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The Provincial Grand Lodge Of Oxf Obdshi...
when we believe our Grand Master to have been ill advised , and the work of Grand Lodge neglected . We were told that with recent changes we were to see & n altered state of affairs ; we have watched narrowly , and we shall continue to look with a jealous eye upon every thing which is done ; we do not know , indeed we do not believe , that
the executive officers particularly condemned by Pro . Portal are the only advisers of the Grand Master , but we cannot fail to perceive that he has around him men who have rescued the Craft from a great peril ; and so far from joining in the general condemnation in which Bro . Portal would involve them , we think them entitled to our thanks for their past , oiir encouragement for their future , exertions . As we
have before said , we do not imdertake to endorse all their acts—on the contrary , we shall not be found backward in objecting to whatever we may think deserving of objection- —but as regards one of the officers specified , justice compels " its ' to say that the duties of the Grand Secretary ' s department have , during the tenure of office of the present incumbent , been performs urbanity and attention
which must win for him the regard of his Brethren , but with a punctuality and dispatch to which that office had long been a stranger B | ibre taking leave of this subject we would offer our Bro . Portal a few words of Mendly admonition . Let him cease to do violence to us or to his own feelings—we would advise him not to cut off his right hand , there is no necessity for a such proceeding ; the alternative is not
imperative , and the threat smacks more of the mollusc than the man . Let him keep his right hand out of mischief if he can ; and let him if he will applv it to good and useful purposes . Let him and his party dismiss from their minds that they represent the Craft—it is a fable which imposes on none but themselves . Let them avoid seeking to introduce parliamentary tactics amongst us— -we are not prepared for
such a elymge and we do not like it ; our Grand Lodge is not intended for , and is not usefully employed in discussions such as are introduced there . Let them join with us in promoting the great ends of Freemasonry ; or if they cannot do that , let them cease to persecute iAxe Craft with their incessant bickerings , which lead to nothing but
ill will . We have many and great objects lor our consideration , let us approach them with justice and moderation : there are if we are rightly informed , considerations to come under our immediate notice which are of the most serious moment for the advantage of the Order , and which may be the means , if rightly used and rightly worked , of raising Freemasonry to a higher standard than it has ever yet held . *•¦ h-. - V I
Immortality of the souu—When f consider the boundless activity of our minds—the remembrance of things past—oiir foresight of what is to come ; when f reflect on the noble discoveries and vast improvements by which those minds have advanced arts and sciences ; I am entirely persuaded , and out of all doubt , that a nature which has in itself a fund of so many excellent things cannot possibly be mortal . —Xenophon . 3 a . 2
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The Provincial Grand Lodge Of Oxf Obdshi...
when we believe our Grand Master to have been ill advised , and the work of Grand Lodge neglected . We were told that with recent changes we were to see & n altered state of affairs ; we have watched narrowly , and we shall continue to look with a jealous eye upon every thing which is done ; we do not know , indeed we do not believe , that
the executive officers particularly condemned by Pro . Portal are the only advisers of the Grand Master , but we cannot fail to perceive that he has around him men who have rescued the Craft from a great peril ; and so far from joining in the general condemnation in which Bro . Portal would involve them , we think them entitled to our thanks for their past , oiir encouragement for their future , exertions . As we
have before said , we do not imdertake to endorse all their acts—on the contrary , we shall not be found backward in objecting to whatever we may think deserving of objection- —but as regards one of the officers specified , justice compels " its ' to say that the duties of the Grand Secretary ' s department have , during the tenure of office of the present incumbent , been performs urbanity and attention
which must win for him the regard of his Brethren , but with a punctuality and dispatch to which that office had long been a stranger B | ibre taking leave of this subject we would offer our Bro . Portal a few words of Mendly admonition . Let him cease to do violence to us or to his own feelings—we would advise him not to cut off his right hand , there is no necessity for a such proceeding ; the alternative is not
imperative , and the threat smacks more of the mollusc than the man . Let him keep his right hand out of mischief if he can ; and let him if he will applv it to good and useful purposes . Let him and his party dismiss from their minds that they represent the Craft—it is a fable which imposes on none but themselves . Let them avoid seeking to introduce parliamentary tactics amongst us— -we are not prepared for
such a elymge and we do not like it ; our Grand Lodge is not intended for , and is not usefully employed in discussions such as are introduced there . Let them join with us in promoting the great ends of Freemasonry ; or if they cannot do that , let them cease to persecute iAxe Craft with their incessant bickerings , which lead to nothing but
ill will . We have many and great objects lor our consideration , let us approach them with justice and moderation : there are if we are rightly informed , considerations to come under our immediate notice which are of the most serious moment for the advantage of the Order , and which may be the means , if rightly used and rightly worked , of raising Freemasonry to a higher standard than it has ever yet held . *•¦ h-. - V I
Immortality of the souu—When f consider the boundless activity of our minds—the remembrance of things past—oiir foresight of what is to come ; when f reflect on the noble discoveries and vast improvements by which those minds have advanced arts and sciences ; I am entirely persuaded , and out of all doubt , that a nature which has in itself a fund of so many excellent things cannot possibly be mortal . —Xenophon . 3 a . 2