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To The Editor.
favour on the large body of English Masons who are in the habit of travelling , if you would supply from time to time in your Review from these sources , correct lists of the Lod ges in such countries as Scotland , Ireland , Germany , France , & c . I remain , Sir , Your constant Reader , A TRAVELLER .
P . S . —If you do not find it convenient to adopt my suggestion , I wish ycu would state in your next Number where I can meet with the information I require , particularly with respect to Germany , NOTE . —We fully agree with our correspondent , and shall feel greatly indebted to such of our Brethren whose intercourse with foreign parts will enable them to supply the desideratum—it will be equally our pleasure ancl duty to give publicity to their communications . —En .
Explanatory Statement Of The Controversy.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE CONTROVERSY .
" What time is'tl " - ' Time to be honest !''—Timon of Athens . WE lament , exceedingly , the secession of Brother Robert Bell , of Norris Castle , from the Globe Lodge ; or , we should with more propriety say , the occasion of it ; for we cannot very clearly see how he could remain a member of that body , highly respected as it is , if valued as a wholewith any degree of consistencyor even the retention of
self-, , respect . " The Explanatory Statement of the Controversy , " is a very painful history of ill-requited friendship . But whilst we duly sympathise with the wounded feelings of the one , we cannot withold our compassion from the other . Strong , in his own strength , Brother Bell , if he desire il , can walk the world alone ; but his offending Brother , now , more than ever , needs the support of many , and with less hope to win it . On the merits of the case we need not give an opinion ; dull
must be the reader of " The Explanatory Statement , " who cannot discover them . But , we would remind our Brother Bell , that to be a perfect Mason , even princely generosity , like his , will not suffice . Mercy stands high among the Masonic virtues ; and enviable , indeed , is that Freemason ' s feelings , who can conscienciously apply to his own conduct , the poet ' s aspiration , — " To err is human , to forgive divine !"
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To The Editor.
favour on the large body of English Masons who are in the habit of travelling , if you would supply from time to time in your Review from these sources , correct lists of the Lod ges in such countries as Scotland , Ireland , Germany , France , & c . I remain , Sir , Your constant Reader , A TRAVELLER .
P . S . —If you do not find it convenient to adopt my suggestion , I wish ycu would state in your next Number where I can meet with the information I require , particularly with respect to Germany , NOTE . —We fully agree with our correspondent , and shall feel greatly indebted to such of our Brethren whose intercourse with foreign parts will enable them to supply the desideratum—it will be equally our pleasure ancl duty to give publicity to their communications . —En .
Explanatory Statement Of The Controversy.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE CONTROVERSY .
" What time is'tl " - ' Time to be honest !''—Timon of Athens . WE lament , exceedingly , the secession of Brother Robert Bell , of Norris Castle , from the Globe Lodge ; or , we should with more propriety say , the occasion of it ; for we cannot very clearly see how he could remain a member of that body , highly respected as it is , if valued as a wholewith any degree of consistencyor even the retention of
self-, , respect . " The Explanatory Statement of the Controversy , " is a very painful history of ill-requited friendship . But whilst we duly sympathise with the wounded feelings of the one , we cannot withold our compassion from the other . Strong , in his own strength , Brother Bell , if he desire il , can walk the world alone ; but his offending Brother , now , more than ever , needs the support of many , and with less hope to win it . On the merits of the case we need not give an opinion ; dull
must be the reader of " The Explanatory Statement , " who cannot discover them . But , we would remind our Brother Bell , that to be a perfect Mason , even princely generosity , like his , will not suffice . Mercy stands high among the Masonic virtues ; and enviable , indeed , is that Freemason ' s feelings , who can conscienciously apply to his own conduct , the poet ' s aspiration , — " To err is human , to forgive divine !"