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until the husiness of t ^ evening had terminated ; when I w ^ as told that Bro Wilkinson had presented himself ,, but & his Lodge having joined the Grand Mark Lodge , the Brother who represented me on that oecasion > Bro . H conscientious Ma . son does not exist ) , did not feel justified in admitting him . Jfow , I would ask any impartial Brot ^^ nate state of things ? Is it not derogatory t ^ ^^ not
calculated to breed dissension and ill feeU ^ progress and consolidation of the degree ? Does it not call upon its to unite , that vre may by union strengthen that chain of brotherly love ^^ ^ w ^ naturally he weakened by circumstances such as that I have mentioned V Fully impressed witli the importance of this subjec ? ty I have penned these few hurried lines hi the hope that a members of the degree , sonie may be found who , H is high time our differences were aojusted , and who are also willing to adopt the most easy and honourable nieans for their ae ^ V
To Lord Leigh I consider unqualified praise is due for th and conciliatoi'y spirit in which he stepped forward to offer us the right hand of unity and good fellowship ; and I therefore think it now behoves us in the same spirit to bestirourselves for t ^ that by these means we shall best consolidate this heautiful ^ thereby illustrate the old adage ^ Unity is strength . ''
Trusting these few lines may call forth some practicable suggestions , I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , -HenrvA . Isaacs , ; ... R . W . M . Arnott Lodge of Mark Masters , 11 , City Terrace , City Road . No . 4 G . C . Scotland .
The Late Sir William Follett ' s Opinion of the Crakt . —The future attorney-general had been for many months called to the bar when we again met . This was early in 1826 . He then spoke calmly but feelingly of the professional jealousy which existed amongst those to whom he . was now affiliated . " Players' rivalry , " said he , "is a joke to it . You can have no conception of its extent or strength unless you yourself belong to the profession . " He then reverted to past scenes and mutual friends ; and , in the course of conversation , I inferred , from a passing remark , that he had become a Mason . I asked him if
my conclusion were correct . "It is , " was his reply . "I was initiated at Cambridge . " Light had not then beamed upon myself ; and I expressed in scoffing terms my astonishment . "In your early struggles at the bar , " remarked he , with quiet earnestness , " you require something to reconcile you to your kind . You see so much of bitterness , and rivalry , and jealousy , and hatred , that you are thankful to call into active agency a system which creates in all its varieties kindly sympathy , cordial and wide-spread benevolence , and brotherly love . " " But
surely , " says I , " you don't go the length of asserting that Masonry does all this ?" ' ! And more ! The true Mason thinks no evil of his brother , and cherishes no designs against him . The system itself annihilates parties ; and , as to censoriousness and calumny , most salutary and stringent is the curb which , Masonic principle , duly carried out , applies to an unbridled tongue . " " Well , well , you cannot connect it with religion—you cannot , say or do as you will , affirm of it that
Masonry is a religious system . ' "By and by you will know better , " was his reply . "Now , I will only say this—that the Bible is never closed in a Mason ' s Lodge ; that Masons habitually use prayer in their Lodges , and , in point of fact , never assemble for any purpose without performing acts of religion . I gave you credit , " continued he with a smile , " for being more thoroughly emancipated from nursery trammels and slavish prejudice . "Stray Leaves from a Freemason ' s Note Book .
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until the husiness of t ^ evening had terminated ; when I w ^ as told that Bro Wilkinson had presented himself ,, but & his Lodge having joined the Grand Mark Lodge , the Brother who represented me on that oecasion > Bro . H conscientious Ma . son does not exist ) , did not feel justified in admitting him . Jfow , I would ask any impartial Brot ^^ nate state of things ? Is it not derogatory t ^ ^^ not
calculated to breed dissension and ill feeU ^ progress and consolidation of the degree ? Does it not call upon its to unite , that vre may by union strengthen that chain of brotherly love ^^ ^ w ^ naturally he weakened by circumstances such as that I have mentioned V Fully impressed witli the importance of this subjec ? ty I have penned these few hurried lines hi the hope that a members of the degree , sonie may be found who , H is high time our differences were aojusted , and who are also willing to adopt the most easy and honourable nieans for their ae ^ V
To Lord Leigh I consider unqualified praise is due for th and conciliatoi'y spirit in which he stepped forward to offer us the right hand of unity and good fellowship ; and I therefore think it now behoves us in the same spirit to bestirourselves for t ^ that by these means we shall best consolidate this heautiful ^ thereby illustrate the old adage ^ Unity is strength . ''
Trusting these few lines may call forth some practicable suggestions , I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , -HenrvA . Isaacs , ; ... R . W . M . Arnott Lodge of Mark Masters , 11 , City Terrace , City Road . No . 4 G . C . Scotland .
The Late Sir William Follett ' s Opinion of the Crakt . —The future attorney-general had been for many months called to the bar when we again met . This was early in 1826 . He then spoke calmly but feelingly of the professional jealousy which existed amongst those to whom he . was now affiliated . " Players' rivalry , " said he , "is a joke to it . You can have no conception of its extent or strength unless you yourself belong to the profession . " He then reverted to past scenes and mutual friends ; and , in the course of conversation , I inferred , from a passing remark , that he had become a Mason . I asked him if
my conclusion were correct . "It is , " was his reply . "I was initiated at Cambridge . " Light had not then beamed upon myself ; and I expressed in scoffing terms my astonishment . "In your early struggles at the bar , " remarked he , with quiet earnestness , " you require something to reconcile you to your kind . You see so much of bitterness , and rivalry , and jealousy , and hatred , that you are thankful to call into active agency a system which creates in all its varieties kindly sympathy , cordial and wide-spread benevolence , and brotherly love . " " But
surely , " says I , " you don't go the length of asserting that Masonry does all this ?" ' ! And more ! The true Mason thinks no evil of his brother , and cherishes no designs against him . The system itself annihilates parties ; and , as to censoriousness and calumny , most salutary and stringent is the curb which , Masonic principle , duly carried out , applies to an unbridled tongue . " " Well , well , you cannot connect it with religion—you cannot , say or do as you will , affirm of it that
Masonry is a religious system . ' "By and by you will know better , " was his reply . "Now , I will only say this—that the Bible is never closed in a Mason ' s Lodge ; that Masons habitually use prayer in their Lodges , and , in point of fact , never assemble for any purpose without performing acts of religion . I gave you credit , " continued he with a smile , " for being more thoroughly emancipated from nursery trammels and slavish prejudice . "Stray Leaves from a Freemason ' s Note Book .