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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 11 of 17 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
the Lodge is , whether we are inclined to repudiate or discountenance tho Brethren who attended Divine Service in St . Dunstan ' s Church , on St . John ' s day ?' " ' With submission , R . W . Sir , ' Bro . Bottomley objected ; 'the resolution which I have had the honour to propose refers not to the men so much as to the measure . The
Lodge is called on to discountenance the breach of Masonic law committed on that occasion / " ' If this he the real question at issue , ' said Bro . Preston , ' it is first incumbent on you to prove that it icas a breach of Masonic law ; for no man devoid of prejudice would be capable of affirming that the law respecting processions actualldebars
y the Members of any private Lodge from offering up their adorations to the Deity in a public place of worship , in the character of Masons , under the direction of their Master . The very idea of such restriction would be the height of absurdity , and could not be admitted by any person who professed himself a friend to the Society . Example will ever
exceed precept , and it is surely commendable to see a Lodge of Masons patronizing the established religion of their country , and thus recommending the practice of piety and devotion to their fellow-subjects . Besides which , the Lodge of Antiquity has its own peculiar rights formally secured to it , at the revival in ] 717 when the present Grand Lodge was established ;
, and we are determined to preserve them inviolate . And I again affirm that no existing regulation w as infringed , even if it be admitted—which is very questionable—that the Grand Lodge is empowered to make laws binding upon a Lodge which has acted on its own independent authority from a period long anterior to the existence of that body . '
" This avowal , " said the Square , " was received with so much applause , that Bro . Bottomley exclaimed , 'Ay , those are the sentiments which w e are determined to rebut , be the consequence what it may . I affirm that the Grand Lodge is absolutely and to all intents and purposes , infallible ; and its dictates , whether for good or evil , must be obeyed , even by the
Lodge of Antiquity , though it teas in existence before the reconstruction of the Grand Lodge . ' " ' Keep your temper , I beseech you , Bro . Bottomley , ' said the It . W . M ., mildly , ' we are assembled to deliberate , and not to indulge in personalities and recrimination : otherwise , I shall be under the painful necessity of closing the Lodge without coming to a decision . ' " The Master ' s authority , how ever , was not sufficient to
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The Revelations Of A Square.
the Lodge is , whether we are inclined to repudiate or discountenance tho Brethren who attended Divine Service in St . Dunstan ' s Church , on St . John ' s day ?' " ' With submission , R . W . Sir , ' Bro . Bottomley objected ; 'the resolution which I have had the honour to propose refers not to the men so much as to the measure . The
Lodge is called on to discountenance the breach of Masonic law committed on that occasion / " ' If this he the real question at issue , ' said Bro . Preston , ' it is first incumbent on you to prove that it icas a breach of Masonic law ; for no man devoid of prejudice would be capable of affirming that the law respecting processions actualldebars
y the Members of any private Lodge from offering up their adorations to the Deity in a public place of worship , in the character of Masons , under the direction of their Master . The very idea of such restriction would be the height of absurdity , and could not be admitted by any person who professed himself a friend to the Society . Example will ever
exceed precept , and it is surely commendable to see a Lodge of Masons patronizing the established religion of their country , and thus recommending the practice of piety and devotion to their fellow-subjects . Besides which , the Lodge of Antiquity has its own peculiar rights formally secured to it , at the revival in ] 717 when the present Grand Lodge was established ;
, and we are determined to preserve them inviolate . And I again affirm that no existing regulation w as infringed , even if it be admitted—which is very questionable—that the Grand Lodge is empowered to make laws binding upon a Lodge which has acted on its own independent authority from a period long anterior to the existence of that body . '
" This avowal , " said the Square , " was received with so much applause , that Bro . Bottomley exclaimed , 'Ay , those are the sentiments which w e are determined to rebut , be the consequence what it may . I affirm that the Grand Lodge is absolutely and to all intents and purposes , infallible ; and its dictates , whether for good or evil , must be obeyed , even by the
Lodge of Antiquity , though it teas in existence before the reconstruction of the Grand Lodge . ' " ' Keep your temper , I beseech you , Bro . Bottomley , ' said the It . W . M ., mildly , ' we are assembled to deliberate , and not to indulge in personalities and recrimination : otherwise , I shall be under the painful necessity of closing the Lodge without coming to a decision . ' " The Master ' s authority , how ever , was not sufficient to