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The Royal Annuity Fund.
may , and is very likely to occur if the members of Grand Lodge are thus treated . To prove that it is a new version , we may say that the Grand Master himself had not even dreamt of it at a preceding Grand Lodge , when he spoke of the appointment
of the Committee , for he never uttered a syllable about subscription qualifications for the Grand Lodge members . It is an innovation of a most extraordinary nature , and must not be allowed to continue . And the best way to put the law even beyond the " special pleading" of a flippant
meddler—who is neither ingenious nor ingenuous , the inference of a stentorian bungler , or the persuasive sophistry of one too exalted ever to be in the wrong , will be by notice of motion to declare the true meaning of that which none but the wilful can misunderstand .
The Asylum.
THE ASYLUM .
Having devoted some space to the offspring , we now revert to the parent ; and are truly delighted to find , that among the requisitionists to the Grand Master to form a Committee for the new charity , there are many who are Life-Governors andLife-Subscribers to the Asylum , —a sure proof
that among its institutors are always to be reckoned the promoters of true charity ; meanwhile , a glance at the proceedings of the Asylum will show , that a determination to carry out the original design , without prejudice to the new charity , is clearly discernible;—the principles of the Asylum are those of pure Freemasonry , and must triumph .
General Aspect. .
GENERAL ASPECT . .
The general aspect as regards the Masonic body politic is , on the whole , satisfactory . In Dorsetshire , the Provincial chief , Brother Eliot , has been complimented by a very affectionate demonstration , and his portrait ( an excellent like-
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The Royal Annuity Fund.
may , and is very likely to occur if the members of Grand Lodge are thus treated . To prove that it is a new version , we may say that the Grand Master himself had not even dreamt of it at a preceding Grand Lodge , when he spoke of the appointment
of the Committee , for he never uttered a syllable about subscription qualifications for the Grand Lodge members . It is an innovation of a most extraordinary nature , and must not be allowed to continue . And the best way to put the law even beyond the " special pleading" of a flippant
meddler—who is neither ingenious nor ingenuous , the inference of a stentorian bungler , or the persuasive sophistry of one too exalted ever to be in the wrong , will be by notice of motion to declare the true meaning of that which none but the wilful can misunderstand .
The Asylum.
THE ASYLUM .
Having devoted some space to the offspring , we now revert to the parent ; and are truly delighted to find , that among the requisitionists to the Grand Master to form a Committee for the new charity , there are many who are Life-Governors andLife-Subscribers to the Asylum , —a sure proof
that among its institutors are always to be reckoned the promoters of true charity ; meanwhile , a glance at the proceedings of the Asylum will show , that a determination to carry out the original design , without prejudice to the new charity , is clearly discernible;—the principles of the Asylum are those of pure Freemasonry , and must triumph .
General Aspect. .
GENERAL ASPECT . .
The general aspect as regards the Masonic body politic is , on the whole , satisfactory . In Dorsetshire , the Provincial chief , Brother Eliot , has been complimented by a very affectionate demonstration , and his portrait ( an excellent like-