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reality . ( Cheers ) . He called upon them then to support the Grand Master by adopting the resolution in its entirety and , above all , he asked those Brethren who had assisted in bringing things into their present position to consider the danger of the course they were pursuing—and to pause ere the yforfeited the
good opinion of the Brethren with whom they had hitherto-acted , as well as that of the great body of the Craft . ( Cheers . ) Let them consider that the opinion of other persons might be correct as well astheir own , and stop , ere it was too late , in a course which , was fraught with the utmost danger to the prosperity of the Craffc . ( Cheers ) .
The Bev . B . Norman having been out of England , had listened with great attention to the observations which had fallen from Bros . Spiers and Portal . It appeared they all agreed in one thing , that nothing could be more unmasonic than the spirit exhibited in the paper of which they were complaining . There was a wide and decided difierence between open manly criticism and anonymous slander . He by no means concurred in every act of the Grand Master , but they were met , hot to consider that , but to express their warm sympathy towards him
under the attacks to which he had been subjected in this periodical . Bro . Spiers had spoken as though they knew who were interested in the publication , as though theyknew the writer of the article complained of . He begged them to banish all such ideas from their minds , and speak only of the article itself . The question laid in a very small compass—the assertions in the Masonic Observer were either true or they were untrue . If true , the Grand Master was not fit to preside over them : and if untrue , they were bound to express theirsympathy with the Grand
Master , and their determination to support him . ( Cheers ) . Bro . Spiers had drawn a distinction between the position of Provincial Grand Master and that of Grand Wardens , showing that the sphere of utility of the former was wider and more extended , but that would be no excuse for political favouritism . Though the infiuence of a Grand Warden might be less extensive than that of a Provincial Grand Master , still the same care should be exercised in his appointment . But it was denied that politics had had anything to do with the appointments , and they
were bound as Masons to accept that denial . With regard to Canada , he had been twice across the Atlantic , and he could speak of the feeling of that colony . England had hitherto made a gross error in the government of her colonies—she had treated them too much as babies—but she was now beginning to learn her error . He knew that the Canadians were attached to the mother country , and if a war should occur between England and tho United States , which he trusted God would
ever avert , there could be no doubt upon which side Canada would range herself , fthe would be found standing by the side of England , though that would not have been the case ten years since- That change of feeling had been wrought by the change in the policy of the home government . [ The Prov . G . M . here intimated to the reverend brother , that ho was verging a little too far into the field of politics . ] He could not but regret that the Canadian Masons had separated themselves from the English , for lie know that Freemasonry was nowhere more fully carried out than in Canada and the United States . The Masons there did not hold their
meetings in hotels , but they had buildings of their own , which were mostly of considerable size , and often of beautiful architectural proportions . He had spoken to many Masons , and he knew that , individually , the colonial Brethren held the kindest feelings towards their English Brethren—and he was very hopefuly from what he had seen , of the future prospects of Canadian Masonry . If the statements in the Masonic Observer were untrue , they ought to express
their deep sympathy with the Grand . Master , and he was sure that that sympathy would be nowhere more sincerely felt than among the colonial Masons . In order to show to the colonies that the Masons of England were but one family they would cordially support the noble Brother whom they had placed at thei , head- —even though he might occasionally err in his judgment , as all men would r and , above all , they would support and protect him against coarse and unfounded ; anonymous personal attacks . ( Cheers ) .
Bro . Randall , Prov . G . Treas ., rose because he thought that not only ought they to express their sympathy with the Grand Master , but that there should be some expression of indignation against a publication in which such libellous attacks 8 i
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Provincial.
reality . ( Cheers ) . He called upon them then to support the Grand Master by adopting the resolution in its entirety and , above all , he asked those Brethren who had assisted in bringing things into their present position to consider the danger of the course they were pursuing—and to pause ere the yforfeited the
good opinion of the Brethren with whom they had hitherto-acted , as well as that of the great body of the Craft . ( Cheers . ) Let them consider that the opinion of other persons might be correct as well astheir own , and stop , ere it was too late , in a course which , was fraught with the utmost danger to the prosperity of the Craffc . ( Cheers ) .
The Bev . B . Norman having been out of England , had listened with great attention to the observations which had fallen from Bros . Spiers and Portal . It appeared they all agreed in one thing , that nothing could be more unmasonic than the spirit exhibited in the paper of which they were complaining . There was a wide and decided difierence between open manly criticism and anonymous slander . He by no means concurred in every act of the Grand Master , but they were met , hot to consider that , but to express their warm sympathy towards him
under the attacks to which he had been subjected in this periodical . Bro . Spiers had spoken as though they knew who were interested in the publication , as though theyknew the writer of the article complained of . He begged them to banish all such ideas from their minds , and speak only of the article itself . The question laid in a very small compass—the assertions in the Masonic Observer were either true or they were untrue . If true , the Grand Master was not fit to preside over them : and if untrue , they were bound to express theirsympathy with the Grand
Master , and their determination to support him . ( Cheers ) . Bro . Spiers had drawn a distinction between the position of Provincial Grand Master and that of Grand Wardens , showing that the sphere of utility of the former was wider and more extended , but that would be no excuse for political favouritism . Though the infiuence of a Grand Warden might be less extensive than that of a Provincial Grand Master , still the same care should be exercised in his appointment . But it was denied that politics had had anything to do with the appointments , and they
were bound as Masons to accept that denial . With regard to Canada , he had been twice across the Atlantic , and he could speak of the feeling of that colony . England had hitherto made a gross error in the government of her colonies—she had treated them too much as babies—but she was now beginning to learn her error . He knew that the Canadians were attached to the mother country , and if a war should occur between England and tho United States , which he trusted God would
ever avert , there could be no doubt upon which side Canada would range herself , fthe would be found standing by the side of England , though that would not have been the case ten years since- That change of feeling had been wrought by the change in the policy of the home government . [ The Prov . G . M . here intimated to the reverend brother , that ho was verging a little too far into the field of politics . ] He could not but regret that the Canadian Masons had separated themselves from the English , for lie know that Freemasonry was nowhere more fully carried out than in Canada and the United States . The Masons there did not hold their
meetings in hotels , but they had buildings of their own , which were mostly of considerable size , and often of beautiful architectural proportions . He had spoken to many Masons , and he knew that , individually , the colonial Brethren held the kindest feelings towards their English Brethren—and he was very hopefuly from what he had seen , of the future prospects of Canadian Masonry . If the statements in the Masonic Observer were untrue , they ought to express
their deep sympathy with the Grand . Master , and he was sure that that sympathy would be nowhere more sincerely felt than among the colonial Masons . In order to show to the colonies that the Masons of England were but one family they would cordially support the noble Brother whom they had placed at thei , head- —even though he might occasionally err in his judgment , as all men would r and , above all , they would support and protect him against coarse and unfounded ; anonymous personal attacks . ( Cheers ) .
Bro . Randall , Prov . G . Treas ., rose because he thought that not only ought they to express their sympathy with the Grand Master , but that there should be some expression of indignation against a publication in which such libellous attacks 8 i