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Personal Sympathy For Others.
on the subject , which we make no excuse in submitting to our readers . We have often thoug ht , for instance , how little we all know of each other in London , and " Night and Day , " Dr . Barnardo ' s often startling periodical , makes revelations for us , which seem to illustrate with
vivid , nay , with lurid light , the words which follow . " It is the misfortune of most large cities that , instead of union and sympathy , they consist of different ranks , so widely separated as , in fact , to form different communities . In most large cities , there may be said to be two nations :
understanding as little of one another , and having as little intercourse as if they lived in different lands . In such a city as London , the distance of a few streets only will bring a person from one state of civilization to another , from the excess of refinement to barbarism , from the
abodes of cultivated intellect to brutal ignorance , from what is called fashion to the grossest manners , and these distinct communities know comparatively little of each other . " We think these words are most true , and fitly precede these which we now transcribe . " There
are travellers from Great Britain who come to visit the American Indians , but who leave at home a community as essentially barbarous as that which they seek , who , perhaps , have spent all their lives in the midst of it , without giving it a thought . To these travellers , a hovel in one
of the suburbs which they have left , would be as strange a place , as the wigwam of our own forests . They know as little what thousands in their own city suffer , to what extremities thousands are reduced , by what arts thousands live , as they know of the modes of life in strange tribes . How much more useful lessons would
they learn , and how much holier feelings would be awakened in them , were they to penetrate the dens of want and crime , a few steps from their own door , than they gain from exploring a continent . " What is true of London is true of all great cities , New York most especially , but such a
fact may , indeed , for us all and to us all , " serve to point the moral , and adorn the tale : "— " Not a few grow up and die without understanding how others live and die around them , without having descended into the damp cellar where children and aged spend day and night , winter
and summer , or without scaling the upper room which contains within its narrow and naked walls half a dozen destitute families . They see the poor in the streets , but know nothing of their desolate homes . They travel , in books at least , to distant regions , among different nations , but
are strangers to the masses who speak their own tongue , and are joinsd with them , for weal or woe , in the same social state . This estrangement of men from men , of class from class , is one of the things which shows that the true bond of communities is as yet but imperfectly known . "
If such words be true , as true they undoubtedly are , they constitute a claim upon us all never to ignore the wants of our suffering humanity , but rather to seek , by all means , as well in Masonry as out , to do all we possibly can to relieve the
distress , and succour the needs , of a common suffering humanity . As Freemasons , we may well , nay , should always , seek to cultivate the pleasant and refreshing grace of personal sympathy for others .
The Grand Mastership Of Scotland.
THE GRAND MASTERSHIP OF SCOTLAND .
We are authorized to state that Bro . lnglis , of Torsonee , the Depute Grand Master Mason of Scotland , has declined to comply with the requisition signed by about 500 members of the Masonic Order to allow himself to bo nominated Grand Master .
London Masonic Charity Association.
LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION .
By an amusing blunder ( as if mistakes will never come right ) Bro , Chas . Atkinson was printed for Bro . Chas . Atkins , in our last communication respecting this association . By a misprint in the circular , Ethel Stone is said to be No . 14 , whereas it is No . 15 , and Emma
Eliza Williams , No . 29 , was described as Eliza Ann Williams . A Committee meeting was to be held on Fiiday to elict numbers and add to the Committee . TheAssociationisnow actively and earnestly engaged in furthering the interests of its selected candidates for the Boys' and Girls' School .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
(\ V < i elo not holel ourselves responsible for , or ee'en approe-ing of the opinions expressed by our corresponelents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free elescussion . l
LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION . "T HE PROGNOSTICATIONS OF H . L . " - To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , In your issue of the 14 th ult ., I find a letter from " H . L ., " commencing with the above portentous words of augury ; I accordingly referred to a few of the later issues
of the Freemason , and sought for the voice of prophecy by H . L ., but found only the envious croaking of the raven , foretelling non success to a scheme evidently beyond his comprehension . I looked for the brotherly suggestion of carefully thought-out and well-considered arguments , but could only read the pointless verbiage of an unintelligible objection . I expected the urbane courtesy of doubt , but
met the unwarrantable egotism of self-sufficiency in the manner in which he re-asserts that the association against which he is railing is an offshoot of the Charity Organization Society . So much for what concerns me , as one of the promoters , and a member of the L . M . C . A . I will now , with , your permission , defend myself from the
velvet-hidden scratch of the cat's claw . Docs H . L . measure my corn by his bushel ? When he states that 1 must either forfeit my written promise of support to the case I have publicly taken up and worked for , or repudiate the principles of the scheme I have also publicly put my name to , if so , he must only have half informed himself , or must be both short and weak sighted , in which case I will
gladly lend him a pair of glasses , whose lens shall be strong enough , I trust , to open the eyes of his mind and others , if any , (?) equally afflicted . At the time this association was started , many brethren had alreaely promised their support to individual cases , yet although they highly approved of and saw the necessity for united action on the part of the Metropolitan Lodges to
secure the commensurate representation of London in the Masonic Charities , and accordingly gave us their influential support to the movement , still there was never a question but that those of its members whose votes were previously engaged were bound in honour , not only as men , but doubly s > as Masons , to sec their respective cases to a successful issue if possible , nay , more , so completely
unfettered are our members , that though expected not to stultify themselves by refusing from mere caprice to uphold the cause they have taken in hand , yet should they elect to support any case not recommcneled by the committee , they are perfectly free " to do so . This was distinctly laid down by Bro . Lieut . Col , Creaton , at the first regular meeting , on the 1 sth ult .: " No doubt the members
of the association woulel send their votes , but the association must not say they must pledge themselves . " By Bro . Lacey , " The very fact of a brother volunteering to become a member would be a guarantee for his throwing in what influence he had . " By Bro . Newton , " Did not s : e that it was Bro . Lacey ' s intention that a brother should pledge himself to give his votes to the association , and these
were answers to a suggestion from Bro . South wood , " That every member of the association by virtue of his membership pledges himself to place his Metropolitan Masonic Charity ' s votes at the disposal of the committee " ( vide Freemason , August 24 th ) . I trust that Bro . H . L . can now sec that , though placed on the horns of his imaginary dilemma , I can , without
repudiation of my principles , support the "Meta Bell Brasier " case , which I still consider the most deserving on the list . If H . L . has any experience in these matters at all , he must know full well that his idea of each London Lodge , working as a province , is , however good in theory , impossible in practice , and I do think that when a few of the
working bees of the London hives are willing , and do devote themselves and a considerable portion of their time , bring all their energies and past experience to bear in a matter , the importance of which not one of its opponents can gainsay , and which requires great reform , to render it just ; I do think that brethren , unless they can suggest any
rational amendment or improvement , should wait for the result of that which they cither could not or would not conceive for themselves , and are now incapable of amending , before they venture to prognosticate failure , or do all in their power to prove it an abortion . Yours fraternally , CHARLES J . PERCEVAL .
7 b the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As you were kind enough to publish a letter of mine on the 10 th ult ., which has caused a considerable amount of discussion in your columns and elsewhere , perhaps a few words in reply to my various critics will not be out of place . H . L . objects to the Committee of the
Association determining the choice of candidates , stating that it is an " election within an election . " The case is not so at all . As London subscribes as much as all the provinces , we certainly are entitled to half the vacancies ( provided that we have suitable candidates ) . For instance , at the next election for Girls and Boys , there are three , perhaps four , vacancies for the former , and eleven for the
latter , consequently the Committee of the L . M . C . A . cetermine to run two London Candidates for the Girls' School , and six London Candidates for the Boys' School . Now there are fight London cases for the Girls' , and sixteen London cases for the Boys ' , and the problem is which of the cases we shall support at the next elections . We find that only three of the London cases for the Boys' School are last applications , and their cases on enquiry proving
Original Correspondence.
satisfactory , we put them first on our list . We then take the three last applications but one , and their claims also , in our opinion , being satisfactory , we place them next . As regards the Girls' List , our hands are unfettered by any last applications , and we pick out what we consider the two most pressing cases . Now , the remaining six girls' cases , anil ten boys' cases we shall deal with at the next election ,
in April , and if we do not then clear them all off , we shall continue to support them until elected , for it is very rare that an undesirable case is passed by the Committees of our three Masonic Charities . The great failing in London is , th \ t a large number of votes are frequently polled for a London Candidate more than is necessary , as it does not matter when the
child is elected whether it is the top , middle , or bottom of the poll . This will be one of our tasks , to endeavour to equalize the number of votes polled for the London candidates , so that no London votes may be lost , as it is a mere matter of figures to find out the minimum number of votes required by a candidate to be elected . Another , and most serious pjint , now that the provinces have nearly
universally adopted the Charity Committee system , is that where a Lcndon brother gives his votes in favour of a very urgent provincial case , perhaps at the very next election , when he asks for a vote for a very urgent London case , he is told that the votes are all sent in blank to the Provincial Charity Committee , who arc possibly , nay , probably , supporting a not at all itrong case , as shown
by the following extract from a letter lately received by me : " Only this week , " a P . M . of my lodge writes me that he cannot assist me in the case of a little girl , daughter of a deceased member of our mother lodge— " having two cases in his province "—so you see the claims of his mother lodge fade before the orders of the Provincial Charity Committee . I sincerely hope with A . E . G .
" that candidates for admissii n to our schools , " who have perfectly " legitimate claims on our consideration , appearing at four , five , and six consecutive elections , and finally becoming ineligible on the score of age , " may cease to exist . It will be the most earnest endeavour of the Committee to attain that end . From the tenor of H . L ' s . second Utter of the 3 ist inst .,
it is evident that he mistakes the objects of the Association , viz . : 1 st . " To further the interests of the candidates in the London District , " by accumulating votes so as to get the London cases elected , without the poor widows and orphans denying themselves of the common necessaries of life in order to pay for the very heavy expenses of getting their
sons , daughters , brothers , and sisters elected under the present system ; and , secondly , " the support of the London Masonic Charities , " as it is a well-known fact that the establishment of the Provincial Charity Committees has caused a very large amount of money to be subscribed , which otherwise , very probably , would not have been ; as when an association of this
character is formed they are very jealous of keeping up and extending their voting power , which is only to be obtained by giving more money to the charities . The second put of " H . L . ' s" letter proves that he is gradually coming to our way of thinking , for he there points out another grave blot , viz ., brethren putting their names on moie than one candidate ' s list ; and as for the lodges securing a candidate ' s election , a perusal of the book of
subscribers will tasily prove that , with the exceptiun of a score of London ledges , I am sorry to say that the members are too fond of the Fourth Degree to leave much for charity . Now a combination of London lodges might , and probably would , be successful , but would soon be haled before the Board of General Purposes , as I daresay "ILL . " very well knows . Yours truly and fraternally , A . TISLEY .
To the Editor of the " Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — It is very evident that some of your correspondents do not even yet comprehend the objects of this Association , or the means by which these objects are to be obtained . "D . D . " who appears , ( in your last number ) , to be
ignorant that the London Masonic Charity Association is already " un fait accompli , " gives the Association a very false character , and then heartily condemns it for faults which exist only in his own imagination . After calling us " unmasonic" and " childish , " and drawing for us " a hard and fast line , " which wc have not drawn for ourselves , he asks "If London is entitled to
have 130 or 140 boys at Wood Green , and can only for the present supply too , arc the vacancies to be left rather than fill them up with country candidates ? " To answer this in the affirmative would be very " unmasonic , " but what an absurd suggestion ! Does " D . D . " not know that the school is under the control of a committee , who periodically count the
vacancies , and decide , ( quite independently of the London Masonic Charity Association ) , how many boys shall be admitted , and that if London supplied no candidates , the provinces would , as a matter of course , be at liberty to fill all the vacancies ? and , I think , I may say with safety , that neither the Loneton Masonic Charity Association or any one in London would grudge them the privilege .
Were it ever to happen that at an election to either of the Institutions there were no London candidates , it would be manifestly the duty of the Association to lend whatever votes they might have at their disposal , but every individual member woulel be at liberty to assist which ever
provincial candidate he might choose . Again , "D . D . " ask =, " are brethren residing in London , who hold provincial rank , to keep a separate account of the proxies they obtain by subscribing to country Steward ' s lists , so that they may employ them , and them only , in supporting country cases ? "
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Personal Sympathy For Others.
on the subject , which we make no excuse in submitting to our readers . We have often thoug ht , for instance , how little we all know of each other in London , and " Night and Day , " Dr . Barnardo ' s often startling periodical , makes revelations for us , which seem to illustrate with
vivid , nay , with lurid light , the words which follow . " It is the misfortune of most large cities that , instead of union and sympathy , they consist of different ranks , so widely separated as , in fact , to form different communities . In most large cities , there may be said to be two nations :
understanding as little of one another , and having as little intercourse as if they lived in different lands . In such a city as London , the distance of a few streets only will bring a person from one state of civilization to another , from the excess of refinement to barbarism , from the
abodes of cultivated intellect to brutal ignorance , from what is called fashion to the grossest manners , and these distinct communities know comparatively little of each other . " We think these words are most true , and fitly precede these which we now transcribe . " There
are travellers from Great Britain who come to visit the American Indians , but who leave at home a community as essentially barbarous as that which they seek , who , perhaps , have spent all their lives in the midst of it , without giving it a thought . To these travellers , a hovel in one
of the suburbs which they have left , would be as strange a place , as the wigwam of our own forests . They know as little what thousands in their own city suffer , to what extremities thousands are reduced , by what arts thousands live , as they know of the modes of life in strange tribes . How much more useful lessons would
they learn , and how much holier feelings would be awakened in them , were they to penetrate the dens of want and crime , a few steps from their own door , than they gain from exploring a continent . " What is true of London is true of all great cities , New York most especially , but such a
fact may , indeed , for us all and to us all , " serve to point the moral , and adorn the tale : "— " Not a few grow up and die without understanding how others live and die around them , without having descended into the damp cellar where children and aged spend day and night , winter
and summer , or without scaling the upper room which contains within its narrow and naked walls half a dozen destitute families . They see the poor in the streets , but know nothing of their desolate homes . They travel , in books at least , to distant regions , among different nations , but
are strangers to the masses who speak their own tongue , and are joinsd with them , for weal or woe , in the same social state . This estrangement of men from men , of class from class , is one of the things which shows that the true bond of communities is as yet but imperfectly known . "
If such words be true , as true they undoubtedly are , they constitute a claim upon us all never to ignore the wants of our suffering humanity , but rather to seek , by all means , as well in Masonry as out , to do all we possibly can to relieve the
distress , and succour the needs , of a common suffering humanity . As Freemasons , we may well , nay , should always , seek to cultivate the pleasant and refreshing grace of personal sympathy for others .
The Grand Mastership Of Scotland.
THE GRAND MASTERSHIP OF SCOTLAND .
We are authorized to state that Bro . lnglis , of Torsonee , the Depute Grand Master Mason of Scotland , has declined to comply with the requisition signed by about 500 members of the Masonic Order to allow himself to bo nominated Grand Master .
London Masonic Charity Association.
LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION .
By an amusing blunder ( as if mistakes will never come right ) Bro , Chas . Atkinson was printed for Bro . Chas . Atkins , in our last communication respecting this association . By a misprint in the circular , Ethel Stone is said to be No . 14 , whereas it is No . 15 , and Emma
Eliza Williams , No . 29 , was described as Eliza Ann Williams . A Committee meeting was to be held on Fiiday to elict numbers and add to the Committee . TheAssociationisnow actively and earnestly engaged in furthering the interests of its selected candidates for the Boys' and Girls' School .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
(\ V < i elo not holel ourselves responsible for , or ee'en approe-ing of the opinions expressed by our corresponelents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free elescussion . l
LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION . "T HE PROGNOSTICATIONS OF H . L . " - To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , In your issue of the 14 th ult ., I find a letter from " H . L ., " commencing with the above portentous words of augury ; I accordingly referred to a few of the later issues
of the Freemason , and sought for the voice of prophecy by H . L ., but found only the envious croaking of the raven , foretelling non success to a scheme evidently beyond his comprehension . I looked for the brotherly suggestion of carefully thought-out and well-considered arguments , but could only read the pointless verbiage of an unintelligible objection . I expected the urbane courtesy of doubt , but
met the unwarrantable egotism of self-sufficiency in the manner in which he re-asserts that the association against which he is railing is an offshoot of the Charity Organization Society . So much for what concerns me , as one of the promoters , and a member of the L . M . C . A . I will now , with , your permission , defend myself from the
velvet-hidden scratch of the cat's claw . Docs H . L . measure my corn by his bushel ? When he states that 1 must either forfeit my written promise of support to the case I have publicly taken up and worked for , or repudiate the principles of the scheme I have also publicly put my name to , if so , he must only have half informed himself , or must be both short and weak sighted , in which case I will
gladly lend him a pair of glasses , whose lens shall be strong enough , I trust , to open the eyes of his mind and others , if any , (?) equally afflicted . At the time this association was started , many brethren had alreaely promised their support to individual cases , yet although they highly approved of and saw the necessity for united action on the part of the Metropolitan Lodges to
secure the commensurate representation of London in the Masonic Charities , and accordingly gave us their influential support to the movement , still there was never a question but that those of its members whose votes were previously engaged were bound in honour , not only as men , but doubly s > as Masons , to sec their respective cases to a successful issue if possible , nay , more , so completely
unfettered are our members , that though expected not to stultify themselves by refusing from mere caprice to uphold the cause they have taken in hand , yet should they elect to support any case not recommcneled by the committee , they are perfectly free " to do so . This was distinctly laid down by Bro . Lieut . Col , Creaton , at the first regular meeting , on the 1 sth ult .: " No doubt the members
of the association woulel send their votes , but the association must not say they must pledge themselves . " By Bro . Lacey , " The very fact of a brother volunteering to become a member would be a guarantee for his throwing in what influence he had . " By Bro . Newton , " Did not s : e that it was Bro . Lacey ' s intention that a brother should pledge himself to give his votes to the association , and these
were answers to a suggestion from Bro . South wood , " That every member of the association by virtue of his membership pledges himself to place his Metropolitan Masonic Charity ' s votes at the disposal of the committee " ( vide Freemason , August 24 th ) . I trust that Bro . H . L . can now sec that , though placed on the horns of his imaginary dilemma , I can , without
repudiation of my principles , support the "Meta Bell Brasier " case , which I still consider the most deserving on the list . If H . L . has any experience in these matters at all , he must know full well that his idea of each London Lodge , working as a province , is , however good in theory , impossible in practice , and I do think that when a few of the
working bees of the London hives are willing , and do devote themselves and a considerable portion of their time , bring all their energies and past experience to bear in a matter , the importance of which not one of its opponents can gainsay , and which requires great reform , to render it just ; I do think that brethren , unless they can suggest any
rational amendment or improvement , should wait for the result of that which they cither could not or would not conceive for themselves , and are now incapable of amending , before they venture to prognosticate failure , or do all in their power to prove it an abortion . Yours fraternally , CHARLES J . PERCEVAL .
7 b the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As you were kind enough to publish a letter of mine on the 10 th ult ., which has caused a considerable amount of discussion in your columns and elsewhere , perhaps a few words in reply to my various critics will not be out of place . H . L . objects to the Committee of the
Association determining the choice of candidates , stating that it is an " election within an election . " The case is not so at all . As London subscribes as much as all the provinces , we certainly are entitled to half the vacancies ( provided that we have suitable candidates ) . For instance , at the next election for Girls and Boys , there are three , perhaps four , vacancies for the former , and eleven for the
latter , consequently the Committee of the L . M . C . A . cetermine to run two London Candidates for the Girls' School , and six London Candidates for the Boys' School . Now there are fight London cases for the Girls' , and sixteen London cases for the Boys ' , and the problem is which of the cases we shall support at the next elections . We find that only three of the London cases for the Boys' School are last applications , and their cases on enquiry proving
Original Correspondence.
satisfactory , we put them first on our list . We then take the three last applications but one , and their claims also , in our opinion , being satisfactory , we place them next . As regards the Girls' List , our hands are unfettered by any last applications , and we pick out what we consider the two most pressing cases . Now , the remaining six girls' cases , anil ten boys' cases we shall deal with at the next election ,
in April , and if we do not then clear them all off , we shall continue to support them until elected , for it is very rare that an undesirable case is passed by the Committees of our three Masonic Charities . The great failing in London is , th \ t a large number of votes are frequently polled for a London Candidate more than is necessary , as it does not matter when the
child is elected whether it is the top , middle , or bottom of the poll . This will be one of our tasks , to endeavour to equalize the number of votes polled for the London candidates , so that no London votes may be lost , as it is a mere matter of figures to find out the minimum number of votes required by a candidate to be elected . Another , and most serious pjint , now that the provinces have nearly
universally adopted the Charity Committee system , is that where a Lcndon brother gives his votes in favour of a very urgent provincial case , perhaps at the very next election , when he asks for a vote for a very urgent London case , he is told that the votes are all sent in blank to the Provincial Charity Committee , who arc possibly , nay , probably , supporting a not at all itrong case , as shown
by the following extract from a letter lately received by me : " Only this week , " a P . M . of my lodge writes me that he cannot assist me in the case of a little girl , daughter of a deceased member of our mother lodge— " having two cases in his province "—so you see the claims of his mother lodge fade before the orders of the Provincial Charity Committee . I sincerely hope with A . E . G .
" that candidates for admissii n to our schools , " who have perfectly " legitimate claims on our consideration , appearing at four , five , and six consecutive elections , and finally becoming ineligible on the score of age , " may cease to exist . It will be the most earnest endeavour of the Committee to attain that end . From the tenor of H . L ' s . second Utter of the 3 ist inst .,
it is evident that he mistakes the objects of the Association , viz . : 1 st . " To further the interests of the candidates in the London District , " by accumulating votes so as to get the London cases elected , without the poor widows and orphans denying themselves of the common necessaries of life in order to pay for the very heavy expenses of getting their
sons , daughters , brothers , and sisters elected under the present system ; and , secondly , " the support of the London Masonic Charities , " as it is a well-known fact that the establishment of the Provincial Charity Committees has caused a very large amount of money to be subscribed , which otherwise , very probably , would not have been ; as when an association of this
character is formed they are very jealous of keeping up and extending their voting power , which is only to be obtained by giving more money to the charities . The second put of " H . L . ' s" letter proves that he is gradually coming to our way of thinking , for he there points out another grave blot , viz ., brethren putting their names on moie than one candidate ' s list ; and as for the lodges securing a candidate ' s election , a perusal of the book of
subscribers will tasily prove that , with the exceptiun of a score of London ledges , I am sorry to say that the members are too fond of the Fourth Degree to leave much for charity . Now a combination of London lodges might , and probably would , be successful , but would soon be haled before the Board of General Purposes , as I daresay "ILL . " very well knows . Yours truly and fraternally , A . TISLEY .
To the Editor of the " Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — It is very evident that some of your correspondents do not even yet comprehend the objects of this Association , or the means by which these objects are to be obtained . "D . D . " who appears , ( in your last number ) , to be
ignorant that the London Masonic Charity Association is already " un fait accompli , " gives the Association a very false character , and then heartily condemns it for faults which exist only in his own imagination . After calling us " unmasonic" and " childish , " and drawing for us " a hard and fast line , " which wc have not drawn for ourselves , he asks "If London is entitled to
have 130 or 140 boys at Wood Green , and can only for the present supply too , arc the vacancies to be left rather than fill them up with country candidates ? " To answer this in the affirmative would be very " unmasonic , " but what an absurd suggestion ! Does " D . D . " not know that the school is under the control of a committee , who periodically count the
vacancies , and decide , ( quite independently of the London Masonic Charity Association ) , how many boys shall be admitted , and that if London supplied no candidates , the provinces would , as a matter of course , be at liberty to fill all the vacancies ? and , I think , I may say with safety , that neither the Loneton Masonic Charity Association or any one in London would grudge them the privilege .
Were it ever to happen that at an election to either of the Institutions there were no London candidates , it would be manifestly the duty of the Association to lend whatever votes they might have at their disposal , but every individual member woulel be at liberty to assist which ever
provincial candidate he might choose . Again , "D . D . " ask =, " are brethren residing in London , who hold provincial rank , to keep a separate account of the proxies they obtain by subscribing to country Steward ' s lists , so that they may employ them , and them only , in supporting country cases ? "