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Correspondence.
out question ; and we also know something about the admission ami initiation of a certain Brother , the facts of which are strong , and will not bear dispute , and which read a lesson to the Officers of Grant ! Lodge to be more careful about things at home , and to show a little more activity and zeal in keeping their own house in order , rather than in pointing to the faults of others . Ina former paperI noticed the correspondence between the Grand
, Master and His Royal Highness Prince Albert , and stated that it was highly satisfactory , at the same time giving an opinion that it sliould have been published . In the present circular this correspondence is also adverted to , and a one-sided sort of an account given . This is not fair , either towards the Brethren throughout Scotland , or honest towards the Grand Master . It will not do to say that " it is the absence of express permission , " to print the letters in question ; part of them were said to
have been printed by other parties , —and why not print the whole , and show to the Craft , as well as to the whole world , the facts of the case ? If this be not done , we may alter our opinion formerly expressed , and suggest the possibility of a doctored correspondence having been administered to the Grand Lodge . The Report on Glasgow Lodge , by the Substitute Prov . Grand Master , which came out under the title of " the charter" has been of benefit to
, the Lodges in arrear of Grand Lodge dues , as the Grand Committee recommended that all Lodges , which were proved by their books to be in debt , and unable to pay the fees of their unrecorded entrants , " should have a receipt in full of all demands , " if they would pay their'Grand Lodge ' certificates , and 5 s . Gd . for all entrants , for the years 1850 and
1851 . This is certainly much more liberal than could have been expected , and far more than many of the Lodges deserved ; at the same time , it is to be feared that Lotiges , which are careless about the money they ought to pay to Grand Lodge , will be equally careless about their working . The most likely way to raise the character of the Craft , would be to examine into their qualifications ;—this should have been a sine qua non , and we are sure that the P . G . M . D . of Glasgow would be
most willing to aid and assist at an investigation of the working of the Lodges , and in tlrawing up a Report on the result . Masonic clubs next engage the attention of the reader of this " Masonic conglomerate ; " what the Grand Lodge of Scotland had to do with these clubs , we are at a loss to conceive . We certainly joined one , and paid our shilling , but we had no great faith that it would make any immense " impression" on Grand Lodgeas those whose names were at the
, head of the management , were as likely to stick like wax to the Grand Lodge , as they would to the club , when any event took place that had a chance of testing their trustworthiness . In this opinion we have not been deceived . The Aberdeen clubs appear to have acted on a different plan , for they astonished the douce folks hero , first by a circular to the Lodges , which may have induced country Lodges to supersede the commissions of their Proxy Masters . So says the Grand Lodge Reporter ,
p . 5 ; and afterwards by a rejoinder , to a circular issued by the Grand Secretary , wherein he characterised the statements made by the club as " not consistent with truth ; "—our own opinion is , that the club had by far the best ofthe argument , and that the Grand Committee and Grand Secretary came off second best , and went far out of their way to meddle with them , unless they could point out any law or constitution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , which any of the Brethren belonging to the vor . u . r r
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence.
out question ; and we also know something about the admission ami initiation of a certain Brother , the facts of which are strong , and will not bear dispute , and which read a lesson to the Officers of Grant ! Lodge to be more careful about things at home , and to show a little more activity and zeal in keeping their own house in order , rather than in pointing to the faults of others . Ina former paperI noticed the correspondence between the Grand
, Master and His Royal Highness Prince Albert , and stated that it was highly satisfactory , at the same time giving an opinion that it sliould have been published . In the present circular this correspondence is also adverted to , and a one-sided sort of an account given . This is not fair , either towards the Brethren throughout Scotland , or honest towards the Grand Master . It will not do to say that " it is the absence of express permission , " to print the letters in question ; part of them were said to
have been printed by other parties , —and why not print the whole , and show to the Craft , as well as to the whole world , the facts of the case ? If this be not done , we may alter our opinion formerly expressed , and suggest the possibility of a doctored correspondence having been administered to the Grand Lodge . The Report on Glasgow Lodge , by the Substitute Prov . Grand Master , which came out under the title of " the charter" has been of benefit to
, the Lodges in arrear of Grand Lodge dues , as the Grand Committee recommended that all Lodges , which were proved by their books to be in debt , and unable to pay the fees of their unrecorded entrants , " should have a receipt in full of all demands , " if they would pay their'Grand Lodge ' certificates , and 5 s . Gd . for all entrants , for the years 1850 and
1851 . This is certainly much more liberal than could have been expected , and far more than many of the Lodges deserved ; at the same time , it is to be feared that Lotiges , which are careless about the money they ought to pay to Grand Lodge , will be equally careless about their working . The most likely way to raise the character of the Craft , would be to examine into their qualifications ;—this should have been a sine qua non , and we are sure that the P . G . M . D . of Glasgow would be
most willing to aid and assist at an investigation of the working of the Lodges , and in tlrawing up a Report on the result . Masonic clubs next engage the attention of the reader of this " Masonic conglomerate ; " what the Grand Lodge of Scotland had to do with these clubs , we are at a loss to conceive . We certainly joined one , and paid our shilling , but we had no great faith that it would make any immense " impression" on Grand Lodgeas those whose names were at the
, head of the management , were as likely to stick like wax to the Grand Lodge , as they would to the club , when any event took place that had a chance of testing their trustworthiness . In this opinion we have not been deceived . The Aberdeen clubs appear to have acted on a different plan , for they astonished the douce folks hero , first by a circular to the Lodges , which may have induced country Lodges to supersede the commissions of their Proxy Masters . So says the Grand Lodge Reporter ,
p . 5 ; and afterwards by a rejoinder , to a circular issued by the Grand Secretary , wherein he characterised the statements made by the club as " not consistent with truth ; "—our own opinion is , that the club had by far the best ofthe argument , and that the Grand Committee and Grand Secretary came off second best , and went far out of their way to meddle with them , unless they could point out any law or constitution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , which any of the Brethren belonging to the vor . u . r r