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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 14 of 17 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
dogma which he did not believe ; but being pressed by his friends , he complied with the requisition , and signed the document . " The sentence of expulsion was thus evaded , " continued the Square , " but it produced consequences which were never anticipatedeven by the Deputy Grand Master himself .
, " At the next meeting of the Lodge of Antiquity , Bro . Bottomley contended that Bro . Preston no longer possessed the power of speaking or voting in any regular Lodge ; beingrestricted by his subscziption to the above document ; and moved that Bro . Preston should sign in the minute-book a declaration to the same effect with that which he had signed
at the last Quarterly Communication . The question was put and negatived by a great majority . " Bro . Preston then said , that if the declaration he had signed , at the pressing entreaty of his friends , was intended to debar him from the privilege of speaking and voting in his own Lodge , he should immediately write to the Grand
Secretary , and withdraw his subscription . Accordingly , the next day he wrote to Bro . Hesletine , stating that he had affixed his name to the declaration , by the advice of his friends , for the sake of peace , although his private opinions on the subject remained unchanged ; but as he had been informed , to his great surprise , by Bro . Bottomley , that it was
considered in the light of a virtual expulsion from the Order , he had come to the determination of withdrawing his subscription from the document . " Poor Bro . Preston , " continued the Square , " was placed on the horns of a dilemma . If his subscription remained untouched , the expulsion was virtual ; if he withdrew it , the former sentence remained in force , and the expulsion w as actual .
" Nor did the proceedings terminate at this point . For Bro . Preston was once more summoned before the Committee to answer a |> rotest against the proceedings of the Lodge of Antiquity , and other complaints which had been exhibited against him . " At this meeting , " said the Square , " the Deputy Grand
Master occupied the chair , and Bro . Preston was permitted to enter on his defence . Pie made a long and admirable speech , in which he contended that the Grand Lodge was not competent to entertain a protest against the proceedings of a private Lodge ; and called upon the Grand Secretary to say wiiether a single precedent to that effect could be found on
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The Revelations Of A Square.
dogma which he did not believe ; but being pressed by his friends , he complied with the requisition , and signed the document . " The sentence of expulsion was thus evaded , " continued the Square , " but it produced consequences which were never anticipatedeven by the Deputy Grand Master himself .
, " At the next meeting of the Lodge of Antiquity , Bro . Bottomley contended that Bro . Preston no longer possessed the power of speaking or voting in any regular Lodge ; beingrestricted by his subscziption to the above document ; and moved that Bro . Preston should sign in the minute-book a declaration to the same effect with that which he had signed
at the last Quarterly Communication . The question was put and negatived by a great majority . " Bro . Preston then said , that if the declaration he had signed , at the pressing entreaty of his friends , was intended to debar him from the privilege of speaking and voting in his own Lodge , he should immediately write to the Grand
Secretary , and withdraw his subscription . Accordingly , the next day he wrote to Bro . Hesletine , stating that he had affixed his name to the declaration , by the advice of his friends , for the sake of peace , although his private opinions on the subject remained unchanged ; but as he had been informed , to his great surprise , by Bro . Bottomley , that it was
considered in the light of a virtual expulsion from the Order , he had come to the determination of withdrawing his subscription from the document . " Poor Bro . Preston , " continued the Square , " was placed on the horns of a dilemma . If his subscription remained untouched , the expulsion was virtual ; if he withdrew it , the former sentence remained in force , and the expulsion w as actual .
" Nor did the proceedings terminate at this point . For Bro . Preston was once more summoned before the Committee to answer a |> rotest against the proceedings of the Lodge of Antiquity , and other complaints which had been exhibited against him . " At this meeting , " said the Square , " the Deputy Grand
Master occupied the chair , and Bro . Preston was permitted to enter on his defence . Pie made a long and admirable speech , in which he contended that the Grand Lodge was not competent to entertain a protest against the proceedings of a private Lodge ; and called upon the Grand Secretary to say wiiether a single precedent to that effect could be found on