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The Recent Events In Canada.
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Amongstt the evident ing the ascendancy in the M ^ ignbrancej , we would : ^ ( the Qrand Lo
Antient Grand Lodge of Canada ) , coiisum last . ; H ^ in fiirth ^ from notes , prepared at the time , such an unvarnished sketch , of the event as is due to histoiw ^ te
the aflfeir more suitable to the elegant reader . Surely it is an auspicious year in ^ Masonic chronology ; for the only Masonic schisms which existed in North America are now healed , by the settlement of the
difficulties heretofore existing in New York and Canada respectively The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Canada assembled at Toronto at 11 a . m .., on the 14 th of July , in stated communication , to the number of one hundred delegates—representing sixty-one Lodges . Thirteen of these were Lodges working under dispensation ; that is , Lodges possessed of temporary warrants granted by the Grand Master and terminable on that" day , unless renewed by the Grand Lodge . The first act of the assembly was to grant permanent warrants to these , that their representatives might have seats in the
brand Lodge . A few hours before the opening ofthe Grand Lodge , a joint committee of reconciliation had assembled at the Rossin House , consisting , on the side of the Antient Grand Lodge , of J ? ro , Thomas D . Harino- - ton j on that of the Grand Lodge , of Bros . WV C . Stephens , James Osborne , and A . Bernard . With these were joined by request , the M . W , Bro . Philip C . Tucker , Grand Master of Vermont : and the
H . " W " . Rob Morris , Deputy Grand Master of Kentucky . After some consideration , the " basis of reconciliation" * was accepted bv the joint committee , and approved by the American counsellors . * See Freemasons' Magazine for August 4 , p . 235 . VOL . V . Z
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Recent Events In Canada.
.. THE ) iBEGEI
[ specially w
Amongstt the evident ing the ascendancy in the M ^ ignbrancej , we would : ^ ( the Qrand Lo
Antient Grand Lodge of Canada ) , coiisum last . ; H ^ in fiirth ^ from notes , prepared at the time , such an unvarnished sketch , of the event as is due to histoiw ^ te
the aflfeir more suitable to the elegant reader . Surely it is an auspicious year in ^ Masonic chronology ; for the only Masonic schisms which existed in North America are now healed , by the settlement of the
difficulties heretofore existing in New York and Canada respectively The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Canada assembled at Toronto at 11 a . m .., on the 14 th of July , in stated communication , to the number of one hundred delegates—representing sixty-one Lodges . Thirteen of these were Lodges working under dispensation ; that is , Lodges possessed of temporary warrants granted by the Grand Master and terminable on that" day , unless renewed by the Grand Lodge . The first act of the assembly was to grant permanent warrants to these , that their representatives might have seats in the
brand Lodge . A few hours before the opening ofthe Grand Lodge , a joint committee of reconciliation had assembled at the Rossin House , consisting , on the side of the Antient Grand Lodge , of J ? ro , Thomas D . Harino- - ton j on that of the Grand Lodge , of Bros . WV C . Stephens , James Osborne , and A . Bernard . With these were joined by request , the M . W , Bro . Philip C . Tucker , Grand Master of Vermont : and the
H . " W " . Rob Morris , Deputy Grand Master of Kentucky . After some consideration , the " basis of reconciliation" * was accepted bv the joint committee , and approved by the American counsellors . * See Freemasons' Magazine for August 4 , p . 235 . VOL . V . Z