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India.
long and regularly paid for , snatched from our hands by illegal ancl unconstitutional bodies . Our appeals are unheard , ancl remonstrance we have found vain . The questions are these : — 1 . Cannot the Senior Prov . Grand Warden , in the absence of both Prov . and Deputy Prov . Grancl Masters , summon ancl hold a Prov . Grand Lodge of Emergency whenever the good of the Craft shall require it ? Is Article 7 of Prov . Grand Lodgesin Book of
Constitu-, tions , applicable to places at this distance from the "fountain head ?" 2 . Should the VV . M . of a Lodge die , be deposed , or removed , ancl no Past Master on the spot , can the Senior , or in his absence the Junior AA ' arden , summon a Lodge , ancl work it in the degrees : we know he cannot initiate , pass , or raise ; but can he open it in regular form as a AV . M . ? If not , what is the extent of his poiver ? 3 . Are initiations , passings , and raisings , performed by a Brother
elected to the post of VV . M ., but not installed agreeably to ancient usage , valid ? and can Masons so made obtain certificates from the United Grand Lodge ? 4 . Can a member who has never filled the VV . M . ' s chair arrogate to himself the title of " officiating Past Master , " and as such initiate , pass , and raise in front of the Master ' s pedestal . Is there such a rank as officiating Past Master , and are Masons , thus made , legal ?
5 . Can a warrant of revival or even a dispensation be granted to the AV . M . of a Lodge that had been dormant , nay defunct for nearly twenty years ; never having either worked or contributed to the United Grand Lodge during all that time , and the said VV . M . having in his possession
for that period the original warrant of said Lodge , the said W . M . not having been even subscribing member to the Craft ? 6 . Can the Deputy Prov . Grand Master take to himself the name ancl rank of Deputy Prov , Grand Superintendant of Royal Arch Masonry , when the Prov . Grand Master himself never received the appointment of Prov . Grand Superintendant ? 7 . Can sueh Deputy Prov . Grand Superintendant give a Lodge permission to open ancl hold a Royal Arch Chapter ? and can exaltations
effected under these circumstances be legitimatized by the Supreme Grand Chapter at any future period ? Are those individuals who have been thus admitted into this most holy degree , legal ? Can they receive certificates from the Supreme Grancl Chapter ? 8 . Finally , is not the Grand Lodge of the province where such doings are tolerated , highly culpable for countenancing such proceedings ? AVorshipful Brother , we are under serious and fearful obligations , and
therefore I as one , having this continually in view , with the rest of my Brethren of No . 326 , earnestly implore of you to answer these questions impartially . Your Review testifies to your fearlessness . - I am told there is an uniform method of working established in England ; we have been , and are as yet in ignorance of it , in consequence of wliich weare open to imposition at any time . x ,. The Grand Sword Bearer , Bro . H . Bellamy Webb , was here a . few xdays ago . I am told he visited the Lodge of Universal , Charitywhere
, ¦ all these . irregularities I have enumerated are practised , and made them . acquainted with the established mode . He visited also the Lodge pf Perfect Unanimity , it being the " gentleman ' s" Lodge , but never ., con" ¦ . descended to notice the Lodge 326 ! A PAST MASTER . X | V . X ... ¦ ,. -. ; .-,-, ! Ix . Vff . n -ij ., PREPLIES . — -1 . The Art . 7 of Prov . Grand Lodges , in the Book of Con-
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India.
long and regularly paid for , snatched from our hands by illegal ancl unconstitutional bodies . Our appeals are unheard , ancl remonstrance we have found vain . The questions are these : — 1 . Cannot the Senior Prov . Grand Warden , in the absence of both Prov . and Deputy Prov . Grancl Masters , summon ancl hold a Prov . Grand Lodge of Emergency whenever the good of the Craft shall require it ? Is Article 7 of Prov . Grand Lodgesin Book of
Constitu-, tions , applicable to places at this distance from the "fountain head ?" 2 . Should the VV . M . of a Lodge die , be deposed , or removed , ancl no Past Master on the spot , can the Senior , or in his absence the Junior AA ' arden , summon a Lodge , ancl work it in the degrees : we know he cannot initiate , pass , or raise ; but can he open it in regular form as a AV . M . ? If not , what is the extent of his poiver ? 3 . Are initiations , passings , and raisings , performed by a Brother
elected to the post of VV . M ., but not installed agreeably to ancient usage , valid ? and can Masons so made obtain certificates from the United Grand Lodge ? 4 . Can a member who has never filled the VV . M . ' s chair arrogate to himself the title of " officiating Past Master , " and as such initiate , pass , and raise in front of the Master ' s pedestal . Is there such a rank as officiating Past Master , and are Masons , thus made , legal ?
5 . Can a warrant of revival or even a dispensation be granted to the AV . M . of a Lodge that had been dormant , nay defunct for nearly twenty years ; never having either worked or contributed to the United Grand Lodge during all that time , and the said VV . M . having in his possession
for that period the original warrant of said Lodge , the said W . M . not having been even subscribing member to the Craft ? 6 . Can the Deputy Prov . Grand Master take to himself the name ancl rank of Deputy Prov , Grand Superintendant of Royal Arch Masonry , when the Prov . Grand Master himself never received the appointment of Prov . Grand Superintendant ? 7 . Can sueh Deputy Prov . Grand Superintendant give a Lodge permission to open ancl hold a Royal Arch Chapter ? and can exaltations
effected under these circumstances be legitimatized by the Supreme Grand Chapter at any future period ? Are those individuals who have been thus admitted into this most holy degree , legal ? Can they receive certificates from the Supreme Grancl Chapter ? 8 . Finally , is not the Grand Lodge of the province where such doings are tolerated , highly culpable for countenancing such proceedings ? AVorshipful Brother , we are under serious and fearful obligations , and
therefore I as one , having this continually in view , with the rest of my Brethren of No . 326 , earnestly implore of you to answer these questions impartially . Your Review testifies to your fearlessness . - I am told there is an uniform method of working established in England ; we have been , and are as yet in ignorance of it , in consequence of wliich weare open to imposition at any time . x ,. The Grand Sword Bearer , Bro . H . Bellamy Webb , was here a . few xdays ago . I am told he visited the Lodge of Universal , Charitywhere
, ¦ all these . irregularities I have enumerated are practised , and made them . acquainted with the established mode . He visited also the Lodge pf Perfect Unanimity , it being the " gentleman ' s" Lodge , but never ., con" ¦ . descended to notice the Lodge 326 ! A PAST MASTER . X | V . X ... ¦ ,. -. ; .-,-, ! Ix . Vff . n -ij ., PREPLIES . — -1 . The Art . 7 of Prov . Grand Lodges , in the Book of Con-