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Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
shire ; M . W . E . A . Guilbert , Iowa ; R . W . Bro . S . Cadwallader , Wisconsin ; M . W . Bro . P . W . Gray , Texas ; R . W . Bro . J . N . Wise , Nebraska ; RW . Bro . George T . Smithers , Nova Scotia ; R . W . Bro R . H . Taylor , Nevada ; M . W . Bro .
J . H . Brown , Kansas ; M . W . Bro . D . C . Cregier , Illinois ; R . W . Bro . C . A . Woodward , Ohio ; R . W . Bro . D . B . Tracy , Michigan R . W . Bro . T . L . Power , Mississippi ; R . W . Bro . J . K . Wheeler , Connecticut : R . W . Bro . D . W .
Tallcott , New York ; and M . W . Bro . Englesby , Vermont . Representatives to other Grand Lodges will be appointed soon . The following brethren have also been appointed , or named , as Grand Representatives of these several Grand Lodges ,
near the Grand Lodge of Quebec—namely , R . W . Bro . W . B . Colby , from District of Columbia ; R . W . Bro . J . H . Isaacson , from Maine ; R . W . Bro . I . H . Stearns , New Hampshire ; R . W . Bro . M . R . ; Meigs , M . D . , from Wisconsin ; R . W .
Bro . E . Kemp , from Texas ; R . W . Bro . H . P . Leggatt , from Nebraska ; R . W . Bro . Hon . Thos . Wood , from Nova Scotia ; R . W . Bro . Thomas Milton , from Nevada ; W . Bro . C . Judge , from Kansas ; R . W . Bro . G . H . Borlase , from Illinois ;
R . W . Bro . James Dunbar , from Ohio ; R . W . Bro . Alex . Murraj ** , from Michigan ; R . W . Bro . S . J . Foss , from Mississippi ; V . W . Bro . Coquilette , from Connecticut ; R . 'W . Bro . Frank Edgar , from New York ; and R . W . Bro . Isaacson , from
Vermont . Should any of these Grand Representatives be present at this Annual Communication and present their credentials , they will . I am sure , receive from you a hearty fraternal welcome .
Since our last annual meeting , I have granted dispensations to form the three following lodges The Graham Lodge , at Bolton Centre ; the Canadian Lodge , at Granby ; and the Excelsior Lodge , at Actonvale . These were favourabl y recommended by the D . D . G . M . * s ofthe
respective districts wherein they are situated , and also by the lodges nearest to them , and I trust they will be found to have made such progress as shall entitle them to receive warrants of Constitutions at this communication of Grand Lodge . After the formal dissolution of the Provincial
Grand Lodge of Quebec and Three Rivers , the brethien of that Provincial Grand Body presented their magnificent banner and a large portion of their regalia to this Grand Lodge .
Our grateful thanks are due , and will , I know , lie heartily and unanimously tendered ( o these brethrenand lodges for their generous and timely donation .
The committee appointed by the Board of General Purposes to supervise the printing of the amended Constitution , promptly and faithfully disi barged their important duties , and deserve , as I have no doubt they will receive , your especial commendation .
I Ii- ; committee on the very important subject of work have held one session , and will probably be able to make report through the Grand . Mas ter at some early day . binder the direction of the Board an excellent
plate for printing Grand Lodge certificates has been prepared . The design is beautiful , and is full of Masonic significance . The work has been skilfully and elaborately executed by Messrs . B . irland . L-. i ' lVieain and Co ., of this citv , at a cost
of 500 dols ., and 1 tru =-1 the certificaiesinav meet the general approval ofthe brethren . In compliance with the unanimous request of the municipal councils of the township of . -- 'hipton and ofthe village of Danville , in the count v
of Richmond , to lay the corner-stone of the magnificent town hall -proposed to be erected in their prosperous and beautiful village , I summoned an I- ' mergeiit Communication of Grand Lodge on Thursdav , the 271 I 1 dav of lulv , for
the purpose of performing that interesting cerenioiiy in accordance wi ; h the ancient ci .-ioms of our Fraternity . The officers and brethren responded in large numbers . Thc day was favourable , and the concourse of spectators from
the surrounding country and from different parts of the province wns large . The officials and people of the vicinity were unbounded in their hospitality , and the exercises appear to have given general satisfaction . This event will not be without historic interest , as being the first of
Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
its kind under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Quebec . Shortly after the last annual communication , a happy combination of circumstances enabled me to visit the city of Quebec , for the purpose
of installing and investing . the officers of Grand Lodge resident there . I need hardly say to you that the brethren of the Ancient Capital were , as usual , most kind and courteous . It was an occasion long to be remembered for many
reasons , but especially as affording amuch-desired opportunity of uniting with the brethren of that city in doing deserved honour to the highly esteemed and efficient Grand Lodge officers in that district . But I need not assure you how
much our P . D . G . M ., R . W . Bro . J . S . Bowen ( who during the past year had removed from the city of Quebec to the city of Brooklyn , * N . Y . ) was missed on that occasion , as he has been in all the deliberations of Grand Lodge . Early * in
the summer , I had the pleasure of formally constituting La Loge des Occurs Uuis in this city , to which Grand Lodge granted a warrant of Constitution at last communciation . Being obliged to leave , however , before the close of the
ceremony , the work was well completed by the cooperation of several Grand Lodge officers present . I have reason to believe that this lodge is doing a good work , and will , I trust , prove a lasting honour to this Grand Lodge and to the
Fraternity in general . It also afforded me much satisfaction to be able to accept the repeated hearty invitation of the officers and brethren of Corner Stone Lodge at Cowansville , about midsummer , and witness the presentation of several
valuable donations to the lodge , by its efficient Master , and other zealous brethren , and it was also a great pleasure to meet there so many of the Grand Lodge Officers of the Montreal and Bedford Districts , and die officers and other
members of various lodges in the vicinity . 1 he hospitality of the lodge was most generous , and all present seemed to enjoy themselves in a becoming manner . My informal visits to Montreal have been frequent and ofthe most pleasant
character , and you need not be told that our brethren here , Masonically and otherwise , ever prove themselves worthy of the metropolitan city of the Dominion . It has been to me a source of deep regret , that I have been unable to make
more numerous official visits , in all parts of our jurisdiction ; but the numerous duties devolving upon me in the guidance and direction of G . L . affairs , required my almost constant presence at home , that no opportunity of promoting its
welfare might be neglected , and that no important correspondence from home or abroad might remain long unanswered . The brethren will , therefore , kindly exercise due forbearance and overlook these and other shortcomings .
A communication has been received from the Grand Orient of Belgium requesting the establishment of fraternal intercourse between that Grand Body and the Grand Lodge of Quebec . Having reason lo believe that the Royal Grand
Master of that Grand Orient has caused to be enforced in all lodges within his jurisdiction a strict adherence to the ancient landmarks of the Fraternity in eschewing all interference in religious sectarianism and party politics , and is
otherwise . making that Grand Body worthy of universal recognition and fraternal fellowship , 1 have no hesitation in siying to ( irand Lodge , that it ismyhopeand expectation that full inquiry into all the circumstances will lead to the
establishment , at an early-lay , of fraternal intercourse and the interchange of representatives with the Grand Orient of Belgium , and thus help to strengthen the ties which should bind America and j ' v . irope more closely together , and so aid in
iii" establishment of peace on earth and good will among men . Shortly after the arrival at AVashington , of the M ' . W . the Grand Master ofthe United Grand Lodge of England , as President of the Join High Commission , I directed the Grand
Secretary lo forward an official communication to our noble and Most Worshipful brother , expressed our highest fraternal regards , congratulating him on his important appointment , praying that the best results to the nations involved , and to the entire world , might How from the labours of the
Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
Commission , and begging his acceptance of a banquet in his honour , in the city of Montreal , under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Quebec . A most courteous reply was received thereto , intimating that circumstances might
hasten his departure from Washington to England , immediately after the close of the labours of the Commission , so that he might be unable to visit the Dominion or accept our kind invitation . Although compassion dictates the exercise of
the virtue of silence anent the doings for the past year of the Grand Lodge of Canada , yet candor compels me to say that most of the evils which have afflicted the Craft in these two Provinces during the past twenty-two months have
been almost wholly due to her unfraternal course . However , in view of all the circumstances , the Grand Lodge of Quebec could well afford magnanimously to practise charity which suffereth long ; and to trust in the Great Architect of the Universe so to order His good providences that
the day might not soon , if ever , dawn , on which , forbearance on our part would cease to be a virtue . Fidelity to the principles of Freemasonry , on which our action was based in forming this Grand Body , duty to the numerous Grand Lodges which have already recognized us , and the maintenance of the doctrine of exclusive
Grand Lodge jurisdiction would soon , unless averted , demand of us the vindication at all hazards , of our rig ht and title to undivided supremacy within the Province of Quebec . And few of you will be surprised to learn that the
principal officers of some of the most influential Grand Lodges which have recognized the Grand Lodge of Quebec , have been seriously considering whether the Grand Lodge of Canada was longer entitled to fraternal recognition and
support , in view of her repeated unconstitutional invasions of the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge , by the establishment of private lodges therein . Many Grand Lodges of the United States have withdrawn fraternal fellowship from the Grand
Orient of France , for a like invasion , only to a much lesser extent , of the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana . I need hardly assure you , 1113 * brethren , that I have used my best endeavours to have any such action anent
the Grand Lodge of Canada deferred a little longer at least ( for with all her faults we love her still ) , in the hope and belief that she would ere long retrace her footsteps from the verge of the precipice to which she seemed to be inevitably
drawing near . Nor have our expectations been wholly vain . The dawnings of the spirit of conciliation seem to be appearing in that Grand East . Our repeated overtures to secure peace , harmony , and the constitutional adjustment of
all existing difficulties , although repeatedly spurned , have , nevertheless , borne some fruit , and there now seems reason * to hope that at a very early day , all discordant circumstances will have passed away , and that the G . L . of Canada
will be constitutionally re-constructed into the Grand 1 . odge of Ontario , and divine peace bear sway Masonically over these two provinces , between which should alone exist that generous rivalrv , which can best work and best agree .
The members of Grand Lodge will be pleased to learn that it has been arranged to continue the goodly custom inaugurated at our first annual communication , of having public Divine scrvitt during our present meeting , and that . our Rev .
Bro . the Grand Chaplain will deliver an appropriate discourse on the occasion . It well becomes the G . L . of Quebec publicly to offer devout : thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many and j great favours vouchased to us during the past '
year . A Freemason is under peculiar obligations io practice the cardinal virtue of temperance in i ' most comprehensive significance . The novitiate is carefully taught to exercise due restraint over
all his appetites ancl passions , and to pursue such a prudent and well-regulated course of discip line as may best conduce to the preservation of I "*** corporeal and mental ficulities in their folk' - '
energies , thereby enabling him to exercise thos ** talents wherewith God hath blessed him , as well for His glory as for the welfare of his felloe creatures . The more advanced Mason is uncle 1 * still greater obligation to maintain , in its fullest
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Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
shire ; M . W . E . A . Guilbert , Iowa ; R . W . Bro . S . Cadwallader , Wisconsin ; M . W . Bro . P . W . Gray , Texas ; R . W . Bro . J . N . Wise , Nebraska ; RW . Bro . George T . Smithers , Nova Scotia ; R . W . Bro R . H . Taylor , Nevada ; M . W . Bro .
J . H . Brown , Kansas ; M . W . Bro . D . C . Cregier , Illinois ; R . W . Bro . C . A . Woodward , Ohio ; R . W . Bro . D . B . Tracy , Michigan R . W . Bro . T . L . Power , Mississippi ; R . W . Bro . J . K . Wheeler , Connecticut : R . W . Bro . D . W .
Tallcott , New York ; and M . W . Bro . Englesby , Vermont . Representatives to other Grand Lodges will be appointed soon . The following brethren have also been appointed , or named , as Grand Representatives of these several Grand Lodges ,
near the Grand Lodge of Quebec—namely , R . W . Bro . W . B . Colby , from District of Columbia ; R . W . Bro . J . H . Isaacson , from Maine ; R . W . Bro . I . H . Stearns , New Hampshire ; R . W . Bro . M . R . ; Meigs , M . D . , from Wisconsin ; R . W .
Bro . E . Kemp , from Texas ; R . W . Bro . H . P . Leggatt , from Nebraska ; R . W . Bro . Hon . Thos . Wood , from Nova Scotia ; R . W . Bro . Thomas Milton , from Nevada ; W . Bro . C . Judge , from Kansas ; R . W . Bro . G . H . Borlase , from Illinois ;
R . W . Bro . James Dunbar , from Ohio ; R . W . Bro . Alex . Murraj ** , from Michigan ; R . W . Bro . S . J . Foss , from Mississippi ; V . W . Bro . Coquilette , from Connecticut ; R . 'W . Bro . Frank Edgar , from New York ; and R . W . Bro . Isaacson , from
Vermont . Should any of these Grand Representatives be present at this Annual Communication and present their credentials , they will . I am sure , receive from you a hearty fraternal welcome .
Since our last annual meeting , I have granted dispensations to form the three following lodges The Graham Lodge , at Bolton Centre ; the Canadian Lodge , at Granby ; and the Excelsior Lodge , at Actonvale . These were favourabl y recommended by the D . D . G . M . * s ofthe
respective districts wherein they are situated , and also by the lodges nearest to them , and I trust they will be found to have made such progress as shall entitle them to receive warrants of Constitutions at this communication of Grand Lodge . After the formal dissolution of the Provincial
Grand Lodge of Quebec and Three Rivers , the brethien of that Provincial Grand Body presented their magnificent banner and a large portion of their regalia to this Grand Lodge .
Our grateful thanks are due , and will , I know , lie heartily and unanimously tendered ( o these brethrenand lodges for their generous and timely donation .
The committee appointed by the Board of General Purposes to supervise the printing of the amended Constitution , promptly and faithfully disi barged their important duties , and deserve , as I have no doubt they will receive , your especial commendation .
I Ii- ; committee on the very important subject of work have held one session , and will probably be able to make report through the Grand . Mas ter at some early day . binder the direction of the Board an excellent
plate for printing Grand Lodge certificates has been prepared . The design is beautiful , and is full of Masonic significance . The work has been skilfully and elaborately executed by Messrs . B . irland . L-. i ' lVieain and Co ., of this citv , at a cost
of 500 dols ., and 1 tru =-1 the certificaiesinav meet the general approval ofthe brethren . In compliance with the unanimous request of the municipal councils of the township of . -- 'hipton and ofthe village of Danville , in the count v
of Richmond , to lay the corner-stone of the magnificent town hall -proposed to be erected in their prosperous and beautiful village , I summoned an I- ' mergeiit Communication of Grand Lodge on Thursdav , the 271 I 1 dav of lulv , for
the purpose of performing that interesting cerenioiiy in accordance wi ; h the ancient ci .-ioms of our Fraternity . The officers and brethren responded in large numbers . Thc day was favourable , and the concourse of spectators from
the surrounding country and from different parts of the province wns large . The officials and people of the vicinity were unbounded in their hospitality , and the exercises appear to have given general satisfaction . This event will not be without historic interest , as being the first of
Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
its kind under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Quebec . Shortly after the last annual communication , a happy combination of circumstances enabled me to visit the city of Quebec , for the purpose
of installing and investing . the officers of Grand Lodge resident there . I need hardly say to you that the brethren of the Ancient Capital were , as usual , most kind and courteous . It was an occasion long to be remembered for many
reasons , but especially as affording amuch-desired opportunity of uniting with the brethren of that city in doing deserved honour to the highly esteemed and efficient Grand Lodge officers in that district . But I need not assure you how
much our P . D . G . M ., R . W . Bro . J . S . Bowen ( who during the past year had removed from the city of Quebec to the city of Brooklyn , * N . Y . ) was missed on that occasion , as he has been in all the deliberations of Grand Lodge . Early * in
the summer , I had the pleasure of formally constituting La Loge des Occurs Uuis in this city , to which Grand Lodge granted a warrant of Constitution at last communciation . Being obliged to leave , however , before the close of the
ceremony , the work was well completed by the cooperation of several Grand Lodge officers present . I have reason to believe that this lodge is doing a good work , and will , I trust , prove a lasting honour to this Grand Lodge and to the
Fraternity in general . It also afforded me much satisfaction to be able to accept the repeated hearty invitation of the officers and brethren of Corner Stone Lodge at Cowansville , about midsummer , and witness the presentation of several
valuable donations to the lodge , by its efficient Master , and other zealous brethren , and it was also a great pleasure to meet there so many of the Grand Lodge Officers of the Montreal and Bedford Districts , and die officers and other
members of various lodges in the vicinity . 1 he hospitality of the lodge was most generous , and all present seemed to enjoy themselves in a becoming manner . My informal visits to Montreal have been frequent and ofthe most pleasant
character , and you need not be told that our brethren here , Masonically and otherwise , ever prove themselves worthy of the metropolitan city of the Dominion . It has been to me a source of deep regret , that I have been unable to make
more numerous official visits , in all parts of our jurisdiction ; but the numerous duties devolving upon me in the guidance and direction of G . L . affairs , required my almost constant presence at home , that no opportunity of promoting its
welfare might be neglected , and that no important correspondence from home or abroad might remain long unanswered . The brethren will , therefore , kindly exercise due forbearance and overlook these and other shortcomings .
A communication has been received from the Grand Orient of Belgium requesting the establishment of fraternal intercourse between that Grand Body and the Grand Lodge of Quebec . Having reason lo believe that the Royal Grand
Master of that Grand Orient has caused to be enforced in all lodges within his jurisdiction a strict adherence to the ancient landmarks of the Fraternity in eschewing all interference in religious sectarianism and party politics , and is
otherwise . making that Grand Body worthy of universal recognition and fraternal fellowship , 1 have no hesitation in siying to ( irand Lodge , that it ismyhopeand expectation that full inquiry into all the circumstances will lead to the
establishment , at an early-lay , of fraternal intercourse and the interchange of representatives with the Grand Orient of Belgium , and thus help to strengthen the ties which should bind America and j ' v . irope more closely together , and so aid in
iii" establishment of peace on earth and good will among men . Shortly after the arrival at AVashington , of the M ' . W . the Grand Master ofthe United Grand Lodge of England , as President of the Join High Commission , I directed the Grand
Secretary lo forward an official communication to our noble and Most Worshipful brother , expressed our highest fraternal regards , congratulating him on his important appointment , praying that the best results to the nations involved , and to the entire world , might How from the labours of the
Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
Commission , and begging his acceptance of a banquet in his honour , in the city of Montreal , under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Quebec . A most courteous reply was received thereto , intimating that circumstances might
hasten his departure from Washington to England , immediately after the close of the labours of the Commission , so that he might be unable to visit the Dominion or accept our kind invitation . Although compassion dictates the exercise of
the virtue of silence anent the doings for the past year of the Grand Lodge of Canada , yet candor compels me to say that most of the evils which have afflicted the Craft in these two Provinces during the past twenty-two months have
been almost wholly due to her unfraternal course . However , in view of all the circumstances , the Grand Lodge of Quebec could well afford magnanimously to practise charity which suffereth long ; and to trust in the Great Architect of the Universe so to order His good providences that
the day might not soon , if ever , dawn , on which , forbearance on our part would cease to be a virtue . Fidelity to the principles of Freemasonry , on which our action was based in forming this Grand Body , duty to the numerous Grand Lodges which have already recognized us , and the maintenance of the doctrine of exclusive
Grand Lodge jurisdiction would soon , unless averted , demand of us the vindication at all hazards , of our rig ht and title to undivided supremacy within the Province of Quebec . And few of you will be surprised to learn that the
principal officers of some of the most influential Grand Lodges which have recognized the Grand Lodge of Quebec , have been seriously considering whether the Grand Lodge of Canada was longer entitled to fraternal recognition and
support , in view of her repeated unconstitutional invasions of the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge , by the establishment of private lodges therein . Many Grand Lodges of the United States have withdrawn fraternal fellowship from the Grand
Orient of France , for a like invasion , only to a much lesser extent , of the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana . I need hardly assure you , 1113 * brethren , that I have used my best endeavours to have any such action anent
the Grand Lodge of Canada deferred a little longer at least ( for with all her faults we love her still ) , in the hope and belief that she would ere long retrace her footsteps from the verge of the precipice to which she seemed to be inevitably
drawing near . Nor have our expectations been wholly vain . The dawnings of the spirit of conciliation seem to be appearing in that Grand East . Our repeated overtures to secure peace , harmony , and the constitutional adjustment of
all existing difficulties , although repeatedly spurned , have , nevertheless , borne some fruit , and there now seems reason * to hope that at a very early day , all discordant circumstances will have passed away , and that the G . L . of Canada
will be constitutionally re-constructed into the Grand 1 . odge of Ontario , and divine peace bear sway Masonically over these two provinces , between which should alone exist that generous rivalrv , which can best work and best agree .
The members of Grand Lodge will be pleased to learn that it has been arranged to continue the goodly custom inaugurated at our first annual communication , of having public Divine scrvitt during our present meeting , and that . our Rev .
Bro . the Grand Chaplain will deliver an appropriate discourse on the occasion . It well becomes the G . L . of Quebec publicly to offer devout : thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many and j great favours vouchased to us during the past '
year . A Freemason is under peculiar obligations io practice the cardinal virtue of temperance in i ' most comprehensive significance . The novitiate is carefully taught to exercise due restraint over
all his appetites ancl passions , and to pursue such a prudent and well-regulated course of discip line as may best conduce to the preservation of I "*** corporeal and mental ficulities in their folk' - '
energies , thereby enabling him to exercise thos ** talents wherewith God hath blessed him , as well for His glory as for the welfare of his felloe creatures . The more advanced Mason is uncle 1 * still greater obligation to maintain , in its fullest