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Article THE APPOINTMENT OE GRAND W ABDENS. ← Page 2 of 2
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The Appointment Oe Grand W Abdens.
obtain , the co-operation and assistance of men of rank and influence in our society . Many such are initiated in each year * but owing to the small number of Lodges into which they specially seek admission—we
refer particularly to our university Lodges—but veryiw , even if they desired it , have the opportunity of attaining to the Master ' s chair . From this circumstance they are entirely lost to us , they are excluded from high office , and the consequence is , not that they become lukewarm in the cause , but that their interest was never engaged in the
work of Masonry . Take any one of a dozen noblemen we could name who have been regulairly admitted into the Order—which of them , if the law is to be interpreted as some would have it , will ever be seen in Masonry
again f Where will their names be found , except in onr Register Book % They have been initiated , they have paid their fees—they camey and they are gone . But appoint one of them a Grand Warden , and he is forthwith identified with us ; he becomes a steward to our
charities ; he is led to take an interest in our proceedings ; he attends our meetings ; and both by himself and by his example he assists us in the way in which we need assistance—by his name and presence he adds dignity to our meetings , and gives another proof to the world of
the usefulness and purity of- ' our institution . There are many other reasons which might be adduced serving to prove that it is very desirable to extend the number of noblemen and men of high station who will take an active interest in our concerns ; there is a degree of hero worship amongst us which would be more divided , and therefore less mischievous , if the objects were more
numerous ; and we are much inclined to think that it will be a shortsighted policy which excludes them . We have reason to believe that some of our most experienced Brethren agree with us in the view we have thus expressed—it is worthy of the consideration of the Craft , and is one upon which we inwite the opinion of our Brethren .
Sensk and Faith—As it was aptly said by one of Plato ' s school , " The sense of man resembles the sun , which openeth and revealeth the terrestial globe , but obscnreth and concealeth the celestial ; " so doth the sense discover natural things , but darken and shxit up divine . Therefore , attend God's will as Himself openeth it , and give unto faith that which unto faith belongeth : far more worthy is it to believe than to think or know , considering that in knowledge , as we are capable of it , the mind sulfereth from inferior natures ; but in all belief it suifereth from a spirit which it holdeth snperior and more authorized than itself . —Bacon .
The guid boddies at Stobnaway . —The whole fishing-village—to borrow a phrase from one of themselves—seemed " indulging in dirt . " The herring fishery bad enough ; the women curers worst , if possible . They brought to my mind the predicament of an Edinburgh clergyman ( always particularly neat and trim in his own attire ) , when an applicant for marriage presented himself in the most disgusting figure that ever darkened his study door . " When is it to take place ?" - —
" Directly , sir . " — " You mean after you have cleaned yourself ] " —( Looking down at himself with evident . satisfaction ) . " Och , I ' m weel enough . "— " You couldn't be married in such a dirty shite . "— i ( Me dirty' ! What if ye saw / wV / " —Salmon Casts and Stmy Shot * .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Appointment Oe Grand W Abdens.
obtain , the co-operation and assistance of men of rank and influence in our society . Many such are initiated in each year * but owing to the small number of Lodges into which they specially seek admission—we
refer particularly to our university Lodges—but veryiw , even if they desired it , have the opportunity of attaining to the Master ' s chair . From this circumstance they are entirely lost to us , they are excluded from high office , and the consequence is , not that they become lukewarm in the cause , but that their interest was never engaged in the
work of Masonry . Take any one of a dozen noblemen we could name who have been regulairly admitted into the Order—which of them , if the law is to be interpreted as some would have it , will ever be seen in Masonry
again f Where will their names be found , except in onr Register Book % They have been initiated , they have paid their fees—they camey and they are gone . But appoint one of them a Grand Warden , and he is forthwith identified with us ; he becomes a steward to our
charities ; he is led to take an interest in our proceedings ; he attends our meetings ; and both by himself and by his example he assists us in the way in which we need assistance—by his name and presence he adds dignity to our meetings , and gives another proof to the world of
the usefulness and purity of- ' our institution . There are many other reasons which might be adduced serving to prove that it is very desirable to extend the number of noblemen and men of high station who will take an active interest in our concerns ; there is a degree of hero worship amongst us which would be more divided , and therefore less mischievous , if the objects were more
numerous ; and we are much inclined to think that it will be a shortsighted policy which excludes them . We have reason to believe that some of our most experienced Brethren agree with us in the view we have thus expressed—it is worthy of the consideration of the Craft , and is one upon which we inwite the opinion of our Brethren .
Sensk and Faith—As it was aptly said by one of Plato ' s school , " The sense of man resembles the sun , which openeth and revealeth the terrestial globe , but obscnreth and concealeth the celestial ; " so doth the sense discover natural things , but darken and shxit up divine . Therefore , attend God's will as Himself openeth it , and give unto faith that which unto faith belongeth : far more worthy is it to believe than to think or know , considering that in knowledge , as we are capable of it , the mind sulfereth from inferior natures ; but in all belief it suifereth from a spirit which it holdeth snperior and more authorized than itself . —Bacon .
The guid boddies at Stobnaway . —The whole fishing-village—to borrow a phrase from one of themselves—seemed " indulging in dirt . " The herring fishery bad enough ; the women curers worst , if possible . They brought to my mind the predicament of an Edinburgh clergyman ( always particularly neat and trim in his own attire ) , when an applicant for marriage presented himself in the most disgusting figure that ever darkened his study door . " When is it to take place ?" - —
" Directly , sir . " — " You mean after you have cleaned yourself ] " —( Looking down at himself with evident . satisfaction ) . " Och , I ' m weel enough . "— " You couldn't be married in such a dirty shite . "— i ( Me dirty' ! What if ye saw / wV / " —Salmon Casts and Stmy Shot * .