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The Gea^D Mastee A^
its members ; and this Lodge also desires to testify its Maternal regard and respect to our Provincial Grand Master ^ and to recognize the prerogative of his office in the appointment of hi $ Provincial G ^ a J
" Resolved unanimously" That a copy of the above [ Resolution be sent to the Provincial Grand Master and the Editor of the Freemasons' Magazine . " W / Maseejeld , Sec . y No . 730 , Pf Prov , S . G , W , and P . G . Treas , "
MARK MASONEY . TOTHEEBM ^^ I > eM S ^^ accustomed to paper warfare ^ I cannot , after reading the letter of your correspondent ^ : # ;|&^ although ^ in all proh ^ ility , fe than hiine *
I had seen with great m ^^ London to am ^ gamate the hodfe ^ T warrants * and am extremely sorry that " -JB * R . A . T . N ^ who does not in any manner appear to fe connected ^ vith English Masonry , should thus throw a firebrand among ^ thought uneharit ^ has interfered in a manner wM ^ is liable to be
misinterpreted , and in a matter which it would be better to leave to the English Brethren themselves , who are certainly the best judges of what authority they are to work under . I say—and in saying ' this I shall be borne out by every true Mason—that the wish for Masonic unity of the four Metropolitan Lodges named does
honour to them as Masons . God forbid that we should again see two Grand Lodges , either in Craft or Mark Masonry . As W . M . of a Provincial Mark Lodge , working under the Grand Lodge , of which Lord Leigh is the respected head , and advanced in a Lodge working from time immemorial , I now come to another portion of "D . E . A .. T . N . " V letter , namely that concerning the legitimacy of its
members , and his threat of exclusion from Scottish Lodges ; and I would ask "D . E . AT . N . " whether his connexion with the S . B-A . C . of Scotland is also of long enough standing for him to know the origin and history of that body ; and when and by what authority it first assumed to itself the government of the Mark ; and how many u self-constituted , surreptitious , irregular Lodges , " were first admitted under that immaculate confederation .
Believe me there is only a few years of difference between the " questionable body , " and the Lodges workitig under this highly lauded Grand Chapter . I will pass over that portion of <; D . li . A . T . NT . " ' s letter which refers to the disinterested motives of the Scotch Gfrand Chapter , " and the services it has rendered 7 1 —I am willing to believe that all which he states of it in
that respect is just . "We have now a Grand Mark Lodge of our own , and I hope , trust , and pray , ere long , to see all the Mark Lodges in England working under one governing head ; and implore our Brethren of the Mark to shut their ears against any such attempts to breed dissension among
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The Gea^D Mastee A^
its members ; and this Lodge also desires to testify its Maternal regard and respect to our Provincial Grand Master ^ and to recognize the prerogative of his office in the appointment of hi $ Provincial G ^ a J
" Resolved unanimously" That a copy of the above [ Resolution be sent to the Provincial Grand Master and the Editor of the Freemasons' Magazine . " W / Maseejeld , Sec . y No . 730 , Pf Prov , S . G , W , and P . G . Treas , "
MARK MASONEY . TOTHEEBM ^^ I > eM S ^^ accustomed to paper warfare ^ I cannot , after reading the letter of your correspondent ^ : # ;|&^ although ^ in all proh ^ ility , fe than hiine *
I had seen with great m ^^ London to am ^ gamate the hodfe ^ T warrants * and am extremely sorry that " -JB * R . A . T . N ^ who does not in any manner appear to fe connected ^ vith English Masonry , should thus throw a firebrand among ^ thought uneharit ^ has interfered in a manner wM ^ is liable to be
misinterpreted , and in a matter which it would be better to leave to the English Brethren themselves , who are certainly the best judges of what authority they are to work under . I say—and in saying ' this I shall be borne out by every true Mason—that the wish for Masonic unity of the four Metropolitan Lodges named does
honour to them as Masons . God forbid that we should again see two Grand Lodges , either in Craft or Mark Masonry . As W . M . of a Provincial Mark Lodge , working under the Grand Lodge , of which Lord Leigh is the respected head , and advanced in a Lodge working from time immemorial , I now come to another portion of "D . E . A .. T . N . " V letter , namely that concerning the legitimacy of its
members , and his threat of exclusion from Scottish Lodges ; and I would ask "D . E . AT . N . " whether his connexion with the S . B-A . C . of Scotland is also of long enough standing for him to know the origin and history of that body ; and when and by what authority it first assumed to itself the government of the Mark ; and how many u self-constituted , surreptitious , irregular Lodges , " were first admitted under that immaculate confederation .
Believe me there is only a few years of difference between the " questionable body , " and the Lodges workitig under this highly lauded Grand Chapter . I will pass over that portion of <; D . li . A . T . NT . " ' s letter which refers to the disinterested motives of the Scotch Gfrand Chapter , " and the services it has rendered 7 1 —I am willing to believe that all which he states of it in
that respect is just . "We have now a Grand Mark Lodge of our own , and I hope , trust , and pray , ere long , to see all the Mark Lodges in England working under one governing head ; and implore our Brethren of the Mark to shut their ears against any such attempts to breed dissension among