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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE AND REVIEW. ← Page 4 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
It appears that no sooner was the elegant and commodious plan of Bro . Hardwick agreed upon , than it was at once and most properly determined that " the first stone " should be laid with appropriate Masonic honours . A Sub-Committee , consisting of several members of the House
Committee , was nominated to wait upon the M . W . the Grand Master , with the Grand Superintendent of Works , to request that he would do them the favour to appoint a day , on which he would perform this important duty . We are credibl y informed , that this Sub - Committee
assured the Earl of Zetland that every preparation would be ready in a fortnight from the time of their waiting upon him . The Grand Master , however , with his usual consideration and urbanity , in order that ample opportunity might be given for the perfecting of every necessary arrangement , suggested that a little longer time should be allowed , and therefore himself fixed the day a weeh beyond
the time SAID TO BE sufficient . The Sub-Committee left the Earl of Zetland with the full impression , both on his and their own minds , that the matter was definitely settled . They undoubtedly congratulated themselves—as all good men and Masons would have done—that one of the noblest
institutions of the Order would be honoured as it ought to be , and that the preliminaries of the important work would be settled under the happiest auguries for its future prosperity and extended usefulness . A few days after this most interesting and satisfactory
interview—only two or three it is said to have been—a Quarterly General Court of the Girls' School was held , when in spite of the arrangements between the Grand Master and the Sub-Committee , " IT WAS RESOLVED , That there not leing time , (!) the laying of the first stone should
be postponed TILL NEXT YEAR , THE WORKS IN THE MEANWHILE TO PROCEED VIGOROUSLY . " So that , after the Irishman's fashion , " the beginning is to commence with the conclusion !" Wc know not of what members the Quarterl y General
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
It appears that no sooner was the elegant and commodious plan of Bro . Hardwick agreed upon , than it was at once and most properly determined that " the first stone " should be laid with appropriate Masonic honours . A Sub-Committee , consisting of several members of the House
Committee , was nominated to wait upon the M . W . the Grand Master , with the Grand Superintendent of Works , to request that he would do them the favour to appoint a day , on which he would perform this important duty . We are credibl y informed , that this Sub - Committee
assured the Earl of Zetland that every preparation would be ready in a fortnight from the time of their waiting upon him . The Grand Master , however , with his usual consideration and urbanity , in order that ample opportunity might be given for the perfecting of every necessary arrangement , suggested that a little longer time should be allowed , and therefore himself fixed the day a weeh beyond
the time SAID TO BE sufficient . The Sub-Committee left the Earl of Zetland with the full impression , both on his and their own minds , that the matter was definitely settled . They undoubtedly congratulated themselves—as all good men and Masons would have done—that one of the noblest
institutions of the Order would be honoured as it ought to be , and that the preliminaries of the important work would be settled under the happiest auguries for its future prosperity and extended usefulness . A few days after this most interesting and satisfactory
interview—only two or three it is said to have been—a Quarterly General Court of the Girls' School was held , when in spite of the arrangements between the Grand Master and the Sub-Committee , " IT WAS RESOLVED , That there not leing time , (!) the laying of the first stone should
be postponed TILL NEXT YEAR , THE WORKS IN THE MEANWHILE TO PROCEED VIGOROUSLY . " So that , after the Irishman's fashion , " the beginning is to commence with the conclusion !" Wc know not of what members the Quarterl y General