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PUOV . GfiAND LODGE APPOINTMENTS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRBEMASONS ' . . ' MAGAZINE . AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sin and Brother , —I do not pretend to say what effect a perusal of thedetter of " P . M . 313 " may have upon the uninitiated world in regard to their opinion of Freemasonry ( and I know that your been read by some such in order to discover what Masonry professes to be ) , but a more uncalled for , uncharitable , and unmasonic attack upon the character of a man and Mason I do not recollect to have read . With the
points in dispute , out of which this unfortunate controversy has arisen , I pretend not to interfere . Every good Mason here is disposed to look upon the appointment of Bro . Morris to the office of Prov . Grand Supt . of Works—4 f there be anything out of order in it on the part of our Pfov . Grand Master---rather as an error of the head than the heart ; and to recognize and respect the services rendered to Masonry by that Brother when it was in a more languid state in this part of our province than is the case at
present . Whilst at the same time I doubt not but that they would have been equally pleased to have seen bestowed upon him some other or superior appointment , and the one he at present holds given to softie other Brother whose calling and profession might have been more in accordance with the office itself . Whether Bro , Wigginton ' s aspirations were for this particular appointment I cannot pretend to say ; but after your previous avowal ( which P . M . must have seen ) that Bro . Wigginton had nothing to do with
furnishing the information from which the articles in the Magazine had arisen , as well as from his own private and public denial of it also , P . M . " must have forgotten the respect due to his own character as a gentleman , and those charitable feelings which should characterize him as a Mason , not only thus virtually to haye expressed his disbelief of such statements but to charge a brother Mason in addition with barefaced vanity , " supercilious egotism , ' and u disappointed ambition . " Surely , Mr . Editor , this
cannot be the spirit of Masonry which , rather teaches us that if we cannot speak of a Brother with honour and propriety , we should observe those excellent gifts of the Craft , charity and silence . But " P . M ' s . " letter goes further than this , for it not only unwarrantably sneers at the talents which God may have bestowed upon a Brother , but actually proceeds , most unjustly , to insinuate as to his respectability as an individual and his competency in his profession ; all calculated alike to injure him in that
particular walk of life which he is following . Is it not painful , too , Mr . Editor , to witness the bandying about in a public print for charges of wilful perversion and practical disregard of the solemn obligations entered into by members of the Craft ? I cannot but think that you would haye done well in the exercise of your own wisdom and judgment , as editor , to have withheld the publication of such a libel upon the character of any . man , more especially a Mason .
I am glad to think , sir and brother , that the spirit of "M ' s , " letter is not the spirit of Masonry in general , or in Dudley in particular , and that even should stern necessity demand it , as we are taught , Ave can judge with candour , admonish with friendship , and reprehend with mercy . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , Dudley , Oct . 2 » rd , 1858 . A Mason .
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The Grand Master And The "Masonic Observ...
PUOV . GfiAND LODGE APPOINTMENTS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRBEMASONS ' . . ' MAGAZINE . AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sin and Brother , —I do not pretend to say what effect a perusal of thedetter of " P . M . 313 " may have upon the uninitiated world in regard to their opinion of Freemasonry ( and I know that your been read by some such in order to discover what Masonry professes to be ) , but a more uncalled for , uncharitable , and unmasonic attack upon the character of a man and Mason I do not recollect to have read . With the
points in dispute , out of which this unfortunate controversy has arisen , I pretend not to interfere . Every good Mason here is disposed to look upon the appointment of Bro . Morris to the office of Prov . Grand Supt . of Works—4 f there be anything out of order in it on the part of our Pfov . Grand Master---rather as an error of the head than the heart ; and to recognize and respect the services rendered to Masonry by that Brother when it was in a more languid state in this part of our province than is the case at
present . Whilst at the same time I doubt not but that they would have been equally pleased to have seen bestowed upon him some other or superior appointment , and the one he at present holds given to softie other Brother whose calling and profession might have been more in accordance with the office itself . Whether Bro , Wigginton ' s aspirations were for this particular appointment I cannot pretend to say ; but after your previous avowal ( which P . M . must have seen ) that Bro . Wigginton had nothing to do with
furnishing the information from which the articles in the Magazine had arisen , as well as from his own private and public denial of it also , P . M . " must have forgotten the respect due to his own character as a gentleman , and those charitable feelings which should characterize him as a Mason , not only thus virtually to haye expressed his disbelief of such statements but to charge a brother Mason in addition with barefaced vanity , " supercilious egotism , ' and u disappointed ambition . " Surely , Mr . Editor , this
cannot be the spirit of Masonry which , rather teaches us that if we cannot speak of a Brother with honour and propriety , we should observe those excellent gifts of the Craft , charity and silence . But " P . M ' s . " letter goes further than this , for it not only unwarrantably sneers at the talents which God may have bestowed upon a Brother , but actually proceeds , most unjustly , to insinuate as to his respectability as an individual and his competency in his profession ; all calculated alike to injure him in that
particular walk of life which he is following . Is it not painful , too , Mr . Editor , to witness the bandying about in a public print for charges of wilful perversion and practical disregard of the solemn obligations entered into by members of the Craft ? I cannot but think that you would haye done well in the exercise of your own wisdom and judgment , as editor , to have withheld the publication of such a libel upon the character of any . man , more especially a Mason .
I am glad to think , sir and brother , that the spirit of "M ' s , " letter is not the spirit of Masonry in general , or in Dudley in particular , and that even should stern necessity demand it , as we are taught , Ave can judge with candour , admonish with friendship , and reprehend with mercy . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , Dudley , Oct . 2 » rd , 1858 . A Mason .