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Those who take ttpon themselves , or are recognised teachers in Lodges of Instruction , ate not equal to the taskv It requires a person possessed and an acquaintance with Biblical literature Grand Secretary select a , Brother with suchqualification to be the referee in such matters
TO * HB EDITOR OF ^ T ^ Sin Ain > Brotm in the KewHsh Journal of the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting at Cahterbury , I there fin on that occasion ; and to my astonishment I find there were only three of the Brethren at the banquet representing the largest * and boasting as being the most Influential Lodge in this cou ^
have received , there were ho less than nine of the above Lodge who prpferred dining privately at /' : theV , hbt ^ P Steward , Vfch © retiring P . G ^ Reg . and . G * y'Pro ., as also the immediate P ; M . of the Lodge , the Brother who , by report in \ fa Freem ^ Mirror of June last , is to be specially recp mark of his especial favour . Such re ^ Prov ; G . M . oh this occasfo ^ was a want of res ^^
apron ; ihgratitud ^; o Provincial Grand Lodge , and a want of common courtesy in the P . M nMt year to receive nothing in ^^ future favours of the Prov . G . M . be bestowed on those Brethren who justly meritthem ! I remain , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , One who has respect fob the Chair .
CANONBUEY LODGE . to the editor of the freemasons' magazine and masonic mirror . Dear Sir and Brother , —It is with great reluctance that I intrude upon youi valuable space what I consider quite a personal matter . I trust , however , that I may be excused by the circumstances , in your eyes as well as in those of you 1 readers .
One of my friends , an ardent lover of the Craft , and anxious to see the methods of working , paid , at considerable inconvenience , a visit to the Canonbury Lodge , No , 955 , where he met with such a reception as induced him , with the advice of several Masons of standing in the metropolis / to forward to your pages an account of the manner in which admittance had been denied him , in a letter signed " P . M . "
Subsequently , in your May number , a letter appeared from Bro . Bonn , imputing to " P . M . " a falsehood in the statement of facts ; and in the same number a report of a speech made by Bro . Bohn , at a meeting of his Lodge , which elicited from me the following Letter : — { Copy , ) ic Manchester , May & th , 1857 .
" My dear Sir and Brother , —I am requested by Bro . P . M . No . 399 , to request you to furnish an explanation of certain remarks reported to have been made by you at a recent meeting of the Canonbury Lodgein reference to a letter which he had felt it his duty to address to the Editor of the Freemason . * ' ' Magazine . "I would just mention that your letter to that periodical , savouring as it docs bo much more of the c lie direct V than the ' retort courteous / would not have VOL . TIT . 4 A
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Igj^Piipiii^^
Those who take ttpon themselves , or are recognised teachers in Lodges of Instruction , ate not equal to the taskv It requires a person possessed and an acquaintance with Biblical literature Grand Secretary select a , Brother with suchqualification to be the referee in such matters
TO * HB EDITOR OF ^ T ^ Sin Ain > Brotm in the KewHsh Journal of the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting at Cahterbury , I there fin on that occasion ; and to my astonishment I find there were only three of the Brethren at the banquet representing the largest * and boasting as being the most Influential Lodge in this cou ^
have received , there were ho less than nine of the above Lodge who prpferred dining privately at /' : theV , hbt ^ P Steward , Vfch © retiring P . G ^ Reg . and . G * y'Pro ., as also the immediate P ; M . of the Lodge , the Brother who , by report in \ fa Freem ^ Mirror of June last , is to be specially recp mark of his especial favour . Such re ^ Prov ; G . M . oh this occasfo ^ was a want of res ^^
apron ; ihgratitud ^; o Provincial Grand Lodge , and a want of common courtesy in the P . M nMt year to receive nothing in ^^ future favours of the Prov . G . M . be bestowed on those Brethren who justly meritthem ! I remain , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , One who has respect fob the Chair .
CANONBUEY LODGE . to the editor of the freemasons' magazine and masonic mirror . Dear Sir and Brother , —It is with great reluctance that I intrude upon youi valuable space what I consider quite a personal matter . I trust , however , that I may be excused by the circumstances , in your eyes as well as in those of you 1 readers .
One of my friends , an ardent lover of the Craft , and anxious to see the methods of working , paid , at considerable inconvenience , a visit to the Canonbury Lodge , No , 955 , where he met with such a reception as induced him , with the advice of several Masons of standing in the metropolis / to forward to your pages an account of the manner in which admittance had been denied him , in a letter signed " P . M . "
Subsequently , in your May number , a letter appeared from Bro . Bonn , imputing to " P . M . " a falsehood in the statement of facts ; and in the same number a report of a speech made by Bro . Bohn , at a meeting of his Lodge , which elicited from me the following Letter : — { Copy , ) ic Manchester , May & th , 1857 .
" My dear Sir and Brother , —I am requested by Bro . P . M . No . 399 , to request you to furnish an explanation of certain remarks reported to have been made by you at a recent meeting of the Canonbury Lodgein reference to a letter which he had felt it his duty to address to the Editor of the Freemason . * ' ' Magazine . "I would just mention that your letter to that periodical , savouring as it docs bo much more of the c lie direct V than the ' retort courteous / would not have VOL . TIT . 4 A