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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE AND REVIEW. ← Page 6 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
whole proceeding , —nay more , there is not one of the whole body , who ought not to have known that this conduct towards the Grand Master was neither courteous , respectful , nor decent . Let it be supposed that the Grand Superintendent of
Works had found that a mistake had occurred in the calculation of the time , and that a longer period than three weeks would be required to get the work forward enough to be ready by the day of the Earl of Zetland ' s appointment ; would it not have been more gracious to have
consulted him , as to whether he could remain in London , or whether , if he were compelled to leave , he would come up to town later in the autumn , to comply with their request that he should inaugurate the proceedings ? A moment ' s reflection might have suggested that the
probabilities were—that the Grand Master would come up for the September Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , and that then the whole ceremony might have been arranged
to come off ; for if it were not too late in the year to begin the works , and " to proceed vigorously with the ? n , " in order that the first stone might be laid , when the building was pretty well nigh its completion , it certainly would have been early enough to enable the Grand Master to combine the two
pleasurable duties , which he might be expected to visit London to perform . The notion of " want of time " is , however , too absurd to be for a moment entertained . " Where there is a will there is a way . " Had the Quarterly General Court been disposed even to have put themselves a little out
of the way , they might easily enough have managed the whole matter , so as to bring it to a happy conclusion . Two or three active Members of that Court might have most satisfactorily accomplished the whole affair , had they been permitted to do so ; and a noble gathering of Brethren
from all parts of the kingdom could have been secured , and a numerous company of foreign Brethren now visiting London , mig ht have been drawn together to witness a splendid Masonic re-union which would have gladdened
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
whole proceeding , —nay more , there is not one of the whole body , who ought not to have known that this conduct towards the Grand Master was neither courteous , respectful , nor decent . Let it be supposed that the Grand Superintendent of
Works had found that a mistake had occurred in the calculation of the time , and that a longer period than three weeks would be required to get the work forward enough to be ready by the day of the Earl of Zetland ' s appointment ; would it not have been more gracious to have
consulted him , as to whether he could remain in London , or whether , if he were compelled to leave , he would come up to town later in the autumn , to comply with their request that he should inaugurate the proceedings ? A moment ' s reflection might have suggested that the
probabilities were—that the Grand Master would come up for the September Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , and that then the whole ceremony might have been arranged
to come off ; for if it were not too late in the year to begin the works , and " to proceed vigorously with the ? n , " in order that the first stone might be laid , when the building was pretty well nigh its completion , it certainly would have been early enough to enable the Grand Master to combine the two
pleasurable duties , which he might be expected to visit London to perform . The notion of " want of time " is , however , too absurd to be for a moment entertained . " Where there is a will there is a way . " Had the Quarterly General Court been disposed even to have put themselves a little out
of the way , they might easily enough have managed the whole matter , so as to bring it to a happy conclusion . Two or three active Members of that Court might have most satisfactorily accomplished the whole affair , had they been permitted to do so ; and a noble gathering of Brethren
from all parts of the kingdom could have been secured , and a numerous company of foreign Brethren now visiting London , mig ht have been drawn together to witness a splendid Masonic re-union which would have gladdened