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Article THE REV. BROTHER T. HARVEY AND THE BISHOP.* ← Page 3 of 6 →
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The Rev. Brother T. Harvey And The Bishop.*
wrote two letters on the subject ; the one clearly and unhesitatingly disapproving the course taken by the Lodge ; the other , considerably abated in argument , but still regretting the course taken . The Provincial Grand Master for the North and East Riding of Yorkshire did not reply as such ; but being the GRAND MASTER , he directed the Grand Secretary to address the following letter . And here again , we must impugn the policy of our simple-minded Brethren of
Good Fellowship , who thought no counsel was needed in a matter of simple faith . Alas ! had they not addressed the Provincial Grand Master for the North and East Riding of Yorkshire , they would have been spared the receipt of the following letter from the Grand Master : —*
Freemasons Hall , London , 14 th October , 1047 . W . MASTER , —I am commanded by the M . W . Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , to acknowledge the receipt by him of a printed letter , dated "September , 1847 , " and bearing your signature , accompanied by a printed copy of a report of a committee stated to have been appointed by your Lodge upon the case of " the Rev . Thomas Harvey , M . A ., who has sustained such grievous oppression at the hands of the Bishop of London" and I am to to the expression of the Grand
; convey you Master ' s deep concern and regret that the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 343 , should so far have committed itself in a matter with which it had no right to interfere , and publicly to have pronounced opinions on the conduct of a party not connected with the fraternity , condemning him on an ex parte statement , and that in a matter , as before observed , with which the Lodge or the Craft had no right to meddle . The Grand Master knows nothing , and can know nothing , of the case ; consequently
he offers no opinion ; f but feeling that the integrity and honour of the Craft is likely to be compromised and injured by the proceedings adopted by the Lodge , he considers it his duty thus to express his sorrow , as well as his disapprobation , of the course which has been adopted , and to require that no further steps may be taken in the matter . By Command of the M . W . Grand Master , WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S . The W . Master of the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 343 , Chelmsford .
Consequent on the receipt of the above letter , the following proceedings took place : — At a Lodge of Emergency , especially convened , on Thursday , November II , 1847 , for the purpose of taking into consideration the case of the Rev . T . Harvey , M . A ., the following resolutions were proposed , and carried unanimously . 1 st . —Resolved , unanimously . — "That the most Worshipful theGrand
Master , the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , having directed the Grand Secretary to require this Lodge not to take any further steps in the case of its Chaplain , the Rev . Thomas Harvey , it becomes the duty of the members to extend , as far as possible , beyond their circle , the illimitable principle of charity ; and , therefore , that this and the following Resolutions be promulgated . " 2 nd . —Resolved , unanimously . — " That in the course hitherto pursued by this Lodge , iu order to assist Brother Harvey , there was no intention
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The Rev. Brother T. Harvey And The Bishop.*
wrote two letters on the subject ; the one clearly and unhesitatingly disapproving the course taken by the Lodge ; the other , considerably abated in argument , but still regretting the course taken . The Provincial Grand Master for the North and East Riding of Yorkshire did not reply as such ; but being the GRAND MASTER , he directed the Grand Secretary to address the following letter . And here again , we must impugn the policy of our simple-minded Brethren of
Good Fellowship , who thought no counsel was needed in a matter of simple faith . Alas ! had they not addressed the Provincial Grand Master for the North and East Riding of Yorkshire , they would have been spared the receipt of the following letter from the Grand Master : —*
Freemasons Hall , London , 14 th October , 1047 . W . MASTER , —I am commanded by the M . W . Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , to acknowledge the receipt by him of a printed letter , dated "September , 1847 , " and bearing your signature , accompanied by a printed copy of a report of a committee stated to have been appointed by your Lodge upon the case of " the Rev . Thomas Harvey , M . A ., who has sustained such grievous oppression at the hands of the Bishop of London" and I am to to the expression of the Grand
; convey you Master ' s deep concern and regret that the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 343 , should so far have committed itself in a matter with which it had no right to interfere , and publicly to have pronounced opinions on the conduct of a party not connected with the fraternity , condemning him on an ex parte statement , and that in a matter , as before observed , with which the Lodge or the Craft had no right to meddle . The Grand Master knows nothing , and can know nothing , of the case ; consequently
he offers no opinion ; f but feeling that the integrity and honour of the Craft is likely to be compromised and injured by the proceedings adopted by the Lodge , he considers it his duty thus to express his sorrow , as well as his disapprobation , of the course which has been adopted , and to require that no further steps may be taken in the matter . By Command of the M . W . Grand Master , WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S . The W . Master of the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 343 , Chelmsford .
Consequent on the receipt of the above letter , the following proceedings took place : — At a Lodge of Emergency , especially convened , on Thursday , November II , 1847 , for the purpose of taking into consideration the case of the Rev . T . Harvey , M . A ., the following resolutions were proposed , and carried unanimously . 1 st . —Resolved , unanimously . — "That the most Worshipful theGrand
Master , the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , having directed the Grand Secretary to require this Lodge not to take any further steps in the case of its Chaplain , the Rev . Thomas Harvey , it becomes the duty of the members to extend , as far as possible , beyond their circle , the illimitable principle of charity ; and , therefore , that this and the following Resolutions be promulgated . " 2 nd . —Resolved , unanimously . — " That in the course hitherto pursued by this Lodge , iu order to assist Brother Harvey , there was no intention