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Article THE GRAND LODGE AND THE GRAND MASTER. ← Page 2 of 4 →
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The Grand Lodge And The Grand Master.
they might not find their way into the pages of " The Freemasons ' Quarterly Review . " Many — perhaps the great majority—stood to order at command . Several did not . Several did not understand what they were doing ; and several have already repented a subserviency that thus induced them to bend the neck to the yoke of tyranny . The Grand Master even said
that he should direct the Grand Reporter to omit altogether certain matters . According to this ruling , —the confirmation of previous minutes ; the nomination of Grand Master ; Bro . Scarborough's motion as to any and what alteration in the ritual should take place ; the Asylum question ; the Widows' Annuity Fund , cum multis aliis ; are all to be kept from
the Masonic public until the Grand Master shall either relax his edicts or be made to understand the real tenure by which he holds his authority . We unhesitatingly state that he has exceeded his powers ; and although the constitutions provide no penalty , yet even that part of our blissful code of laws gently intimates that should the necessity occur , then will be the time to apply a remedy . Has not the time approached ? It is
in no spirit of vindictiveness that we make these comments on the state of affairs , for we are too much accustomed to the fairness , the honour , and the justice of the Grand Master , not to know that men can study well how best to injure what they hate . But our duty is that of publicity , not of concealment . In the Grand Lodge of England the Grand Master advises the brethren
not to disclose certain transactions ; let us now turn to the Provincial Grand Lodge of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire , held on the 8 th November , and place before our readers the following extract from the printed circular issued a few days after : —
" Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Ridings of Yorkshire , held at Richmond , November 8 , 1849 . " The Right Honourable the Most Worshipful Earl of Zetland on the throne . The M . W . Grand Master then made a few observations with reference to the minutes of the meeting of the last Provincial Grand Lodge ; in the course of which he stated , that his opinion , as well as
that of the Grand Officers , respecting the publication named in the minutes , remained unchanged ; and that a large majority of the members of Grand Lodge condemned that publication , as being injurious to the interests of Freemasonry , and more particularly so in the colonies . He considered it a proof of the existence of a right masonic feeling that it was not encouraged by the lodges in this province ; for he certainly could not recommend brethren to support such a publication , tending , as it did , to create disunion and party feeling . "
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The Grand Lodge And The Grand Master.
they might not find their way into the pages of " The Freemasons ' Quarterly Review . " Many — perhaps the great majority—stood to order at command . Several did not . Several did not understand what they were doing ; and several have already repented a subserviency that thus induced them to bend the neck to the yoke of tyranny . The Grand Master even said
that he should direct the Grand Reporter to omit altogether certain matters . According to this ruling , —the confirmation of previous minutes ; the nomination of Grand Master ; Bro . Scarborough's motion as to any and what alteration in the ritual should take place ; the Asylum question ; the Widows' Annuity Fund , cum multis aliis ; are all to be kept from
the Masonic public until the Grand Master shall either relax his edicts or be made to understand the real tenure by which he holds his authority . We unhesitatingly state that he has exceeded his powers ; and although the constitutions provide no penalty , yet even that part of our blissful code of laws gently intimates that should the necessity occur , then will be the time to apply a remedy . Has not the time approached ? It is
in no spirit of vindictiveness that we make these comments on the state of affairs , for we are too much accustomed to the fairness , the honour , and the justice of the Grand Master , not to know that men can study well how best to injure what they hate . But our duty is that of publicity , not of concealment . In the Grand Lodge of England the Grand Master advises the brethren
not to disclose certain transactions ; let us now turn to the Provincial Grand Lodge of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire , held on the 8 th November , and place before our readers the following extract from the printed circular issued a few days after : —
" Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Ridings of Yorkshire , held at Richmond , November 8 , 1849 . " The Right Honourable the Most Worshipful Earl of Zetland on the throne . The M . W . Grand Master then made a few observations with reference to the minutes of the meeting of the last Provincial Grand Lodge ; in the course of which he stated , that his opinion , as well as
that of the Grand Officers , respecting the publication named in the minutes , remained unchanged ; and that a large majority of the members of Grand Lodge condemned that publication , as being injurious to the interests of Freemasonry , and more particularly so in the colonies . He considered it a proof of the existence of a right masonic feeling that it was not encouraged by the lodges in this province ; for he certainly could not recommend brethren to support such a publication , tending , as it did , to create disunion and party feeling . "