-
Articles/Ads
Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 6 of 8 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
As far as they go , the amendments will speak for themselves ; but our correspondents or readers must not rest satisfied with the publicity we give them in the Craft . Some Brother , likely to obtain a respectful hearing in Grand Lodge , should give timely notice of motionsand
, thus put each proposition in a fair way to be tested and determined by temperate and full discussion . We do not entirel y approve of the mode of procedure in an affair of such extreme importance . It would seem to
have been much more advisable to have set apart one day , at least , for the deliberation of Grand Lodge , unrestricted by other subjects . Can it be possible duly to entertain between forty and fifty resolutions , to say nothing of
amendments , and also go through the regular and extensive business of the next Quarterl y Communication , in the short period of three or four hours ? And will it not be more seeml y and convenient to appoint , for the purpose , an Especial Grand Lodge on an earl y day ?
Under the proper head will be found an account of the proceedings which have taken place on the part of the Deputation appointed by the Asylum Committee , and the Board of General Purposes . Whilst we see great cause to regret that the ample , and , in our opinion , most
unobjectionable offer of the Deputation , to place both the Annuity Fund and the Building Fund in charge of the Grand Lodge , was discountenanced by the Board of General Purposes , we are not without the strongest hope that the Grand
Lodge will accept the proposition in the spirit in which it appears to have been made . How can the Grand Lodge do otherwise , after the very general , if not unanimous approval with which the first suggestion was made to " amal-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
As far as they go , the amendments will speak for themselves ; but our correspondents or readers must not rest satisfied with the publicity we give them in the Craft . Some Brother , likely to obtain a respectful hearing in Grand Lodge , should give timely notice of motionsand
, thus put each proposition in a fair way to be tested and determined by temperate and full discussion . We do not entirel y approve of the mode of procedure in an affair of such extreme importance . It would seem to
have been much more advisable to have set apart one day , at least , for the deliberation of Grand Lodge , unrestricted by other subjects . Can it be possible duly to entertain between forty and fifty resolutions , to say nothing of
amendments , and also go through the regular and extensive business of the next Quarterl y Communication , in the short period of three or four hours ? And will it not be more seeml y and convenient to appoint , for the purpose , an Especial Grand Lodge on an earl y day ?
Under the proper head will be found an account of the proceedings which have taken place on the part of the Deputation appointed by the Asylum Committee , and the Board of General Purposes . Whilst we see great cause to regret that the ample , and , in our opinion , most
unobjectionable offer of the Deputation , to place both the Annuity Fund and the Building Fund in charge of the Grand Lodge , was discountenanced by the Board of General Purposes , we are not without the strongest hope that the Grand
Lodge will accept the proposition in the spirit in which it appears to have been made . How can the Grand Lodge do otherwise , after the very general , if not unanimous approval with which the first suggestion was made to " amal-