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punishes the publication of transactions that require general dissemination in proportion to their relative importance to the Craft at large , by the severest personal penalty ; while it permits the parole expression of adverse opinion , and the too easy distortion of facts , with a laxity wholly subversive of Masonic principle . But , thc sacrifice madelet the hope be warmly cherishedthat those
, , Masonic proceedings which involve the government , and not the mysteries of the Fraternity , may be so conducted , in future , as to bear the most searching light , and even to challenge examination . Let the errors of the past be buried in the tomb of the passing year . " These are the words of a calm , a philosophic spirit . They contain nothing vituperative—nothing but what might be expected from
the pen of a Christian , suffering under an infliction which he conscientiously believed to be unmerited . He neither complains of hardship or personal vindictiveness , but merely the imperfection of Masonic law ; and the same complaint would be true of all laws which are merely the offspring of human fallibility . No human statute book , how perfect soever it may be , can provide an appropriate remedy for every insulated case : ancl in a practical
application to extreme and unexpected occurrences , justice , under the most mild and gentle administration , may appear to have been stretched beyond due bounds , as it certainly would have been if the vieivs of the extreme party in the case of Dr . Crucefix had been carried into effect . But mutual forgiveness having been exchanged , and unanimity restored , we turn to other scenes on which , aa we sincerely hope and trustthere can be no adverse opinion .
, The friends of Dr . Crucefix , and several members of the Masonic Fraternity , assembled at Radley's Hotel , New Bridge-street , on the 16 th of December , 1839 , had come to a resolution , " That the valuable and unremitting exertions of the Worshipful Brother , Robert Tliomas Crucefix , L . L . D ., Past Grand Deacon , in favour of Freemasonry , are deserving of the most marked and honourable
notice of the Fraternity . That subscriptions be entered into for the purpose of presenting him with an enduring Testimonial of Brotherly regard , and most respectful esteem . " And circulars had been forwarded to all the Lodges at home and abroad for carrying these resolutions into effect . In 1841 it was announced that "The Testimonial to Brother Dr . Crucefix was hailed in every quarter of the globe with a feeling of the warmest satisfaction ; " and a public festival was determined to be held on the 24 th November .
Meanwhile the exertions of Dr . Crucefix never relaxed to convey permanent benefits on all the Masonic Charities , without exception ; although it must be admitted that his pet institution was the Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons ; and in reporting its progress at the annual festival in Juno , 1841 , he stated that "the warmest sympathy continued to be manifested in favour of the institution , by Brethren both in London and the provinces , and
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punishes the publication of transactions that require general dissemination in proportion to their relative importance to the Craft at large , by the severest personal penalty ; while it permits the parole expression of adverse opinion , and the too easy distortion of facts , with a laxity wholly subversive of Masonic principle . But , thc sacrifice madelet the hope be warmly cherishedthat those
, , Masonic proceedings which involve the government , and not the mysteries of the Fraternity , may be so conducted , in future , as to bear the most searching light , and even to challenge examination . Let the errors of the past be buried in the tomb of the passing year . " These are the words of a calm , a philosophic spirit . They contain nothing vituperative—nothing but what might be expected from
the pen of a Christian , suffering under an infliction which he conscientiously believed to be unmerited . He neither complains of hardship or personal vindictiveness , but merely the imperfection of Masonic law ; and the same complaint would be true of all laws which are merely the offspring of human fallibility . No human statute book , how perfect soever it may be , can provide an appropriate remedy for every insulated case : ancl in a practical
application to extreme and unexpected occurrences , justice , under the most mild and gentle administration , may appear to have been stretched beyond due bounds , as it certainly would have been if the vieivs of the extreme party in the case of Dr . Crucefix had been carried into effect . But mutual forgiveness having been exchanged , and unanimity restored , we turn to other scenes on which , aa we sincerely hope and trustthere can be no adverse opinion .
, The friends of Dr . Crucefix , and several members of the Masonic Fraternity , assembled at Radley's Hotel , New Bridge-street , on the 16 th of December , 1839 , had come to a resolution , " That the valuable and unremitting exertions of the Worshipful Brother , Robert Tliomas Crucefix , L . L . D ., Past Grand Deacon , in favour of Freemasonry , are deserving of the most marked and honourable
notice of the Fraternity . That subscriptions be entered into for the purpose of presenting him with an enduring Testimonial of Brotherly regard , and most respectful esteem . " And circulars had been forwarded to all the Lodges at home and abroad for carrying these resolutions into effect . In 1841 it was announced that "The Testimonial to Brother Dr . Crucefix was hailed in every quarter of the globe with a feeling of the warmest satisfaction ; " and a public festival was determined to be held on the 24 th November .
Meanwhile the exertions of Dr . Crucefix never relaxed to convey permanent benefits on all the Masonic Charities , without exception ; although it must be admitted that his pet institution was the Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons ; and in reporting its progress at the annual festival in Juno , 1841 , he stated that "the warmest sympathy continued to be manifested in favour of the institution , by Brethren both in London and the provinces , and