will , we hope , enable the Masonic Peers and Commons to procure the expulsion from the bill of all that portion of clause 3 , which places the Lodges at the mercy of any
person or persons who , forsooth , may complain of Masonic meetings being injurious to the public peace ! The omission of the remainder of the clause after the word " j'lace , " line 7 , article 3 , will render the bill unexceptionable , and effectually relieve the anxiety of the Irish Freemasons .
THE REV . DR . OLIVER . —This zealous Brother , it will be perceived , is again in the field with another emanation from his prolific mind , A work is about to issue from the press , entitled the " Theocratic Philosophy of Masonry ; '' and in another place will be found the first list of
subscribers . Gratitude to him on the part of all who profess and practice our tenets , induces us to hope that that list will be most widely extended ; and that it will embrace the names of the highest rank , as well as the other classes of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
gation , by Parliament , of an act " for preventing the administering and taking unlawful oaths in Ireland . " There is in the bill an exception in favour of " Freemasons ' Societies ; " and we invite attention to the particulars , which will be found under the head of Irish Intelligence .
It may be remarked , that both in the Lords and Commons the bill has evidentl y passed without much , if any , comment b y the Masonic Brethren in either house , as touching the particular interests of the Order . The exception in favour of " Freemasons' Societies , " therefore ,
may be looked on as hi ghly complimentary , the bill , as we are informed , being brought in by gentlemen not of the Fraternity . We hope that , next session , the same
gentlemen may be induced to carry out their friendly aid to a further point . There have been , it may be observed , some emendations since the introduction of the bill ; as , for instance , the extension of the like privilege to the benevolent Order of St . Patrick ;—a protective clause has also been
extended to all existing Masonic Lodges in Ireland . The sixth clause will be found to be the most essential , and will , we hope , enable the Masonic Peers and Commons to procure the expulsion from the bill of all that portion of clause 3 , which places the Lodges at the mercy of any
person or persons who , forsooth , may complain of Masonic meetings being injurious to the public peace ! The omission of the remainder of the clause after the word " j'lace , " line 7 , article 3 , will render the bill unexceptionable , and effectually relieve the anxiety of the Irish Freemasons .
THE REV . DR . OLIVER . —This zealous Brother , it will be perceived , is again in the field with another emanation from his prolific mind , A work is about to issue from the press , entitled the " Theocratic Philosophy of Masonry ; '' and in another place will be found the first list of
subscribers . Gratitude to him on the part of all who profess and practice our tenets , induces us to hope that that list will be most widely extended ; and that it will embrace the names of the highest rank , as well as the other classes of