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Article TO THE GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND.—No. II. ← Page 3 of 4 →
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To The Grand Lodge Of Ireland.—No. Ii.
In case the second , an accomplished Mason , whose laurels as such were gained in the far-east , under a district province of the Grand Lodge of England , was compelled by ill-health to return to his native city in Ireland , where he found Masonry in a state of hapless inanition , hopelessly so than to such a Mason . It is sufficient to state , he raised this district ( under your sway ) to a state of health and strength . Science and morality resumed their powerancl a cheerful spirit revived Masonic
, influence . How has this good man been rewarded ? I'll tell you ; for I verily believe , although many tricks fantastic are practised in your name , you are generally innocent of them yourself . Well , the Brother in question worked his Lodge so well after the English ritual { knowing iw other ) , that many old Masons rallied round him , ancl still more of tbe gentlemen of the nei ghbourhood flocked to his standard . —But envy attended merit as its shade .
A silly Mason actually prayed your Grancl Master and Wardens to make inquiries , and stated that the S . G . W . having been present at the Lodge ( and mark , he was a member of it ) , observed that you did not recognize the mode of working . Are you aware , may it please you , what mode of working you do recognize , when it is a matter beyond contradiction , that no three Lodges under your sway work in one system . AVhat , however , the S . G . W . did really say was , that he never saw such
work in the Gi-and Lodge ! and I believe him—and what is more , so do you . Our attributes , brotherly love , relief , ancl truth , require to be written in large text on your pedestal , the little crowquill characters require a microscope to develop—What resulted ? after a deal of coquetting , you declared , or your Board rather , that the Master had not wilfully departed from your practice . Odds me , as old Queen Bess would say , ancl she at last loved the Masons , this is a queer result!—a man is stated as having not wilfully departed from a point at which he never arrived . Is this Masonry—legal , practical , philosophical , or profound ?—it cannot be termed profane , for those of the profane world might term it ridiculous .
lo continue—there being no Provincial Grand Master in the neighbourhood , ancl wherever there is such an officer of thine , there is improvement , e . g . Carey and Dunluce , Cork and North Munster ( by the way , you would not have Monaghan ) , so the Brethren were desirous of having your Senior Grand Warden as P . G . M ., but no—you gave as a reason , I understand , that the Lodges are too much in arrear , ancl in too unsettled a state to deserve instruction ancl regularity ! and so , until
the dawning of a better day , you coolly leave your children to the tender mercies of the want of both ; what results ?—why this , having succeeded in creating a bad feeling , envy makes a further attack ou merit , and stops not until the Master in question is compelled to meet it in Grancl Lodge , and on the same ground ; lor as there is no one to instruct him in your system , as there is no recognized one , ancl envy being , naturally enough , either innocent or ignorant of any , so the English system or
none was the only one left . This meeting , after a scene as unworth y Masonry as common decency , was satisfied that the Landmarks should be preserved ; and it follows , that as soon as some explanatory system shall be issued , and , if possible , comprehended , the Master may rejoice in tbe knowledge of some mysteries hitherto restricted to the cranium of the " Old Gentleman" of Dublin , who boasts that he will have no innovation ; that at the union , it was attempted to have something of the kind , VOL . II . Q Q
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To The Grand Lodge Of Ireland.—No. Ii.
In case the second , an accomplished Mason , whose laurels as such were gained in the far-east , under a district province of the Grand Lodge of England , was compelled by ill-health to return to his native city in Ireland , where he found Masonry in a state of hapless inanition , hopelessly so than to such a Mason . It is sufficient to state , he raised this district ( under your sway ) to a state of health and strength . Science and morality resumed their powerancl a cheerful spirit revived Masonic
, influence . How has this good man been rewarded ? I'll tell you ; for I verily believe , although many tricks fantastic are practised in your name , you are generally innocent of them yourself . Well , the Brother in question worked his Lodge so well after the English ritual { knowing iw other ) , that many old Masons rallied round him , ancl still more of tbe gentlemen of the nei ghbourhood flocked to his standard . —But envy attended merit as its shade .
A silly Mason actually prayed your Grancl Master and Wardens to make inquiries , and stated that the S . G . W . having been present at the Lodge ( and mark , he was a member of it ) , observed that you did not recognize the mode of working . Are you aware , may it please you , what mode of working you do recognize , when it is a matter beyond contradiction , that no three Lodges under your sway work in one system . AVhat , however , the S . G . W . did really say was , that he never saw such
work in the Gi-and Lodge ! and I believe him—and what is more , so do you . Our attributes , brotherly love , relief , ancl truth , require to be written in large text on your pedestal , the little crowquill characters require a microscope to develop—What resulted ? after a deal of coquetting , you declared , or your Board rather , that the Master had not wilfully departed from your practice . Odds me , as old Queen Bess would say , ancl she at last loved the Masons , this is a queer result!—a man is stated as having not wilfully departed from a point at which he never arrived . Is this Masonry—legal , practical , philosophical , or profound ?—it cannot be termed profane , for those of the profane world might term it ridiculous .
lo continue—there being no Provincial Grand Master in the neighbourhood , ancl wherever there is such an officer of thine , there is improvement , e . g . Carey and Dunluce , Cork and North Munster ( by the way , you would not have Monaghan ) , so the Brethren were desirous of having your Senior Grand Warden as P . G . M ., but no—you gave as a reason , I understand , that the Lodges are too much in arrear , ancl in too unsettled a state to deserve instruction ancl regularity ! and so , until
the dawning of a better day , you coolly leave your children to the tender mercies of the want of both ; what results ?—why this , having succeeded in creating a bad feeling , envy makes a further attack ou merit , and stops not until the Master in question is compelled to meet it in Grancl Lodge , and on the same ground ; lor as there is no one to instruct him in your system , as there is no recognized one , ancl envy being , naturally enough , either innocent or ignorant of any , so the English system or
none was the only one left . This meeting , after a scene as unworth y Masonry as common decency , was satisfied that the Landmarks should be preserved ; and it follows , that as soon as some explanatory system shall be issued , and , if possible , comprehended , the Master may rejoice in tbe knowledge of some mysteries hitherto restricted to the cranium of the " Old Gentleman" of Dublin , who boasts that he will have no innovation ; that at the union , it was attempted to have something of the kind , VOL . II . Q Q