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Article THE FREEMASONS QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 7 of 8 →
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The Freemasons Quarterly Review.
into a discussion , it should at least have a knowledge of all the facts . This reasoning , just and pertinent as it was , moved not the inexorable judge . The whole truth was not sought—perhaps it was feared ; and the Grand Registrar proceeded . And so clearl y did he understand the matter
to be one simply of personal motion , ancl wholly irrespective of previous form , that he altered the introductory portion to make it agree with the nature of the new aspect in which the question stood .. The President of the Board of General Purposes , too , took evidently the same views . He did not
officially propose , but individuall y supported the resolutions . By this procedure , in spite of repeated motions to adjourn the subject , —some to an Especial Grand Lodge to be convened by the Grand Master , and some , generally , to a future period , —the business of the Grand . Lodge , as a Quarterly Communication , was absolutely nullified .
Although nearly half the number originally assembled had left in disgust , before half-past eleven , the triumphing majority of seventy-seven , with a few neutrals , having thus got rid of the minority of seventy-six , remained , until the ni ght had waned , and day had advanced into the " sma' wee hours
ayont the twal , " sanctioning the celebrated forty-seven resolutions amid yawnings and weariness ; and then departed without even a glance at the several reports of the Boards of General purposes . and Benevolence , or a regret that the appeal of a suspended Brother should remain unheard .
Right or wrong , that unhappy Brother , according to the non-Masonic versions of the Masonic law , must endure his punishment , pending his appeal ; and is very likely to have that punishment duly consummated—whether justly or unjustly , unknown to the Grand Lodge—before there will be a chance of his arraigning the fairness of the verdict by an open appeal !
Can this really be the Freemasonry of ancient times ? And are we to conclude that , in the new absolutism of Masonic government , the cardinal virtues sometimes masquerade it with the incarnate vines ?
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The Freemasons Quarterly Review.
into a discussion , it should at least have a knowledge of all the facts . This reasoning , just and pertinent as it was , moved not the inexorable judge . The whole truth was not sought—perhaps it was feared ; and the Grand Registrar proceeded . And so clearl y did he understand the matter
to be one simply of personal motion , ancl wholly irrespective of previous form , that he altered the introductory portion to make it agree with the nature of the new aspect in which the question stood .. The President of the Board of General Purposes , too , took evidently the same views . He did not
officially propose , but individuall y supported the resolutions . By this procedure , in spite of repeated motions to adjourn the subject , —some to an Especial Grand Lodge to be convened by the Grand Master , and some , generally , to a future period , —the business of the Grand . Lodge , as a Quarterly Communication , was absolutely nullified .
Although nearly half the number originally assembled had left in disgust , before half-past eleven , the triumphing majority of seventy-seven , with a few neutrals , having thus got rid of the minority of seventy-six , remained , until the ni ght had waned , and day had advanced into the " sma' wee hours
ayont the twal , " sanctioning the celebrated forty-seven resolutions amid yawnings and weariness ; and then departed without even a glance at the several reports of the Boards of General purposes . and Benevolence , or a regret that the appeal of a suspended Brother should remain unheard .
Right or wrong , that unhappy Brother , according to the non-Masonic versions of the Masonic law , must endure his punishment , pending his appeal ; and is very likely to have that punishment duly consummated—whether justly or unjustly , unknown to the Grand Lodge—before there will be a chance of his arraigning the fairness of the verdict by an open appeal !
Can this really be the Freemasonry of ancient times ? And are we to conclude that , in the new absolutism of Masonic government , the cardinal virtues sometimes masquerade it with the incarnate vines ?