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Correspondence.
'Carried , and the result will he shown iu the accounts by an equal number of five pounds being paid to the Grand Tailor for badges , as there are honorary members . Communications from various quarters came next . One from the Representative of the Scotch Grand Lodge at the G . O . of the Netherlauds , deserves attention , from its being fully as long , but hardly so dull as this communication . I onlwish that the writerBro . Veegens
y , , would "if' / e" some ofhis friends here , that in future they might show some of his Masonic enthusiasm . Wc had then Reports from the P . G . L . of Jamaica ; and from the G . L . of the State of Maine U . S . ; and one from the P . G . L . Secretary , Aberdeen City Province . This Report we may briefly notice , as it iu a small degree brought out the Irish representative Bro . Somerville , to vindicate the majesty of the Grand Lodge . The Report contained the proceedings of that P . G . L . and in
, that document a printed paper which was issued by a Masonic Club to the various Lodges , was read as a portion of it . The printed circular did not appear to have pleased the Provincial Secretary , any more than the proceedings which he reported , and he gave his own opinions witli notes and comments . This conduct on the part of a Secretary , to send his own private opinion to the Grand Lodge was highly discreditable , and so thought some ofthe Brethren from Aberdeenwho were present ,
, and they intimated their opinions pretty strongly , both on the subject of Grand Lodge matters , and the P . G . Secretary ' s conduct , —and when they had spoken , the Irish Commissioner gave his opinion , " that something must be done to vindicate the authority of the Grand Lodge , thai the Brethren of Aberdeen were iu a state of rebellion , " and much more
to the same purpose . The Grand Master rose , and gave his opinion that they had acted contrary to the law , and that something must be done to check them , that it ivould never do for Brethren to act in such a manner . One of the Aberdeenians rose to order , and asserted that he thought that it was unfair , and that it was far from Masonic , to censure any Brother in his absence ; and also affirming that there was no question before the Lodge , and that the Brethren and Grand Lodge had much need to remember the " points of fellowship" and to act upon them .
, Another Brother then rose and said , that before any censure could be passed , it would be only right that the rules be acted up to , and the party be summoned to answer for his conduct , and that the charge be mentioned , and what laws had been broken , stated . As I said before , with regard to the Grand Secretary and the club , so I think in this case , that the Aberdeenians had the best of the argument . The next Report was from the P . G . L . of Glasgowgiving a detailed
, account ofthe great procession at the laying the first stone of Victoria Bridge , which was attended by more Lodges than at any other event of the kind , seventy-two having joined , beginning with " Mother Kilwinning , " and terminating with the " Caledonian Railway . " And here I may remark , that for every ten Lodges , there were one , two , or more years in arrcar of dues to the Grand Lodge , and two and a half per cent , of them were five or more years in arrear . The Grand Clerk and
Secretary , should have been active in collecting their just and lawful dues , without which the business of the G . L . cannot be conducted , unless we continue to have " honorary and gratuitous services . " Some regulations for laying foundation stones next engaged the attention of Grand Lodge , and were discussed with a seriousness that would have done the Lodge great credit had the subject been of greater im-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence.
'Carried , and the result will he shown iu the accounts by an equal number of five pounds being paid to the Grand Tailor for badges , as there are honorary members . Communications from various quarters came next . One from the Representative of the Scotch Grand Lodge at the G . O . of the Netherlauds , deserves attention , from its being fully as long , but hardly so dull as this communication . I onlwish that the writerBro . Veegens
y , , would "if' / e" some ofhis friends here , that in future they might show some of his Masonic enthusiasm . Wc had then Reports from the P . G . L . of Jamaica ; and from the G . L . of the State of Maine U . S . ; and one from the P . G . L . Secretary , Aberdeen City Province . This Report we may briefly notice , as it iu a small degree brought out the Irish representative Bro . Somerville , to vindicate the majesty of the Grand Lodge . The Report contained the proceedings of that P . G . L . and in
, that document a printed paper which was issued by a Masonic Club to the various Lodges , was read as a portion of it . The printed circular did not appear to have pleased the Provincial Secretary , any more than the proceedings which he reported , and he gave his own opinions witli notes and comments . This conduct on the part of a Secretary , to send his own private opinion to the Grand Lodge was highly discreditable , and so thought some ofthe Brethren from Aberdeenwho were present ,
, and they intimated their opinions pretty strongly , both on the subject of Grand Lodge matters , and the P . G . Secretary ' s conduct , —and when they had spoken , the Irish Commissioner gave his opinion , " that something must be done to vindicate the authority of the Grand Lodge , thai the Brethren of Aberdeen were iu a state of rebellion , " and much more
to the same purpose . The Grand Master rose , and gave his opinion that they had acted contrary to the law , and that something must be done to check them , that it ivould never do for Brethren to act in such a manner . One of the Aberdeenians rose to order , and asserted that he thought that it was unfair , and that it was far from Masonic , to censure any Brother in his absence ; and also affirming that there was no question before the Lodge , and that the Brethren and Grand Lodge had much need to remember the " points of fellowship" and to act upon them .
, Another Brother then rose and said , that before any censure could be passed , it would be only right that the rules be acted up to , and the party be summoned to answer for his conduct , and that the charge be mentioned , and what laws had been broken , stated . As I said before , with regard to the Grand Secretary and the club , so I think in this case , that the Aberdeenians had the best of the argument . The next Report was from the P . G . L . of Glasgowgiving a detailed
, account ofthe great procession at the laying the first stone of Victoria Bridge , which was attended by more Lodges than at any other event of the kind , seventy-two having joined , beginning with " Mother Kilwinning , " and terminating with the " Caledonian Railway . " And here I may remark , that for every ten Lodges , there were one , two , or more years in arrcar of dues to the Grand Lodge , and two and a half per cent , of them were five or more years in arrear . The Grand Clerk and
Secretary , should have been active in collecting their just and lawful dues , without which the business of the G . L . cannot be conducted , unless we continue to have " honorary and gratuitous services . " Some regulations for laying foundation stones next engaged the attention of Grand Lodge , and were discussed with a seriousness that would have done the Lodge great credit had the subject been of greater im-