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To Correspondents.
Bno . SHARP , JUN . —We hope to have acted faithfully , and have inserted what space permitted—the rest hereafter . Bno . MOODY . — "We regret the brevity with which we are compelled to notice his communication . BRO . BAKER ( 660 ) —We refer our correspondent to No . V ., March , 1835 , p . 3 , et seq-, where he will find the subject treated of at some length ; further comment is unnecessary . That the vile trash should excite curiosity in the popular world , maybe lamented ; but even Avorks of open infidelity find readers . Let Masons only practice what they profess , and they may
* ' defy the devil and all his works . " We have seen the trash , and a precious task we imposed upon ourselves in wading through it ! Bno . SMITH —Delicacy of constitution will prevent the party's attendance ! GRENADA—We request the party who supplies us with Grenada papers , to address them for the Editor , eare of Messrs . Sherwood and Co ., 23 , Paternoster Row , London . * * . —Signing by deputy is indecent in both parties . A WARDEN . —When unavoidable circumstances prevent the installation ofthe Master-elect , We are of opinion that the W . M . can , with consent ofthe Master-elect , appoint Wardens , who
would suffer by delay . In the ease in question , no loss of time occurs , as the Wardens are qualified . Bno . THOS . FELLOWES ( 147)—is too late for examination . There is no alphabetical register . More in our next . Q . ( 2 ) . —Wo . know of no distinction , morally speaking , between the pilferer of gold and the filcher of oranges . Legal punishment , however , would follow conviction somewhat in the ratio of value .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . A CRAFTSMAN . —If an E . A . accepts the conditions of his entrustment he should persist in the ceremony , but he cannot be compelled to do so , nor ought any step to be taken . Time and circumstance will direct him in the line of his duty . A PAST MASTER is querulous without cause ; see our reply to L . in No . 20 . Furthermore , we add , that a P . M . who shall discontinue as a subscribing member for twelve mouths , may , on rejoining his Lodge , take rank as P . M , but only as junior—his seniority of membership in the Lodge can only date from the period of his rejoining . In joining any other Lodge he must be bound by its laws ; hut in no case can the forfeited privilege be recovered but by
order of Grand Lodge . The passing through the Chair a second time is not a recovery of the former , but the obtaining of a new privilege . W . M . is correct . " Free by birth , " are obsolete words . " A . free moral agent , " are the terms suggested by the " highest authority . " A MASTKR—Before he complains to the Board , should , with his Wardens , comply with Art . 10 , p . 80 , of the Constitutions . And while on this subject , we may state , that on the 21 st of February last , there were upwards of one hundred of the metropolitan members of Grand Lodge open to attainder for neglect of this law , including nearly all those Lodges whose position
should make them the most honourable observers of it . Oh , the moat and the beamI A JUNIOR WARDEN . —Although the Constitutions do not declare that a Master of one Lodge may not hold a seat as Warden in another , yet if by so doing he keeps a Brother from office , it is " contra bonos mores- " The spirit of the law is , that all Lodges shall he effectively represented , not that one Brother shall represent several Lodges . SEVERAL CORRESPONDENTS . —The circular does not state that black gloves are Masonic mourning ; this was probably an omission . The lawyers would have said these are the orders , and "no more . "
OXK OF THE OLD SCHOOL . —There are many emendations continually growing out of propriety and good taste , and Masonry should be in the van , not in the rear . Reform is not revolution . Children are no longer frightened at Old Bogies . A MASON —See our remarks to P . Z . on Arch matters . No one can be present at a Board of installed Masters , but such as arc really so , ami the candidate . A WARDEN . —If the Lodge elect a Warden not duly qualified , and he is installed and serves as "Master , his appointments must be respected ; and he , on the termination of his full year of official duty , becomes a Past Master . Still the abuse of the Constitution in the first instance is not the less an abuse ; and on proof being shown to thc Board of General Purposes , a strong admonition would , no doubt , be passed on the Lodge for their violation of the law in the first
instance . P . M . —Although general practice does not compel thc production of private certificates from Lodge to Lodge , yet such is tbe law , and a most wholesome one it is . No Lodge whatever—
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To Correspondents.
Bno . SHARP , JUN . —We hope to have acted faithfully , and have inserted what space permitted—the rest hereafter . Bno . MOODY . — "We regret the brevity with which we are compelled to notice his communication . BRO . BAKER ( 660 ) —We refer our correspondent to No . V ., March , 1835 , p . 3 , et seq-, where he will find the subject treated of at some length ; further comment is unnecessary . That the vile trash should excite curiosity in the popular world , maybe lamented ; but even Avorks of open infidelity find readers . Let Masons only practice what they profess , and they may
* ' defy the devil and all his works . " We have seen the trash , and a precious task we imposed upon ourselves in wading through it ! Bno . SMITH —Delicacy of constitution will prevent the party's attendance ! GRENADA—We request the party who supplies us with Grenada papers , to address them for the Editor , eare of Messrs . Sherwood and Co ., 23 , Paternoster Row , London . * * . —Signing by deputy is indecent in both parties . A WARDEN . —When unavoidable circumstances prevent the installation ofthe Master-elect , We are of opinion that the W . M . can , with consent ofthe Master-elect , appoint Wardens , who
would suffer by delay . In the ease in question , no loss of time occurs , as the Wardens are qualified . Bno . THOS . FELLOWES ( 147)—is too late for examination . There is no alphabetical register . More in our next . Q . ( 2 ) . —Wo . know of no distinction , morally speaking , between the pilferer of gold and the filcher of oranges . Legal punishment , however , would follow conviction somewhat in the ratio of value .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . A CRAFTSMAN . —If an E . A . accepts the conditions of his entrustment he should persist in the ceremony , but he cannot be compelled to do so , nor ought any step to be taken . Time and circumstance will direct him in the line of his duty . A PAST MASTER is querulous without cause ; see our reply to L . in No . 20 . Furthermore , we add , that a P . M . who shall discontinue as a subscribing member for twelve mouths , may , on rejoining his Lodge , take rank as P . M , but only as junior—his seniority of membership in the Lodge can only date from the period of his rejoining . In joining any other Lodge he must be bound by its laws ; hut in no case can the forfeited privilege be recovered but by
order of Grand Lodge . The passing through the Chair a second time is not a recovery of the former , but the obtaining of a new privilege . W . M . is correct . " Free by birth , " are obsolete words . " A . free moral agent , " are the terms suggested by the " highest authority . " A MASTKR—Before he complains to the Board , should , with his Wardens , comply with Art . 10 , p . 80 , of the Constitutions . And while on this subject , we may state , that on the 21 st of February last , there were upwards of one hundred of the metropolitan members of Grand Lodge open to attainder for neglect of this law , including nearly all those Lodges whose position
should make them the most honourable observers of it . Oh , the moat and the beamI A JUNIOR WARDEN . —Although the Constitutions do not declare that a Master of one Lodge may not hold a seat as Warden in another , yet if by so doing he keeps a Brother from office , it is " contra bonos mores- " The spirit of the law is , that all Lodges shall he effectively represented , not that one Brother shall represent several Lodges . SEVERAL CORRESPONDENTS . —The circular does not state that black gloves are Masonic mourning ; this was probably an omission . The lawyers would have said these are the orders , and "no more . "
OXK OF THE OLD SCHOOL . —There are many emendations continually growing out of propriety and good taste , and Masonry should be in the van , not in the rear . Reform is not revolution . Children are no longer frightened at Old Bogies . A MASON —See our remarks to P . Z . on Arch matters . No one can be present at a Board of installed Masters , but such as arc really so , ami the candidate . A WARDEN . —If the Lodge elect a Warden not duly qualified , and he is installed and serves as "Master , his appointments must be respected ; and he , on the termination of his full year of official duty , becomes a Past Master . Still the abuse of the Constitution in the first instance is not the less an abuse ; and on proof being shown to thc Board of General Purposes , a strong admonition would , no doubt , be passed on the Lodge for their violation of the law in the first
instance . P . M . —Although general practice does not compel thc production of private certificates from Lodge to Lodge , yet such is tbe law , and a most wholesome one it is . No Lodge whatever—