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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIKROE . ¦ I Dear Sir and Brother . —Any one who may read from the 492 nd to the 510 th page of the Freemasons' Magazine and Masonic Mirror for July , must imagine that Masonry must be in a very peculiar state . 1 st . We have a long article on the subject of the Lodges in Canada , who seem to be somewhat at loggerheads ; owing mainly , it appears , to the want of proper
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attention of the " powers that be at home . 2 nd . We have a little bit of remonstrance from the " Port of Spain , " having something of an intention announced in it , of the West-India Lodges to shake off their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England .
3 rd . A continuation of a correspondence on " Masonic cliques" which indicates a great want of Masonic feeling , and especially Masonic forbearance and charity . It is often said " charity should begin at home , " and so I think ; and had the parties wdio have been concerned in this question acted upon it , much less would have been written , and a better feeling would have existed ; and I think with you , Sir , that " the correspondence had better end here . " 4 th . We have a letter on the subject of the " Mark " Degree , referring to the " advertisements " in the Times , which , when my attention was called to them , I candidly confess , " struck me all of a heap . "
5 th . A long letter from three Mark Masters to the Bight Honourable Lord Leigh , disclosing such transactions that charity compels to be silent on , at least , until the old maxim , Audi alteram partem , " has influenced one ; and even then , perhaps , it may be more consistent with the benignant principles of our Order to be still , and say to one '
s-self" Can such things be , And overcome us like a summer ' s cloud , Without our special wonder ?" 6 th . There are the discussion and the result , of the subject of the " Mark " Degree , viz ., the non-confirmation of that portion of the minutes referring to that subject , and the extraordinary conduct of the M . W . the CM .,, in voting against
what he , to a certain extent , sanctioned , when he attached " Approved , Zetland , " to the report of the committee . I have been taught , Sir , not to spealc evil of dignities ; " but I must , with all respect due to the exalted office held by the noble earl ., express my surprise at the reasons that nobleman gave for so voting , viz ., " that no man , or body of men" & c . ; 1 st . because it looks as if the G . M . had needed to be reminded of that ancient charge , No . 11 , in the Book of
Constitutions ; as its influence on his mind must have been suspended when lie affixed " Approved , Zetland , " to the report of the committee . 2 ndly . Because the word " innovation" does not apply to the "Mark" Degree . loan only suppose , Sir , that the M . W . the G . M . was terrified at the heavy thunder and dismal forebodings of the B . G . K . Bro . Henderson , who seems to have been ( using a piirase of the present day ) , "dug up" for the special occasion , and put at the head of , what you , Sir , term " packed , oppositions . "
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIKROE . ¦ I Dear Sir and Brother . —Any one who may read from the 492 nd to the 510 th page of the Freemasons' Magazine and Masonic Mirror for July , must imagine that Masonry must be in a very peculiar state . 1 st . We have a long article on the subject of the Lodges in Canada , who seem to be somewhat at loggerheads ; owing mainly , it appears , to the want of proper
[ Iiib Editor does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained hy CorrespondentsP \
attention of the " powers that be at home . 2 nd . We have a little bit of remonstrance from the " Port of Spain , " having something of an intention announced in it , of the West-India Lodges to shake off their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England .
3 rd . A continuation of a correspondence on " Masonic cliques" which indicates a great want of Masonic feeling , and especially Masonic forbearance and charity . It is often said " charity should begin at home , " and so I think ; and had the parties wdio have been concerned in this question acted upon it , much less would have been written , and a better feeling would have existed ; and I think with you , Sir , that " the correspondence had better end here . " 4 th . We have a letter on the subject of the " Mark " Degree , referring to the " advertisements " in the Times , which , when my attention was called to them , I candidly confess , " struck me all of a heap . "
5 th . A long letter from three Mark Masters to the Bight Honourable Lord Leigh , disclosing such transactions that charity compels to be silent on , at least , until the old maxim , Audi alteram partem , " has influenced one ; and even then , perhaps , it may be more consistent with the benignant principles of our Order to be still , and say to one '
s-self" Can such things be , And overcome us like a summer ' s cloud , Without our special wonder ?" 6 th . There are the discussion and the result , of the subject of the " Mark " Degree , viz ., the non-confirmation of that portion of the minutes referring to that subject , and the extraordinary conduct of the M . W . the CM .,, in voting against
what he , to a certain extent , sanctioned , when he attached " Approved , Zetland , " to the report of the committee . I have been taught , Sir , not to spealc evil of dignities ; " but I must , with all respect due to the exalted office held by the noble earl ., express my surprise at the reasons that nobleman gave for so voting , viz ., " that no man , or body of men" & c . ; 1 st . because it looks as if the G . M . had needed to be reminded of that ancient charge , No . 11 , in the Book of
Constitutions ; as its influence on his mind must have been suspended when lie affixed " Approved , Zetland , " to the report of the committee . 2 ndly . Because the word " innovation" does not apply to the "Mark" Degree . loan only suppose , Sir , that the M . W . the G . M . was terrified at the heavy thunder and dismal forebodings of the B . G . K . Bro . Henderson , who seems to have been ( using a piirase of the present day ) , "dug up" for the special occasion , and put at the head of , what you , Sir , term " packed , oppositions . "