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Lodges In The West And South, Canada, Malta, Trinidad-Our Duty.
LODGES IN THE WEST AND SOUTH , CANADA , MALTA , TEINIDAD . —OUR DUTY ,
Ik our preceding number we drew attention to the address of our Canadian Brethren to the Grand Lodge of England , embodying the reasons of their severance . We now return to this painful topic , and whilst a host of correspondents has given us ample proof that
the spirit of Freemasonry yet lives , and breathes an earnest sympathy with our transatlantic members , we think it our duty to inform the Craft that , from accounts newly received from other quarters , not only the union , but the very liberty and almost the existence of the Order is threatened . It is a melancholy office to receive , now that the evil is done in great measure , promises from active resolvents , ex post facto watchmen , who are all pulling at the door of the stable , where the horse used to stand . Of course if those who wish to stay the
future baneful effects of Grand Lodge ' s apathy and incompetency be sincere , we shall afford them in this paper ample incentive for their most vigilant and earnest exertion since it will appear not only that the Canadas are lost to us , but that the grossest persecutions are allowed to occur against our Brethren in Trinidad and Malta , which we fearlessly assert would at once be checked by an energetic action upon the part of the Masons here . "We don't hold out much hope
of anything being done by the Grand Lodge of England , in its present state , towards any amelioration of our foreign Brethren , or the maintenance of its own respect . That somnolent body has already lost its prerogative over Canada , and , like the electric eel , possesses the power of benumbing every object within its scope , whilst dragging on in its congealed veins a torpid semi-existence . Like Dante's Inferno ,
"hope comes not" there ; and whilst Masons allow such a gross contravention as the present of all recognised constitution to exist in the appointment of their Supreme Body , they deserve no better state VOL . II . 2 H
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Lodges In The West And South, Canada, Malta, Trinidad-Our Duty.
LODGES IN THE WEST AND SOUTH , CANADA , MALTA , TEINIDAD . —OUR DUTY ,
Ik our preceding number we drew attention to the address of our Canadian Brethren to the Grand Lodge of England , embodying the reasons of their severance . We now return to this painful topic , and whilst a host of correspondents has given us ample proof that
the spirit of Freemasonry yet lives , and breathes an earnest sympathy with our transatlantic members , we think it our duty to inform the Craft that , from accounts newly received from other quarters , not only the union , but the very liberty and almost the existence of the Order is threatened . It is a melancholy office to receive , now that the evil is done in great measure , promises from active resolvents , ex post facto watchmen , who are all pulling at the door of the stable , where the horse used to stand . Of course if those who wish to stay the
future baneful effects of Grand Lodge ' s apathy and incompetency be sincere , we shall afford them in this paper ample incentive for their most vigilant and earnest exertion since it will appear not only that the Canadas are lost to us , but that the grossest persecutions are allowed to occur against our Brethren in Trinidad and Malta , which we fearlessly assert would at once be checked by an energetic action upon the part of the Masons here . "We don't hold out much hope
of anything being done by the Grand Lodge of England , in its present state , towards any amelioration of our foreign Brethren , or the maintenance of its own respect . That somnolent body has already lost its prerogative over Canada , and , like the electric eel , possesses the power of benumbing every object within its scope , whilst dragging on in its congealed veins a torpid semi-existence . Like Dante's Inferno ,
"hope comes not" there ; and whilst Masons allow such a gross contravention as the present of all recognised constitution to exist in the appointment of their Supreme Body , they deserve no better state VOL . II . 2 H