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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION. ← Page 2 of 4 →
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Quarterly Communication.
the Prov . Grand Master for Essex , that divisions should take place whether- demanded or not , but as it is , it is an onward movement—a progress in the way of management—one that will save many startling innovations being proposed ; for we hold the doctrine to conserve is to yield with the spirit of the times , and to preserve is to improve where
faults are shown to exist . We thank the Board of General Purposes for having accomplished thus much in its first Report ; they are evidently a working Board , disposed to do their duty .
The third and no less important matter was the communication made by the Grand Secretary , by authority of the Grand Master , expressive of his regret that he had not allowed Bro . Scarborough on a former occasion to proceed , and have a committee of investigation , to see if any and what alterations were required in the masonic ritual , but the interruption and course pursued by his lordship , had arisen from being
misinformed of the intention of Bro . Scarborough ; that since then personal interviews , as well as correspondence had taken place , and the Grand Master was not of the same opinion now as he had been * Had the same thing occurred to any member of Grand Lodge less determined than Bro . Scarborough , he would have been put down by those who " earwigged" the Grand Master . This is one of those complaints to
which we have before called attention ; the Grand Master allows himself to he led by the reports of others , and having heard a partial or onesided statement , jumps at a conclusion , and makes himself a party to a one-sided proceeding , instead of the more just course of taking no part in the debates , hearing all , and allowing Grand Lodge to decide upon the motions submitted to it ; we do not now enter into the discussion of
the motion , if any and what alterations should be made , nor even if a committee should have been granted , but we are quite prepared to state the Grand Master ought to have allowed the discussion , and ought not by his veto to have stopped all investigation on the introduction of it by Bro . Scarborough , still less by the manner in which he did it . Bro . Scarborough has , however , the power and the resolution to obtain his
right , and he has the right on his side ; few men , however , would have the perseverance and courage requisite to force wealth , power , influence , and station to the admission of having done a wrong , and were ready to give redress . The Most Worshipful Grand Master has committed an error , but he has also most gracefully , honourably , and nobly made the amende . Ought he to have placed himself in such an undignified position ? It will be seen , if the September Quarterly Communication was
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Quarterly Communication.
the Prov . Grand Master for Essex , that divisions should take place whether- demanded or not , but as it is , it is an onward movement—a progress in the way of management—one that will save many startling innovations being proposed ; for we hold the doctrine to conserve is to yield with the spirit of the times , and to preserve is to improve where
faults are shown to exist . We thank the Board of General Purposes for having accomplished thus much in its first Report ; they are evidently a working Board , disposed to do their duty .
The third and no less important matter was the communication made by the Grand Secretary , by authority of the Grand Master , expressive of his regret that he had not allowed Bro . Scarborough on a former occasion to proceed , and have a committee of investigation , to see if any and what alterations were required in the masonic ritual , but the interruption and course pursued by his lordship , had arisen from being
misinformed of the intention of Bro . Scarborough ; that since then personal interviews , as well as correspondence had taken place , and the Grand Master was not of the same opinion now as he had been * Had the same thing occurred to any member of Grand Lodge less determined than Bro . Scarborough , he would have been put down by those who " earwigged" the Grand Master . This is one of those complaints to
which we have before called attention ; the Grand Master allows himself to he led by the reports of others , and having heard a partial or onesided statement , jumps at a conclusion , and makes himself a party to a one-sided proceeding , instead of the more just course of taking no part in the debates , hearing all , and allowing Grand Lodge to decide upon the motions submitted to it ; we do not now enter into the discussion of
the motion , if any and what alterations should be made , nor even if a committee should have been granted , but we are quite prepared to state the Grand Master ought to have allowed the discussion , and ought not by his veto to have stopped all investigation on the introduction of it by Bro . Scarborough , still less by the manner in which he did it . Bro . Scarborough has , however , the power and the resolution to obtain his
right , and he has the right on his side ; few men , however , would have the perseverance and courage requisite to force wealth , power , influence , and station to the admission of having done a wrong , and were ready to give redress . The Most Worshipful Grand Master has committed an error , but he has also most gracefully , honourably , and nobly made the amende . Ought he to have placed himself in such an undignified position ? It will be seen , if the September Quarterly Communication was