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Harington , P . G . M ; Bro . Ridout , D . G . M ; Bro .. Whitehead , P . G . S . W . ; andBro . Harman , P . G . S . W ., were sent to the other Grand Lodge to inform them of our readiness to meet them . Their reception was most enthusiastic , and on their return , the Antient Grand Lodge proceeded to the meeting of the Independent Grand Lodge
and Avere received with grand honours . The resolutions of union were thenproposed by Bro . Harington , seconded by Bro . Stephens , and unity once , more was enthusiastically restored . Addresses were then delivered by the M . W . G . M . s . Wilson and Sir A . N . MacNab : also by M . W . Bro . Tucker , G . M . of Vermont ; R . W . Bro . Rob . Morris , D . G . M . of Kentucky ; R . W . Bros . Ridout , Harington , and others ; after Avhich Grand Lodge adjourned .
Next morning the United Grand Lodge met in the splendid Masonic Hall , formerly belonging to the Antient Grand Lodge , and elected the following officers : —M . W . Grand Master , Col . W . Mercer Wilson ; R . W . D . G . M ., Thomas Gibbs Ridout ; D . District G . Ms ., Toronto , F . W . Cumberland : Hamilton , R . Bull ;
London , Jas . Moffat ; Kingston , W . B . Simpson ; Montreal , Edward Morris ; Eastern ToAvnships , E . B . Gustin ; G . S . W ., P . D . Brown ; G . J . W ., J . K . Brown ; G . Chaps ., Rev . S . Ramsay , M . A ., Rev . F . J . Lundy , D . C . L ., Rev . E . Dewar , M . A ., and Rev . F . Tremayne ; G . Tres ., Wm . Bellhouse ; G . Reg ., Francis Richardson ; G . Sec , Thos . B . Harris .
" The following were appointed by the G . M . : —G . S . D ., E . R . O'Brien ; G . J . D ., Curtis ; G . Supt . Works , F . J . Rastrick ; G . Dir . of Cera ,, S . B . Campbell ; Assist . G . Sec , W . R . Harris ; G . Sword Bearer , Henry Roavsell ; G . Org ., W . T . Thomas ; Assist . G . Org ,, J . P . Clarke , Mus . Doc . ; G . Tyler , J . Morrison . [ Since the above was in type , we have received the following preamble and resolutions for the union , as proposed by the R . W . Bro . T . D . Harington , seconded by the R . W . Bro . W . C . Stephens . ]
" Whereas , the past condition and future Avelfare of Freemasonry in Canada rendered it absolutely necessary to organize and establish a ' Sovereign Grand Lodge , ' for the reasons , and on the basis set forth in various documents from time to time circulated , the correctness of which has not been refuted , although there has existed a diversity of opinion as to whether the , proper time had arrived for severing the connection with the mother Grand Lodges of Great Britain and Ireland , without further efforts being first made to obtain such necessary
copcessions as would tend to ameliorate the condition of the Canadian Craft , ancb Avhich diversity of opinion has been suffered to operate to the injury of the best interests of Freemasonry in the province , and thereby to militate against the advancement of the entire Order , by creating , as it has done , antagonistic bodies claiming separate and independent jurisdictions— -by causing division amongst Brethren bound together by strong and mutual ties , ancl by interfering here and elsewhere with that unity which is essentially a first principle of the landmarks of the ancient institution :
u And Avhereas the anxious and generally expressed desire for consummating a union of the fraternity under one governing and supreme authority , testifies that whether the proper time had or had not previously arrived , all are now agreed that Canadian Freemasonry should possess its own Grand Lodge : " And Avhereas the maintenance of the dignity of the Grand Lodge of Canada for the future must be an object of equal interest to the entire Canadian Fraternity : u it is resolved—That an impartial review of all the eventful circumstances attending its organization , its priority , its subsequent important proceedings , and
its recognition by a portion of tho British empire , and by a very large proportion of the Grand Lodges of the United States of America , demonstrates that the Grand Lodge of Canada , organized on the 10 th October , 1855 , and known and recognized as aforesaid , by the style and title of < The Grand Lodge ol Antient Free and Accepted Mhsons of Canada , ' should bo acknoAvledgcd by the entire Canadian Craft , and should be , and is hereby declared to be tlie Grand Lodge of the Fraternity , in and throughout Canada . " Kosolvod also—That the diversity ef opinion heretofore mentioned—which in
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C 0 L 0 If X A L.
Harington , P . G . M ; Bro . Ridout , D . G . M ; Bro .. Whitehead , P . G . S . W . ; andBro . Harman , P . G . S . W ., were sent to the other Grand Lodge to inform them of our readiness to meet them . Their reception was most enthusiastic , and on their return , the Antient Grand Lodge proceeded to the meeting of the Independent Grand Lodge
and Avere received with grand honours . The resolutions of union were thenproposed by Bro . Harington , seconded by Bro . Stephens , and unity once , more was enthusiastically restored . Addresses were then delivered by the M . W . G . M . s . Wilson and Sir A . N . MacNab : also by M . W . Bro . Tucker , G . M . of Vermont ; R . W . Bro . Rob . Morris , D . G . M . of Kentucky ; R . W . Bros . Ridout , Harington , and others ; after Avhich Grand Lodge adjourned .
Next morning the United Grand Lodge met in the splendid Masonic Hall , formerly belonging to the Antient Grand Lodge , and elected the following officers : —M . W . Grand Master , Col . W . Mercer Wilson ; R . W . D . G . M ., Thomas Gibbs Ridout ; D . District G . Ms ., Toronto , F . W . Cumberland : Hamilton , R . Bull ;
London , Jas . Moffat ; Kingston , W . B . Simpson ; Montreal , Edward Morris ; Eastern ToAvnships , E . B . Gustin ; G . S . W ., P . D . Brown ; G . J . W ., J . K . Brown ; G . Chaps ., Rev . S . Ramsay , M . A ., Rev . F . J . Lundy , D . C . L ., Rev . E . Dewar , M . A ., and Rev . F . Tremayne ; G . Tres ., Wm . Bellhouse ; G . Reg ., Francis Richardson ; G . Sec , Thos . B . Harris .
" The following were appointed by the G . M . : —G . S . D ., E . R . O'Brien ; G . J . D ., Curtis ; G . Supt . Works , F . J . Rastrick ; G . Dir . of Cera ,, S . B . Campbell ; Assist . G . Sec , W . R . Harris ; G . Sword Bearer , Henry Roavsell ; G . Org ., W . T . Thomas ; Assist . G . Org ,, J . P . Clarke , Mus . Doc . ; G . Tyler , J . Morrison . [ Since the above was in type , we have received the following preamble and resolutions for the union , as proposed by the R . W . Bro . T . D . Harington , seconded by the R . W . Bro . W . C . Stephens . ]
" Whereas , the past condition and future Avelfare of Freemasonry in Canada rendered it absolutely necessary to organize and establish a ' Sovereign Grand Lodge , ' for the reasons , and on the basis set forth in various documents from time to time circulated , the correctness of which has not been refuted , although there has existed a diversity of opinion as to whether the , proper time had arrived for severing the connection with the mother Grand Lodges of Great Britain and Ireland , without further efforts being first made to obtain such necessary
copcessions as would tend to ameliorate the condition of the Canadian Craft , ancb Avhich diversity of opinion has been suffered to operate to the injury of the best interests of Freemasonry in the province , and thereby to militate against the advancement of the entire Order , by creating , as it has done , antagonistic bodies claiming separate and independent jurisdictions— -by causing division amongst Brethren bound together by strong and mutual ties , ancl by interfering here and elsewhere with that unity which is essentially a first principle of the landmarks of the ancient institution :
u And Avhereas the anxious and generally expressed desire for consummating a union of the fraternity under one governing and supreme authority , testifies that whether the proper time had or had not previously arrived , all are now agreed that Canadian Freemasonry should possess its own Grand Lodge : " And Avhereas the maintenance of the dignity of the Grand Lodge of Canada for the future must be an object of equal interest to the entire Canadian Fraternity : u it is resolved—That an impartial review of all the eventful circumstances attending its organization , its priority , its subsequent important proceedings , and
its recognition by a portion of tho British empire , and by a very large proportion of the Grand Lodges of the United States of America , demonstrates that the Grand Lodge of Canada , organized on the 10 th October , 1855 , and known and recognized as aforesaid , by the style and title of < The Grand Lodge ol Antient Free and Accepted Mhsons of Canada , ' should bo acknoAvledgcd by the entire Canadian Craft , and should be , and is hereby declared to be tlie Grand Lodge of the Fraternity , in and throughout Canada . " Kosolvod also—That the diversity ef opinion heretofore mentioned—which in