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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 4 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
thor , but at the same timo he considered the proposition of the Grand Master was a good omen , and he hailed it as one of those marks in Freemasonry as taking a grand step towards placing it in a proper position with the world at large . Nothing could do the Craft more good than the course the Grand Master had taken ; and he was sure they would feel grateful for an authorized publication of all that ought to bo published of what takes place in Grand Lodge . W . Brother SCARBOROUGH presumed it was intended that the copies to be sent
round were to he simply the reports of what took place in Grand Lodge , and nothing else , and Avithout anything in the shape of an article attached ( hear , hear ) . On that ground he ivould support the proposition ; for he had to complain also , not so much of not being reported , but of being misreported for tho purpose , — speeches having been given to members that they never uttered . The Brother who brought forward the subject had said he would suggest tho announcing of thc work as spurious , but he ( Brother Scarborough ) thought it would be below thc dignity of Grand Lodge to acknowledge that the work was of any note
whatever . It had been observed that the motives of Grand Officers had been misrepresented , but he would say that the Grand Lodge generally had been misrepresented , and as much misrepresented below the " dais" as on it . W . Brother Fox MAULE . —I wish to correct one statement made by the Brother who last spoke . As to thc publication itself I agree with him , but what I wished was , that the Grand Master should intimate to the Craft generally , that any publication without his sanction was spurious and unmasonic . W . Brother CRUCEFIX congratulated the mover of the motion for the mode in
which he had brought it forward , but at the same time tho worthy Brother had deprecated the practice he had also conferred a compliment on the publication ( hear and laughter ) . He had done so because in admitting the necessity of giving some account of the proceedings of Grand Lodge he had alluded to the publication in question . He ( Brother Crucefix ) would avoid entering upon any new
ground of discussion , but he could not conceal from himself that the Grand Lodge of England had at last awakened from its torpor , and was about to act like all other Grand Lodges . This was not the first time the account of the proceedings of Grand Lodge contained in the Freemasons' Quarterly had been called garbled ; and as that which is issued from the Grand Lodge gave nothing , literally nothing , was it to be wondered at that some portions of the Craft should endeavour to give some account of what takes place in Grand Lodge ? Such being the case , therefore , he considered that those who had previousl lied the want of the
y supp Craft should not be found fault with . He was thankful , however , for the present arrangement , and viewed it as a great instalment of the future . The R . W \ Brother HTOIFREY , Q . G , could not imagine how any one could think that what passed from Brother Fox Maule was a compliment ( hear , and laughter ); he could only say from such compliments as those might his ears be ever shut . If the publishers of the publication thought that it bad been received by the Craft generally , he could only say that with thc exception of two numbers
he had never heard of it . But if any one could imagine that that could give satisfaction , let them take it to their hearts , and when they went to bed rejoice on it ( laughter , and hear , hear ) . He certainly was astonished to hear so excellent a Mason ( Brother Crucefix ) imagine that because Grand Lodge did not publish any report any publication was useful , however false , garbled , and distorted its reports might be . Could it be thought that in a society whose maxim was brotherly love , relief , and truth , and whose creed it was that every one should do to a Brother what he should wish that Brother to do to himcould it be th ht
, oug that in such a society there would be found any one member that would wilfully misrepresent " . Could it be imagined that because the Grand Lodge failed , if failed it had , to give to the world an account of its proceedings , that the publication which the excellent Brother had not even defended should be encouraged 1 He begged to dissent from Brother Fox Maule in one thing , viz ., that the publication emanates from a Mason , for if it did , then there lived not in the world a man less to bo envied than that Mason , so supposed to be the giver to the ' world
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
thor , but at the same timo he considered the proposition of the Grand Master was a good omen , and he hailed it as one of those marks in Freemasonry as taking a grand step towards placing it in a proper position with the world at large . Nothing could do the Craft more good than the course the Grand Master had taken ; and he was sure they would feel grateful for an authorized publication of all that ought to bo published of what takes place in Grand Lodge . W . Brother SCARBOROUGH presumed it was intended that the copies to be sent
round were to he simply the reports of what took place in Grand Lodge , and nothing else , and Avithout anything in the shape of an article attached ( hear , hear ) . On that ground he ivould support the proposition ; for he had to complain also , not so much of not being reported , but of being misreported for tho purpose , — speeches having been given to members that they never uttered . The Brother who brought forward the subject had said he would suggest tho announcing of thc work as spurious , but he ( Brother Scarborough ) thought it would be below thc dignity of Grand Lodge to acknowledge that the work was of any note
whatever . It had been observed that the motives of Grand Officers had been misrepresented , but he would say that the Grand Lodge generally had been misrepresented , and as much misrepresented below the " dais" as on it . W . Brother Fox MAULE . —I wish to correct one statement made by the Brother who last spoke . As to thc publication itself I agree with him , but what I wished was , that the Grand Master should intimate to the Craft generally , that any publication without his sanction was spurious and unmasonic . W . Brother CRUCEFIX congratulated the mover of the motion for the mode in
which he had brought it forward , but at the same time tho worthy Brother had deprecated the practice he had also conferred a compliment on the publication ( hear and laughter ) . He had done so because in admitting the necessity of giving some account of the proceedings of Grand Lodge he had alluded to the publication in question . He ( Brother Crucefix ) would avoid entering upon any new
ground of discussion , but he could not conceal from himself that the Grand Lodge of England had at last awakened from its torpor , and was about to act like all other Grand Lodges . This was not the first time the account of the proceedings of Grand Lodge contained in the Freemasons' Quarterly had been called garbled ; and as that which is issued from the Grand Lodge gave nothing , literally nothing , was it to be wondered at that some portions of the Craft should endeavour to give some account of what takes place in Grand Lodge ? Such being the case , therefore , he considered that those who had previousl lied the want of the
y supp Craft should not be found fault with . He was thankful , however , for the present arrangement , and viewed it as a great instalment of the future . The R . W \ Brother HTOIFREY , Q . G , could not imagine how any one could think that what passed from Brother Fox Maule was a compliment ( hear , and laughter ); he could only say from such compliments as those might his ears be ever shut . If the publishers of the publication thought that it bad been received by the Craft generally , he could only say that with thc exception of two numbers
he had never heard of it . But if any one could imagine that that could give satisfaction , let them take it to their hearts , and when they went to bed rejoice on it ( laughter , and hear , hear ) . He certainly was astonished to hear so excellent a Mason ( Brother Crucefix ) imagine that because Grand Lodge did not publish any report any publication was useful , however false , garbled , and distorted its reports might be . Could it be thought that in a society whose maxim was brotherly love , relief , and truth , and whose creed it was that every one should do to a Brother what he should wish that Brother to do to himcould it be th ht
, oug that in such a society there would be found any one member that would wilfully misrepresent " . Could it be imagined that because the Grand Lodge failed , if failed it had , to give to the world an account of its proceedings , that the publication which the excellent Brother had not even defended should be encouraged 1 He begged to dissent from Brother Fox Maule in one thing , viz ., that the publication emanates from a Mason , for if it did , then there lived not in the world a man less to bo envied than that Mason , so supposed to be the giver to the ' world