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Mends , by ^ giving a |)| lated in the J ^^ WoM' ^ M ^ mkve : O of last month ; Ih rde ^ to do so > WtibVe , during the 1 A Seiiior "V ^ rdeh ; Bro * { Samuel Ilill , and I have his authority for giving the f ollowihg particulars , vdifeh Lb be t * ue > Iroih the f ^ than Bro . Hill no ip ^
On the evening Of My instap , tioh ceremony was < jo ^ cohs ^ qu ^ elOee of ^ ess of business ^ arid irij previously hi ^ inf ^ ^ passipg th £ chair in anothei * Lodgfey Bro » . Hill , vvho had r ^ tlr ^ tot a time , and was rete the ^ dge ^ into the ^^
. ty leiy wM ^ was outside , and requested hiih to ascertaih who & nd \ vhat | M ^ s ^ p h ^ ^ bhe Tyler ) could hot leave the room ; aftd for reasons . ' ^ '' M 0 : ll ^^ riot here « tate > th ^ l ^ ley wa ^ justified ^ uftlesis hO had knowledge or pfoof ^
Bro ; Still theh ^ preduo ^ attended to withess th ^ ceremony wa ^ conclu Brother kheW a . iiy Brother in the Lodge , " and bh r ^ O ivih ^ n ^ ativeV Bro . M
mterro ^ tory , "Bo y ^ u wish t ^ expressed a vvish to do so , he ^ ould immediately hatB r ^ cOived ^ ;<> n ; his ^ l ^ vlng proper ^ rOot ot his bei ^ reply m each ^ Otner good night , and the Brother ^^ ast Master ^ to ytm , sir , of the 7 th ^ arj ^ made into the circumstahoes , does hot contain a edrreet represehtatiom
The caution at the pOrc ^ address to my Lodg every Mason . My Senior ^ error had they allowed a stranger to themselves , and One unknown to every other Brother assembled on the occasion , to " see inside the convenient room , " under the circumstances I have before mentioned . Again , according to his own letter in your April number ) the « Past Master" merely produced a Z > w ^ fe of certificates
from E . A . P . upwards , to the R . A ., K . T ., E ^& c . " The production alone of ^ regular , authorized Grand Lodge of England certificate is not , nor should it be , the pass to a Lodge holding under its constitution . Certificates referring to Degrees not acknowledged by such Grand Lodge certainly have nothing to do with it . She Brother wished u only to see the installation ; " had M desired to
stay until the ' closing of the Lodge , and proved his right to do soy he WOuld have received from me , as ^ every other of the numerous , and many of them highly distinguished , visitors did on the occasion , an invitation to partake of our banquet , and would there , as in the Lodge , have met with that Masonic reception and hearty welcome from every member of the Canonbury Lodge , which visitors , whenever they have done us the honour of attending our Lodge , have been in the ' . habit of receiving , and vvhiOh , in every instance , has been most kindly a ^ k nn wtodged ;
I have thought it prudent to discontinue a private correspondence with Bro . Lyons Wright on this subject , from a feeling that he was not desirous of conducting it in a spirit of fraternal kindness , but father sought to make a quarrel of the matter , and as I cannot understand how any good result can arise from continuing it in public—having neither time nOr inclination for the indulgence —and being unwilling further to intrude " personal matters" on the attention of your readers , I beg to conclude this letter , and with it ( so far as 1 am concerned ) this correspondence , by subscribing myself , , Yours faithfully and fraterrially > Hoi & oWAY , My 18 > nffl . Thomas Boak W . M . 3 STo . & 5 &
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Mends , by ^ giving a |)| lated in the J ^^ WoM' ^ M ^ mkve : O of last month ; Ih rde ^ to do so > WtibVe , during the 1 A Seiiior "V ^ rdeh ; Bro * { Samuel Ilill , and I have his authority for giving the f ollowihg particulars , vdifeh Lb be t * ue > Iroih the f ^ than Bro . Hill no ip ^
On the evening Of My instap , tioh ceremony was < jo ^ cohs ^ qu ^ elOee of ^ ess of business ^ arid irij previously hi ^ inf ^ ^ passipg th £ chair in anothei * Lodgfey Bro » . Hill , vvho had r ^ tlr ^ tot a time , and was rete the ^ dge ^ into the ^^
. ty leiy wM ^ was outside , and requested hiih to ascertaih who & nd \ vhat | M ^ s ^ p h ^ ^ bhe Tyler ) could hot leave the room ; aftd for reasons . ' ^ '' M 0 : ll ^^ riot here « tate > th ^ l ^ ley wa ^ justified ^ uftlesis hO had knowledge or pfoof ^
Bro ; Still theh ^ preduo ^ attended to withess th ^ ceremony wa ^ conclu Brother kheW a . iiy Brother in the Lodge , " and bh r ^ O ivih ^ n ^ ativeV Bro . M
mterro ^ tory , "Bo y ^ u wish t ^ expressed a vvish to do so , he ^ ould immediately hatB r ^ cOived ^ ;<> n ; his ^ l ^ vlng proper ^ rOot ot his bei ^ reply m each ^ Otner good night , and the Brother ^^ ast Master ^ to ytm , sir , of the 7 th ^ arj ^ made into the circumstahoes , does hot contain a edrreet represehtatiom
The caution at the pOrc ^ address to my Lodg every Mason . My Senior ^ error had they allowed a stranger to themselves , and One unknown to every other Brother assembled on the occasion , to " see inside the convenient room , " under the circumstances I have before mentioned . Again , according to his own letter in your April number ) the « Past Master" merely produced a Z > w ^ fe of certificates
from E . A . P . upwards , to the R . A ., K . T ., E ^& c . " The production alone of ^ regular , authorized Grand Lodge of England certificate is not , nor should it be , the pass to a Lodge holding under its constitution . Certificates referring to Degrees not acknowledged by such Grand Lodge certainly have nothing to do with it . She Brother wished u only to see the installation ; " had M desired to
stay until the ' closing of the Lodge , and proved his right to do soy he WOuld have received from me , as ^ every other of the numerous , and many of them highly distinguished , visitors did on the occasion , an invitation to partake of our banquet , and would there , as in the Lodge , have met with that Masonic reception and hearty welcome from every member of the Canonbury Lodge , which visitors , whenever they have done us the honour of attending our Lodge , have been in the ' . habit of receiving , and vvhiOh , in every instance , has been most kindly a ^ k nn wtodged ;
I have thought it prudent to discontinue a private correspondence with Bro . Lyons Wright on this subject , from a feeling that he was not desirous of conducting it in a spirit of fraternal kindness , but father sought to make a quarrel of the matter , and as I cannot understand how any good result can arise from continuing it in public—having neither time nOr inclination for the indulgence —and being unwilling further to intrude " personal matters" on the attention of your readers , I beg to conclude this letter , and with it ( so far as 1 am concerned ) this correspondence , by subscribing myself , , Yours faithfully and fraterrially > Hoi & oWAY , My 18 > nffl . Thomas Boak W . M . 3 STo . & 5 &