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Cohkesponbence.
solicit from him a reply to the same in a fair straightforward manner , as becomes the head of the Craft in this district . 1 st . How is it that certain Brethren of this province , constituting a Lodge , have authorised their W . M . to omit from the customary list of toasts that of the R . W . Prov . Grand Master of the province , and that they have expressed entire concurrence in the W . M . ' s resolution of entirely omitting the same for the future , or , at all events , during his year of office ?
2 ndly . That a Brother was promoted by an \ extraordinary leap ( and so extraordinary as to draw increased attention to the same ) to a very high office in the Prov . Grand Lodge , when it is well known throughout the province , that he was never able to work a Degree , or open or close in three Degrees , without assistance ? ' ' 3 rdiy . How often has the R . W . Prov . Grand Master visited his private Lodge on their ordinary nights since his elevation to the high , honourable , and responsible office of Prov . Grand Master ?
As the real interests of Masonry in this province require an answer to these questions , and as it will best become the dignity of the Prov . Grand Master to give those answers , I trust he will acquiesce , so that we may the more readily be enabled to give him that credit for honesty and sincerity of purpose which he seems , and which he should rightly endeavour , to lay claim to . Excuse me respected Sir and Brother , for any error in trying to make use of
you m " Popping these Questions . " Worcester , Oct . 22 , 1856 .
to the editor op the freemasons' magazine and masonic mirror . Sir , —On the title-page of the Freemasons Calendar and Pocket Booh , I read the following words : " Published for the Benefit of the Charity Fund , under the sanction of the United Grand Lodge of England , and by command of the M . W . Grand Master . " Now , sir , all this is very fine and grandiloquent ; but if the Grand Lodge sanction , and the M . W . the Grand Master commands , the publication of a conglomeration of errors , they will find , despite our allegiance to , and respect for
them , that we will act on the principle that charity begins at home , and decline to invest even 2 s . 6 d . in the purchase of a publication more likely to lead us astray than to prove a faithful guide in Masonic matters . In travelling about I make it a point to put up , in each town I visit , at the house of a Brother , however humble it may be , in preference to lodging myself in a more imposing hotel , and accordingly I look out for the exhibition of some of our emblems , or consult
the Calendar to ascertain if there be a Lodge located there . Now , sir , hear how I have fared by following the latter course : I lately paid a visit to Northampton , and on looking at page 115 of the Calendar for the present year , I found that there were two Lodges which met in that town . [ Referring , then , to the numerical arrangement , I found that the Lodge of Merit , No . 687 , was to meet that very evening at the Earn Inn . To the Ram Inn I accordingly went , but found no
Lodge there . Indeed , the landlord informed me that during his time in the house ( about three years ) he had never seen any such thing , but spoke of one having formerly been held in it , as a thing in the recollection of the oldest inhabitant . Where is this Lodge now held ? I should like you to get the Grand Secretary to answer the question by putting down its locus in quo in the next issue of the Calendar . Yours fraternally , A Commercial Thavelleu ,
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Cohkesponbence.
solicit from him a reply to the same in a fair straightforward manner , as becomes the head of the Craft in this district . 1 st . How is it that certain Brethren of this province , constituting a Lodge , have authorised their W . M . to omit from the customary list of toasts that of the R . W . Prov . Grand Master of the province , and that they have expressed entire concurrence in the W . M . ' s resolution of entirely omitting the same for the future , or , at all events , during his year of office ?
2 ndly . That a Brother was promoted by an \ extraordinary leap ( and so extraordinary as to draw increased attention to the same ) to a very high office in the Prov . Grand Lodge , when it is well known throughout the province , that he was never able to work a Degree , or open or close in three Degrees , without assistance ? ' ' 3 rdiy . How often has the R . W . Prov . Grand Master visited his private Lodge on their ordinary nights since his elevation to the high , honourable , and responsible office of Prov . Grand Master ?
As the real interests of Masonry in this province require an answer to these questions , and as it will best become the dignity of the Prov . Grand Master to give those answers , I trust he will acquiesce , so that we may the more readily be enabled to give him that credit for honesty and sincerity of purpose which he seems , and which he should rightly endeavour , to lay claim to . Excuse me respected Sir and Brother , for any error in trying to make use of
you m " Popping these Questions . " Worcester , Oct . 22 , 1856 .
to the editor op the freemasons' magazine and masonic mirror . Sir , —On the title-page of the Freemasons Calendar and Pocket Booh , I read the following words : " Published for the Benefit of the Charity Fund , under the sanction of the United Grand Lodge of England , and by command of the M . W . Grand Master . " Now , sir , all this is very fine and grandiloquent ; but if the Grand Lodge sanction , and the M . W . the Grand Master commands , the publication of a conglomeration of errors , they will find , despite our allegiance to , and respect for
them , that we will act on the principle that charity begins at home , and decline to invest even 2 s . 6 d . in the purchase of a publication more likely to lead us astray than to prove a faithful guide in Masonic matters . In travelling about I make it a point to put up , in each town I visit , at the house of a Brother , however humble it may be , in preference to lodging myself in a more imposing hotel , and accordingly I look out for the exhibition of some of our emblems , or consult
the Calendar to ascertain if there be a Lodge located there . Now , sir , hear how I have fared by following the latter course : I lately paid a visit to Northampton , and on looking at page 115 of the Calendar for the present year , I found that there were two Lodges which met in that town . [ Referring , then , to the numerical arrangement , I found that the Lodge of Merit , No . 687 , was to meet that very evening at the Earn Inn . To the Ram Inn I accordingly went , but found no
Lodge there . Indeed , the landlord informed me that during his time in the house ( about three years ) he had never seen any such thing , but spoke of one having formerly been held in it , as a thing in the recollection of the oldest inhabitant . Where is this Lodge now held ? I should like you to get the Grand Secretary to answer the question by putting down its locus in quo in the next issue of the Calendar . Yours fraternally , A Commercial Thavelleu ,