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To The Editor Of The Freemasons Quarterly Magazine.
knowledge during the Aveek , without a sacrifice of personal comfort , as A . S . D . has suggested ; let them , then , if they are zealous Masons , make the sacrifice , as I would , if asked to help them forward , and they will reap a double benefit , if the hours ofthe Sunday , no longer interfered Avith , are well spent ; there are others , perhaps , who cannot by any amount of personal sacrifice obtain time to attend a Aveek-day
Lodge of Instruction ,, and to them I say emphatically that they are better without Masonic and all other knoAvledge , if they can only obtain it by breaking the repose ofthe day , which by that greatMasonic light , the Volume of the Sacred law , Ave are enjoined to honour , " not finding our own pleasure , nor speaking our own words . " There are other important considerations bearing upon the subject
, irrespective of the moral welfare of the individual Mason , who may thus employ his Sunday evenings , such as the encouragement given to the tavern-keeper to open his house and pursue his dail y calling , the unnecessary employment given to the Tyler and waiters , and the evil example set them of engaging without restraint in secular occupations on the Sunday ; but the matter may be reduced into very
narrow limits , putting aside all questions of necessity , expediency , harmlessness , & e . The practice is -wrong , and I , -with many of the best members the Craft can boast , sincerely join in the hope expressed by A . S . D . at the conclusion of his letter , ' that the Grand Lodge will decide upon the subject " in accordance with reli gion and morality . " I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , E . D . E .
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
shire , March 2 nd , 1853 . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — I PEAR that the letter of your correspondent A . S . D . in answer to mine of last September , contains but a weak defence against , and consequently strengthens , the accusations which I then brought against some of the London Lodges of Instruction .
A . S . D . acknowledges that smoking and drinking are permitted " in moderation . " He and I differ as to the meaning of the word " moderation . " Perhaps he would like to follow the example of Captain Duncan Knockdunder , and smoke his pipe in church " in moderation . " A . S . D . asserts , with truth I have no doubt , that he never saw
any such disgraceful scene as that which I described . To this I can only reply , that I did see it , and join most heartily in the hope of your correspondent , that the conduct of the Brethren on that occasion may have been unique . Perhaps we might not positively insist on Masonic clothino- , ( though it is undoubtedly more in order ) ; but , at all events , the
common courtesies of civilization demand that Brethren should not denude themselves of coats ancl waistcoats , as Avell as aprons and collars .
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons Quarterly Magazine.
knowledge during the Aveek , without a sacrifice of personal comfort , as A . S . D . has suggested ; let them , then , if they are zealous Masons , make the sacrifice , as I would , if asked to help them forward , and they will reap a double benefit , if the hours ofthe Sunday , no longer interfered Avith , are well spent ; there are others , perhaps , who cannot by any amount of personal sacrifice obtain time to attend a Aveek-day
Lodge of Instruction ,, and to them I say emphatically that they are better without Masonic and all other knoAvledge , if they can only obtain it by breaking the repose ofthe day , which by that greatMasonic light , the Volume of the Sacred law , Ave are enjoined to honour , " not finding our own pleasure , nor speaking our own words . " There are other important considerations bearing upon the subject
, irrespective of the moral welfare of the individual Mason , who may thus employ his Sunday evenings , such as the encouragement given to the tavern-keeper to open his house and pursue his dail y calling , the unnecessary employment given to the Tyler and waiters , and the evil example set them of engaging without restraint in secular occupations on the Sunday ; but the matter may be reduced into very
narrow limits , putting aside all questions of necessity , expediency , harmlessness , & e . The practice is -wrong , and I , -with many of the best members the Craft can boast , sincerely join in the hope expressed by A . S . D . at the conclusion of his letter , ' that the Grand Lodge will decide upon the subject " in accordance with reli gion and morality . " I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , E . D . E .
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
shire , March 2 nd , 1853 . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — I PEAR that the letter of your correspondent A . S . D . in answer to mine of last September , contains but a weak defence against , and consequently strengthens , the accusations which I then brought against some of the London Lodges of Instruction .
A . S . D . acknowledges that smoking and drinking are permitted " in moderation . " He and I differ as to the meaning of the word " moderation . " Perhaps he would like to follow the example of Captain Duncan Knockdunder , and smoke his pipe in church " in moderation . " A . S . D . asserts , with truth I have no doubt , that he never saw
any such disgraceful scene as that which I described . To this I can only reply , that I did see it , and join most heartily in the hope of your correspondent , that the conduct of the Brethren on that occasion may have been unique . Perhaps we might not positively insist on Masonic clothino- , ( though it is undoubtedly more in order ) ; but , at all events , the
common courtesies of civilization demand that Brethren should not denude themselves of coats ancl waistcoats , as Avell as aprons and collars .