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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
SECOND SERIES—MARCH 31 , 1848 . THE GRAND MASTER A SELF-CONSTITUTED TRIAD . JUDGE!—ADVOCATE !!—PART 1 ZAN !!!
" Mourn Judah ' . mourn . " THE Mason ' s widow must still linger on the "hope deferred that maketh the heart sick . " The conscientious Mason must seek , in the solace of his own thoughts , for relief from the agony which the thoughtlessness of the Grand
Master has caused him to endure . Oh how doubly bitter is the sorrow caused by ingratitude—how dishonourable in those placed in high places , and with confidence and trust reposed in them , to be regardless of promises solemnly made . " Verba animi preferre , et vitam impendere vero . ' *
The late Royal Grand Master died on the 21 st April , 1843 ; the event , with an extended biography of the illustrious brother , was the subject of a supplementary number of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " on the ISth of May , in which the following few words occur : — ' The Earl of Zetland—whom God preserve ! as Pro-Grand Master
, now rules the United Grand Lodge of England until the next period of election . " The masonic interregnum was a period of probation for the noble Pro-Grand Master ; he had a very delicate course to steer ; there was a sacred obligation to maintain the chart marked out by his illustrious predecessor in such a manner that the memory of a Grand Master , who
had for nearly thirty years filled the masonic throne , might not suffer in the estimation of the Craft by the sudden introduction of popular measures , or by the contrast of coercive regulations . We at the time entered into an elaborate examination of the general position of the English Grand Lodge , and without fear or hesitation delivered our opinion freely and at length . It is not too much to say that the inclevor „ vi . B
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
SECOND SERIES—MARCH 31 , 1848 . THE GRAND MASTER A SELF-CONSTITUTED TRIAD . JUDGE!—ADVOCATE !!—PART 1 ZAN !!!
" Mourn Judah ' . mourn . " THE Mason ' s widow must still linger on the "hope deferred that maketh the heart sick . " The conscientious Mason must seek , in the solace of his own thoughts , for relief from the agony which the thoughtlessness of the Grand
Master has caused him to endure . Oh how doubly bitter is the sorrow caused by ingratitude—how dishonourable in those placed in high places , and with confidence and trust reposed in them , to be regardless of promises solemnly made . " Verba animi preferre , et vitam impendere vero . ' *
The late Royal Grand Master died on the 21 st April , 1843 ; the event , with an extended biography of the illustrious brother , was the subject of a supplementary number of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " on the ISth of May , in which the following few words occur : — ' The Earl of Zetland—whom God preserve ! as Pro-Grand Master
, now rules the United Grand Lodge of England until the next period of election . " The masonic interregnum was a period of probation for the noble Pro-Grand Master ; he had a very delicate course to steer ; there was a sacred obligation to maintain the chart marked out by his illustrious predecessor in such a manner that the memory of a Grand Master , who
had for nearly thirty years filled the masonic throne , might not suffer in the estimation of the Craft by the sudden introduction of popular measures , or by the contrast of coercive regulations . We at the time entered into an elaborate examination of the general position of the English Grand Lodge , and without fear or hesitation delivered our opinion freely and at length . It is not too much to say that the inclevor „ vi . B