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Quarterly Communication.
Bro . RULE , G . P ., was a Scotch Mason ; he was made in a Lodge over which his father had presided many years , and he received his degrees all in one night ; and what did he think of it , would they suppose?—he knew nothing at all about it the next day . It was extremely bad , and doing away with the respectability of the society . " Indeed , " said Bro . Rule , very excited , " it will be no better than a free and easy , an Odd Fellowshipor whatever else you call some of those societies ; a man will
, get in to have a good dinner , pay for it , and say or think all the rest is humbug . " R . W . Bro . JENNINGS , at great length , supported the motion , and attempted to show it was of no consequence to have all the ceremonies performed eight days from each other ; for , if a man did not learn something of Masonry in eight days , he would not in twenty-eight . Bro . J . C . MORRISS . G . W ., could say he would not ield to Bro .
, y Crucefix , or any Brother , in love of the Craft , or in supporting the landmarks ; but having been Deputy P . G . M . of Madras , he had found the inconvenience of not being permitted to grant a dispensation upon the time allowed for each degree . Bro . John SAVAGE did not agree that any necessity for alteration existed . It was an important landmark that was sought to be abolished ; but if even he were to suppose such a thing desirablewhich he did not
, , the proposal did not at all meet it . We were informed men could get three degrees in one day , and to counteract that , we were to make them wait eight days . They would no more wait eight days than twenty-eight . Either we must do the same as the Scotch and Irish Lodges , or they would have the preference from those who had hitherto given it to them . Wh y not make them all they wanted at once—anything . If this were done , they might depend they had arrived at the beginning
of the end of Masonry . Bro . Dr . MACKENZIE said , we were going downwards ; on the Continent , months , not days , were required before a Brother was advanced , and proof of his having exerted himself to deserve the advancement should be given . The multiplicity of OB . to be taken in one day , should in itself warn them how they approached to the system where that was adopted , for no man could know , in the hurried manner it was proposed to advance him , the nature or importance of his OB .
A division being called for , there appeared for the proposition of the Grand Master ... 90 Against it ...... 49 Majority ..... 41 Bros . Mitchell , Rackstraw , Crucefix , P . Hardwicke , & c , moved for various grantson the Report of the Board of Benevolence being read ;
, among which were two of fifty pounds and one of thirty . Bro . Crucefix presented to the Grand Lodge , on the part of Bro . R . Spencer , P . M . of Lodge No . 329 , two copies of the engraving of the statue of his late R . H . the Duke of Sussex , M . W . G . M . The thanks of the Grand Lodge were voted to Bro . Spencer for the gift . Grand Lodge was closed in ample form , and solemn prayer .
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Quarterly Communication.
Bro . RULE , G . P ., was a Scotch Mason ; he was made in a Lodge over which his father had presided many years , and he received his degrees all in one night ; and what did he think of it , would they suppose?—he knew nothing at all about it the next day . It was extremely bad , and doing away with the respectability of the society . " Indeed , " said Bro . Rule , very excited , " it will be no better than a free and easy , an Odd Fellowshipor whatever else you call some of those societies ; a man will
, get in to have a good dinner , pay for it , and say or think all the rest is humbug . " R . W . Bro . JENNINGS , at great length , supported the motion , and attempted to show it was of no consequence to have all the ceremonies performed eight days from each other ; for , if a man did not learn something of Masonry in eight days , he would not in twenty-eight . Bro . J . C . MORRISS . G . W ., could say he would not ield to Bro .
, y Crucefix , or any Brother , in love of the Craft , or in supporting the landmarks ; but having been Deputy P . G . M . of Madras , he had found the inconvenience of not being permitted to grant a dispensation upon the time allowed for each degree . Bro . John SAVAGE did not agree that any necessity for alteration existed . It was an important landmark that was sought to be abolished ; but if even he were to suppose such a thing desirablewhich he did not
, , the proposal did not at all meet it . We were informed men could get three degrees in one day , and to counteract that , we were to make them wait eight days . They would no more wait eight days than twenty-eight . Either we must do the same as the Scotch and Irish Lodges , or they would have the preference from those who had hitherto given it to them . Wh y not make them all they wanted at once—anything . If this were done , they might depend they had arrived at the beginning
of the end of Masonry . Bro . Dr . MACKENZIE said , we were going downwards ; on the Continent , months , not days , were required before a Brother was advanced , and proof of his having exerted himself to deserve the advancement should be given . The multiplicity of OB . to be taken in one day , should in itself warn them how they approached to the system where that was adopted , for no man could know , in the hurried manner it was proposed to advance him , the nature or importance of his OB .
A division being called for , there appeared for the proposition of the Grand Master ... 90 Against it ...... 49 Majority ..... 41 Bros . Mitchell , Rackstraw , Crucefix , P . Hardwicke , & c , moved for various grantson the Report of the Board of Benevolence being read ;
, among which were two of fifty pounds and one of thirty . Bro . Crucefix presented to the Grand Lodge , on the part of Bro . R . Spencer , P . M . of Lodge No . 329 , two copies of the engraving of the statue of his late R . H . the Duke of Sussex , M . W . G . M . The thanks of the Grand Lodge were voted to Bro . Spencer for the gift . Grand Lodge was closed in ample form , and solemn prayer .