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Article THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 5 of 11 →
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
The lamented decease of a very distinguished officer , Brother W . W . Prescott , the late Grand Treasurer , gave rise to a tedious discussion as to the practice necessary to be resorted to in regard to his successor . It was argued that the appointment should be filled up immediately on the
announcement of the vacancy , and this , upon the plea that the stream of charity had been actually interrupted since the death of Mr . Prescott , and would remain dammed up if the election should be delayed until the usual period in March next ; inasmuch as any parties advancing monies of the Grand Lodge , even for the purposes of benevolence ,
would do so at their own peril . This was an unfortunate line of argument ; for since the decease of the Grand Treasurer , three meetings of the Board of Benevolence have taken place , and considerable sums have been voted and paid ; and , what was still more conclusive that the
stream of charity was by no means rendered sluggish , the Grand Lodge , scarcely five minutes before the observation ' was made , had unanimously approved those proceedings ; and , in fact , by such approval , satisfied themselves that the Boards of Benevolence and Finance were working very well
together ; and that , sensible as they are of the loss they have sustained , they exhibit in the most striking manner a clearness of conduct which is the offspring of moral
integrity . But there would have appeared something like haste in filling up the vacancy at the moment ; time would not have been afforded to the Craft to select from among thennumber some Brother , whose high qualifications and
endowments , both as regards Masonry and his standing in the popular world , would give an earnest , not merely of a man of probity and moral integrity , but that his habits in life were peculiarly adapted to monetary transactions , a qualification which we hold to be essentially necessary .
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
The lamented decease of a very distinguished officer , Brother W . W . Prescott , the late Grand Treasurer , gave rise to a tedious discussion as to the practice necessary to be resorted to in regard to his successor . It was argued that the appointment should be filled up immediately on the
announcement of the vacancy , and this , upon the plea that the stream of charity had been actually interrupted since the death of Mr . Prescott , and would remain dammed up if the election should be delayed until the usual period in March next ; inasmuch as any parties advancing monies of the Grand Lodge , even for the purposes of benevolence ,
would do so at their own peril . This was an unfortunate line of argument ; for since the decease of the Grand Treasurer , three meetings of the Board of Benevolence have taken place , and considerable sums have been voted and paid ; and , what was still more conclusive that the
stream of charity was by no means rendered sluggish , the Grand Lodge , scarcely five minutes before the observation ' was made , had unanimously approved those proceedings ; and , in fact , by such approval , satisfied themselves that the Boards of Benevolence and Finance were working very well
together ; and that , sensible as they are of the loss they have sustained , they exhibit in the most striking manner a clearness of conduct which is the offspring of moral
integrity . But there would have appeared something like haste in filling up the vacancy at the moment ; time would not have been afforded to the Craft to select from among thennumber some Brother , whose high qualifications and
endowments , both as regards Masonry and his standing in the popular world , would give an earnest , not merely of a man of probity and moral integrity , but that his habits in life were peculiarly adapted to monetary transactions , a qualification which we hold to be essentially necessary .