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The Masonic Miiror,
hear . ) No person can sympathize more deeply than I do with any person persecuted for his opinions . ( Loud applause . ) Any man persecuted for conscientiously adhering to an opinion is worthy of the sympathies of all good men ; and if a Mason is persecuted for being a Mason , he is not only deserving of our sympathy , but the persons who persecute him are guilty of a great crime . ( Loud cheers . ) But it is one thing to see suffering and sympathize with it , and it is a totally different thing to attempt to relieve a man ' s sorrows by remonstrating with his
persecutors . If we have authority over the persecutor , let us put an end to the persecution ; but if we have not , the persecutor will no more turn from his course than the Thames at Richmond—( hear , hear , and laughter ) - —except at tide time . ( Renewed laughter . ) In this case , however , our interference with the persecutors would only make their persecutions worse . It is proposed to declare to the world what are the principles on which the Craft is founded . That is unnecessary ,
as all the world knows what our principles are . ( Hear . ) The Romish priests have access to our deepest and most sacred secrets [ by means of the confessional ] . Don't tell me , Brethren , that we require to inform the Roman Catholic priesthood on this subject . ( Hear . ) The noble Brother concluded by protesting against the resolution , as calculated to give the persecutors the opportunity of offering a direct and open insult to Grand Lodge ; and he begged Grand Lodge not to allow itself to be drawn into the false position into which this motion would inevitably lead . it . .
Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon : One word before this question is put . ( Loud cries of " Divide , divide . " ) I for one cannot acquiesce in any mere cold formal expression of sympathy . ( Cheers . ) I have been accused of having brought for ward a motion which was insufficient ; why , then , was I not anticipated by an adequate _ ~ . ~ - «~ ~ ~ Z 4-Z ^ n -fV . ^ -.-v-. + "U V-w / 3 .-.-1 n 9 / A nnlnncin *\ -r \ A (( TWtitAcl A 1171 A d ' \ T I tiri I I MW T » JT » proposition from the dais ? ( Alauseand "Dividedivide' ) will no
, pp , , . say more , as Grand Lodge is impatient , and the hour is late . I wilt leave with you the onus of accepting or rejecting this , the only motion which has ever been made to afford solace to our Brethren abroad . ( Hear , hear , and loud calls for a division . ) The question was then put and negatived without a division .
FUND OF BENEVOLENCE . Bro . George Barratt moved , " That instruction be given to the Board of General Purposes to report the present income of the Eund of Benevolence , and to recommend how the surplus may be usefully and legally applied . " He thought the
money might be much more usefully applied than in giving casual relief . Bro . Aldrich seconded the motion . Bro . Dobie opposed the motion on the ground that the money was in their hands for the purposes of charity , and could not legally be otherwise disposed of . Why the distribution of the fund should be taken away from them and given to others he could not see . Bro . John Savage also opposed the motion , which was then put and lost .
VISITATION OE PETITIONEES . Bro . John Ilervey moved , "At page 93 , < Book of Constitutions' ( Edition 1855 ) , Art . 0 , line 15 , to insert after the word * shall / the following words : ' Visit the petitioner , at his own residence , and afterwards . '" Sometimes this question was settled one way and sometimes another ; what he wanted was to decide the matter . Bro . John Savage seconded the motion ., which was put and carried .
THE ADJOURNMENT OE GRAND LODGE . Bro . James Mason , B . M . No . 168 , moved , " Any meeting of the Grand Lodge may , by a resolution of a majority of the members present at such meeting , and on a motion , of which no previous notice need be given , be adjourned from time to time for the discussion of and adjudication on any motion or other matter respecting which due communication shall-have been previously made to the TOIj . III . 2 D
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The Masonic Miiror,
hear . ) No person can sympathize more deeply than I do with any person persecuted for his opinions . ( Loud applause . ) Any man persecuted for conscientiously adhering to an opinion is worthy of the sympathies of all good men ; and if a Mason is persecuted for being a Mason , he is not only deserving of our sympathy , but the persons who persecute him are guilty of a great crime . ( Loud cheers . ) But it is one thing to see suffering and sympathize with it , and it is a totally different thing to attempt to relieve a man ' s sorrows by remonstrating with his
persecutors . If we have authority over the persecutor , let us put an end to the persecution ; but if we have not , the persecutor will no more turn from his course than the Thames at Richmond—( hear , hear , and laughter ) - —except at tide time . ( Renewed laughter . ) In this case , however , our interference with the persecutors would only make their persecutions worse . It is proposed to declare to the world what are the principles on which the Craft is founded . That is unnecessary ,
as all the world knows what our principles are . ( Hear . ) The Romish priests have access to our deepest and most sacred secrets [ by means of the confessional ] . Don't tell me , Brethren , that we require to inform the Roman Catholic priesthood on this subject . ( Hear . ) The noble Brother concluded by protesting against the resolution , as calculated to give the persecutors the opportunity of offering a direct and open insult to Grand Lodge ; and he begged Grand Lodge not to allow itself to be drawn into the false position into which this motion would inevitably lead . it . .
Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon : One word before this question is put . ( Loud cries of " Divide , divide . " ) I for one cannot acquiesce in any mere cold formal expression of sympathy . ( Cheers . ) I have been accused of having brought for ward a motion which was insufficient ; why , then , was I not anticipated by an adequate _ ~ . ~ - «~ ~ ~ Z 4-Z ^ n -fV . ^ -.-v-. + "U V-w / 3 .-.-1 n 9 / A nnlnncin *\ -r \ A (( TWtitAcl A 1171 A d ' \ T I tiri I I MW T » JT » proposition from the dais ? ( Alauseand "Dividedivide' ) will no
, pp , , . say more , as Grand Lodge is impatient , and the hour is late . I wilt leave with you the onus of accepting or rejecting this , the only motion which has ever been made to afford solace to our Brethren abroad . ( Hear , hear , and loud calls for a division . ) The question was then put and negatived without a division .
FUND OF BENEVOLENCE . Bro . George Barratt moved , " That instruction be given to the Board of General Purposes to report the present income of the Eund of Benevolence , and to recommend how the surplus may be usefully and legally applied . " He thought the
money might be much more usefully applied than in giving casual relief . Bro . Aldrich seconded the motion . Bro . Dobie opposed the motion on the ground that the money was in their hands for the purposes of charity , and could not legally be otherwise disposed of . Why the distribution of the fund should be taken away from them and given to others he could not see . Bro . John Savage also opposed the motion , which was then put and lost .
VISITATION OE PETITIONEES . Bro . John Ilervey moved , "At page 93 , < Book of Constitutions' ( Edition 1855 ) , Art . 0 , line 15 , to insert after the word * shall / the following words : ' Visit the petitioner , at his own residence , and afterwards . '" Sometimes this question was settled one way and sometimes another ; what he wanted was to decide the matter . Bro . John Savage seconded the motion ., which was put and carried .
THE ADJOURNMENT OE GRAND LODGE . Bro . James Mason , B . M . No . 168 , moved , " Any meeting of the Grand Lodge may , by a resolution of a majority of the members present at such meeting , and on a motion , of which no previous notice need be given , be adjourned from time to time for the discussion of and adjudication on any motion or other matter respecting which due communication shall-have been previously made to the TOIj . III . 2 D