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Quarterly Communication.
for . If the Prov . Grand Master for Kent knew nothing about it , it was his fault ; he ought and might have known ; and if he had , he would have found , on enquiry , his province as desirous to see it in operation as his province ( Essex ) . He saw no use in postponing the minutes ; the subject had been very ably and fully debated more than once , and was generally approved . The proposer of it had given notice
of his intention to bring it forward at five successive Grand Lodges , and what more could be desired ? He trusted it would be at once confirmed . Bro . CRUCEFIX , as the mover of the proposed grant , had not the slightest wish that this subject should be hurried , or thought to be pressed forward , without the fullest enquiry . If it were even still more fully debated , and the honest opinions of the provincial Brethren allowed to be givenit would have their unanimous support .
, It was a holy cause—it would bear the light of investigation ; and if the Brethren thought more time shoidd he given , in God ' s name Jet it be so . The beginning was certain , the end would be great , the result was undoubted ; and he had not the slightest fear that the charity and Masonic worth of the provincial Brethren would yield the long-delayed justice to the widows of the deceased members of the Craft . The vote for confirmation would be as unanimous as the vote for the motion
whenever it came forward and whoever might be present . As to not giving sufficient notice , nearly two years' notice , repeated every three months , was surely enough . He had done everything in his power to give publicity to the subject , and everything that Masonic law , within and without these walls required , be had performed . As to common law , he did not attempt to mix up such a question therewith . His was
a bill of the first character , bore the seal and impress of true Masonry , and was , above all , indorsed by " charity , " and he had no fear of the provincial and London Brethren duly honouring it in March next . Bro . PHILIPE hoped it would at once be confirmed , for he knew something of the province of Kent , and could assure the Prov . Grand Master of that province that the Brethren were perfectly satisfied . He also knew something of Essex , and Herts , and several other provinces :
and from what he could learn , they would all be pleased that this motion was brought forward , and were ready to support it . He did not think there was the slightest necessity of fearing bad times in Masonry , although every thing had its ups and downs ; hut they had ample funds , and need not fear that they could not carry out the vote of three hundred pounds to support poor , aged , and distressed women . If they really and honestly had such a fearwhy vote two hundred a year to the Annuity
, Fund , without any notice or intimation whatever ? Why he lavish upon one charity , and refuse to another , equally worthy , but not at all supported . He objected , on the motion being put , to the . additional two hundred pounds to that fund , which was quite uncalled for at present , receiving , as that charity did , four hundred pounds a year already from the Fund of Benevolence . It could not reall y be the fear of not having the meansseeing that no opposition was made to the
, additional grant of two hundred pounds to male pensioners ; but a cry was raised when three hundred pounds was asked for , after two years ' notice , for female pensioners ! He could not agree to what had been said against the confirmation of this grant , as there was not any good argument in support of it . The MASTER of a Kentish Lodge ( the name has escaped us ) , spoke
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Quarterly Communication.
for . If the Prov . Grand Master for Kent knew nothing about it , it was his fault ; he ought and might have known ; and if he had , he would have found , on enquiry , his province as desirous to see it in operation as his province ( Essex ) . He saw no use in postponing the minutes ; the subject had been very ably and fully debated more than once , and was generally approved . The proposer of it had given notice
of his intention to bring it forward at five successive Grand Lodges , and what more could be desired ? He trusted it would be at once confirmed . Bro . CRUCEFIX , as the mover of the proposed grant , had not the slightest wish that this subject should be hurried , or thought to be pressed forward , without the fullest enquiry . If it were even still more fully debated , and the honest opinions of the provincial Brethren allowed to be givenit would have their unanimous support .
, It was a holy cause—it would bear the light of investigation ; and if the Brethren thought more time shoidd he given , in God ' s name Jet it be so . The beginning was certain , the end would be great , the result was undoubted ; and he had not the slightest fear that the charity and Masonic worth of the provincial Brethren would yield the long-delayed justice to the widows of the deceased members of the Craft . The vote for confirmation would be as unanimous as the vote for the motion
whenever it came forward and whoever might be present . As to not giving sufficient notice , nearly two years' notice , repeated every three months , was surely enough . He had done everything in his power to give publicity to the subject , and everything that Masonic law , within and without these walls required , be had performed . As to common law , he did not attempt to mix up such a question therewith . His was
a bill of the first character , bore the seal and impress of true Masonry , and was , above all , indorsed by " charity , " and he had no fear of the provincial and London Brethren duly honouring it in March next . Bro . PHILIPE hoped it would at once be confirmed , for he knew something of the province of Kent , and could assure the Prov . Grand Master of that province that the Brethren were perfectly satisfied . He also knew something of Essex , and Herts , and several other provinces :
and from what he could learn , they would all be pleased that this motion was brought forward , and were ready to support it . He did not think there was the slightest necessity of fearing bad times in Masonry , although every thing had its ups and downs ; hut they had ample funds , and need not fear that they could not carry out the vote of three hundred pounds to support poor , aged , and distressed women . If they really and honestly had such a fearwhy vote two hundred a year to the Annuity
, Fund , without any notice or intimation whatever ? Why he lavish upon one charity , and refuse to another , equally worthy , but not at all supported . He objected , on the motion being put , to the . additional two hundred pounds to that fund , which was quite uncalled for at present , receiving , as that charity did , four hundred pounds a year already from the Fund of Benevolence . It could not reall y be the fear of not having the meansseeing that no opposition was made to the
, additional grant of two hundred pounds to male pensioners ; but a cry was raised when three hundred pounds was asked for , after two years ' notice , for female pensioners ! He could not agree to what had been said against the confirmation of this grant , as there was not any good argument in support of it . The MASTER of a Kentish Lodge ( the name has escaped us ) , spoke