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mously passed , calling a meeting of Delegates from all Canadian Lodges to be held in the City of Hamilton , on the 10 th of October , to consider the expediency of establishing a Grand Lodge of Canada .
In conformity with that resolution , and in pursuance of a summons issued to all the Lodges in Canada , the representatives of forty-one Lodges , hailing from the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland , assembled at the Masonic Hall , in the City of Hamilton ,
on the 10 th of October , A . L ., 5855 . Very Worshipful Brother the Bev . E . J . Lundy , D . C . L ., Provincial Grand * Chaplain of Upper Canada , and Worshipful Master of the Union Lodge , Grimsby , No . 494 , E . E ., was called upon to officiate as Chaplain during the session of the Convention . The Convention having been inaugurated by solemn prayer ,
Yery Worshipful Brother C . Magill , Past Junior Grand Warden of Upper Canada , and Worshipful Master of the Barton Lodge , Hamilton , No . 733 , R . E ., and Mayor of the City , was called upon to preside , and Yery Worshipful Brother T . B . Harris , Past Master of St . John ' s Lodge , Hamilton , No . 231 , E . L , was requested to act as Secretary .
On the recommendation of a Committee appointed for the purpose , the rules and regulations for conducting public business , contained in the Book of Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of England , were , mutatis mutandis , unanimously adopted for the government of the Convention .
The objects for which the Convention was called were introduced with explanatory observations by the Chairman , who invited the Brethren present to express their views on the subject before the meeting freely and at length . The Convention was addressed by many of the Brethren , and the several points of alleged grievance were very fully considered and discussed .
In the course of the debate it was urged , that , however willing the Grand Lodge of England might be to concede all the points embraced in the petitions of the Provincial Grand Lodge , the serious inconvenience arising from the distance ( near 4 , 000 miles ) between Great Britain and this province could not thus be avoided , whilst the
establishment of a Grand Lodge of Canada , in addition to remedying that inconvenience , would unite as one family the fraternity of the province , identify the interests , and assimilate the working of the various lodges , at present belonging to three distinct jurisdictions , and establish harmony throughout the Craft .
It was further urged that having a Grand Lodge m the province would afford the Lodges a convenience of communication which would greatly facilitate the business of the Craft—that the amount of dues that would be saved by having but one Grand Lodge to support would materially increase their benevolent resources—and that a Grand Lodge , with officers , annually elective by the Masons of Canada , would secure due attention to the interests of the Frater-
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mously passed , calling a meeting of Delegates from all Canadian Lodges to be held in the City of Hamilton , on the 10 th of October , to consider the expediency of establishing a Grand Lodge of Canada .
In conformity with that resolution , and in pursuance of a summons issued to all the Lodges in Canada , the representatives of forty-one Lodges , hailing from the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland , assembled at the Masonic Hall , in the City of Hamilton ,
on the 10 th of October , A . L ., 5855 . Very Worshipful Brother the Bev . E . J . Lundy , D . C . L ., Provincial Grand * Chaplain of Upper Canada , and Worshipful Master of the Union Lodge , Grimsby , No . 494 , E . E ., was called upon to officiate as Chaplain during the session of the Convention . The Convention having been inaugurated by solemn prayer ,
Yery Worshipful Brother C . Magill , Past Junior Grand Warden of Upper Canada , and Worshipful Master of the Barton Lodge , Hamilton , No . 733 , R . E ., and Mayor of the City , was called upon to preside , and Yery Worshipful Brother T . B . Harris , Past Master of St . John ' s Lodge , Hamilton , No . 231 , E . L , was requested to act as Secretary .
On the recommendation of a Committee appointed for the purpose , the rules and regulations for conducting public business , contained in the Book of Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of England , were , mutatis mutandis , unanimously adopted for the government of the Convention .
The objects for which the Convention was called were introduced with explanatory observations by the Chairman , who invited the Brethren present to express their views on the subject before the meeting freely and at length . The Convention was addressed by many of the Brethren , and the several points of alleged grievance were very fully considered and discussed .
In the course of the debate it was urged , that , however willing the Grand Lodge of England might be to concede all the points embraced in the petitions of the Provincial Grand Lodge , the serious inconvenience arising from the distance ( near 4 , 000 miles ) between Great Britain and this province could not thus be avoided , whilst the
establishment of a Grand Lodge of Canada , in addition to remedying that inconvenience , would unite as one family the fraternity of the province , identify the interests , and assimilate the working of the various lodges , at present belonging to three distinct jurisdictions , and establish harmony throughout the Craft .
It was further urged that having a Grand Lodge m the province would afford the Lodges a convenience of communication which would greatly facilitate the business of the Craft—that the amount of dues that would be saved by having but one Grand Lodge to support would materially increase their benevolent resources—and that a Grand Lodge , with officers , annually elective by the Masons of Canada , would secure due attention to the interests of the Frater-