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To The Editor.
we , as English Masons , have often occasion to deplore the noise at our Festivals , yet it cannot be said of any one of our Lodges that they tend to disorder . On the contrary , it is the universal remark of those who watch for our halting , that the breath of slander , and the tongue of evil report , cannot he justly raised against us . The eyes of English Masons are directed to Scotland . Weare rejoiced to hear that reformation has begun its work . But till this foul reproach be entirely wiped awaythere
, can be no hope of uniformity of ritual , or progression of order , —no real amendment , or positive vindication of true Masonic feeling and practice , and no prospect that the Grand Lodge of England can act in similar concord and harmony with Scotland , which happil y exists , in bonds of the warmest amity and brotherly love , between itself and the Grand Lodge of Ireland . —ED . F . M . Q . M . iy R 7 \
Obituary.
Obituary .
MEMOIR OF ROBERT THOMAS CRUGEFIX , LL . D . P . G . D . BY THE EEV . G . OLIYEK , D . D ,, PAST D . G . M , MASSACHUSETTS . THIRD PAPER . " If I might give a short hint to an impartial writer , it would be to tell him
his fate . If he regards truth , let him expect martyrdom on both sides . "—DE FOE . " Nothing extenuate , nor ought set down in malice . "—SHAKESPEARE . THE biographer who undertakes the arduous task of recording the particulars of a hot dispute , while the chief actors in the controversy are living , may calculate , even if he uses the greatest
circumspection , on exciting unpleasant sensations in the mind of one party or the other ; and should he have the good fortune to escape the extreme consequences mentioned by De Foe , he may not succeed in steering a course which is decidedly acceptable to either . Accordingly I entertain a lively consciousness of moral danger in attempting to explain the occurrences which took place about the
year 1840 . But the responsibility must be incurred , for they form an epoch of absorbing interest in the life of Dr . Crucefix - . and I am content to venture the risk rather than suffer the actions of so useful and good a Mason to remain unrecorded . I appeal , therefore , to the kind indulgence of my readers , if I should unfortunately fail to give satisfaction to the chief parties implicated in the dispute . By adhering strictly to the terms of my motto , and
advancing nothing but what may be verified by ample authority , I may at least hope to escape censure if I do not merit commendation . And if , in any instance , the memoir should be devoid of perspicuity , it must be attributed to a want of authentic materials , and not to premeditated design or culpable neglect .
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To The Editor.
we , as English Masons , have often occasion to deplore the noise at our Festivals , yet it cannot be said of any one of our Lodges that they tend to disorder . On the contrary , it is the universal remark of those who watch for our halting , that the breath of slander , and the tongue of evil report , cannot he justly raised against us . The eyes of English Masons are directed to Scotland . Weare rejoiced to hear that reformation has begun its work . But till this foul reproach be entirely wiped awaythere
, can be no hope of uniformity of ritual , or progression of order , —no real amendment , or positive vindication of true Masonic feeling and practice , and no prospect that the Grand Lodge of England can act in similar concord and harmony with Scotland , which happil y exists , in bonds of the warmest amity and brotherly love , between itself and the Grand Lodge of Ireland . —ED . F . M . Q . M . iy R 7 \
Obituary.
Obituary .
MEMOIR OF ROBERT THOMAS CRUGEFIX , LL . D . P . G . D . BY THE EEV . G . OLIYEK , D . D ,, PAST D . G . M , MASSACHUSETTS . THIRD PAPER . " If I might give a short hint to an impartial writer , it would be to tell him
his fate . If he regards truth , let him expect martyrdom on both sides . "—DE FOE . " Nothing extenuate , nor ought set down in malice . "—SHAKESPEARE . THE biographer who undertakes the arduous task of recording the particulars of a hot dispute , while the chief actors in the controversy are living , may calculate , even if he uses the greatest
circumspection , on exciting unpleasant sensations in the mind of one party or the other ; and should he have the good fortune to escape the extreme consequences mentioned by De Foe , he may not succeed in steering a course which is decidedly acceptable to either . Accordingly I entertain a lively consciousness of moral danger in attempting to explain the occurrences which took place about the
year 1840 . But the responsibility must be incurred , for they form an epoch of absorbing interest in the life of Dr . Crucefix - . and I am content to venture the risk rather than suffer the actions of so useful and good a Mason to remain unrecorded . I appeal , therefore , to the kind indulgence of my readers , if I should unfortunately fail to give satisfaction to the chief parties implicated in the dispute . By adhering strictly to the terms of my motto , and
advancing nothing but what may be verified by ample authority , I may at least hope to escape censure if I do not merit commendation . And if , in any instance , the memoir should be devoid of perspicuity , it must be attributed to a want of authentic materials , and not to premeditated design or culpable neglect .