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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 6 of 7 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
iuiE DAVHD versus IIME L , . — 1 nut such portion ot tne-Board as are really anxious to perform their " suit and service" meant well , is clear by their anxiety to abridge the reading of minutes and documents , so as considerably to save the time of Grand Lodge ; but they reckoned without their host if they thought that the " old leaven" would not rise and defeat their well-intended purpose ; and so it turned out ; for so many would have their " say , " that it was long after eleven before the
routine business was ended ; and this loss against the saving of time was entirely owing to the last report of the Board , which was , truly , most injudicious , of which we shall speak presently at greater length . But , while on the subject , we must enter a strong protest against the impertinent and disrespectful officiousness which is so disgusting as to induce us to call on the honour of Grand Lodge to protect the Masonic throne
from the frequency of insulting intrusion . " You cannot , Most Worshipful Sir , do so and so , "— " The mode to be adopted is so and so , "are the often repeated public exclamations of the party alluded to , who is continually foisting his person almost on the throne itself ; assuming the "Ego et reoc mens , " totally forgetting the fourth article of the regulations for the Grand Lodge . He has no excuse , for there are some
gentlemen in Grand Lodge from whom he might take example ; and he may be assured that in the forgetfulness of the gentleman , he gains no proselytes to his rudeness . We may write harshly , but to such a one we must write plainly—let him beware of theHoratian words , " populus me sibilat . "
REPRINTING THE BOOK OP CONSTITUTIONS . —At the Grand Lodge in September it was ordered that a revised edition ofthe Book of Constitutions be prepared forthwith , under the direction of the Board of General Purposes , whose powers were limited to the simple addition of what has passed tlie Grand Lodge , and . to the omission of what has been annulled . No directions could be more clear ; had there been a doubt on the
point , a protest would have been entered against the selection of such bod y as legislative agents , although no question was entertained as to their competency to act ministerially . Yet , in the face of such direction , the report of the Board modestly stated that they considered themselves justified , not merely in adding and omitting , but—forsooth—^ iri altering phrases and words , transposing matter , and even in adding . new matter !
Monstrous audacity- ! Grand Lodge was warned in September to b ' eon the look out , and to remember ; the wholesale robbery of its . franchisesiin 184 J 1 , when the Committee of revision- ^ severnl of whom are still on the Board—gave to tyranny additional powers , by taking from . the Craft nearly all the remaining skeleton of a constitution Since then thessame party have attempted to seize on the Lodge of Benevolerice , ' and convey its wholesome and blessedfruit to the tender mercies of their almonry !
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
iuiE DAVHD versus IIME L , . — 1 nut such portion ot tne-Board as are really anxious to perform their " suit and service" meant well , is clear by their anxiety to abridge the reading of minutes and documents , so as considerably to save the time of Grand Lodge ; but they reckoned without their host if they thought that the " old leaven" would not rise and defeat their well-intended purpose ; and so it turned out ; for so many would have their " say , " that it was long after eleven before the
routine business was ended ; and this loss against the saving of time was entirely owing to the last report of the Board , which was , truly , most injudicious , of which we shall speak presently at greater length . But , while on the subject , we must enter a strong protest against the impertinent and disrespectful officiousness which is so disgusting as to induce us to call on the honour of Grand Lodge to protect the Masonic throne
from the frequency of insulting intrusion . " You cannot , Most Worshipful Sir , do so and so , "— " The mode to be adopted is so and so , "are the often repeated public exclamations of the party alluded to , who is continually foisting his person almost on the throne itself ; assuming the "Ego et reoc mens , " totally forgetting the fourth article of the regulations for the Grand Lodge . He has no excuse , for there are some
gentlemen in Grand Lodge from whom he might take example ; and he may be assured that in the forgetfulness of the gentleman , he gains no proselytes to his rudeness . We may write harshly , but to such a one we must write plainly—let him beware of theHoratian words , " populus me sibilat . "
REPRINTING THE BOOK OP CONSTITUTIONS . —At the Grand Lodge in September it was ordered that a revised edition ofthe Book of Constitutions be prepared forthwith , under the direction of the Board of General Purposes , whose powers were limited to the simple addition of what has passed tlie Grand Lodge , and . to the omission of what has been annulled . No directions could be more clear ; had there been a doubt on the
point , a protest would have been entered against the selection of such bod y as legislative agents , although no question was entertained as to their competency to act ministerially . Yet , in the face of such direction , the report of the Board modestly stated that they considered themselves justified , not merely in adding and omitting , but—forsooth—^ iri altering phrases and words , transposing matter , and even in adding . new matter !
Monstrous audacity- ! Grand Lodge was warned in September to b ' eon the look out , and to remember ; the wholesale robbery of its . franchisesiin 184 J 1 , when the Committee of revision- ^ severnl of whom are still on the Board—gave to tyranny additional powers , by taking from . the Craft nearly all the remaining skeleton of a constitution Since then thessame party have attempted to seize on the Lodge of Benevolerice , ' and convey its wholesome and blessedfruit to the tender mercies of their almonry !