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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 7 of 17 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
Hesletine , G . Sec , who were all present , as well as most of the Grand Stewards . " But these particulars , though the Square might consistently reveal them to me , cannot be placed on record here . " After the Lecture had been discussed seriatim , and approved , " said the Square , " Bro . Preston concluded with an
oration , which was printed in the first edition of his celebrated Masonic work . " The Brethren then adjourned to the banqueting-room , where they found a band of music , and a table spread with every delicacy the season could afford . It w as indeed a most magnificent affairand nobldid Bro . Preston regale his
, y friends . After the table was cleared , and dessert and wine introduced , the conversation took its tone from the especial business of the day , and , considering the talents and high station in Masonry of the company present , was an intellectual treat of no common order .
" These preliminary exertions on the part of our worthy Brother , " said my amusing companion , " I became acquainted with incidentally , for they occurred before I had the honour of being introduced to him . His singular activity and vigour in the government of a Lodge was celebrated throughout the Fraternity , and had contributed to heap honours and
commendations upon him , to which I must add , in justice to his memory , he was fairly entitled . When I was first suspended from his collar , he held the office of Deputy G . Sec , which occupied much of his time . He executed the chief part of the correspondence ; entered the minutes ; attended committees ; issued summonses ; drew out and printed abstracts of
petitions ; compiled the calendars , & c . " All this labour he performed gratuitously for two years , and he w as further employed by the Hall Committee to search the Grand Lodge Books , and make condensed extracts from the minutes , and to arrange and digest them as an ap ~ pendix to a projected Book of Constitutions . Such an
incessant demand on his time was prejudicial to his health , and a transient dispute with Bro . Hesletine , the G . Sec , originating in some misunderstanding about the publication of his Illustrations of Masonry , induced him to resign the office . The circumstances which led to this unfortunate disagreement are easily enumerated .
" The Grand Secretary , with a view to the publication of an improved edition of the Book of Constitutions , which should bring down the history of Masonry to his own time .
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The Revelations Of A Square.
Hesletine , G . Sec , who were all present , as well as most of the Grand Stewards . " But these particulars , though the Square might consistently reveal them to me , cannot be placed on record here . " After the Lecture had been discussed seriatim , and approved , " said the Square , " Bro . Preston concluded with an
oration , which was printed in the first edition of his celebrated Masonic work . " The Brethren then adjourned to the banqueting-room , where they found a band of music , and a table spread with every delicacy the season could afford . It w as indeed a most magnificent affairand nobldid Bro . Preston regale his
, y friends . After the table was cleared , and dessert and wine introduced , the conversation took its tone from the especial business of the day , and , considering the talents and high station in Masonry of the company present , was an intellectual treat of no common order .
" These preliminary exertions on the part of our worthy Brother , " said my amusing companion , " I became acquainted with incidentally , for they occurred before I had the honour of being introduced to him . His singular activity and vigour in the government of a Lodge was celebrated throughout the Fraternity , and had contributed to heap honours and
commendations upon him , to which I must add , in justice to his memory , he was fairly entitled . When I was first suspended from his collar , he held the office of Deputy G . Sec , which occupied much of his time . He executed the chief part of the correspondence ; entered the minutes ; attended committees ; issued summonses ; drew out and printed abstracts of
petitions ; compiled the calendars , & c . " All this labour he performed gratuitously for two years , and he w as further employed by the Hall Committee to search the Grand Lodge Books , and make condensed extracts from the minutes , and to arrange and digest them as an ap ~ pendix to a projected Book of Constitutions . Such an
incessant demand on his time was prejudicial to his health , and a transient dispute with Bro . Hesletine , the G . Sec , originating in some misunderstanding about the publication of his Illustrations of Masonry , induced him to resign the office . The circumstances which led to this unfortunate disagreement are easily enumerated .
" The Grand Secretary , with a view to the publication of an improved edition of the Book of Constitutions , which should bring down the history of Masonry to his own time .