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. 4 . sequel is soon told . This Brother is for ever shut out from all honours in the Province in . which he resides , for doing his duty . Now one would suppose that justice ought to be meted out as fairly to one person as another ; and yet a short time ago a dispensation was applied for by the Chapter attached to the Lodge of which the Prov . G . M . is a member , to place the third principal in the first chair and the P . S . in the second chair , and it was immediately granted ; and this very
year , in the Chapter to which this Brother belongs about whom I write , the P . G . Superintendent granted a dispensation , contrary to the K . A ., regulations , to place a companion in the third chair who had served no qualifying office whatever . These , and many more things of the same class , I could enumerate , for they are undeniable facts , and one almost blushes to think that Masonry can be so prostituted ; and I am prepared with evidence to prove all and much more than I have written . I was therefore pleased at reading the letter of P . W . in your last
Magazine , advocating the appointment of new G . M . ' s . and Prov . G-. M . ' s triennially . It would be the greatest boon which could be conferred on the Craft . Our ancient records inform us that a new G . M . was appointed nearly every year , and I see no reason why this ancient landmark should not be restored . At present Masonry does not stand forth before the world in her proper light , for cliques and cliqwism now obscure her brightness . Masons ought to be really united possessing , as it were , but one feeling in common , and practising towards each other
brotherly love and friendship . Doubtless the Brother I allude to could make a formal complaint to the Board of General Purposes of the unconstitutional conduct of his Prov . G . M . and Prov . Grand Superintendent ; but to what motive would Vindex and many others attribute his conduct ?—disappointed ambition . His best policy is therefore to remain quiet and bide his time , and not subject himself to the same probable fate as that which befell a member of his Lodge , our late lamented Bro . Dr . Crucifix .
I will now conclude with a remark this Brother made a few days ago . <( If I had been a sycophant or a time-serving parasite , I should ere this have held a very high provincial rank ; but I am now reaping the reward of having done my duty , and . that reward is , I am sorry to say , injustice and oppression . Never
mind ; I will only strive more and more to propagate the tenets of the Order , for I have the satisfactory testimony of a clear conscience in the matter , and the inward conviction that I have done my duty . " This tale tells its own moral , and needs no further remark ; but cannot such a state of things be altered ?—Believe me , ^ Fraternally yours February lith , 1856 . Justitia .
The Boys' School.
THE BOYS' SCHOOL .
TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —In the presence of a great undertaking , it becomes every one interested in its success to suggest such means as to him appear the most certain of obtaining the desired object . The necessity of erecting schools for the sons of deceased or indigent Freemasons has , within the last few weeks , been presented most distinctly to our notice , —the esteemed Earl of Yarborough taking the lead in this , * as he ever does in all movements calculated to benefit the Craft .
That necessity , immediately recognised by every Brother , will still continue to exist from want of the necessary funds . I propose to meet it by a plan which will attain the desired end , and redound more to the credit of the Brethren than any other course , inasmuch as the Boys ' School would then not only be an evidence of our charity , but also of a sister
virtue equally rare ; viz . —Self denial . I propose , sir , that our Brethren in all Masonic Lodges shall discontinue their banquets for the space of one year , devoting the money so reserved to the construction and endowment of the aforesaid school . When it is asked in Lodge whether any Brother has aught to propose for the
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. 4 . sequel is soon told . This Brother is for ever shut out from all honours in the Province in . which he resides , for doing his duty . Now one would suppose that justice ought to be meted out as fairly to one person as another ; and yet a short time ago a dispensation was applied for by the Chapter attached to the Lodge of which the Prov . G . M . is a member , to place the third principal in the first chair and the P . S . in the second chair , and it was immediately granted ; and this very
year , in the Chapter to which this Brother belongs about whom I write , the P . G . Superintendent granted a dispensation , contrary to the K . A ., regulations , to place a companion in the third chair who had served no qualifying office whatever . These , and many more things of the same class , I could enumerate , for they are undeniable facts , and one almost blushes to think that Masonry can be so prostituted ; and I am prepared with evidence to prove all and much more than I have written . I was therefore pleased at reading the letter of P . W . in your last
Magazine , advocating the appointment of new G . M . ' s . and Prov . G-. M . ' s triennially . It would be the greatest boon which could be conferred on the Craft . Our ancient records inform us that a new G . M . was appointed nearly every year , and I see no reason why this ancient landmark should not be restored . At present Masonry does not stand forth before the world in her proper light , for cliques and cliqwism now obscure her brightness . Masons ought to be really united possessing , as it were , but one feeling in common , and practising towards each other
brotherly love and friendship . Doubtless the Brother I allude to could make a formal complaint to the Board of General Purposes of the unconstitutional conduct of his Prov . G . M . and Prov . Grand Superintendent ; but to what motive would Vindex and many others attribute his conduct ?—disappointed ambition . His best policy is therefore to remain quiet and bide his time , and not subject himself to the same probable fate as that which befell a member of his Lodge , our late lamented Bro . Dr . Crucifix .
I will now conclude with a remark this Brother made a few days ago . <( If I had been a sycophant or a time-serving parasite , I should ere this have held a very high provincial rank ; but I am now reaping the reward of having done my duty , and . that reward is , I am sorry to say , injustice and oppression . Never
mind ; I will only strive more and more to propagate the tenets of the Order , for I have the satisfactory testimony of a clear conscience in the matter , and the inward conviction that I have done my duty . " This tale tells its own moral , and needs no further remark ; but cannot such a state of things be altered ?—Believe me , ^ Fraternally yours February lith , 1856 . Justitia .
The Boys' School.
THE BOYS' SCHOOL .
TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —In the presence of a great undertaking , it becomes every one interested in its success to suggest such means as to him appear the most certain of obtaining the desired object . The necessity of erecting schools for the sons of deceased or indigent Freemasons has , within the last few weeks , been presented most distinctly to our notice , —the esteemed Earl of Yarborough taking the lead in this , * as he ever does in all movements calculated to benefit the Craft .
That necessity , immediately recognised by every Brother , will still continue to exist from want of the necessary funds . I propose to meet it by a plan which will attain the desired end , and redound more to the credit of the Brethren than any other course , inasmuch as the Boys ' School would then not only be an evidence of our charity , but also of a sister
virtue equally rare ; viz . —Self denial . I propose , sir , that our Brethren in all Masonic Lodges shall discontinue their banquets for the space of one year , devoting the money so reserved to the construction and endowment of the aforesaid school . When it is asked in Lodge whether any Brother has aught to propose for the