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The Masonic Mirror.
gallery , and therefore sufficiently remote to prevent their either hearing or seeing anything whi $ h ought to be kept from them . The question was then put and lost .
THE TEMPLE FOR A MUSIC-BOOM . Bro . Warren moved , "That henceforth the use of the Temple be granted to the Stewards of the four Masonic festivals for a music-room at the conclusion of such festivals . " He said , in bringing forward this motion , I am actuated by the pure motive of benefiting our festivals . If we are to have singing after our festivals , I think we ought to have a suitable place in which that singing can be
enjoyed . Now , I am sure that no one here will contend that our present Gleeroom is a proper place for music . The Glee-room at present used is totally inadequate to the purposes , serving only to remind us of the Black-hole in Calcutta ; is only calculated for the accommodation of some seventy or eighty ; and yet double and treble that number are often crowded into it ; so that the
atmosphere is indeed insupportable . If gentlemen are to bring ladies to our festivals and join them afterwards in the Glee-room , I think we ought to have some proper place to which to take them . I wish the Temple to be appropriated to these uses at the Masonic festivals , and at the Masonic festivals only . To such use of the room , I confess I can see no objection whatever . Bro . Pettet seconded the motion .
Bro . Masson opposed it , and said , that the place had been duly consecrated to Masonry , and it had hitherto been restricted for the purposes of Masonry alone . The late Duke of Sussex had expressed himself to a similar effect . He regretted that the Grand Begistrar was not there in order that he might give them some particulars of its dedication , which would confirm what he was saying . Bro . Binckes said , that some time ago , he had occasion to investigate this subject , but he found no record of anything of the kind to which Bro . Masson had
alluded . In the calendar to which they were accustomed to look as a record of the principal events in Masonry , they had a record of the dedication of the Great Hall , which was used for all sorts of purposes—( hear , hear )—and no great harm either . ( Hear , hear . ) But there was no record of a similar dedication of the Temple ; and if , as he thought , the proposed measure would promote the prosperity of our festivals , and thereby extend the success of our Charities , he could see no objection to the motion . He trusted , therefore , that it would be allowed to be carried .
Bro . Masson said , that he wished to keep to what was right , and that if Bro . Binckes felt any disposition to continue his investigations , he could assist him and set him right on this point . Several Brethren then bore testimony to the insufficiency of the accommodation afforded by the present Glee-room . Bro . White , Grand Secretary , read a paper which he had found some time ago amongst the documents of our late Grand Master his Boyal Highness the
Duke of Sussex . It consisted , as we understood , of an address delivered on the occasion of the dedication of the Temple by our late Grand Master . It was to the following effect : —That that was no ordinary occasion which called them together for the first time to assemble in their large Temple . It was always his object to have a Temple for these purposes to which the profane might not be admitted ; and in order that everything might be done with regularity . His Boyal Highness went on to say , that he was of opinion that the place should be
opened with such solemnity , that when the Brethren assembled therein , they should feel that they were in Grand Lodge properly dedicated , close tyled , and that nothing which was said or done could be seen or heard by the profane . ( Loud cries of " Bivide , divide ! " ) Owing to the confusion which prevailed , and the impatience of the Brethren , it was impossible to catch , verbatim , the extract which Bro . White read in a very inaudible tone . Bro . Warren said , that if the Temple had never been used for other purposes , there would be some force in the objections which hud been urged : but the fact
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The Masonic Mirror.
gallery , and therefore sufficiently remote to prevent their either hearing or seeing anything whi $ h ought to be kept from them . The question was then put and lost .
THE TEMPLE FOR A MUSIC-BOOM . Bro . Warren moved , "That henceforth the use of the Temple be granted to the Stewards of the four Masonic festivals for a music-room at the conclusion of such festivals . " He said , in bringing forward this motion , I am actuated by the pure motive of benefiting our festivals . If we are to have singing after our festivals , I think we ought to have a suitable place in which that singing can be
enjoyed . Now , I am sure that no one here will contend that our present Gleeroom is a proper place for music . The Glee-room at present used is totally inadequate to the purposes , serving only to remind us of the Black-hole in Calcutta ; is only calculated for the accommodation of some seventy or eighty ; and yet double and treble that number are often crowded into it ; so that the
atmosphere is indeed insupportable . If gentlemen are to bring ladies to our festivals and join them afterwards in the Glee-room , I think we ought to have some proper place to which to take them . I wish the Temple to be appropriated to these uses at the Masonic festivals , and at the Masonic festivals only . To such use of the room , I confess I can see no objection whatever . Bro . Pettet seconded the motion .
Bro . Masson opposed it , and said , that the place had been duly consecrated to Masonry , and it had hitherto been restricted for the purposes of Masonry alone . The late Duke of Sussex had expressed himself to a similar effect . He regretted that the Grand Begistrar was not there in order that he might give them some particulars of its dedication , which would confirm what he was saying . Bro . Binckes said , that some time ago , he had occasion to investigate this subject , but he found no record of anything of the kind to which Bro . Masson had
alluded . In the calendar to which they were accustomed to look as a record of the principal events in Masonry , they had a record of the dedication of the Great Hall , which was used for all sorts of purposes—( hear , hear )—and no great harm either . ( Hear , hear . ) But there was no record of a similar dedication of the Temple ; and if , as he thought , the proposed measure would promote the prosperity of our festivals , and thereby extend the success of our Charities , he could see no objection to the motion . He trusted , therefore , that it would be allowed to be carried .
Bro . Masson said , that he wished to keep to what was right , and that if Bro . Binckes felt any disposition to continue his investigations , he could assist him and set him right on this point . Several Brethren then bore testimony to the insufficiency of the accommodation afforded by the present Glee-room . Bro . White , Grand Secretary , read a paper which he had found some time ago amongst the documents of our late Grand Master his Boyal Highness the
Duke of Sussex . It consisted , as we understood , of an address delivered on the occasion of the dedication of the Temple by our late Grand Master . It was to the following effect : —That that was no ordinary occasion which called them together for the first time to assemble in their large Temple . It was always his object to have a Temple for these purposes to which the profane might not be admitted ; and in order that everything might be done with regularity . His Boyal Highness went on to say , that he was of opinion that the place should be
opened with such solemnity , that when the Brethren assembled therein , they should feel that they were in Grand Lodge properly dedicated , close tyled , and that nothing which was said or done could be seen or heard by the profane . ( Loud cries of " Bivide , divide ! " ) Owing to the confusion which prevailed , and the impatience of the Brethren , it was impossible to catch , verbatim , the extract which Bro . White read in a very inaudible tone . Bro . Warren said , that if the Temple had never been used for other purposes , there would be some force in the objections which hud been urged : but the fact