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Masonic Intelligence.
parts as above marked b y italics , to catch attention , although the resolutions to both Prince Albert and to the Duchess of Kent appear in the official communication of the proceedings of the Special Grand Lodge of the 24 th June 1840
, , with the addresses to the Queen and His lloyal Highness the M . W . Grand Master only , there being no distinction in the proceedings as to His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent , except ¦ in the wording of the resolution
, and which is shown in the same Quarterly Review , at page 218 . " The Board deemed it also necessary to advert to the 6 th Section of the Constitutions , relating to Members and their duties , p . 84 . " ' No Brother shall presume
to print or publish , or cause to be printed or published , the proceedings of any Lodge , nor any part thereof , or the names of the persons present at such Lodge , without the direction of the Grand Masteror Provincial Grand
Mas-, ter , under pain of being expelled from the Order . ' " As some laxity had arisen with reference to this order , a circular was issued by the M . W . Grand Master as follows ;—
fix was set up in large type ; query , was this to catch attention ? Oh , , the mote and the beam ! Did the Board reallbelieve
y Brother Crueefix to be ignorant of this law ? It is better not to inculpate others ; and , therefore , it is unnecessary now to enter into an
argument .
" AUGUSTUS F ., G . M * * 'It having come to the knowledge ofthe M . W . Grand Master that many circumstances of detail relating to the interior transactions of the Grand Lodge , as well as of various private Lodges , and which ought not to have been published , have found their way into the public papers , as likewise into periodical works , the Grand Master feels it his duty to call the attention of the different Provincial Grand Masters to this fact , and to enjoin every Master to warn such individuals of his Lodge from entering into communication with Brother not member of the
any a- same , by writing upon the affairs of his Lodge , or furnishing any one with the means of sending forth to the Profane World * the details of matters connected with the interest and welfare of the Craft ; and which , by not being understood by the uninitiated , might tend to convey an improper idea of the respectability and character of the Order . " Such acts being in contravention of the solemn obligation which every Brother takes upon his initiation into the Society , and highly injurious to the welfare of the Craft , will be visited on tbe Brother so offending with that
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Intelligence.
parts as above marked b y italics , to catch attention , although the resolutions to both Prince Albert and to the Duchess of Kent appear in the official communication of the proceedings of the Special Grand Lodge of the 24 th June 1840
, , with the addresses to the Queen and His lloyal Highness the M . W . Grand Master only , there being no distinction in the proceedings as to His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent , except ¦ in the wording of the resolution
, and which is shown in the same Quarterly Review , at page 218 . " The Board deemed it also necessary to advert to the 6 th Section of the Constitutions , relating to Members and their duties , p . 84 . " ' No Brother shall presume
to print or publish , or cause to be printed or published , the proceedings of any Lodge , nor any part thereof , or the names of the persons present at such Lodge , without the direction of the Grand Masteror Provincial Grand
Mas-, ter , under pain of being expelled from the Order . ' " As some laxity had arisen with reference to this order , a circular was issued by the M . W . Grand Master as follows ;—
fix was set up in large type ; query , was this to catch attention ? Oh , , the mote and the beam ! Did the Board reallbelieve
y Brother Crueefix to be ignorant of this law ? It is better not to inculpate others ; and , therefore , it is unnecessary now to enter into an
argument .
" AUGUSTUS F ., G . M * * 'It having come to the knowledge ofthe M . W . Grand Master that many circumstances of detail relating to the interior transactions of the Grand Lodge , as well as of various private Lodges , and which ought not to have been published , have found their way into the public papers , as likewise into periodical works , the Grand Master feels it his duty to call the attention of the different Provincial Grand Masters to this fact , and to enjoin every Master to warn such individuals of his Lodge from entering into communication with Brother not member of the
any a- same , by writing upon the affairs of his Lodge , or furnishing any one with the means of sending forth to the Profane World * the details of matters connected with the interest and welfare of the Craft ; and which , by not being understood by the uninitiated , might tend to convey an improper idea of the respectability and character of the Order . " Such acts being in contravention of the solemn obligation which every Brother takes upon his initiation into the Society , and highly injurious to the welfare of the Craft , will be visited on tbe Brother so offending with that