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Coeeespooence
u —He is net . The Senior Warden is responsible for the doings of the Lodge in the Master ' s absence , provided he ( the Senior Warden ) is present . He cannot escape the responsibility , even though he have shirked his duty . Let him recollect the pledges he made at his installation , and the charge delivered to him at that time . J
4 .- ~ -He can . In the absence of the Master he can and ought , and must do everything the Master can , ought , and must do when present . " From the foregoing , the authority of the Warden ^ in the absence of the Master , will be seen to be , in every respect , equal to that of the Master . He can open his Lodge , transact the regular business , appoint committees' , receive reports , confer
degrees , and do all other things appertaining to the business of the Lodge as fully and unqualifiedly as the Master ; indeed , he is Master for the time being , and his proper seat is , in my opinion , the Master ' s chair , and not to the right , or left , or front of it .- ~ I am , Sir , yours respectfully , - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ Lector . ¦
MASONRY IN THE WEST . INDIES . v . ; . . ; TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE ANI ) MASONIC MIEROR . Dear Sir am > Brother , — During the latter part of last year a communicati on of much importance was transmitted by the Boy al Arch Chapter of St . ILitts , in which others with myself are concerned , to Bro . White , for the purpose of being laid befbre the Supreme Grand Chapter . To date nothing has been heard ; hay , not even a simple acknowledgment of its receipt from the
Grand Scribe . Why communications from the West-India Lodges holding from England should be continually treated with contempt seems somewhat strange , and , to say the least of it , very uncourteous on the part of those who are paid for doing their work . The Lodges in these seas have all along been looked upon , it appears , as useless appendages to the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter ; and certain it is that things cannot be permitted to continue , and the time is not far distant when the M . W . the Grand Master will find that the Brethren out
here will throw off their allegiance , and , like Canada , have a Grand Lodge of their own . I should regret the necessity of such a step , but the Grand Master alone will he to blame , as he cannot be ignorant as to the continual complaints of the Lodges in the West Indies . A very able letter was some time ago published in the Magazine as to the necessity of dividing the West-India Islands into sections , and of a Provincial Grand Master being appointed for each section—a
measure which would at once insure the safeguard of the Order and give general satisfaction . As to there being Masons good and true and fit for the appointment , there can be no difficulty ; as you have here Bro . Sherrington , in Barbadoes Sir B . B . Clarke , and in Trinidad that model of Freemasons Bro . Hart . Surely with three such men the Earl of Zetland , M . W . Grand Master , can have
no difficulty , but , to the contrary , give an impetus to our Order , and satisfy those 4 , 000 miles apart . I crave , dear Brother , your co-operation , and feel persuaded you will render your services , as you have hitherto done , for the benefit of those appertaining to our time-honoured Institution , but unfortunately neglected by those supreme in power . Yours most fraternally ,
Antigua , April 13 , 1857 . A Forty Years' Mason . [ We have reason to believe such alterations have recently been made in the Grand Secretary ' s office , that all communications will in future be promptly acknowledged . Although Bro . White does not appear to have communicated with the Brethren in St . Kitts , we can assure them that the matter has not been altogether neglected , but is now before Grand Chapter , as will he seen by reference to our report of the proceedings at the last meeting of that body , and we have every confidence that it will be satisfactorily arranged at the next convocation . ]
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Coeeespooence
u —He is net . The Senior Warden is responsible for the doings of the Lodge in the Master ' s absence , provided he ( the Senior Warden ) is present . He cannot escape the responsibility , even though he have shirked his duty . Let him recollect the pledges he made at his installation , and the charge delivered to him at that time . J
4 .- ~ -He can . In the absence of the Master he can and ought , and must do everything the Master can , ought , and must do when present . " From the foregoing , the authority of the Warden ^ in the absence of the Master , will be seen to be , in every respect , equal to that of the Master . He can open his Lodge , transact the regular business , appoint committees' , receive reports , confer
degrees , and do all other things appertaining to the business of the Lodge as fully and unqualifiedly as the Master ; indeed , he is Master for the time being , and his proper seat is , in my opinion , the Master ' s chair , and not to the right , or left , or front of it .- ~ I am , Sir , yours respectfully , - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ Lector . ¦
MASONRY IN THE WEST . INDIES . v . ; . . ; TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE ANI ) MASONIC MIEROR . Dear Sir am > Brother , — During the latter part of last year a communicati on of much importance was transmitted by the Boy al Arch Chapter of St . ILitts , in which others with myself are concerned , to Bro . White , for the purpose of being laid befbre the Supreme Grand Chapter . To date nothing has been heard ; hay , not even a simple acknowledgment of its receipt from the
Grand Scribe . Why communications from the West-India Lodges holding from England should be continually treated with contempt seems somewhat strange , and , to say the least of it , very uncourteous on the part of those who are paid for doing their work . The Lodges in these seas have all along been looked upon , it appears , as useless appendages to the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter ; and certain it is that things cannot be permitted to continue , and the time is not far distant when the M . W . the Grand Master will find that the Brethren out
here will throw off their allegiance , and , like Canada , have a Grand Lodge of their own . I should regret the necessity of such a step , but the Grand Master alone will he to blame , as he cannot be ignorant as to the continual complaints of the Lodges in the West Indies . A very able letter was some time ago published in the Magazine as to the necessity of dividing the West-India Islands into sections , and of a Provincial Grand Master being appointed for each section—a
measure which would at once insure the safeguard of the Order and give general satisfaction . As to there being Masons good and true and fit for the appointment , there can be no difficulty ; as you have here Bro . Sherrington , in Barbadoes Sir B . B . Clarke , and in Trinidad that model of Freemasons Bro . Hart . Surely with three such men the Earl of Zetland , M . W . Grand Master , can have
no difficulty , but , to the contrary , give an impetus to our Order , and satisfy those 4 , 000 miles apart . I crave , dear Brother , your co-operation , and feel persuaded you will render your services , as you have hitherto done , for the benefit of those appertaining to our time-honoured Institution , but unfortunately neglected by those supreme in power . Yours most fraternally ,
Antigua , April 13 , 1857 . A Forty Years' Mason . [ We have reason to believe such alterations have recently been made in the Grand Secretary ' s office , that all communications will in future be promptly acknowledged . Although Bro . White does not appear to have communicated with the Brethren in St . Kitts , we can assure them that the matter has not been altogether neglected , but is now before Grand Chapter , as will he seen by reference to our report of the proceedings at the last meeting of that body , and we have every confidence that it will be satisfactorily arranged at the next convocation . ]