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Masonic Intelligence.
severity which the laws of the Grand Lodge have declared , and which the Grand Master will in future feel it his painful but sacred duty to see most strictly enforced . " The Grand Master directs the Grand Secretary , in his circular , to make this communication to every Provincial Grand Master , as well as to every Master presiding over a Lodge held under the Grand Master ' s warrant , in order that the Brethren may be warned of the injury which they are likely to cause to the Fraternity , as likewise that they may be acquainted with the dangerous consequences to 'which they render themselves liable by disobedience of the law . " " Kensington Palace , March 9 , 1840 . "
" The Board have given these in full to show the state of the Masonic law on this subject . The punishment for the breach of it being the severest and most disgraceful which can be inflicted on a Mason , is specifically assigned in the above sectionto show the light
, in which this offence is considered by the Constitutions , to which Brother R . T . Crueefix is bound , as a Mason , and more particularly as a Past Master , to pay obedience , by the most solemn obligations . " The Board need only refer to
the Freemasons' Quarterly Review to see the extent to which the above law is violated , and feel more particularly called upon to advert to the avowed and deliberate intention of setting the law at defiance . " In page 133 are these passages
' We aver , then , that there is too much of pretence in the assumed unanimity of our Order from the general examination of the " Profane World , " as if , forsooth , the polity of Masons were not as amenable to public censure or approval as that of any other bodies . We
dislike this pseudo morality as most unreasonable , and would rather convince the great public or " Profane World" that we are in reality abundantly qualified to maintain our ground as a representative institution , by the strict propriety of
our conduct , or to call to our aid the opinion of society at large to correct any imperfection in our social system . Truth ancl Justice must be made to prevail , for with Charity they form the basis of Freemasonry ; As Masons we
pos-The report here slyly introduces a desire for the severest punishment . How much more Masonic would it have been to have endeavoured to soften asperities , than to have excited prejudice !
Alas poor Board ! to quote an isolated passage , and to adduce it as " a deliberate intention of setting the law at defiance . " In plain truth , however , this censorship of the Board is complimentary , for it quotes without venturing an attempt at confuting .
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Masonic Intelligence.
severity which the laws of the Grand Lodge have declared , and which the Grand Master will in future feel it his painful but sacred duty to see most strictly enforced . " The Grand Master directs the Grand Secretary , in his circular , to make this communication to every Provincial Grand Master , as well as to every Master presiding over a Lodge held under the Grand Master ' s warrant , in order that the Brethren may be warned of the injury which they are likely to cause to the Fraternity , as likewise that they may be acquainted with the dangerous consequences to 'which they render themselves liable by disobedience of the law . " " Kensington Palace , March 9 , 1840 . "
" The Board have given these in full to show the state of the Masonic law on this subject . The punishment for the breach of it being the severest and most disgraceful which can be inflicted on a Mason , is specifically assigned in the above sectionto show the light
, in which this offence is considered by the Constitutions , to which Brother R . T . Crueefix is bound , as a Mason , and more particularly as a Past Master , to pay obedience , by the most solemn obligations . " The Board need only refer to
the Freemasons' Quarterly Review to see the extent to which the above law is violated , and feel more particularly called upon to advert to the avowed and deliberate intention of setting the law at defiance . " In page 133 are these passages
' We aver , then , that there is too much of pretence in the assumed unanimity of our Order from the general examination of the " Profane World , " as if , forsooth , the polity of Masons were not as amenable to public censure or approval as that of any other bodies . We
dislike this pseudo morality as most unreasonable , and would rather convince the great public or " Profane World" that we are in reality abundantly qualified to maintain our ground as a representative institution , by the strict propriety of
our conduct , or to call to our aid the opinion of society at large to correct any imperfection in our social system . Truth ancl Justice must be made to prevail , for with Charity they form the basis of Freemasonry ; As Masons we
pos-The report here slyly introduces a desire for the severest punishment . How much more Masonic would it have been to have endeavoured to soften asperities , than to have excited prejudice !
Alas poor Board ! to quote an isolated passage , and to adduce it as " a deliberate intention of setting the law at defiance . " In plain truth , however , this censorship of the Board is complimentary , for it quotes without venturing an attempt at confuting .