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The Recent Grand Lodge.
majority , is there any one satisfied with the result—is the Grand Registrar himself—is the mover—is the Grand Master—is the Craft ? - We believe no one . An amendment , dealing with the principle but getting rid of the censure , would have been carried unanimously , and have met the case—as it is , all are displeased ; and the majority made up of Grand Officers must of itself be considered a defeat , while a positive defeat was
given to the Grand Registrar ' s motion for withdrawing the purple from the absentee . As to the speakers in favour of the President of the Board of General Purposes , it was indeed " faint praise , censure in disguise . " But the purple winced under some very unpleasant truths , which they could neither answer nor deny . *
THE TALKING NUISANCE . —We have gentl y alluded to this newlyimported nuisance into Grand Lodge . No one seems to look upon time as of consequence until it has passed , and motions are lost . Some chatter their empurpled opinions to mislead , as best they can , their hearers ; others impute motives , whilst they denounce the like in others ; but there are those who in a kind of under-growl—for it is not a
voice—cry out , " Humbug , " " Stuff , " every now and then , when some home-thrust is made which disturbs their serenity—if such may be said to exist . As such members seldom speak in Grand Lodge , their blurtings , which scarcely represent the human voice , might be spared in an assembly of Freemasons .
THE MASTERS ' , PAST MASTERS ' , AND WARDENS' CLUB . —As a fair balance to the excessive weight of the purple , we cordially wish success to this masonic scion : It commences well , with no promises but such as can be realised by good sense and becoming spirit . We shall not attempt to point out any course , for the simple reason that the plan of arrangement appears not to require any suggestions .
THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE . —The Grand Lodge , at its recent sitting , did not view with especial grace the endeavour to take up time by the reading of addresses on this subject ; indeed , there were but two presented . The one from Bristol was unobjectionable , and was permitted to be read ; the second , from Dorsetshire , was denounced as altogether unbecoming and improper . Perhaps there is no Mason whose talent and position
are graced with more amiable feelings and generous nature than is the Prov . Grand Master for Dorsetshire ; there is a chivalry about him that , united with courtesy and urbanity , compels the acknowledgment that
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The Recent Grand Lodge.
majority , is there any one satisfied with the result—is the Grand Registrar himself—is the mover—is the Grand Master—is the Craft ? - We believe no one . An amendment , dealing with the principle but getting rid of the censure , would have been carried unanimously , and have met the case—as it is , all are displeased ; and the majority made up of Grand Officers must of itself be considered a defeat , while a positive defeat was
given to the Grand Registrar ' s motion for withdrawing the purple from the absentee . As to the speakers in favour of the President of the Board of General Purposes , it was indeed " faint praise , censure in disguise . " But the purple winced under some very unpleasant truths , which they could neither answer nor deny . *
THE TALKING NUISANCE . —We have gentl y alluded to this newlyimported nuisance into Grand Lodge . No one seems to look upon time as of consequence until it has passed , and motions are lost . Some chatter their empurpled opinions to mislead , as best they can , their hearers ; others impute motives , whilst they denounce the like in others ; but there are those who in a kind of under-growl—for it is not a
voice—cry out , " Humbug , " " Stuff , " every now and then , when some home-thrust is made which disturbs their serenity—if such may be said to exist . As such members seldom speak in Grand Lodge , their blurtings , which scarcely represent the human voice , might be spared in an assembly of Freemasons .
THE MASTERS ' , PAST MASTERS ' , AND WARDENS' CLUB . —As a fair balance to the excessive weight of the purple , we cordially wish success to this masonic scion : It commences well , with no promises but such as can be realised by good sense and becoming spirit . We shall not attempt to point out any course , for the simple reason that the plan of arrangement appears not to require any suggestions .
THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE . —The Grand Lodge , at its recent sitting , did not view with especial grace the endeavour to take up time by the reading of addresses on this subject ; indeed , there were but two presented . The one from Bristol was unobjectionable , and was permitted to be read ; the second , from Dorsetshire , was denounced as altogether unbecoming and improper . Perhaps there is no Mason whose talent and position
are graced with more amiable feelings and generous nature than is the Prov . Grand Master for Dorsetshire ; there is a chivalry about him that , united with courtesy and urbanity , compels the acknowledgment that