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Article THE WIDOW'S PETITION. ← Page 2 of 2 Article THE ROYAL ANNUITY FUND. Page 1 of 3 →
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The Widow's Petition.
the Brother who presented the petition had no doubt " exercised considerable ingenuity in getting it up , " and leave to that Brother the task of making the purple-badged accuser eat his own words amidst the sneers of the Grand Lodge ?
Who but one of the really initiated would imagine , that the Grand Master , having had a copy of the petition previously before him , would permit any Brother so far to prejudice the case , as to bring it on in all the confidence of a most favourable consideration of its claims , when he ,
the Grand Master himself , had two exceptions to take to it , however doubtful ?—Who but would have assumed , under such circumstances , that the Grand Master would have recommended the Brother to withhold the petition until those doubts were removed ?
And who , then , can expect , from such Masons , " Faith " in others , " Hope" for others , or " Charity" towards others' ? Well might a distinguished Brother who seldom attends these meetings exclaim , "Do you call this a Grand Lodge of Freemasons?—I call it an Inquisition /"
The Royal Annuity Fund.
THE ROYAL ANNUITY FUND .
Such a scene of confusion as took place in Grand Lodge , upon the election of members of that body , to the General Committee of the Royal Annuity Fund , is seldom seen even at a Quarterly Communication . No information was given by the Grand Master respecting any restriction of
qualification , nor was the mode of election declared by him , as customary on other occasions ; but tables were placed in different parts of the Lodge , for the convenience of writing , and on each a hastily written list of such members of the Grand Lodge , ( about thirty in all ) , who were qualified as
subscribers , from whom the Brethren were called upon by the Director of the Ceremonies , and his subordinates , to make their selection . And thus irregularly , dictatorially ,
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The Widow's Petition.
the Brother who presented the petition had no doubt " exercised considerable ingenuity in getting it up , " and leave to that Brother the task of making the purple-badged accuser eat his own words amidst the sneers of the Grand Lodge ?
Who but one of the really initiated would imagine , that the Grand Master , having had a copy of the petition previously before him , would permit any Brother so far to prejudice the case , as to bring it on in all the confidence of a most favourable consideration of its claims , when he ,
the Grand Master himself , had two exceptions to take to it , however doubtful ?—Who but would have assumed , under such circumstances , that the Grand Master would have recommended the Brother to withhold the petition until those doubts were removed ?
And who , then , can expect , from such Masons , " Faith " in others , " Hope" for others , or " Charity" towards others' ? Well might a distinguished Brother who seldom attends these meetings exclaim , "Do you call this a Grand Lodge of Freemasons?—I call it an Inquisition /"
The Royal Annuity Fund.
THE ROYAL ANNUITY FUND .
Such a scene of confusion as took place in Grand Lodge , upon the election of members of that body , to the General Committee of the Royal Annuity Fund , is seldom seen even at a Quarterly Communication . No information was given by the Grand Master respecting any restriction of
qualification , nor was the mode of election declared by him , as customary on other occasions ; but tables were placed in different parts of the Lodge , for the convenience of writing , and on each a hastily written list of such members of the Grand Lodge , ( about thirty in all ) , who were qualified as
subscribers , from whom the Brethren were called upon by the Director of the Ceremonies , and his subordinates , to make their selection . And thus irregularly , dictatorially ,