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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 7 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
that in 1841 , and again in 1847 , a judgment was suddenly snatched , without the slightest previous notice , and these miserable shifts serve as an occasional opportunity for a pretext to cover the weighty sin of breach of privilege ; what will be thought of this public declaration , that we are prepared to prove that a Grand Master has sanctioned falsehood , perverted facts , aud suppressed the truth ? all this is on record , and yet
the present Grand Master assumes that we are denounced as an unauthorized publication ! We would not resume this subject willingly , but we are independent of all control , save that of loyalty to the
Craft" Hail , independence , hail ' . Heaven s next best gift To that of life and our immortal soul J " In our last number we republished the circular of the Grand Editor , as taken from the notes of the preceding Grand Lodge . We regret that , as yet , the proceedings of the especial Grand Lodge in November and of the first instant , have not been published by the Grand Master ; we are therefore compelled to give our own report . In fact , although
denounced , yet we are first in the field , and therefore entitled to the praise of industry—our labours are numerous , we have to look to the entire world , and yet we are ever ready—this , too , without accommodation for our reporter , or , in fact , any means of aid . It would be satisfactory to us to be allowed to have a copy of the Grand Reporter ' s notes , * and thus save ourselves and the Grand Master from playing any longer in the farce of the " Denounced . "
THE JEWISH BRETHREN AND THE GRAND LODGE OF BERLIN . —A correspondent , Bro . Pollack , would rather lead us to infer that , after all , the Grand Lodge of Berlin is hot sincere ; we hope otherwise , and were pleased to witness the re-appearance of the representative in the last Grand Lodge ; but as his retirement was a public act , we think his restoration should have been so also , it would have been more consistent .
PORTRAIT OF THE EARL OF ZETLAND . —A Committee has been appointed to carry out the resolutions requesting the Grand Master to sit for his portrait . We hope the duty will he entrusted to a Masonic artist : it would be a reflection on the Order otherwise . ANNUITIES TO WIDOWS . —The Craft at large will learn with unmixed satisfaction that a sum of three hundred pounds per annum has been
voted in annuities to widows ; also that a further sum o £ two hundred per annum has been granted to the Benevolent Annuity Fund ; both votes having only been passed on the 30 th November , at an especial Grand Lodge , it was very properly considered that the confirmation of
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
that in 1841 , and again in 1847 , a judgment was suddenly snatched , without the slightest previous notice , and these miserable shifts serve as an occasional opportunity for a pretext to cover the weighty sin of breach of privilege ; what will be thought of this public declaration , that we are prepared to prove that a Grand Master has sanctioned falsehood , perverted facts , aud suppressed the truth ? all this is on record , and yet
the present Grand Master assumes that we are denounced as an unauthorized publication ! We would not resume this subject willingly , but we are independent of all control , save that of loyalty to the
Craft" Hail , independence , hail ' . Heaven s next best gift To that of life and our immortal soul J " In our last number we republished the circular of the Grand Editor , as taken from the notes of the preceding Grand Lodge . We regret that , as yet , the proceedings of the especial Grand Lodge in November and of the first instant , have not been published by the Grand Master ; we are therefore compelled to give our own report . In fact , although
denounced , yet we are first in the field , and therefore entitled to the praise of industry—our labours are numerous , we have to look to the entire world , and yet we are ever ready—this , too , without accommodation for our reporter , or , in fact , any means of aid . It would be satisfactory to us to be allowed to have a copy of the Grand Reporter ' s notes , * and thus save ourselves and the Grand Master from playing any longer in the farce of the " Denounced . "
THE JEWISH BRETHREN AND THE GRAND LODGE OF BERLIN . —A correspondent , Bro . Pollack , would rather lead us to infer that , after all , the Grand Lodge of Berlin is hot sincere ; we hope otherwise , and were pleased to witness the re-appearance of the representative in the last Grand Lodge ; but as his retirement was a public act , we think his restoration should have been so also , it would have been more consistent .
PORTRAIT OF THE EARL OF ZETLAND . —A Committee has been appointed to carry out the resolutions requesting the Grand Master to sit for his portrait . We hope the duty will he entrusted to a Masonic artist : it would be a reflection on the Order otherwise . ANNUITIES TO WIDOWS . —The Craft at large will learn with unmixed satisfaction that a sum of three hundred pounds per annum has been
voted in annuities to widows ; also that a further sum o £ two hundred per annum has been granted to the Benevolent Annuity Fund ; both votes having only been passed on the 30 th November , at an especial Grand Lodge , it was very properly considered that the confirmation of