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Monthly Masonic Summary.
Monthly Masonic Summary .
SINCE our last Month ' s Summary , we have to deplore the death of the Duke of Leinster , G . M . of Irish Freemasonry . He had ruled over the Craft for sixtyone years , we believe , with
unprecedented harmony and success . The geniality of his temperament and the courtesy of his manner made him many friends , and few rulers have deserved so well of the Order for his consistent
kindness and toleration . The Irish Grand Lodge has elected as his successor the present popular Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , the Duke of Abereorn . It is a most wise and
opportune choice , as few persons , either hy position or ability , by a kindly disposition , and by a pleasant presence , are more likely to uphold the dignity of the Irish Grand Lodge , or to
maintain its true interests , than our noble brother . Indeed , we do not know where the Irish Freemasons could have found a more fitting occupant of the Grand Master ' s chair than in so distinguished
a statesman , and so popular a nobleman . We wish him and the Irish Grand Lod ge all prosperity , We trust , too , that with a new regime , and with a new year , the Irish Grand Lod ge will relax a little of its strictness
as regards publication , which , as it is now maintained , passes often into the ridiculous . The Irish Grand Lodge will not allow or grant any authorised record of
its proceedings ; and yet most minute reports appear in the Dublin non-Masonic journals , so that our contemporary , the freemason , is actually compelled to borrow from a non-Masonic
paper the report of the Irish Grand Lodge proceedings , which it is not permitted officially to receive or procure . We will hope for better things . At home we hear , on all sides of us , of new lodges , and fresh applications for lodges .
Abroad we notice the same amount of material progress . And yet there never was a time in the memory of this generation of Freemasons when our Order was so much
attacked as it is just now , both at home and abroad . We are told , top , that the Archbishop , if not Cardinal Manning , is about to issue another attack on Freemasonry
in the " Contemporary " for December , so that we shall look forward with some little interest to what our latest and not least distinguished antagonist may say of us . That it will not be
flattering we may fairly expect ; that it will be effective we do not believe . Free-L
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Masonic Summary.
Monthly Masonic Summary .
SINCE our last Month ' s Summary , we have to deplore the death of the Duke of Leinster , G . M . of Irish Freemasonry . He had ruled over the Craft for sixtyone years , we believe , with
unprecedented harmony and success . The geniality of his temperament and the courtesy of his manner made him many friends , and few rulers have deserved so well of the Order for his consistent
kindness and toleration . The Irish Grand Lodge has elected as his successor the present popular Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , the Duke of Abereorn . It is a most wise and
opportune choice , as few persons , either hy position or ability , by a kindly disposition , and by a pleasant presence , are more likely to uphold the dignity of the Irish Grand Lodge , or to
maintain its true interests , than our noble brother . Indeed , we do not know where the Irish Freemasons could have found a more fitting occupant of the Grand Master ' s chair than in so distinguished
a statesman , and so popular a nobleman . We wish him and the Irish Grand Lod ge all prosperity , We trust , too , that with a new regime , and with a new year , the Irish Grand Lod ge will relax a little of its strictness
as regards publication , which , as it is now maintained , passes often into the ridiculous . The Irish Grand Lodge will not allow or grant any authorised record of
its proceedings ; and yet most minute reports appear in the Dublin non-Masonic journals , so that our contemporary , the freemason , is actually compelled to borrow from a non-Masonic
paper the report of the Irish Grand Lodge proceedings , which it is not permitted officially to receive or procure . We will hope for better things . At home we hear , on all sides of us , of new lodges , and fresh applications for lodges .
Abroad we notice the same amount of material progress . And yet there never was a time in the memory of this generation of Freemasons when our Order was so much
attacked as it is just now , both at home and abroad . We are told , top , that the Archbishop , if not Cardinal Manning , is about to issue another attack on Freemasonry
in the " Contemporary " for December , so that we shall look forward with some little interest to what our latest and not least distinguished antagonist may say of us . That it will not be
flattering we may fairly expect ; that it will be effective we do not believe . Free-L