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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 6 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
We are painfully constrained to remind the Grand Master that he himself is but the steward of his office , and that better things are expected of him than , on full reconsideration of the resolution put forth , that he should throw into the scale the powerful effect of his exalted position . As the protector of the Masonic Order in England , his position is supreme ; he may be said to be the representative of Freemasonry
universal ; yet as a Freemason , obligated in face of the Eternal , he is but one man . ' Let us now examine the voting on the 1 st of December : There were for the resolution 90 Against the resolution 49 Majority 41
But how stands the majority ? There were present forty-four Grand Officers , of which six voted against the resolution , —leaving on this account thirty-eight ; it is not unfair , in justice to the "purple , " to consider that in questions where the Grand Master leads they should go with him ; now , taking away the thirty-eight , this would leave his lordship a majority of three—but when it is known that several members did not
vote at all , the majority itself is but a questionable nature , —so questionable , that if the members of Grand Lodge will obey " a call of the house , " THERE MAY BE A FAIR PROMISE OF THE OBNOXIOUS RESOLUTION BEING REJECTED WHEN PUT FOR CONFIRMATION .
PRIVILEGE AND THE GRAND MASTER . —Dr . Lane , at the desire of the Grand Master , brought forward his notice of motion previous to the nomination of his lordship as Grand Master for the ensuing year . The discussion was conducted with Masonic courtesy ;* Ihe doctor , as was expected , expounding his case with masterly consideration , aud the Grand Master giving such explanations as appeared to be satisfactory to
the Grand Lodge . It was curious , however , to observe in the case of the Grand Master , that he was both the accused and the judge ; after this explanation , the Grand Master was put into nomination , nemine dissentienle , some members not voting . We take the liberty to introduce ourselves into this question of privilege , inasmuch as we have been alluded to in Grand Lodge by many Brethren , and by Dr . Lane in
particular , in a kind and fraternal manner ; we have had also to sustain the odium of others , whose names it is needless to allude to ; but we cannot refrain from touching gently on an observation of the Grand Master himself ; that the Freemasons' Quarterly Review was denounced by the Grand Lodge as an unauthorized publication ; now the truth is ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
We are painfully constrained to remind the Grand Master that he himself is but the steward of his office , and that better things are expected of him than , on full reconsideration of the resolution put forth , that he should throw into the scale the powerful effect of his exalted position . As the protector of the Masonic Order in England , his position is supreme ; he may be said to be the representative of Freemasonry
universal ; yet as a Freemason , obligated in face of the Eternal , he is but one man . ' Let us now examine the voting on the 1 st of December : There were for the resolution 90 Against the resolution 49 Majority 41
But how stands the majority ? There were present forty-four Grand Officers , of which six voted against the resolution , —leaving on this account thirty-eight ; it is not unfair , in justice to the "purple , " to consider that in questions where the Grand Master leads they should go with him ; now , taking away the thirty-eight , this would leave his lordship a majority of three—but when it is known that several members did not
vote at all , the majority itself is but a questionable nature , —so questionable , that if the members of Grand Lodge will obey " a call of the house , " THERE MAY BE A FAIR PROMISE OF THE OBNOXIOUS RESOLUTION BEING REJECTED WHEN PUT FOR CONFIRMATION .
PRIVILEGE AND THE GRAND MASTER . —Dr . Lane , at the desire of the Grand Master , brought forward his notice of motion previous to the nomination of his lordship as Grand Master for the ensuing year . The discussion was conducted with Masonic courtesy ;* Ihe doctor , as was expected , expounding his case with masterly consideration , aud the Grand Master giving such explanations as appeared to be satisfactory to
the Grand Lodge . It was curious , however , to observe in the case of the Grand Master , that he was both the accused and the judge ; after this explanation , the Grand Master was put into nomination , nemine dissentienle , some members not voting . We take the liberty to introduce ourselves into this question of privilege , inasmuch as we have been alluded to in Grand Lodge by many Brethren , and by Dr . Lane in
particular , in a kind and fraternal manner ; we have had also to sustain the odium of others , whose names it is needless to allude to ; but we cannot refrain from touching gently on an observation of the Grand Master himself ; that the Freemasons' Quarterly Review was denounced by the Grand Lodge as an unauthorized publication ; now the truth is ,